Shattuck Labs, Inc 10-Q for FY2025 Q2
Shattuck Labs, Inc. (STTK)
10-Q
2025-08-14
For: 2025-06-30
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About this 10-Q
Shattuck Labs, Inc filed this 10-Q on August 14, 2025, covering the quarter ended June 30, 2025 (FY2025 Q2).
Headline figures
Quarter ended June 30, 2025, as reported in this filing, compared with the same period a year earlier where the filing states it.
- Revenue
- $0
- compared with $1.61M a year earlier
- Net loss
- $12.46M
- compared with a net loss of $21.55M a year earlier
- Diluted EPS
- -$0.24
- compared with -$0.42 a year earlier
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
| QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | |||||
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2025
OR
| TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | |||||
For the transition period from to
Commission File Number: 001-39593
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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(512 ) 900-4690
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Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report: N/A
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
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As of August 7, 2025, the registrant had 47,903,215 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, outstanding.
SHATTUCK LABS, INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Item 1. | 1 | |||||||
Condensed Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 | 1 | |||||||
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Condensed Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 | 4 | |||||||
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| Item 4. | 31 | |||||||
PART II | 31 | |||||||
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Item 1A. | 31 | |||||||
Item 2. | 33 | |||||||
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Item 6. | 34 | |||||||
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CAUTIONARY NOTE ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws, which statements are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties and are based on estimates and assumptions. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, including statements concerning our plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events, future revenues or performance, financing needs, plans or intentions relating to products and markets, and business trends and other information referred to under the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “objective,” “intend,” “should,” “could,” “can,” “would,” “expect,” “believe,” “design,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “plan,” “develop,” or the negative of these terms, and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not historical facts and reflect our current views with respect to future events, outcomes, or results. Given the significant risks and uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
There are a number of risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause our actual results or outcomes, or the timing of our results or outcomes to differ materially from the forward-looking statements expressed or implied in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Such risks, uncertainties, and other factors include, among others, the following:
•the timing of the initiation, progress, and expected results of our nonclinical studies, our clinical trials, and our research and development programs;
•our ability to enroll patients in our clinical trials;
•the costs related to our nonclinical studies, our clinical trials, our research and development programs, and the impact of inflationary pressures on such costs;
•our ability to retain the continued service of our key executives and to identify, hire, and retain additional qualified professionals;
•our ability to advance product candidates into, and successfully complete, nonclinical studies and clinical trials;
•the timing or likelihood of regulatory filings and approvals;
•the commercialization of our product candidates, if approved;
•our ability and the potential to successfully manufacture and supply our product candidates for clinical trials and for commercial use, if approved;
•the pricing, coverage, and reimbursement of our product candidates, if approved;
•the implementation of our business model, strategic plans for our business, and product candidates;
•the scope of protection we are able to establish and maintain for intellectual property rights covering our technology;
•our potential need to obtain additional licenses of third-party technology that may not be available to us or are available only on commercially unreasonable terms, and which may cause us to operate our business in a more costly or otherwise adverse manner that was not anticipated;
•our ability to enter into strategic arrangements and/or collaborations and to realize the potential benefits of such arrangements;
•our ability to contract with third-party suppliers and manufacturers and their ability to perform adequately;
•our estimates regarding the market opportunity for our product candidates, if approved;
•our estimates regarding expenses, capital requirements, and needs for additional financing, and our ability to obtain additional capital;
•our financial performance;
•developments relating to our competitors and our industry, including competing product candidates and therapies; and
•economic downturns, inflation, fluctuating interest rates, changes in trade policies including tariffs or other trade restrictions, or the threat of such actions, natural disasters, public health crises such as pandemics, political crises, geopolitical events, or other macroeconomic conditions.
There may be other risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our actual results or outcomes, or the timing of our results or outcomes, to differ materially from the forward-looking statements expressed or implied in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including factors disclosed in “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”. You should evaluate all forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q in the context of these risks and uncertainties, and other factors.
We caution you that the risks, uncertainties, and other factors referred to above and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may not contain all of the risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may affect our future results and operations. Moreover, new risks will emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks. In addition, we cannot assure you that we will realize the results, outcomes, 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 we expect.
Any forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q speak only as of the date hereof and not of any future date, and we expressly disclaim any intent to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments, future events, changes in assumptions, or otherwise.
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Condensed Financial Statements
SHATTUCK LABS, INC.
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)
| June 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||
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| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
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| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | ||||||||||||||
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| Property and equipment, net | ||||||||||||||
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| Total assets | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | ||||||||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | ||||||||||||||
| Total current liabilities | ||||||||||||||
Non-current operating lease liabilities | ||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities | ||||||||||||||
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 5) | ||||||||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity: | ||||||||||||||
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| Additional paid-in capital | ||||||||||||||
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| Accumulated deficit | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Total stockholders’ equity | ||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
See accompanying notes to unaudited interim condensed financial statements
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SHATTUCK LABS, INC.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)
| Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Research and development | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Expense from operations | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loss from operations | ( | ( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other income | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Unrealized gain (loss) on investments | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Comprehensive loss | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Net loss per share – basic and diluted | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Weighted-average shares outstanding – basic and diluted | |||||||||||||||||||||||
See accompanying notes to unaudited interim condensed financial statements
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SHATTUCK LABS, INC.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except share amounts)
| Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Stock | Additional Paid-In Capital | Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income | Accumulated Deficit | Total Stockholders’ Equity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance at December 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exercise of stock options and purchases pursuant to employee stock purchase plan | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock upon settlement of restricted stock units | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxes paid related to net share settlement of restricted stock unit | ( | — | ( | — | — | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unrealized loss on investments | — | — | — | ( | — | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance at March 31, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock upon settlement of restricted stock units | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unrealized gain on investments | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance at June 30, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Stock | Additional Paid-In Capital | Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income | Accumulated Deficit | Total Stockholders’ Equity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance at December 31, 2023 | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exercise of stock options and purchases pursuant to employee stock purchase plan | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock upon settlement of restricted stock units | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares withheld related to net share settlement | ( | — | ( | — | — | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sale of common stock | — | — | ( | — | — | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unrealized loss on investments | — | — | — | ( | — | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance at March 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exercise of stock options | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock upon settlement of restricted stock units | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares withheld related to net share settlement | ( | — | ( | — | — | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unrealized gain on investments | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance at June 30, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See accompanying notes to unaudited interim condensed financial statements
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SHATTUCK LABS, INC.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
| Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | |||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operations: | |||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | |||||||||||
| Depreciation | |||||||||||
| Non-cash operating lease expense | |||||||||||
| Net amortization of investments | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | |||||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | |||||||||||
| Other assets | |||||||||||
| Accounts payable | ( | ||||||||||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Non-current operating lease liabilities | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Deferred revenue | |||||||||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | |||||||||||
| Maturities of investments | |||||||||||
| Purchases of investments | ( | ||||||||||
| Purchase of property and equipment | ( | ||||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | ( | ||||||||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | |||||||||||
| Proceeds from the exercises of stock options and purchases pursuant to employee stock purchase plan | |||||||||||
| Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Proceeds from sale of common stock | ( | ||||||||||
| Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | ( | ||||||||||
| Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | |||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Supplemental disclosures of non-cash financial activities: | |||||||||||
| Unpaid amounts related to purchases of property and equipment | $ | $ | |||||||||
See accompanying notes to unaudited interim condensed financial statements
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SHATTUCK LABS, INC.
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Organization and Description of Business
Shattuck Labs, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated in 2016 in the State of Delaware and is a biotechnology company specializing in the development of potential treatments for inflammatory and immune-mediated diseases. Shattuck is developing a potentially first-in-class antibody for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease and other inflammatory and immune-mediated diseases. Shattuck’s expertise in protein engineering and the development of novel tumor necrosis factor receptor agonist and antagonist therapeutics come together in its lead program, SL-325, which it believes could be a first-in-class death receptor 3 (“DR3”) antagonist antibody designed to achieve best-in-class clinical remission rates due to a more complete and durable blockade of the clinically validated TL1A/DR3 pathway.
Liquidity
The Company has incurred losses and negative cash flows from operations since inception and has an accumulated deficit of $407.9 million as of June 30, 2025. The Company anticipates incurring additional losses and negative cash flows from operations until such time, if ever, that it can generate significant sales of its product candidates currently in development, and is highly dependent on its ability to find additional sources of funding in the form of licensing of its technology, collaboration agreements and/or public and private debt and equity financings. Adequate additional funding may not be available to the Company on acceptable terms, or at all. The failure to raise funds as and when needed will have a negative impact on the Company’s financial condition and ability to pursue its clinical operations, research and development and commercialization of its product candidates. Management believes that the Company’s cash and cash equivalents of $50.5 million as of June 30, 2025 are sufficient to fund projected operations of the Company for at least the next twelve months.
Global Economic Considerations
The global macroeconomic environment is uncertain and could be negatively affected by, among other things, inflation, slower growth or recession, changes in trade policies, including tariffs or other trade restrictions or the threat of such actions, instability, or volatility in the global capital and credit markets, supply chain weaknesses, financial institution instability, changes to fiscal and monetary policy or government budget dynamics, and instability in the geopolitical environment. Such challenges have caused, and may continue to cause, recession fears, high interest rates, foreign exchange volatility, and inflationary pressures. At this time, the Company is unable to quantify the potential effects of this economic instability on its future operations.
2. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited interim condensed financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).
Unaudited Interim Condensed Financial Statements
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Significant
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estimates and assumptions reflected in these financial statements include, but are not limited to, revenue recognition, the accrual of research and development expenses, and the valuation of stock-based awards. Estimates are periodically reviewed in light of changes in circumstances, facts, and experience. Changes in estimates, if any, are recorded in the period in which they become known and actual results could differ from management’s estimates.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received upon the sale of an asset or paid upon the transfer of a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date and in the principal or most advantageous market for that asset or liability. Fair value measurements are classified and disclosed in one of the following categories:
•Level 1: Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets the reporting entity has the ability to access as of the measurement date;
•Level 2: Inputs, other than quoted prices in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly; and
•Level 3: Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.
Fair value measurements are classified based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the measurement. The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment, which may affect the valuation of the assets and liabilities and their placement within the fair value hierarchy levels. The determination of the fair values takes into account the market for its financial assets and liabilities, the associated credit risk, and other factors as required. The Company considers active markets as those in which transactions for the assets or liabilities occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.
Management believes that the carrying amounts of the Company’s financial instruments, including investments and accounts payable, approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of those instruments.
Concentration of Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk primarily consist of cash, cash equivalents, and investments. The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalents at an accredited financial institution in amounts that exceed federally-insured limits. The Company does not believe that it is subject to unusual credit risk beyond the normal credit risk associated with commercial banking relationships. The Company invests in only U.S. Treasury securities that management believes protects the Company from risk of default and impairment of value.
All of the Company’s revenue in 2024 was derived from collaborations with Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (“Ono”) and ImmunoGen, Inc. (“ImmunoGen”) (acquired by AbbVie in February 2024). All services required pursuant to each collaboration agreement were completed by December 31, 2024.
The Company is highly dependent on a limited number of contract development and manufacturing organizations (“CDMOs”) to supply drug products for its research and development activities of its programs, including nonclinical studies. The Company is highly dependent on a single CDMO for the supply of cGMP drug product for its clinical trials. These programs could be adversely affected by a significant interruption in the supply of such drug products.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
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$34.0 million in U.S. government securities as of June 30, 2025, and $2.2 million held in operating accounts and $55.2 million held in money market funds as of December 31, 2024.
Investments
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Depreciation expense is recognized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the asset. Expenditures for repairs and maintenance that do not extend the estimated useful life or improve an asset are expensed as incurred. Upon retirement or sale, the cost and related accumulated depreciation and amortization of assets disposed of are removed from the accounts, and any resulting gain or loss is included in the statement of operations and comprehensive loss.
Depreciation periods are as follows:
| Office equipment | |||||
| Furniture and fixtures | |||||
| Lab equipment | |||||
| Leasehold improvements | Shorter of lease term or | ||||
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
Leases
The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Right-of-use (“ROU”) assets represent the Company's right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company's obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. The classification of the Company's leases as operating or finance leases, along with the initial measurement and recognition of the associated ROU assets and lease liabilities, are performed at the lease commencement date. The measurement of lease liabilities is based on the present value of future lease payments over the lease term. As the Company's leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the present value of future lease payments. The ROU asset is based on the measurement of the lease liability and also includes any lease payments made prior to or on lease commencement and excludes lease incentives and initial direct costs incurred, as applicable. The lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain the Company will exercise any such options. Rent expense for the Company's operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Operating lease ROU assets and long-term operating lease liabilities are presented separately and operating lease liabilities payable in the next 12 months are recorded in accrued expenses and other current liabilities. The Company has elected to not apply the recognition
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requirement of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 842, Leases of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) to leases with a term of 12 months or less for all classes of assets.
Commitments and Contingencies
The Company follows ASC 450-20, Contingencies of the FASB to report accounting for contingencies. Certain conditions may exist as of the date the condensed financial statements are issued, which may result in a loss to the Company but which will only be resolved when one or more future events occur or fail to occur. The Company assesses such contingent liabilities, and such assessment inherently involves an exercise of judgment. In assessing loss contingencies related to legal proceedings that are pending against the Company or unasserted claims that may result in such proceedings, the Company evaluates the perceived merits of any legal proceedings or unasserted claims as well as the perceived merits of the amount of relief sought or expected to be sought therein.
If the assessment of a contingency indicates that it is probable that a material loss has been incurred and the amount of the liability can be estimated, then the estimated liability would be accrued in the Company’s condensed financial statements. If the assessment indicates that a potential material loss contingency is not probable but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, then the nature of the contingent liability and an estimate of the range of possible losses, if determinable and material, would be disclosed.
Loss contingencies considered remote are generally not disclosed unless they involve guarantees, in which case the guarantees would be disclosed.
Revenue Recognition
Collaboration revenue is recognized in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”). Arrangements with collaborators may include licenses to intellectual property, research and development services, manufacturing services for clinical and commercial supply, and participation on joint steering committees. The Company evaluates the promised goods or services in the contract to determine which promises, or group of promises, represent performance obligations. In contemplation of whether a promised good or service meets the criteria required of a performance obligation, the Company considers the stage of development of the underlying intellectual property, the capabilities and expertise of the customer relative to the underlying intellectual property, and whether the promised goods or services are integral to or dependent on other promises in the contract. When accounting for an arrangement that contains multiple performance obligations, the Company must develop judgmental assumptions, which may include market conditions, reimbursement rates for personnel costs, development timelines, and probabilities of regulatory success to determine the stand-alone selling price for each performance obligation identified in the contract.
Upon the amendment of an existing agreement, the Company evaluates whether the amendment represents a modification to an existing contract that would be recorded through a cumulative catch-up to revenue, prospective modification, or a separate contract. If it is determined that it is a separate contract, the Company will evaluate the necessary revenue recognition through the five-step process described below.
When the Company concludes that a contract should be accounted for as a combined performance obligation and recognized over time, the Company must then determine the period over which revenue should be recognized and the method by which to measure revenue. The Company generally recognizes revenue using a cost-based input method.
The Company recognizes collaboration revenue in an amount that reflects the consideration that the Company expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services when its customer or collaborator obtains control of promised goods or services. To determine revenue recognition for arrangements that the Company determines are within the scope of ASC 606, the following five steps are performed:
i.identify the contract(s) with a customer;
ii.identify the performance obligations in the contract;
iii.determine the transaction price;
iv.allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations within the contract; and
v.recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.
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The Company only applies the five-step model to contracts when it determines that it is probable it will collect the consideration it is entitled to in exchange for the goods or services it transfers to the customer.
At contract inception, once the contract is determined to be within the scope of ASC 606, the Company assesses the goods or services promised within the contract to determine whether each promised good or service is a performance obligation. The promised goods or services in the Company’s arrangements may consist of a license of, or options to license, the Company’s intellectual property and research, development, and manufacturing services. The Company may provide options to additional items in such arrangements, which are accounted for as separate contracts when the customer elects to exercise such options, unless the option provides a material right to the customer. Performance obligations are promises in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the customer that, (i) the customer can benefit from on its own or together with other readily available resources and, (ii) are separately identifiable from other promises in the contract. Goods or services that are not individually distinct performance obligations are combined with other promised goods or services until such combined group of promises meet the requirements of a performance obligation.
The Company determines transaction price based on the amount of consideration the Company expects to receive for transferring the promised goods or services in the contract. Consideration may be fixed, variable, or a combination of both. At contract inception for arrangements that include variable consideration, the Company estimates the probability and extent of consideration it expects to receive under the contract utilizing either the most-likely amount method or expected amount method, whichever best estimates the amount expected to be received. The Company then considers any constraints on the variable consideration and includes variable consideration in the transaction price to the extent it is deemed probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur when the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is subsequently resolved.
The Company then allocates the transaction price to each performance obligation based on the relative standalone selling price and recognizes as revenue the amount of the transaction price that is allocated to the respective performance obligation when (or as) control is transferred to the customer and the performance obligation is satisfied. For performance obligations that consist of licenses and other promises, the Company utilizes judgment to assess the nature of the combined performance obligation to determine whether the combined performance obligation is satisfied over time or at a point in time and, if over time, the appropriate method of measuring progress. The Company evaluates the measure of progress each reporting period and, if necessary, adjusts the measure of performance and related revenue recognition.
The Company records amounts as accounts receivable when the right to consideration is deemed unconditional. When consideration is received, or such consideration is unconditionally due, from a customer prior to transferring goods or services to the customer under the terms of a contract, a contract liability is recorded as deferred revenue.
Amounts received prior to satisfying the revenue recognition criteria are recognized as deferred revenue in the Company’s accompanying balance sheet. Deferred revenues expected to be recognized as revenue within the 12 months following the balance sheet date are classified as a current liability. Deferred revenues not expected to be recognized as revenue within the 12 months following the balance sheet date are classified as non-current liabilities.
The Company’s collaboration revenue arrangements may include the following:
Up-front License Fees: If a license is determined to be distinct from the other performance obligations identified in the arrangement, the Company recognizes revenues from nonrefundable, up-front fees allocated to the license when the license is transferred to the licensee and the licensee is able to use and benefit from the license. For licenses that are bundled with other promises, the Company utilizes judgment to assess the nature of the combined performance obligation to determine whether the combined performance obligation is satisfied over time or at a point in time and, if over time, the appropriate method of measuring progress for purposes of recognizing revenue from non-refundable, up-front fees. The Company evaluates the measure of progress each reporting period and, if necessary, adjusts the measure of performance and related revenue recognition.
Milestone Payments: At the inception of an agreement that includes research and development milestone payments, the Company evaluates each milestone to determine when and how much of the milestone to include in the transaction price. The Company first estimates the amount of the milestone payment that the Company could receive using either the expected value or the most-likely amount approach. The Company primarily uses the most-
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likely amount approach as that approach is generally most predictive for milestone payments with a binary outcome. The Company then considers whether any portion of that estimated amount is subject to the variable consideration constraint (that is, whether it is probable that a significant reversal of cumulative revenue would not occur upon resolution of the uncertainty). The Company updates the estimate of variable consideration included in the transaction price at each reporting date which includes updating the assessment of the likely amount of consideration and the application of the constraint to reflect current facts and circumstances.
Royalties: For arrangements that include sales-based royalties, including milestone payments based on a level of sales, and the license is deemed to be the predominant item to which the royalties relate, the Company will recognize revenue at the later of, (i) when the related sales occur, or, (ii) when the performance obligation to which some or all of the royalty has been allocated has been satisfied (or partially satisfied).
To date, the Company has not granted a development and commercialization license nor recognized any revenue related to sales-based royalties or milestone payments based on the level of sales.
Research and Development Costs
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred, and include salaries, stock-based compensation and other personnel-related costs, equipment and supplies, depreciation, nonclinical studies, clinical trials, and manufacturing development activities.
Pre-Funded Warrants
The Company’s pre-funded warrants are classified as a component of permanent stockholders’ equity within additional paid-in capital. The pre-funded warrants are equity classified because they, (i) are freestanding financial instruments, (ii) are immediately exercisable, (iii) do not embody an obligation for the Company to repurchase its shares, (iv) permit the holders to receive a fixed number of shares of common stock upon exercise, (v) are indexed to the Company’s common stock and, (vi) meet the equity classification criteria. In addition, such pre-funded warrants do not provide any guarantee of value or return. The Company determined that the sales price of the pre-funded warrants was their fair market value at the date of issuance.
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Stock-Based Compensation
The Company recognizes the cost of stock-based awards issued to employees and nonemployees as compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the vesting period of the award, net of estimated forfeitures. Forfeiture estimates are based on historical cancellation data. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the grant-date fair value of stock options. The fair values of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) are based on the fair value of the Company’s common stock on the date of the grant. The Company also grants stock options that vest upon achievement of certain market-based conditions. The Company uses the Monte Carlo pricing model to estimate the fair value of options that have market-based conditions. The Company adjusts expense for forfeitures in the periods they occur.
Income Taxes
The Company uses the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial statements and the tax bases of assets and liabilities. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities will be recognized in the period that includes the enactment date. Additionally, any changes in income tax laws are immediately recognized in the year of enactment.
A valuation allowance is established against the deferred tax assets to reduce their carrying value to an amount that is more likely than not to be realized. The deferred tax assets and liabilities are classified as noncurrent along with the related valuation allowance. Due to a lack of earnings history, the net deferred tax assets have been fully offset by a valuation allowance.
The Company recognizes benefits of uncertain tax positions if it is more likely than not that such positions will be sustained upon examination based solely on the technical merits, as the largest amount of benefits that is more likely than not to be realized upon the ultimate settlement. The Company’s policy is to recognize interest and penalties related to the unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense.
Net Loss Per Share
The following potentially dilutive securities have been excluded from the computation of diluted weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding as they would be anti-dilutive:
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Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
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Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280) – Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, to require enhanced disclosures that include reportable segment expenses. The amendments in this update provide that a business entity disclose significant segment expenses and segment profit or loss (after significant segment expenses) and allows reporting of additional measures of a segment’s profit or loss if used in assessing segment performance. Such disclosures apply to entities with a single reportable segment. These amendments were effective for the Company in 2024 and retrospectively to all prior periods using the significant segment expense categories identified.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09”). ASU 2023-09 is intended to improve income tax disclosure requirements by requiring, (i) consistent categories and greater disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation and, (ii) the disaggregation of income taxes paid by jurisdiction. The guidance makes several other changes to the income tax disclosure requirements. The guidance in ASU 2023-09 will be effective for annual reporting periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of ASU 2023-09 will have on its financial statements and disclosures.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses (“ASU 2024-03”), which is intended to provide more detailed information about specified categories of expenses (employee compensation, depreciation, and amortization) included in certain expense captions presented on the consolidated statement of operations. The guidance in this ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments may be applied either, (i) prospectively to financial statements issued for periods after the effective date of this ASU or, (ii) retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the consolidated financial statements. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of ASU 2024-03 will have on its financial statements and disclosures.
3. Investments
The following table represents the Company’s available-for-sale investments by major security type (amounts in thousands):
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| Total | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
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| Total | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
The Company's money market funds are calculated using level 1 inputs and the Company's U.S. government securities are valued using level 2 inputs.
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4. Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
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| Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities | $ | $ | |||||||||
5. Commitments and Contingencies
Operating Leases
The Company leases certain office space, laboratory facilities, and equipment. These leases require monthly lease payments that may be subject to annual increases throughout the lease term. Certain of these leases also include renewal options at the election of the Company to renew or extend the lease. These optional periods have not been considered in the determination of the ROU assets or lease liabilities associated with these leases as the Company did not consider it reasonably certain it would exercise the options. The Company performed evaluations of its contracts and determined it has operating leases. There have been no material changes in the Company's operating leases as compared to the operating leases disclosed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Kopfkino License Agreement
The Company is party to an exclusive license agreement (the “Kopfkino License Agreement”) with Kopfkino IP, LLC. In October 2024, the Company discontinued clinical development of its SL-172154 product candidate that was subject to the Kopfkino License Agreement. The Company does not have any plans for clinical development or commercialization of any products that would be subject to the Kopfkino License Agreement. Therefore, the Company does not expect to owe milestone payments or royalties under the agreement.
Litigation
From time to time, the Company may become involved in various legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. As of June 30, 2025, the Company was not aware of any existing, pending, or threatened legal actions that would have a material impact on the financial position, results of operations, or cash flows of the Company.
Contractual Obligations
Contractual obligations represent future cash commitments and liabilities under agreements with third parties, and exclude contingent liabilities for which the Company cannot reasonably predict future payment. The Company’s contractual obligations result primarily from obligations for various CDMOs and CROs, which include potential payments that may be required under its agreements. The contracts also contain variable costs and milestones that are hard to predict, as they are based on such things as patients enrolled and clinical trial sites. The timing of payments and actual amounts paid under CDMO and CRO agreements may be different depending on the timing of receipt of goods, services, changes to agreed-upon terms, or amounts for some obligations. Such agreements are cancellable upon written notice by the Company and therefore, are not long-term liabilities.
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6. Collaboration Agreements
The Company recognizes revenue for collaboration agreements using a cost-based input measure. In applying the cost-based input method of revenue recognition, the Company uses actual costs incurred relative to budgeted costs expected to be incurred, and any upfront payments are deferred accordingly.
Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd
In February 2024, the Company entered into a collaboration and license agreement (the “Ono Agreement”) with Ono, pursuant to which the parties collaborated in the research and preclinical development of certain compounds selected by Ono from the Company’s pipeline of bifunctional fusion proteins directed toward a pair of prespecified targets for potential treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. On September 30, 2024, the Company and Ono mutually agreed to terminate the Ono Agreement. Following the mutual termination, the Company is no longer required to satisfy any remaining performance obligations, and will not receive any future research activity reimbursements or upfront milestone or royalty payments from Ono. All options and licenses held by Ono under the Ono Agreement were terminated.
The Ono Agreement was a collaborative arrangement under ASC 808 as both companies were active participants that were exposed to significant risks and rewards. However, since the units of account identified under ASC 808 followed a typical vendor/customer relationship, the Company accounted for the transaction under ASC 606.
Under the Ono Agreement, the Company granted Ono an exclusive option (the “Option”) to obtain an exclusive sublicensable license to further research, develop, manufacture, and commercialize products containing the specified bifunctional fusion proteins in any therapeutic area worldwide. The Company determined that the contingent promise to provide the license upon the exercise of the Option should be accounted for as a customer option, and the $2.0 million amount allocated to that Option was recognized as revenue in 2024 pursuant to the termination of the Ono Agreement.
The Company identified a single performance obligation consisting of the preclinical research activities to develop certain bifunctional fusion proteins. The Company recognized revenue for the preclinical research activities as the services were performed using an inputs method. The Company recognized revenue pursuant to the Ono Agreement of $1.5 million and $2.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively.
In August of 2024, the Company received an additional prepayment of $1.6 million for services to be performed in the fourth quarter of 2024. In connection with the termination of the Ono Agreement, this prepayment was refunded to Ono in the fourth quarter of 2024.
The Company did not recognize any revenue pursuant to the Ono Agreement for the three or six months ended June 30, 2025.
ImmunoGen
In 2022, the Company entered into a collaboration agreement with ImmunoGen (the “ImmunoGen Agreement”) pursuant to which ImmunoGen agreed to reimburse the Company for $2.0 million of the costs the Company incurred in the Phase 1B combination cohort evaluating SL-172154 in combination with mirvetuximab soravtansine in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. The Company dosed its first patient with mirvetuximab soravtansine in 2023 and completed all of its obligations under the ImmunoGen Agreement in the second quarter of 2024. The Company recognized revenue of $0.1 million and $0.3 million pursuant to the ImmunoGen Agreement for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively.
The Company did not recognize any revenue pursuant to the ImmunoGen Agreement for the three or six months ended June 30, 2025
7. Equity
The Company is authorized to issue up to 300,000,000 shares of common stock and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, all with a par value of $0.0001 one vote per share on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. The Company’s common stock is not entitled to preemptive rights, and is not subject to conversion, redemption, or sinking fund provisions. Subject to
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preferences that may apply to any shares of preferred stock outstanding at the time, the holders of the Company’s common stock will receive ratably any dividends declared by the Company’s board of directors (“Board”) out of funds legally available. In the event of the Company’s liquidation, dissolution, or winding-up, the holders of the Company’s common stock will be entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining after payment of or provision for any liabilities. As of the periods presented, no common stock dividends had been declared by the Board. As of June 30, 2025, none of the 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock were outstanding, and the Company has no present plans to issue any shares of preferred stock.
In July 2022, the Company entered into a sales agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with Leerink Partners LLC (the “Sales Agent”) pursuant to which it may offer and sell up to $75.0 million of shares of its common stock from time to time (the “ATM Facility”). The Sales Agent is generally entitled to compensation at a commission equal to 3.0 % of the aggregate gross sales price per share sold under the Sales Agreement. As of June 30, 2025, there were no sales pursuant to the ATM Facility. The Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 expired on July 29, 2025, and therefore no sales can be made under the Sales Agreement until such time as the Company files a new Registration Statement on Form S-3. Based on the public float of the Company’s common stock as of the date of the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company is currently subject to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3 and therefore may not sell more than one-third of the market value of its common stock held by non-affiliates until the Company’s public float exceeds $75.0 million.
In December 2023, the Company sold 4,651,163 shares of common stock through an underwritten public offering, and concurrently completed a private placement of 3,100,823 pre-funded warrants. The purchase price per share of common stock was $6.45 , and the purchase price per pre-funded warrant was $6.45 , which was the purchase price per share of common stock minus the $0.0001 per share exercise price of such pre-funded warrant. Each pre-funded warrant may be exercised for one share of common stock, is immediately exercisable, does not expire, and is subject to a beneficial ownership limitation of 9.99 % on a post-exercise basis. As of June 30, 2025, all 3,100,823 pre-funded warrants remain outstanding.
8. Stock-Based Compensation and Employee Benefit Plans
2020 Equity Incentive Plan
In September 2020, the Company adopted the 2020 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”) which, as of the adoption date, replaced the 2016 Stock Incentive Plan. Under the 2020 Plan, the share reserve automatically increases on January 1st of each year beginning in 2021 and ending with a final increase on January 1, 2030 in an amount equal to 4 % of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock on December 31st of the preceding calendar year. The Board may provide that there will be no increase in the share reserve for any such year or that the increase in the share reserve may be smaller than would otherwise occur. On January 1, 2025, the share reserve automatically increased by 1,908,588 shares. As of June 30, 2025, there were 3,873,241 shares available for future grants. The 2020 Plan permits the granting of options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units (“RSUs”) performance stock, and performance cash awards. The terms of the agreements under the 2020 Plan are determined by the Board. The Company’s awards generally vest over four years and have a term of 10 years. Periodically, the Company also grants awards that vest based on the Company's stock achieving certain closing share prices for a specified number of consecutive trading days.
2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
The 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2020 ESPP”) became effective in October 2020. Eligible employees may purchase shares of common stock under the 2020 ESPP at 85 % of the lower of the fair market value of the Company’s common stock as of the first or the last day of each offering period. Employees are limited to contributing 15 % of the employee’s eligible compensation and may not purchase more than $25,000 of stock during any calendar year or more than 600 shares during any one purchase period prior to December 31, 2024, and 2,000 shares for purchase periods beginning in 2025. The 2020 ESPP share reserve automatically increases on January 1st of each calendar year, for ten years , commencing on January 1, 2021, in an amount equal to 1 % of the total number of shares of common stock outstanding on December 31st of the preceding calendar year. The Board may act prior to January 1st of a given year to provide that there will be no January 1st increase of the share reserve for such year or that the increase in the share reserve for such year will be a smaller number of shares of common stock than
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would otherwise occur pursuant to the preceding sentence. The Board elected not to increase the share reserve for the ESPP on January 1, 2025. As of June 30, 2025, there were 1,653,370 shares available for future purchases. There were no 6,859 and 7,286 shares of common stock, respectively for aggregate cash proceeds of less than $0.1
Summary of Stock-Based Compensation Expense
The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense in the following expense categories of its accompanying unaudited interim condensed statements of operations and comprehensive loss (in thousands):
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| Research and development | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Total stock-based compensation | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
Stock Options
The following table summarizes option activity under the 2020 Plan for the six months ended June 30, 2025:
| Options | Weighted Average Exercise Price | Weighted Average Remaining Life (Years) | |||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2024 | $ | ||||||||||||||||
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| Forfeited | ( | ||||||||||||||||
Balance at June 30, 2025 | $ | ||||||||||||||||
| Vested and expected to vest | $ | ||||||||||||||||
| Exercisable at the end of the period | $ | ||||||||||||||||
Options granted during the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 had weighted-average grant-date fair values of $0.96 and $7.36 per share, respectively. As of June 30, 2025, the unrecognized compensation cost for options issued was $10.2 million and will be recognized over an estimated weighted-average amortization period of 1.3 years. The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 was $0 and $1.9 million, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding and exercisable as of June 30, 2025 was $0.1
Restricted Stock Units
The following table summarizes employee RSU activity for the six months ended June 30, 2025:
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Balance at December 31, 2024 | $ | ||||||||||
| Granted | |||||||||||
| Released | ( | ||||||||||
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Balance at June 30, 2025 | $ | ||||||||||
The Company recognized $0.7 million and $1.1 million of stock-based compensation cost related to RSUs for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. As of June 30, 2025, the unrecognized compensation
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cost for RSUs issued was $3.5 million and will be recognized over an estimated weighted-average amortization period of 1.2 years. The fair values of RSUs are based on the fair value of the Company’s common stock on the date of the grant.
Fair Value of Stock Options and Shares Issued
The Company accounts for stock-based compensation by measuring and recognizing as compensation expense the fair value of all share-based payment awards made to employees, including employee stock options and restricted stock awards. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of employee stock options that only have service or performance conditions. The Company uses the Monte Carlo pricing model to estimate the fair value of options that have market-based conditions. The inputs to both pricing models require a number of management estimates such as the expected term, volatility, risk-free interest rate, and dividend yield. The fair value of stock options was determined using the methods and assumptions discussed below.
•The expected term of employee stock options with service-based vesting is determined using the “simplified” method, whereby the expected life equals the arithmetic average of the vesting term and the original contractual term of the option due to the Company’s lack of sufficient historical data.
•The expected stock price volatility assumption is based on the historical volatilities of the common stock of a peer group of publicly traded companies as well as the historical volatility of the Company’s common stock since the Company began trading subsequent to the Company’s initial public offering (“IPO”) in October 2020 over the period corresponding to the expected life as of the grant date. The historical volatility data was computed using the daily closing prices during the equivalent period of the calculated expected term of the stock-based awards. The Company will continue to apply this process until a sufficient amount of historical information regarding the volatility of the Company’s stock price becomes available, or until circumstances change, such that the identified entities are no longer comparable companies. In the latter case, other suitable, similar entities whose share prices are publicly available would be utilized in the calculation.
•The risk-free interest rate is based on the interest rate payable on U.S. Treasury securities in effect at the time of grant for a period that is commensurate with the expected term.
•The expected dividend yield is 0 % because the Company has not historically paid, and does not expect, for the foreseeable future, to pay dividends on its common stock.
•Prior to the Company’s IPO, the Board periodically estimated the fair value of the Company’s common stock considering, among other things, contemporaneous valuations of its common stock prepared by an unrelated third-party valuation firm. Subsequent to the Company’s IPO, options are issued with a strike price no less than the market price on date of grant.
The grant-date fair value of options calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model granted under the Company’s 2020 Plan were estimated using the following weighted-average assumptions:
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The grant-date fair value of shares issued calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model under the Company’s 2020 ESPP were estimated using the following weighted-average assumptions:
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9. Segment Reporting
The Company has one
The following table sets forth information about the Company’s single reportable segment and the significant expenses reviewed by the CODM, including a reconciliation to net loss (in thousands):
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Net loss | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||
1 Expenses for SL-325 that were incurred prior to it being nominated a product candidate are included in “other research and development.”
2 Other research and development expense includes technical operations expense of $0.7 million and $1.1 million, other research and development expense (primarily includes research activities for other pipeline compounds and facility expenses) of $0.7 million and $2.0 million and depreciation expense of $0.9 million and $0.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
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The following table sets forth information about the Company’s single reportable segment and the significant expenses reviewed by the CODM, including a reconciliation to net loss (in thousands):
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Net loss | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||
1 Expenses for SL-325 that were incurred prior to it being nominated a product candidate are included in “other research and development.”
2 Other research and development expense includes technical operations expense of $1.1 million and $2.1 million, other research and development expense (primarily includes research activities for other pipeline compounds and facility expenses) of $2.0 million and $4.3 million and depreciation expense of $1.8 million and $1.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
10. Subsequent Event
Securities Purchase Agreement
On August 4, 2025, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain investors (the "Private Placement"). Pursuant to the Private Placement, the Company agreed to issue and sell, in a private placement, 15,225,158 shares of the Company’s common stock and pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 37,410,188 shares of common stock, and accompanying common stock warrants to purchase up to 52,635,346 shares of common stock, or in lieu thereof, pre-funded warrants. The purchase price per share of common stock and accompanying common stock warrant is $0.8677 , and the purchase price per pre-funded warrant and accompanying common stock warrant is $0.8676 , which is the purchase price per share of common stock and accompanying common stock warrant minus the $0.0001 per share exercise price of such pre-funded warrant. In connection with the Private Placement, certain investors received the right to designate directors to the Company’s board of directors at closing.
Each pre-funded warrant has an exercise price of $0.0001 , is exercisable at any time after the date of issuance for one share of common stock, and will expire when exercised in full.
Each common stock warrant has an exercise price of $1.0846 and is exercisable at any time after the date of issuance for one share of common stock or pre-funded warrant in lieu thereof. The common stock warrants will
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expire on the 30th day following the date on which the data from the single ascending dose and multiple ascending dose portions of the Company’s phase 1 clinical trial of SL-325, including receptor occupancy and safety data, and the design of the planned phase 2 clinical trial(s) have been announced publicly.
The Private Placement is expected to close following the clearance of the investigational new drug application for SL-325 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and satisfaction or waiver of all closing conditions set forth in the securities purchase agreement. The Company expects to receive upfront aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $46 million, before deducting placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses. If all common stock warrants are exercised in full, the Company could receive additional aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $57 million.
One Big Beautiful Bill Act
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) was enacted in the U.S. The OBBBA includes significant provisions, such as the permanent extension of certain expiring domestic and international provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, modifications to the international tax framework and the restoration of favorable tax treatment for certain business provisions. The legislation has various effective dates, with certain provisions effective in 2025 and others implemented through 2027. We are currently assessing its impact on our consolidated financial statements.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our unaudited condensed financial statements and related notes appearing in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as the audited financial statements, notes and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. This discussion and other parts of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties such as statements of our plans, objectives, expectations, and intentions. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. You should carefully read the “Cautionary Note About Forward-Looking Statements” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 to gain an understanding of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results described below.
Overview
We are a biotechnology company specializing in the development of potential treatments for inflammatory and immune-mediated diseases. We are developing a potentially first-in-class antibody for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (“IBD”) and other inflammatory and immune-mediated diseases. Our expertise in protein engineering and the development of novel tumor necrosis factor (“TNF”) receptor therapeutics come together in our lead program, SL-325, which we believe could be a first-in-class death receptor 3 (“DR3”) antagonist antibody.
SL-325 is a high-affinity DR3 blocking monoclonal antibody. In our head-to-head preclinical studies, SL-325 blocked TL1A binding to DR3 better than sequence equivalents of leading TL1A blocking antibodies. We believe that the underlying biological differences in the expression of DR3 and TL1A, and the design characteristics of SL-325, may allow SL-325 to achieve best-in-class clinical remission rates in patients with IBD due to a more complete and durable blockade of the clinically validated DR3/TL1A pathway.
TL1A is the sole known signaling ligand for DR3, and TL1A does not signal through any other receptors. Thus, we believe that the clinical safety profile of TL1A blocking antibodies generated to date in clinical trials conducted by other parties derisks the clinical safety profile for DR3 blockade. The lack of toxicity of SL-325 in our recently completed non-human primate (“NHP”) toxicology study also suggests a potentially favorable clinical safety profile. We engineered SL-325 to lack any Fc gamma receptor binding function, and SL-325 has not shown any evidence to date of antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity or cellular phagocytosis, which further supports a potentially derisked safety profile. We have demonstrated that SL-325 binds an epitope on DR3 that does not trigger receptor-mediated endocytosis, and the binding of SL-325 to DR3 was shown to be highly durable and specific to DR3 in preclinical assays. Because DR3 is expressed on circulating peripheral blood lymphocytes, we are able to directly measure DR3 receptor occupancy (“RO”) and our preclinical studies suggest that blockade may last for at least one month as a result of the properties of SL-325 and the stable expression of DR3. The RO and pharmacokinetic (“PK”) profile of SL-325 suggests extended dosing intervals, which we intend to further characterize in our upcoming Phase 1 clinical trial. Finally, the human protein decoy receptor 3 (“DcR3”) neutralizes soluble TL1A, Fas Ligand and LIGHT, which all induce a proinflammatory immune response. DcR3 serves as a sink for these proteins, tempering the proinflammatory immune signaling. Thus, it is desirable to block DR3, but not DcR3, to preserve the natural anti-inflammatory role of DcR3. SL-325 binds to DR3 but not to DcR3.
DR3 has a distinct expression pattern from TL1A, and, consequently, blocking the receptor may allow a more complete and durable blockade of the axis, which we believe will translate to improved efficacy in patients with IBD. DR3 and TL1A have distinct expression patterns within the gastrointestinal tract (“GI”) of patients with IBD, including both ulcerative colitis (“UC”) and Crohn’s disease (“CD”). The cells within the GI tract that are capable of expressing TL1A include tissue resident antigen presenting cells and other non-hematopoietic cells. While TL1A is not usually expressed, when antigen presenting cells are exposed to inflammatory signals, a wave of TL1A mRNA expression begins, which peaks within 12 hours and ceases within 24 hours. In contrast, DR3 is stably expressed, primarily by lymphocytes both in the peripheral blood and in tissues. Direct comparison of TL1A and DR3 expression in the GI tracts of patients with IBD shows that TL1A is only upregulated in the actively inflamed areas
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of the GI tract. In contrast, DR3 is more abundant than TL1A and is upregulated in both actively inflamed parts of the GI tissue and in the adjacent non-inflamed tissue. The absence of TL1A in the non-inflamed areas of the bowel eliminates the mechanism through which TL1A blocking antibodies would be retained in non-inflamed areas of the GI tract. Because inflammation observed in UC and CD can wax and wane in different areas of the bowel over time, stable blockade of DR3 may reduce the spread of inflammation and may contribute to higher rates of clinical and endoscopic remission than what TL1A blocking antibodies have achieved to date.
We are planning initial clinical development of SL-325 for patients with IBD, including UC and/or CD. The clinical success of several TL1A blocking antibodies to date suggests that SL-325 may have monotherapy disease modifying activity early in clinical development. As described above, we believe that targeting DR3 may be more efficacious than targeting TL1A in patients with IBD. We expect to initiate enrollment in our Phase 1 clinical trial of SL-325 in the third quarter of 2025, and we expect to complete enrollment in the full Phase 1 clinical trial in the second quarter of 2026.
Future clinical trials may explore the efficacy of SL-325 in other inflammatory and immune-mediated diseases where the DR3/TL1A axis is implicated.
Research Programs
We maintain a strong research organization that has developed a diverse pipeline of preclinical compounds. One of our guiding principles for considering additional pipeline candidates is a preference for compounds that we expect to have monotherapy activity early in clinical development.
DR3 Bispecific Antibodies
In addition to SL-325 and SL-425, which is a half-life extended version of SL-325, we are developing a series of bispecific antibodies targeting DR3 and other clinically validated targets. The future of biologic therapy for both UC and CD is widely believed to include blockade of multiple inflammatory pathways, and the mechanism of DR3/TL1A inhibition is known to be non-redundant with the mechanism of other clinically validated targets.
Several attempts have been made to develop bispecific antibodies targeting TL1A, including a TL1A and TNFα blocking antibody known as AMG966. As discussed above, TL1A blocking antibodies stabilize serum TL1A as a result of immune complex formation between soluble TL1A and anti-TL1A antibodies. These immune complexes are believed to contribute to the high rates of ADA formation with TL1A blocking monoclonal antibodies. In the case of AMG966, the bispecific antibody was shown to stabilize both soluble TL1A and TNFα, which led to large immune complex formation and the rapid development of high-titer neutralizing ADA responses in patients treated in a phase 1 clinical trial. AMG966 was discontinued as a result of this immunogenicity. Because DR3 is a membrane-restricted target, immune complex formation is not expected either for SL-325, SL-425, or DR3 directed bispecific antibodies. Nomination of a lead bispecific candidate from our preclinical pipeline is expected in 2025.
Overview of Operations
For the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, our net loss was $26.2 million and $40.1 million, respectively. We have not been profitable since inception, and as of June 30, 2025, we had an accumulated deficit of $407.9 million and $50.5 million in cash and cash equivalents. We expect to continue to incur significant expenses and operating losses in the near term in connection with our ongoing activities, as we:
•continue to advance the preclinical development and initiate Phase 1 clinical development of our product candidate, SL-325;
•initiate nonclinical studies and clinical trials for additional product candidates that we may identify in the future, including potential bispecific DR3 antagonist antibody product candidates;
•manufacture sufficient quantities of bulk drug substance and drug product to support our ongoing and planned nonclinical studies and clinical trials;
•maintain our operational, financial, and management systems;
•retain key personnel and infrastructure to support our nonclinical development, research, manufacturing, and future clinical development efforts;
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•utilize our in-house process development and manufacturing capabilities;
•continue to develop, perfect, and defend our intellectual property portfolio; and
•incur additional legal, accounting, or other expenses in operating our business, including the additional costs associated with operating as a public company and expenses incurred in connection with ongoing and future litigation, if any.
We do not expect to generate significant product revenue unless and until we successfully complete development and obtain regulatory and marketing approval of, and begin to sell, one or more of our product candidates, if ever, which we expect will take several years. We expect to spend a significant amount in development and marketing costs prior to such time. We may never succeed in achieving regulatory and marketing approval for our product candidates. We may obtain unexpected results from our nonclinical studies and clinical trials. We may elect to discontinue, delay, or modify nonclinical studies and clinical trials of our product candidates. We may be adversely affected by inflationary pressures and the macroeconomic environment, which are beyond our control. A change in the outcome of any of these variables with respect to the development of a product candidate could mean a significant change in the costs and timing associated with the development of that product candidate. Accordingly, until such time as we can generate significant product revenue, if ever, we expect to continue to seek private or public equity and debt financing, and/or additional collaborations with third parties, to meet our capital requirements. There can be no assurance that such funding may be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all, or that we will be able to commercialize our product candidates. In addition, we may not be profitable even if we commercialize any of our product candidates.
Recent Developments
On August 4, 2025, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain investors pursuant to which we agreed to issue and sell, in a private placement, 15,225,158 shares of our common stock and pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 37,410,188 shares of our common stock, and accompanying common stock warrants to purchase up to 52,635,346 shares of common stock, or in lieu thereof, pre-funded warrants (the "Private Placement"). The purchase price per share of common stock and accompanying common stock warrant is $0.8677, and the purchase price per pre-funded warrant and accompanying common stock warrant is $0.8676, which is the purchase price per share of our common stock and accompanying common stock warrant minus the $0.0001 per share exercise price of such pre-funded warrant. In connection with the Private Placement, certain investors received the right to designate directors to our board of directors at closing.
Each pre-funded warrant has an exercise price of $0.0001, is exercisable at any time after the date of issuance for one share of our common stock, and will expire when exercised in full.
Each common stock warrant has an exercise price of $1.0846 and is exercisable at any time after the date of issuance for one share of our common stock or pre-funded warrant in lieu thereof. The common stock warrants will expire on the 30th day following the date on which the data from the single ascending dose and multiple ascending dose portions of our phase 1 clinical trial of SL-325, including receptor occupancy and safety data, and the design of the planned phase 2 clinical trial(s) have been announced publicly.
The Private Placement is expected to close following the clearance of our investigational new drug application for SL-325 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and satisfaction or waiver of all closing conditions set forth in the securities purchase agreement. We expect to receive upfront aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $46 million, before deducting placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses. If all common stock warrants are exercised in full, we could receive additional aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $57 million.
Global Economic Considerations
The global macroeconomic environment is uncertain, and could be negatively affected by, among other things, inflation, slower growth or recession, changes in trade policies, including tariffs or other trade restrictions or the threat of such actions, instability or volatility in the global capital and credit markets, supply chain weaknesses, financial institution instability, changes to fiscal and monetary policy or government budget dynamics and instability
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in the geopolitical environment. Such challenges have caused, and may continue to cause, recession fears, high interest rates, foreign exchange volatility, and inflationary pressures. At this time, we are unable to quantify the potential effects of this economic instability on our future operations.
Components of our Results of Operations
Collaboration Revenue
We have no products approved for commercial sale, and we have not generated any revenue from commercial product sales. Our total revenue to date has been generated from our collaboration and research agreements with various third parties. Revenue recognized in 2024 was a result of collaboration agreements with Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (“Ono”) and ImmunoGen, Inc. (“ImmunoGen”). We have completed all of our obligations and recognized all revenues associated with the collaboration agreements with ImmunoGen and Ono in 2024.
Operating Expense
Research and Development Expense
Our research and development expenses consist primarily of costs incurred in connection with the discovery and development of our current and potential future product candidates. These expenses include:
•expenses incurred to conduct our clinical trials, including expenses associated with clinical trials of SL-325 and any potential product candidates we may advance in the future, as well as the expenses associated with prior clinical trials of SL-172154, and the associated wind-down activities;
•costs of manufacturing nonclinical study and clinical trial materials, including the costs of raw materials required for manufacturing;
•process development activities to optimize manufacturing processes, including the development and validation of Phase 3 and commercial manufacturing processes and analytical methods;
•expenses incurred to conduct our nonclinical studies;
•employee-related expenses, including salaries, benefits, and stock-based compensation;
•laboratory materials and supplies used to support our research activities;
•fees paid to third parties who assist with research and development activities;
•expenses relating to regulatory activities, including filing fees paid to regulatory agencies; and
•allocated expenses for facility-related costs.
The following table summarizes our research and development expenses by product candidate:
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (unaudited) | (unaudited) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
SL-325(1) | $ | 2,604 | $ | 231 | $ | 4,833 | $ | 363 | |||||||||||||||
| SL-172154 | 602 | 9,593 | 2,625 | 16,270 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other pipeline compounds | 551 | 2,668 | 1,768 | 5,272 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Internal costs, including personnel related benefits, facilities and depreciation | 4,923 | 6,747 | 9,373 | 13,598 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total research and development cost | $ | 8,680 | $ | 19,239 | $ | 18,599 | $ | 35,503 | |||||||||||||||
1 Expenses for SL-325 that were incurred prior to it being nominated a product candidate are included in “other pipeline compounds” in the table above.
Research and development activities are central to our business model. We are focused on the preclinical and clinical development of SL-325 and other DR3 targeted assets, and conducting additional research on other potential product candidates. Product candidates in earlier stages of development generally have lower development costs than those in later stages of development. We have discontinued clinical development of SL-172154 and are no
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longer conducting research activities performed under the collaboration agreement with Ono. As a result of these operational changes, we expect a decrease in operating expense year-over-year, primarily associated with a reduction in clinical development, manufacturing, and process development costs earmarked to SL-172154 and the reduction in costs associated with our workforce.
The process of conducting the necessary nonclinical and clinical research to obtain regulatory approval is costly and time consuming. The actual probability of success for our product candidates may be affected by a variety of factors including:
•the safety and efficacy of our product candidates;
•nonclinical data for our product candidates;
•investment in our pipeline;
•competition;
•manufacturing capability; and
•commercial viability.
We may never succeed in achieving regulatory approval for any of our product candidates due to the uncertainties discussed above. We are unable to determine the duration and completion costs of our research and development projects or when and to what extent we will generate revenue from the commercialization and sale of our product candidates, if ever.
General and Administrative Expense
General and administrative expense consists primarily of personnel expenses, including salaries, benefits, and stock-based compensation expense, for employees and consultants in executive, finance, accounting, legal, information technology, business development, and human resource functions. General and administrative expense also includes corporate facility costs, including rent, utilities, depreciation, and maintenance, not otherwise included in research and development expense, as well as legal fees related to intellectual property, corporate and litigation matters, and fees for accounting and tax services.
We expect that our general and administrative expense may decrease in the future due to workforce reductions that occurred as a result of the discontinuation of SL-172154. If any of our current or future product candidates advances to clinical development or obtains regulatory approval, we expect that we would incur increased expenses associated with building the appropriate general and administrative support for our increased research and development activities, or building a sales and marketing team.
Other Income
Other income consists of interest earned on our cash, cash equivalents, and investments, which consists of amounts held in a money market fund and government obligations as well as investment fees and realized gain or losses on investments (if any).
Income Taxes
Since our inception, we have not recorded any income tax benefits for the net operating losses (“NOLs”) we have incurred or for our research and development tax credits, as we believe, based upon the weight of available evidence, that it is more likely than not that all of our NOLs and tax credits will not be realized. Our NOLs and tax credit carryforwards began to expire in 2025. We have recorded a full valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets at each balance sheet date.
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Results of Operations
Comparison of the Three Months Ended June 30, 2025 and 2024
The following table sets forth our results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024.
Three Months Ended June 30, | Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | 2025 | 2024 | Dollar | Percentage | |||||||||||||||||||
| (unaudited) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collaboration revenue | $ | — | $ | 1,609 | $ | (1,609) | (100.0) | % | |||||||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Research and development | 8,680 | 19,239 | (10,559) | (54.9) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 4,352 | 5,332 | (980) | (18.4) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Loss from operations | (13,032) | (22,962) | 9,930 | (43.2) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Other income | 574 | 1,410 | (836) | (59.3) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Net loss | $ | (12,458) | $ | (21,552) | $ | 9,094 | (42.2) | % | |||||||||||||||
Collaboration Revenue
Collaboration revenue decreased by $1.6 million, or 100.0%, to $0.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 from $1.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024. The decrease in collaboration revenue was a result of completing all obligations and recognizing all revenues associated with the Ono and ImmunoGen collaboration agreements in 2024.
Research and Development Expense
Research and development expenses decreased by $10.6 million, or 54.9%, to $8.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 from $19.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024. The decrease in research and development expenses was primarily a result of a decrease of $8.9 million due to the discontinuation of SL-172154, a decrease in compensation and related benefit expenses of $2.2 million as a result of workforce reductions in 2024, a decrease of $1.5 million in research and development work for other pipeline compounds, and a decrease of $0.4 million associated with the termination of the Ono Agreement offset by an increase of $2.4 million in research and development expenses for SL-325.
General and Administrative Expense
General and administrative expenses decreased by $1.0 million, or 18.4%, to $4.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 from $5.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024. The decrease is a result of a $0.5 million decrease in compensation and related benefit expenses as a result of workforce reductions in 2024 and a $0.5 million decrease in other general and administrative expenses primarily related to a decline in intellectual property expense related to legacy programs.
Other Income
Other income decreased by $0.8 million, or 59.3%, to $0.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 from $1.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024. The decrease is a result of a decrease in investments and funds held in our money market accounts.
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Results of Operations
Comparison of the Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 and 2024
The following table sets forth our results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024.
| Six Months Ended June 30, | Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | 2025 | 2024 | Dollar | Percentage | |||||||||||||||||||
| (unaudited) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collaboration revenue | $ | — | $ | 2,724 | $ | (2,724) | (100.0) | % | |||||||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Research and development | 18,599 | 35,503 | (16,904) | (47.6) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 8,822 | 10,227 | (1,405) | (13.7) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Loss from operations | (27,421) | (43,006) | 15,585 | (36.2) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Other income: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 1,261 | 2,950 | (1,689) | 57.3 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Net loss | $ | (26,160) | $ | (40,056) | $ | 13,896 | (34.7) | % | |||||||||||||||
Collaboration Revenue
Collaboration revenue decreased by $2.7 million, or 100.0%, to $0.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 from $2.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024. The decrease in collaboration revenue was a result of completing all obligations and recognizing all revenues associated with the Ono and ImmunoGen collaboration agreements in 2024.
Research and Development Expense
Research and development expenses decreased by $16.9 million, or 47.6%, to $18.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 from $35.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024. The decrease in research and development expenses was primarily a result of a decrease of $13.6 million as a result of the discontinuation of SL-172154, a decrease in compensation and related benefit expenses of $4.4 million as a result of workforce reductions in 2024, a decrease of $2.5 million in research and development work for other pipeline compounds, and a decrease of $0.9 million associated with the termination of the Ono Agreement offset by an increase of $4.5 million in research and development expenses for SL-325.
General and Administrative Expense
General and administrative expenses decreased by $1.4 million, or 13.7%, to $8.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 from $10.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024. The decrease is primarily a result of decreased compensation and related benefit expenses as a result of workforce reduction in 2024.
Other Income
Other income decreased by $1.7 million, or 57.3%, to $1.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 from $3.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024. The decrease is a result of a decrease in investments and funds held in our money market accounts.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Since our inception, our primary sources of liquidity have been generated by sales of our common stock, pre-funded warrants, convertible preferred stock and convertible notes, and through our collaboration and research agreements with various third parties.
In July 2022, we entered into a sales agreement ("the Sales Agreement") with Leerink Partners LLC (formerly known as SVB Securities LLC) (the "Sales Agent") pursuant to which we may offer and sell up to $75 million of shares of our common stock from time to time in an at-the-market facility (the "ATM Facility"). The Sales Agent is generally entitled to compensation at a commission equal to 3.0% of the aggregate gross sales price per share sold under the Sales Agreement. As of June 30, 2025, there were no sales pursuant to the ATM Facility. Our Registration Statement on Form S-3 expired on July 29, 2025, and therefore no sales can be made under the Sales Agreement
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until such time as we file a new Registration Statement on Form S-3. Based on the public float of our common stock as of the date of the filing of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, we are currently subject to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3 and therefore may not sell more than one-third of the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates until our public float exceeds $75.0 million.
Capital Resources and Funding Requirements
Our primary uses of cash and cash equivalents, and investments are to fund our operations, which consist primarily of research and development expenditures related to our programs, product development costs, research expenses, administrative support, and capital expenditures related to bringing in-house certain process development and manufacturing capabilities and working capital requirements. We anticipate incurring additional net losses and negative cash flows from operations in the near future until such time, if ever, that we can generate significant sales of our product candidates currently in development. Our future funding requirements will depend on many factors, including:
•the scope, timing, progress and results of discovery, nonclinical development, laboratory testing, and clinical trials for our product candidates;
•the costs of process development and scale up of a commercially ready manufacturing process to support registrational clinical trials;
•the costs of manufacturing our product candidates for clinical trials and in preparation for marketing approval and commercialization;
•the extent to which we enter into collaborations or other arrangements with additional third parties in order to further develop our product candidates;
•the costs of preparing, filing and prosecuting patent applications, maintaining and enforcing our intellectual property rights, and defending other intellectual property-related claims;
•the costs and fees associated with the discovery, acquisition or in-license of additional product candidates or technologies;
•the costs of future commercialization activities, if any, including establishing sales, marketing, manufacturing, distribution and storage capabilities, for any of our product candidates for which we receive marketing approval; and
•revenue, if any, received from commercial sales of our product candidates, should any of our product candidates receive marketing approval.
Until we obtain regulatory approval to market our product candidates, if ever, we cannot generate revenues from sales of our products. Even if we are able to sell our products, we may not generate a sufficient amount of product revenues to finance our cash requirements. Accordingly, it will be necessary for us to seek to raise additional capital through equity offerings and/or debt financings or from other potential sources of liquidity, which may include new collaborations, licensing or other commercial agreements for one or more of our development programs or patent portfolios. Additionally, we are currently evaluating our options related to the advancement of our TRIM7 program, which may include the independent financing of a subsidiary or spun-out entity, or an out-license to a third-party. There can be no assurance that such funding may be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all. The issuance of equity securities may result in dilution to stockholders and the issuance of debt securities may have rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of our common stock and the terms of any such debt securities could impose significant restrictions on our operations. The failure to raise funds as and when needed will have a negative impact on our financial condition and ability to pursue our business strategies. Additionally, if additional funding is not secured when required, we will need to delay or curtail our operations until such funding is received, which would have a material and adverse impact on our business prospects and results of operations.
We believe that our cash and cash equivalents as of June 30, 2025 are sufficient to fund projected operations into 2027. This does not include the anticipated proceeds from the Private Placement. The total anticipated gross proceeds from the Private Placement of up to approximately $103 million, which includes the potential proceeds to be received upon the full exercise of the common stock warrants, combined with current cash and cash equivalents, are expected to fund operations into 2029.
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Cash Flows
The following table shows a summary of our cash flows for the periods indicated:
Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||
| (in thousands) | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||
| (unaudited) | |||||||||||
| Net cash used in operating activities: | $ | (22,463) | $ | (27,079) | |||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities: | 15,600 | (38,690) | |||||||||
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities: | (57) | 836 | |||||||||
| Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents: | $ | (6,920) | $ | (64,933) | |||||||
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities
During the six months ended June 30, 2025, net cash used in operating activities was $22.5 million and primarily reflected our net loss of $26.2 million, offset by net noncash operating charges of $5.7 million for stock-based compensation, depreciation expense, accretion of investments, and non-cash operating lease expense and $2.0 million in net changes to our operating assets and liabilities. We expect to continue to use cash in our operating activities as we conduct our clinical trials and nonclinical studies, incur costs of manufacturing clinical trial and nonclinical study materials, and continue process development activities to optimize our manufacturing processes.
During the six months ended June 30, 2024, net cash used in operating activities was $27.1 million and primarily reflected our net loss of $40.1 million and an $6.7 million net change in our operating assets and liabilities, offset by noncash charges of $6.3 million in stock-based compensation, depreciation expense, amortization of investments, and operating lease expense.
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities
During the six months ended June 30, 2025, net cash provided by investing activities was $15.6 million, as a result of investments that matured during the period.
During the six months ended June 30, 2024, net cash used in investing activities was $38.7 million, which was the result of purchases of investments net of maturities.
Net Cash (Used In) Provided by Financing Activities
During the six months ended June 30, 2025, net cash used in financing activities was $0.1 million and was primarily the result of taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards.
During the six months ended June 30, 2024, net cash provided by financing activities was $0.8 million and was primarily the result of $1.3 million in cash received for the exercise of stock options and purchases pursuant to our employee stock purchase plan offset by taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards of $0.4 million.
Contractual Obligations and Other Commitments
See Note 5 to our condensed financial statements found elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for additional disclosures. There have been no other material changes from the Contractual Obligations and Other Commitments disclosed in Note 6 and 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Critical Accounting Policies
Our management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these condensed financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities and expenses, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities in our financial statements. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and judgments, including those related to revenue recognition, the accrual for research and development expenses, and the valuation of stock-based awards. We base our estimates on historical experience, known trends and events, and various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making
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judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
Our critical accounting policies are those policies which require the most significant judgments and estimates in the preparation of our financial statements. We believe that the assumptions and estimates associated with our most critical accounting policies are those relating to revenue, accrued research and development costs, and stock-based compensation.
There have been no material changes in our critical accounting policies and estimates as compared to the critical accounting policies and estimates disclosed in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 2 to our financial statements found elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a description of recent accounting pronouncements applicable to our financial statements.
Emerging Growth Company and Smaller Reporting Company Status
We are an emerging growth company as defined in the JOBS Act. Under the JOBS Act, an emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards and delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to avail ourselves of this exemption from complying with new or revised accounting standards and therefore, will not be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies. As a result, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.
We have evaluated the benefits of relying on other exemptions and reduced reporting requirements under the JOBS Act. Subject to certain conditions, as an emerging growth company, we may rely on certain of these exemptions, including without limitation exemptions to the requirements for, (i) providing an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and, (ii) complying with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements, known as the auditor discussion and analysis. We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of, (a) the last day of the fiscal year, (i) following the fifth anniversary of the completion of our initial public offering, (ii) in which we have total annual gross revenues of at least $1.235 billion or, (iii) in which we are deemed to be a “large accelerated filer” under the rules of the SEC, which means the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700.0 million as of the prior June 30th, or, (b) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt during the prior three-year period.
We are also a “smaller reporting company” as defined under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We may continue to be a smaller reporting company if either, (i) the market value of our stock held by non-affiliates is less than $250.0 million or, (ii) our annual revenue is less than $100.0 million during the most recently completed fiscal year and the market value of our stock held by non-affiliates is less than $700.0 million. If we are a smaller reporting company at the time we cease to be an emerging growth company, we may continue to rely on exemptions from certain disclosure requirements that are available to smaller reporting companies. Specifically, as a smaller reporting company we may choose to present only the two most recent fiscal years of audited financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and, similar to emerging growth companies, smaller reporting companies have reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
We are a smaller reporting company, as defined by Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act and in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K, and are not required to provide the information under this item.
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Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, evaluated, as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on this evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2025, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as of such date are effective at the reasonable assurance level. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act means controls and other procedures of a company 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 are 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 us in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and our management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the second quarter of the year ending December 31, 2025 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
None.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Our business is subject to various risks, including those described in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. Other than the risk factors below, there have been no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K.
We will require additional funding in order to complete development of our product candidate(s), including SL-325, and commercialize our products, if approved. Additional funding may not be available on acceptable terms, or at all. If we are unable to raise capital when needed, we will be forced to delay, reduce, or eliminate our product development programs and other operations.
Based on our current business plans, we estimate that our existing cash and cash equivalents and investments will enable us to fund our operating expenses into 2027. We have based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could use our capital resources sooner than we currently expect, requiring us to seek additional funds sooner than planned through public or private equity or debt financings or other sources, such as strategic collaborations. Based on the public float of our common stock as of the date of the filing of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, we are currently subject to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3 and therefore may not sell more than one-third of the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates until our public float exceeds $75.0 million.
Additionally, the Private Placement may not close as expected. The Private Placement is subject to certain closing conditions and there can be no assurance that it will be completed on the anticipated terms or at all. If the Private Placement does not close, our ability to fund our operations and continue the development of our product candidates could be materially and adversely affected.
We may seek additional capital due to favorable market conditions or strategic considerations even if we believe we have sufficient funds for our current or future operating plans. Attempting to secure additional financing may divert our management from our day-to-day activities, which may materially and adversely affect the
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development of our product candidates. Our ability to raise additional funds will depend on financial, economic, and market conditions and other factors, over which we may have no or limited control. Additional funds may not be available when we need them, on terms that are acceptable to us or at all.
Current and future laws and regulations may increase the difficulty and cost for us, and any collaborators, to obtain marketing approval of and commercialize our drug candidates and affect the prices we, or they, may obtain.
Heightened governmental scrutiny over the manner in which manufacturers set prices for their marketed products has resulted in several recent Congressional inquiries and proposed and enacted federal and state legislation designed to, among other things, bring more transparency to product pricing, review the relationship between pricing and manufacturer patient programs, and reform government program reimbursement methodologies for products. We expect that additional state and federal healthcare reform measures will be adopted in the future, any of which could limit the amounts that federal and state governments will pay for healthcare therapies, which could result in reduced demand for our product candidate(s) or additional pricing pressures. Under the Inflation Reduction Act (the “IRA”), orphan drugs were previously exempted from the Medicare drug price negotiation program, but only if they had one orphan designation and the only approved indication(s) related to disease or condition. If a product were to have received multiple orphan designations or have multiple approved indications, it would not qualify for the orphan drug exemption. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 eliminated this restriction and now all orphan drugs, regardless of the number of orphan designations or indications, are eligible for exemption from the Medicare drug price negotiation program. We cannot be sure whether additional legislation or rulemaking related to the IRA will be issued or enacted, or what impact, if any, such changes will have on the profitability of any of our drug candidates, if approved for commercial use, in the future.
We may fail to qualify for continued listing on The Nasdaq Global Select Market, which could make it more difficult for our stockholders to sell their shares.
We are required to satisfy the continued listing requirements of The Nasdaq Global Select Market (“Nasdaq”) to maintain such listing, including, among other things, the maintenance of a minimum closing bid price of $1.00 per share. On August 8, 2025, we received written notice from Nasdaq that we were not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirements set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(1) for continued listing on Nasdaq. Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(1) requires listed securities maintain a minimum closing bid price of $1.00 per share, and Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A) provides that a failure to meet the minimum closing bid price requirement exists if the deficiency continues for a period of 30 consecutive business days (the “Minimum Bid Price Rule”).
The notification of noncompliance does not impact the listing or trading of our common stock on Nasdaq at this time, and we have 180 calendar days, or until February 4, 2026, to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Rule. To regain compliance, the closing bid price of our common stock must be at least $1.00 per share for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days at any time prior to February 4, 2026. If we do not regain compliance prior to February 4, 2026, we expect to be eligible for an additional 180 calendar day compliance period.
We intend to actively monitor the closing bid price of our common stock and are committed to regaining compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Rule prior to the expiration of all applicable compliance periods. However, there can be no assurance that we will be able to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Rule. In the event that we do not regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Rule prior to the expiration of the compliance period(s), we expect to receive written notification that our common stock is subject to delisting. If our common stock is delisted by Nasdaq, we could face significant material adverse consequences, including:
•limited availability of market quotations for our common stock;
•reduced liquidity with respect to our common stock;
•a determination that our shares are “penny stock,” which will require brokers trading in our shares to adhere to more stringent rules, and which may limit demand for our common stock among certain investors;
•a limited amount of news and analyst coverage for our company; and
•a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.
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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
None.
Item 5. Other Information
(a)
Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing
On August 8, 2025, we received written notice from Nasdaq that we were not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirements set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(1) for continued listing on Nasdaq. Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(1) requires listed securities maintain a minimum closing bid price of $1.00 per share, and Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A) provides that a failure to meet the minimum closing bid price requirement exists if the deficiency continues for a period of 30 consecutive business days (the “Minimum Bid Price Rule”). The notification of noncompliance does not impact the listing or trading of our common stock on Nasdaq at this time, and we have 180 calendar days, or until February 4, 2026, to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Rule. To regain compliance, the closing bid price of our common stock must be at least $1.00 per share for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days at any time prior to February 4, 2026. If we do not regain compliance prior to February 4, 2026, we expect to be eligible for an additional 180 calendar day compliance period.
If we do not regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Rule during the initial 180-calendar day period, we may be eligible for an additional 180-calendar day compliance period. To qualify, we would need to transfer the listing of our common stock to The Nasdaq Capital Market, provided that we meet the continued listing requirement for the market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards of The Nasdaq Capital Market, with the exception of the Minimum Bid Price Rule, and provide written notice of our intention to cure the Minimum Bid Price Rule deficiency during the second compliance period. As part of its review process, Nasdaq will make a determination as to whether it believes we will be able to cure this deficiency. If the Staff determines that we will not be able to cure the deficiency, or if we are otherwise not eligible for such additional compliance period, Nasdaq will provide notice that our common stock will be subject to delisting. We would have the right to appeal any determination to delist our common stock.
We intend to actively monitor the closing bid price of our common stock and will evaluate available options to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Rule.
(b)
During the three months ended June 30, 2025, none of the Company’s directors or executive officers adopted terminated
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Item 6. Exhibits
The exhibits filed or furnished as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are set forth below.
| Exhibit Number | Description of Exhibit | |||||||
| 3.1 | ||||||||
| 3.2 | ||||||||
| 4.1 | ||||||||
| 4.2 | ||||||||
| 31.1* | ||||||||
| 31.2* | ||||||||
| 32.1* (1) | ||||||||
| 101.INS* | Inline XBRL Instance Document | |||||||
| 101.SCH* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |||||||
| 101.CAL* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | |||||||
| 101.DEF* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition | |||||||
| 101.LAB* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document | |||||||
| 101.PRE* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document | |||||||
| 104* | The cover page for this report, formatted in Inline XBRL (included in Exhibit 101) | |||||||
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* Filed herewith
(1) The certifications on Exhibit 32 hereto are deemed not “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liability of that Section. Such certifications will not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| Shattuck Labs, Inc. | ||||||||
Date: August 14, 2025 | By: | /s/ Dr. Taylor Schreiber | ||||||
Dr. Taylor Schreiber Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) | ||||||||
Date: August 14, 2025 | By: | /s/ Andrew R. Neill | ||||||
Andrew R. Neill Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer) | ||||||||
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Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Andrew R. Neill, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Shattuck Labs, Inc.; | ||||
| 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; | ||||
| 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; | ||||
| 4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: | ||||
| a. | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; | |||||||
| b. | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; | |||||||
| c. | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and | |||||||
| d. | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and | |||||||
| 5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): | ||||
| a. | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and | |||||||
| b. | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. | |||||||
Date: August 14, 2025 | By: | /s/ Andrew R. Neill | ||||||
Andrew R. Neill Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer) | ||||||||
Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Taylor Schreiber, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Shattuck Labs, Inc.; | ||||
| 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; | ||||
| 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; | ||||
| 4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: | ||||
| a. | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; | |||||||
| b. | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; | |||||||
| c. | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and | |||||||
| d. | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and | |||||||
| 5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): | ||||
| a. | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and | |||||||
| b. | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. | |||||||
Date: August 14, 2025 | By: | /s/ Dr. Taylor Schreiber | ||||||
Dr. Taylor Schreiber Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) | ||||||||
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Shattuck Labs, Inc. (the “Company”) for the period ended June 30, 2025 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned officers of the Company hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of his knowledge:
| (1) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and | ||||
| (2) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. | ||||
Date: August 14, 2025 | By: | /s/ Dr. Taylor Schreiber | ||||||
| Dr. Taylor Schreiber | ||||||||
Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) | ||||||||
Date: August 14, 2025 | By: | /s/ Andrew R. Neill | ||||||
| Andrew R. Neill | ||||||||
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer) | ||||||||
The foregoing certification is being furnished solely to accompany the Report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, and is not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
Note: A signed original of this written statement required by §906 has been provided to Shattuck Labs, Inc. and will be retained by Shattuck Labs, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.