Organization and Description of Business |
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| Organization and Description of Business |
1. Organization and Description of Business CymaBay Therapeutics, Inc. (the Company or CymaBay) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and providing access to innovative therapies for patients with liver and other chronic diseases with high unmet medical need. The Company’s key clinical development candidate is seladelpar (MBX-8025). Seladelpar has been under development for the treatment of the liver diseases primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). In the fourth quarter of 2019, all development programs for seladelpar were placed on clinical hold pending an investigation into atypical histologic findings identified by study pathologists in the Company’s Phase 2b study for seladelpar in patients with NASH. The Company was incorporated in Delaware in October 1988 as Transtech Corporation. The Company’s headquarters and operations are located in Newark, California and it operates in one segment. Liquidity The Company has incurred net operating losses and negative cash flows from operations since its inception. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company incurred a net loss of $13.1 million and used $14.7 million of cash in operations. At March 31, 2020, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $639.0 million. CymaBay has incurred substantial research and development expenses during the course of studying its product candidates in clinical trials. To date, none of the Company’s product candidates have been approved for marketing and sale, and the Company has not recorded any revenue from product sales. Generally, the Company’s ability to achieve profitability is dependent on its ability to successfully develop, acquire or in-license additional product candidates, conduct clinical trials for those product candidates, obtain regulatory approvals, and support commercialization activities for those product candidates. Any products developed will require approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or a foreign regulatory authority prior to commercial sale. The regulatory approval process is expensive, time-consuming, and uncertain, and any denial or delay of approval could have a material adverse effect on the Company. Even if approved, the Company’s products may not achieve market acceptance and will face competition from both generic and branded pharmaceutical products. More recently, in the fourth quarter of 2019, the Company’s clinical trials in PBC, PSC, and NASH were terminated and all development programs for seladelpar were placed on clinical hold pending further investigation and review of certain histological observations seen in NASH patients and pending additional discussions with the FDA. In parallel with this review, the Company also commenced a process to evaluate all potential ways to maximize stockholder value including possible mergers and business combinations, a sale of part or all of the Company’s assets, collaboration and licensing agreements, dissolution and liquidation of the Company’s assets, and/or continuing development of internal programs. As of March 31, 2020, the Company had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities totaling $176.2 million. While the Company completes its clinical review and FDA discussions and evaluates additional ways to maximize shareholder value, cash is considered sufficient to fund the Company’s currently scaled-back operating plan into 2021. Once the Company’s future business strategy is confirmed, its future liquidity and capital resource needs could be impacted by numerous factors, including but not limited to, funding requirements associated with a merger, collaboration, or licensing arrangement and/or the incurrence of costs associated with the continued development of internal programs as well as costs to wind down current seladelpar clinical trials. The Company has historically obtained and, if needed, expects to obtain additional financing to fund its business strategy through future equity offerings; debt financing; one or more possible licenses, collaborations or other similar arrangements with respect to development and/or commercialization rights of the Company’s product candidates; or a combination of the above. It is unclear if or when any such transactions will occur, on satisfactory terms or at all. The Company’s failure to raise capital as and when needed could have a negative impact on its financial condition and its ability to pursue its business strategies. If adequate funds are not available to the Company, it could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations, and financial condition. |