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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On February 27, 2024, Cytokinetics, Incorporated announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and for the year ended December 31, 2023. The full text of the press release issued in connection with this announcement is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The information furnished under this Item 2.02 and under Exhibit 99.1 shall not be considered “filed” under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into any future filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, unless the Registrant expressly sets forth in such future filing that such information is to be considered “filed” or incorporated by reference therein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
99.1 Press Release dated February 27, 2024
104 The cover page of this report has been formatted in Inline XBRL
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 hereunto duly authorized.
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CYTOKINETICS, INCORPORATED |
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February 27, 2024 |
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/s/ John O. Faurescu |
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John O. Faurescu, Esq. |
CYTOKINETICS REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER 2023 FINANCIAL RESULTS
Topline Results from SEQUOIA-HCM Announced in December
Showed Statistically Significant and Clinically Meaningful Increase
in Primary Efficacy Endpoint and Improvements in All Secondary Endpoints
Company Plans to Submit New Drug Application for Aficamten to FDA in Q3 2024
and Marketing Authorization Application to EMA in Q4 2024
Primary Results from SEQUOIA-HCM Are Expected
to be Presented at an Upcoming Medical Conference in Q2 2024
Company Provides 2024 Financial Guidance; Approximately 2 Years of Cash Runway
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 27, 2024 - Cytokinetics, Incorporated (Nasdaq: CYTK) reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2023. Net loss for the fourth quarter was $136.9 million or $1.38 per share and the net loss for the year 2023 was $526.2 million or $5.45 per share. Net loss for the fourth quarter of 2022 was $137.4 million or $1.45 per share and net loss for the year 2022 was $389.0 million or $4.33 per share. Cash, cash equivalents and investments totaled $655.4 million on December 31, 2023. This cash balance does not include approximately $83 million in net proceeds generated in early 2024 from the sale of common stock through an at-the-market equity vehicle.
“We ended 2023 strong with positive results from SEQUOIA-HCM which now propel our company forward to the next stages of planning towards our specialty cardiology business model,” said Robert I. Blum, Cytokinetics’ President and Chief Executive Officer. “As we prepare regulatory submissions for aficamten, we are executing on commercial readiness activities while also conducting Phase 3 clinical trials in patients with oHCM and nHCM which we believe may further generate evidence in support of our next-in-class objectives to reach a broader array of patients struggling with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. With a strong balance sheet enabling ample cash runway and multiple levers to access capital, we are pleased to be turning the page onto the next chapter for Cytokinetics and all stakeholders.”
Q4 and Recent Highlights
Cardiac Muscle Programs
aficamten (cardiac myosin inhibitor)
omecamtiv mecarbil (cardiac myosin activator)
CK-4021586 (CK-586, cardiac myosin inhibitor)
CK-3828136 (CK-136, cardiac troponin activator)
Skeletal Muscle Program
reldesemtiv (fast skeletal muscle troponin activator (FSTA))
Pre-Clinical Development and Ongoing Research
Corporate
2024 Corporate Milestones
Cardiac Muscle Programs
aficamten (cardiac myosin inhibitor)
omecamtiv mecarbil (cardiac myosin activator)
CK-4021586 (CK-586, cardiac myosin inhibitor)
CK-3828136 (CK-136, cardiac troponin activator)
Financials
Revenues for the three months and year ended December 31, 2023 were $1.7 million and $7.5 million, respectively, compared to $2.0 million and $94.6 million in the corresponding periods of 2022. The decrease in revenues was primarily due to the recognition in 2022 of $87.0 million of deferred revenue for royalties on the net sales of products containing mavacamten as a result of the extinguishment of royalty obligations.
Research and development expenses for the three months and year ended December 31, 2023 increased to $85.0 million and $330.1 million, respectively, compared to $75.0 million and $240.8 million for the same periods in 2022, respectively, due primarily to spending on our cardiac myosin inhibitor programs.
General and administrative expenses for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2023 decreased to $44.1 million and $173.6 million, respectively, from $54.0 million and $178.0 million for the same period in 2022 due to lower outside spending on commercial readiness activities offset by higher personnel related costs including stock-based compensation.
2024 Financial Guidance
The company today announced financial guidance for 2024. The company anticipates revenue will be in the range of $3 to $5 million, operating expenses will be in the range of $420 to 450 million, and net cash utilization will be approximately $390 to $420 million. Inclusive of approximately $83 million, net, raised in early 2024 through our ATM equity vehicle, our year end cash balance of $655.4 million, plus available long-term debt from Royalty Pharma, represents approximately two years of forward cash based on our projected 2024 operating expenses and net cash utilization.
Conference Call and Webcast Information
Members of Cytokinetics’ senior management team will review the company’s fourth quarter 2023 results on a conference call today at 4:30 PM Eastern Time. The conference call will be simultaneously webcast and can be accessed from the Investors & Media section of Cytokinetics’ website at www.cytokinetics.com. The live audio of the conference call can also be accessed by telephone by registering in advance at the following link: Cytokinetics Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call. Upon registration, participants will receive a dial-in number and a unique passcode to access the call. An archived replay of the webcast will be available via Cytokinetics’ website for twelve months.
About Cytokinetics
Cytokinetics is a late-stage, specialty cardiovascular biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing first-in-class muscle activators and next-in-class muscle inhibitors as
potential treatments for debilitating diseases in which cardiac muscle performance is compromised. As a leader in muscle biology and the mechanics of muscle performance, the company is developing small molecule drug candidates specifically engineered to impact myocardial muscle function and contractility. Cytokinetics is preparing for regulatory submissions for aficamten, its next-in-class cardiac myosin inhibitor, following positive results from SEQUOIA-HCM, the pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Aficamten is also currently being evaluated in two ongoing Phase 3 clinical trials: MAPLE-HCM, evaluating aficamten as monotherapy compared to metoprolol as monotherapy in patients with obstructive HCM and ACACIA-HCM, evaluating aficamten in patients with non-obstructive HCM. Cytokinetics is also developing omecamtiv mecarbil, a cardiac muscle activator, in patients with heart failure. Additionally, Cytokinetics is developing CK-586, a cardiac myosin inhibitor with a mechanism of action distinct from aficamten for the potential treatment of HFpEF, and CK-136, a cardiac troponin activator for the potential treatment HFrEF and other types of heart failure, such as right ventricular failure resulting from impaired cardiac contractility.
For additional information about Cytokinetics, visit www.cytokinetics.com and follow us on X, LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements for purposes of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Act”). Cytokinetics claims the protection of the Act’s Safe Harbor for forward-looking statements. Examples of such statements include, but not limited to, statements, express or implied, relating to our or our partners’ research and development and commercial readiness activities, including the initiation, conduct, design, enrollment, progress, continuation, completion, timing and results of any of our clinical trials, or more specifically, our ability to file a new drug application for aficamten in the United States or a marketing authorisation application for aficamten in the European Union, our ability to obtain approval of our marketing authorisation application for omecamtiv mecarbil in the E.U., the timing of interactions with FDA or any other regulatory authorities in connection to any of our drug candidates and the outcomes of such interactions; statements relating to the potential patient population who could benefit from aficamten, omecamtiv mecarbil, aficamten, CK-586, CK-136 or any of our other drug candidates; statements relating to our ability to receive additional capital or other funding, including, but not limited to, our ability to meet any of the conditions relating to or to otherwise secure additional loan disbursements under any of our agreements with entities affiliated with Royalty Pharma or additional milestone payments from Ji Xing; statements relating to our operating expenses or cash utilization for the remainder of 2024, and statements relating to our cash balance at year-end 2024 or any other particular date or the amount of cash runway such cash balances represent at any particular time. Such statements are based on management's current expectations, but actual results may differ materially due to various risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to Cytokinetics’ need for additional funding and such additional funding may not be available on acceptable terms, if at all; potential difficulties or delays in the development, testing, regulatory approvals for trial commencement,
progression or product sale or manufacturing, or production of Cytokinetics’ drug candidates that could slow or prevent clinical development or product approval; patient enrollment for or conduct of clinical trials may be difficult or delayed; the FDA or foreign regulatory agencies may delay or limit Cytokinetics’ or its partners’ ability to conduct clinical trials; Cytokinetics may incur unanticipated research and development and other costs; standards of care may change, rendering Cytokinetics’ drug candidates obsolete; and competitive products or alternative therapies may be developed by others for the treatment of indications Cytokinetics’ drug candidates and potential drug candidates may target. For further information regarding these and other risks related to Cytokinetics’ business, investors should consult Cytokinetics’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly under the caption “Risk Factors” in Cytokinetics’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year 2023. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and Cytokinetics’ actual results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and the development of the industry in which it operates, may differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. Any forward-looking statements that Cytokinetics makes in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release. Cytokinetics assumes no obligation to update its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date of this press release.
CYTOKINETICS® and the CYTOKINETICS and C-shaped logo are registered trademarks of Cytokinetics in the U.S. and certain other countries.
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Contact:
Cytokinetics
Diane Weiser
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(415) 290-7757
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December 31, 2023 |
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December 31, 2022 |
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(unaudited) |
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ASSETS |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and short-term investments |
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$ 614,824 |
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$ 782,577 |
Other current assets |
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13,227 |
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12,609 |
Total current assets |
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628,051 |
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795,186 |
Long-term investments |
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40,534 |
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46,708 |
Property and equipment, net |
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68,748 |
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80,453 |
Operating lease right-of-use assets |
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78,987 |
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82,737 |
Other assets |
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7,996 |
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9,691 |
Total assets |
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$ 824,316 |
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$ 1,014,775 |
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT |
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Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
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$ 64,148 |
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$ 69,707 |
Short-term lease liability |
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17,891 |
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12,829 |
Current portion of long-term debt |
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10,080 |
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958 |
Other current liabilities |
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10,559 |
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1,123 |
Total current liabilities |
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102,678 |
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84,617 |
Term loan, net |
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58,384 |
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63,810 |
Convertible notes, net |
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548,989 |
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545,808 |
Liabilities related to revenue participation right purchase agreements, net |
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379,975 |
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300,501 |
Long-term operating lease liabilities |
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120,427 |
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126,895 |
Other non-current liabilities |
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186 |
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1,044 |
Total liabilities |
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1,210,639 |
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1,122,675 |
Commitments and contingencies |
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Stockholders’ deficit: |
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Common stock |
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102 |
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94 |
Additional paid-in capital |
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1,725,823 |
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1,481,590 |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
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(10) |
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(3,590) |
Accumulated deficit |
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(2,112,238) |
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(1,585,994) |
Total stockholders’ deficit |
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(386,323) |
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(107,900) |
Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit |
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$ 824,316 |
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$ 1,014,775 |
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2023 |
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2022 |
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2022 |
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Revenues: |
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Research and development revenues |
$ 672 |
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$ 1,957 |
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$ 4,030 |
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$ 6,588 |
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Milestone revenues |
1,000 |
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3,500 |
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1,000 |
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Realization of revenue participation right purchase agreement |
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87,000 |
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Total revenues |
1,672 |
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1,957 |
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7,530 |
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94,588 |
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Operating expenses: |
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Research and development |
84,976 |
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75,018 |
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330,123 |
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240,813 |
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General and administrative |
44,114 |
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53,969 |
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173,612 |
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177,977 |
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Total operating expenses |
129,090 |
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128,987 |
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503,735 |
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418,790 |
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Operating loss |
(127,418) |
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(127,030) |
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(496,205) |
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(324,202) |
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Interest expense |
(7,164) |
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(7,057) |
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(28,306) |
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(19,414) |
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Loss on settlement of debt |
— |
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— |
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— |
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(24,939) |
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Non-cash interest expense on liabilities related to revenue participation right purchase agreements |
(9,900) |
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(9,212) |
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(29,362) |
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(31,742) |
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Interest and other income, net |
7,586 |
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5,919 |
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27,629 |
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11,342 |
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Net loss before income taxes |
(136,896) |
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(137,380) |
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(526,244) |
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(388,955) |
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Income tax benefit |
— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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Net loss |
$ (136,896) |
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$ (137,380) |
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$ (526,244) |
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$ (388,955) |
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Net loss per share — basic and diluted |
$ (1.38) |
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$ (1.45) |
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$ (5.45) |
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$ (4.33) |
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Weighted-average shares in net loss per share — basic and diluted |
99,067 |
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94,681 |
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96,524 |
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89,825 |
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