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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
 
FORM
10-K
 
(Mark
One)
 
☒
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For
the fiscal year ended July 31, 2022
 
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 000-54318
 
ONCOSEC MEDICAL INCORPORATED
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Nevada
 
98-0573252
(State
or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number)
 
24 North
Main Street
 
 
Pennington, NJ
 
08534
(Address of
principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
(855)
662-6732
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
 
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title
of Class
 
Trading
Symbol
 
Name
of Exchange on which Registered:
Common Stock, par value
$0.0001 per share
 
ONCS
 
Nasdaq Capital Market
 
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
 
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐ No ☒
 
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒
 
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2)
has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes ☒ No ☐
 
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule
405 of Regulation S-T
(§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant
was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
 
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting
company, or an emerging
growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,”
“smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
 
Large accelerated
filer ☐
 
Accelerated
filer ☐
 
 
 
Non-accelerated filer ☒
 
Smaller reporting company
☒
 
 
 
 
 
Emerging growth company
☐
 
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised
financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
 
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness
of its internal control over
financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered
public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☐
 
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
 
The
aggregate market value of voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of January 31, 2022, the last
business day of the registrant’s most
recently completed second fiscal quarter, was approximately $21 million, computed by reference
to the price at which the registrant’s common stock was last sold on such date,

as reported by the Nasdaq Capital Market. Shares
of common stock held by the registrant’s officers and directors and holders of 10% or more of the outstanding shares of the
registrant’s
common stock have been excluded from this calculation because such persons may be deemed to be affiliates of the registrant; however,
this determination of
affiliate status is not, and shall not be considered, a determination of affiliate status for any other purpose.
 
As
of October 31, 2022, there were 39,396,309 outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock.
 
Documents
Incorporated by Reference
 
None.
 
 
 
 

 
 
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
 
 
 
Page
 
 
 
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND OTHER MATTERS
 
3
 
 
 
PART I
 
7
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
 
7
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
 
21
ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
 
52
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
 
52
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
 
52
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
 
52
 
 
 
PART II
 
53
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY
SECURITIES
 
53
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
 
54
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
54
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK
 
61
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
 
61
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
 
61
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
 
61
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
 
61
ITEM 9C. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS
 
61
 
 
 
PART III
 
62
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
 
62
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
 
69
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
 
74
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
 
77
ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
 
78
 
 
 
PART IV
 
79
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
 
79
ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY
 
80
 
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
83
 
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CAUTIONARY
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND OTHER MATTERS
 
This
Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or Securities Act, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the “Exchange Act.” Forward-looking
statements relate to future events or circumstances or our future
performance and are based on our current assumptions, expectations
and beliefs about future developments and their potential effect on our business. All statements in this
report that are not statements
of historical fact could be forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such
as “may,”
“should,” “expects,” “plans,” “intends,” “anticipates,”
 “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative
 of these terms or other comparable
terminology. The forward-looking statements in this report include statements about, among other things:
the status, progress and results of our clinical programs; our ability to
obtain regulatory approvals for, and the level of market opportunity
 for, our product candidates; our business plans, strategies and objectives, including plans to pursue
collaboration, licensing or other
similar arrangements or transactions; our expectations regarding our liquidity and performance, including our expense levels, sources
of capital
and ability to maintain our operations as a going concern; the competitive landscape of our industry; and general market,
economic and political conditions.
 
Some
of the factors that we believe could cause actual results to differ from those anticipated or predicted include:
 
 
●
our limited working capital
and history of losses, which raises substantial doubt as to whether we will be able to continue as a going concern;
 
 
 
 
●
the success and timing
of our clinical trials, including safety and efficacy of our product candidates, patient accrual, unexpected or expected safety events,
and
the usability of data generated from our trials;
 
 
 
 
●
the ability to achieve
the clinical and operational objectives set by Management and the Board;
 
 
 
 
●
our ability to successfully
file and obtain timely marketing approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), or comparable foreign regulatory
agency for one or more Biologics License Applications (“BLAs”), or New Drug Applications (“NDAs”);
 
 
 
 
●
our ability to obtain and
maintain marketing approval from regulatory agencies for our products in the U.S. and foreign countries;
 
 
 
 
●
our ability to adhere to
ongoing compliance requirements of all health authorities, in the U.S. and foreign countries;
 
 
 
 
●
our ability to obtain and
maintain adequate reimbursement for our products;
 
 
 
 
●
our ability to obtain the
desired labeling of our products under any regulatory approval we might receive;
 
 
 
 
●
our plans to develop and
commercialize our products;
 
 
 
 
●
the successful development
and implementation of sales and marketing campaigns;
 
 
 
 
●
the loss of key scientific
or management personnel;
 
 
 
 
●
the size and growth of
the potential markets for our product candidates and our ability to serve those markets;
 
 
 
 
●
our ability to successfully
compete in the potential markets for our product candidates, if commercialized;
 
 
 
 
●
regulatory developments
in the United States and foreign countries;
 
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●
the rate and degree of
market acceptance of any of our product candidates;
 
 
 
 
●
new products, product candidates
or new uses for existing products or technologies introduced or announced by our competitors and the timing of these
introductions
or announcements;
 
 
 
 
●
market conditions in the
pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors;
 
 
 
 
●
our available cash and
investments;
 
 
 
 
●
the accuracy of our estimates
regarding expenses, future revenues, capital requirements and needs for additional financing;
 
 
 
 
●
our ability to obtain additional
funding;
 
 
 
 
●
our ability to obtain and
maintain intellectual property protection for our product candidates;
 
 
 
 
●
our ability to maintain
license agreements for our licensed product candidates;
 
 
 
 
●
the success and timing
of our preclinical studies, including those intended to support an Investigational New Drug, or IND, application;
 
 
 
 
●
the ability of our product
candidates to successfully perform and advance in clinical trials;
 
 
 
 
●
our continued compliance
with the listing requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market;
 
 
 
 
●
our ability to obtain and
maintain authorization from regulatory authorities for use of our product candidates for initiation and conduct of clinical trials;
 
 
 
 
●
our ability to manufacture
and supply our products, gain access to products we plan to use in combination studies and the performance of and reliance on
third-party
manufacturers and suppliers;
 
 
 
 
●
the performance of our
clinical research organizations, clinical trial sponsors, and clinical trial investigators; and
 
 
 
 
●
our ability to successfully
implement our strategy.
 
Forward-looking
statements are only predictions and are not guarantees of future performance, and they are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other
factors, including the risks described under “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item IA of this report and similar discussions
contained in the other documents we file from time to time
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the “SEC.” Moreover,
we operate in a rapidly evolving industry in which new risks and uncertainties continuously emerge,
and it is not possible for us to
predict all of the risks we may face or assess the impact of all uncertainties or other factors on our business or the extent to which
any factor or
combination of factors could cause actual results to differ from our current expectations, assumptions or beliefs. In light
of these risks, uncertainties and other factors, the
forward-looking events and circumstances described in this report may not occur
and our results, levels of activity, performance or achievements could differ materially from
those expressed in or implied by any forward-looking
statements we make. As a result, you should not place undue reliance on any of our forward-looking statements. Forward-
looking statements
speak only as of the date they are made, and unless required to by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statement for any
reason, including to reflect new information, future developments, actual results or changes in our expectations.
 
We
qualify all of our forward-looking statements by this cautionary note.
 
Unless
the context indicates otherwise, all references to OncoSec, our Company, we, us and our in this report refer to OncoSec Medical Incorporated
and its subsidiary.
 
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We
own registered trademark rights in the United States to ImmunoPulse®, and we have filed applications in the United States and in
certain foreign jurisdictions to register
trademark rights to ImmunoPulse and OncoSec. Other service marks, trademarks or trade names
used in this report are the property of their respective owners. We do not use
the ® or ™ symbol in each instance in which
one of our registered or common law trademarks appears in this report, but this should not be construed as any indication that we
will
not assert our rights thereto to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law.
 
We
make available, free of charge, on our website, www.oncosec.com, our reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and amendments thereto, as soon
as reasonably practical after we
file such materials with the SEC. Any information that we include on or link to our website is not,
and should not be considered, part of this report.
 
SUMMARY
RISK FACTORS
 
Our
business is subject to risks of which you should be aware before making an investment decision. The risks described below are a summary
of the principal risks associated
with an investment in us and are not the only risks we face. You should carefully consider these risk
factors, the risk factors described in Item 1A, and the other reports and
documents that we have filed with the SEC.
 
Risks
Related to Our Business
 
 
●
Our majority stockholders
may exercise significant influence over the outcome of matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, which may prevent us from
engaging in certain transactions.
 
●
We have never generated,
and may never generate, revenue from our operations.
 
●
We have limited working
capital and a history of losses, which raises substantial doubt as to whether we will be able to continue as a going concern.
 
●
We do not have adequate
cash resources to fund our operations into calendar year 2023 and will need to raise additional capital to continue operating our
business, and
if we are unable to secure additional funds, we may be forced to delay, reduce or eliminate our clinical development
programs and commercialization efforts or cease
all operations.
 
●
We are a clinical-stage
company with a limited operating history and no approved products, which makes assessment of our future viability difficult and which
may
hinder our ability to generate revenue and meet our other objectives.
 
●
We are significantly dependent
on the success of our ImmunoPulse® technology platform and our product candidates that utilize based on this platform, including
our
lead product candidate TAVO™-EP.
 
●
Business or economic disruptions
or global health concerns could seriously harm our development efforts and increase our costs and expenses.
 
●
If the commencement or
completion of clinical testing for our product candidates is delayed or prevented, we could experience significantly increased costs
and our
ability to pursue regulatory approval or generate revenue could be delayed or limited.
 
●
If serious adverse or unacceptable
side effects are identified during the development of one or more of our product candidates or any future product candidate, we may
need to address any serious safety concerns as part of ongoing or post-marketing surveillance efforts; otherwise we may need to modify,
 limit or discontinue
development efforts related to some of our product candidates.
 
●
We rely on third parties
to conduct our clinical trials and other studies, and if these third parties do not successfully carry out their duties or meet expected
deadlines,
we may not be able to obtain regulatory approval for or commercialize our product candidates and our business could be
substantially harmed.
 
●
Regulatory authorities
may not approve our product candidates, or any approvals we achieve may be too limited or too late for us to earn meaningful, or
any, revenue.
 
●
Our business and operations
could suffer in the event of cyber-attacks or system failures.
 
●
We may be unable to acquire
or develop new product candidates or technologies, or we may never be able to commercialize any product candidates or technologies
we
do successfully acquire or develop.
 
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●
Recent changes in the Company’s
executive management team and Board of Directors may be disruptive to, or cause uncertainty in, its business, results of operations
and the price of the Company’s common stock.
 
●
Extensive industry regulation
has had, and will continue to have, a significant impact on our business, especially our product development, manufacturing and
distribution
capabilities.
 
●
If we fail to comply with
applicable healthcare laws and regulations, we could face substantial penalties and our business, operations, prospects and financial
condition
could be adversely affected.
 
●
We are subject to new legislation
and regulatory proposals that may affect costs for compliance and adversely affect revenue.
 
●
Any product for which we
obtain marketing approval could be subject to restrictions or withdrawal from the market and we may be subject to penalties if we
fail to
comply with regulatory requirements or if we experience unanticipated problems with products, when and if any of them is
approved.
 
Risks
Related to Our Intellectual Property
 
 
●
Our business depends in
large part on our ability to protect our proprietary rights and technologies, and we may be unsuccessful in these efforts.
 
●
Our in-licensed intellectual
property may not provide us with sufficient rights and may not prevent competitors from pursuing similar technology.
 
●
We may become involved
in litigation or other proceedings in our efforts to protect our patent and other intellectual property rights, which could require
significant
time and costs and would be subject to unpredictable outcomes.
 
●
Third parties may claim
 that we infringe their proprietary rights, which could prevent us from pursuing our clinical and other studies and other research
 and
development activities.
 
Risks
Related to Our Growth Strategy
 
 
●
If we acquire, enter into
joint ventures with or obtain a controlling interest in companies in the future, it could adversely affect our operating results
and the value of
our Common Stock thereby diluting stockholder value and disrupting our business.
 
●
If we cannot continue to
fund our research and development programs, we may be required to reduce product development, which will adversely impact our growth
strategy.
 
Risks
Related to Our Common Stock
 
 
●
The price and trading volume
of our common stock may be subject to extreme volatility, and stockholders could lose all or part of their investment in our Company.
 
●
If our stock price continues
to remain below $1.00, our common stock may be subject to delisting from The Nasdaq Stock Market, which would materially reduce the
liquidity of our common stock and have an adverse effect on our market price.
 
General
Risk Factors
 
 
●
Our business, financial
position, results of operations and liquidity needs could be materially negatively affected by market fluctuations and economic downturn.
 
●
Maintaining
compliance with our reporting and other obligations as a public company could strain our resources and distract Management.
 
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PART
I
 
ITEM
1. BUSINESS
 
OVERVIEW
 
We
 are a late-stage immuno-oncology company focused on designing, developing and commercializing innovative, proprietary, intra-tumoral
 DNA-based therapeutics
delivered by electroporation (“EP”) to stimulate and augment anti-tumor immune responses for the treatment
of cancers. Our core technology, ImmunoPulse®, is a drug-device
therapeutic modality platform comprised of a proprietary OncoSec
Medical System EP device (the “OMS EP Device”) and a proprietary DNA plasmid delivery and application
method that enables
transient expression of recombinant therapeutic molecules in cells. The OMS EP Device is designed to promote cellular uptake of plasmid
DNA injected
directly into solid tumors to allow subsequent expression of the encoded therapeutic protein. Our OMS EP Device can be adapted
to treat different tumor types, and consists of
an electrical pulse generator paired with disposable applicators. Our lead product candidate
is a plasmid encoding interleukin-12 (“IL-12”) called tavokinogene telseplasmid
(“TAVO™”). The OMS EP Device
is used to deliver TAVO™ into cells in tumor lesions, with the aim of reversing the immunosuppressive microenvironment in the treated
tumor and eliciting systemic tumor-specific immune responses in cancer patients. Activation of an appropriate anti-tumor inflammatory
response in the treated lesion can drive
the immune system to mount a systemic anti-tumor response against untreated tumors in other
parts of the body. In 2017, we received Fast Track Designation and Orphan Drug
Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(“FDA”) for TAVO™ in metastatic melanoma, which could qualify TAVO™-EP for expedited FDA review, a rolling
Biologics
License Application (“BLA”) review and certain other benefits to achieve faster registration of a therapeutic product.
 
Development
Programs
 
Our
current focus is to continue development of TAVO™-EP in combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) in melanoma.
 
Our
 KEYNOTE-695 clinical trial, testing TAVO™-EP in combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), is a registration-directed,
 Phase 2b open-label, single-arm,
multicenter trial in approximately 100 patients with relapsed or refractory metastatic melanoma
 after treatment with anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor (nivolumab or
pembrolizumab), conducted in the United States, Canada, Australia
and Europe. In May 2017, we entered into a clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with a
subsidiary of Merck & Co.,
Inc. (“Merck”) in connection with the KEYNOTE-695 clinical trial. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, each company
will bear its own costs
related to manufacturing and supply of its product, as well as be responsible for its own internal costs.
 OncoSec is the sponsor of the KEYNOTE-695 trial and we are
responsible for external costs. The KEYNOTE-695 trial completed
enrollment of the primary cohort (105 patients) in December 2020. In December 2020, the protocol was
amended to include an
additional cohort, consisting of patients who were exposed to treatment with ipilimumab and progressed on prior anti-PD-1 checkpoint
inhibitor. The
amendment also enabled enrollment of approximately 25 additional patients to be treated with an updated version of
the OMS EP Device (i.e., GenPulseTM generator and
Series 3 Applicator). Database lock for the 105 patients enrolled in
Cohort 1 is November 2022 and the final data analyses of the primary and secondary endpoints are expected
to be available during the
first quarter of 2023 and fourth quarter of 2022, respectively.
 
In
August 2020, we supported commencement of an investigator-initiated Phase 2 trial (Phase 2 IIT) conducted by the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer
Center and Research Institute and
the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine to evaluate TAVO™-EP as neoadjuvant
treatment (administered before surgery) in combination with intravenous
OPDIVO® (nivolumab) in up to 33 patients with operable locally/regionally
advanced melanoma. This Phase 2 IIT has been designed to evaluate whether the addition of
TAVO™-EP can increase the published anti-tumor
response observed with monotherapy OPDIVO®, an anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor, in patients with locally/regionally
advanced melanoma
prior to surgical resection of tumors. This Phase 2 IIT began enrolling patients in December of 2020. Enrollment for this trial is expected
to be completed
in 2023. Preliminary data from this Phase 2 IIT will be presented at an international medical conference, the Society
for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC), in 2022.
 
In
 May 2018, we entered into a second clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with Merck with respect to a KEYNOTE-890, Phase
 2 trial of TAVO™-EP in
combination with KEYTRUDA®. In Cohort 1 of this trial we evaluated the safety and efficacy of the combination
in patients with inoperable locally advanced or metastatic
triple negative breast cancer (“TNBC”), who have previously failed
at least one systemic chemotherapy or immunotherapy. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, both
companies will bear their own costs
related to manufacturing and supply of their product, as well as be responsible for their own internal costs. OncoSec is the sponsor
of the
KEYNOTE-890 trial and responsible for external costs. Enrollment of Cohort 1 was completed (26 patients) in December 2020. Interim
 data for Cohort 1 was initially
presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (“SABCS”) in December 2019; an update
on this cohort was presented at the SABCS in December 2021. In June 2020,
we amended our second clinical trial collaboration and supply
agreement to include KEYNOTE-890, Cohort 2, for the frontline treatment of patients with inoperable locally
advanced or metastatic TNBC
with the combination of TAVO-EP, KEYTRUDA, and chemotherapy. Enrollment of Cohort 2 (target 40 patients) began in January 2021. Due to
slow enrollment and competing trials by other sponsors in front-line TNBC, recruitment on KEYNOTE-890 Cohort 2 has been halted as of
October 2022.
 
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In
May 2019, we supported commencement of an investigator-initiated Phase 1 clinical trial (Phase 1 IIT) conducted by the University of
California San Francisco (“UCSF”)
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. This Phase 1 IIT enrolls patients with
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head & Neck and is a single-arm open-label
clinical trial in which 68 evaluable patients will receive
TAVO™-EP, KEYTRUDA® and epacadostat. Recruitment on this Phase 1 IIT was halted for strategic reasons in
June
2021.
 
Technology
Platform
 
Our
ImmunoPulse® platform is based on the concept of delivering macromolecules, including but not necessarily limited to plasmid
DNA, into cells for local expression and
activity via electroporation by an electric field that is generated by our OMS EP Device.
The clinical lead molecule TAVO™ is a plasmid encoding human IL-12. Our most
advanced device is the GenPulse 2.0 with our
Series 3 Applicator. Clinical trials with TAVO™-EP have been conducted with predecessor OMS EP Devices. While seeking
regulatory approval of GenPulse 2.0, we are also exploring other device strategies for use in future programs. We are developing our
next-generation EP device and applicator,
including advancements toward prototypes, and intend to pursue discovery research to
identify other product candidates that, similar to IL-12, can be encoded into plasmid-
DNA and delivered, using our proprietary delivery and application method, intratumorally
using EP once our financial position allows such expanded discovery research. For
example, we intend to develop proprietary
technology to potentially treat liver, lung, bladder, pancreatic and other difficult to treat visceral lesions through the direct
delivery of
plasmid encoded therapeutics with the Visceral Lesion Applicator (“VLA”). We also intend to continue to
pursue potential new trials and studies related to TAVO™, in various
tumor types.
 
In
November 2020, we obtained an exclusive license to the Cliniporator® electroporation gene electrotransfer platform from IGEA Clinical
Biophysics. This platform has been
used for electrochemotherapy in and outside of Europe in over 200 major oncological centers to treat
cutaneous metastatic cancer nodules, including melanoma. The license
encompasses a broad field of use for gene delivery in oncology,
including use for our VLA development efforts.
 
The
VLA is intended and may be designed to work with low voltage EP generators, including but not limited to Cliniporator® and our
proprietary APOLLOTM EP generator,
and is expected to enable transfection of immunologically relevant genes into cells
 located in visceral primary or metastatic tumor lesions. In early 2020, we presented
preclinical data pertaining to visceral
delivery of plasmid-based therapeutics as two poster presentations, one at the Society for Interventional Oncology and one at the
Society
for Interventional Radiology. Additionally, we have successfully completed several animal studies to test the VLA and
improve its design. We expect to bring a VLA into the
clinic in 2023. However, this timeline is under evaluation and may extend. We
believe that the flexibility of our proprietary plasmid-DNA technology may allow the Company
to deliver other immunologically
relevant molecules into the tumor microenvironment in addition to the delivery of TAVO™.
 
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Cancer
Immunotherapy Treatments: Background
 
Many
 traditional modalities for treating cancer, such as chemotherapy, provide limited survival benefits and are frequently associated with
 significant side effects.
Immunotherapy, which has received significant attention in recent years, focuses on modulating the immune system
to eradicate cancer cells. Systemic delivery of cytokines
that regulate the immune system, such as interleukin-2 (IL-2), interleukin-10
(IL-10), or interleukin-12 (IL-12), has shown indications of efficacy but also mechanism-based
toxicity.
 
The
development of monoclonal antibody therapeutics, which target and block critical “immune checkpoint” proteins such as cytotoxic
T-lymphocyte-associated protein-4
(CTLA-4), program cell-death-1 (PD-1) or programmed death-ligand-1 (PD-L1), has been successful at
augmenting anti-tumor immunity with more easily controlled toxicity
than systemic cytokines. To date, several agents have been approved
for the treatment of multiple cancers, e.g., anti-PD-1 (pembrolizumab, Keytruda®). Although these new
immuno-oncology
agents have shown clinical benefits for patients with solid tumors across multiple cancer types, a majority of patients do not respond
(primary refractory) or
will eventually relapse. One hypothesis for lack of efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in primary refractory
patients is that the tumor lacks a sufficient immune milieu,
i.e., is deficient of infiltrating immune cells (immune desert) or infiltrating
immune cells have impaired anti-tumor effector function (exhausted, immune excluded). Thus, novel
therapeutic approaches that can alter
the tumor immune environment directly are an area of intense research.
 
The
TAVO™ EP therapeutic approach was developed to allow safe delivery of a powerful and well characterized cytokine, IL-12,
encoded on a plasmid into cells in the tumor
microenvironment and, thereby, achieving local expression. Local IL-12 expression
curtails systemic toxicity and achieves activation of immune effector cells in the tumor
microenvironment, which ultimately can
result in systemic immune surveillance.
 
RECENT
DEVLOPMENTS
 
Restructuring
Plan
 
As
previously disclosed, on October 2, 2022, our Board of Directors authorized a restructuring plan (the “Restructuring Plan”)
that is designed to prioritize clinical activities in
melanoma to reduce operating expenses while advancing our lead product candidate,
TAVO™ EP, toward near-term data milestones in connection with the KEYNOTE-695
clinical trial. As part of the Restructuring Plan,
we restructured our internal operations and reduced our workforce by approximately 45%, or approximately 18 employees.
 
We
currently estimate that we will incur charges of approximately $750,000 to $800,000 in connection with the Restructuring Plan, consisting
primarily of cash expenditures
for employee transition, notice period and severance payments, retention bonus payments, and related costs
as well as non-cash expenses related to vesting of share-based
awards. We expect that the majority of the restructuring charges will
be incurred in the fourth calendar quarter of 2022 and first calendar quarter of 2023, and that the execution
of the Restructuring Plan
will be substantially complete by the second calendar quarter of 2023.
 
The
charges that we expect to incur in connection with the Restructuring Plan are estimates and subject to a number of assumptions, and actual
results may differ materially.
The foregoing estimated amounts do not include any non-cash charges associated with stock-based compensation.
We expect to operationalize additional cost reduction actions
that will include other incremental cost reduction actions unrelated to
workforce reductions.
 
Nasdaq
Compliance
 
As
previously disclosed, on June 2, 2022, we received notice (the “Notice”) from the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”)
that we were not in compliance with Nasdaq
Listing Rule 5550(a)(2), as the minimum bid price of our common stock had been below $1.00
per share for 30 consecutive business days. The Notice had no immediate effect
on the listing of our common stock, which continues to
trade at this time on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “ONCS.”
 
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In
accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), we have 180 calendar days, or until November 29, 2022, to regain compliance with the
minimum bid price requirement.
To regain compliance, the closing bid price of our common stock must meet or exceed $1.00 per share for
at least ten consecutive business days during this 180 calendar day
period. In the event we do not regain compliance by November 29,
2022, we may be eligible for an additional 180 calendar day grace period if we meet the continued listing
requirement for market value
of publicly held shares ($1 million) and all other initial listing standards for the Nasdaq Capital Market, with the exception of the
minimum bid
price, and provide written notice to Nasdaq of our intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period by
effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. If we do
not regain compliance within the allotted compliance period(s), Nasdaq will provide
notice that the Company’s common stock will be subject to delisting from the Nasdaq
Capital Market. In that event, we may appeal
such delisting determination to a hearings panel.
 
We
 continue to monitor the closing bid price of our common stock and are considering options to resolve our noncompliance with the minimum
 bid price requirement,
including by conducting a reverse stock split.
 
COVID-19
 
Our
operational and financial performance have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our clinical trials have experienced delays in patient
enrollment, potentially due to
prioritization of hospital resources toward the COVID-19 pandemic or concerns among patients about participating
in clinical trials during a public health emergency. The
COVID-19 pandemic is also affecting the operations of government entities, such
as the FDA, as well as contract research organizations, third-party manufacturers, and other
third-parties upon whom we rely. The extent
of the impact on our operations cannot be ascertained at this time.
 
CLINICAL
PROGRAMS
 
Our
Lead Product Candidate: TAVO™
 
TAVO™-EP
is a drug-device combination. The therapeutic modality consists of a DNA plasmid called tavokinogene telseplasmid (TAVO™) that
encodes the potent immune-
stimulatory cytokine IL-12. TAVO™ is injected directly into tumor lesions and, using our proprietary
OMS EP Device, transfected into local cells. Our clinical data indicates
that the in vivo gene transfer of plasmid DNA-encoded IL-12
using EP is well-tolerated. Anti-tumor activity has been observed as early as after a single cycle of treatment.
Importantly, regression
in distant, non-injected/non-electroporated lesions has also been observed (“abscopal effect”) in different solid cancers.
 
OUR
CLINICAL PIPELINE
 
Melanoma
 
Melanoma
is a deadly skin cancer with rapidly rising incidences both in the U.S. and globally. The National Cancer Institute (“NCI”)
Surveillance, Epidemiology and End
Results (“SEER”) Program estimates that 96,480 new melanoma cases were diagnosed in 2019,
representing 5.5% of all new cancer cases in the U.S. Overall, the five-year
survival rate for melanoma, regardless of disease stage,
is high (92.2%); however, according to SEER 2019, for patients who present with metastatic disease and receive
systemic treatment, the
five-year survival rate is considerably lower at less than 25%. Despite recent advances in therapy, advanced metastatic melanoma continues
to present a
major and increasing burden with significant morbidity and mortality.
 
KEYNOTE-695
Study (ongoing)
 
The
KEYNOTE-695 clinical trial is a Phase 2b, open-label, single-arm, multi-center trial of TAVO™ EP in combination with an intravenous
anti-PD-1 antibody, Merck’s
KEYTRUDA®, in patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic melanoma and confirmed
progression on immediate prior anti-PD-1 therapy. The KEYNOTE-695
trial completed enrollment of the original cohort (105 patients) in
December of 2020; approximately half of the cohort was enrolled during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
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KEYNOTE-695
enrollment criteria with respect to anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor failure is highly restrictive. In order to be considered an
anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor
failure, all patients must have histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of unresectable
melanoma (Stage III or IV) with progressive locally advanced or metastatic
diseases, be refractory/relapsed to anti-PD-1 monoclonal
 antibodies, namely KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) or OPDIVO® (nivolumab), as either monotherapy or in
combination with other
approved checkpoint inhibitors or targeted therapies according to their approved label. Patients must have relapsed as documented by
confirmed disease
progression within 12 weeks of the last dose of anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody administration. Patients can have no
intervening therapies between failure of anti-PD-1 therapy
and the TAVO™ / KEYTRUDA® combination treatment with the
 exception of approved BRAF (proto-oncogene B-Raf)/MEK (Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase)
inhibitor combinations. Patients
that are BRAF/MEK inhibitor eligible may have received BRAF/MEK inhibitor treatment. The primary endpoint of the study is to assess
the
objective response rate (“ORR”) based on RECIST v1.1 by blinded independent central review (BICR). Database lock for
the 105 patients enrolled in Cohort 1 is November
2022 and the final data analyses of the primary and secondary endpoints are
expected to be available during the first quarter of 2023 and fourth quarter of 2022, respectively.
 
KEYNOTE-695
is a registration-directed clinical trial. In order to be eligible for accelerated approval, the TAVO™-EP / KEYTRUDA® combination
must treat a serious
condition and provide a meaningful advantage over available therapies. Prior to the commencement of the trial, we
reviewed the patient inclusion and progression criteria, and
other trial requirements with FDA. In light of this review, we strictly
defined the patient population to be enrolled in KEYNOTE-695 to include only those patients who have
definitively progressed on prior
anti-PD-1 checkpoint therapy.
 
In July 2021, we entered
 into a clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with Merck with respect to a Phase 3 study of TAVOTM  in
 combination with
KEYTRUDA® to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the combination
in patients with Stage III or IV unresectable, metastatic melanoma, and who are refractory to prior
checkpoint therapy. This study is
referred to as KEYNOTE-C87. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, both companies will bear their own costs related to manufacturing
and
supply of their product, as well as be responsible for their own internal costs. We are the study sponsor and are responsible for
external costs. The trial is designed to be a global
Phase 3 randomized clinical trial and is intended to support accelerated approval
by the U.S. FDA and/or serve as a pivotal study to support a full licensure.
 
OMS-102
(completed)
 
OMS-102
was an open-label, multi-center, Phase 2 trial of TAVO™-EP and KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) in patients with advanced, metastatic
melanoma. In August 2015,
we enrolled the first patient in our Phase 2 investigator-sponsored clinical trial led by the clinicians at
UCSF. Huntsman Cancer Institute in Utah was the second clinical site.
The primary endpoint of this trial was to assess the anti-tumor
 efficacy of the combination of TAVO™-EP and KEYTRUDA® in patients with stage III/IV metastatic
melanoma whose tumors are characterized
by low frequency of CD8+/PD-1+/CTLA-4+ TILs (tumor infiltrating lymphocytes). The primary endpoint of
the study was best
overall response rate by RECIST of the combination regimen. Recent data suggests that patients whose tumors are lacking
TILs or CD8+ T-cells at the tumor margin or
generally have a low frequency of CD8+/PD-L1+/CTLA-4+
TILs are unlikely to respond to anti-PD-1 therapies such as KEYTRUDA®, while tumors with a frequency of
CTLA-4+/PD-L1+/CD8+
T-cells >20% in the tumor are likely to have a clinical benefit. Therapies, such as TAVO™, that promote TIL generation
and PD-L1 positivity play an
important role in potentially augmenting the clinical efficacy of the anti-PD1/PD-L1 agents.
 
Initial
data of the OMS-102 trial were presented in February 2017 at ASCO-SITC and the trial stopped enrolling patients in September 2017,
allowing us to progress on to the
KEYNOTE-695 trial. The study was selected for an oral presentation at SITC 2017, and the final
data were published in Clinical Cancer Research in May 2020. The overall
response rate in 22 evaluated patients was 41%, with 36%
complete responses. These results suggest that the combination of TAVO and KEYTRUDA has efficacy in this low
TIL metastatic melanoma
patient population. Furthermore, the combination therapy was well tolerated. Data from this trial was
published in Clinical Cancer Research in May
2020.
 
OMS-100
(completed)
 
OMS-100
was an open-label Phase 2 trial of TAVO™-EP monotherapy in patients with stage III/IV metastatic melanoma. The study was
selected for an oral presentation at the
Melanoma Bridge Conference in 2018, and final data from this trial were published in the
Annals of Oncology in March 2020. Among 28 evaluable patients treated with up to 4
cycles of TAVO-EP on days 1, 5 and 8 of each
12-week cycle, the response rate was 35.7%, and among all evaluable patients, including those treated on alternative dosing
schedules, the response rate was 29.8%. The results of this study demonstrated that multiple treatment cycles of TAVO™ were
well tolerated, with no treatment-limiting
toxicities. The majority of adverse events were localized to the treatment site and
Grade-1 or -2 in severity.
 
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Following
 this trial, a retrospective analysis of the patients who went on to receive an anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy was conducted. Results from this
 retrospective analysis
suggested that TAVO™ primes and enhances response rates to PD-1/PD-L1 blockade. Specifically, of the 29
patients who completed TAVO™ treatment, 14 subsequently
received an anti-PD-1/PD-L1 treatment. Overall, five of these 14 patients
(36%) experienced a complete response and four patients experienced a partial response (29%), for an
overall response rate of 65% (75%
without intervening therapies). Two patients experienced stable disease (14%) and three patients experienced progressive disease (21%).
We
believe this retrospective sequential data could suggest combinatorial potential of an immune-priming effect with TAVO™ prior
to anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy. Data from this
retrospective analysis formed the clinical rationale for conducting OMS-102.
 
Phase
2 Investigator-Initiated Melanoma Neoadjuvant Trial
 
In
August 2020, we supported commencement of an investigator-initiated Phase 2 trial conducted by the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research
Institute and the University
of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine to evaluate TAVO™ as neoadjuvant treatment (administered
 before surgery) in combination with intravenous OPDIVO®
(nivolumab) in up to 33 patients with operable locally/regionally advanced
melanoma. This trial has been designed to evaluate whether the addition of TAVO™ can increase the
published anti-tumor response
 observed with monotherapy OPDIVO®, an anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor, in patients with locally/regionally advanced melanoma prior
 to
surgical resection of tumors. This trial began enrolling patients in December 2020. Using a Simon’s 2-stage design the trial
has met the pre-specified efficacy criteria to pass
Stage 1 and has proceeded enrollment on to Stage 2 in up to 33 patients. Enrollment
for this trial is expected to be completed in 2023. Preliminary data from this trial will be
presented at an international medical conference,
the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Annual Meeting, in November 2022.
 
Triple
Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC)
 
Breast
cancer was the most common cancer diagnosed among U.S. women and was the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in 2021. Worldwide,
approximately
170,000 new cases of TNBC are diagnosed each year, with TNBC representing one of the four main molecular subtypes of invasive
breast cancer, accounting for approximately
10-20% of all breast cancer, according to breastcancer.org. According to the American Cancer
Society, for patients who present with Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, the five-
year survival rate is considerably lower at approximately
22%.
 
TNBC
 frequently affects younger women (under 40 years old) and is characterized by higher relapse rates than estrogen receptor positive breast
 cancers. TNBC is also
associated with an increased risk of recurrence, both locally and in distant sites including the lungs and brain.
Advanced TNBC remains a significant area of unmet medical
need. Chemotherapy is the current standard-of-care treatment in the adjuvant,
neoadjuvant, and metastatic settings. Due to the loss of hormone receptors on the tumor cell,
patients with TNBC do not benefit from
hormonal therapy or treatments targeting the oncogenic HER2 pathway. The standard of care for TNBC patients with recurrent and/or
metastatic
disease is cytotoxic chemotherapy, leading to a median survival of approximately 13 months from the time of recurrence or diagnosis of
distant metastases.
 
During
October of 2022, we decreased all clinical activity outside of our melanoma clinical pipeline, including trials and studies
involving TNBC.
 
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KEYNOTE-890
study (halted)
 
KEYNOTE-890
 is a Phase 2, open-label, single-arm, multi-center trial of TAVO™-EP in combination with an intravenous anti-PD-1 antibody, Merck’s
 pembrolizumab
(KEYTRUDA®), in patients with histologically confirmed diagnosis of inoperable locally advanced or metastatic TNBC
who have received at least one prior line of approved
systemic chemotherapy or immunotherapy. Cohort 1 of this study was enrolling patients
who had experienced at least one prior treatment option including chemotherapy and
immunotherapy. Cohort 2 was enrolling treatment-naïve
patients in front-line TNBC with the study treatment regimen of TAVO™-EP in combination with KEYTRUDA and
chemotherapy.
 
KEYNOTE-890,
Cohort 1 completed enrollment in early 2020. Enrollment in Cohort 2 began in the first quarter of 2021. Interim data for Cohort 1
was initially presented at the
San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (“SABCS”) in December 2019, and an update on this
cohort was presented at the SABCS in December 2021. Enrollment of Cohort 2
(target 40 patients) began in January 2021. Due to slow
enrollment and competing studies in front-line TNBC, recruitment on Cohort 2 has been halted as of October 2022. We
have deferred
further development of TAVO™ for the treatment of TNBC in order to focus our efforts and our resources on our ongoing
development of TAVO™ in melanoma.
 
OMS-140
(enrollment completed)
 
OMS-140
is a Phase 2, monotherapy trial in patients with advanced or metastatic TNBC. The trial was conducted at Stanford University and was
designed to assess safety and
efficacy of TAVO™ by evaluating whether TAVO™ promotes tumor immunogenicity by driving a
 pro-inflammatory cascade that leads to increases in cytotoxic tumor
infiltrating lymphocytes (“TILs”). The presence and
number of TILs is thought to be a key requirement for promoting the anti-tumor activity of anti-PD-1. By driving cytotoxic
immune
cells into the tumor, TAVO™ could be used in combination with checkpoint blockade therapies, which have reported some, but
limited, activity in TNBC.
 
The
primary objective of the trial is to evaluate the potential of TAVO™ to promote a pro-inflammatory molecular and histological signature,
and the secondary objectives
include the evaluation of safety and tolerability, evaluation of local ablation effect (% of necrosis),
and description of other evidence of anti-tumor activity. The trial was
subsequently amended to also capture the post-TAVO™ treatments
and outcomes.
 
Preliminary
data was presented at the SABCS annual meeting in 2018 and enrollment in this trial (n=10) is now complete. The clinical observations
from this study prompted
us to conduct KEYNOTE-890.
 
Duke
University
 
We
have an ongoing research collaboration with Duke University’s Center for Applied Therapeutics (“Duke University”) to
evaluate TAVO™ in combination or sequenced
with a HER2-plasmid vaccine administered with our APOLLO™ EP generator in preclinical
studies. The research is led by Herbert Kim Lyerly, M.D., George Barth Geller
Professor, Professor of Immunology, Surgery and Pathology
 at Duke University School of Medicine and a director on our board of directors. This work, showing that
intratumoral plasmid IL12 expands
CD8+ T cells and induces a CXCR3 gene signature (CXCR3-GS) in tumors that sensitizes TNBC patients to anti-PD-1 therapy, was
recently reported in a peer reviewed journal.
 
In
 this study, Duke investigators used mouse models of TNBC, to evaluate immune activation in response to administration of intratumoral
 IL-12 plasmid followed by
electroporation (tavokinogene telseplasmid; TAVO™). Collaborators at Stanford further presented a single-arm,
 prospective clinical trial of TAVO™-EP monotherapy in
patients with treatment refractory, advanced TNBC (OMS-140). Single-cell
 RNA sequencing of mouse tumors identified a CXCR3-GS following TAVO™-EP treatment
associated with enhanced antigen presentation,
T cell infiltration and expansion, and PD-1/PD-L1 expression. Assessment of tissue from patients before and after treatment
confirmed
the enrichment of this CXCR3-GS in tumors from patients with enhanced CD8+ T cell infiltration following treatment. One patient, previously
unresponsive to anti-
PD-L1 therapy, but who exhibited an increased CXCR3-GS after TAVO™ treatment, went on to receive additional
anti-PD-1 therapy as their immediate next treatment after
OMS-140, and demonstrated a significant clinical response. These data suggest
that a safe, effective intratumoral IL-12 therapy can enhance antigen presentation and CD8 T
cell recruitment, which contribute to the
antitumor efficacy. They identify a TAVO™-EP treatment-related gene signature associated with improved outcomes and conversion of
nonresponsive tumors,
potentially even beyond TNBC.
 
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Squamous
Cell Carcinoma Head & Neck Cancer (SCCHN)
 
Head
and neck cancer represent approximately 4% of all cancers in the U.S., and it is estimated over 65,000 patients will develop head and
neck cancer this year with over
14,000 deaths.
 
During
October of 2022, we decreased all clinical activity outside of our melanoma clinical pipeline, including trials and studies
involving SCCHN.
 
OMS-131
(closed)
 
OMS-131
is an investigator-initiated Phase 2 clinical trial conducted by the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. OMS-131, also
referred to as the
“TRIFECTA” trial, was initiated after clinical observations from a 2017 pilot study of TAVO™ in
head and neck cancer patients demonstrated clinical and biological results
including evidence of synergy between TAVO™ and PD-1
antibodies in the disease. Recruitment for this study was halted for strategic reasons in June
2021. We have deferred
further development of TAVO™-EP for the treatment of head and neck cancer in order to focus our efforts
and our resources on our ongoing development of TAVO™-EP in
melanoma.
 
Our
OMS Electroporation Device
 
The
effectiveness of DNA-based therapeutics is dependent upon their uptake into cells by crossing the cell membrane. In the 1970s, it was
discovered that the brief application
of high-intensity, pulsed electric fields to cells resulted in a temporary and reversible increase
in the permeability of the cell membrane, a mechanism known as EP.
 
The
transient, reversible nature of the permeabilization of cell membranes by electroporation (EP) and the resulting increase in
intracellular delivery of therapeutic agents is the
underlying basis of our therapeutic approach. Our EP delivery system consists of
an electrical pulse generator paired with disposable applicators facilitating
electroporation.
The extent of membrane permeabilization depends on various electrical, physical, chemical, and biological
parameters, but EP delivery has been demonstrated to promote
cellular uptake of chemical molecules such as chemotherapeutic drugs
(e.g., bleomycin and cisplatin), and other therapeutic agents including nucleic acids (DNA and RNA).
 
Multiple
viral and non-viral delivery modalities have been developed to deliver nucleic acids into cells, however, many of these methods have
faced challenges related to the
safe and efficient expression of the DNA-encoded biologic into the intended target cells. For example,
viral mediated delivery technologies appear to be efficient at transfecting
cells, but they have suffered from significant safety issues
related to the immunogenicity of the viral vector, shedding of the virus, and potential integration of the viral DNA
into the host genome.
Other non-viral delivery methods have employed the use of nanotechnology to coat the DNA with lipids. Although these lipid nanoparticle
technologies
have been used extensively in the clinic to deliver DNA-encoded biologic agents, few particles have been developed with
the ability to specifically target cancer cells; instead,
many of these particles naturally target the liver, which can function as a
sink for the therapeutic agent or lead to potential liver toxicities.
 
EP
has also been used extensively in the clinic to deliver DNA and other therapeutic agents. EP has not shown the same safety concerns that
limit the use of other drug delivery
modalities. In fact, the use of EP to deliver bleomycin intratumorally has been approved for use
in Europe and is being used for cancers such as basal cell carcinoma across
many European countries, including the United Kingdom.
 
Our
OMS EP Device is designed to create favorable conditions to deliver plasmid DNA encoding immunotherapeutic cytokines into cells of
the tumor microenvironment. The
cytokine-encoding plasmid is injected directly into tumor lesions and taken up by cells after local
exposure to electric pulses produced by the pulse generator and the needle-
electrode.
 
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Our
lead product candidate, TAVO™, consists of a plasmid construct encoding the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-12 that is injected into
the tumor and delivered into the tumor
cells through in vivo electroporation using our OMS EP Device. Once our financial position allows
such expanded research efforts, we may also continue researching other
DNA-encoded, immunologically-active molecules, with an aim of
developing additional immunotherapeutic drugs that, when delivered using our OMS EP Device, may be
capable of breaking the immune system’s
tolerance to cancer.
 
Visceral
Lesion Applicator (VLA)
 
Ongoing
efforts aim to develop our next-generation intratumoral delivery device and applicators. We have made advancements toward prototypes,
pursuing discovery research
to identify other product candidates that, in addition to IL-12, can be encoded into propriety plasmid-DNA,
delivered intratumorally. While our current focus is on melanoma,
we may continue developing a new, propriety technology to potentially
treat liver, lung, bladder, pancreatic and other difficult to treat visceral lesions through the direct
delivery of plasmid-based therapeutics,
such as IL-12, with a new VLA once our financial position allows us to do so.
 
The
VLA is intended and may be designed to work with low voltage EP generators. We have successfully completed several pre-clinical animal studies and
presented data in
posters at the 2020 Society for Interventional Oncology meeting, where it was awarded “Best Technology Scientific
Abstract”, and the 2020 Society for Interventional
Radiology meeting. The Company expected to bring a VLA into the clinic in 2023.
However, this timeline is under evaluation and may extend beyond 2023. Moving forward,
we see significant opportunity to leverage this
innovative technology to secure new partnerships that may allow us to expand our capabilities, help cancer patients with unmet
clinical
needs, and drive shareholder value.
 
COMMERCIALIZATION
 
Strategy
 
Our
primary focus is to pursue our study of TAVO™-EP in combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) in melanoma, including our planned
and ongoing clinical trials
discussed under “Clinical Programs” above and potentially other trials we may pursue in the future.
 
As
a part of our commercialization strategy, we also regularly assess and evaluate potential collaboration opportunities to identify novel
therapeutic modalities for EP delivery
as well as rational combinations for TAVO™-EP with existing and emerging cancer therapeutics,
e.g., monoclonal antibody therapies and other large and small molecule drugs.
For instance, we may seek to collaborate with pharmaceutical
or biotechnology companies to provide us with access to complementary proprietary technologies and/or greater
resources. In addition,
we may seek to expand the applications of our technologies through strategic collaborations or other opportunities, such as in-licensing
or strategic
acquisitions, and we may seek to out-license our intellectual property to other companies to leverage our technologies for
applications that we may not choose to internally and
independently develop.
 
Manufacturing
and Supply
 
Currently,
we assemble and store certain components of our OMS EP Device system, which is our proprietary delivery mechanism for our TAVO™
product candidate, and we
utilize the services of qualified contract manufacturers to produce the remaining components of this system
and for the manufacturing, testing, packaging and storage of our
plasmid product candidate for clinical trials or other studies. Manufacturing
of our systems and product supplies requires significant expertise and capital investment, including
the use of advanced manufacturing
techniques and process controls. Currently, we do not own and have no plans to build our own clinical or commercial Good Manufacturing
Practice (“GMP”) manufacturing capabilities for any device, drug substance or drug product. We expect to increase our reliance
on third-party manufacturers but may also
consider alternative manufacturing strategies.
 
We
rely upon a small number of suppliers and manufacturers for our clinical activities. For manufacturing and distributing we use external parties, which collectively account
for approximately
 90% of clinical materials and EP systems support and materials. We believe there are alternate sources of raw material supply and finished
 goods
manufacturing to satisfy our requirements, although transitioning to other vendors, if necessary, could result in delay or additional
costs. In addition, for combination trials, we
typically rely exclusively on one supplier of the non-company-owned product used in the
trial, such as our reliance upon Merck for the supply of KEYTRUDA® in the
KEYNOTE-695 and KEYNOTE-890 studies.
 
We
are ISO 13485:2016 certified and comply with all appropriate standards and authorities for the assembly, manufacturing and activities
we conduct, and we have established
an audited quality management system for these activities. In addition, all contract manufacturers
that we use must comply with various requirements enforced by the FDA
through its facilities inspection programs. See “Regulation”
below for more information.
 
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COMPETITION
 
The
biotechnology industry is intensely competitive. This competitive environment stimulates an ongoing and extensive search for technological
innovation and necessitates
effective and targeted marketing strategies to communicate the effectiveness, safety and value of products
to healthcare professionals in private practice and group practices and
payors in managed care organizations, group purchasing organizations,
and Medicare and Medicaid services.
 
We
face competition from a number of sources, including large pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, academic institutions,
government agencies and private
and public research institutions. We compete against other developers of cancer treatments, including
immunotherapy treatments as well as other types of treatments for cancer
indications on which we are focused. In particular, a number
of companies, including large pharmaceutical companies, have development strategies similar to our current focus.
These companies could
 include, among others, Bristol Myers-Squibb, Iovance Therapeutics, Syndax, Dynavax Technologies, Checkmate, Immunomedics and Idera
Pharmaceuticals.
In addition, we also compete with other clinical-stage biotechnology companies for funding and support from healthcare and other investors
and potential
collaboration relationships with larger pharmaceutical or other companies, as well as for personnel with expertise in our
industry. We are smaller and less well-funded than
many of our competitors, and we have a shorter and less proven operating history and
a less recognizable and established brand name than many of our competitors. In
addition, some of our competitors have commercially available
products, which provide them with operating revenue and other competitive advantages.
 
Our
competitors may obtain regulatory approval of their product candidates more rapidly than we can or may obtain more robust patent protection
or other intellectual property
rights to protect their product candidates and technologies, which could limit or prevent us from developing
or commercializing our product candidates. If we are able to obtain
regulatory approval of one or more of our product candidates, we
will face competition from approved products or products under development by other companies that may
address our targeted indications.
 If we directly compete with large entities for the same markets and/or customers, their greater resources, brand recognition, sales and
marketing experience and financial strength could prevent us from capturing a share of these markets or customers. Our competitors may
also develop products that are more
effective, more useful, better tolerated, subject to fewer or less severe side effects, more widely
prescribed, less costly or more widely accepted for other reasons than any of our
products that obtain regulatory approvals, and our
competitors may also be more successful than us in manufacturing, distributing and otherwise marketing their products.
 
We
expect our product candidates, if approved and commercialized, to compete on the basis of, among other things, product efficacy and safety,
time to market, price, coverage
and reimbursement by third-party payors, extent of adverse side effects and convenience of treatment
procedures. We may not be able to effectively compete in any of these
areas. Presently, we compete with other biotechnology companies
for funding and support on the basis of our technology platforms and the potential value of our product
candidates based on the factors
described above.
 
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INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
 
We believe our success and ability to compete depends
in large part on our ability to protect our proprietary rights and technologies, including obtaining and maintaining patent,
trademark
and trade secret protection of our product candidates and their respective components and underlying technologies, including devices,
formulations, manufacturing
methods and methods of treatment, and appropriately safeguarding unpatented proprietary rights, including
trade secrets and know-how. Our core technology, ImmunoPulse®,
is designed to enable
transient expression of recombinant therapeutic molecules in cells, and is a drug-device therapeutic modality platform comprised of our
proprietary OMS
EP Device and proprietary DNA plasmid delivery and application methods, protected through a combination of Company-owned
and in-licensed patents as well as through
various trade secrets, know-how, and other proprietary rights.
 
As of October 2022, we owned 74 issued patents (6 U.S. and 68 foreign)
and 93 pending patent applications (14 U.S. and 79 foreign). We are currently prosecuting pending
patent applications in various jurisdictions.
 We have issued patents in the U.S., Europe, Hong Kong and Japan with claims directed to cytokine-based intratumoral
immunotherapies in
combination with a checkpoint inhibitor. These patents expire in 2036. U.S. Patent 11,318,305, with claims directed to electroporation systems
and devices
having adaptive control features, was issued on May 3, 2022, and is expected to expire in 2037. Japanese Patent 7079729, directed to our
next generation IL-12 expression
vector was issued on May 25, 2022, and expires in 2036. In addition, we have licensed intellectual property
rights that allow us to use certain EP technology to deliver DNA-
based cytokines as an immunotherapy, as well as catheter-based delivery
devices. From these in-licensed portfolios, we have access to 91 issued U.S. and foreign issued patents
(7 from USF, 26 from Gaeta Therapeutics,
and 58 from Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Inovio)) and 13 U.S. and foreign pending patent applications (1 from USF, 3 from Gaeta
Therapeutics,
and 9 from Inovio). We expect to continue to file additional patent applications, if and when appropriate, as our research and development
efforts continue. The
majority of the patents in our portfolio, including owned and in-licensed patents and fundamental patents directed
toward our proprietary technology, expire between 2023 and
2041. We have previously obtained patent protection through an asset purchase
agreement with Inovio covering our original clinical electroporation device. The primary patents
providing protection of this original
device have expired. However, the Company has recently filed applications, in 2019-2021, on our next generation electroporation devices
and applicator handles and our next generation DNA-based cancer immunotherapeutics and will continue to file patent applications this
year.
 
In
 addition, we have entered into a cross-license agreement for certain electroporation technology with Inovio, including patent protection
 for some of our clinical
electroporation devices (some of which, as noted above, have recently expired or will soon expire). Under the
terms of the agreement, Inovio has granted us a non-exclusive,
worldwide license under certain of its electroporation patents, and in
exchange, we have granted to Inovio an exclusive license to certain of our purchased technology in a
limited field of use.
 
REGULATION
 
Commercialization
Approval for our Product Candidates
 
Biotechnology
companies are subject to extensive, complex, costly and evolving government regulation relating to the ability to market and sell any
therapeutic or medical
device. In the United States, these regulations are principally enforced by the FDA and state government agencies.
Outside the United States, these regulations are typically
administered by various health authorities comparable to the FDA in countries
where products or product candidates are researched, tested, manufactured and/or marketed.
 
United
States
 
General
 
In
the United States, the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, or FDCA, other state statutes and regulations, many of which are administered
and enforced by the FDA, govern
or influence, among other things, the research, development, verification, validation, clinical testing,
manufacturing, storage, record-keeping, approval, labeling, promotion,
marketing, distribution, post-approval monitoring and reporting,
sampling, import and export of product candidates such as ours. Under these regulations, we and our contract
manufacturers may be subject
to periodic inspection of our facilities, quality controls and other procedures, and operations and/or the testing of our product candidates
during
and after the approval process for a product candidate, to confirm compliance with all applicable regulations, including current
good manufacturing practices (“cGMPs”) and
other applicable requirements.
 
Possible
penalties or other consequences for failure to comply with these regulatory requirements include, among others, observations, notices,
citations and/or warning letters
that could force us to modify our clinical programs or other activities; clinical holds on our ongoing
clinical programs; adverse publicity from the FDA or others; the FDA’s
suspension of its review of pending applications; fines;
product recalls or seizures; total or partial suspension of production and/or distribution; labeling changes; withdrawal of
previously
granted product approvals; enforcement actions; injunctions and civil or criminal prosecution. Any such sanctions, if imposed, could
have a material adverse effect
on our business, operating results and financial condition.
 
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Approval
Process
 
Before
any new drug, device or dosage form, including a new use of a previously approved drug or biologic, can be marketed in the United States,
FDA approval is required.
The process required by the FDA before a product may be marketed in the United States generally involves, among
other things:
 
 
●
completion of non-clinical
testing;
 
 
 
 
●
completion of chemistry,
manufacturing, and control testing, commonly known as CMC;
 
 
 
 
●
submission to the FDA of
an investigational new drug application (“IND”) for human clinical testing, which must be accepted and effective before
human
clinical trials may begin in the United States;
 
 
 
 
●
performance of adequate
human clinical trials in accordance with good clinical practices to establish the safety and efficacy of the proposed product for
each
intended use;
 
 
 
 
●
for a stand-alone medical
device, submission to the FDA of a premarket approval application (“PMA”) or 510(k) premarket notification, which the
FDA must
review and approve; and
 
 
 
 
●
for a therapeutic, submission
to the FDA of a NDA or BLA which the FDA must review and approve.
 
The
pre-clinical and clinical testing and approval process can take many years and requires substantial time, effort and financial resources.
The receipt and timing of approval,
if any, is uncertain. The results of pre-clinical tests, together with certain manufacturing information,
analytical data and a proposed clinical trial protocol and other information,
are submitted as part of an IND to the FDA. Once an IND
is in effect, the protocol for each clinical trial to be conducted under the IND must be submitted to the FDA, which
may or may not allow
the trial to proceed. A separate submission to an existing IND must also be made for each successive clinical trial conducted during
product development.
 
Clinical
trials involve the administration of the investigational new drugs or biologics to human subjects under the supervision of qualified
investigators in accordance with
good clinical practice requirements. For purposes of a NDA or BLA submission and approval, human clinical
trials are typically conducted in the following sequential phases,
which may overlap or be combined:
 
 
●
Phase 1: The product
candidate is initially introduced to healthy human subjects or patients and tested for safety, dose tolerance, absorption, metabolism,
distribution and excretion and, if possible, to gain an early indication of its safety, tolerability and effectiveness.
 
 
 
 
●
Phase 2: The product
candidate is administered to a limited patient population to identify possible adverse effects and safety risks, to preliminarily
evaluate
the efficacy of the product for specific targeted indications, and to determine dose tolerance and optimal dosage. Multiple
Phase 2 clinical trials may be
conducted.
 
 
 
 
●
Phase 3: The product
candidate is administered in an expanded patient population at multiple, geographically-dispersed clinical trial sites, to obtain
additional
evidence of clinical efficacy and safety and to establish the overall risk-benefit relationship of the product candidate.
 
 
 
 
●
Phase 4: In some
cases, the FDA may condition approval of a NDA or BLA for a product candidate on the sponsor’s agreement to conduct additional
post-
approval clinical trials to further assess the safety and efficacy of the drug or biologic.
 
The
results of product development, pre-clinical studies and clinical trials are submitted to the FDA as part of a NDA or BLA requesting
approval to market the product. NDAs
or BLAs must also contain extensive information relating to the product’s pharmacology, chemistry,
manufacture, controls, and proposed labeling, among other things.
 
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Once
the NDA or BLA submission has been accepted, the FDA begins an in-depth substantive review. Pursuant to the FDA’s performance goals,
NDA and BLA standard
reviews are to be completed within 10 months, subject to extensions by the FDA. Before approving a NDA or BLA, the
FDA often inspects the facility or facilities where the
product is manufactured and will not approve an application unless it determines
that the manufacturing processes and facilities are in compliance with good manufacturing
practices. Additionally, the FDA will typically
inspect one or more clinical sites to assure compliance with good clinical practices before approving a NDA or BLA. If the FDA
determines
that a NDA or BLA is not approvable, then the FDA may outline the deficiencies and often will request that additional information be
provided or additional clinical
trials be completed. Notwithstanding the submission of any requested additional testing or information,
the FDA ultimately may decide that the application does not satisfy the
regulatory criteria for approval.
 
Further,
even if regulatory approval of a product candidate is obtained, such approval would specify the indicated uses for which the product
may be marketed. Additionally, we
would be subject to pervasive and continuing regulation by the FDA with respect to any approved product,
including requirements related to, among other things, drug or
device listing, record-keeping, periodic reporting, product sampling and
distribution, manufacturing practices, labeling, advertising, promotion, and reporting of adverse events
associated with any approved
products. Moreover, we could be required to conduct post-approval studies, such as Phase 4 clinical trials, or surveillance programs
to monitor the
safety of any approved products. FDA has the authority to stop or limit further marketing of a product or impose more
stringent labeling restrictions based on the results of
these post-approval programs or in the event of any unexpected or serious health
or safety concern regarding any approved product.
 
Non-U.S.
Regulation
 
If
we pursue research and/or commercialization activities for our product candidates outside the United States, we would need to obtain
necessary approvals from the regulatory
authorities comparable to the FDA in applicable jurisdictions before we could commence clinical
 trials or marketing of our product candidates in these jurisdictions. In
addition, we would become subject to a variety of foreign regulations
regarding safety and efficacy of our product candidates and governing, among other things, clinical trials,
commercial activities, manufacture
and distribution of our product candidates. The requirements to obtain product approvals vary widely from country to country, and the
FDA’s approval requirements, review procedures and timelines may not be the same as or even similar to the requirements or a comparable
foreign regulator. As a result, even
if we obtain regulatory approval for a product candidate in one country, we may be required to undertake
additional clinical trials or studies, submit additional information, wait
for longer review periods or make other efforts in order to
obtain regulatory approvals in other desirable geographic markets.
 
Healthcare
Laws and Regulations
 
The
healthcare industry is heavily regulated, constantly evolving and subject to significant change and fluctuation. The U.S. federal and
state healthcare laws and regulations
that currently impact our business include, among others:
 
 
●
the laws and regulations
administered and enforced by the FDA, including the FDCA, and other federal statutes and regulations, discussed above;
 
 
 
 
●
the federal Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, referred to collectively as the Affordable
Care Act, which, in general and among other things, expands the government’s investigative and enforcement authority, including
requiring pharmaceutical companies
to record and disclose to government agencies any transfers of value to doctors and teaching hospitals,
and increases the penalties for fraud and abuse, including
amendments to the federal False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute
to make it easier to bring suits under these statutes;
 
 
 
 
●
the federal Anti-Kickback
Statute, which generally prohibits, among other things, soliciting, receiving or providing remuneration to induce the referral of
an individual
for an item or service or the purchasing or ordering of an item or service for which payment may be made under federal
healthcare programs, such as the Medicare and
Medicaid programs;
 
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●
the federal false claims
laws, which generally prohibit, among other things, knowingly presenting or causing to be presented claims for payment from Medicare,
Medicaid or other third-party payors that are false or fraudulent;
 
 
 
 
●
the federal Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1986, or HIPAA, as amended by the federal Health Information Technology for Economic and
Clinical
Health Act, or HITECH, which, in general and among other things, establish comprehensive federal standards with respect to the privacy,
 security and
transmission of individually identifiable health information and impose requirements for the use of standardized electronic
transactions with respect to transmission of
such information; and
 
 
 
 
●
analogous state and foreign
laws and regulations, such as anti-kickback and false claims laws that may apply to items or services reimbursed by any third-party
payor,
including commercial insurers, and state laws governing the privacy and security of health information in certain circumstances,
many of which differ from each other
in significant ways and may not be preempted by applicable federal laws, thus complicating compliance
efforts.
 
Additionally,
the healthcare compliance environment is continuously changing at the federal level and with some states mandating implementation of
compliance programs,
compliance with industry ethics codes, spending limits and reporting to state governments of gifts, compensation
and other remuneration to physicians. Further, to the extent we
continue to pursue operations in foreign countries, such as our clinical
activities in Australia, or in Canada, or if we seek to sell any product that obtains regulatory approval in a
foreign country, we would
be subject to different reporting and other compliance requirements in multiple jurisdictions, including foreign laws and regulations
comparable to
the U.S. laws and regulations described above.
 
All
of these laws impose penalties for non-compliance, some of which may be severe. If we or our operations are found to be in violation
of any of these laws or any other
governmental regulations that apply to us, we may be subject to civil or criminal penalties, fines
or other monetary damages or orders forcing us to curtail or restructure our
operations.
 
Other
Regulatory Requirements and Environmental Matters
 
We
 are or may become subject to various laws and regulations regarding laboratory practices and the experimental use of animals, as well
 as environmental laws and
regulations governing, among other things, any use and disposal by us of hazardous or potentially hazardous
substances in connection with our research. In each of these areas,
the FDA and other government agencies have broad regulatory and enforcement
powers, including, among other things, the ability to levy fines and civil penalties, suspend or
delay issuance of approvals, seize or
recall products and withdraw approvals.
 
In
 addition, to the extent we continue to pursue operations in foreign jurisdictions, we will be subject to anti-bribery laws in the United
 States and applicable foreign
jurisdictions, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA, and comparable foreign laws.
Further, we are subject to a variety of laws and regulations relating to
other matters, including workplace health and safety, labor
and employment, public reporting and taxation, among others, and our failure to comply with these laws and
regulations may result in
a variety of administrative, civil and criminal enforcement measures, including monetary penalties or imposition of sanctions or other
corrective
requirements.
 
HUMAN
CAPITAL RESOURCES
 
Our
senior management team and Board of Directors have decades of experience, each demonstrating a strong track record of success in the
biotechnology and pharmaceutical
industries, including in research and development, commercialization and financing activities. In addition,
we have assembled a clinical and regulatory team experienced in
developing and advancing novel therapeutic approaches through clinical
testing and regulatory approvals, including extensive technical, manufacturing, analytical and quality
experience to oversee our clinical,
manufacturing and testing activities. Our team consists of a relatively small number of employees, as well as consultants and advisors
regarding research and development, regulatory, compliance, healthcare and investor and public relations matters. We also expect to engage
experts in healthcare and in general
business to advise us in various capacities. For instance, we have in the past consulted with various
oncology researchers and clinicians to provide counsel as part of our
advisory panels for our clinical programs, and we expect to continue
to establish consulting and advisory relationships with scientific, clinical and medical experts in academia
and industry to assist us
with FDA submissions, clinical testing and identification and development of new product candidates.
 
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As
of July 31, 2022, we had a total of 41 employees, including 40 full-time employees and 1 part-time employee. None of our employees are
represented by a labor union or
covered by a collective bargaining agreement, and we believe that our relations with our employees are
good.
 
On
October 2, 2022, our Board of Directors authorized the Restructuring Plan that is designed to prioritize clinical activities in melanoma
to reduce operating expenses while
advancing our lead product candidate, TAVO™ EP, toward near-term data milestones in connection
with the KEYNOTE-695 clinical trial. As part of the Restructuring Plan, we
restructured our internal operations and reduced our workforce
by approximately 45%, or approximately 18 employees. Please see “Recent Developments” above for further
information.
 
Corporate
Information
 
We
were incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada in February 2008 under the name Netventory Solutions Inc. to pursue the business
of inventory management
solutions. In March 2011, we completed a merger with our subsidiary to change our name to “OncoSec Medical
 Incorporated,” and we commenced operations as a
biotechnology company upon our acquisition of assets from Inovio related to the
use of drug-medical device combination products for the treatment of various cancers. Our
principal executive office is located at 24
North Main Street, Pennington, NJ 08534 and the telephone number is (855) 662-6732. Our website address is www.oncosec.com.
Information
contained on our website is not, and should not be considered, part of this report. We will make available free of charge through our
website our annual reports on
Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments to these
reports, as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically
file such materials with, or furnish such materials to, the Securities
and Exchange Commission, or SEC. We are not including the information on our website as a part of, nor
incorporating it by reference
 into, this report. Additionally, the SEC maintains a website that contains annual, quarterly, and current reports, proxy statements,
 and other
information that issuers (including us) file electronically with the SEC. The SEC’s website address is http://www.sec.gov/.
 
In
addition, we intend to use our media and investor relations website, SEC filings press releases, public conference calls and webcasts
as wells as social media to communicate
with our subscribers and the public about the Company, its services and other issues. It is possible
that the information we post on social media could be deemed to be material
information. Therefore, in light of the SEC’s guidance,
we encourage investors, the media and others interested in the Company to review the information we post on the U.S.
social media channels
listed on our website.
 
ITEM
1A. RISK FACTORS
 
Investing
in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider each of the following risks, together with the other
information contained in this report
and the other documents we file with the SEC before making any investment decision with respect
to our securities. If any of the risks described below materialize, our business,
financial condition, prospects and/or operating results
could be materially and adversely affected. These factors could cause the trading price of our common stock to decline,
and you could
lose all or a substantial part of your investment. The risks described below are not the only risks we face. Additional risks and uncertainties
not currently known
to us may also materially and adversely affect our business operations and financial condition or the price of our
common stock.
 
Risks
Related to Our Business
 
Our
majority stockholders may have significant influence over the outcome of matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, which may
prevent us from engaging in
certain transactions.
 
As
the date hereof, our two largest shareholders own approximately 51% of the Company’s common stock. As a result, these stockholders
may exercise significant influence
over all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the appointment of our directors and the
approval of significant corporate transactions. This ownership and control
may also have the effect of delaying or preventing a future
change in control, impeding a merger, consolidation, takeover or other business combination that may be in the best
interest of the Company
and any other stockholders. This ownership and control may be used to prevent the Company from raising additional funds through the sale
of equity
which may make it more difficult for the Company to finance its operations.
 
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We
have never generated, and may never generate, revenue from our operations.
 
We
have not generated any revenue from our operations since our inception, and we do not anticipate generating meaningful revenue in the
near term. During our fiscal year
ended July 31, 2022, we incurred a net loss of approximately $34 million, and from inception through
July 31, 2022, we have incurred an accumulated deficit of approximately
$286 million. We will need significant additional funding to
continue our operations and pursue our strategic plans, including continued development of TAVO™-EP. Although
we have been and
expect to continue to tightly manage our operating expenses, we expect our operating expenses will continue to increase as we further
our development
activities and pursue FDA approval for one or more of our product candidates.
 
Because
of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with our product development and planned commercialization efforts, many of which
are discussed in these risk
factors, we are unable to predict the extent of our future losses or when, or if, we will generate meaningful
revenue or become profitable, and it is possible we will never
achieve these goals. Our failure to develop our investments in our proprietary
technologies and product candidates into revenue-generating operations would have a material
adverse effect on our business, results
of operations, financial condition, and prospects and could result in our inability to continue operations.
 
We
have limited working capital and a history of losses, which raises substantial doubt as to whether we will be able to continue as a going
concern.
 
Our
auditor’s report on our financial statements for the year ended July 31, 2022, includes an explanatory paragraph related to the
existence of substantial doubt about our
ability to continue as a going concern. The Company has never generated any cash from its operations
and does not expect to generate such cash in the near term. As a result,
the Company has suffered recurring losses and requires significant
cash resources to execute its business plans. These losses are expected to continue for an extended period of
time. The aforementioned
factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year from the date of filing.
The accompanying
financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the
 satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of
business. The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the
recoverability and classification of asset amounts or the classification of liabilities that might
be necessary should the Company be
unable to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the financial statements are issued.
 
Our
ability to obtain additional financing will depend on a number of factors, including, among others, our ability to generate positive
data from our clinical trials and pre-
clinical studies, the condition of the capital markets and the other risks described in these risk
factors. If any one of these factors is unfavorable, we may not be able to obtain
additional funding, in which case, our business could
be jeopardized and we may not be able to continue our operations or pursue our strategic plans. If we are forced to scale
down, limit
or cease operations, our stockholders could lose all or part of their investment in our Company.
 
We
do not have adequate cash resources to fund our operations into calendar year 2023 and will need to raise additional capital to continue
operating our business. If we
are unable to secure additional funds, we may be forced to delay, reduce or eliminate our clinical development
 programs and commercialization efforts or cease all
operations.
 
As
of July 31, 2022, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $12.3 million. We do not generate any cash from our operations. Based
on our cash and cash equivalent
balance as of July 31, 2022, our Management is of the opinion that without further fundraising or other
increase in our cash and cash equivalents balance, we will not have
sufficient resources to enable us to continue our operations. Based
upon our current operating plan, we believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents, should enable us to
fund our operating expenses
 and capital expenditure requirements through the fourth calendar quarter of 2022. This estimate does not take into account any additional
expenditures that may result from any further strategic transactions to expand and diversify our product candidates, including acquisitions
of assets, businesses, new product
candidates or strategic alliances or collaborations that we may pursue.
 
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Historically,
we have raised the majority of the funding for our business through offerings of our common stock and warrants to purchase our common
stock. Due to our need
for additional funds in the short-term, we are exploring other ways of funding our operations, including debt
financings. In addition, we may seek to engage in one or more
strategic alternatives, such as a strategic partnership with one or more
parties, the licensing, sale or divestiture of some of our assets or the sale of our Company, but there can
be no assurance that we would
be able to enter into such a transaction or transactions on a timely basis or on terms favorable to us, or at all.
 
If
we issue equity or convertible debt securities to raise additional funds, our existing stockholders would experience further dilution,
and the new equity or debt securities may
have rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of our existing stockholders. If we
incur debt, our fixed payment obligations, liabilities and leverage relative to our equity
capitalization would increase, which could
increase the cost of future capital. Further, the terms of any debt securities we issue or borrowings we incur, if available, could
impose
significant restrictions on our operations, such as limitations on our ability to incur additional debt or issue additional equity or
other operating restrictions that could
adversely affect our ability to conduct our business, and any such debt could be secured by any
or all of our assets pledged as collateral. Additionally, we may incur substantial
costs in pursuing future capital, including investment
banking, legal and accounting fees, printing and distribution expenses and other costs.
 
Our
ability to raise additional funds in the short-term will depend on financial, economic and market conditions and the willingness of potential
investors or lenders to provide
funding, all of which are outside of our control, and we may be unable to raise financing in the short-term,
or on terms favorable to us, or at all. Furthermore, high volatility in
the capital markets has had, and could continue to have, a negative
impact on the price of our common stock, and could adversely impact our ability to raise additional funds. If
we are unable to obtain
sufficient funding, we may be forced to delay, reduce or eliminate our clinical development programs and commercialization efforts or
cease all
operations, and our stockholders could lose all or part of their investment in our Company.
 
If
we are unable to raise sufficient capital in the short-term, we will be unable to fund our operations and may be required to evaluate
further alternatives, which could include
dissolving and liquidating our assets or seeking protection under the bankruptcy laws. A determination
to file for bankruptcy could occur at a time that is earlier than when we
would otherwise exhaust our cash resources.
 
We
are a clinical-stage company with a limited operating history and no approved products, which makes assessment of our future viability
difficult, and may hinder our
ability to generate revenue and meet our other objectives.
 
We
are a clinical-stage, pre-commercial, company with only a limited operating history upon which to base an evaluation of our current business
and future prospects and how
we will respond to competitive, financial or technological challenges. Additionally, although we are investigating
licensing and partnering opportunities, no such opportunities
have been finalized and, even if completed, we do not expect that these
potential opportunities would generate any significant near-term revenue. Our operations to date have
been limited to organizing, staffing
 and financing, applying for patent rights, undertaking clinical trials of TAVO™-EP, and engaging in other research and development
activities, including pre-clinical and other clinical studies of our other product candidates. We have not demonstrated an ability to
obtain regulatory approval of a product
candidate, or conduct the sales and marketing activities necessary for successful product commercialization.
Consequently, the revenue-generating potential of our business is
unproven and uncertain.
 
In
addition, we have limited insight into trends that may emerge and affect our business or our industry. We will be subject to the risks,
uncertainties and difficulties frequently
encountered by clinical-stage companies in evolving markets, and we may not be able to successfully
address any or all of these risks and uncertainties. Further, errors may be
made in predicting and reacting to relevant business or industry
trends. The occurrence of any of these risks could cause our business, results of operations, and financial
condition to suffer or fail.
 
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We
are significantly dependent on the success of our ImmunoPulse® technology platform and our product candidates that utilize this platform,
including our lead product
candidate TAVO™-EP.
 
We
have invested, and we expect to continue to invest, significant efforts and financial resources in the development of product candidates
based on our electroporation
technology, including primarily our lead product candidate TAVO™-EP. Our ability to generate meaningful
revenue, which may not occur for the foreseeable future, if ever,
will depend heavily on the successful development, regulatory approval
and commercialization of one or more of these product candidates. However, such regulatory approval
and commercialization may never occur.
We are working on updated versions of the OMS EP Device to ensure compliance with current regulatory standards as a prerequisite
for
FDA clearance. We anticipate that we will need to have clinical experience with this device before we seek regulatory approval for our
product candidate. If we experience
delays in completion of this work or FDA approval in using the updated OMS EP Device in our ongoing
clinical trials, it could delay our clinical programs, necessitate
enrolling more patients in our ongoing clinical trials, delay the
 commercialization our product candidate and have a material adverse effect on our business, results of
operations, financial condition
and prospects.
 
The
success of TAVO™, our OMS EP Device, or any other product candidates based on our electroporation technology will depend on a number
of factors, including, among
others:
 
 
●
our ability to conduct
and complete pre-clinical studies and clinical trials, including the time, costs and uncertainties associated with all aspects of
these
studies and trials;
 
 
 
 
●
our ability to retain key
management and scientific personnel to oversee the approval and adoption of our product candidates;
 
 
 
 
●
our ability to continue
as a going concern;
 
 
 
 
●
the data we obtain from
pre-clinical and clinical testing of the product candidates, including data demonstrating the required level of safety and efficacy
of the
product candidates (for example, a key factor in determining whether we are able to successfully develop and commercialize
TAVO™ in melanoma will be
the data we obtain from our KEYNOTE-695 trial, which is our ongoing study of TAVO™-EP in combination
with Merck’s approved therapy for melanoma
in patients who have shown resistance to, or relapse from, certain other cancer
therapies);
 
 
 
 
●
the regulatory approval
pathway we choose to pursue for our product candidates in the U.S. or any other jurisdiction;
 
 
 
 
●
our ability to obtain required
regulatory approvals for one or more of our product candidates in the U.S. and in other jurisdictions, and the time required to
obtain
these approvals, if they are ever obtained;
 
 
 
 
●
the manufacturing arrangements
we are able to establish with third-party manufacturers, both for the manufacture of the product candidates for clinical trial
use
and for the potential commercial manufacture of products, if and when approved;
 
 
 
 
●
our ability to build an
infrastructure capable of supporting product sales, marketing and distribution of any approved products in territories where we pursue
commercialization directly;
 
 
 
 
●
our ability to establish
commercial distribution agreements with third-party distributors for any approved products in territories where we do not pursue
commercialization directly;
 
 
 
 
●
the labeling requirements
for any product candidates that are approved, including obtaining sufficiently broad labels that would not unduly restrict our ability
to market the product;
 
 
 
 
●
acceptance of our products,
if and when approved, by patients and the medical community;
 
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●
the ability of our products,
if and when approved, to effectively compete with other cancer treatments;
 
 
 
 
●
a continued acceptable
safety profile for any product candidates that are approved following such approval;
 
 
 
 
●
our level of success in
obtaining and maintaining patent and trade secret protection and otherwise protecting our rights in our intellectual property portfolio;
 
 
 
 
●
the levels of coverage
and reimbursement we are able to secure for any product candidates that receive regulatory approval;
 
 
 
 
●
our ability to establish
a commercially viable price for our products, if and when approved; and
 
 
 
 
●
delays or unanticipated
costs, including those related to any of the foregoing.
 
If
one or more of these factors is unfavorable, we could experience significant delays or we may not be able to successfully commercialize
TAVO™ or any of our other product
candidates, which would materially harm our business.
 
We
may not be successful in our efforts to identify or discover additional product candidates and may fail to capitalize on programs or
product candidates that may present
a greater commercial opportunity or for which there is a greater likelihood of success.
 
The
success of our business depends upon our ability to identify, develop and commercialize product candidates based on our programs. If
we do not successfully develop and
eventually commercialize products, we will face difficulty in obtaining product revenue in future
periods, or may never obtain such revenue, resulting in significant harm to our
financial position and adverse effects our share price.
Research programs to identify new product candidates require substantial technical, financial and human resources.
 
Additionally,
because we have limited resources, we may forego or delay pursuit of opportunities with certain programs or product candidates or for
indications that later prove
to have greater commercial potential. Our estimates regarding the potential market for a product candidate
could be inaccurate, and our spending on current and future research
and development programs may not yield any commercially viable products.
If we do not accurately evaluate the commercial potential for a particular product candidate, we
may relinquish valuable rights to that
 product candidate through strategic collaboration, licensing, or other arrangements in cases in which it would have been more
advantageous
for us to retain sole development and commercialization rights to such product candidate. Alternatively, we may allocate internal resources
to a product candidate
in a therapeutic area in which it would have been more advantageous to enter into a partnering arrangement.
 
If
any of these events occur, we may be forced to abandon or delay our development efforts with respect to a particular product candidate
or fail to develop a potentially
successful product candidate, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial
condition, results of operations and prospects.
 
It
may be difficult to identify and enroll patients due to clinical trial inclusion-exclusion criteria or other factors, which has in the
past, and may in the future, lead to
delays in enrollment and in generating clinical data for our trials.
 
Our
 clinical trials have had, and may have in the future, strict inclusion criteria for patient enrollment. These criteria could present
 significant obstacles to the timely
recruitment and enrollment of a sufficient number of eligible patients into our trials. We may experience
slower than expected patient enrollment in our existing or future
clinical trials. Any inability to successfully enroll the number of
patients meeting the criteria for any of our clinical trials could cause significant delays in the trial and increase
the costs associated
with the trial, which could materially harm our business and prospects.
 
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Patient
enrollment in a clinical trial may be affected by many factors, including:
 
 
●
the severity of the disease
under investigation;
 
 
 
 
●
the design of the study
protocol;
 
 
 
 
●
the eligibility criteria
for the study;
 
 
 
 
●
the perceived risks, benefits
and convenience of administration of the product candidate being studied;
 
 
 
 
●
the novel 2019 coronavirus
(“COVID-19”);
 
 
 
 
●
the competitive disease
space with many trials for patients to select from;
 
 
●
 
the
availability of approved alternate treatments; and
 
 
 
 
●
the proximity and availability
of clinical trial sites to prospective patients.
 
Business
or economic disruptions or global health concerns could seriously harm our development efforts and increase our costs and expenses.
 
Broad-based
business or economic disruptions could adversely affect our ongoing or planned research and development or clinical activities. For example,
in December 2019
an outbreak of a novel strain of coronavirus originated in Wuhan, China, and has since spread globally. To date, this
outbreak has resulted in extended shutdowns of businesses
and has had ripple effects on businesses around the world. The effects of the
COVID-19 pandemic are unpredictable. The outbreak may result in additional or more extensive
travel restrictions, closures, disruptions
of businesses or facilities around the world or lead to social, economic, political or labor instability in the affected areas may impact
our
suppliers’ or our customers’ operations. Additionally, variants of the disease present additional uncertainty that could
lead to further restrictions that may have a negative
impact on our operations and the larger economy.
 
Global
epidemics and pandemics, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, could also negatively affect the hospitals and clinical sites in which we conduct
any of our clinical trials,
which could have a material adverse effect on our business and our results of operations and financial condition.
We cannot presently predict the scope and severity of any
potential business shutdowns or disruptions, but if we or any of the third
parties with whom we engage, including the suppliers, clinical trial sites, regulators and other third
parties with whom we conduct business,
were to experience shutdowns or other business disruptions, our ability to conduct our business in the manner and on the timelines
presently
planned could be materially and negatively impacted.
 
Certain
characteristics of our ImmunoPulse® platform may negatively impact market acceptance of the platform.
 
Physicians,
patients, and third-party payors may be less accepting of product candidates based on our ImmunoPulse® technology platform due to
certain characteristics of this
platform. For example, these parties may have concerns about the complexity inherent in a combination
 therapy approach or the clinical application of electroporation
technology, which is less prevalent in the U.S. than in certain foreign
markets. Moreover, our efforts to educate the medical community and third-party payors about the
benefits of any of our technologies
and product candidates may require significant resources and may never be successful. As a result, even if any of our product candidates
achieve regulatory approval, a lack of acceptance by physicians, third-party payors and patients of the products or underlying technologies
could prevent their successful
commercialization and could materially limit our revenue potential.
 
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Our
business and operations could be adversely affected by the effects of global health epidemics and pandemics, including the ongoing COVID-19
pandemic.
 
Our
 operational and financial performance have already been affected by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our clinical trials have experienced
 delays in patient
enrollment, potentially due to prioritization of hospital resources toward the COVID-19 pandemic, or concerns among
patients about participating in clinical trials during a
public health emergency. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the operations
of government entities, such as the FDA, as well as contract research organizations,
third-party manufacturers, and other third-parties
upon whom we rely. As a result of previous “shelter-in-place” orders, quarantines or similar orders or restrictions to control
the spread of COVID-19, many companies, including our own, implemented work-from-home policies for their employees. The effects of these
stay-at-home orders and work-
from-home policies may have negatively impacted productivity, resulting in delays in our clinical programs
and timelines. These and similar disruptions in our operations,
ongoing or in the future, could negatively impact our business, operating
results, and financial condition.
 
The
spread of COVID-19 has also led to disruption and volatility in the global capital markets, which increases the cost of, and adversely
impacts access to, capital, i.e.,
increases economic uncertainty. To the extent the COVID-19 pandemic adversely affects our business,
financial results, and value of our common stock, it may also affect our
ability to access capital and obtain financing, which could
in the future negatively affect our liquidity and ability to continue as a going concern.
 
The
global pandemic of COVID-19 continues to evolve rapidly, and the ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, new variants of the virus,
or a similar health epidemic is
highly uncertain and subject to change. Despite the development of effect COVID-19 vaccines and other
treatments, we still do not yet know the full impact of potential delays
or effects on our business, our clinical trials, our ability
to access the capital markets, or supply chains or on the global economy as a whole. However, these effects could have
a material impact
on our operations, and we will continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation closely.
 
If
the commencement or completion of clinical testing for our product candidates is delayed or prevented, we could experience significantly
increased costs and our ability
to pursue regulatory approval or generate revenue could be delayed or limited.
 
Clinical
trials are very expensive, time-consuming, unpredictable and difficult to design and implement. Even if we are able to complete our ongoing
and currently proposed
clinical trials and assuming the results are favorable, clinical trials for product candidates based on our technology
are planned to continue for several years and may take
significantly longer than expected to complete. Even with the Fast Track designation
we received from the FDA for TAVO™-EP in metastatic melanoma in February 2017,
additional clinical trials, which can take years
to complete, are still required.
 
Delays
in the commencement or completion of clinical testing could significantly affect our product development costs and business plan. We
do not know and cannot predict
whether any of our ongoing or planned trials or studies will be completed on schedule or at all. We also
do not know and cannot predict whether any other pre-clinical studies
or clinical trials, including Phase 3 clinical trials to follow
completion of our ongoing or any other Phase 2 clinical trials, will be planned or will begin, and in many cases such
future trials would
be dependent on obtaining favorable results from preceding studies.
 
The
commencement and completion of clinical trials can be delayed or prevented for many reasons, including due to delays or issues related
to:
 
 
●
obtaining clearance or
approval from the FDA or a comparable international regulatory body and other applicable agencies, including the U.S. National
Institutes
of Health, to commence a clinical trial;
 
 
 
 
●
reaching agreement on acceptable
terms with prospective clinical research organizations, or CROs, clinical investigators and trial sites;
 
 
 
 
●
the receipt of flawed or
 erroneous data from third-party vendors that may include CROs, contractors, clinical trial management experts, or clinical
investigators;
 
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●
obtaining institutional
review board (IRB) and institutional biological committee (IBC), approval to initiate and conduct a clinical trial at a prospective
site;
 
 
 
 
●
identifying, recruiting
and training suitable clinical investigators;
 
 
 
 
●
identifying, recruiting
and enrolling subjects to participate in clinical trials, which can pose challenges for a variety of reasons, including competition
from
other clinical trial programs or approved products for similar indications, requirements for larger than anticipated patient
populations, slower than expected
enrollment, or higher than predicted rates of patient drop-out or withdrawal;
 
 
 
 
●
natural disaster, epidemics,
pandemics, political crisis (such as terrorism, war, political instability or other conflicts), or other events outside of our control;
 
 
 
 
●
retaining patients who
have initiated a clinical trial but who may be prone to withdraw due to side effects from the therapy, lack of efficacy, personal
issues,
death or for any other reason, or who are lost to further follow-up; and
 
 
 
 
●
identifying and maintaining
a sufficient supply of necessary products or product candidates, including those produced by third parties, on commercially
reasonable
terms.
 
With
respect to any clinical trial we plan, the FDA could determine it is not satisfied with our plan or the details of our clinical trial
protocols and designs and could put a
clinical hold on the proposed trials, or issue a clinical hold after a trial has commenced. Any
such determination could delay the commencement or completion of the trials and
would be a setback for the commercialization strategy
for the product candidate that is the subject of the trial. Additionally, changes in applicable regulatory requirements and
guidance
may occur, in which case clinical trial protocols may need to be amended to reflect these changes. Any such amendments could require
us to resubmit our clinical trial
protocols to IRBs or IBCs for re-examination, which could impact the costs, timing and successful completion
of a clinical trial. If we experience delays in completion of, or if
we terminate, any of our ongoing, planned or future clinical trials,
the commercial prospects for our product candidates could be harmed, which could have a material adverse
effect on our business, results
of operations, financial condition and prospects.
 
To
the extent we conduct clinical trials of our product candidates in combination with third parties’ products, we will face additional
risks relating to these products.
 
To
the extent our commercialization strategy includes the combination of our product candidates with third parties’ products or product
candidates, we will likely be required to
conduct clinical studies to evaluate the combinations. We have several ongoing and planned
combination trials, and these combination studies involve additional risks due to
their reliance on circumstances outside our control,
 such as those relating to the availability and marketability of the third-party product involved in the study. If the
marketability of
third-party products such as KEYTRUDA® is impacted, or if we are unable to secure and maintain a sufficient supply of such third-party
products when
needed on commercially reasonable terms, our clinical studies could be delayed or we could be forced to terminate these
studies. Such a delay or termination could have a
material negative impact on our development strategy, business, results of operations,
financial condition, and prospects.
 
If
serious adverse or unacceptable side effects are identified during the development of one or more of our product candidates or any future
product candidate, we may
need to address any serious safety concerns as part of ongoing or post-marketing surveillance efforts; otherwise
we may need to modify, limit or discontinue development
efforts related to some of our product candidates.
 
Establishing
the safety of a new product is one of the principal objectives of any clinical trial. Adverse events, including serious adverse events,
suspected adverse reactions,
and unexpected adverse events, and their proper reporting, form the basis of the critical risk-benefit analysis
of investigational drug therapies. If adverse events are identified
during the development of one or more of our product candidates or
any future product candidates, we may need to address any serious safety concerns as part of ongoing or
post-market surveillance efforts.
Alternatively, we may need to modify, limit or discontinue the development of these product candidates to more narrow uses or subpopulations
in which the adverse events, undesirable side effects or other characteristics are less prevalent, less severe or more acceptable from
 a risk-benefit perspective. In the
development of new and investigational drug therapies in this industry, many compounds that initially
showed promise in early-stage testing have later been associated with
adverse events, including serious adverse events that have subsequently
 prevented further development of the compound. It is not uncommon for adverse events to be
encountered during clinical trials. Upon discovery
of an adverse event, sponsors are required to investigate this event in order to determine whether there is enough evidence to
suggest
that there was a reasonable possibility that the drug caused the adverse event.
 
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In
the event that adverse events, including serious adverse events, suspected adverse reactions, and unexpected adverse events are identified
during any of our clinical trials,
these trials could be modified, limited, suspended or terminated. Such adverse events may trigger
a notification requirement to the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory
authorities, who in turn could order us to cease further clinical
investigation or deny approval of one or more of our product candidates or any future product candidates for any
or all targeted indications.
The FDA could also issue a letter requesting additional data or information prior to making a final decision regarding whether or not
to approve a
product candidate. The number of requests for additional data or information issued by the FDA in recent years has increased
and has resulted in substantial delays in the
approval of several new drugs. Adverse events or undesirable side effects caused by one
or more of our product candidates or any future product candidates could also result in
the inclusion of unfavorable information in our
product labeling, such as a black box warning, or denial of regulatory approval by the FDA or other regulatory authorities for
any or
all targeted indications, and in turn prevent us from commercializing and generating market acceptance and revenues from the sale of
that product candidate. Adverse
events or side effects could affect patient recruitment or the ability of enrolled patients to complete
the trial and could result in potential product liability claims.
 
No
matter how extensive clinical trials and premarket studies may be, the safety profile of a new therapeutic product can only be fully
characterized by continuing safety
surveillance through a spontaneous adverse event monitoring system and a post-marketing surveillance
study. FDA may require post-marketing testing, known as Phase 4
testing, risk evaluation and mitigation strategies, and surveillance
to monitor the effects of an approved product or place conditions on an approval that could restrict the
distribution or use of the product.
Regulatory authorities may withdraw product approvals or request product recalls if a company fails to comply with regulatory standards,
if it
encounters problems following initial marketing, or if previously unrecognized problems are subsequently discovered. It is well
understood in the drug development process
that drug safety can never be considered an absolute, since the safety profile of a new therapeutic
product will continue to evolve as more information is generated, gathered,
and assessed over the course of general use.
 
Additionally,
if one or more of our product candidates or any future product candidates receive marketing approval and we or others later identify
undesirable side effects
caused by this product, a number of potentially significant negative consequences could result, including:
 
 
●
regulatory authorities
may require the addition of unfavorable labeling statements, including specific warnings, black box warnings, adverse reactions,
precautions, and/or contraindications;
 
 
 
 
●
regulatory authorities
may suspend or withdraw their approval of the product, and/or require it to be removed from the market;
 
 
 
 
●
we may be required to change
the way the product is administered, conduct additional clinical trials or change the labeling of the product; or
 
 
 
 
●
our reputation may suffer.
 
Any
of these events could prevent us from achieving or maintaining market acceptance of any of our product candidates or any future product
candidates, or could substantially
increase our commercialization costs and expenses, which in turn could delay or prevent us from generating
significant revenues, or any revenues, from its sale.
 
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We
rely on third parties to conduct our clinical trials and other studies, and if these third parties do not successfully carry out their
duties or meet expected deadlines, we
may not be able to obtain regulatory approval for or commercialize our product candidates and our
business could be substantially harmed.
 
We
have entered into, and expect to continue to enter into, agreements with third-party CROs to help us manage critical aspects of the clinical
trials we sponsor. We rely on
these third parties for the execution of certain of our clinical trials and pre-clinical studies, and we
only control certain aspects of their activities. We and our CROs are required
to comply with the FDA’s regulations for conducting
clinical trials and good clinical practice, as well as the guidelines of the International Conference on Harmonization of
Technical Requirements
for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use. We are also required to harmonize standard operating procedures between companies
and conduct
periodic internal and vendor audits to ensure compliance. Additionally, the FDA and comparable foreign regulators enforce
these good clinical practice regulations through
periodic inspections of trial sponsors, principal investigators, trial sites, laboratories
and other entities involved in the completion of the study protocol and processing of data.
 
If
we or our CROs fail to comply with applicable good clinical practice or other regulations, the data generated in our clinical trials
may be deemed unreliable and/or the FDA
or comparable foreign regulators may refuse to accept the data, and these regulators may require
us to perform additional or repeat clinical trials, which could significantly
increase costs and delay the regulatory approval process.
Additionally, repeated compliance failures could prompt the FDA or other regulatory authority to suspend or terminate
a clinical trial,
 which could cause significant approval delays and increased costs. Further, if CROs do not otherwise successfully carry out their contractual
 duties or
obligations or meet expected deadlines or if the quality or accuracy of the clinical data they obtain is compromised for any
reason, our clinical trials may need to be extended,
delayed or terminated or we may not be able to rely on the data produced by the
trials.
 
Moreover,
if any of our relationships with third-party CROs terminate before completion of a clinical trial, we may not be able to establish arrangements
with alternative CROs
on commercially reasonable terms, on a timely basis or at all, which could materially delay or jeopardize the trial.
Any such occurrence could delay or prevent us from
obtaining regulatory approval for our product candidates or successfully commercializing
 our product candidates, which could increase our costs, delay or eliminate our
prospects for generating revenue, and otherwise materially
harm the results of our operations, financial condition and prospects.
 
We
may be subject to claims that our consultants or independent contractors have wrongfully used or disclosed to us alleged trade secrets
of their other clients or former
employers.
 
As
is common in the biopharmaceutical industry, we engage the services of consultants to assist in the development of product candidates.
Many of these consultants were
previously employed at or may have previously been, or are currently providing, consulting services to,
other pharmaceutical companies, including our competitors or potential
competitors. We may become subject to claims related to whether
 these consultants have inadvertently or otherwise used or disclosed trade secrets or other proprietary
information of their former employers
or their former or current customers. Litigation may be necessary to defend against these claims. Even if we are successful in defending
these claims, litigation could result in substantial costs and be a distraction to Management.
 
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We
have participated in, and continue to participate in, clinical trials conducted under an approved investigator-sponsored investigational
new drug (IND) application, and
we have little or no control over the conduct or timing of, or FDA communications regarding, these trials.
 
We
have engaged sponsor-investigators and continue to engage sponsor-investigators to participate in clinical trials conducted under an
approved investigator-sponsored IND
application. We also have plans to engage sponsor-investigators in future investigator-sponsored
trials under both INDs and Investigational Device Exemptions (“IDEs”), since
our product candidates are drug-device combination
 products. In investigator-initiated trials, the clinical investigator typically designs and implements the study and the
investigator
or its institution acts as the sponsor of the trial. This sponsor has control over the design, conduct and timing of the trial, and as
a result, we have limited or no
control over the commencement, conduct and completion of these investigator-initiated trials. In addition,
regulations and guidelines imposed by the FDA with respect to INDs
and IDEs include a requirement that the sponsor of a clinical trial
perform the study in accordance with an approved investigational plan, and provide ongoing communication
with the FDA as it pertains
to the safety of the drug, device, or treatment being tested. It is the responsibility of the investigator, as the sponsor of the trial,
to be the sole point of
contact with the FDA for these communications and to exercise all decision-making authority regarding these or
other submissions to the FDA about the trial. Consequently, we
may have little or no control over the content or timing of these communications,
including whether they are timely, accurate or complete. Any failures by the investigator
sponsoring these trials could result in reviews,
 audits, delays or clinical holds by the FDA that could negatively affect the timelines for these trials or jeopardize their
completion.
As a result, our lack of control over the conduct and timing of, and communications with the FDA regarding, these investigator-sponsored
trials expose us to
additional risks, many of which are outside of our control and the occurrence of which could severely harm our performance
and the commercial prospects for our product
candidates.
 
Regulatory
authorities may not approve our product candidates, or any approvals we achieve may be too limited or too late for us to earn meaningful,
or any, revenue.
 
The
research, testing, and possible eventual manufacturing, labeling, approval, selling, marketing and distribution of our product candidates
are subject to extensive regulation
by the FDA and other regulatory authorities in the U.S., as well as comparable regulatory bodies
in other countries. These regulatory agencies have the authority to delay
approval of or refuse to approve our product candidates for
a variety of reasons, including, among others, the occurrence of adverse reactions or a failure to meet safety and
efficacy endpoints
in our clinical trials or otherwise to the satisfaction of the regulator, disapproval of our or our partners’ trial design, or
disagreement with our interpretation of
data from pre-clinical studies or clinical trials. As a result, even if our product candidates
achieve their endpoints in clinical trials, they still may not be approved by any of these
regulatory agencies. Moreover, the requirements
to obtain product approvals vary widely from country to country, and the FDA’s approval requirements, review procedures and
timelines
may not be the same as or even similar to the requirements of a comparable foreign regulator. As a result, even if we obtain regulatory
approval for a product
candidate in one country, we may be required to undertake additional clinical trials or studies, submit additional
information, wait for longer review periods or make other
efforts in order to obtain regulatory approvals in other desirable geographic
markets, or may not be able to achieve approval in those other desirable geographic markets.
 
Although
we have seen no systemic drug-related adverse events in our trials and studies to date, if we cannot adequately demonstrate through the
clinical trial process that a
product candidate we are developing is safe and effective, regulatory approval of that product candidate
may never be achieved, which could impair our reputation, increase our
costs and delay or prevent us from generating revenue. Importantly,
success in pre-clinical testing and early clinical studies does not ensure that later clinical trials will generate
adequate data to
demonstrate the required level of efficacy and safety of an investigational drug. A number of companies in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology
industries,
including many with greater resources and experience than we have, have suffered significant setbacks in clinical trials,
even after obtaining promising results in Phase 2, and
earlier studies. Further, even if a product candidate is approved, it may be approved
for fewer or more limited indications than requested, may include substantial safety
warnings or the approval may be subject to the performance
of significant post-marketing studies. In addition, regulatory agencies may not approve the labeling claims that are
necessary or desirable
for the successful commercialization of our product candidates. Any limitation, condition or denial of approval could have an adverse
effect on our
business, reputation and results of operations.
 
Furthermore,
because of the substantial competition we face, even if we are ultimately able to achieve regulatory approval for one or more of our
product candidates, delays in
such regulatory approval could delay, limit or prevent our ability to successfully commercialize our product
candidates if competing products obtain approvals before ours, or
with more permissible, or less-restricted, claims and gain market traction
against which we are not able to compete. Moreover, we may be forced to reevaluate our development
strategies and plans in the face of
setbacks or other delays that could jeopardize the value of any regulatory approval that is obtained, which could include abandoning
planned
clinical trial efforts for a product candidate that we no longer believe has promising value as a commercial product. If we are
not able to obtain or maintain required regulatory
approvals for our product candidates or if we decide or are forced to abandon our
efforts to obtain or maintain these approvals, we would have expended significant costs on
assets that may never generate any return.
Such an outcome would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition, as well as on our
continued viability as a company.
 
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If
we fail to comply with environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, we could become subject to fines or penalties or incur
costs that could harm our business;
even if we comply with such laws and regulations, they may result in higher costs for us in the form
of higher raw material, energy, freight and compliance costs.
 
We
are subject to numerous environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, including those governing laboratory procedures and the
handling, use, storage, treatment
and disposal of hazardous materials and wastes. Our operations involve the use of hazardous and flammable
materials, including chemicals and biological materials. Our
operations also produce hazardous waste products. We generally contract
with third parties for the disposal of these materials and wastes. We cannot eliminate the risk of
contamination or injury from these
 materials. Although we believe that the safety procedures for handling and disposing of these materials comply with the standards
prescribed
by these laws and regulations, we cannot eliminate the risk of accidental contamination or injury from these materials. In the event
of contamination or injury
resulting from our use of hazardous materials, we could be held liable for any resulting damages, and any
liability could exceed our resources. We also could incur significant
costs associated with civil or criminal fines and penalties for
failure to comply with such laws and regulations.
 
Although
we maintain workers’ compensation insurance to cover us for costs and expenses we may incur due to injuries to our employees resulting
from the use of hazardous
materials, this insurance may not provide adequate coverage against potential liabilities. We do not maintain
insurance for environmental liability or toxic tort claims that may
be asserted against us in connection with our storage or disposal
of biological, hazardous or radioactive materials.
 
In
addition, we may incur substantial costs in order to comply with current or future environmental, health and safety laws and regulations.
These current or future laws and
regulations may impair our research, development or production efforts. Our failure to comply with these
laws and regulations also may result in substantial fines, penalties or
other sanctions. Increased environmental legislation or regulation
could also result in higher costs for us in the form of higher raw materials, as well as energy and freight costs.
It is possible that
certain materials might cease to be permitted to be used in our processes. We could also incur additional compliance costs for monitoring
and reporting
emissions and for maintaining permits.
 
The
biotechnology industry is highly competitive, and many of our competitors are significantly larger and more experienced than we are.
 
The
biotechnology industry is intensely competitive. This competitive environment stimulates an ongoing and extensive search for technological
innovation and necessitates
effective and targeted marketing strategies to communicate the effectiveness, safety and value of products
to healthcare professionals in private practice and group practices and
payors in managed care organizations, group purchasing organizations,
and Medicare and Medicaid services.
 
We
face competition from a number of sources, including large pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, academic institutions,
government agencies and private
and public research institutions. We compete against all other developers of cancer treatments, including
other immunotherapy treatments as well as other types of treatments
for the cancer indications on which we are focused. In particular,
 a number of companies, some of which are large, well-established pharmaceutical companies, have
development strategies similar to our
 current focus. These companies could include, among others, Bristol Myers-Squibb, Iovance Therapeutics, Syndax, Dynavax
Technologies,
Checkmate Pharmaceuticals and Idera Pharmaceuticals. In addition, we also compete with other clinical-stage biotechnology companies for
funding and support
from healthcare and other investors and potential collaboration relationships with larger pharmaceutical or other
companies, as well as for personnel with expertise in our
industry. We are smaller, less experienced and less well-funded than many of
our competitors, and we have a shorter and less proven operating history and a less recognizable
and established brand name than many
of our competitors. In addition, some of our competitors have commercially available products, which provide them with operating
revenue
and other competitive advantages. Furthermore, recent trends in the biotechnology industry are for large drug companies to acquire smaller
outfits and consolidate into
a smaller number of very large entities, which further concentrates financial, technical, and market strength
and increases competitive pressure in the industry.
 
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Our
competitors may obtain regulatory approval of their product candidates more rapidly, or with more or more-extensive claims, than we can
or may obtain more robust patent
protection or other intellectual property rights to protect their product candidates and technologies,
which could limit or prevent us from developing or commercializing our
product candidates. If we are able to obtain regulatory approval
of one or more of our product candidates, we would face competition from approved products or products under
development by larger companies
that may address our targeted indications. If we directly compete with these very large entities for the same markets and/or customers,
their
greater resources, brand recognition, sales and marketing experience and financial strength could prevent us from capturing a share
 of these markets or customers. Our
competitors may also develop products that are more effective, more useful, better tolerated, subject
to fewer or less severe side effects, more widely prescribed, less costly or
more widely accepted for other reasons than any of our products
 that might obtain regulatory approvals, and our competitors may also be more successful than us in
manufacturing, distributing and otherwise
marketing their products.
 
We
expect our product candidates, if approved and commercialized, to compete on the basis of, among other things, product efficacy and safety,
time to market, price, coverage
and reimbursement by third-party payors, extent of adverse side effects and convenience of treatment
procedures. We may not be able to effectively compete in any of these
areas, or we may be prevented from being able to compete at all
in these areas due to the performance of our products during clinical trials and/or the circumstances of an
approval. Presently, we compete
with other biotechnology companies for funding and support on the basis of our technology platforms and the potential value of our product
candidates based on the factors described above.
 
If
we are unable to compete effectively, our business, results of operations, financial condition, and prospects may be materially adversely
affected.
 
We
 may incur liability if our presentations of information regarding our product candidates are determined, or are perceived, to be inconsistent
 with regulatory
requirements or guidelines.
 
The
FDA provides guidelines regarding appropriate presentation of product information and continuing medical and health education activities.
Even though we do not have
any FDA approved products, these guidelines apply to our current activities with respect to disclosures, presentations
or other communications about our product candidates
and technologies at healthcare conferences or in other forums. Although we endeavor
to follow these guidelines, the FDA, the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, or the
 Department of Justice could disagree, in which case we could be subject to significant liability, including civil and
administrative
 remedies as well as criminal sanctions. In addition, Management’s attention could be diverted and our reputation could be damaged,
 any of which could
materially harm our business and prospects.
 
If
we and our contract manufacturers fail to produce our systems and product candidates in the volumes and within the timelines we require,
or if they fail to comply with
applicable regulations, we could face delays in the development and commercialization of our equipment
and product candidates.
 
Currently,
we assemble certain components of our OMS EP Device, which is our proprietary delivery mechanism for our TAVO™ product candidate,
and we utilize the
services of contract manufacturers to manufacture the remaining components of these systems and for the manufacture,
testing and storage of all of our supply of our plasmid
product candidate for clinical trials or other studies. Except for the facility
used to assemble certain components of our electroporation system, we do not own and have no plans
to build our own clinical or commercial
manufacturing capabilities, and we expect to increase our reliance on third-party manufacturers if and when we commercialize any of
our
product candidates and systems.
 
The
manufacture of our systems and product supplies requires significant expertise and capital investment, including the use of advanced
manufacturing techniques and process
controls. Manufacturers often encounter difficulties in production, particularly in scaling up for
commercial production if regulatory approvals are obtained. These difficulties
include, among others: problems with production costs
 and yields; quality control issues, including qualification of the equipment, stability of product candidates and
compliance with testing
requirements; shortages of qualified personnel; and compliance with strictly enforced federal, state and foreign regulations. If we or
our manufacturers
were to encounter any of these difficulties or our manufacturers otherwise fail to comply with their contractual obligations
to us, our ability to provide our electroporation
equipment to our partners and product candidates to patients enrolled in our clinical
trials, or to commercially launch a product if regulatory approvals are obtained, would be
jeopardized. Any delay or interruption in
the supply of clinical trial supplies could delay the completion of our clinical trials, increase the costs associated with maintaining
our
clinical trial programs, and, depending upon the period of delay, require us to commence new trials at significant additional expense
or terminate the development program
completely.
 
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In
 addition, all manufacturers of our products must comply with current good manufacturing practices, which are regulated by the FDA through
 its facilities inspection
programs. These practices include requirements regarding, among other things, quality control, quality assurance
 and the generation and maintenance of records and
documentation. We are required by law to establish adequate oversight and control over
 raw materials, components and finished products furnished by our third-party
manufacturers, but we have limited direct control over our
manufacturers’ compliance with these regulations and standards. Any failure by our manufacturers, including our
non-U.S. contract
manufacturers, to comply with these requirements could potentially result in fines and civil penalties, suspension of production, restrictions
on imports and
exports, suspension or delay in product approval, product seizure or recall or withdrawal of product approval. Additionally,
if the safety of any product candidate or approved
product is compromised due to our or our manufacturers’ failure to adhere to
applicable regulatory requirements or for other reasons, we may not be able to obtain or maintain
regulatory approval for or successfully
commercialize our products, and we may be held liable for any injuries sustained as a result of the failure. Any of these factors could
cause delays in clinical trials, regulatory submissions or approvals, entail significant costs or hinder our ability to effectively commercialize
 our product candidates.
Furthermore, assuming we are successful in receiving approval for and commercializing one or more of our product
candidates, if our manufacturers fail to deliver the required
commercial quantities on a timely basis, pursuant to provided specifications
and at commercially reasonable prices, we may be unable to meet demand for our products and we
could lose potential revenue.
 
Our
business and operations could suffer in the event of cyber-attacks or system failures.
 
Despite
the implementation of security measures, our internal computer systems and those of our current and any future partners, contractors
and consultants are vulnerable to
damage from cyber-attacks, computer viruses, ransomware, unauthorized access, natural disasters, terrorism,
 war and telecommunication and electrical failures. System
failures, accidents or security breaches could cause material disruptions to
our commercialization activities, clinical and other development programs, financial and disclosure
controls and other reporting functions
and the administrative aspects of our business, in addition to possibly requiring substantial expenditures of capital and other resources
to
remedy. Further, any loss of clinical trial data from completed or future clinical trials as a result of such a disruption could result
in delays in our regulatory approval efforts and
significantly increase our costs to recover or reproduce the lost data. Moreover, to
the extent any such disruption results in the loss of or damage to our data or applications or
inappropriate disclosure of confidential
 or proprietary information, we could incur significant liabilities. The occurrence of any of these circumstances could cause our
operations
and our performance to suffer.
 
We
may be unable to acquire or develop new product candidates or technologies, or we may never be able to commercialize any product candidates
or technologies we do
successfully acquire or develop.
 
As
part of our business strategy, we plan to expand our clinical pipeline and build our portfolio of product candidates through the development,
acquisition or licensing of assets
or businesses, product candidates or approved products. The process of identifying, planning, negotiating,
implementing and integrating an acquisition or license of a new
business, product candidate or approved product can be lengthy and complex
and can involve numerous difficulties, including difficulties related to:
 
 
●
identifying new potential
product candidates or promising technologies;
 
 
 
 
●
competing with other companies
for the acquisition or license, including many of our competitors with substantially greater financial, marketing and sales
resources;
 
 
 
 
●
negotiating the terms of
the acquisition or license, at which we have relatively little experience;
 
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●
accurately judging the
value or worth of a potential acquisition or in-license candidate;
 
 
 
 
●
paying for an acquisition
or license, including the consideration to acquire or license a business, technology or asset (which could include cash and/or
issuance
of equity or debt securities);
 
 
 
 
●
acquisition and integration
efforts could disrupt our business and divert the time and attention of Management and other internal personnel from existing
operations;
 
 
 
 
●
any integration failures
could result in the loss or impairment of relationships with employees, consultants, suppliers and other vendors and partners;
 
 
 
 
●
exposure to unknown or
contingent liabilities based on an acquired company’s operations or assets;
 
 
 
 
●
acquisition and integration
efforts and costs could reduce available liquidity and other resources to pursue other acquisitions or strategic transactions;
 
 
 
 
●
challenges establishing
appropriate controls and procedures for any acquisition by us of a private company;
 
 
 
 
●
failing to recoup our investment
of time, capital and other resources into a proposed acquisition or license, as a result of failing to complete the transaction or,
for transactions that are completed, failing to realize the anticipated benefits of acquired or licensed business or asset; and
 
 
 
 
●
challenges developing and
commercializing any product candidates or technologies that we are successful in acquiring or licensing, which is subject to all
of
the risks described throughout these risk factors regarding the development of our current product candidates.
 
As
a result of these and other difficulties, any efforts to acquire or develop new product candidates, technologies or businesses may not
produce commercially successful
products or otherwise result in meaningful revenue or profitability for our business. As a result, the
pursuit of these activities could have a material adverse effect on our
business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.
 
Any
collaboration arrangements we may establish may not be successful, which could adversely affect our ability to develop and commercialize
our product candidates.
 
We
may seek collaboration arrangements for the development or commercialization of our current and any future product candidates. To the
extent we pursue collaboration
arrangements, we would face significant risks in connection with establishing and maintaining the arrangements,
including, among others:
 
 
●
we could be subject to
intense competition in seeking appropriate collaborators;
 
 
 
 
●
collaboration arrangements
are complex, costly and time-consuming to negotiate, document and implement, and they could require our payment to the
collaborator
of cash or other consideration, including issuances of equity or debt securities, in order to establish the relationship;
 
 
 
 
●
we may be unsuccessful
in establishing and implementing any collaboration we desire to pursue, or the terms of the arrangement may not be favorable to us;
 
 
 
 
●
collaborations often would
require that we relinquish some or all of the control over the future success of the product candidate to the third-party collaborator;
 
 
 
 
●
the success of any collaboration
arrangements we may establish would depend heavily on the efforts and activities of our collaborators, who would likely
have significant
discretion in determining the efforts and resources they would apply to these collaborations;
 
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●
disagreements between collaborators
regarding clinical development and commercialization matters can be difficult to resolve and can lead to delays in the
development
process or commercialization of the applicable product candidate and, in some cases, termination of the arrangement; and
 
 
 
 
●
any termination of a collaboration
arrangement that we are able to establish could adversely affect our performance, particularly to the extent we become
reliant upon
the collaboration for revenue or important commercialization processes or efforts.
 
In
addition, collaboration arrangements may also include our pursuit of combination trials to develop and commercialize our product candidates
as combination products, such
as our KEYNOTE-695 and KEYNOTE-890 studies with Merck’s KEYTRUDA®. To the extent we continue
to pursue these or any other similar collaborative arrangement, we
will face certain additional risks and uncertainties in development,
as drug/device combination products are particularly complex, expensive and time-consuming to develop
due to the number of variables
involved in the final product design, including ease of patient and doctor use, establishing clinical efficacy, reliability and cost
of manufacturing,
regulatory approval requirements and standards and other important factors. Additionally, combination products face
 continued risk and uncertainty post-development in
connection with manufacturing and supply regarding the establishment of a reliable
commercial supply chain.
 
The
 occurrence of any of these risks with respect to any collaboration arrangements we pursue or establish could materially adversely affect
 our performance, financial
condition and reputation.
 
We
may not be successful in executing our sales and marketing strategy for the commercialization of any of our product candidates, should
they be approved, in which
case we may not be able to generate significant, or any, revenue.
 
If
one or more of our product candidates are approved, our commercialization strategy may include the establishment of our own sales, marketing
and distribution capabilities
to market products to our target markets. Developing these capabilities would require significant expenditures
 on personnel and infrastructure. Moreover, we have no
experience with these activities. While we currently expect that any approved products
would be marketed for a limited patient population, we might not be able to create an
effective sales force to address even a niche market.
In addition, some of our product candidates could require, if approved, a large sales force to call on and educate physicians
and patients.
We could decide in the future to pursue collaborations with one or more pharmaceutical companies to sell, market and distribute any approved
products, but we
may not be able to establish any such arrangement when desired, on acceptable terms or at all. Further, any such collaboration
 we do establish may not be effective in
generating meaningful revenue to us.
 
We
may be unsuccessful in implementing the commercialization strategies we have planned. Further, we have not proven our ability to succeed
in the biotechnology industry
and are not certain that our commercialization strategies, even if implemented as we envision, would lead
to significant revenue. If we are unable to successfully implement our
commercialization plans and drive adoption by patients and physicians
of any product candidates that obtain regulatory approval, then we will not generate meaningful, or any,
revenue, which would have a
material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.
 
If
any product candidate that receives regulatory approval does not achieve broad market acceptance, our revenue potential may be limited.
 
The
commercial success of any product candidate that obtains marketing approval from the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities
will depend on the acceptance of
these products by physicians, patients, third-party payors and the medical community. The degree of
market acceptance of any product candidate that receives regulatory
approval will depend on a number of factors, including:
 
 
●
our ability to provide
acceptable evidence of safety and efficacy;
 
 
 
 
●
acceptance by physicians
and patients of the product as a safe and effective treatment;
 
 
 
 
●
the prevalence and severity
of adverse effects;
 
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●
limitations or warnings
contained in a product’s FDA-approved or other regulator-approved labeling;
 
 
 
 
●
the clinical indications
for which the product is approved;
 
 
 
 
●
the availability and perceived
advantages of alternative treatments;
 
 
 
 
●
any negative publicity
related to the product or any competing product;
 
 
 
 
●
the effectiveness of our
or any current or future collaborators’ sales, marketing and distribution strategies;
 
 
 
 
●
pricing and cost effectiveness;
 
 
 
 
●
our ability to obtain adequate
third-party payor coverage or reimbursement; and
 
 
 
 
●
the willingness of patients
to pay out-of-pocket in the absence of adequate third-party payor coverage and reimbursement.
 
Failures
with respect to any one of these factors could severely limit the commercial potential of any product candidate that obtains regulatory
approval, which could materially
adversely affect our performance and prospects.
 
We
may not be able to establish adequate coverage and reimbursement by third-party payors for any product candidate that achieves regulatory
approvals, which could
severely limit our market potential, performance and prospects.
 
Cost
containment has become a significant trend in the U.S. healthcare industry. Third-party payors have attempted to control costs by limiting
coverage and the amount of
reimbursement for certain products and procedures. Increasingly, third-party payors are challenging the prices
charged for medical products and treatments and require that
companies provide them with predetermined discounts from list prices. In
addition, recent trends in U.S. politics suggest that the U.S. healthcare insurance framework may
experience significant changes in the
near term. For all of these and other reasons, coverage and reimbursement at adequate or commercially viable levels may not be available
for any product candidate that achieves regulatory approval. If coverage and reimbursement is not available or is not available at an
adequate level for any approved product,
the demand for or price of the product could be materially negatively affected, which could
severely limit our revenue potential and prospects.
 
In
addition, the regulations that govern marketing approvals, pricing, coverage and reimbursement for new therapeutic products vary widely
from country to country. Some
countries require approval of the sale price of a product before it can be marketed. In many countries,
the pricing review period begins after marketing or product licensing
approval is granted. In some foreign markets, pricing of prescription
pharmaceuticals remains subject to continuing government control even after initial approval is granted. As
a result, even if we obtain
regulatory approval for a product candidate in a particular country, we could be subject to continuing pricing regulations that could
delay our
commercial launch of the product or negatively impact the revenue potential for the product in that country.
 
Future
growth, including growth in international operations, could strain our resources, and if we are unable to manage any growth we may experience,
we may not be
able to successfully implement our business plans.
 
In
late 2016, we established a subsidiary corporation in Australia in preparation for planned clinical trials in that country. In addition,
our business plan includes continued
growth of our operations, including, among other things, growth in our workforce, expansion of our
clinical trial efforts within and outside of the U.S., and expansion of our
portfolio of product candidates. This growth could place
an additional strain on our Management, administrative, operational and financial infrastructure, and will require that
we incur significant
additional costs and hire and train additional personnel to support our expanding operations. Further, we must maintain and continue
to improve our
operational, financial and management controls and reporting systems and procedures, which can be more challenging during
periods of expansion. As a result, our future
success will depend in part on the ability of Management to effectively manage any of this
growth we may experience. If we fail to successfully manage any growth we may
experience, we may be unable to execute on our business
plan.
 
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In
connection with any geographic expansion we may pursue, international operations would involve substantial additional risks, including,
among others:
 
 
●
difficulties complying
with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other applicable anti-bribery laws, such as the United Kingdom Bribery Act 2010,
and
similar antibribery and anticorruption laws in other jurisdictions;
 
 
 
 
●
difficulties complying
with foreign laws, regulations, standards and regulatory guidance governing the collection, use, disclosure, retention, security
and
transfer of personal data, including the European Union General Data Privacy Regulation, which introduces strict requirements
for processing personal data
of individuals within the European Union;
 
 
 
 
●
difficulties maintaining
compliance with the varied and potentially conflicting laws and regulations of multiple jurisdictions that may be applicable to our
business, many of which may be unfamiliar to us;
 
 
 
 
●
difficulties in managing
foreign operations;
 
 
 
 
●
financial risks, such as
longer payment cycles, difficulty in enforcing contracts and collecting accounts receivable, and exposure to foreign currency exchange
rate fluctuations;
 
 
 
 
●
complexities associated
with managing multiple payor-reimbursement regimes or self-pay systems;
 
 
 
 
●
more complexity in our
regulatory and accounting compliance;
 
 
 
 
●
differing or changing obligations
regarding taxes, duties or other fees;
 
 
 
 
●
limited intellectual property
protection in some jurisdictions;
 
 
 
 
●
risks associated with currency
exchange and convertibility, including vulnerability to appreciation and depreciation of foreign currencies against the U.S.
dollar;
 
 
 
 
●
uncertainty related to
developing legal and regulatory systems and standards for economic and business activities in some jurisdictions;
 
 
 
 
●
trade restrictions or barriers,
including tariffs or other charges and import-export regulations, which are subject to uncertainty, and the trade policies of the
current administration regarding existing and proposed trade agreements and the ability to import goods into the U.S.;
 
 
 
 
●
changes in applicable laws
or policies;
 
 
 
 
●
possible failure by us
or our distributors to obtain appropriate licenses or regulatory approvals for the sale or use of our product candidates, if approved,
in
various countries; and
 
 
 
 
●
business interruptions
resulting from geopolitical actions, economic instability, or the impact of and response to natural disasters, including, but not
limited to,
the effects of climate change, wars and terrorism, political unrest, outbreak of disease, earthquakes, boycotts, curtailment
 of trade, and other business
restrictions.
 
The
occurrence of any of these risks could limit our ability to pursue international expansion, increase our costs or expose us to fines
or other legal sanctions, any of which
could negatively impact our business, reputation and financial condition.
 
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If
we are unable to successfully recruit and retain qualified personnel, we may not be able to maintain or grow our business.
 
In
order to successfully implement and manage our business plans, we depend on, among other things, successfully recruiting and retaining
qualified executives, managers,
scientists and other employees with relevant experience in life sciences and the biotechnology industry.
Competition for qualified individuals is intense, particularly in our
industry, due to the many larger and more established life science
and biotechnology companies that compete with us for talent. We may also experience competition for the
hiring of scientific and clinical
personnel from universities and research institutions. In addition, we heavily rely on consultants and advisors, including scientific,
clinical and
regulatory advisors, to assist us in formulating our research and development and commercialization strategies. Our consultants
and advisors may be employed by others or
may have commitments under consulting or advisory contracts with other entities that may limit
their availability to support us. If we are not able to retain existing personnel,
consultants and/or advisors, and find, attract and
retain new qualified personnel, consultants and/or advisors on acceptable terms and in a timely manner to coincide with our
needs, we
may not be able to successfully maintain or grow our operations and our business and prospects could suffer.
 
Additionally,
although we have employment agreements with each of our executive officers, these agreements are terminable by them at will. The loss
of the services of any
one or more members of our current senior management team could, among other things, disrupt or divert our focus
from pursuing our business plans while we seek to recruit
other executives, impact the perceptions of our existing and prospective employees,
partners and investors regarding our business and prospects, cause us to incur substantial
costs in connection with managing transitions
and recruiting suitable replacements and, if the departing personnel are crucial to any of our clinical or other development
programs,
delay or prevent the development and commercialization of the affected product candidates. These risks would be amplified if we are not
able to recruit suitable
replacements for any departing personnel on acceptable terms and in a timely manner. The occurrence of any of
these or other potential consequences could cause significant
harm to our business.
 
Recent
changes in the Company’s executive management team and Board of Directors may be disruptive to, or cause uncertainty in, its business,
results of operations and
the price of the Company’s common stock.
 
On
June 24, 2021, Daniel J. O’Connor stepped down from his positions as Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of the Company,
and the Company’s Board of
Directors appointed Brian A. Leuthner, formerly Chief Operating Officer, as the Company’s interim
Chief Executive Officer. The Company’s Board of Directors commenced a
search to recruit a permanent successor with the assistance
of an executive search firm. Subsequently, on August 13, 2021, Mr. Brian A. Leuthner stepped down from his role as
interim Chief Executive
Officer of the Company. Also on August 13, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors formed a temporary Leadership Committee consisting
of three
board members, Dr. Margaret Dalesandro, Dr. Yuhang Zhao and Dr. Herbert Kim Lyerly, to lead all development efforts, with a focus
on the Company’s lead asset, TAVO™,
until a permanent Chief Executive Officer is hired. Subsequently, upon Dr. Dalesandro’s and Dr. Zhao’s resignation
from the Board of Directors on December 13, 2021 and
December 15, 2021, respectively, the Board of Directors appointed Dr. Linda Shi and
Mr. Kevin Smith to serve on the Leadership Committee. On February 17, 2022, the Board
of
Directors approved the appointment of George Chi, CFA, CPA as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and on April 28, 2022, approved
the appointment of Robert H.
Arch, Ph.D., as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, after which the Leadership Committee
was dissolved. Changes in the Company’s executive management
team and to the Board of Directors, may be disruptive to, or cause
uncertainty in, the Company’s business, and any additional changes to the executive management team or the
Board of Directors could
have a negative impact on the Company’s ability to manage and grow its business effectively. Any such disruption or uncertainty
or difficulty in
efficiently and effectively filling key roles could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s results of
operations and the price of the Company’s common stock.
 
Extensive
industry regulation has had, and will continue to have, a significant impact on our business, especially our product development, manufacturing
and distribution
capabilities.
 
Biotechnology
companies are subject to extensive, complex, costly and evolving government regulation relating to the ability to market and sell any
drug or medical device. In
the U.S., these regulations are principally administered and enforced by the FDA and, to a lesser extent,
by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”), and comparable state
government agencies, and outside the U.S., these types
of regulations are typically administered by various regulatory agencies comparable to the FDA in foreign countries
where products or
product candidates are researched, tested, manufactured and/or marketed.
 
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The
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (“FDCA”), the Controlled Substances Act, and other federal statutes and regulations, as well
as similar state and foreign statutes and
regulations, govern or influence, among other things, the research, development, design, verification,
 validation, clinical testing, manufacture, storage, record-keeping,
approval, labeling, promotion, marketing, distribution, post-approval
monitoring and reporting, sampling, import and export of product candidates such as ours. Under these
regulations, we and our contract
manufacturers may become subject to periodic inspection of our facilities, quality control and other procedures, and operations and/or
product
candidate testing by the FDA, DEA and other authorities during and after the approval process for a product candidate, to confirm
compliance with all applicable regulations,
including current good manufacturing practices and other applicable requirements. Further,
even if regulatory approval of a product candidate is obtained, such approval would,
in the U.S. at least, impose limitations on the
indicated uses for which the product may be marketed, and these limitations could materially limit a product’s market and revenue
potential. Additionally, we would be subject to pervasive and continuing regulation by the FDA and/or comparable foreign regulators with
respect to any approved product.
Moreover, we could be required to conduct potentially costly post-approval studies or surveillance programs
to monitor the effect of any approved products, and the FDA and
comparable foreign regulators have the authority to stop or limit further
marketing of a product or impose more stringent labeling restrictions based on the results of these post-
approval tests and programs
or in the event of any unexpected or serious health or safety concern regarding any approved product.
 
Possible
penalties or other consequences for failure to comply with these regulatory requirements include, among others, observations, notices,
citations and/or warning letters
that could force us to modify our clinical programs or other activities; clinical holds on our ongoing
clinical programs; adverse publicity from the FDA or others; the FDA’s
suspension of its review of pending applications; fines;
product recalls or seizures; injunctions; total or partial suspension of production and/or distribution; labeling changes;
withdrawal
of previously granted product approvals; enforcement actions; restrictions on imports and exports; injunctions and civil or criminal
prosecution. Any such sanctions,
if imposed, could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.
 
Moreover,
the regulations, policies and guidance of the FDA or other regulatory agencies could change and new or additional statutes or regulations
could be enacted or
promulgated. If changes or new laws are more stringent or impose additional, different, or more challenging requirements,
our costs of compliance could increase, regulatory
approval of our product candidates could be delayed or jeopardized, or post-approval
activities for any product candidates that obtain regulatory approval could be further
restricted or regulated. If we are not able to
achieve and maintain regulatory compliance, we may not be permitted to market any of our product candidates, which would
materially adversely
affect our prospects to generate revenue.
 
If
we fail to comply with applicable healthcare laws and regulations, we could face substantial penalties and our business, operations,
prospects and financial condition
could be adversely affected.
 
The
healthcare industry is heavily regulated, constantly evolving and subject to significant change and fluctuation. The U.S. federal and
state healthcare laws and regulations
that impact our business include, among others:
 
 
●
the
laws and regulations administered and enforced by the FDA and other state and federal regulatory agencies, including the FDCA, Controlled
Substances
Act and other federal statutes and regulations, discussed above;
 
 
 
 
●
the
federal Anti-Kickback Statute, which generally prohibits, among other things, soliciting, receiving or providing remuneration to
induce the referral of an
individual for an item or service or the purchasing or ordering of an item or service for which payment
may be made under federal healthcare programs, such
as the Medicare and Medicaid programs;
 
 
 
 
●
the
federal false claims laws, which generally prohibit, among other things, knowingly presenting or causing to be presented claims for
 payment from
Medicare, Medicaid or other third-party payors that are false or fraudulent;
 
 
 
 
●
the
Affordable Care Act, which, in general and among other things, expands the government’s investigative and enforcement authority,
including requiring
pharmaceutical companies to record and disclose to government agencies any transfers of value to doctors and
teaching hospitals, and increases the penalties
for fraud and abuse, including amendments to the federal False Claims Act and the
Anti-Kickback Statute to make it easier to file lawsuits under these
statutes;
 
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●
HIPAA
 and HITECH, which, in general and among other things, establish comprehensive federal standards with respect to the privacy, security
 and
transmission of individually identifiable health information and impose requirements for the use of standardized electronic transactions
 with respect to
transmission of such information;
 
 
 
 
●
the
FCPA and other applicable anti-bribery laws; and
 
 
 
 
●
state
law equivalents of each of these federal laws, such as anti-kickback and false claims laws that may apply to items or services reimbursed
by any third-
party payor, including commercial insurers, and state laws governing the privacy and security of health information
in certain circumstances, many of which
differ from each other in significant ways and may not be preempted by applicable federal
laws, thus complicating compliance efforts.
 
Additionally,
the healthcare compliance environment is continuously changing at the federal level and with some states mandating implementation of
compliance programs,
compliance with industry ethics codes, registration requirements for sales personnel, spending limits and reporting
to state governments of gifts, compensation and other
remuneration to physicians. This shifting regulatory environment, as well as our
obligation to comply with different reporting and other compliance requirements, in multiple
jurisdictions, including foreign laws and
regulations comparable to the U.S. laws and regulations described above, to the extent we continue to pursue operations in foreign
countries,
such as our clinical activities in Australia, or if we seek to sell any product that obtains regulatory approval in a foreign country,
increases the possibility that we may
violate one or more of these laws. In addition, these conditions may also adversely affect our
ability to obtain regulatory approval for any of our product candidates, the
availability of capital, our ability to generate meaningful
or any revenue and, if any of our product candidates achieve regulatory approval, our ability to establish a price we
believe is fair
for the approved product. Further, even though we do not and will not control referrals of healthcare services or bill directly to third-party
payors, certain federal
and state healthcare laws and regulations pertaining to fraud and abuse and patients’ rights would be applicable
to our business, if any of our product candidates obtain
regulatory approval and become commercially available.
 
All
of these laws impose penalties or other consequences for non-compliance, some of which may be severe. If we or our operations are found
to be in violation of any of these
laws or any other governmental regulations that apply to us, the consequences could include, but are
not limited to, fines or other monetary damages, orders forcing us to curtail
or restructure our operations, injunctions and civil or
criminal prosecution. Any such penalties could adversely affect our ability to operate our business and pursue our strategic
plans. Additionally,
any action against us for violation of these laws, even if we successfully defend against it, could cause us to incur significant legal
expenses and divert
Management’s attention from the operation of our business. Moreover, achieving and sustaining compliance with
the various U.S. federal and state and foreign laws and
regulations that apply to our business could prove costly. The occurrence of
any of these risks could cause our performance and financial condition to materially suffer.
 
We
are subject to new legislation and regulatory proposals that may affect costs for compliance and adversely affect revenue.
 
Congress
has closely monitored drug pricing and health care spending in the U.S. Many members of Congress have prioritized policies targeting
drug prices and health care
spending and are committed to lowering spending in federal government programs. Legislative efforts to reduce
health care spending within federal programs may affect
overall health care spending in the U.S. The Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction
Act, or PDPRA, which was introduced in Congress in 2019, and again in 2020, proposed to,
among other things, penalize pharmaceutical
manufacturers for raising prices on drugs covered by Medicare Parts B and D faster than the rate of inflation, cap out-of-pocket
expenses
for Medicare Part D beneficiaries, and several changes to how drugs are reimbursed in Medicare Part B. A similar drug pricing bill, the
Elijah E. Cummings Lower
Drug Costs Now Act, proposes to enable direct price negotiations by the federal government for certain drugs
(with the maximum price paid by Medicare capped based on an
international index), requires manufacturers to offer these negotiated prices
to other payers, and restricts manufacturers from raising prices on drugs covered by Medicare Parts
B and D. This Act passed in the House
of Representatives when it was introduced in 2019, and it has been introduced again in the 2021 term. In September 2021, provisions
from
this Act were included in budget reconciliation recommendations from several House committees. These recommendations include a provision
advanced by the Ways and
Means Committee that would limit federal tax credits associated with the clinical study of certain drugs intended
for use in certain rare diseases. If passed, this law could
increase the costs associated with clinical development and regulatory approval
of our product candidates. More recently, on August 16, 2022, President Joseph Biden signed
the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into
law. The Inflation Reduction Act, among other things, amends the longstanding “non-interference” clause under Medicare Part
D and
now permits the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to negotiate prescription drug prices with companies for a small number
of brand name drugs or biologics
without generic or biosimilar competitors starting in 2026 for such products covered under Medicare
Pard D and in 2028 for products covered under Medicare Part B. Further,
the House and Senate Judiciary Committees have also focused heavily
on patent and exclusivity reform for prescription drugs. While we cannot predict what proposals may
ultimately become law, elements under
consideration could significantly change health care spending in which the U.S. biotechnology and pharmaceutical markets operate.
 
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President
 Joseph Biden, like his predecessor, has prioritized drug pricing and price transparency in the health care industry. On July 9, 2021,
 President Biden signed an
Executive Order (“EO”) directing federal agencies to develop and implement policies to lower drug
prices. The EO expresses the Biden Administration’s support for a range of
drug policy proposals, including Medicare drug pricing
negotiation, inflationary rebates, and drug importation from foreign countries, including Canada. Under the previous
Administration,
the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) proposed or enacted several drug pricing measures, including finalization
of a regulation that would
prohibit rebates from drug manufacturers to payors (referred to as the Rebate Rule). The Rebate Rule’s
implementation was delayed by courts, and Congress may prevent its
implementation through legislation. Legislative or regulatory changes
to the framework of permissible rebates could impact our ability to negotiate with payers to obtain
coverage and reimbursement, which
may ultimately impact our ability to market our products.
 
On
 June 24, 2019, President Donald Trump signed an EO directing federal agencies to improve price transparency. Since then, under both the
 Trump and Biden
Administrations, HHS has proposed and implemented regulations to improve price transparency in both provider and payor
industries. These transparency measures may shift
bargaining power among various stakeholders within the U.S. drug supply chain and could
ultimately impact drug pricing and health care costs generally.
 
Further,
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), within HHS, has significant regulatory authority to promulgate
regulations and impose other compliance
requirements that may increase our compliance costs and impact our ability to attain profitability
and market our products. CMS sets coverage and reimbursement rates for
Medicare and oversees the implementation of Medicaid at the state
level. CMS could modify or impose coverage restrictions or modify reimbursement rates on any of our
products in a manner that could adversely
impact our business. For example, on January 8, 2021, CMS approved Tennessee’s Medicaid section 1115 demonstration application,
granting the state the unprecedented ability to implement a closed drug formulary without foregoing the state’s entitlement to
rebates under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program.
Implementation of a closed formulary could mean that our products could be excluded from
 coverage under Medicaid. Further, CMS has implemented regulations that
encourage the implementation of value-based payment models for
drugs within the Medicaid program. Such payment mechanisms, if implemented, could lead to reduced
payment for any of our products.
 
Within
CMS, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (“CMMI”), as established by the Affordable Care Act, has broad authority
to design, implement, and test new
health care payment models that could potentially lower health care spending while maintaining quality
or increase quality without increasing spending. CMMI has considered
implementing models that could have a significant adverse effect
on our business. For example, on November 27, 2020, CMMI finalized a mandatory Medicare Part B drug
payment model that would have aligned
payment for drugs with international reference prices, entitled the Most Favored Nation (“MFN”) Model. The MFN Model was
enjoined by a Federal court on December 28, 2020 for failure to comply with rulemaking procedural requirements. The Biden Administration
has withdrawn the MFN Model,
but it is unclear whether the Administration will propose and implement the same or a similar model in future
rulemaking, and we cannot predict how future regulatory actions
by CMMI or any other component of CMS may impact our business.
 
In
addition to significant uncertainty with respect to legislation and regulation at the federal level, similar developments by state governments
may impact our business. State
legislative and regulatory developments could impact drug development, manufacturing, pricing, marketing,
distribution, coverage, or payment. Jurisdictional and preemption
issues between federal and state laws and regulations are complex and
increase the costs of compliance. Further, similar legislative and regulatory uncertainties may arise in
foreign drug markets, some of
which are heavily regulated. We cannot predict how developments at the state level may impact our business.
 
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Any
product for which we obtain marketing approval could be subject to restrictions or withdrawal from the market and we may be subject to
penalties if we fail to comply
with regulatory requirements or if we experience unanticipated problems with products, when and if any
of them is approved.
 
Any
product for which we might obtain marketing approval, along with the manufacturing processes and facilities, post-approval data, labeling,
advertising and promotional
activities for such product, will be subject to continual requirements of and review by the FDA and comparable
regulatory authorities. These requirements include submissions
of safety and other post-marketing information and reports, registration
requirements, compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements (e.g., current Good
Manufacturing Practices (“cGMPs”) and
good documentation practices) relating to quality control, quality assurance and corresponding maintenance of records and documents,
adherence to requirements regarding the distribution of samples to physicians and recordkeeping, and compliance with requirements regarding
company presentations and
interactions with healthcare professionals. Even if we obtain regulatory approval of a product, the approval
may be subject to limitations on the indicated uses for which the
product may be marketed or to the conditions of approval, or contain
requirements for costly post-marketing testing, studies, and surveillance to monitor the safety or efficacy
of the product. We also may
 be subject to certain state laws, including registration requirements covering the marketing, promotion, and distribution of products.
 Later
discovery of previously unknown problems with products, manufacturers or manufacturing processes, or failure to comply with legal
and regulatory requirements, may result in
actions such as:
 
 
●
restrictions
on product manufacturing, distribution or use;
 
 
 
 
●
restrictions
on the labeling, marketing, or promotion of a product;
 
 
 
 
●
requirements
to conduct post-marketing studies or clinical trials;
 
 
 
 
●
inspectional
observations or warning letters from regulatory authorities;
 
 
 
 
●
withdrawal
of the products from the market;
 
 
 
 
●
refusal
to approve pending applications or supplements to approved applications that we submit;
 
 
 
 
●
voluntary
or mandatory recall;
 
 
 
 
●
fines;
 
 
 
 
●
suspension
or withdrawal of marketing or regulatory approvals;
 
 
 
 
●
refusal
to permit the import or export of products;
 
 
 
 
●
product
seizure or detentions;
 
 
 
 
●
injunctions
or the imposition of civil or criminal penalties; and
 
 
 
 
●
adverse
publicity.
 
If
we or our respective suppliers, third-party contractors, clinical investigators or collaborators are slow to adapt, or are unable to
adapt, to changes in existing regulatory
requirements or adoption of new regulatory requirements or policies, we or our respective collaborators
may experience one or more of the actions above, resulting in decreased
revenue from milestones, product sales or royalties.
 
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Europe
has enacted a new data privacy regulation, the General Data Protection Regulation, a violation of which could subject us to significant
fines.
 
In
May 2018, a new privacy regime, the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, took effect across all member states of the European
Economic Area. The new regime
increases our obligations with respect to clinical trials conducted in the member states by expanding the
definition of personal data to include coded data, and requiring changes
to informed consent practices and more detailed notices for
clinical trial subjects and investigators. In addition, it increases the scrutiny that clinical trial sites located in the
member states
should apply to transfers of personal data from such sites to countries that are considered to lack an adequate level of data protection,
such as the U.S. The
regime imposes substantial fines for breaches of data protection requirements, which can be up to four percent of
global revenues or 20 million Euros, whichever is greater, and
it also confers a private right of action on data subjects for breaches
of data protection requirements. Compliance with these directives is a rigorous and time-intensive process
that may increase our cost
of doing business, and the failure to comply with these laws could subject us to significant fines.
 
Our
employees, consultants, or third-party partners may engage in misconduct or other improper activities, including but not necessarily
limited to noncompliance with
regulatory standards and requirements or internal procedures, policies or agreements to which such employees,
consultants and partners are subject, any of which could
have a material adverse effect on our business.
 
We
are exposed to the risk of employee fraud or other misconduct. Misconduct by employees, consultants, or third party partners could include
intentional failures to comply
with FDA regulations, to provide accurate information to the FDA, to comply with manufacturing standards,
including those we have established, to comply with federal and
state healthcare fraud and abuse laws and regulations, to report financial
information or data accurately, to comply with internal procedures, policies or agreements to which
such employees, consultants or partners
are subject, or to disclose unauthorized activities to us. In particular, sales, marketing and business arrangements in the healthcare
industry are subject to extensive laws and regulations intended to prevent fraud, kickbacks, self-dealing and other abusive practices.
These laws and regulations may restrict or
prohibit a wide range of pricing, discounting, marketing, promotion, sales commission, customer
incentive programs and other business arrangements. Employee, consultant, or
third-party misconduct could also involve the improper use
of information obtained in the course of clinical trials, which could result in regulatory sanctions and serious harm
to our reputation.
The precautions we take to detect and prevent this activity may not be effective in controlling unknown or unmanaged risks or losses
or in protecting us from
governmental investigations or other actions or lawsuits stemming from a failure to be in compliance with such
laws or regulations. If any such actions are instituted against us,
and we are not successful in defending ourselves or asserting our
rights, those actions could have a significant impact on our business and results of operations, including the
imposition of significant
fines or other sanctions.
 
We
receive a large amount of proprietary information from potential or existing licensors of intellectual property and potential acquisition
target companies, all pursuant to
confidentiality agreements. The confidentiality and proprietary invention assignment agreements that
we have in place with each of our employees and consultants prohibit the
unauthorized disclosure of such information, but such employees
or consultants may nonetheless disclose such information through negligence or willful misconduct. Any such
unauthorized disclosures
could subject us to monetary damages and/or injunctive or equitable relief. The notes, analyses and memoranda that we have generated
based off such
information are also valuable to our businesses, and the unauthorized disclosure or misappropriation of such materials
by our employees and consultants could significantly
harm our strategic initiatives, especially if such disclosures are made to our competitor
companies.
 
We
face potential product liability exposure, and if successful claims are brought against us, we could incur substantial liability.
 
The
clinical use of our product candidates and, if any of our product candidates achieves regulatory approval, any future commercial use
of the approved products, exposes us
to the risk of product liability claims. Any side effects, manufacturing defects, misuse, or abuse
associated with our product candidates or any approved products could result in
injury to a patient or even death. In addition, a liability
claim could be brought against us even if our product candidates or any approved products merely appear to have caused
an injury. These
product liability claims could be brought against us by consumers, healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies or others that come
into contact with our
product candidates or any approved products.
 
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Regardless
of merit or potential outcome, product liability claims against us could result in, among other effects, the inability to continue clinical
testing of our product
candidates or, for any approved products, commercialization of the products, impairment of our business reputation,
withdrawal of clinical trial participants and distraction of
Management’s attention from our primary business activities. In addition,
if we cannot successfully defend against product liability claims, we could incur substantial liabilities,
including liabilities that
may be beyond the scope or limits of any applicable insurance policies we may have in place. Any of these outcomes could severely harm
our business,
financial condition and prospects.
 
We
may not be able to realize value from, or otherwise preserve and utilize, our net operating loss carryforwards and certain other tax
attributes.
 
If
a corporation undergoes an “ownership change” within the meaning of Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, the corporation’s net operating loss
carryforwards and certain other tax attributes arising prior to the ownership change
are subject to limitations on use after the ownership change. In general, an ownership
change occurs if there is a cumulative change
in the corporation’s equity ownership by certain stockholders that exceeds 50% over a rolling three-year period. Similar rules
may
apply under state tax laws. If we experience such an ownership change, our net operating loss carryforwards generated prior to the
ownership change would be subject to
annual limitations that could reduce, eliminate or defer the utilization of these losses.
 
Moreover,
the recognition and measurement of net operating loss carryforwards may include estimates and judgments by Management, and the Internal
Revenue Service could,
upon audit or other investigation, disagree with the amount of net operating loss carryforwards or the determination
of whether an ownership change has occurred. Additionally,
legislative or regulatory changes or judicial decisions could further negatively
impact the ability to use any tax benefits associated with net operating loss carryforwards. Any
inability to use net operating loss
carryforwards to reduce our U.S. federal or state income tax liability could materially harm our financial condition and results of operations.
 
Risks
Related to Our Intellectual Property
 
Our
business depends in large part on our ability to protect our proprietary rights and technologies, and we may be unsuccessful in these
efforts.
 
We
believe our success and ability to compete depends in large part on obtaining and maintaining patent, trademark and trade secret protection
of our product candidates and
their respective components and underlying technologies, including devices, formulations, manufacturing
methods and methods of treatment, as well as successfully defending
our intellectual property rights against third-party challenges.
Our ability to stop third parties from making, using or selling products that infringe on our intellectual property
rights depends on
the extent to which we have secured and properly safeguarded these rights under valid and enforceable patents or trade secrets.
 
Although
we previously owned patents protecting our OMS EP Devices, our primary U.S. and foreign patents providing such protection expired in
2017 and 2018, and the final
foreign patents expired in late 2019. As a result, we may have limited ability to enforce these rights against
third parties to prevent them from making or selling competing
products that rely upon the protected technology, which could harm our
competitive position and prospects. In addition to these proprietary rights that expired between 2017
and 2019, we also own or have exclusively
licensed certain patents and applications that cover our current clinical methods. These patents/patent applications will expire
between
2024 and 2041. These method patents protect the use of a product for a specified method under certain defined parameters. These types
of method patents do not
prevent a competitor from making and marketing a product that is identical or similar to the protected product
under parameters that are outside the scope of the patented
method claims. Moreover, even if competitors do not actively promote such
a product for the indications protected by the method patent, physicians could prescribe the
products for these methods on an off-label
basis. Although such off-label prescriptions may infringe or contribute to the infringement of method-of-use patents, the practice is
common and such infringement is difficult to detect, prevent or prosecute. Furthermore, our licensed patents expiring between 2024 and
2032 may not have as broad a scope as
our patents that expired between 2017 and 2019, which in turn may limit our remedies against competitors
making and marketing a product that is identical or similar to ours.
 
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To
 the extent our existing patents or pending or planned patent applications expire before we are able to commercialize product depending
 on the technology or do not
otherwise provide sufficient protection, we could be subject to substantially increased competition and our
business and ability to commercialize or license our technology or
product candidates could be materially adversely affected.
 
Even
if we secure patents that cover our proprietary technology, our efforts to protect our intellectual property rights with patents may
prove inadequate. For instance, the
breadth of claims in a patent application is often restricted during patent prosecution, resulting
in granted claims with a more limited scope than the claims in the original
application. Additionally, pending or future patent applications
may not result in issued patents. Laws and regulations for the prosecution of patents are continuously evolving,
and the U.S. Supreme
Court has, in the past several years, revised certain tests regarding both the grant and review of patents that could make it more difficult
to obtain issued
patents. Also, any patents that are granted could be subject to post-grant proceedings that could limit their scope
or enforceability, and claims that are amended during post-
grant proceedings may not be broad enough to provide meaningful protection.
Moreover, any patents that are issued to us or any future collaborators may be circumvented or
invalidated by third-party efforts, may
 expire before or shortly after obtaining necessary regulatory approvals, or may not provide sufficient proprietary protection or
competitive
advantage for other reasons. Such challenges could include third-party pre-issuance submissions of prior art to the PTO, or opposition,
derivation, reexamination,
inter parties review, or post-grant review or interference proceedings challenging our patent rights or the
 patent rights of others. The cost of these proceedings could be
substantial, and it is possible that our efforts to establish priority
or validity of the invention would be unsuccessful, resulting in a material adverse effect on our U.S. patent
position. An adverse determination
in any such submission, patent office trial, proceeding or litigation could reduce the scope of, render unenforceable, or invalidate,
our patent
rights, allow third parties to commercialize our technology or products and compete directly with us, without payment to us,
or result in our inability to manufacture or
commercialize products without infringing third-party patent rights. In addition, if the
breadth or strength of protection provided by our patents and patent applications is
threatened, it could dissuade companies from collaborating
 with us to license, develop or commercialize current or future product candidates. Further, obtaining and
maintaining patent protection
depends on compliance with various procedural, document submission, fee payment, and other requirements imposed by government patent
agencies, and our patent protection could be reduced or eliminated for non-compliance with these requirements. These risks may be amplified
in some foreign jurisdictions,
where patent protection may not be as strong or as effective as it is in the U.S.
 
Our
reliance on unpatented proprietary rights, including trade secrets and know-how, may also pose significant risks. For instance, it can
be difficult to protect these rights and
they may lose their value if they are independently developed by a third party or if their secrecy
is lost. Although we have taken measures to protect these rights, including
establishing confidentiality agreements with employees, consultants
and other third parties, these measures may not sufficiently safeguard our unpatented proprietary rights and
may not provide adequate
remedies in the event of unauthorized use or disclosure of the confidential information. Despite these efforts, any of these parties
may breach the
agreements and may unintentionally or willfully disclose our proprietary information, including our trade secrets, and
we may not be able to obtain adequate remedies for such
breaches. Enforcing a claim that a party illegally disclosed or misappropriated
a trade secret is difficult, expensive and time-consuming, and the outcome is unpredictable. In
addition, some courts inside and outside
the U.S. are less willing or unwilling to protect trade secrets. Moreover, if any of our trade secrets were to be lawfully obtained or
independently developed by a competitor, we would have no right to prevent such parties, or those to whom they communicate it, from using
that technology or information to
compete with us. If any of our trade secrets were to be disclosed to or independently developed by
a competitor, our competitive position would be harmed.
 
If
we are unable to secure patent protection for our patentable technologies, if any of our issued patents are limited or found to be invalid
or unenforceable, or if we are
otherwise unable to adequately protect our patented or unpatented proprietary rights, our business and
prospects could be materially negatively affected.
 
Our
in-licensed intellectual property may not provide us with sufficient rights and may not prevent competitors from pursuing similar technology.
 
In
addition to our owned proprietary rights, we have also exclusively licensed certain patents and patent applications that cover our current
and future clinical platforms. These
patents will expire between 2024 and 2032. These method patents protect the use of a product for
a specified method under certain defined parameters. This type of patent does
not prevent a competitor from making and marketing a product
that is identical or similar to the protected product under parameters that are outside the scope of the patented
method claims. Moreover,
even if competitors do not actively promote such a product for the indications protected by the method patent, physicians could prescribe
the
products for these methods on an off-label basis. Although such off-label prescriptions may infringe or contribute to the infringement
of method-of-use patents, the practice is
common and such infringement is difficult to detect, prevent or prosecute.
 
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We
entered into a license agreement with Gaeta Therapeutics in May 2019. Under the license, we obtained exclusive worldwide rights to Gaeta
Therapeutics’ portfolio of
patents and applications covering the combination use of IL-12 protein or DNA and various checkpoint
inhibitor therapies, including anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 compounds,
in key global markets. Although we do not currently rely on the intellectual
property we have licensed from Gaeta, our product candidates could in the future utilize this
intellectual property. The in-licensing
of this portfolio provides patent protection on our current clinical methods in certain countries until at least 2032 and also gives
us the
potential to block others utilizing IL-12 in combination with various checkpoint inhibitors, which may not be part of our current
clinical platform.
 
If
we are not able to maintain our existing in-licenses or if we are not able to establish new in-licenses for any other third-party rights
we need, we could become subject to
significant costs or royalty or other fees to establish alternative license arrangements, if such
licenses are available when needed, on acceptable terms or at all, or we could be
forced to develop modifications to the affected product
candidates or technologies to avoid reliance on the third-party rights, if such modifications are possible. If there is any
conflict,
dispute, disagreement or issue of non-performance between us and the respective licensing partner regarding the rights or obligations
under the license agreements,
including any conflict, dispute or disagreement arising from a failure to satisfy payment obligations under
such agreements, the ability to develop and commercialize the
affected product candidate may be adversely affected. Any inability to
secure and maintain adequate rights to any third-party technologies necessary for the development of our
product candidates could severely
limit our continued research and development activities, our efforts to obtain product approvals and, if such approvals are obtained,
our
ability to commercialize the approved products, any of which would materially adversely impact our business and prospects.
 
We
may become involved in litigation or other proceedings in our efforts to protect our patent and other intellectual property rights, which
could require significant time
and costs and would be subject to unpredictable outcomes.
 
We
may become aware of activities by third parties, including our competitors, that infringe our issued patents or other intellectual property
rights. If we choose to file a lawsuit
against a potentially infringing third party to try to enforce our patents or other intellectual
property rights, the third party may seek a ruling that the patents are invalid and/or
should not be enforced. Such a ruling could severely
limit our ability to protect our rights from use by third parties. Further, patent law is a constantly evolving body of law, and
changes
can affect our rights and our ability to execute on our strategy and our financial results. In the past several years, the U.S. Supreme
Court has revised certain tests
regarding assessing the validity of patents, which could result in the invalidation of issued patents
and/or their claims based on the application of the current patent validity
standards. As a result, in the event of any patent infringement
litigation or other proceedings involving our patents, our patents could be subject to challenge and subsequent
invalidation or significant
narrowing of claim scope under the current standards. Moreover, even if the validity of our patents is upheld in a patent infringement
lawsuit, a court
could refuse to stop a third party’s activities on the grounds that the activities do not infringe the specific
claims of our patents. Further, even if we were successful in stopping
the infringing activity, patent infringement lawsuits are expensive
and could consume significant time, Management attention, capital and other resources. Any claims we assert
against accused infringers
could provoke these parties to assert counterclaims against us alleging that we infringe their patents; or provoke those parties to petition
the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office, to institute inter partes review against the asserted patents, which may lead to a finding
that all or some of the claims of the patent are invalid.
 
These
risks of third parties’ infringement of our intellectual property rights may increase if we engage in discussions, collaborations
or other strategic arrangements with third
parties. Also, new challenges could arise if and to the extent we pursue engagements with
third parties located outside the U.S. These factors could increase the risks and costs
associated with building and protecting our intellectual
property portfolio and could adversely affect our performance and our business prospects. Despite efforts to protect our
proprietary
information during such discussions, third parties may unintentionally or willfully disclose or convert our proprietary information,
including our trade secrets, and
we may not be able to obtain adequate remedies for such breaches.
 
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Third
parties may claim that we infringe their proprietary rights, which could prevent us from pursuing our clinical and other studies and
other research and development
activities.
 
The
validity and infringement of patents or proprietary rights of third parties has been the subject of substantial litigation in the biotechnology
industry. In the course of our
research and development activities, we could become subject to legal claims that we, our activities or
our product candidates or technologies infringe the rights of others. This
type of patent infringement litigation is costly and time-consuming
 and diverts the attention of Management and technical personnel. In addition, if we or our product
candidates or technologies are found
to infringe the rights of others, we could lose our ability to continue our development programs or could be forced to pay monetary
damages.
Although the parties to patent and intellectual property disputes in the biotechnology industry have often settled their disputes by
establishing licenses or similar
arrangements, the costs associated with these arrangements may be substantial and could include ongoing
royalties. Furthermore, any such licenses may not be available when
needed, on commercially reasonable terms or at all. These risks may
 be amplified due to our small size and limited experience and resources relative to many of our
competitors. As a result, any claims
of infringement against us, adverse determination in a judicial or administrative proceeding or failure to obtain necessary licenses
could
materially delay, hinder or restrict our development efforts or prevent us from continuing to pursue our operational and strategic
plans, which could have a material adverse
effect on our business, prospects and results of operations.
 
Publications
 of discoveries in the scientific literature often lag behind the actual discoveries, and patent applications in the U.S. and other jurisdictions
 are typically not
published until 18 months after a first filing, or in some cases not at all. Therefore, we cannot know with certainty
whether we or our licensors were the first to make the
inventions claimed in patents or pending patent applications that we own or licensed,
or that we or our licensors were the first to file for patent protection of such inventions. In
the event that a third party has also
filed a U.S. patent application relating to our product candidates or a similar invention, depending upon the priority dates claimed
by the
competing parties, we may have to participate in interference proceedings declared by the PTO to determine priority of invention
in the U.S. The costs of these proceedings
could be substantial, and it is possible that our efforts to establish priority of invention
would be unsuccessful, resulting in a material adverse effect on our U.S. patent position.
As a result, the issuance, scope, validity,
enforceability and commercial value of our patent rights are highly uncertain.
 
Risks
Related to Our Growth Strategy
 
If
we acquire, enter into joint ventures with or obtain a controlling interest in companies in the future, it could adversely affect our
operating results and the value of our
Common Stock thereby diluting stockholder value and disrupting our business.
 
As
part of our growth strategy, we might acquire, enter into joint ventures with, or obtain a significant ownership stake in other companies.
Acquisitions of, joint ventures with
and investments in other companies involve numerous risks, including, but not necessarily limited
to:
 
●
risk
of entering new markets in which we have little to no experience;
 
 
●
diversion
of financial and managerial resources from existing operations;
 
 
●
successfully
negotiating a proposed acquisition or investment timely and at a price or on terms and conditions favorable to us;
 
 
●
the
impact of regulatory reviews on a proposed acquisition or investment;
 
 
●
the
outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted with respect to the proposed acquisitions or investment;
 
 
●
with
respect to an acquisition, difficulties in integrating operations, technologies, services and personnel; and
 
 
●
potential
inability to maintain relationships with customers of the companies we may acquire or invest in.
 
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If
we fail to properly evaluate potential acquisitions, joint ventures or investments, we might not achieve the anticipated benefits of
any such transaction, we might incur costs
in excess of what we anticipate, and Management resources and attention might be diverted
from other necessary or valuable activities.
 
If
we cannot continue to fund our research and development programs, we may be required to reduce product development, which will adversely
impact our growth
strategy.
 
Our
 research and development programs will require substantial additional capital to conduct research, preclinical testing and human
 studies, establish pilot scale and
commercial scale manufacturing processes and facilities, and establish and develop quality
control, regulatory, marketing, sales and administrative capabilities to support these
programs. We expect to fund our research and
development activities from a combination of cash generated from royalties and milestones from our partners in various past,
ongoing
and future collaborations and additional equity or debt financings from third parties. These financings could depress our stock
price. If additional funds are required to
support our operations and such funds cannot be obtained on favorable terms, we may not
be able to develop products, which will adversely impact our growth strategy. For
example, in October 2022, due to our financial
position we made the strategic decision to decrease all clinical activity outside of our melanoma clinical pipeline, including
trials
and studies involving TNBC and SCCHN.
 
Risks
Related to Our Common Stock
 
The
price and trading volume of our common stock may be subject to extreme volatility, and stockholders could lose all or part of their investment
in our Company.
 
The
trading volume and market price of our common stock has experienced, and is likely to continue to experience, significant volatility.
This volatility could negatively impact
our ability to raise additional capital or utilize equity as consideration in any acquisition
transactions we may seek to pursue, and could make it more difficult for existing
stockholders to sell their shares of our common stock
at a price they consider acceptable or at all. This volatility is caused by a variety of factors, including, among the other
risks described
in these risk factors:
 
 
●
adverse
research and development or clinical trial results;
 
 
 
 
●
our
liquidity and ability to obtain additional capital, including the market’s reaction to any capital-raising transaction we may
pursue;
 
 
 
 
●
declining
working capital to fund operations, or other signs of financial uncertainty;
 
 
 
 
●
any
negative announcement by the FDA or comparable regulatory bodies outside the U.S., including that it has denied any request to approve
any of our
product candidates for commercialization;
 
 
 
 
●
conducting
open-ended clinical trials, which could lead to results (either positive or negative) being available to the public prior to a formal
announcement;
 
 
 
 
●
market
assessments of any strategic transaction or collaboration arrangement we may pursue;
 
 
 
 
●
potential
negative market reaction to the terms or volume of any issuance of shares of our common stock or other securities to new investors
pursuant to
strategic or capital-raising transactions or to employees, directors or other service providers;
 
 
 
 
●
sales
of substantial amounts of our common stock, or the perception that substantial amounts of our common stock may be sold, by stockholders
in the public
market;
 
 
 
 
●
issuance
of new or updated research or reports by securities analysts or changed recommendations for our common stock;
 
 
 
 
●
significant
advances made by competitors that adversely affect our competitive position;
 
 
 
 
●
the
loss of key management and scientific personnel and the inability to attract and retain additional highly-skilled personnel; and
 
 
 
 
●
general
market and economic conditions, including factors not directly related to our operating performance or the operating performance
of our competitors,
such as increased uncertainty in the U.S. healthcare regulatory environment following the results of the 2020
U.S. presidential election.
 
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In
addition, the stock market in general, and the market for stock of companies in the life sciences and biotechnology industries in particular,
has experienced extreme price and
volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance
 of specific companies. In addition, in the past, following periods of
volatility in the overall market and the market price of a particular
company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been instituted against a company. This type
of litigation,
if instituted against us, could result in substantial costs and a diversion of our Management’s attention and resources.
 
If
we issue additional equity securities in the future, our existing stockholders would be diluted.
 
Our
articles of incorporation authorize the issuance of up to 100,000,000 shares of our common stock. In addition to capital-raising activities,
on which we have historically
relied for cash to fund our operations, other possible business and financial uses for our authorized common
 stock include, among others, stock splits, acquiring other
businesses or assets in exchange for shares of our common stock, issuing shares
of our common stock to collaborators in connection with strategic alliances, issuing common
stock to vendors for services performed,
attracting and retaining employees with equity compensation or other transactions and corporate purposes that our Board of Directors
deems to be in the best interest of our Company. Additionally, issuances of common stock could be used for anti-takeover purposes or
to delay or prevent changes in control or
management of our Company. Any future issuances of our common stock may be consummated on terms
that are not favorable, may not enhance stockholder value and may
adversely affect the trading price of our common stock. Further, any
such issuance will reduce the book value per share of our common stock and reduce the proportionate
ownership and voting power of our
existing stockholders.
 
We
have not paid dividends in the past and do not expect to pay dividends in the future, and any return on investment may be limited to
the value of your stock.
 
We
have never paid dividends on our common stock and do not anticipate paying any dividends for the foreseeable future. You should not rely
on an investment in our stock if
you require dividend income. Further, you will only realize income on an investment in our stock in
the event you sell or otherwise dispose of your shares at a price higher than
the price you paid for your shares. Such a gain would result
only from an increase in the market price of our common stock, which is uncertain and unpredictable.
 
If
outstanding options or warrants to purchase shares of our common stock are exercised or outstanding restricted stock units vest and settle,
our existing stockholders
would be diluted.
 
As
of July 31, 2022, we had outstanding (i) options to purchase approximately 2.9 million shares of our common stock, (ii) warrants to purchase
approximately 1.7 million
shares of our common stock, and (iii) approximately 0.06 million restricted stock units. In addition, as of
July 31, 2022, there were approximately 1.8 million shares reserved
for future issuance under our stock incentive and stock purchase
plans. The exercise of options and warrants, the vesting and settlement of restricted stock units or the issuance
of additional equity
awards under our stock incentive and stock purchase plans could have an adverse effect on the market for our common stock, including
the price that any
stockholder could obtain for its shares. Further, our existing stockholders could experience significant dilution
in the net tangible book value of their investment upon the
issuance of additional shares of our common stock through the exercise of
derivative securities that are currently outstanding or that we may issue in the future.
 
Sales
of common stock by our stockholders, or the perception that such sales may occur, could depress the market price of our common stock.
 
The
market price of our common stock could decline as a result of sales by, or the perceived possibility of sales by, our existing stockholders.
Since March 2011, we have
completed a number of offerings of our common stock and warrants. Future sales of common stock by significant
stockholders, including by those who acquired their shares in
our prior equity offerings, or the perception that such sales may occur,
could depress the price of our common stock.
 
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If our stock price continues
to remain below $1.00 or our stockholders’ equity falls below $2.5 million, our common stock may be subject to delisting from The
Nasdaq
Stock Market, which would materially reduce the liquidity of our common stock and have an adverse effect on our market price.
 
On
June 2, 2022, we received Notice (the “Notice”) from Nasdaq that the Company is not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule
5550(a)(2), as the minimum bid price of our
common stock has been below $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive business days. The Notice has
no immediate effect on the listing of our common stock, which will continue to
trade at this time on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the
symbol “ONCS.”
 
 In
accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), we have a period of 180 calendar days, or until November 29, 2022, to regain compliance
with the minimum bid price
requirement. To regain compliance, the closing bid price of our common stock must meet or exceed $1.00 per
share for at least ten consecutive business days during this 180
calendar day period. In the event we do not regain compliance by November
29, 2022, we may be eligible for an additional 180 calendar day grace period if the Company
meets the continued listing requirement for
market value of publicly held shares ($1 million) and all other initial listing standards for the Nasdaq Capital Market, with the
exception
of the minimum bid price, and we provide written notice to Nasdaq of our intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance
period by effecting a reverse
stock split, if necessary. If we do not regain compliance within the allotted compliance period(s), Nasdaq
will provide notice that our common stock will be subject to delisting
from the Nasdaq Capital Market. In that event, we may appeal such
delisting determination to a hearings panel.
 
We
are currently evaluating our alternatives to resolve the listing deficiency.
 
Additionally,
Nasdaq has the authority, pursuant to Nasdaq Rule 5550(b)(1), to delist our common stock if our stockholders’ equity falls below
$2.5 million. As of July 31,
2022, our stockholders’ equity was $6.1 million. If our stockholders equity falls below $2.5 million,
as a result of operating losses or for other reasons, we will fail to meet
Nasdaq’s stockholders’ equity requirement. We expect
that our stockholders’ equity as of October 31, 2022 will fall below Nasdaq’s $2.5 million threshold. If that occurs, or if
we are unable to demonstrate to Nasdaq’s satisfaction that we subsequently regained compliance with this requirement, Nasdaq will
notify us of such non-compliance. If we
receive such notice from Nasdaq, in accordance with Nasdaq rules, we will have 45 calendar days
from the date of the notification to submit a plan to regain compliance
with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1). If our compliance
plan is accepted, we may be granted up to 180 calendar days from the date of the initial notification to evidence
compliance.
 
We
are actively monitoring our stockholders’ equity and will consider any and all options available to us to maintain compliance. There
can be no assurance, however, that we
will be able to maintain compliance and meet Nasdaq’s minimum stockholders’ equity requirements.
To the extent that we are unable to maintain compliance, there is a risk that
our common stock may be delisted from Nasdaq, which would
adversely impact liquidity of our common stock, potentially result in even lower bid prices for our common
stock, and make it more difficult
for us to obtain financing through the sale of our common stock.
 
General
Risk Factors
 
Our
business, financial position, results of operations and liquidity needs could be materially negatively affected by market fluctuations
and economic downturn.
 
Our
results of operations could be materially negatively affected by economic conditions generally, both in the U.S. and elsewhere around
the world. Continuing concerns over
COVID-19, inflation, energy costs, geopolitical issues, including acts of war, the availability and
cost of credit, the U.S. mortgage market and residential real estate market in
the U.S. have contributed to increased volatility and
diminished expectations for the economy and the markets going forward. These factors, combined with volatile oil prices,
declining business
 and consumer confidence, have precipitated fears of a possible economic recession. Domestic and international equity markets continue
 to experience
heightened volatility and turmoil. These events and the continuing market upheavals may have an adverse effect on us. In
the event of a continuing market downturn, our
results of operations could be adversely affected by those factors in many ways, including
making it more difficult for us to raise funds if necessary, and our stock price may
further decline.
 
If
we fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results and stockholders
and the investment community
could lose confidence in our financial reporting, which could harm our business.
 
Our
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Although Management has
determined that our internal
control over financial reporting was effective as of July 31, 2022, our controls over financial processes
and reporting may not continue to be effective, or we may identify
significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our internal controls
in the future. Any failure to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting, including failures
to implement new or improved
controls as needed in a timely and effective manner or remediate any significant deficiency or material weakness that is identified in
the future,
could cause noncompliance with our public reporting obligations, an inability to produce reliable financial reports or material
misstatements in our financial statements or other
public disclosures. If any of these circumstances were to occur, investors could lose
confidence in our financial and other reported information, our reputation could otherwise
be harmed, the investment of our stockholders
in our company could be negatively affected and the costs to us of raising additional capital could materially increase, any of
which
could harm our business and prospects.
 
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Maintaining
compliance with our reporting and other obligations as a public company could strain our resources and distract Management.
 
As
a public company, we experience significant demands that are not applicable to private companies. For example, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002 and related and other rules
implemented by the SEC and the Nasdaq Capital Market, which maintains the securities exchange on
which our common stock is listed for trading, impose a number of
requirements on public companies, including with respect to corporate
governance practices, periodic reporting and other disclosure requirements and financial and disclosure
controls and procedures. Further,
the SEC and other regulators have continued to adopt new rules and make changes to existing regulations that require our compliance,
such as
the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 and the corporate governance and executive compensation-related
disclosure requirements of this
legislation.
 
Maintaining
compliance with the rules and regulations applicable to public companies involves significant legal, accounting and financial costs.
Additionally, if we grow as
anticipated, we may need to hire additional personnel and implement new and more sophisticated financial
and accounting systems and procedures to continue to meet our
public company obligations. Our Management and other personnel devote substantial
attention to maintaining our compliance with these obligations, which diverts attention
from other aspects of our business. Any failure
to comply with these public company requirements could have a material adverse effect on our business and prospects and could
materially
harm our stockholders’ investment in our Company.
 
ITEM
1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
 
None.
 
ITEM
2. PROPERTIES
 
Our
corporate and executive office is located in Pennington, New Jersey, where we lease space at 24 N. Main Street, Pennington, New Jersey,
pursuant to a lease agreement
which expires in February 2023. Additionally, we entered into a lease agreement commencing in January 2023
for space located at 850 Bear Tavern Road, Ewing, New Jersey,
08628 which expires in 2025. Our Company also has an office located in
San Diego, California, where we lease space at 3565 General Atomics Court, Suite 100, San Diego,
CA, 92121, pursuant to a lease which
expires in 2023. Additionally, we entered into a lease assignment agreement for space located at 5820 Nancy Ridge Drive, San Diego,
California,
 92121 which expires in 2025. We have also entered into lease arrangements for lab space in San Diego, California to support our research
 and development
department, but are in the process of terminating such lease after giving effect to our Restructuring Plan more fully
discussed in Item 1. Business—Recent Developments.
 
We
believe our current facilities are adequate to meet our current operating needs and will remain adequate for the foreseeable future.
Should we need additional space, we
currently do not foresee significant difficulties in obtaining additional facilities.
 
ITEM
3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
 
In
 the ordinary course of business, we may become a party to lawsuits involving various matters. The impact and outcome of litigation, if
 any, is subject to inherent
uncertainties, and an adverse result in these or other matters may arise from time to time that may harm
our business. To our knowledge, we are not currently a party, and our
properties are not currently subject, to any actual or threatened
legal proceedings that, in the opinion of Management, are expected to have a material adverse effect on our
business, financial condition
or results of operations.
 
ITEM
4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
 
Not
applicable.
 
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PART
II
 
ITEM
 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY
SECURITIES
 
Trading
Information
 
Our
common stock began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market tier under the symbol “ONCS” since May 29, 2015.
 
The
following table sets forth the range of reported high and low sales prices for our common stock for the fiscal quarters indicated, as
reported on the Nasdaq:
 
 
 
High
   
Low
 
Fiscal Year Ended July 31, 2022
 
 
    
 
  
First Quarter ended October 31, 2021
 
$
2.42   
$
1.57 
Second Quarter ended January 31, 2022
 
$
1.95   
$
0.75 
Third Quarter ended April 30, 2022
 
$
1.45   
$
0.76 
Fourth Quarter ended July 31, 2022
 
$
0.94   
$
0.67 
 
 
 
    
 
  
Fiscal Year Ended July 31, 2021
 
 
    
 
  
First Quarter ended October 31, 2020
 
$
5.40   
$
3.06 
Second Quarter ended January 31, 2021
 
$
7.82   
$
3.69 
Third Quarter ended April 30, 2021
 
$
8.16   
$
4.17 
Fourth Quarter ended July 31, 2021
 
$
5.08   
$
2.08 
 
Holders
 
As
of October 31, 2022, there were 42 holders of record of our common stock, plus an indeterminate number of additional stockholders
whose shares of our common stock are
held on their behalf by brokerage firms or other agents.
 
Dividends
 
We
have never declared or paid any cash dividends or distributions on our capital stock. We currently intend to retain future earnings,
if any, to support operations and to
finance expansion and therefore we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock
in the foreseeable future.
 
Securities
Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
 
The
information included under Item 12 of Part III of this report, “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
and Related Stockholder Matters,” is
hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 5 of Part II of this report.
 
Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
 
On
August 2, 2021, we issued a total of 12,500 shares of our common stock to a third-party firm pursuant to a consulting agreement at a
market price of $2.22 per share for
services rendered.
 
The
securities above were offered and sold without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, pursuant
to the exemption provided in
Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act as a transaction not involving a public offering as well as similar
exemptions under applicable state laws, in reliance on the following
facts: no general solicitation was used in the offer or sale of
such shares; the recipient of such shares represented that it was acquiring the shares for investment for its own
account and not with
a view to or for resale in connection with any distribution thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act; the recipient of such shares
had adequate
access to information about us; the recipient of such shares represented that it had a preexisting business or personal
relationship with us or had the capacity to protect its own
interests in connection with acquiring such shares; and such shares were
issued as restricted securities with restricted legends referring to the Securities Act.
 
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ITEM
6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
 
Not
applicable.
 
ITEM
7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
Unless
the context indicates otherwise, all references to “OncoSec,” “the Company,” “we,” “us”
and “our” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K refer to OncoSec Medical
Incorporated and its consolidated subsidiary.
 
This
discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is not a complete description of our business or the risks
associated with an investment in our
common stock. As a result, this discussion and analysis should be read together with our consolidated
financial statements and related notes included in this Annual Report, as
well as the other disclosures in this report and in the other
documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC.
 
This
discussion and analysis and the other disclosures in this report contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A
of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
or the Exchange Act. Forward-looking statements relate to future events
or circumstances or our future performance and are based on our
current assumptions, expectations and beliefs about future developments and their potential effect on our
business. All statements in
this Annual Report that are not statements of historical fact could be forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in
this discussion
and analysis and elsewhere in this Annual Report include statements about, among other things, the status, progress and
results of our clinical programs and our expectations
regarding our liquidity and performance, including our expense levels, and the
potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Forward-looking statements are only predictions
and are not guarantees of future performance,
and they are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including the risks described under the
heading “Risk
Factors” in Part I, Item IA of this Annual Report and similar discussions contained in the other documents we file from time to
time with the SEC. In light of
these risks, uncertainties and other factors, the forward-looking events and circumstances described in
this Annual Report may not occur and our results, levels of activity,
performance or achievements could differ materially from those
expressed in or implied by any forward-looking statements we make. As a result, you should not place undue
reliance on any of our forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and unless required to by law, we undertake no
obligation
 to update or revise any forward-looking statement for any reason, including to reflect new information, future developments, actual results
 or changes in our
expectations.
 
Overview
 
We
 are a late-stage immuno-oncology company focused on designing, developing and commercializing innovative, proprietary, intra-tumoral
 DNA-based therapeutics to
stimulate and to augment anti-tumor immune responses for the treatment of cancers. Our core technology
platform ImmunoPulse® is a drug-device therapeutic modality
platform comprised of proprietary intratumoral electroporation
(“EP”) delivery devices (the “OMS EP Device”) and a proprietary DNA plasmid delivery and application
method
that triggers transient expression of target protein in cells. The OMS EP Device is designed to deliver plasmid DNA-encoded drugs
directly into a solid tumor and
promote an immunological response against the cancer. The OMS EP Device can be adapted to treat
different tumor types, and consists of an electrical pulse generator paired
with disposable applicators. Our lead
product candidate is a DNA-encoded interleukin-12 (“IL-12”) called tavokinogene telseplasmid
(“TAVO™”). The OMS EP Device is
used to deliver TAVO™ intratumorally, with the aim of reversing the
 immunosuppressive microenvironment in the treated tumor. The activation of the appropriate
inflammatory response can drive a
systemic anti-tumor response against untreated tumors in other parts of the body. In 2017, we received Fast Track Designation and
Orphan
Drug Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for TAVO™ in metastatic melanoma, which
could qualify TAVO™ for expedited FDA review, a
rolling Biologics License Application review and certain other
benefits.
 
Our
current focus is to pursue our study of TAVO™-EP in combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) in melanoma.
 
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Performance
Outlook
 
As
a result of recent cash runway and working capital limitations, we expect to use our available working capital in the near term primarily
for the advancement of our existing
and planned clinical melanoma programs, including delivery of the KEYNOTE-695 trial results. In order
to preserve our existing working capital, we have decreased clinical
work on our other clinical trials and studies, including those
involving triple negative breast cancer. We anticipate our spending on clinical programs and the development of
our next-generation OMS
EP Device will continue throughout our current fiscal year. Our spending on research and development programs will be prioritized to
support
development of TAVO™-EP in melanoma, based on our current focus on the KEYNOTE-695 trial. Due to ongoing restructuring
efforts, we expect our cash-based general and
administrative expenses to remain relatively flat in the near term, as we seek to continue
to leverage internal resources and automate processes to decrease our outside services
expenses. See “Results of Operations”
below for more information.
 
Restructuring
Plan
 
As
previously disclosed, on October 2, 2022, our Board of Directors authorized a restructuring plan (the “Restructuring Plan”)
that is designed to prioritize clinical activities in
melanoma to reduce operating expenses while advancing our lead product candidate,
TAVO™ EP, toward near-term data milestones in connection with the KEYNOTE-695
clinical trial. As part of the Restructuring Plan,
we restructured our internal operations and reduced our workforce by approximately 45%, or approximately 18 employees.
 
We
currently estimate that we will incur charges of approximately $750,000 to $800,000 in connection with the Restructuring Plan, consisting
primarily of cash expenditures
for employee transition, notice period and severance payments, retention bonus payments, and related costs
as well as non-cash expenses related to vesting of share-based
awards. We expect that the majority of the restructuring charges will
be incurred in the fourth calendar quarter of 2022 and first calendar quarter of 2023, and that the execution
of the Restructuring Plan
will be substantially complete by the second calendar quarter of 2023.
 
The
charges that we expect to incur in connection with the Restructuring Plan are estimates and subject to a number of assumptions, and actual
results may differ materially.
The foregoing estimated amounts do not include any non-cash charges associated with stock-based compensation.
We expect to operationalize additional cost reduction actions
that will include other incremental cost reduction actions unrelated to
workforce reductions.
 
COVID-19
 
Our
operational and financial performance have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our clinical trials have experienced delays in patient
enrollment, potentially due to
prioritization of hospital resources toward the COVID-19 pandemic or concerns among patients about participating
in clinical trials during a public health emergency. The
COVID-19 pandemic is also affecting the operations of government entities, such
as the FDA, as well as contract research organizations, third-party manufacturers, and other
third-parties upon whom we rely. The extent
of the impact on our operations cannot be ascertained at this time.
 
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Results
of Operations for the Year Ended July 31, 2022 Compared to the Year Ended July 31, 2021
 
The
financial data for the years ended July 31, 2022 and July 31, 2021 is presented in the following table and the results of these two periods
are included in the discussion
thereafter.
 
 
 
July 31, 2022
 
 
July 31, 2021
 
 
$ Change
   
% Change
 
Revenue
 
$
-   
$
-   
$
-   
 
- 
Expenses
 
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
  
Research and development
 
 
25,821,543   
 
34,097,641   
 
(8,276,098)  
 
(24)
General and administrative
 
 
11,190,519   
 
14,282,417   
 
(3,091,898)  
 
(22)
Loss from operations
 
 
(37,012,062)  
 
(48,380,058)  
 
11,367,996   
 
(23)
Other income (loss), net
 
 
28,857   
 
(704)  
 
29,561   
 
(4,199)
Interest expense
 
 
(20,925)  
 
(15,857)  
 
(5,068)  
 
32 
Gain on extinguishment of debt
 
 
-   
 
960,790   
 
(960,790)  
 
(100)
Foreign currency exchange loss
 
 
(509,652)  
 
(144,085)  
 
(365,567)  
 
254 
Loss before income taxes
 
 
(37,513,782)  
 
(47,579,914)  
 
10,066,132   
 
(21)
Income tax benefit
 
 
(3,334,148)  
 
(2,412,183)  
 
(921,965)  
 
38 
Net loss
 
$
(34,179,634)  
$
(45,167,731)  
$
10,988,097   
 
(24)
 
Revenue
 
We
have not generated any revenue since our inception, and we do not anticipate generating any revenue in the near term.
 
Research
and Development Expenses
 
Our
research and development expenses decreased by approximately $8.3 million, from $34.1 million during the year ended July 31, 2021, to
$25.8 million during the year
ended July 31, 2022. This decrease was primarily due to the following approximate decreases: (i) a $6.3
million decreases in clinical trial-related costs to support our various
clinical studies and costs for discovery research and product
development, (ii) a $1.6 million decreases in stock-based compensation expense for employees and consultants,
and (iii) a $0.4 million
decrease in payroll and related benefits expenses, primarily due to decreased headcount.
 
General
and Administrative
 
Our
general and administrative expenses decreased by approximately $3.1 million, from $14.3 million during the year ended July 31, 2021,
to $11.2 million during the year
ended July 31, 2022. This decrease was largely due to the following: (i) a $2.4 million decrease in
stock-based compensation expense for employees and consultants, (ii) a $1.6
million decrease in payroll and related benefits expenses
primarily due to a severance payment of $1.8 million to the former CEO of the Company in the prior period, and (iii) a
$0.6 million decrease
in consulting costs, primarily related to business development and public relations. The decrease was offset by: (i) a $0.7 million increase
in legal
expenses, primarily related to $1 million in insurance recoveries received in connection with prior litigation with Alpha Holdings,
Inc. in the prior period, and (ii) a $0.6 million
increase in insurance costs related to increased D&O insurance premiums.
 
Gain
on Extinguishment of Debt
 
Gain
on Extinguishment of Debt decreased by approximately $1.0 million from $1.0 million for the year ended July 31, 2021, to $0 for the year
ended July 31, 2022. During
the year ended July 31, 2021, the loan issued to the Company under the Small Business Administration’s
Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) under Division A. Title I of the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the
“CARES Act”) was forgiven, which resulted in a gain on extinguishment of debt of approximately $1.0 million.
 
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Foreign
Currency Exchange Loss
 
Foreign
currency exchange loss, increased by approximately $0.4 million from a loss of $0.1 million for the year ended July 31, 2021 to a loss
of $0.5 million for the year
ended July 31, 2022. The increase was primarily due to unrealized foreign currency transaction losses recognized
in connection with our Australian subsidiary’s intercompany
loan.
 
Income
Tax benefit
 
In
April 2022, we received $3.3 million in net proceeds from the sale of our net operating losses (“NOL”) under the State of
New Jersey NOL Transfer Program. In June 2021,
the Company received $2.4 million in net proceeds from the sale of its New Jersey NOL
under the State of New Jersey NOL Transfer Program.
 
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
 
Working
Capital
 
The
following table and subsequent discussion summarize our working capital as of each of the periods presented:
 
 
 
At
July 31, 2022
   
At
July 31, 2021
 
Current assets
 
$
15,232,471   
$
49,179,424 
Current liabilities
 
 
6,633,328   
 
7,961,916 
Working capital
 
$
8,599,143   
$
41,217,508 
 
Current
Assets
 
Current
assets as of July 31, 2022 decreased by $34.0 million to $15.2 million, from $49.2 million as of July 31, 2021. This decrease was primarily
related to the decrease of
cash in the amount of $33.7 million and the decrease of prepaid insurance in the amount of $0.3 million. The
decrease in cash was due to cash used to support our operations
during the year ended July 31, 2022. The decrease in prepaid insurance
was due to decreased D&O insurance premiums upon renewal of D&O insurance in July 2022.
 
Current
Liabilities
 
Current
liabilities as of July 31, 2022 decreased by $1.4 million to $6.6 million, from $8.0 million as of July 31, 2021. This decrease was primarily
due to a decrease in
accounts payable and accrued expenses pertaining to our legal costs and our manufacturing and clinical research
activities.
 
Cash
Flow
 
Cash
Used in Operating Activities
 
Net
cash used in operating activities for the year ended July 31, 2022 was $32.1 million, as compared to $41.8 million for the year ended
July 31, 2021. The $9.7 million
decrease in cash used in operating activities was primarily attributable to a decrease in cash used to
support our operating activities, including but not limited to, our clinical
trials, a decrease in research and development activities
and general working capital requirements.
 
Cash
Used in Investing Activities
 
Net
cash used in investing activities for year ended July 31, 2022 was $0.2 million, as compared to $0.8 million for the year ended July
31, 2021. During the year ended July
31, 2022, the Company purchased property and equipment for future use in its clinical trials and
other research and development efforts. During the year ended July 31, 2021,
the Company licensed generator technology and purchased
property and equipment for use in its clinical trials and other research and development efforts.
 
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Cash
Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities
 
Net
cash used in financing activities was $1.2 million for the year ended July 31, 2022, as compared to $68.2 million provided by financing
activities for the year ended July
31, 2021. Net cash used in financing activities during the year ended July 31, 2022 was primarily
attributable to principal payments on notes payable. Net cash provided by
financing activities during the year ended July 31, 2021 was
primarily attributable to $52.6 million net proceeds received from public offerings of securities in August 2020 and
January 2021, $5.0
 million received from the co-promotion agreement with Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc. (“Sirtex”), $5.4 million received
 from warrant and option
exercises and $5.8 million from the purchase of shares pursuant to participation rights set forth under the Grand
 Decade Developments Limited, a direct, wholly-owned
subsidiary of Grand Pharmaceutical Group Limited (formerly China Grand Pharmaceutical
& Healthcare Holdings Ltd.) (“CGP”) and Sirtex stockholders agreements originally
entered into on October 10, 2019.
 
Uses
of Cash and Cash Requirements
 
Our
primary uses of cash have been to finance clinical and research and development activities focused on the identification and discovery
of new potential product candidates,
the development of innovative and proprietary medical approaches for the treatment of cancer, and
the design and advancement of pre-clinical and clinical trials and studies
related to our pipeline of product candidates. We also use
 our capital resources on general and administrative activities and building and strengthening our corporate
infrastructure, programs
and procedures to enable compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.
 
Our
primary objectives for the next 12 months are to continue the advancement of our KEYNOTE-695 trial and to continue our research and development
activities for our
next-generation EP device. In addition, we expect to pursue capital-raising transactions,
which could include equity or debt financings, in the near term to fund our existing and
planned operations and acquire and develop additional
assets and technology consistent with our business objectives as opportunities arise.
 
Going
Concern and Management’s Plans
 
We
have sustained losses in all reporting periods since inception, with an accumulated deficit of approximately $286 million as of July
31, 2022. These losses are expected to
continue for an extended period of time. Further, we have never generated any cash from our operations
and do not expect to generate such cash in the near term. The
aforementioned factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue
as a going concern within one year from the issuance date of the consolidated financial statements.
The accompanying consolidated financial
statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities
in the normal course of business. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability
and classification of asset amounts or the
classification of liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a
going concern within one year after the date the consolidated financial statements are
issued.
 
As
of October 17, 2022, we had cash and cash equivalents of $6.7 million. Since inception, cash flows from financing activities have been
the primary source of the Company’s
liquidity. Based on our current cash levels, we believe our cash resources are insufficient
to meet our anticipated needs for the 12 months following the date the consolidated
financial statements are issued.
 
We
will need to raise additional capital to continue operating our business and fund our planned operations, including research and development,
clinical trials and, if regulatory
approval is obtained, commercialization of its product candidates. In addition, we will require additional
financing if we desire to in-license or acquire new assets, research and
develop new compounds or new technologies and pursue related
patent protection, or obtain any other intellectual property rights or other assets. There is no assurance that
additional financing
will be available to us when needed, that Management will be able to obtain financing on terms acceptable to us, or whether we will become
profitable and
generate positive operating cash flow. The source, timing and availability of any future financing will depend principally
upon market conditions, and, more specifically, on the
progress of our clinical development programs. Similarly, if our common stock
is delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market, it may limit our ability to raise additional funds. See
“Nasdaq Deficiency Notice”
below. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has also caused volatility in the global financial markets and threatened a slowdown in the global
economy, which may negatively affect our ability to raise additional capital on attractive terms or at all. If we are unable to raise
sufficient additional funds when needed, on
favorable terms or at all, we will not be able to continue the development of our product
candidates as currently planned or at all, will need to reevaluate our planned operations
and may need to delay, scale back or eliminate
some or all of our development programs, reduce expenses or cease operations, any of which would have a significant negative
impact on
our prospects and financial condition.
 
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Sources
of Capital
 
We
have not generated any revenue since our inception, and we do not anticipate generating revenue in the near term. Historically, we have
raised the majority of the funding
for our business through offerings of our common stock and warrants to purchase our common stock.
If we issue equity or convertible debt securities to raise additional funds,
our existing stockholders would experience further dilution,
and the new equity or debt securities may have rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of our existing
stockholders. If we
incur debt, our fixed payment obligations, liabilities and leverage relative to our equity capitalization would increase, which could
increase the cost of future
capital. Further, the terms of any debt securities we issue or borrowings we incur, if available, could impose
significant restrictions on our operations, such as limitations on our
ability to incur additional debt or issue additional equity or
other operating restrictions that could adversely affect our ability to conduct our business, and any such debt could
be secured by any
or all of our assets pledged as collateral. Additionally, we may incur substantial costs in pursuing future capital, including investment
banking, legal and
accounting fees, printing and distribution expenses and other costs.
 
Nasdaq
Deficiency Notice
 
On
June 2, 2022, we received notice (the “Notice”) from the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) that the Company
is not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)
(2), as the minimum bid price of our common stock had been below $1.00 per share
for 30 consecutive business days as of the date of the Notice. The Notice had no immediate
effect on the listing of our common stock,
which continues to trade at this time on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “ONCS.”
 
In
accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), we have a period of 180 calendar days, or until November 29, 2022, to regain compliance
with the minimum bid price
requirement. To regain compliance, the closing bid price of our common stock must meet or exceed $1.00 per
share for at least ten consecutive business days during this 180
calendar day period. In the event we do not regain compliance by November
29, 2022, we may be eligible for an additional 180 calendar day grace period if the Company
meets the continued listing requirement for
market value of publicly held shares ($1 million) and all other initial listing standards for the Nasdaq Capital Market, with the
exception
of the minimum bid price, and we provide written notice to Nasdaq of our intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance
period by effecting a reverse
stock split, if necessary. If we do not regain compliance within the allotted compliance period(s), Nasdaq
will provide notice that our common stock will be subject to delisting
from the Nasdaq Capital Market. In that event, we may appeal such
delisting determination to a hearings panel.
 
We
are currently evaluating our alternatives to resolve the listing deficiency including, but not limited to, conducting a reverse stock
split. To the extent that we are unable to
resolve the listing deficiency, there is a risk that our common stock may be delisted from
Nasdaq, which would adversely impact liquidity of our common stock and potentially
result in even lower bid prices for our common stock.
 
On
November 29, 2021, we notified Nasdaq that Robert E. Ward had resigned as a member of the Board of Directors and the Company’s
Audit Committee, as disclosed on our
Current Report filed on Form 8-K on November 30, 2021. After giving effect to Mr. Ward’s resignation,
 the Company’s Audit Committee no longer consisted of three
independent members as required by Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(c)(2)(A).
 
On
December 8, 2021, we received a letter from Nasdaq noting that we no longer complied with the requirement of Listing Rule 5605. The letter
also acknowledged that the
Listing Rules provide a cure period in order for us to regain compliance until the earlier of our next annual
meeting of stockholders or November 23, 2022.
 
On
June 9, 2022, the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Joon Kim, an incumbent independent director, to the Audit Committee. On June 13, 2022,
Nasdaq confirmed that we
had regained compliance under Listing Rule 5605.
 
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Critical
Accounting Policies
 
Use
of Estimates
 
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP, which requires Management to make estimates
and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the
financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the
reporting period. Significant accounting estimates related to our
ability to continue as a going concern and certain calculations related to that determination. We base our
estimates on historical experience and on various
other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making
judgments about
the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. On an ongoing basis, we review our estimates
to ensure that they
appropriately reflect changes in the business or as new information becomes available. Actual results may differ
from these estimates.
 
Research
and Development Expenses
 
Research
and development expenses consist of costs incurred for internal projects, as well as partner-funded collaborative research and development
activities. These costs
include direct and research-related overhead expenses, which include salaries, stock-based compensation and other
 personnel-related expenses, facility costs, supplies,
depreciation of facilities and laboratory equipment, as well as research consultants
and the cost of funding research at universities and other research institutions, and are
expensed as incurred. Costs to acquire technologies
that are utilized in research and development that have no alternative future use, are expensed when incurred. In accordance
with Accounting
Standards Codification (“ASC”) 730-20, we account for upfront, non-refundable research and development payments received
from a related party as a long-
term liability as there has not been a substantive and genuine transfer of risk and there is a presumption
that we are obligated to repay the related party.
 
Equity-Based
Awards
 
We
 grant equity-based awards (typically stock options or restricted stock units) under our stock-based compensation plan and occasionally
 outside of our stock-based
compensation plan, with terms generally similar to the terms under our stock-based compensation plan. We estimate
the fair value of stock option awards using the Black-
Scholes option valuation model. For employees, directors and consultants, the fair
value of the award is measured on the grant date. The fair value amount is then recognized
over the period during which services are
required to be provided in exchange for the award, usually the vesting period. The Black-Scholes option valuation model requires the
input of subjective assumptions, including price volatility of the underlying stock, risk-free interest rate, dividend yield, and expected
life of the option. We estimate the fair
value of restricted stock unit awards based on the closing price of the Company’s common
stock on the date of grant.
 
Leases
 
We
determine if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating lease right of use (“ROU”) assets represent our right to use an underlying asset during
the lease term, and
operating lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating leases
are included in ROU assets, current operating lease liabilities,
and long-term operating lease liabilities on our consolidated balance
sheets.
 
Lease
ROU assets and lease liabilities are initially recognized based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease
term at commencement date
calculated using our incremental borrowing rate applicable to the lease asset, unless the implicit rate is
readily determinable. ROU assets also include any lease payments made
at or before lease commencement and exclude any lease incentives
received. Our lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain
that we will exercise that
option. Leases with a term of 12 months or less are not recognized on the consolidated balance sheets. Our leases do not contain any
residual value
guarantees. Lease expense for minimum lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. We account
for lease and non-lease components as a single
lease component for all its leases.
 
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
 
Information
regarding recent accounting pronouncements is contained in Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements included in this report.
 
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ITEM
7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK
 
Not
applicable.
 
ITEM
8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
 
The
information required by this Item 8 is incorporated by reference to our consolidated financial statements and the related notes and the
report of our independent registered
public accounting firm beginning at page F-1 of this report.
 
ITEM
9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
 
None.
 
ITEM
9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
 
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
 
We
maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file
or submit under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported
within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, and that such information
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. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures,
Management
recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving
the desired control
objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures reflects the fact that there are resource
constraints and that Management is required to apply its
judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative
to their costs.
 
As
required by Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act, our Management, under the supervision and with the participation of our Principal
Executive Officer and our Principal
Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures
as of July 31, 2022. Based on such evaluation, our Principal Executive
Officer and Principal Financial Officer concluded that, as of
July 31, 2022, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
 
Management’s
Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
 
Our
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rule 13a-15(f)
under the Exchange Act. With
the participation of our Principal Executive Officer and our Principal Financial Officer, our Management
conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control
over financial reporting as of July 31, 2022. In conducting such
evaluation, Management used the criteria set forth in the report entitled “Internal Control — Integrated
Framework”
published by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) to evaluate the effectiveness of our
internal control
over financial reporting. Based on this evaluation, Management has concluded that our internal control over financial
reporting was effective as of July 31, 2022, based on those
criteria.
 
This
report does not include an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm regarding our internal control over
financial reporting, in accordance with
applicable SEC rules that permit us to provide only Management’s report in this report.
 
Changes
in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
 
There
was no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended July 31, 2022, that has materially affected,
or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
 
Internal
control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements
prepared for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Because
of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not
prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of
any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of
changes in conditions,
or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
 
ITEM
9B. OTHER INFORMATION
 
None.
 
ITEM
9C. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS
 
None.
 
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PART
III
 
ITEM
10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
 
Board
of Directors
 
The
following table sets forth the names, ages as of October 31, 2022, and certain other information for each member of our board of directors
(our “Board”):
 
Name
 
Position with the Company
 
Age
 
Director Since
Dr. Linda Shi, M.D., Ph.D.
 
Chair of the Board
 
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December 2021
Dr. Robert H. Arch
 
Director, President and Chief
Executive Officer
 
56
 
October 2022
Stephany Foster
 
Director
 
44
 
October 2022
Joon Kim
 
Director
 
56
 
December 2018
Dr. Herbert Kim Lyerly, M.D.
 
Director
 
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April 2020
Kevin R. Smith
 
Director
 
51
 
February 2020
Chao Zhou
 
Director
 
33
 
February 2020
 
Dr.
Linda Shi, M.D., Ph.D., is the deputy president and Chief Medical officer of Grand Pharma (China) Co. Ltd. (Grand Pharma), as well
as an Executive Director of Grand
Pharmaceutical Group Limited, a publicly listed company in Hong Kong. Prior to joining Grand Pharma
 in 2019, Dr. Shi was the EU Regulatory Leader in the Global
Regulatory Affairs (GRA) for Neuroscience at Janssen R&D in Belgium for
more than 12 years.
 
Dr.
 Shi has over 30 years of clinical and research experience in academic settings and the pharmaceutical industry, with significant experience
 working with global
multifunctional matrixed teams to drive forward complex projects. She led various applications for clinical trials
(Clinical Trial Applications (CTA) and Investigational New
Drug Applications (IND)) across Europe and in the United States, particularly
in relation to strategic assessments of first-in-human clinical trials with innovative research paths.
Dr. Shi obtained her M.D. in China
and also a Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from Vrije Universiteit Brussel. She has been appointed as a guest professor and visiting fellow
in
various universities worldwide.
 
Dr.
Robert H. Arch has served as an independent consultant to various pharmaceutical and biotechnology
companies since July 2021. Previously, Dr. Arch served as Head of
Research at Elpiscience Biopharma, Ltd. from October 2019 to June 2021
and Head of the Liver Disease Department at China Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
from February 2017 to October 2019. Dr.
Arch’s leadership roles have been focused on shaping strong teams and building diversified research and development pipelines with
innovative assets, from ideas to late-stage clinical development programs. Dr. Arch’s career over 28 years extends from academia
to the pharmaceutical industry, including
positions at Novartis, Takeda, GlaxoSmithKline, and Pfizer. Dr. Arch’s expertise in basic
research and drug development includes chronic liver disease, cancer, immuno-
oncology, respiratory disease, and inflammatory disorders.
Dr. Arch holds a Ph.D. in Germany from the University of Wuerzburg and the German Cancer Research Center (the
“DKFZ”), Heidelberg.
After postdoctoral training at the DKFZ and the University of Chicago, Dr. Arch started his independent career as a faculty member in
the Departments
of Medicine and Pathology & Immunology at Washington University in Saint Louis. Dr. Arch is an author on more than
40 publications and book chapters and co-inventor on
several patents for clinical-stage assets.
 
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Ms.
Stephany Foster has over 20 years of experience in the fields of accounting and human resource management. Since October 2019, Ms.
Foster has served as Chief Human
Resources Officer, Senior Vice President, Head of Global Human Resources, and a member of the Executive
Committee of QIAGEN N.V., a global provider of Sample to
Insight solutions that enable customers to gain valuable molecular insights
from samples containing the building blocks of life. Prior to this position, Ms. Foster served as Vice
President, Head of Compensation
and Benefits, at QIAGEN from January 2019, and earlier as Vice President, Head of Internal Audit, at QIAGEN from January 2005 to
December
2018. Ms. Foster holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame.
 
Mr.
Joon Kim has served on our Board since December 2018. Mr. Kim is an accomplished litigator with extensive experience in both business
and criminal litigation matters.
With a particularly strong background in representing clients in court proceedings, Mr. Kim has a comprehensive
 understanding of every stage of the litigation process,
including all aspects of initial investigatory/discovery proceedings, settlement
negotiations, contested hearings, pretrial and trial motions, evidentiary issues, trials, and the
handling of post-judgment challenges
and appeals. Mr. Kim advises corporate clients of varying sizes on a variety of subject matters, inclusive of assisting the top management
with strategic decision-making. Mr. Kim has acted as an advisor to Alpha Holdings, Co., Ltd. since July 2018.
 
From
April 2017 to March 2020, as a partner in Lee & Ko’s International Litigation and Dispute Resolution and White Collar Crime
Practice Groups, Mr. Kim advised clients,
both domestic and international, on a broad range of litigation and dispute-resolution matters.
In addition, Mr. Kim served as a public prosecutor in California, representing the
People of the State of California in criminal proceedings.
In that capacity, Mr. Kim has first-chaired both jury and non-jury trials, and has been trained in all aspects of
litigation. During
his time as a public prosecutor, Mr. Kim also had the experience of serving as a research fellow at the Institute of Justice, under the
auspices of the Ministry of
Justice of the Republic of Korea, where he worked closely with Korean public prosecutors. Mr. Kim received
his J.D. from Berkeley School of Law and his B.S. from the
Berkeley School of Business. Mr. Kim’s legal experience and expertise
are the primary qualifications for him to serve as a director of the Company.
 
Dr.
 Herbert Kim Lyerly, M.D., is the George Barth Geller Professor of Cancer Research (from 2004), Professor of Surgery (from 1997),
 Immunology (from 2017) and
Pathology (from 2018), and Director of the Surgical Sciences Applied Therapeutics section at Duke University
(from 2021), and former Director of the Duke Comprehensive
Cancer Center, a position he held from 2003 to 2011. He is an internationally
recognized expert in cancer therapy and immunotherapy, has published over 300 scientific articles
and book chapters, and has edited ten
textbooks on surgery, cancer immunotherapy and novel cancer therapies. He serves on the editorial board of 12 scientific journals.
 
Dr.
Lyerly was appointed in 2008 by President George W. Bush to serve on the National Cancer Advisory Board, which oversees the National
Cancer Institute, where he served
until 2014. He has served as Chair of the Cancer Center’s Subcommittee and served on the Global
Health Subcommittee of the National Cancer Advisory Board. He has served
on the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) Council
of Councils, and on the board of the NIH Office of AIDS Research. He has also been a member of the scientific advisory
boards of the
Susan G. Komen Foundation and the Burroughs Welcome Foundation. He is a highly sought-after consultant and advisor and has served on
the Cancer Center’s
external advisory boards for the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Michigan, University of Chicago,
 University of Alabama, University of Arizona, Boston
University and Purdue University. He has served as an advisor to the University
of Washington and Case Western Reserve Clinical and Translational Science Institutes. Dr.
Lyerly’s experience and expertise in
the field of oncology are the primary qualifications for him to serve as a director of the Company.
 
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Mr.
Kevin R. Smith is currently the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc. (“Sirtex”),
a position that he has held since October
2019. Mr. Smith served as the interim Chief Executive Officer of OncoSec from February 2022
 to May 2022. He combines more than 20 years of sales and marketing
experience in the medical device industry with the keen instincts
of an entrepreneur. Prior to his appointment to Chief Executive Officer of Sirtex, Mr. Smith served as Sirtex’s
interim Chief Executive
Officer from April 2019 to October 2019 and Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Americas from August 2017 to April 2019.
Before
joining Sirtex, Mr. Smith was Executive Vice President of Business Development at Gel-e, Inc., a company based at the University
of Maryland specializing in advanced
material hemostasis products, a position he held since January 2017. Mr. Smith’s previous
positions include Chief Commercial Officer of Sensium Healthcare along with
Global Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Teleflex,
where he was the senior sales and marketing executive in the company’s cardiac business unit. Mr. Smith holds a
Master of Business
Administration in Global Management from the University of Phoenix and a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from the University of Kentucky.
Mr.
Smith’s leadership experience, as well as his experience in the marketing and sales sector of the medical device industry,
are the primary qualifications the Board considered in
nominating him as a director of the Company.
 
Mr.
Chao Zhou is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Grand Pharmaceutical Group Limited, a public company listed on the Hong Kong
stock exchange that develops,
manufactures and distributes pharmaceutical products and medical devices to retailers and medical organizations
with significant experience in research and development and
product commercialization in China, a position he has held since June 2021.
Since 2018, Mr. Zhou has served on the Board of Directors of Grand Pharma Sphere Pte. Ltd, a
Singapore based company, Sirtex Medical
 Pty Ltd., the Australian based global medical device company and Cloudbreak Pharmaceutical Inc., a Cayman Islands based
company which
 is engaged in the business of the research, development, manufacturing and commercialization of biopharmaceutical product. Prior to his
 role as Chief
Executive Officer of Grand Pharmaceutical Group Limited, from 2013 Mr. Zhou served as a Management Director in the Department
of Legal Security for China Grand
Enterprises, Inc., an investment company engaged in the operation and management of businesses covering
pharmaceuticals and healthcare, commodity trading, real estate
investment, financial service and other sectors. He earned his Bachelor
in Law from Ocean University of China and a Master in International Law from the University of
International Business and Economics.
We believe that Mr. Zhou is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors due to his commercial experience in the biopharmaceutical
industry.
 
Arrangements
with Members of Our Board
 
On
February 7, 2020, the Company closed (the “Closing”) a strategic transaction (the “CGP Transaction”) with Grand
Decade Developments Limited, a direct, wholly-owned
subsidiary of Grand Pharmaceutical Group Limited (formerly China Grand Pharmaceutical
& Healthcare Holdings Ltd.), a company formed under the laws of the British Virgin
Islands (“CGP”), and its affiliate,
 Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Sirtex”). In connection with the Closing, the Company entered
 into a
Stockholders Agreement (the “Stockholders Agreements”) with each of CGP and Sirtex, pursuant to which, among other
things, CGP exercised its option to nominate two (2)
individuals to the Board and Sirtex exercised its option to nominate one (1) director
to the Board. Pursuant to the Stockholders Agreements, CGP nominated Yuhang Zhao,
Ph.D., and Chao Zhou to the Company’s Board,
and Sirtex nominated Kevin R. Smith to the Company’s Board. On December 15, 2021, Dr. Zhao resigned from the Board and
CGP exercised
its option pursuant to its Stockholders Agreement and appointed Dr. Shi as her replacement. Additionally, pursuant to the CGP Stockholders
Agreement, CGP is
entitled to nominate up to two (2) replacement independent directors in the event that any independent director that
was a director on the Board at the Closing resigns or
otherwise ceases to be a director. On November 23, 2021, Robert E. Ward, former
independent director, resigned from his position on the Board. CGP subsequently nominated
Ms. Stephany Foster to the Board and on October
7, 2022, the Board formally appointed Ms. Foster as an independent director of the Board.
 
On
August 31, 2018, OncoSec and Alpha Holdings, Inc. (“Alpha”) entered into a stock purchase agreement (the “Alpha Stock
Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which
OncoSec agreed to issue and sell to Alpha shares of its common stock. Pursuant to the Alpha
 Stock Purchase Agreement, Alpha was given the option to nominate one
individual to the Company’s Board. Mr. Kim was appointed to
the Board in accordance with the terms of the Alpha Stock Purchase Agreement in conjunction with the closing
of the transaction in December
2018.
 
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Additionally,
on August 13, 2021, of the Board of Directors formed a temporary Leadership Committee consisting of three board members, Dr. Margaret Dalesandro, Dr.
Yuhang Zhao and Dr. Herbert Kim Lyerly, to lead all development efforts, with a focus on the Company’s lead
asset, TAVO™, until a permanent Chief Executive Officer was
hired. Subsequently, upon Dr. Dalesandro’s and Dr. Zhao’s resignation
from the Board of Directors on December 13, 2021 and December 15, 2021, respectively, the Board of
Directors appointed Dr. Linda Shi and
Mr. Kevin Smith to serve on the Leadership Committee. On April 28, 2022, the Board of Directors approved the appointment
of Robert
H. Arch, Ph.D., as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, after which the Leadership Committee was dissolved.
 
Other
than as described above, there is no arrangement or understanding between any nominee and any other person or persons pursuant to which
any nominee was or is to be
selected as a director or director nominee of the Company. There are no family relationships between any
of the directors or our executive officers.
 
Executive
Officers
 
Set
forth below is information regarding the current executive officers of the Company, including biographical summaries.
 
Name
 
Position(s) with the Company
 
Age
 
Officer Since
Robert H. Arch, PH.D
 
Chief Executive Officer and President
 
56
 
May 2022
George Chi
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
53
 
February 2022
 
Please
see Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance—Board of Directors above for Dr. Robert H. Arch’s biography.
 
Mr.
George Chi joined the Company from THPlasma, where he served as Chief Executive Officer since
July 2020 and helped found the company’s plasma collection business
and establish regular commercial sales. Prior to joining THPlasma,
Mr. Chi served as Chief Financial Officer of CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“CASI”), a biopharmaceutical
company focused on
developing and commercializing innovative therapeutics and pharmaceutical products, from September 2018 to February 2020. Prior to joining
CASI, Mr.
Chi was Vice President of Finance at Flavors Holdings, Inc., a packaged food company, from October 2016 to September 2018,
where he led the global accounting function,
including financial reporting, planning, treasury, investor relations, tax and auditing
with global sales in 90 countries. Prior to his time at Flavor Holdings, Inc. from 2014-2016,
Mr. Chi was Chief Financial Officer at
BPL Plasma, a large third party blood plasma collection business. From 2008-2013, Mr. Chi was finance director at Unilever PLC where
he was responsible for leading the accounting function including financial reporting, annual budgeting and strategic planning. Mr. Chi
holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering
from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China and a M.B.A. in finance and operations from the
Yale School of Management. He also holds certifications as a CPA and CFA.
 
CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE
 
Role
of the Board
 
The
primary functions and responsibilities of the Board are to oversee Management’s operation of the business and affairs of the Company,
the determination of our objectives
and strategies, and the management of our risks. The functions of the Board are carried out by the
full Board and, when delegated, by our Board committees, and each director
is a full and equal participant in the major strategic and
policy decisions of the Company. The Board has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines to assist the Board and its
committees in performing
their duties and serving the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. These Corporate Governance Guidelines are available
on our website,
located at www.oncosec.com, on the Governance page under the Investors tab.
 
Between
August 1, 2021 and July 31, 2022 (“Fiscal Year 2022”), our Board of Directors held 15 meetings and took 10 actions by unanimous
written consent.
 
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Board
Committees
 
The
Board has established the following standing committees: Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee. The Board
may also create additional, temporary committees from time to time, including committees relating to financings,
strategic transactions or other significant corporate matters.
The Board has adopted a written charter for each of the Audit Committee,
Compensation Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, current copies of
which are available on our website, located
at www.oncosec.com, on the Governance page under the Investors tab.
 
Audit
Committee
 
The
primary functions of the Audit Committee are, among other things: overseeing our accounting and financial reporting processes and the
audits of our financial statements
and internal control over financial reporting; reviewing the policies and procedures adopted by the
 Company to fulfill its responsibilities regarding the fair and accurate
presentation of financial statements; appointing, retaining and
overseeing the work of our independent registered public accounting firm; reviewing and discussing reports from
our independent registered
public accounting firm regarding critical accounting policies and practices, alternative treatments of financial information and any
material written
communications between such firm and Management; reviewing and discussing with Management and our independent registered
public accounting firm the Company’s
financial statements and financial disclosures prior to the filing thereof in any report filed
with the SEC; taking appropriate action to oversee and ensure the independence of
our independent registered public accounting firm;
 and establishing procedures for the confidential and anonymous submission by our employees of concerns regarding
questionable accounting
or auditing matters. The Audit Committee met 5 times in Fiscal Year 2022.
 
Nasdaq
has established rules and regulations regarding the composition of audit committees and the qualifications of audit committee members.
Our Board of Directors has
examined the composition of our Audit Committee and the qualifications of our Audit Committee members in light
 of the current rules and regulations governing audit
committees. Based upon this examination, our Board of Directors has determined that
each member of our Audit Committee is independent and is otherwise qualified to be a
member of our Audit Committee in accordance with
such rules. Ms. Foster, Dr. Lyerly and Mr. Kim currently serve on the Audit Committee.
 
Additionally,
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) requires that at least one member of the Audit Committee have a “heightened”
level of financial and
accounting sophistication. Such a person is known as the “audit committee financial expert” under
the SEC’s rules. During his service on the board during fiscal year 2022, our
Board determined that Dr. James DeMesa was an “audit
committee financial expert,” as the SEC defines that term, and that each member of the Audit Committee has sufficient
knowledge
in reading and understanding the Company’s financial statements to serve on such committee. Dr. DeMesa resigned from his position
on the Board on October 1,
2022. On October 7, 2022, Ms. Foster was appointed to the Board and Audit Committee, and concurrently our
Board determined that Ms. Foster is an “audit committee
financial expert,” as the SEC defines that term.
 
Compensation
Committee
 
The
primary functions of the Compensation Committee are, among other things: reviewing and approving compensation programs and
arrangements applicable to our officers;
determining the objectives of our executive officer compensation programs, including
reviewing and establishing goals and objectives relevant to Chief Executive Officer
compensation, and determining the extent to
which they are achieved and any related compensation is earned; administering our incentive compensation and equity-based
plans;
reviewing Management’s risk assessment regarding the compensation policies and practices of the Company and taking steps to
provide that such policies and practices
do not encourage unnecessary or excessive risk-taking; and reviewing and approving director
compensation and benefits. The Compensation Committee met 5 times in Fiscal
Year 2022.
 
While
 certain members of senior management, including primarily our Chief Executive Officer, present their views regarding attainment of business
 objectives and
recommended compensation, the Compensation Committee performs its own independent analysis and makes final determinations
regarding compensation-related matters. Our
Chief Executive Officer is not present during the Compensation Committee’s or the Board’s
voting or deliberations regarding his own compensation.
 
The
Compensation Committee’s charter gives the Compensation Committee the authority, without any approval of the Board or Management,
to engage and compensate
compensation consultants and other advisors as it deems necessary or desirable to carry out its duties, including
its evaluation of director or executive officer compensation.
Pursuant to its charter and in accordance with applicable Nasdaq and SEC
rules, the Compensation Committee would assess the independence of any compensation consultant,
including the existence of any conflicts
of interest, prior to any engagement.
 
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Nasdaq
 has established rules and regulations regarding the composition of compensation committees and the qualifications of compensation committee
 members. As a
controlled company, we are not required to have a compensation committee composed entirely of independent directors. However,
our Board of Directors has examined the
composition of our Compensation Committee and the qualifications of our Compensation Committee
 members in light of the current rules and regulations governing
compensation committees. Based upon this examination, our Board of Directors
has determined that two members of our Compensation Committee are independent and all
members are otherwise qualified to be a member
of our Compensation Committee in accordance with such rules. Dr. Lyerly, Ms. Foster and Mr. Smith currently serve on the
Compensation Committee.
 
Nominating
and Corporate Governance Committee
 
The
primary functions of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are, among other things: assisting in the identification of nominees
for election to our Board,
consistent with qualifications and criteria approved by the Board; determining the composition of the Board
and its committees; recommending to the Board the director
nominees for the annual meeting of stockholders; establishing and monitoring
a process of assessing the Board’s effectiveness; developing and overseeing a set of corporate
governance guidelines and procedures;
and overseeing the evaluation of the Board and the Company’s Management. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
met
2 times in Fiscal Year 2022.
 
Mr.
Smith, Mr. Kim and Mr. Zhou currently serve on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
 
Nomination
of Directors
 
Our
 Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for identifying and evaluating individuals qualified to become directors
 and recommending these
candidates to our Board for nomination or appointment.
 
Director
Qualifications
 
In
considering potential new directors, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may review individuals from various disciplines
and backgrounds. Among the
qualifications to be considered in the selection of candidates are broad experience in business, finance or
 administration; familiarity with the Company’s industry; and
prominence and reputation. Since prominence and reputation in a particular
profession or field of endeavor are what bring most persons to the Board’s attention, there is further
consideration of whether
the individual has the time available to devote to the work of the Board and on one or more of its committees. To this end, our Corporate
Governance
Guidelines provide that no director is to hold more than four directorships of publicly traded companies, and no member of
our Audit Committee is to sit on the Audit
Committee of more than two other publicly traded companies. The Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee also reviews the activities and associations of each
candidate to ensure there is no legal impediment, conflict of interest
or other consideration that might hinder or prevent service on the Board. With respect to the nomination of
continuing directors for
re-election, an individual’s past contributions to the Board are also considered.
 
Other
than the foregoing, there are no stated minimum criteria for director nominees and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
may also consider these factors
and any such other factors as it deems appropriate and in the best interests of the Company and our stockholders.
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee does,
however, recognize that under applicable regulatory requirements at least one
member of the Board should meet the criteria for an “audit committee financial expert” as defined
by SEC rules and the members
of certain of our Board committees must satisfy enhanced independence criteria under applicable Nasdaq and SEC rules. Further, although
the
Company does not have a formal diversity policy, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee seeks to assemble a Board that
brings to the Company a variety of
perspectives, skills, expertise, and sound business understanding and judgment, derived from a broad
range of business, professional, governmental, finance, community and
industry experience.
 
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Identification
and Evaluation of Director Nominees
 
The
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee utilizes a variety of methods for identifying and evaluating nominees for director. Potential
director candidates may
come to the attention of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee through current members of the Board,
 executive officers, professional search firms,
stockholders or others. These candidates are evaluated at regular or special meetings
of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and may be considered at any
point during the year. The Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee recommends the director nominees to our Board for approval for election at each annual meeting
of stockholders.
Under our bylaws, any director appointed by our Board is subject to re-election by our stockholders at our next annual meeting of stockholders.
 
Code
of Business Conduct and Ethics
 
The
Board has adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to all of our directors, officers and employees, including our principal
executive officer and
principal financial and accounting officer. The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is available for review on
our website at www.oncosec.com, on the Governance page
under the Investors tab, and is also available in print, without charge, to any
stockholder who requests a copy by writing to us at OncoSec Medical Incorporated, 24 N. Main
Street, Pennington, NJ 08534, Attention:
Investor Relations. We expect that any amendments to the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, or any waivers of its requirements,
will
be disclosed on our website.
 
Delinquent
Section 16(a) Reports
 
Section
16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our officers, directors and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of our common stock to file
reports of securities ownership
and changes in such ownership with the SEC. To our knowledge, based solely on our review of such reports
filed electronically with the SEC or written representations from
persons subject to Section 16(a), we believe that during Fiscal Year
2022, all Section 16(a) reporting requirements applicable to our directors, executive officers and 10%
stockholders were completed in
a timely manner, except for a late Form 3 was filed by Dr. Linda Shi.
 
Family
Relationships
 
There
are no family relationships among our current directors and executive officers.
 
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ITEM
11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
 
Summary
Compensation Table
 
The
following table sets forth the total compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to those individuals who served as our named executive
officers during Fiscal Year 2022.
 
Name and
Principal
Position
 
Fiscal
Year
   
Salary
($)
   
Bonus
($)
 
 
Stock
Awards
($)(2)
   
Option
Awards
($)(2)
   
Nonequity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
   
All Other
Compensation
($)(3)
   
Total
($)
 
Robert H. Arch, Ph.D.
 
 
2022   
  106,827   
 
50,000(1) 
 
–   
  429,167   
 
     –   
 
2,331   
 
588,325 
President and Chief Executive Officer (4)  
 
2021   
 
–   
 
– 
 
 
–   
 
–   
 
–   
 
–   
 
– 
George Chi
 
 
2022   
  161,539   
 
– 
 
 
–   
 
–   
 
–   
 
4,154   
 
165,693 
Chief Financial Officer (5)
 
 
2021   
 
–   
 
– 
 
 
–   
 
–   
 
–   
 
–   
 
– 
Robert J. DelAversano
 
 
2022   
  330,265   
 
70,875(1) 
 
–   
 
–   
 
–   
 
9,006   
 
410,146 
VP, Finance, Treasurer and Secretary (6)
 
 
2021   
  270,285   
 
83,500 
 
 
66,850   
  150,373   
 
–   
 
7,391   
 
578,399 
Brian A. Leuthner
 
 
2022   
 
58,317   
 
– 
 
 
–   
 
–   
 
–   
 
344,881   
 
403,198 
Former Interim Chief Executive Officer,
Former Chief Operating Officer (7)
 
 
2021   
  167,058   
 
– 
 
  606,720   
  856,477   
 
–   
 
54,446   
  1,684,701 
Kevin R. Smith
 
 
2022   
 
–   
 
– 
 
 
–   
 
–   
 
–   
 
–   
 
– 
Former Interim President and Chief
Executive Officer (8)
 
 
2021   
 
–   
 
– 
 
 
–   
 
–   
 
–   
 
–   
 
– 
 
(1) Reflects
discretionary bonuses approved by the Compensation Committee on March 3, 2022 and a sign on bonus awarded on May 2, 2022. (See Compensation
Matters
below)
 
 
(2) Amounts
represent the aggregate grant date fair value of stock and option awards granted during each period, computed in accordance with
 Financial Accounting
Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 Share Based Payments (“FASB Topic 718”).
For a description of the assumptions and methodologies used
to calculate these amounts, see Note 7—Stock-Based Compensation
included in the consolidated financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for Fiscal Year
2022.
 
 
(3) Amounts
for fiscal year include for Mr. Arch: 401(k) Company match; for Mr. Chi: 401(k) Company match; for Mr. DelAversano: group term life
insurance and 401(k)
Company match; for Mr. Leuthner: severance pay of $344,881, 401(k) Company match and moving expenses.
 
(4) Mr.
Arch was appointed as our President and Chief Executive Officer effective May 2, 2022.
 
 
(5) Mr.
Chi was appointed as our Chief Financial Officer effective February 21, 2022.
 
 
(6) Mr.
DelAversano was appointed as the Company’s Treasurer and Secretary effective as of February 17, 2022.
 
 
(7) Mr.
Leuthner was appointed as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer effective as of February 2, 2021. Mr. Leuthner was appointed
as the Company’s interim Chief
Executive Officer effective as of June 24, 2021. Mr. Leuthner voluntarily resigned from his
position effective as of August 13, 2021.
 
 
(8) Mr.
Smith served as interim President and Chief Executive Officer from February 17, 2022 through May 1, 2022. Mr.
Smith received no compensation or benefits in
connection with his appointment as the Company’s interim President and Chief
Executive Officer.
 
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Outstanding
Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
 
The
following table sets forth information regarding equity awards held by the named executive officers as of July 31, 2022:
 
 
 
Option Awards(1)
   
Stock Awards(2)
 
Name
 
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options,
Exercisable
(#)
 
 
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options,
Not
Exercisable
(#)
 
 
Option
Exercise
Price ($)    
Option
Expiration
Date
   
Number
of Shares
or Units
of Stock
That
Have Not
Vested
(#)
 
 
Market
Value of
Shares or
Units of
Stock
That
Have Not
Vested
($)(3)
 
Robert H. Arch, Ph.D.
   
175,000(9) 
 
525,000 
 
 
0.8428   
 
5/2/2032
  
 
– 
 
 
– 
 
   
– 
 
 
– 
 
 
–   
 
–
  
 
– 
 
 
– 
Robert J. DelAversano
   
54,000(4) 
 
– 
 
 
1.56   
  4/14/2030
  
 
– 
 
 
– 
 
   
15,750(5) 
 
11,250(5) 
 
3.82   
  8/24/2030
  
 
– 
 
 
– 
 
   
21,875(6) 
 
13,125(6) 
 
3.16   
  6/28/2031
  
 
– 
 
 
– 
 
   
– 
 
 
– 
 
 
–   
 
–
  
 
3,281(7) 
 
2,363 
Brian A. Leuthner
   
65,625(8) 
 
– 
 
 
7.45   
 
2/2/2031(10) 
 
– 
 
 
– 
 
   
8,250(6) 
 
– 
 
 
3.16   
  6/28/2031(10) 
 
– 
 
 
– 
 
(1) Except
as otherwise noted, all option awards reflect stock options granted under the OncoSec Medical Incorporated 2011 Stock Incentive Plan
(the “2011 Plan”) that vest
as follows: 25% of the shares subject to the award vested on the date of grant and 1/36th
of the remaining 75% of the shares subject to the award will vest on each of the 36
monthly anniversaries of the date of grant, subject
to continuing service by the named executive officer on each vesting date. Additionally, the stock options may vest
immediately upon
a corporate transaction or change in control, as defined in the 2011 Plan.
 
 
(2) Except
as otherwise noted, all stock awards reflect restricted stock units granted under the 2011 Plan that vest in full on the three-year
anniversary of the date of grant.
Additionally, the restricted stock units may vest immediately upon a corporate transaction or change
in control, as defined in the 2011 Plan.
 
 
(3) Determined
by multiplying the unvested portion of the stock awards by $0.7202, the closing price of our common stock on July 29, 2022.
 
 
(4) Represents
an option award approved by our Compensation Committee and granted on April 14, 2020, subject to stockholder approval of an amendment
to the Company’s
2011 Plan to increase the number of authorized shares. Our stockholders approved the 2011 Plan amendment on
May 29, 2020. The options vested 25% on the date of the
grant and the remainder vests quarterly over a three-year period from the
date of grant. On August 24, 2020, the Compensation Committee approved the accelerated
vesting of these awards and the awards were
fully vested on such date.
 
 
(5) Represents
an option award approved by our Compensation Committee and granted on August 24, 2020. The options vest quarterly over a three-year
period from the date
of grant.
 
 
(6) Represents
an option award approved by our Compensation Committee and granted on June 28, 2021. The options vested 25% on the date of the grant
and the remainder
vests quarterly over a two-year period from the date of grant.
 
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(7) Represents
a restricted stock unit award granted on February 1, 2021. The units vest in equal quarterly installments of 1,904 units beginning
on May 1, 2021 and ending on
February 1, 2023.
 
 
(8) Represents
a one-time inducement option award granted outside of the 2011 Plan on February 2, 2021. The options vested 25% on the date of the
grant and the remainder
vests quarterly over a two-year period from the date of grant.
 
 
(9) Represents
a one-time inducement option award granted outside of the 2011 Plan on May 2, 2022. The options vest quarterly over a one-year period
commencing on July
31, 2022.
 
 
(10)Mr.
Leuthner voluntarily resigned from his position effective as of August 13, 2021 and 109,125 unvested options and 144,000 restricted
stock units were forfeited on such
date. 73,875 vested stock options remained exercisable for 12 months after the resignation date.
 
Compensation
Matters
 
Cash
Bonuses
 
On
March 3, 2022, the Compensation Committee approved discretionary cash bonus awards to certain of our employees, including our named executive
officers, as follows:
Mr. DelAversano received a cash bonus of $70,875.
 
On
May 2, 2022, Mr. Arch was given a signing bonus equal to $150,000, payable in three installments over Mr. Arch’s first year of
employment, provided that Mr. Arch is
employed on each applicable installment date.
 
Equity
Awards
 
The
named executive officers received grants of equity awards in Fiscal Year 2022 as described below.
 
Robert
H. Arch, Ph.D.
 
On
May 2, 2022, in connection with the appointment of Mr. Arch as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Arch received
a one-time inducement award of
700,000 stock options to purchase the Company’s common stock. The options vest quarterly over a
one-year period commencing on July 31, 2022.
 
Employment
Agreements
 
The
following is a description of the employment agreement for Mr. Arch, our President and Chief Executive Officer.
 
On
April 28, 2022, we entered into an executive employment agreement with Mr. Arch, our President and Chief Executive Officer. The employment
agreement provides for the
following, among other things:
 
 
●
An
initial annual base salary of $505,000 in cash;
 
 
 
 
●
As
a one-time grant in connection with his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer, a one-time inducement award of 700,000
stock options to
purchase the Company’s common stock. The options vest quarterly over a one-year period commencing on July
31, 2022;
 
 
 
 
●
Eligibility
to receive an annual performance-based bonus in a target amount of 40% of Mr. Arch’s annual base salary. Mr. Arch shall be
eligible for a pro-rated
annual bonus for Fiscal Year 2022;
 
 
 
 
●
A
signing bonus equal to $150,000, payable in three installments over Mr. Arch’s first year of employment, provided that Mr.
 Arch is employed on each
applicable installment date;
 
 
 
 
●
If
Mr. Arch’s employment is terminated by the Company without cause, or if Mr. Arch terminates his employment with the Company
for good reason, Mr. Arch
will be entitled to a payment equal to (i) six months base salary, if such termination occurs during Mr.
Arch’s first year of employment; (ii) nine months base
salary, if such termination occurs during Mr. Arch’s second year
of employment; or (iii) twelve months base salary, if such termination occurs after Mr. Arch’s
second year of employment; and
 
 
 
 
●
Certain
additional benefits, including reimbursement of certain relocation expenses and other benefits customarily made available to our
other senior employees.
 
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We
do not have employment agreements with Mr. DelAversano and Mr. Chi and did not enter into employment agreements with Mr. Leuthner prior
to his resignation. However,
we entered into offer letters on February 1, 2021 with Mr. Leuthner and on January 28, 2022 with Mr. Chi,
which provided for the following, among other things:
 
Terms
of Mr. Leuthner’s offer letter:
 
 
●
An
initial annual base salary of $365,000 in cash;
 
 
 
 
●
Eligibility
to receive a performance bonus of 35% of base salary; and
 
 
 
 
●
As
a one-time grant in connection with his appointment as Chief Operating Officer, an appointment stock option award to purchase up
to 150,000 shares of our
common stock.
 
Terms
of Mr. Chi’s offer letter:
 
 
●
An
initial annual base salary of $400,000 in cash; and
 
 
 
 
●
Eligibility
to receive a performance bonus of 25% of base salary commencing in calendar year 2023.
 
Other
Elements of Compensation
 
Health
and Welfare Plans
 
Our
executive officers are eligible to participate in our employee benefit plans, including our health and welfare plans, on the same basis
as our other employees.
 
401(k)
Plan
 
We
currently maintain a defined contribution savings plan pursuant to Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The
plan is for the benefit of all
qualifying employees, including our executive officers, and permits voluntary contributions by employees
of up to 100% of eligible compensation, subject to maximum limits
imposed by the Internal Revenue Service. The terms of the plan allow
 for discretionary employer contributions, and we currently match 100% of each employee’s
contributions, up to a maximum of 3% of
such employee’s annual compensation.
 
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DIRECTOR
COMPENSATION
 
Director
Compensation Policy
 
The
Board determines the form and amount of director compensation after its review of recommendations made by the Compensation Committee.
Directors who are also
employees of our Company do not receive any separate compensation for their service as directors, except that
all directors receive reimbursement for reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred in attending Board or Board committee meetings or
otherwise in connection with performance of their duties as directors. Under our director compensation
policy in place for Fiscal Year
2022, our directors’ cash compensation was as follows:
 
●
Non-employee
 independent directors receive annual cash compensation of $50,000 for services as a director. Non-independent directors do not receive
 cash
compensation;
 
 
●
The
Chair of the Board receives additional annual cash compensation of $40,000 for services in such capacity; and
 
 
●
The
Committee Chairs and Committee Members receive additional annual cash compensation as follows:
 
 
i)
Audit
Committee Chair - $17,000
 
ii)
Audit
Committee Member - $8,500
 
iii)
Compensation
Committee Chair - $15,000
 
iv)
Compensation
Committee Member - $7,500
 
v)
Nominating
and Corporate Governance Committee Chair - $10,000
 
vi)
Nominating
and Corporate Governance Committee Member - $5,000
 
In
addition, each non-employee independent director will receive a stock option award of 50,000 upon election and 25,000 annually thereafter.
 
Director
Compensation Table
 
The
following table provides information about the compensation of our non-employee directors for Fiscal Year 2022:
 
Name
 
Fees Earned or
Paid in Cash
($)
   
Stock Awards ($)    
Option Awards ($)
(1)(6)
   
Total
($)
 
Robert E. Ward (2)
 
 
36,000   
 
–   
 
–   
 
36,000 
Dr. James M. DeMesa, M.D. (3)
 
 
81,624   
 
–   
 
–   
 
81,624 
Margaret Dalesandro, Ph.D. (4)
 
 
101,639   
 
–   
 
–   
 
101,639 
Joon Kim
 
 
9,864   
 
–   
 
–   
 
9,864 
Dr. Herbert Kim Lyerly, M.D.
 
 
240,500   
 
–   
 
–   
 
240,500 
Yuhang Zhao, Ph.D. (5)
 
 
62,000   
 
–   
 
–   
 
62,000 
Chao Zhou
 
 
–   
 
–   
 
–   
 
– 
Kevin R. Smith
 
 
–   
 
–   
 
–   
 
– 
Dr. Linda Shi, M.D., Ph.D.
 
 
–   
 
–   
 
–   
 
– 
 
(1) Amounts
represent the aggregate grant date fair value of option awards computed in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting
 Standards
Codification Topic 718 Share Based Payments (“FASB Topic 718”). For a description of the assumptions and methodologies
used to calculate these amounts, see Note 7—
Stock-Based Compensation to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere
in this Form 10-K.
 
 
(2) Mr.
Ward resigned from the Company’s Board on November 23, 2021.
 
 
(3) Dr.
DeMesa resigned from the Company’s Board on October 1, 2022.
 
 
(4) Dr.
Dalesandro resigned from the Company’s Board on December 13, 2021.
 
 
(5) Dr.
Zhao resigned from the Company’s Board on December 15, 2021.
 
 
(6) As
of July 31, 2022, the number of shares subject to all outstanding option awards and stock awards held by our non-employee directors
were as follows:
 
Director
 
Number of
Shares

Subject to
Option Awards
   
Number of
Shares
Subject to Stock
Awards
 
Robert E. Ward
 
 
56,250   
 
— 
Dr. James M. DeMesa, M.D.
 
 
112,500   
 
— 
Margaret Dalesandro, Ph.D.
 
 
71,875   
 
— 
Joon Kim
 
 
65,000   
 
— 
Dr. Herbert Kim Lyerly, M.D.
 
 
75,000   
 
— 
Yuhang Zhao, Ph.D.
 
 
27,083   
 
— 
Chao Zhou
 
 
50,000   
 
— 
Kevin R. Smith
 
 
50,000   
 
— 
Dr. Linda Shi, M.D., Ph.D.
 
 
—   
 
— 
 
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ITEM
12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
 
The
table below sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock of (i) each person who, to our knowledge,
owns more than 5% of our
common stock as of October 18, 2022, (ii) each of our directors and named executive officers (consisting of
the persons described under “Executive Compensation” above),
and (iii) all of our current directors and executive officers
as a group. Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes to the table below, the address of each person named in the
table is: c/o OncoSec
Medical Incorporated, 24 N. Main Street, Pennington, NJ 08534.
 
Beneficial
ownership is determined and calculated in accordance with applicable SEC rules, and generally includes sole or shared voting and/or investment
power with respect
to securities. These rules provide that shares of our common stock subject to options, warrants, restricted stock
units or other rights that are currently exercisable or subject to
vesting within 60 days after October 18, 2022 are deemed to be beneficially
owned and outstanding for purposes of computing the share and percentage ownership of the
person holding such options, warrants, restricted
stock units or other rights, but are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage ownership of any other person.
 
Name of Beneficial Owner
 
Amount and
Nature of Beneficial
Ownership
(No. of Shares)
   
Percentage
Beneficially
Owned (%)(1)
 
Directors and Named Executive Officers
 
 
    
 
  
Robert H. Arch, Ph.D.(2)
 
 
350,000   
 
* 
George Chi
 
 
-   
 
- 
Robert J. DelAversano(3)
 
 
121,570   
 
* 
Brian A. Leuthner(4)
 
 
34,387   
 
* 
Dr. James M. DeMesa, M.D.(5)
 
 
114,750   
 
* 
Joon Kim(6)
 
 
60,833   
 
* 
Dr. Herbert Kim Lyerly, M.D.(7)
 
 
75,000   
 
* 
Kevin R. Smith(8)
 
 
45,833   
 
* 
Chao Zhou(8)
 
 
45,833   
 
* 
Dr. Linda Shi, M.D., Ph.D.
 
 
-   
 
- 
Stephany Foster
 
 
-   
 
- 
All directors, nominees and current executive officers as a group (11 persons)
 
 
848,206   
 
2.11 
5% Stockholders
 
 
    
 
  
Grand Pharmaceutical Group Limited (formerly China Grand Pharmaceutical & Healthcare Holdings
Ltd.) and Grand Decade Developments Limited(9)
 
 
16,798,036   
 
42.6 
Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc.(10)
 
 
3,359,607   
 
8.5 
Avidity Partners Management LP(11)
 
 
2,945,000   
 
7.5 
 
*
Indicates beneficial ownership of less than 1% of the total outstanding stock.
 
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(1)
Based
on 39,396,309 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding as of October 18, 2022. Except as otherwise indicated, we believe
the beneficial owners of
our common stock listed in this table, based on information furnished by such owners, have sole investment
and voting power with respect to such shares, subject to
community property laws where applicable.
 
 
(2)
Includes
350,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days after October
18, 2022.
 
 
(3)
Includes
1,093 RSUs to be vested and 99,406 stock options that are vested or will vest within 60 days after May 18, 2022.
 
 
(4)
Mr.
Leuthner voluntarily resigned as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer and Interim Chief Executive Officer on August 13, 2021.
 
 
(5)
Includes
112,500 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days after October
18, 2022.
 
 
(6)
Includes
60,833 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days after October
18, 2022.
 
 
(7)
Includes
75,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days after October
18, 2022.
 
 
(8)
Includes
45,833 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days after October
18, 2022.
 
 
(9)
Based
solely upon a Form 4 filed on April 26, 2021 by Grand Pharmaceutical Group Limited (formerly China Grand Pharmaceutical & Healthcare
Holdings Ltd.)
(“CGP”) and Grand Decade Developments Limited (“Grand Decade”). CGP and Grand Decade may each
be deemed to beneficially own 16,798,036 shares of our
common stock and have shared dispositive power as to 16,798,036 shares of
our common stock. The address of CGP and Grand Decade is Unit 3302,33/F, The Center,
99 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong.
 
 
(10)
Based
solely upon a Form 4 filed on April 26, 2021 by Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc. (“Sirtex”). Sirtex beneficially owns
3,359,607 shares of our common stock
and has sole dispositive power as to 3,359,607 shares of our common stock. The address of Sirtex
is 300 Unicorn Park Drive, Woburn MA 01801, USA.
 
 
(11)
Based
solely upon a Schedule 13G/A filed on February 14, 2022 by Avidity Partners Management LP, Avidity Partners Management (GP) LLC,
Avidity Capital
Partners Fund (GP) LP, Avidity Capital Partners (GP) LLC, Avidity Master Fund LP, David Witzke, and Michael Gregory
(“Avidity”). Avidity beneficially owns
2,945,000 shares of our common stock and has sole dispositive power as to 2,945,000
shares of our common stock. The address of Avidity is 2828 N Harwood Street,
Suite 1220 Dallas, Texas 75201.
 
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Securities
Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
 
The
following table provides information as of July 31, 2022 regarding compensation plans under which our equity securities are authorized
for issuance:
 
 
 
Equity Compensation Plan Information
 
 
 
Number of securities to
be
issued upon exercise of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
 
 
Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
   
Number of securities
remaining available for
future issuance under
equity compensation
plans
 
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
 
 
1,811,249(1) 
$
           2.77   
 
1,775,433(2)
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
 
 
1,195,781(3) 
$
2.37   
 
- 
TOTAL
 
 
3,007,030 
 
$
2.61   
 
1,775,433 
 
(1) 1,751,624
of these shares were subject to stock options outstanding under the 2011 Plan and 59,625 were subject to restricted stock units outstanding
under the 2011 Plan.
 
 
(2) Represents
(i) an aggregate of 1,748,639 shares of common stock available for future issuance under the 2011 Plan, and (ii) an aggregate of
26,794 shares of common stock
available for future issuance under the OncoSec Medical Incorporated 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
 
 
(3) Represents
(i) 1,195,781 stock option awards that were not granted under the 2011 Plan. These out-of-plan stock option awards were granted as
follows: (i) a stock option
award to purchase up to 300,000 shares on October 9, 2020 to a new employee as an inducement material
to entering into employment with the Company, 25% vested at
grant and remaining 75% cliff vesting at 1 year anniversary; (ii) a stock
option award to purchase up to 150,000 shares on February 2, 2021 to a new employee as an
inducement material to entering into employment
with the Company, 25% vested at grant remaining 75% vesting quarterly over 2 years; (iii) a stock option award to
purchase up to
35,000 shares on February 2, 2021 to a new employee as an inducement material to entering into employment with the Company, 25% vested
at grant
remaining 75% vesting quarterly over 2 years; (iv) a stock option award to purchase up to 35,000 shares on February 18,
2021 to a new employee as an inducement
material to entering into employment with the Company, 25% vested at grant remaining 75%
vesting quarterly over 2 years; (v) a stock option award to purchase up to
35,000 shares on May 17, 2021 to a new employee as an
inducement material to entering into employment with the Company, 25% vested at grant remaining 75% vesting
quarterly over 2 years;
(vi) a stock option award to purchase up to 35,000 shares on June 14, 2021 to a new employee as an inducement material to entering
 into
employment with the Company, 25% at grant remaining 75% vesting quarterly over 2 years; and (vii) a stock option award to purchase
up to 700,000 shares on May 2,
2022 to a new employee as an inducement material to entering into employment with the Company, vesting
quarterly over a one-year period commencing on July 31, 2022.
 
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ITEM
13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
 
Related
Party Transactions
 
Except
for employment arrangements and compensation for Board service, which are described under “Executive Compensation” above,
during Fiscal Year 2022, there has not
been, nor is there currently proposed, any transaction in which we are or were a participant,
the amount involved exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or 1% of the average of our
total assets at year-end for the last two completed fiscal
years, and any of our directors, executive officers, holders of more than 5% of our common stock or any immediate
family member of any
of the foregoing had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.
 
We
have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers. In general, these indemnification agreements
require the Company to
indemnify a director to the fullest extent permitted by law against liabilities that may arise in connection with
that director’s service as a director for the Company.
 
Policies
and Procedures for Review and Approval of Related Party Transactions
 
Pursuant
to its charter and in accordance with applicable Nasdaq rules, our Audit Committee has the responsibility to review and approve in advance
any transactions with a
related party. In addition, our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics addresses conflicts of interest, and requires
that the existence of any actual or potential conflict be disclosed
to the Chairman of the Audit Committee to enable the committee’s
full review of the potential conflict. The Audit Committee intends to approve only those related party or
conflict of interest transactions
that are considered to be in the best interests of the Company and our stockholders. In considering whether to approve any such transaction,
the
Audit Committee considers such factors as it deems appropriate, and generally focuses on whether the terms of the transaction are
at least as favorable to us as terms we would
receive on an arm’s-length basis from an unaffiliated third party and whether any
such transaction might impair the independence of a director or present a conflict of interest
for a director or executive officer.
 
Director
Independence and Controlled Company Exemption
 
The
Company’s common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The rules of Nasdaq require our Board to make an affirmative determination
as to the independence of
each director, and require a majority of the Company’s directors be “independent directors,”
as defined by Nasdaq rules. In addition, Nasdaq rules require that, subject to
specified exceptions, each member of a company’s
audit, compensation and nominating committee be independent. Audit committee and compensation committee members
must also satisfy enhanced
independence criteria under certain SEC rules and corresponding Nasdaq rules.
 
Consistent
with these rules, our Board undertook its annual review of director independence on May 30, 2022, and subsequently as needed as new directors
have joined the
Board. During the review, our Board considered relationships and transactions during Fiscal Year 2021 and 2022 and since
inception between each director or any member of
his immediate family, on the one hand, and the Company and our subsidiaries and affiliates,
on the other hand. The purpose of this review was to determine whether any such
relationships or transactions were inconsistent with
a determination that the director is independent. Based on this review, our Board determined that Ms. Stephany Foster, Dr.
Herbert Kim
Lyerly and Mr. Joon Kim are independent under the criteria established by Nasdaq and our Board.
 
Upon
the Closing of the CGP Transaction described above, CGP and Sirtex, acting as a “group” for purposes of Section 13(d) of
the Exchange Act, collectively beneficially
owns common stock representing more than 50% of the voting power of our Common Stock eligible
to vote in the election of directors. As a result, we qualify as a “controlled
company” and avail ourselves of certain “controlled
company” exemptions under the Nasdaq corporate governance rules. As a controlled company, we are not required to have
a majority
of “independent directors” on our Board as defined under the Nasdaq rules, or have a compensation, nominating or governance
committee composed entirely of
independent directors. In light of our status as a controlled company, our Board has determined to utilize
the majority board independence exemption and the exemption
applying to compensation committee member independence.
 
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ITEM
14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
 
The
following table presents the aggregate fees billed to the Company for professional services rendered by Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. (“MHM”)
in our fiscal years ended
July 31, 2022 and 2021.
 
 
 
Fiscal Year
 
 
 
2022
   
2021
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
Audit Fees (1)
 
$
327,548   
$
345,548 
Audit Related Fees (2)
 
 
–   
 
– 
Tax Fees (3)
 
 
–   
 
– 
All Other Fees (4)
 
 
–   
 
– 
Total (5)
 
$
327,548   
$
345,548 
 
(1) Audit
Fees consist of fees for professional services rendered by MHM for the audit of our annual consolidated financial statements
and review of our interim consolidated
financial statements included in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, as well as audit services
that are normally provided in connection with other statutory and regulatory
filings, including consents related to registration
statements on Forms S-3 and S-8, and prospectus supplement review or comfort letter preparation related thereto.
 
 
(2) Audit-Related
Fees consist of fees for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review
of the Company’s financial
statements and are not reported as Audit Fees. No such fees were billed by MHM for these services
during the periods presented.
 
 
(3) Tax
Fees consist of fees for professional services rendered for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning. No such fees were billed
by MHM for these services during the
periods presented.
 
 
(4) All
Other Fees consist of fees billed for all products and services provided that are not included in (1), (2) and (3) above. No
such fees were billed by MHM for any such
services during the periods presented.
 
 
(5) Substantially
all MHM’s personnel, who work under the control of MHM shareholders, are employees of wholly-owned subsidiaries of CBIZ, Inc.,
 which provides
personnel and various services to MHM in an alternative practice structure.
 
Pre-Approval
Policies and Procedures
 
Our
Audit Committee’s charter requires this Committee to pre-approve all audit and permissible non-audit services to be performed for
the Company by our independent
registered public accounting firm, as well as the fees and terms for these services, subject to certain
exceptions for “de minimis” amounts as permitted by applicable SEC rules.
In considering such services and fees for approval,
the Audit Committee considers whether the provision of the services and the payment of the related fees are compatible with
maintaining
the independence of our independent registered public accounting firm.
 
All
of the fees and services provided by MHM described in the table above were authorized and approved by the Audit Committee in compliance
with these pre-approval
policies and procedures.
 
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PART
IV
 
ITEM
15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
 
(a)(1)
The following financial statements of OncoSec Medical Incorporated are filed as part of this report under Item 8 — Financial Statements
and Supplementary Data:
 
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID #: 199)
F-1
 
 
Consolidated Balance Sheets at July 31, 2022 and 2021
F-2
 
 
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended July 31, 2022 and 2021
F-3
 
 
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the Years Ended July 31, 2022 and 2021
F-4
 
 
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the Years Ended July 31, 2022 and 2021
F-5
 
 
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended July 31, 2022 and 2021
F-6
 
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
F-7
 
(a)(2)
All financial statement schedules are omitted because they are not required, or are not applicable, or the required information is shown
in the consolidated financial
statements or notes thereto included in this report.
 
(a)(3)
The exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index, which appears immediately following the last page of this report and is incorporated herein
by reference, are filed or incorporated
by reference as part of this report.
 
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REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
To
the Board of Directors and
Stockholders
of OncoSec Medical Incorporated
 
Opinion
on the Financial Statements
 
We
 have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of OncoSec Medical Incorporated (the “Company”) as of July
 31, 2022 and 2021, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows
for each of the years in the two-year period ended July 31, 2022, and the
related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial
statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the
Company as of July 31, 2022 and 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period
ended July 31, 2022, in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
Going
Concern Uncertainty
 
The
accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 3 to
the financial statements, the
Company has incurred recurring losses from operations, and is dependent on additional financing to fund
 operations. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the
Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s
plans in regard to these matters are described in Note 3 to the financial statements. The financial statements
do not include any adjustments
to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities
that may
result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
 
Basis
for Opinion
 
These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s
financial statements based on our
audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with
respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal
securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the
PCAOB.
 
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about
whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company
is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an
audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits,
we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the
purpose of expressing an opinion
on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
 
Our
audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error
or fraud, and performing procedures
that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also
included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We
believe that our audits
provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
Critical
Audit Matters
 
Critical
 audit matters are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be
 communicated to the audit
committee and that: (1) related to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial
statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex
judgements. We determined that there were no critical audit
matters.
 
/s/ Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.
 
We
have served as the Company’s auditor since 2011.
 
San
Diego, California
October
31, 2022
 
F-1

 
 
OncoSec
Medical Incorporated
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
 
 
 
July 31, 2022
   
July 31, 2021
 
Assets
 
 
    
 
  
Current assets
 
 
    
 
  
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
12,299,740   
$
45,951,233 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
 
2,932,731   
 
3,228,191 
Total Current Assets
 
 
15,232,471   
 
49,179,424 
Property and equipment, net
 
 
978,614   
 
928,821 
Intangible assets, net
 
 
378,529   
 
448,412 
Operating lease right-of-use assets
 
 
4,665,515   
 
5,445,744 
Other long-term assets
 
 
623,239   
 
273,523 
Total Assets
 
$
21,878,368   
$
56,275,924 
 
 
 
    
 
  
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
 
 
    
 
  
 
 
 
    
 
  
Liabilities
 
 
    
 
  
Current liabilities
 
 
    
 
  
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
 
$
4,208,222   
$
5,561,645 
Accrued compensation related
 
 
376,977   
 
320,655 
Operating lease liabilities
 
 
1,111,571   
 
845,483 
Notes payable
 
 
936,558   
 
1,234,133 
Total Current Liabilities
 
 
6,633,328   
 
7,961,916 
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion
 
 
4,126,636   
 
5,238,207 
Liability under co-promotion agreement - related party
 
 
5,000,000   
 
5,000,000 
Total Liabilities
 
 
15,759,964   
 
18,200,123 
 
 
 
    
 
  
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 9)
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
    
 
  
Stockholders’ Equity
 
 
    
 
  
Common stock authorized - 100,000,000 common shares with a par value of $0.0001 as of July 31, 2022
and July 31, 2021, common stock issued and outstanding 39,381,129 and 39,152,610 common shares as
of July 31, 2022 and July 31, 2021, respectively
 
 
3,938   
 
3,916 
Additional paid-in capital
 
 
288,233,186   
 
286,337,291 
Warrants issued and outstanding - 1,706,190 warrants as of July 31, 2022 and July 31, 2021
 
 
3,591,734   
 
3,591,734 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
 
 
247,211   
 
(79,109)
Accumulated deficit
 
 
(285,957,665)  
 
(251,778,031)
Total Stockholders’ Equity
 
 
6,118,404   
 
38,075,801 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
 
$
21,878,368   
$
56,275,924 
 
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
 
F-2

 
 
OncoSec
Medical Incorporated
Consolidated
Statements of Operations
 
 
 
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
 
 
July 31, 2022
   
July 31, 2021
 
Revenue
 
$
-   
$
- 
Expenses:
 
 
    
 
  
Research and development
 
 
25,821,543   
 
34,097,641 
General and administrative
 
 
11,190,519   
 
14,282,417 
Loss from operations
 
 
(37,012,062)  
 
(48,380,058)
Gain on extinguishment of debt
 
 
-   
 
960,790 
Other (loss) income, net
 
 
28,857   
 
(704)
Interest expense
 
 
(20,925)  
 
(15,857)
Foreign currency exchange loss
 
 
(509,652)  
 
(144,085)
Loss before income taxes
 
 
(37,513,782)  
 
(47,579,914)
Income tax benefit
 
 
(3,334,148)  
 
(2,412,183)
Net loss
 
$
(34,179,634)  
$
(45,167,731)
Basic and diluted net loss per common share
 
$
(0.87)  
$
(1.37)
Weighted average shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per common share
 
 
39,304,263   
 
32,903,366 
 
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
 
F-3

 
 
OncoSec
Medical Incorporated
Consolidated
Statements of Comprehensive Loss
 
 
 
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
 
 
July 31, 2022
   
July 31, 2021
 
  
    
  
Net Loss
 
$
(34,179,634)  
$
(45,167,731)
Foreign currency translation adjustments
 
 
326,320   
 
(59,605)
Comprehensive Loss
 
$
(33,853,314)  
$
(45,227,336)
 
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
 
F-4

 
 
 
OncoSec
Medical Incorporated
Consolidated
Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
 
 
 
Common Stock
   
Additional
Paid-In
   
Warrants
   
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive   
Accumulated    
Total
Stockholders’ 
 
 
Shares
   
Amount    
Capital
   
Shares
   
Amount    
Income (Loss)    
Deficit
   
Equity
 
Balance, July 31, 2020
    23,054,474     
2,305      214,789,808      3,114,288   
  5,708,127   
 
(19,504)  
  (206,610,300)  
 
13,870,436 
Common stock issued for
employee stock purchase plan
   
3,795     
—     
9,973     
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
9,973 
Exercise of common stock warrants   
1,389,261     
139     
6,580,106      (1,389,261)  
  (1,787,294)  
 
—   
 
—   
 
4,792,951 
Exercise of common stock options    
377,361     
38     
636,955     
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
636,993 
Stock-based compensation expense    
178,540     
19     
5,137,049     
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
5,137,068 
Tax withholdings paid on equity
awards
   
—     
—     
(238,976)    
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
(238,976)
Tax shares sold to pay for tax
withholdings on equity awards
   
—     
—     
220,490     
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
220,490 
Cancellation of expired warrants
   
—     
—     
329,099     
(18,837)  
 
(329,099)  
 
—   
 
—   
 
— 
August 2020 Registered Direct
Offering, net of $1,464,276
issuance costs
   
4,608,589     
461     
13,513,177     
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
13,513,638 
January 2021 Public Offering, net
of $2,970,165 issuance costs
   
7,711,284     
771     
39,055,562     
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
39,056,333 
Purchase of shares under CGP and
Sirtex stock purchase agreements
   
1,691,806     
169     
5,836,562     
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
5,836,731 
Common stock issued for services    
137,500     
14     
467,486     
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
467,500 
Other comprehensive loss
   
—     
—     
—     
—   
 
—   
 
(59,605)  
 
—   
 
(59,605)
Net loss
   
—     
—     
—     
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
(45,167,731)  
  (45,167,731)
Balance, July 31, 2021
    39,152,610    $
3,916    $ 286,337,291      1,706,190   
$ 3,591,734   
$
(79,109)  
$ (251,778,031)  
$
38,075,801 
Common stock issued for
employee stock purchase plan
   
3,000     
—     
2,100     
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
2,100 
Exercise of common stock options    
130,000     
13     
202,787     
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
202,800 
Stock-based compensation expense    
83,019     
8     
1,649,678     
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
1,649,686 
Tax withholdings paid on equity
awards
   
—     
—     
(47,515)    
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
(47,515)
Tax shares sold to pay for tax
withholdings on equity awards
   
—     
—     
46,346     
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
46,346 
Common stock issued for services    
12,500     
1     
42,499     
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
42,500 
Other comprehensive income
   
—     
—     
—     
—   
 
—   
 
326,320   
 
—   
 
326,320 
Net loss
   
—     
—     
—     
—   
 
—   
 
—   
 
(34,179,634)  
  (34,179,634)
Balance, July 31, 2022
    39,381,129    $
3,938    $ 288,233,186      1,706,190   
$ 3,591,734   
$
247,211   
$ (285,957,665)  
$
6,118,404 
 
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
 
F-5

 
 
OncoSec
Medical Incorporated
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
 
 
 
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
 
 
July 31, 2022
   
July 31, 2021
 
Operating activities
 
 
    
 
  
Net loss
 
$
(34,179,634)  
$
(45,167,731)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
 
 
    
 
  
Depreciation and amortization
 
 
257,286   
 
236,864 
Amortization of right-of-use assets
 
 
809,030   
 
841,299 
Stock-based compensation
 
 
1,649,686   
 
5,137,068 
Common stock issued for services
 
 
42,500   
 
467,500 
Foreign currency exchange loss
 
 
509,652   
 
144,085 
Gain on extinguishment of debt
 
 
-   
 
(960,790)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
 
 
    
 
  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
 
1,323,584   
 
613,432 
Other long-term assets
 
 
(380,083)  
 
49,854 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
 
 
(1,381,199)  
 
(2,561,215)
Accrued compensation related
 
 
56,322   
 
35,528 
Operating lease liabilities
 
 
(845,483)  
 
(629,928)
Net cash used in operating activities
 
 
(32,138,339)  
 
(41,794,034)
 
 
 
    
 
  
Investing activities
 
 
    
 
  
Purchases of property and equipment
 
 
(244,857)  
 
(304,603)
Purchase of intangible assets
 
 
-   
 
(495,000)
Net cash used in investing activities
 
 
(244,857)  
 
(799,603)
 
 
 
    
 
  
Financing activities
 
 
    
 
  
Proceeds from issuance of common stock through ESPP
 
 
2,100   
 
9,973 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock and/or warrants
 
 
-   
 
57,004,412 
Payment of financing and offering costs
 
 
(39,794)  
 
(4,434,441)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
 
 
202,800   
 
636,993 
Proceeds from exercise of warrants
 
 
-   
 
4,792,951 
Purchase of shares under CGP and Sirtex stock purchase agreements
 
 
-   
 
5,836,731 
Principal payments on notes payable
 
 
(1,325,560)  
 
(619,105)
Tax withholdings paid on equity awards
 
 
(47,515)  
 
(238,976)
Tax shares sold to pay for tax withholdings on equity awards
 
 
46,346   
 
220,490 
Proceeds from co-promotion agreement
 
 
-   
 
5,000,000 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
 
 
(1,161,623)  
 
68,209,028 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
 
 
(106,674)  
 
(18,620)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
 
 
(33,651,493)  
 
25,596,771 
Cash and cash equivalents, at beginning of year
 
 
45,951,233   
 
20,354,462 
Cash and cash equivalents, at end of year
 
$
12,299,740   
$
45,951,233 
 
 
 
    
 
  
Supplemental disclosure for cash flow information:
 
 
    
 
  
Cash paid during the period for:
 
 
    
 
  
Interest
 
$
20,925   
$
10,302 
Income taxes
 
$
2,969   
$
4,992 
Noncash investing and financing transactions:
 
 
    
 
  
Expiration of warrants
 
$
-   
$
329,099 
Increase in right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities resulting from contract modification
 
$
-   
$
338,819 
Note issued for insurance premium
 
$
1,027,986   
$
1,355,919 
 
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
 
F-6

 
 
OncoSec
Medical Incorporated
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note
1 – Nature of Operations and Basis of Presentation
 
OncoSec
Medical Incorporated (together with its subsidiary, unless the context indicates otherwise, being collectively referred to as the “Company”)
began its operations as a
biotechnology company in March 2011. The Company has not generated any revenues since its inception. The Company
was incorporated in the State of Nevada on February
8, 2008 under the name of Netventory Solutions, Inc. and changed its name to OncoSec
Medical Incorporated in March 2011 when it began operating as a biotechnology
company.
 
The
Company is a late-stage immuno-oncology company focused on designing, developing and commercializing innovative, proprietary,
intra-tumoral DNA-based therapeutics
delivered by electroporation (“EP”) to stimulate and augment anti-tumor immune
responses for the treatment of cancers. Its core technology, ImmunoPulse®, is a drug-device
therapeutic modality platform
comprised of a proprietary OncoSec Medical System EP device (the “OMS EP Device”) and a proprietary DNA plasmid delivery
and application
method that enables transient expression of recombinant therapeutic molecules in cells. The OMS EP Device is
designed to promote cellular uptake of plasmid DNA injected
directly into solid tumors to allow subsequent expression of the encoded
therapeutic protein. The OMS EP Device can be adapted to treat different tumor types, and consists of
an electrical pulse generator
and disposable applicator. The Company’s lead product candidate is a plasmid encoding interleukin-12 (“IL-12”)
called tavokinogene telseplasmid
(“TAVO™”). The OMS EP Device is used to deliver TAVO™ into cells in tumor
lesions, with the aim of reversing the immunosuppressive microenvironment in the treated
tumor and elicit systemic tumor-specific
immune responses in cancer patients. Activation of an appropriate anti-tumor inflammatory response in the treated lesion can drive
the
immune system to mount a systemic anti-tumor response against untreated tumors in other parts of the body. In 2017, the Company
received Fast Track Designation and
Orphan Drug Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for
TAVO™ in metastatic melanoma, which could qualify TAVO™-EP for expedited FDA
review, a rolling Biologics License
Application (“BLA”) review and certain other benefits to achieve faster registration of a therapeutic
product.
 
The
Company’s primary focus is to pursue its study of TAVO™-EP in combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) in
melanoma. During October of 2022, due to the
Company’s financial position the Company decreased all clinical activity
outside of its melanoma clinical pipeline, including trials and studies involving triple negative breast
cancer (“TNBC”) and
squamous cell carcinoma head and neck cancer.
 
The
Company’s KEYNOTE-695 clinical trial is a registration-directed, Phase 2b open-label, single-arm, multicenter trial in
approximately 100 patients treated with TAVO™-
EP in combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) in anti-PD-1 checkpoint
inhibitor (nivolumab or pembrolizumab) relapsed or refractory metastatic melanoma, being
conducted in the United States, Canada,
Australia and Europe. In May 2017, the Company entered into a clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with a subsidiary of
Merck & Co., Inc. (“Merck”) in connection with the KEYNOTE-695 trial. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, each
 company will bear its own costs related to
manufacturing and supply of its product, as well as be responsible for its own internal
costs. The Company is the trial sponsor and is responsible for external costs. The trial
completed enrollment of Cohort 1 in
December 2020. In December 2020, the protocol was amended to include an additional cohort, consisting of patients who were exposed
to
treatment with ipilimumab and progressed on prior anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor. The amendment also enabled enrollment of
approximately 25 additional patients to be
treated with an updated version of the OMS EP Device (i.e., GenPulseTM generator
and Series 3 Applicator), in preparation for seeking FDA approval. Database lock for the
105 patients enrolled in Cohort 1 is
November 2022 and the final data analyses of the primary and secondary endpoints are expected to be available during the first
quarter of
2023 and fourth quarter of 2022, respectively.
 
The
Company’s KEYNOTE-890 clinical trial is a Phase 2, open-label, single-arm, multicenter trial conducted in the United States and
Australia to evaluate the safety and
efficacy of TAVO™-EP in combination with KEYTRUDA® in patients with inoperable locally
advanced or metastatic TNBC who have previously failed at least one systemic
chemotherapy or immunotherapy
(Cohort 1) or TAVO™-EP in combination with KEYTRUDA® and chemotherapy in patients with inoperable locally advanced or metastatic
TNBC who have had no prior systemic therapy in the advanced or metastatic setting (Cohort 2).
 
F-7

 
 
In
May 2018, the Company entered into a second clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with a subsidiary of Merck with
respect to the KEYNOTE-890 trial, Cohort
1. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, each company will bear its own costs related to
manufacturing and supply of its product, as well as be responsible for its own internal
costs. The Company is the trial sponsor and
is responsible for external costs. In June 2020, the Company amended its second clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement to
include KEYNOTE-890, Cohort 2, for the frontline treatment of patients with inoperable locally advanced or metastatic TNBC with the
 combination of TAVO-EP,
KEYTRUDA, and chemotherapy. Enrollment of Cohort 1 was completed (26 patients) in December 2020. Interim
data for Cohort 1 was initially presented at the San Antonio
Breast Cancer Symposium (“SABCS”) in December 2019, and an
update on this cohort was presented at the SABCS in December 2021. Enrollment of Cohort 2 (target 40
patients) began in January
2021. Due to slow enrollment and competing studies in front-line TNBC, recruitment on Cohort 2 has been halted as of October 2022.
The Company
has deferred further development of TAVO™-EP for the treatment of TNBC in order to focus its efforts and resources on
 our ongoing development of TAVO™-EP in
melanoma.
 
In
May 2019, the Company supported commencement of an investigator-initiated Phase 1 clinical trial conducted by the University of
California San Francisco (“UCSF”)
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. This trial targets patients with
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head & Neck and is a single-arm open-label clinical trial in
which 68 evaluable patients will
receive TAVO™-EP, KEYTRUDA® and epacadostat. Recruitment on this trial was halted for strategic reasons in June 2021.
 
In
August 2020, the Company supported commencement of an investigator-initiated Phase 2 clinical trial conducted by the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer
Center and Research Institute
and the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine to evaluate TAVO™-EP as neoadjuvant
 treatment (administered before surgery) in combination with
intravenous OPDIVO® (nivolumab) in up to 33 patients with operable locally/regionally
advanced melanoma. This trial has been designed to evaluate whether the addition of
TAVO™-EP can increase the published anti-tumor
response observed with monotherapy OPDIVO®, an anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor, in patients with locally/regionally
advanced melanoma
prior to surgical resection of tumors. This trial began enrolling patients in December of 2020. Enrollment for this trial is expected
to be completed in 2023.
Preliminary data from this trial will be presented at an international medical conference, the Society for Immunotherapy
of Cancer (SITC), in November 2022.
 
In
 November 2020, the Company obtained an exclusive license to the Cliniporator® electroporation gene electrotransfer platform from
 IGEA Clinical Biophysics. This
platform has been used for electrochemotherapy in and outside of Europe in over 200 major oncological
 centers to treat cutaneous metastatic cancer nodules, including
melanoma. The license encompasses a broad field of use for gene delivery
in oncology, including use as part of the Company’s Visceral Lesion applicator (“VLA”) program.
 
The
Company intends to continue to pursue potential new trials and studies related to TAVO™-EP, in various tumor types. In
addition, the Company is also developing its next-
generation EP device and applicator, including advancements toward prototypes,
pursuing discovery research to identify other product candidates that, similar to IL-12, can be
encoded into plasmid-DNA and
delivered, using our proprietary delivery and application method, intratumorally using EP. For example, the Company has been, and
intends to
continue once the Company’s financial position allows, developing proprietary technology to potentially treat liver, lung, bladder, pancreatic and other
difficult to treat visceral
lesions through the direct delivery of plasmid encoded therapeutics with the VLA. While currently paused
to focus activities on melanoma and clinical stage programs, the
Company intends to continue this work in the
future.
 
The
VLA is intended and may be designed to work with low voltage EP generators, including but not limited to the Company’s proprietary
APOLLOTM EP generator and
Cliniporator®, and is expected to enable transfection of immunologically relevant
genes into cells located in visceral primary or metastatic tumor lesions. In early 2020, the
Company had two poster presentations, one
at the Society for Interventional Oncology and one at the Society for Interventional Radiology, where it presented preclinical data
pertaining
to visceral delivery of plasmid-based therapeutics. Additionally, the Company has successfully completed several large animal studies
to assess VLA design. The
Company expected to bring a VLA into the clinic in 2023. However, this timeline is under evaluation and may
extend beyond 2023. The Company believes that the flexibility
of the Company’s proprietary plasmid-DNA technology allows the Company
to deliver other immunologically relevant molecules into the tumor microenvironment in addition
to the delivery of plasmid-DNA encoding
for IL-12.
 
F-8

 
 
Note
2 – Significant Accounting Policies
 
Principles
of Consolidation
 
The
 accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, OncoSec Medical Australia
 PTY LTD. All
significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
 
Use
of Estimates
 
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP, which requires Management to make estimates
and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the
financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the
reporting period. Significant accounting estimates related to the
Company’s ability to continue as a going concern and certain calculations related to that determination. The
Company bases its estimates on historical experience and
on various other assumptions that it believes are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the
basis for making
judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. On an ongoing basis,
the Company reviews its
estimates to ensure that they appropriately reflect changes in the business or as new information becomes available.
Actual results may differ from these estimates.
 
Segment
Reporting
 
The
Company operates in a single industry segment—the discovery and development of novel immunotherapeutic product candidates to improve
treatment options for patients
and physicians, intended to treat a wide range of oncology indications.
 
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
 
The
Company considers all highly liquid investments that are readily convertible into cash and have an original maturity of three months
or less at the time of purchase to be
cash equivalents.
 
Concentrations
and Credit Risk
 
The
Company maintains cash balances at a small number of financial institutions in both the United States and Australia and such balances
commonly exceed the $250,000
amount insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and $250,000 AUD (approximately $175,000 USD)
insured by the Australian Financial Claims Scheme. The
Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts and Management believes
that the Company does not have significant credit risk with respect to such cash and cash
equivalents.
 
Property
and Equipment
 
The
Company’s capitalization threshold is $5,000 for property and equipment. The cost of property and equipment is depreciated on a
straight-line basis over the estimated
useful lives of the related assets. The useful lives of property and equipment for the purpose
of computing depreciation are as follows:
  
Computers and
equipment:
 
3 to 10 years
Computer software:
 
1 to 3 years
Leasehold improvements:
 
Shorter of lease period or
useful life
 
Construction-in-progress
is stated at cost, which relates to the cost of equipment not yet placed into service. No depreciation expense is recorded on construction-in-progress
until such time as the relevant assets are completed and put into use.
 
F-9

 
 
Intangible
Assets
 
Definite
life intangible assets include a license. Intangible assets are recorded at cost. License agreement cost represents the fair value of
the license agreement on the date
acquired. Intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful life.
 
Impairment
of Long-Lived Assets
 
The
Company periodically assesses the carrying value of intangible and other long-lived assets, and whenever events or changes in circumstances
indicate that the carrying
amount of an asset might not be recoverable. The assets are considered to be impaired if the Company determines
that the carrying value may not be recoverable based upon its
assessment, which includes consideration of the following events or changes
in circumstances:
 
 
●
the
asset’s ability to continue to generate income from operations and positive cash flow in future periods;
 
 
 
 
●
loss
of legal ownership or title to the asset(s);
 
 
 
 
●
significant
changes in the Company’s strategic business objectives and utilization of the asset(s); and
 
 
 
 
●
the
impact of significant negative industry or economic trends.
 
If
the assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment recognized is the amount by which the carrying value of the assets exceeds the
fair value of the assets. Fair value is
determined by the application of discounted cash flow models to project cash flows from the assets.
In addition, the Company bases estimates of the useful lives and related
amortization or depreciation expense on its subjective estimate
of the period the assets will generate revenue or otherwise be used by it. Assets to be disposed of are reported at
the lower of the
carrying amount or fair value, less selling costs. The Company also periodically reviews the lives assigned to long-lived assets to ensure
that the initial
estimates do not exceed any revised estimated periods from which the Company expects to realize cash flows from its
assets.
 
Research
and Development Expenses
 
Research
and development expenses consist of costs incurred for internal projects, as well as partner-funded collaborative research and development
activities. These costs
include direct and research-related overhead expenses, which include salaries, stock-based compensation and other
 personnel-related expenses, facility costs, supplies,
depreciation of facilities and laboratory equipment, as well as research consultants
and the cost of funding research at universities and other research institutions, and are
expensed as incurred. Costs to acquire technologies
that are utilized in research and development that have no alternative future use, are expensed when incurred. In accordance
with Accounting
Standards Codification (“ASC”) 730-20, the Company accounts for upfront, non-refundable research and development payments
received from a related party
as a long-term liability as there has not been a substantive and genuine transfer of risk and there is
a presumption that the Company is obligated to repay the related party.
 
Accruals
for Research and Development Expenses and Clinical Trials
 
The
Company is required to estimate its expenses resulting from its obligations under contracts with vendors, clinical research organizations
and consultants and under clinical
site agreements in connection with conducting clinical trials. The financial terms of these contracts
vary from contract to contract and may result in payment terms that do not
match the periods over which materials or services are provided
under such contracts. The Company accounts for these expenses in its financial statements by matching those
expenses with the period
in which services are performed and efforts are expended. The Company determines accrual estimates through financial models and takes
into account
discussion with applicable personnel and outside service providers as to the progress of clinical trials, or the services
completed. The Company makes estimates of its accrued
expenses as of each balance sheet date based on the facts and circumstances known
to it at that time. The Company’s clinical trial accruals are dependent upon the timely and
accurate reporting of contract research
organizations and other third-party vendors. During the course of a clinical trial, the Company adjusts its clinical expense recognition
if
actual results differ from its estimates.
 
F-10

 
 
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments
 
The
carrying amounts for cash and cash equivalents, prepaid expenses, accounts payable and accrued expenses and notes payable approximate
fair value due to the short-term
nature of these instruments. It is Management’s opinion that the Company is not exposed to significant
 interest, currency, or credit risks arising from its other financial
instruments and that their fair values approximate their carrying
values except where expressly disclosed.
 
The
accounting standard for fair value measurements provides a framework for measuring fair value and requires disclosures regarding fair
value measurements. Fair value is
defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an
orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, based on
the Company’s principal or, in the absence of
a principal, most advantageous market for the specific asset or liability.
 
The
Company uses a three-tier fair value hierarchy to classify and disclose all assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring
basis, as well as assets and liabilities
measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis, in periods subsequent to their initial measurement.
The hierarchy requires the Company to use observable inputs when
available, and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs, when determining
fair value.
 
The
three tiers are defined as follows:
 
●
Level
1—Observable inputs that reflect quoted market prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets at
the measurement date. Since valuations are
based on quoted prices that are readily and regularly available in an active market, valuation
of these products does not entail a significant degree of judgment.
 
 
●
Level
2—Observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are observable either directly or indirectly in the marketplace
for identical or similar assets and
liabilities.
 
 
●
Level
3—Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement.
 
The
 development and determination of the unobservable inputs for Level 3 fair value measurements and fair value calculations are the responsibility
 of the Company’s
Management.
 
Changes
in fair value measurements categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy are analyzed each period based on changes in estimates
or assumptions and recorded
as appropriate.
 
The
Company had no assets or liabilities that required remeasurement on a recurring basis as of July 31, 2022 and July 31, 2021.
 
Warrants
 
The
Company assesses its warrants as either equity or a liability based upon the characteristics and provisions of each instrument. Warrants
classified as equity are recorded at
fair value as of the date of issuance on the Company’s balance sheet and no further adjustments
to their valuation are made. Warrants classified as derivative liabilities and other
derivative financial instruments that require separate
accounting as liabilities are recorded on the Company’s balance sheet at their fair value on the date of issuance and are re-
measured
on each subsequent balance sheet date until such instruments are exercised or expire, with any changes in the fair value between reporting
periods recorded as other
income or expense. Management estimates the fair value of these liabilities using option pricing models and
assumptions that are based on the individual characteristics of the
warrants or other instruments on the valuation date, as well as assumptions
for future financings, expected volatility, expected life, yield and risk-free interest rate. As of July
31, 2022 and July 31, 2021,
all outstanding warrants issued by the Company were classified as equity.
 
F-11

 
 
Net
Loss Per Share
 
The
Company computes basic net loss per common share by dividing the applicable net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares
outstanding during the period.
Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing the applicable net loss by the weighted-average number
of common shares outstanding during the period plus additional
shares to account for the dilutive effect of potential future issuances
of common stock relating to stock options and other potentially dilutive securities using the treasury stock
method.
 
The
Company did not include shares underlying stock options, restricted stock units and warrants issued and outstanding during any of the
periods presented in the computation
of net loss per share, as the effect would have been anti-dilutive. The following potentially dilutive
outstanding securities were excluded from diluted net loss per share because
of their anti-dilutive effect:
  
 
 
July 31, 2022
   
July 31, 2021
 
Stock options
 
 
2,947,405   
 
3,111,642 
Restricted stock units
 
 
59,625   
 
442,749 
Warrants
 
 
1,706,190   
 
1,706,190 
Total
 
 
4,713,220   
 
5,260,581 
 
Stock-Based
Compensation
 
The
Company grants equity-based awards (typically stock options or restricted stock units) under its stock-based compensation plan and occasionally
outside of its stock-based
compensation plan, with terms generally similar to the terms under the Company’s stock-based compensation
plan. The Company estimates the fair value of stock option
awards using the Black-Scholes option valuation model. For employees, directors
and consultants, the fair value of the award is measured on the grant date. The fair value
amount is then recognized over the period
during which services are required to be provided in exchange for the award, usually the vesting period. The Black-Scholes option
valuation
model requires the input of subjective assumptions, including price volatility of the underlying stock, risk-free interest rate, dividend
yield, and expected life of the
option. The Company estimates the fair value of restricted stock unit awards based on the closing price
of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
 
Employee
Stock Purchase Plan
 
Employees
may elect to participate in the Company’s stockholder-approved employee stock purchase plan. The stock purchase plan allows for
the purchase of the Company’s
common stock at not less than 85% of the lesser of (i) the fair market value of a share of common
stock on the beginning date of the offering period and (ii) the fair market
value of a share of common stock on the purchase date of
the offering period, subject to a share and dollar limit as defined in the plan and subject to the applicable legal
requirements. There
are two six-month offering periods during each fiscal year, ending on January 31 and July 31.
 
In
accordance with applicable accounting guidance, the fair value of awards under the stock purchase plan is calculated at the beginning
of each offering period. The Company
estimates the fair value of the awards using the Black-Scholes option valuation model. The Black-Scholes
option valuation model requires the input of subjective assumptions,
including price volatility of the underlying stock, risk-free interest
rate, dividend yield, and the offering period. This fair value is then amortized at the beginning of the offering
period. Stock-based
compensation expense is based on awards expected to be purchased at the beginning of the offering period, and therefore is reduced when
participants
withdraw during the offering period.
 
Leases
 
The
Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating lease right of use (“ROU”) assets represent the Company’s right to use an
underlying asset during
the lease term, and operating lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments
arising from the lease. Operating leases are included in ROU assets,
current operating lease liabilities, and long-term operating lease
liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.
 
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Lease
ROU assets and lease liabilities are initially recognized based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease
term at commencement date
calculated using the Company’s incremental borrowing rate applicable to the lease asset, unless the implicit
rate is readily determinable. ROU assets also include any lease
payments made at or before lease commencement and exclude any lease incentives
received. The Company’s lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease
when it is reasonably certain that the
Company will exercise that option. Leases with a term of 12 months or less are not recognized on the consolidated balance sheets. The
Company’s leases do not contain any residual value guarantees. Lease expense for minimum lease payments is recognized on a straight-line
basis over the lease term. The
Company accounts for lease and non-lease components as a single lease component for all its leases.
 
Foreign
Currency Translation
 
The
Company uses the U.S. Dollar as the reporting currency for its financial statements. Functional currency is the currency of the primary
economic environment in which an
entity operates. The functional currency of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary is the Australian
dollar.
 
Assets
and liabilities of the Company’s subsidiary are translated into U.S. Dollars at period-end foreign exchange rates, and revenues
and expenses are translated at average
rates prevailing throughout the period. Translation adjustments are included in “Accumulated
other comprehensive income” as a separate component of stockholders’ equity,
and in the “Effect of exchange rate changes
 on cash,” on the Company’s consolidated statements of cash flows. Transaction gains and losses including
 intercompany
transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the entity involved are included in “Foreign
currency exchange gain (loss), net” on the Company’s
consolidated statements of operations.
 
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
Accumulated
other comprehensive income (loss) includes foreign currency translation adjustments related to the Company’s subsidiary in Australia
and is excluded from the
accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
 
Australia
Research and Development Tax Credit
 
The
Company’s wholly-owned Australian subsidiary incurs research and development expenses, primarily in the course of conducting clinical
trials. The Company’s Australian
research and development activities qualify for the Australian government’s tax credit program,
 which provides a 43.5% credit for qualifying research and development
expenses. The tax credit does not depend on the Company’s
generation of future taxable income or ongoing tax status or position. Accordingly, the credit is not considered an
element of income
tax accounting under ASC 740 “Income Taxes” and is recorded against qualifying research and development expenses
 
The
CARES Act
 
On
March 27, 2020, the president signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) providing
nearly $2 trillion in economic relief to
eligible businesses impacted by the coronavirus outbreak. The CARES Act, among other things,
includes provisions relating to refundable payroll tax credits, deferment of
employer social security payments, net operating loss (“NOL”)
 utilization and carryback periods, modifications to the net interest deduction limitations and technical
corrections to tax depreciation
methods for qualified improvement property. In addition to the loan under the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) under
the CARES Act
received in April 2020 (see Note 5), the Company continues to review, and intends to seek, any other available potential
benefits under the CARES Act as well as any future
legislation signed into law during 2022. Other than the forgiveness of the PPP loan,
 the effects of the CARES Act did not have a significant impact on the Company’s
consolidated financial statements during the year
ended July 31, 2022 and 2021.
 
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
 
No
recent accounting pronouncements are anticipated to have an impact on or related to the Company’s financial condition, results
of operations, or related disclosures.
 
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Note
3 – Going Concern and Management’s Plans
 
The
Company has sustained losses in all reporting periods since inception, with an accumulated deficit of approximately $286 million as of
July 31, 2022. These losses are
expected to continue for an extended period of time. Further, the Company has never generated any cash
from its operations and does not expect to generate such cash in the
near term. The aforementioned factors raise substantial doubt about
the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year from the issuance date of the
consolidated financial statements.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of
assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The consolidated financial statements do not include any
adjustments relating to the recoverability and
classification of asset amounts or the classification of liabilities that might be necessary
should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern within one year after the
date the consolidated financial statements are
issued.
 
As
of October 17, 2022, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $6.7 million. Since inception, cash flows from financing activities
have been the primary source of the
Company’s liquidity. Based on the Company’s current cash levels, the Company believes
its cash resources are insufficient to meet the Company’s anticipated needs for the 12
months following the date the consolidated
financial statements are issued.
 
The
Company recognizes it will need to raise additional capital to continue operating its business and fund its planned operations, including
research and development, clinical
trials and, if regulatory approval is obtained, commercialization of its product candidates. In addition,
the Company will require additional financing if it desires to in-license or
acquire new assets, research and develop new compounds or
new technologies and pursue related patent protection, or obtain any other intellectual property rights or other
assets. There is no
assurance that additional financing will be available to the Company when needed, that Management will be able to obtain financing on
terms acceptable to
the Company, or whether the Company will become profitable and generate positive operating cash flow. The source,
timing and availability of any future financing will
depend principally upon market conditions, and, more specifically, on the progress
of our clinical development programs. Similarly, if our common stock is delisted from the
Nasdaq Capital Market, it may limit our ability
to raise additional funds (see Note 13). The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has also caused volatility in the global financial
markets and
threatened a slowdown in the global economy, which may negatively affect our ability to raise additional capital on attractive terms
or at all. If the Company is
unable to raise sufficient additional funds when needed, on favorable terms or at all, the Company will
not be able to continue the development of its product candidates as
currently planned or at all, will need to reevaluate its planned
operations and may need to delay, scale back or eliminate some or all of its development programs, reduce
expenses or cease operations,
any of which would have a significant negative impact on the Company’s prospects and financial condition.
 
Note
4 – Balance Sheet Details
 
Property
and Equipment
 
Property
and equipment, net, is comprised of the following:
 
 
 
July 31, 2022
   
July 31, 2021
 
Equipment and furniture
 
$
1,944,540   
$
1,919,301 
Computer software
 
 
109,242   
 
109,242 
Leasehold improvements
 
 
32,651   
 
32,651 
Construction in progress
 
 
446,367   
 
234,409 
Property and equipment, gross
 
 
2,532,800   
 
2,295,603 
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
 
 
(1,554,186)  
 
(1,366,782)
Total
 
$
978,614   
$
928,821 
 
Depreciation
and amortization expense recorded for the years ended July 31, 2022 and 2021 was approximately $0.2 million.
 
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Intangible
Assets
 
Intangible
assets, net, is comprised of the following:
 
 
 
July 31, 2022
   
July 31, 2021
 
License
 
$
495,000   
$
495,000 
Accumulated amortization
 
 
(116,471)  
 
(46,588)
Total
 
$
378,529   
$
448,412 
 
In
November 2020, the Company licensed generator technology for use in its clinical trials and other research and development efforts. Unless
earlier terminated, the term of
the license agreement will remain in effect for 85 months. The Company has determined that the license
has alternative future uses in research and development projects. The
value of the acquired license is recorded as an intangible asset
with amortization over the estimated useful life of 85 months.
 
Intangible
asset amortization expense recorded for the year ended July 31, 2022 and 2021 was approximately $70,000 and $47,000, respectively.
 
At
July 31, 2022, the estimated amortization expense by fiscal year based on the current carrying value of intangible assets is as follows:
 
Years ending July 31,
 
  
2023
 
$
69,882 
2024
 
 
69,882 
2025
 
 
69,882 
2026
 
 
69,882 
2027
 
 
69,882 
Thereafter
 
 
29,119 
Total
 
$
378,529 
 
Accounts
Payable and Accrued Liabilities
 
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities are comprised of the following:
 
 
 
July 31, 2022
   
July 31, 2021
 
Research and development costs
 
$
3,210,627   
$
4,206,926 
Professional services fees
 
 
877,411   
 
1,229,040 
Other
 
 
120,184   
 
125,679 
Total
 
$
4,208,222   
$
5,561,645 
 
Accrued
Compensation
 
Accrued
compensation is comprised of the following:
 
 
 
July 31, 2022
   
July 31, 2021
 
Accrued payroll
 
$
311,662   
$
311,590 
401K payable
 
 
7,333   
 
9,065 
Accrued severance
 
 
57,982   
 
- 
Total
 
$
376,977   
$
320,655 
 
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Note
5 – Notes Payable
 
On
April 27, 2020, the Company was granted a two-year loan (the “Loan”) from the Banc of California in the aggregate amount
of $952,744, pursuant to the PPP under the
CARES Act, which was enacted March 27, 2020. Interest accrued at 1% per year, effective on
the date of initial disbursement.
 
The
Company submitted its application for full loan forgiveness on January 6, 2021. On February 12, 2021, the Company received notice that
the full Loan amount of $952,744
and $8,046 of accrued interest had been forgiven. As a result, the Company recorded a $960,790 gain
on extinguishment of debt in its consolidated statement of operations for
the year ended July 31, 2021.
 
On
July 1, 2021, the Company entered into a finance agreement with AFCO Premium Credit LLC (“AFCO”). Pursuant to the terms
of the agreement, AFCO loaned the
Company the principal amount of $1,355,919,
which would accrue interest at 2.894%
per annum, to partially fund the payment of the premium of the Company’s Director &
Officer insurance. The agreement
requires the Company to make eleven
monthly payments of $125,056,
including interest starting on July 18, 2021. On July 31, 2022 and
2021, the outstanding balances related to this finance agreement
were $0
and $1,234,133,
respectively.
 
On
July 11, 2022, the Company entered into a finance agreement with AFCO Premium Credit LLC (“AFCO”). Pursuant to the terms
of the agreement, AFCO loaned the
Company the principal amount of $1,027,986, which would accrue interest at 5.248% per annum, to partially
fund the payment of the premium of the Company’s Director &
Officer insurance. The agreement requires the Company to make eleven
monthly payments of $95,923, including interest starting on July 18, 2022. At July 31, 2022, the
outstanding balance related to this
finance agreement was $936,558.
 
Future
minimum payments under note payable liabilities as of July 31, 2022 are as follows:
 
Years ending July 31,
 
  
2023
 
$
936,558 
Total
 
$
936,558 
 
Note
6 – Stockholders’ Equity
 
January
2021 Offering
 
On
January 25, 2021, the Company completed the offer and sale of an aggregate of 7,711,284 shares of its common stock at a purchase price
of $5.45 per share in a public
offering. The gross proceeds from the offering were approximately $42.0 million, and the net proceeds,
after deducting the placement agent’s fee and other offering fees and
expenses paid by the Company, were approximately $39.1 million.
In connection with the offering, the Company paid the underwriters an aggregate cash fee equal to 6.0% of
the gross proceeds of the offering,
as well as legal and other expenses equal to approximately $0.4 million.
 
August
2020 Offering
 
On
August 19, 2020, the Company completed the offer and sale of an aggregate of 4,608,589 shares of its common stock at a purchase price
of $3.25 per share in a registered
direct public offering. The gross proceeds from the offering were approximately $15.0 million, and
the net proceeds, after deducting the placement agent’s fee and other
offering fees and expenses paid by the Company, were approximately
$13.5 million. In connection with the offering, the Company paid the placement agent and other financial
advisors an aggregate cash fee
equal to 8.0% of the gross proceeds of the offering, as well as legal and other expenses equal to approximately $0.3 million. 
 
Common
Stock Option Exercise
 
During
the year ended July 31, 2022, shares of common stock issued related to option exercises totaled 130,000. The Company realized proceeds
of approximately $0.2 million
from the stock option exercises. During the year ended July 31, 2021, shares of common stock issued related
to option exercises totaled 377,361. The Company realized
proceeds of $0.6 million from the stock option exercises.
 
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Outstanding
Warrants
 
There
were no warrants exercised during the year ended July 31, 2022. During the year ended July 31, 2021, shares of common stock issued
related to warrant exercises totaled
1,389,261.
The Company realized proceeds of approximately $4.8
million from the warrant exercises.
 
On
July 31, 2022, the Company had outstanding warrants to purchase 1,706,190
shares of its common stock, with exercise prices ranging from $3.45
to $16.80,
all of which
were classified as equity instruments. These warrants expire at various dates between October 2022 and May
2024.
 
China
Grand Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Holdings Limited and Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc.
 
On
October 10, 2019, the Company and Grand Pharmaceutical Group Limited (formerly China Grand Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Holdings
Limited), a company formed
under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (“CGP”), and its affiliate, Sirtex Medical US Holdings,
 Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Sirtex”) entered into Stock Purchase
Agreements (as amended, the “Purchase Agreements”),
pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell and issue to CGP and Sirtex 10,000,000 shares and 2,000,000 shares,
respectively, of the
Company’s common stock for a total purchase price of $30.0 million. The net proceeds, after deducting offering fees and expenses
paid by the Company,
were approximately $28.0 million. This transaction closed on February 7, 2020 (the “Closing”). Pursuant
to the Purchase Agreements, CGP and Sirtex were given the right
under certain circumstances to purchase in the future additional shares
 of common stock in order to maintain CGP and Sirtex’s respective ownership percentages of the
outstanding shares of common stock
of the Company as of the Closing.
 
During
the year ended July 31, 2021, shares of common stock issued to third party investors related to warrant exercises totaled 1,389,261.
On April 16, 2021, in accordance
with their respective Purchase Agreement, CGP and Sirtex exercised their rights to purchase additional
shares of common stock at a purchase price equal to the same exercise
price paid by each warrant holder. The Company issued 1,409,838
shares of common stock to CGP at an exercise price of $3.45 per share, resulting in gross proceeds of
approximately $4.8 million. The
 Company issued 281,968 shares of common stock to Sirtex at an exercise price of $3.45 per share, resulting in gross proceeds of
approximately
$1.0 million.
 
Note
7 – Stock-Based Compensation
 
The
OncoSec Medical Incorporated 2011 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended and approved by the Company’s stockholders (the “2011
Plan”)), authorizes the Company’s Board
of Directors to grant equity awards, including but not limited to, stock options
and restricted stock units, to employees, directors and consultants. The 2011 Plan authorizes a
total of 4,600,000 shares of common stock
for issuance. Under the 2011 Plan, incentive stock options are to be granted at a price that is no less than 100% of the fair value of
the Company’s common stock at the date of grant. Stock options vest over a period specified in the individual option agreements
entered into with grantees and are exercisable
for a maximum period of 10 years after the date of grant. Incentive stock options granted
to stockholders who own more than 10% of the outstanding stock of the Company at
the time of grant must be issued at an exercise price
of no less than 110% of the fair value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
 
Modification
of Stock Option Awards
 
During
the year ended July 31, 2021, the compensation committee of the Company’s Board of Directors approved the accelerated vesting of
791,019 and 91,666 previously
granted time-vesting awards for employees and directors, respectively. The Company accounted for the effects
of the stock option modifications described above under the
guidance of ASC 718 as follows:
 
●
The unamortized compensation costs associated with the time-vesting options was expensed on the date of acceleration, which was approximately
$1.2 million and $0.1
million for the employees and directors, respectively.
 
●
Upon modification, it is required under ASC 718 to analyze the fair value of the instruments, before and after the modification, recognizing
additional compensation cost for
any incremental value. The Company computed the fair value of the award immediately prior to the modification
and compared the fair value to that of the modified award.
Since the value of the awards were less after the modification as compared
to immediately prior to the modification, no additional compensation expense was recorded.
 
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Stock
Options
 
During
the year ended July 31, 2022, the Company granted options to purchase 23,400 and 25,000 shares of its common stock to employees and a
consultant under the 2011
Plan, respectively. The stock options issued to employees have a 10-year term, vest over two years and have
exercise prices ranging from $2.01 to $2.26. The stock options
issued to the consultant have a 10-year term, vest over one year and have
an exercise price of $1.42.
 
During
the year ended July 31, 2021, the Company granted options to purchase 1,360,826, 337,500 and 25,000 shares of its common stock to employees,
directors and a
consultant under the 2011 Plan, respectively. The stock options issued to employees have a 10-year term, vest over two
to three years and have exercise prices ranging from
$2.22 to $7.64. The stock options issued to directors have a 10-year term, vest
over one year and have an exercise price of $3.16 to $3.43. The stock options issued to the
consultant have a 10-year term, vest over
one year and have an exercise price of $3.82.
 
During
the year ended July 31, 2022, in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4), the Company granted inducement equity awards that consisted
of options to purchase
700,000 shares of its common stock to employees outside the 2011 Plan. The stock options issued to the employee
are nonqualified, have a 10-year term, vest over one year and
have exercise price of $0.84.
 
During
the year ended July 31, 2021, in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4), the Company granted inducement equity awards that consisted
of options to purchase
590,000 shares of its common stock to employees outside the 2011 Plan. The stock options issued to the employee
are nonqualified, have a 10-year term, vest over one to two
years and have exercise prices ranging from $3.56 to $7.45.
 
The
Company accounts for stock-based compensation based on the fair value of the stock-based awards granted and records forfeitures as they
occur. As such, the Company
recognizes stock-based compensation cost only for those stock-based awards that vest over their requisite
service period, based on the vesting provisions of the individual
grants. The service period is generally the vesting period, with the
exception of stock options granted pursuant to a consulting agreement, in which case the stock option vesting
period and the service
period are defined pursuant to the terms of the consulting agreement.
 
The
following assumptions were used for the Black-Scholes calculation of the fair value of stock-based compensation related to stock options
granted during the periods
presented:
 
 
 
Year
Ended
July
31, 2022
   
Year
Ended
July
31, 2021
 
Expected term (years)
 
 
5.00–6.50
years   
 
5.00–6.50
years 
Risk-free interest rate
 
 
0.69 –
2.99% 
 
0.27 -1.13%
Volatility
 
 
86.98
– 91.70% 
 
85.31
– 89.08%
Dividend yield
 
 
0% 
 
0%
 
The
Company’s expected volatility is derived from the historical daily change in the market price of its common stock. The Company
uses the simplified method to calculate
the expected term of options issued to employees, non-employees and directors, as the Company
does not have much stock option exercise history and thus does not have
enough information on exercise behavior to calculate a refined
expected term based on that information. The risk-free interest rate used in the Black-Scholes calculation is
based on the prevailing
U.S. Treasury yield in effect at the time of grant, commensurate with the expected term. For the expected dividend yield used in the
Black-Scholes
calculation, the Company has never paid any dividends on its common stock and does not anticipate paying dividends on its
common stock in the foreseeable future.
 
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The
following is a summary of the Company’s 2011 Plan and non-Plan stock option activity for the year ended July 31, 2022:
 
 
 
Options
   
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
   
Weighted -
Average Remaining
Contract
(in years)
   
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
($000)
 
Outstanding - July 31, 2021
 
 
3,111,642   
$
3.27   
 
    
 
  
Granted
 
 
748,400   
$
0.90   
 
    
 
         
Exercised
 
 
(130,000)  
$
1.56   
 
    
 
  
Forfeited/Cancelled
 
 
(782,637)  
$
3.80   
 
    
 
  
Outstanding - July 31, 2022
 
 
2,947,405   
$
2.61   
 
8.6   
$
- 
Exercisable - July 31, 2022
 
 
2,170,263   
$
2.91   
 
8.3   
$
- 
 
The
weighted-average grant date fair value of stock options granted during the year ended July 31, 2022 and 2021 was $0.65 and $2.85, respectively.
The total intrinsic value of
options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 was approximately $8,000 and $1.4 million,
respectively.
 
As
of July 31, 2022, the Company has approximately $0.9 million in unrecognized stock-based compensation expense attributable to the outstanding
options, which is expected
to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 0.83 years. The total fair value of shares vested during
the years ended July 31, 2022 and 2021 was approximately $2.1
million and $3.5 million, respectively.
 
Stock-based
compensation expense recorded in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for the year ended July 31, 2022 resulting
from stock options awarded to
the Company’s employees, directors and consultants was approximately $1.4 million. Of the total expense,
$0.7 million was recorded to research and development and $0.7
million was recorded in general and administrative in the Company’s
consolidated statements of operations for the year ended July 31, 2022.
 
Stock-based
compensation expense recorded in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for the year ended July 31, 2021 resulting
from stock options awarded to
the Company’s employees, directors and consultants was approximately $4.4 million. Of the total expense,
$2.6 million was recorded to research and development and $1.8
million was recorded in general and administrative in the Company’s
consolidated statements of operations for the year ended July 31, 2021.
 
Restricted
Stock Units (“RSUs”)
 
For
the year ended July 31, 2022, the Company recorded approximately $0.2 million in stock-based compensation related to RSUs, which is reflected
in the consolidated
statements of operations.
 
For
the year ended July 31, 2021, the Company recorded approximately $0.7 million, in stock-based compensation related to RSUs, which is
reflected in the consolidated
statements of operations.
 
The
following table summarize RSUs issued and outstanding:
 
  
RSUs
   
Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 
Nonvested - July 31, 2021
 
 
442,749   
$
3.24 
Vested
 
 
(83,019)  
$
3.40 
Forfeited/Cancelled
 
 
(300,105)  
$
3.16 
Nonvested - July 31, 2022
 
 
59,625   
$
3.41 
 
As
 of July 31, 2022, there was approximately $0.2 million unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested RSUs. This amount is expected
 to be recognized over a
weighted-average period of 0.87 years.
 
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Shares
Issued to Consultants
 
During
the year ended July 31, 2022, 12,500 shares of common stock valued at approximately $0.04 million were issued to a consultant for services.
The common stock share
values were based on the closing stock price of the Company’s common stock on the date the shares were granted.
 
During
the year ended July 31, 2021, 137,500 shares of common stock valued at approximately $0.5 million were issued to consultants for services.
The common stock share
values were based on the closing stock price of the Company’s common stock on the dates the shares were
granted.
 
2015
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
 
Under
the Company’s 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”), the Company is authorized to issue 50,000 shares of the Company’s
common stock. At July 31, 2022,
there were 26,794 shares remaining available for issuance under the ESPP.
 
The
ESPP is considered a Type B plan under FASB ASC Topic 718 because the number of shares a participant is permitted to purchase is not
fixed based on the stock price at
the beginning of the offering period and the expected withholdings. The ESPP enables the participant
to “buy-up” to the plan’s share limit, if the stock price is lower on the
purchase date. As a result, the fair value
of the awards granted under the ESPP is calculated at the beginning of each offering period as the sum of:
 
 
●
15%
of the share price of an unvested share at the beginning of the offering period,
 
●
85%
of the fair market value of a six-month call on the unvested share aforementioned, and
 
●
15%
of the fair market value of a six-month put on the unvested share aforementioned.
 
The
fair market value of the six-month call and six-month put are based on the Black-Scholes option valuation model.
 
For
the six-month offering period ended on July 31, 2022, the following assumptions were used: six-month maturity, 0.49% risk-free interest,
83.58% volatility, 0% forfeitures
and $0 dividends. For the six-month offering period ended on January 31, 2022, the following assumptions
were used: six-month maturity, 0.05% risk free interest, 72.99%
volatility, 0% forfeitures and $0 dividends.
 
For
the six-month offering period ended July 31, 2021, the following assumptions were used: six-month maturity, 0.07% risk-free interest,
88.03% volatility, 0% forfeitures and
$0 dividends. For the six-month offering period ended January 31, 2021, the following assumptions
were used: six-month maturity, 0.1% risk free interest, 122.84% volatility,
0% forfeitures and $0 dividends.
 
Approximately
$1,800 and $10,300 was recorded as stock-based compensation during the years ended July 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
 
Common
Stock Reserved for Future Issuance
 
The
following table summarizes all common stock reserved for future issuance at July 31, 2022:
 
Common Stock options outstanding (within the 2011 Plan and outside of the terms of the 2011 Plan)
 
 
2,947,405 
Common Stock reserved for restricted stock unit release
 
 
59,625 
Common Stock authorized for future grant under the 2011 Plan
 
 
1,748,639 
Common Stock reserved for warrant exercise
 
 
1,706,190 
Shares issuable under CGP and Sirtex stock purchase agreements (Note 6)
 
 
1,924,001 
Common Stock reserved for future ESPP issuance
 
 
26,794 
Total Common Stock reserved for future issuance
 
 
8,412,654 
 
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Note
8 – Income Taxes
 
The
 FASB Topic on Income Taxes prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute criteria for the financial statement recognition
 and measurement of tax
positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be
more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing
authorities. An uncertain income tax position will not be recognized
if it has less than a 50% likelihood of being sustained. The Company has had no unrecognized tax benefits.
 
The
Company recognizes interest and/or penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense. The Company has not recognized any
interest and/or penalties in the
accompanying consolidated statements of operations for the years ended July 31, 2022 and 2021.
 
The
Company is subject to taxation in the United States, various states and in Australia. The Company’s tax years for 2007 and forward,
2010 and forward and 2017 and
forward are subject to examination by the United States federal tax authorities, California tax authorities
and New Jersey tax authorities, respectively, due to the carry forward
of unutilized net operating losses and research and development
credits.
 
At
 July 31, 2022, the Company had federal, California and New Jersey net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $241 million, $87
 million and $75 million,
respectively. In addition, the Company has federal, California and New Jersey research and development tax credit
carryforwards of approximately $4.4 million, $3.2 million
and $0.2 million, respectively. The Company also has California Hiring Credits
of approximately $9,300. The federal net operating losses incurred in years beginning after
January 1, 2018 in the amount of $138 million
can be carried forward indefinitely. The remaining $103 million of federal net operating loss, research tax credit carryforwards
and
 California and New Jersey net operating loss carryforwards will begin to expire in 2030 unless previously utilized. The California research
 and development credit
carryforwards will carry forward indefinitely until utilized. The Company has foreign net operating loss carryforwards
in Australia of $7.5 million.
 
The
Company has not completed a study to assess whether one or more ownership changes, as defined by IRC Section 382/383 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the “Code”), have occurred since the Company’s formation, due to the complexity and
cost associated with such a study, and the fact that there may be additional
such ownership changes in the future. Based on a preliminary
assessment, the Company believes that ownership changes have occurred. The Company estimates that if such an
ownership change had occurred,
the federal and state net operating loss carry-forwards and research and development tax credits that can be utilized in the future will
be
significantly limited. The Company may never be able to realize the benefit of some or all of the federal and state net loss carryforwards
or research and development tax credit
carryforwards, either due to ongoing operating losses or due to ownership changes, which limits
the usefulness of the loss carryforwards.
 
Set
forth below is the (benefit) provision for income taxes for continuing operations for the years ended July 31:
 
All
figures below are rounded to the nearest thousand
 
2022
   
2021
 
Current:
 
 
     
 
   
Federal
 
$
-   
$
- 
State
 
 
(3,334,000)  
 
(2,412,000)
Foreign
 
 
-   
 
- 
Total
(benefit from) provision for income taxes
 
$
(3,334,000)  
$
(2,412,000)
 
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Significant
components of the Company’s deferred tax assets as of July 31, 2022 and 2021 are listed below:
 
All figures
below are rounded to the nearest thousand
 
2022
   
2021
 
Net operating
loss carryforwards
 
$
63,759,000   
$
56,369,000 
Credits
 
 
7,082,000   
 
5,566,000 
Start-up costs
 
 
14,000   
 
17,000 
Accumulated depreciation
 
 
68,000   
 
74,000 
Option and stock awards
 
 
1,148,000   
 
1,179,000 
Other
 
 
162,000   
 
180,000 
Net deferred tax assets
 
 
72,233,000   
 
63,385,000 
Valuation
allowance for deferred tax assets
 
 
(72,233,000)  
 
(63,385,000)
Net
deferred taxes
 
$
-   
$
- 
 
A
valuation allowance of $72.2 million and $63.4 million at July 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, has been recognized to offset the net
deferred tax assets as realization of such
assets is uncertain. The valuation allowance increased by $8.8 million and increased by $11.8
million for the years ended July 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
 
A
reconciliation of income taxes using the statutory income tax rate, compared to the effective rate, is as follows:
 
 
 
2022
 
 
2021
 
Federal tax benefit
at the expected statutory rate
 
 
21.00%  
 
21.00%
State income tax, net of
federal tax benefit
 
 
7.02%  
 
4.01%
Non-deductible expenses
 
 
0.38%  
 
(1.17)%
Tax impact of stock option
cancellations
 
 
-%  
 
-%
Tax impact of sales of state
net operating losses and credits
 
 
(1.87)% 
 
(1.07)%
Change in valuation allowance
 
 
(19.15)% 
 
(20.05)%
Other
 
 
1.51%  
 
2.35%
Income
tax benefit – effective rate
 
 
8.89%  
 
5.07%
 
Sale
of New Jersey Net Operating Losses
 
In
April 2022, the Company received $3.3 million in net proceeds from the sale of its New Jersey Net Operating Losses under the State of
New Jersey NOL Transfer Program.
 
In
June 2021, the Company received $2.4 million in net proceeds from the sale of its New Jersey Net Operating Losses under the State of
New Jersey NOL Transfer Program.
 
Note
9 – Commitments and Contingencies
 
Contingencies
 
The
Company is not a party to any legal proceeding or aware of any threatened action as of the date of this report.
 
Employment
Agreements
 
The
Company has entered into employment agreements with certain executive officers and certain other key employees. Generally, the terms
of these agreements provide that,
if the Company terminates the officer or employee other than for cause, death or disability, or if
the officer terminates his or her employment with the Company for good cause,
the officer shall be entitled to receive certain severance
compensation and benefits as described in each such agreement.
 
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Note
10 – Leases
 
Lease
Agreements
 
The
Company has operating leases for corporate offices and lab space. These leases have remaining lease terms of approximately one year to
five years, some of which include
options to extend the lease. For any lease where the Company is reasonably certain that a renewal option
will be exercised, the lease payments associated with the renewal
option period are included in the ROU asset and lease liability as
of July 31, 2022.
 
Supplemental
balance sheet information related to leases as of July 31, 2022 and 2021 is as follows:
 
Operating Leases:
 
As of July 31, 2022
   
As of July 31, 2021
 
Operating lease right-of-use assets
 
$
4,665,515   
$
5,445,744 
Operating Leases:
 
 
    
 
  
Current portion included in current liabilities
 
$
1,111,571   
$
845,483 
Long-term portion included in non-current liabilities
 
 
4,126,636   
 
5,238,207 
Total operating lease liabilities
 
$
5,238,207   
$
6,083,690 
 
Supplemental
lease expense related to leases is as follows:
 
 
 
For the Year Ended July
31, 2022
   
For the Year Ended July
31, 2021
 
Operating lease cost
 
$
1,506,546   
$
1,482,956 
Total operating lease cost
 
$
1,506,546   
$
1,482,956 
 
Other
information related to leases where the Company is the lessee is as follows:
 
 
 
As of July 31, 2022
   
As of July 31, 2021
 
Weighted-average remaining lease term
 
 
4.0 years   
 
5.0 years 
Weighted-average discount rate
 
 
9.97% 
 
9.95%
 
Supplemental
cash flow information related to operating leases are as follows:
 
 
 
For the Year Ended July
31, 2022
   
For the Year Ended July
31, 2021
 
Cash paid for operating lease liabilities
 
$
1,543,000   
$
1,272,290 
Total cash flows related to operating lease liabilities
 
$
1,543,000   
$
1,272,290 
 
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Future
minimum lease payments under non-cancellable leases as of July 31, 2022 is as follows:
 
Years ending July 31,
 
  
2023
 
$
1,585,224 
2024
 
 
1,539,142 
2025
 
 
1,516,126 
2026
 
 
1,533,882 
2027
 
 
240,688 
Total minimum lease payments
 
 
6,415,062 
Less: Imputed interest
 
 
(1,176,855)
Total
 
$
5,238,207 
 
Note
11 – 401(k) Plan
 
Effective
 May 15, 2012, the Company adopted a defined contribution savings plan pursuant to Section 401(k) of the Code. The plan is for the benefit
 of all qualifying
employees and permits voluntary contributions by employees of up to 100% of eligible compensation, subject to the maximum
limits imposed by Internal Revenue Service.
The terms of the plan allow for discretionary employer contributions and the Company currently
matches 100% of its employees’ contributions, up to 3% of their annual
compensation. The Company’s contributions are recorded
as expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. The Company’s contributions are recorded as
expense in the
accompanying consolidated statements of operations and totaled approximately $176,000 and $149,000 for the years ended July 31, 2022
and 2021.
 
Note
12 – Related Party Transactions
 
Except
as disclosed elsewhere herein, below are the Company’s related party transactions for the years ended July 31, 2022 and 2021.
 
Equity
Offerings
 
During
the year ended July 31, 2021, shares of common stock issued to third party investors related to warrant exercises totaled 1,389,261.
On April 16, 2021, in accordance
with their Stock Purchase Agreements, CGP and Sirtex exercised their rights to purchase additional shares
of common stock at a purchase price equal to the same exercise price
paid by each warrant holder in order to maintain their respective
ownership percentages of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company upon the Closing. The
Company issued 1,409,838 shares
of common stock to CGP at an exercise price of $3.45 per share, resulting in gross proceeds of approximately $4.8 million. The Company
issued 281,968 shares of common stock to Sirtex at an exercise price of $3.45 per share, resulting in gross proceeds of approximately
$1.0 million.
 
On
January 25, 2021, the Company completed the offer and sale of an aggregate of 7,711,284 shares of its common stock at a purchase price
of $5.45 per share in a public
offering (see Note 6). CGP and Sirtex participated in the offering. Each of CGP and Sirtex exercised its
right of participation in future offerings in order to maintain respective
ownership percentages of the outstanding shares of common
 stock of the Company upon the Closing, and purchased 3,389,198 and 677,839 shares of common stock,
respectively, at a purchase price
of $5.45 per share.
 
On
August 19, 2020, the Company completed the offer and sale of an aggregate of 4,608,589 shares of its common stock at a purchase price
of $3.25 per share in a registered
direct offering (see Note 6). CGP and Sirtex participated in the registered direct offering and maintained
their respective ownership percentages of the outstanding shares of
common stock of the Company upon the Closing, and purchased 1,999,000
and 399,800 shares of common stock, respectively, at a purchase price of $3.25 per share.
 
F-24

 
 
Co-Promotion
Agreement
 
In
January 2021, the Company entered into a co-promotion agreement with Sirtex, pursuant to which the Company granted Sirtex the option
to co-promote TAVO™-EP for the
treatment of anti-PD-1 refractory locally advanced or metastatic melanoma in the U.S.,
including its territories and possessions. In consideration for the option, the Company
received an upfront, non-refundable payment
of $5.0
million from Sirtex (the “option fee”). The option to co-promote is non-exclusive and may be exercised at any time by
Sirtex from the effective date until 90 days following the receipt by Sirtex of a complete copy of the final BLA filed by the
Company with the FDA (the “option period”). If
Sirtex exercises the option, the Company will receive an additional
non-refundable and non-creditable option exercise fee of $25.0
million, comprised of $20.0
million in cash,
and $5.0
million for the issuance of common shares of the Company determined by the average closing price of the stock for the 30 days prior
to the date of receipt of the
exercise notice for the option.
 
Under
the terms of the co-promotion agreement, if Sirtex exercises the co-promote option, the Company will pay to Sirtex a high-teens to low-twenties
royalty (“promotion
fee”) of U.S. net sales of the TAVO™ products. The co-promotion agreement will continue until the
earlier of the expiration of the option period without Sirtex extending the
option or the eighth anniversary of the first FDA approval
of the BLA, and can be extended by mutual agreement between the Company and Sirtex. During the co-promotion
term, the Company is responsible
for funding approximately two-thirds of the promotional costs incurred by Sirtex and Sirtex shall be responsible for approximately one-third.
 
The
Company has determined that the co-promotion agreement represents a funded research and development arrangement within the scope of ASC
Subtopic 730-20, Research
and Development—Research and Development Arrangements (ASC 730-20). The Company concluded that there
has not been a substantive and genuine transfer of risk related
to the co-promotion agreement and the Company’s ongoing development
of TAVO™-EP as there is a presumption that the Company is obligated to repay Sirtex based on the
significant related party relationship
that exists between the parties. This significant related party relationship is based on Sirtex’s approximate 8% ownership of the
outstanding
shares of the Company’s common stock, and that of its significant equity holder, CGP (which owns 49% of Sirtex), which,
at the time of entering into the agreement, owned
approximately 42% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock and
is the Company’s largest shareholder.
 
The
Company has determined that the appropriate accounting treatment under ASC 730-20 is to record any proceeds received from Sirtex for
the co-promote option or upon
exercise of the option as cash and cash equivalents as the Company has the ability to direct the usage
of funds, and as a corresponding long-term liability (“Liability under co-
promotion agreement – related party”) on
the Company’s consolidated balance sheet when received. The liability will remain on the balance sheet until (i) Sirtex exercises
the
option which results in royalties paid by the Company to Sirtex based on the net sales of the TAVO™ products, or (ii) Sirtex
does not exercise the option and the co-promotion
agreement is terminated by the parties.
 
As
of July 31, 2022, the balance of the Liability under co-promotion agreement – related party relates to the option fee payment of
$5.0 million received from Sirtex.
 
Note
13 – Nasdaq Deficiency Notices
 
On
June 2, 2022, the Company received notice (the “Notice”) from the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) that the
Company is not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule
5550(a)(2), as the minimum bid price of its common stock had been below $1.00 per
share for 30 consecutive business days as of the date of the Notice. The Notice had no
immediate effect on the listing of the Company’s
common stock, which continues to trade at this time on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “ONCS.”
 
In
accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company has a period of 180 calendar days, or until November 29, 2022, to regain
compliance with the minimum
bid price requirement. To regain compliance, the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock must
meet or exceed $1.00 per share for at least ten consecutive business
days during this 180 calendar day period. In the event the Company
does not regain compliance by November 29, 2022, it may be eligible for an additional 180 calendar day
grace period if the Company meets
the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares ($1 million) and all other initial listing standards for the
Nasdaq
Capital Market, with the exception of the minimum bid price, and the Company provides written notice to Nasdaq of its intention
to cure the deficiency during the second
compliance period by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. If the Company does not
regain compliance within the allotted compliance period(s), Nasdaq will provide
notice that the Company’s common stock will be
subject to delisting from the Nasdaq Capital Market. In that event, the Company may appeal such delisting determination to a
hearings
panel.
 
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The
Company is currently evaluating its alternatives to resolve the listing deficiency. To the extent that the Company is unable to resolve
the listing deficiency, there is a risk
that its common stock may be delisted from Nasdaq, which would adversely impact liquidity of
the Company’s common stock and potentially result in even lower bid prices for
its common stock.
 
On
November 29, 2021, the Company notified Nasdaq that Robert E. Ward had resigned as a member of the Board of Directors and the Company’s
Audit Committee, as
disclosed on the Company’s Current Report filed on Form 8-K on November 30, 2021. After giving effect to Mr.
Ward’s resignation, the Company’s Audit Committee no
longer consisted of three independent members as required by Nasdaq
Listing Rule 5605(c)(2)(A).
 
On
December 8, 2021, the Company received a letter from Nasdaq noting that it no longer complied with the requirement of Listing Rule 5605.
The letter also acknowledged
that the Listing Rules provide a cure period in order for the Company to regain compliance until the earlier
of the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders or November
23, 2022.
 
On
June 9, 2022, the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Joon Kim, an incumbent independent director, to the Audit Committee. On June 13, 2022,
Nasdaq confirmed that the
Company had regained compliance under Listing Rule 5605.
 
Note
14 – Subsequent Events
 
Except
as disclosed elsewhere herein, below are the Company’s subsequent events.
 
On September 6, 2022, the Company
entered in an agreement with Mountain View Office Park LLC for office space at Mountain View Office Park, Building 820, Suite 200, in
Ewing, New Jersey. The lease is estimated to commence on January 1, 2023 and expire on December 31, 2025, with an option to renew for
one additional three-year term.
Estimated future commitments for fixed rental payments total $0.3 million.
 
On October 2, 2022, the
Company’s Board of Directors authorized a restructuring plan (the “Restructuring Plan”) that is designed to
prioritize clinical activities in melanoma to
reduce operating expenses while advancing our lead product candidate, TAVO™-EP,
toward near-term data milestones in connection with the KEYNOTE-695 clinical trial. As
part of the Restructuring Plan, the Company
restructured its internal operations and reduced its workforce by approximately 45%,
or approximately 18 employees.
 
The Company currently estimates
that it will incur charges of approximately $750,000 to $800,000 in connection with the Restructuring Plan, consisting primarily of cash
expenditures for employee transition, notice period and severance payments, retention bonus payments, and related costs as well as non-cash
expenses related to vesting of
share-based awards. The Company expects that the majority of the restructuring charges will be incurred
in the fourth calendar quarter of 2022 and first calendar quarter of
2023, and that the execution of the Restructuring Plan will be substantially
complete by the second calendar quarter of 2023.
 
The charges that the Company
expects to incur in connection with the Restructuring Plan are estimates and subject to a number of assumptions, and actual results may
differ
materially. The foregoing estimated amounts do not include any non-cash charges associated with stock-based compensation. The Company
expects to operationalize additional
cost reduction actions that will include other incremental cost reduction actions unrelated to workforce
reductions.
 
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ITEM
16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY
 
The
Company has elected not to provide summary information.
 
EXHIBIT
INDEX
 
Exhibit
Number
 
Description
of Exhibit
    
3.1
 
Articles of Incorporation of OncoSec Medical Incorporated, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 on our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on
October 25, 2017).
    
3.2
 
Certificate of Change to amend the Articles of Incorporation of OncoSec Medical Incorporated, as filed with the Nevada Secretary of State on May 20, 2019
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 on our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on May 20, 2019).
    
3.3
 
Certificate of Change to amend the Articles of Incorporation of OncoSec Medical Incorporated, as filed with the Nevada Secretary of State on September 6,
2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 on our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on October 25, 2019).
    
3.4*  Amended and Restated Bylaws of OncoSec Medical Incorporated.
    
3.5
 
Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of OncoSec Medical Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 on
our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on May 29, 2020).
    
4.1
 
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 7, 2020, by and between OncoSec Medical Incorporated and Grand Decade Developments Limited
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 on our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 10, 2020).
    
4.2
 
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 7, 2020, by and between OncoSec Medical Incorporated and Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 on our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 10, 2020).
    
4.3  Description of Securities of OncoSec Medical Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 on our Form 10-K, filed on October 29, 2021).
    
10.1†
 
Cross-License Agreement, dated March 24, 2011 by and between OncoSec Medical Incorporated and Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.2 on our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed on June 14, 2011).
    
10.2#  Form of Indemnification Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 on our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on October 30, 2015).
    
10.3†
 
Clinical Trial Collaboration and Supply Agreement, dated as of May 10, 2017, by and between the Company and MSD International GmbH (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.11 on our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on October 25, 2017).
    
10.4#
 
OncoSec Medical Incorporated 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, dated January 12, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of our
Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 12, 2018).
    
10.5
 
Assignment of Lease, dated March 9, 2018, by and between OncoSec Medical Incorporated and Vividion Therapeutics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 of our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on March 22, 2018).
    
10.6
 
Sublease, dated March 9, 2018, by and between OncoSec Medical Incorporated and Vividion Therapeutics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed on June 13, 2018).
 
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10.7
 
Clinical Trial Collaboration and Supply Agreement between OncoSec Medical Incorporated and Merck dated May 7, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.5 of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed on June 13, 2018).
    
10.8
 
Lease Agreement, dated February 14, 2018, between OncoSec Medical Incorporated and Mawlt Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 on our
Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on October 19, 2018).
    
10.9
 
OncoSec Medical Incorporated Change in Control Plan, effective as of June 7, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of our Current Report on Form 8-
K, filed on June 10, 2019).
    
10.10
 
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 31, 2018, between OncoSec Medical Incorporated and Alpha Holdings, Inc. (incorporate by reference to Exhibit
10.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 31, 2018).
    
10.11  Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on October 11,
2019).
    
10.12  Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on October 11,
2019).
    
10.13  Stockholder Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on October 11, 2019).
    
10.14  Stockholder Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on October 11, 2019).
    
10.15  License Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on October
11, 2019).
    
10.16  Service Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on October 11,
2019).
    
10.17  Lease Agreement, dated November 20, 2019, between OncoSec Medical Incorporated and 3535/3565 General Atomics Court, LLC (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.1 of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed on December 13, 2019).
    
10.18  Amendment Agreement, dated as of November 26, 2019, by and between OncoSec Medical Incorporated and Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc., (incorporated
by refence to Exhibit 10.2 of our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on November 26, 2019).Amendment Agreement, dated as of November 26,
2019, by and between OncoSec Medical Incorporated and Grand Decade Developments Limited, (incorporated by refence to Exhibit 10.1 of our Current Report
on Form 8-K, filed on November 26, 2019).
    
10.19  Amendment Agreement, dated as of November 26, 2019, by and between OncoSec Medical Incorporated and Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc., (incorporated
by refence to Exhibit 10.2 of our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on November 26, 2019).
    
10.20  Separation Agreement between OncoSec Medical Incorporated and Mr. O’Connor, dated June 24, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of our Current
Report on Form 8-K, filed on June 24, 2021).
    
10.21  Separation Agreement between OncoSec Medical Incorporated and Mr. Leuthner, dated August 13, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of our
Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on August 16, 2021).
 
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10.22#  Executive Employment Agreement between OncoSec Medical Incorporated and Robert H. Arch, dated April 28, 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1
of our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on April 29, 2022).
    
10.23#  Offer Letter between OncoSec Medical Incorporated and George Chi, dated January 28, 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of our Current Report
on Form 8-K, filed on February 22, 2022).
    
21.1  Subsidiaries of the registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, filed on November 28, 2017).
    
23.1*  Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.
    
24.1*  Power of Attorney (Included on the signature page hereto).
    
31.1*  Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
    
31.2*  Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
    
32.1**  Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
    
32.2**  Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
    
101.INS*  Inline
XBRL Instant 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 Linkbase Document
    
101.LAB*  Inline
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
    
101.PRE*  Inline
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
    
104*  Cover
Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).
 
*
Filed herewith.
**
Furnished herewith.
#
Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
†
Confidential treatment has been granted or requested with respect to portions of this exhibit pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and these
confidential portions have been redacted from the filing that is incorporated by reference. A complete
copy of this exhibit, including the redacted terms, has been separately
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
 
 
ONCOSEC
MEDICAL INCORPORATED
 
 
 
 
By: /s/
Robert H. Arch, Ph.D.
Date:
October 31, 2022
 
Robert
H. Arch, Ph.D.
 
 
President
and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
(Principal
Executive Officer)
 
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
 
KNOW
ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Robert H. Arch and George Chi,
jointly and
severally, his or her attorney-in-fact, with the power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign
any amendments to this Annual Report on Form 10-K and to
file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each
of said attorneys-in-fact, or his or her substitute
or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
registrant in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
SIGNATURE
 
TITLE
 
DATE
 
 
 
 
 
/s/
Robert H. Arch, Ph.D.
 
President,
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal
Executive Officer)
 
October
31, 2022
Robert
H. Arch, Ph.D.
   
 
 
 
   
 
 
/s/
George Chi
 
Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial Officer)
 
October
31, 2022
George
Chi
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/
Dr. Linda Shi, MD, PH.D.
 
Director,
Chair of the Board
 
October
31, 2022
Dr. Linda
Shi, MD, PH.D.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/
Stephany Foster
 
Director
 
October
31, 2022
Stephany
Foster
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/
Joon Kim
 
Director
 
October
31, 2022
Joon
Kim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/
Herbert Kim Lyerly
 
Director
 
October
31, 2022
Dr. Herbert
Kim Lyerly
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/
Kevin R. Smith
 
Director
 
October
31, 2022
Kevin
R. Smith
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/
Chao Zhou
 
Director
 
October
31, 2022
Chao
Zhou
 
 
 
 
 
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Exhibit
3.4
 
AMENDED
AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
ONCOSEC
MEDICAL INCORPORATED
 
 

 
 
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
 
 
 
Page
 
 
 
ARTICLE
1
OFFICES
1
Section
1.1
Principal
Office
1
Section
1.2
Other
Offices
1
ARTICLE
2
STOCKHOLDERS’
MEETINGS
1
Section
2.1
Place
of Meetings
1
Section
2.2
Annual
Meetings
1
Section
2.3
Special
Meetings
2
Section
2.4
Notice
of Meetings
2
Section
2.5
Quorum
and Voting
2
Section
2.6
Voting
Rights
3
Section
2.7
Voting
Procedures and Inspectors of Elections
3
Section
2.8
Stockholder
Proposals at Annual Meetings
4
Section
2.9
Nominations
of Persons for Election to the Board of Directors
5
Section
2.10
Action
Without Meeting
6
Section
2.11
Fixing
of Record Date
6
ARTICLE
3
DIRECTORS
7
Section
3.1
Election,
Qualification, Number and Term of Office
7
Section
3.2
Powers
7
Section
3.3
Vacancies
7
Section
3.4
Resignations
and Removals
7
Section
3.5
Meetings
8
Section
3.6
Quorum
and Voting
8
Section
3.7
Action
Without Meeting
9
Section
3.8
Fees
and Compensation
9
Section
3.9
Committees
9
ARTICLE
4
OFFICERS
10
Section
4.1
Officers
Designated
10
Section
4.2
Tenure
and Duties of Officers
10
 
 

 
 
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
(continued)
 
 
 
Page
 
 
 
ARTICLE
5
EXECUTION
OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS, AND VOTING OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION
11
Section
5.1
Execution
of Corporate Instruments
11
Section
5.2
Voting
of Securities Owned by Corporation
11
ARTICLE
6
SHARES
OF STOCK
12
Section
6.1
Form
and Execution of Certificates
12
Section
6.2
Lost
Certificates
12
Section
6.3
Transfers
12
Section
6.4
Registered
Stockholders
12
ARTICLE
7
OTHER
SECURITIES OF THE CORPORATION
12
ARTICLE
8
INDEMNIFICATION
OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS
13
Section
8.1
Right
to Indemnification
13
Section
8.2
Authority
to Advance Expenses
13
Section
8.3
Right
of Claimant to Bring Suit
13
Section
8.4
Provisions
Nonexclusive
14
Section
8.5
Authority
to Insure
14
Section
8.6
Enforcement
of Rights
14
Section
8.7
Survival
of Rights
14
Section
8.8
Settlement
of Claims
14
Section
8.9
Effect
of Amendment
14
Section
8.10
Subrogation
14
Section
8.11
No
Duplication of Payments
15
Section
8.12
Saving
Clause
15
ARTICLE
9
NOTICES
15
ARTICLE
10
AMENDMENTS
16
ARTICLE
11
MISCELLANEOUS
16
Section
11.1
Corporate
Seal
16
Section
11.2
Books
16
Section
11.3
Fiscal
Year
16
Section
11.4
Certain
Acquisitions by Fiduciaries
16
 
 

 
 
AMENDED
AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
ONCOSEC
MEDICAL INCORPORATED
 
ARTICLE
1
 
OFFICES
 
Section
1.1 Principal Office.
 
The
principal offices of OncoSec Medical Incorporated (the “Corporation”) shall be located at such place as the Board of Directors
may from time to time determine.
 
Section
1.2 Other Offices.
 
The
Corporation may also have offices at such other places, either within or without the State of Nevada, as the Board of Directors may from
time to time determine or
the business of the Corporation may require.
 
ARTICLE
2
 
STOCKHOLDERS’
MEETINGS
 
Section
2.1 Place of Meetings.
 
(a)
All meetings of stockholders shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of Nevada, as shall be designated from time
to time by the Board of
Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine
that the meeting shall not be held at any place, but may instead be
held solely by means of remote communication as authorized by paragraph
(b) of this Section 2.1.
 
(b)
If authorized by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board of Directors
may adopt, stockholders and
proxyholders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote communication:
 
(1)
Participate in a meeting of stockholders; and
 
(2)
Be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely
by means of remote
communication, provided that (A) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed
present and permitted to vote at the meeting by
means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxyholder, (B) the Corporation shall
implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxyholders a
reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and
to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the
meeting substantially
 concurrently with such proceedings, and (C) if any stockholder or proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of
 remote
communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.
 
(c)
 For purposes of these Bylaws, “remote communication” shall include electronic communications, videoconferencing, teleconferencing
 or other available
technology which allows the stockholders to communicate simultaneously or sequentially.
 
Section
2.2 Annual Meetings.
 
The
annual meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation, for the purpose of election of directors and for such other business as may lawfully
come before it, shall
be held on such date and at such time as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated
in the notice of meeting.
 
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Section
2.3 Special Meetings.
 
Special
meetings of the stockholders may be called for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by the Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”)
or by the
Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended (the “Articles of Incorporation”), by the Chairman of
the Board, the President or the Board of Directors at any time.
Only such business shall be brought before a special meeting of stockholders
as shall have been specified in the notice of such meeting.
 
Section
2.4 Notice of Meetings.
 
(a)
Except as otherwise provided by the NRS or the Articles of Incorporation, written notice of each meeting of stockholders, specifying
(i) the place, if any, date and
hour and, for a special meeting, the purpose or purposes of the meeting, (ii) the means of remote communication,
if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be
deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and (iii) the record date
for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting, shall be
delivered or mailed not less than 10 nor
more than 60 days before the date of such meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat.
 
(b)
When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be delivered of the adjourned meeting if the place, if any, date
and hour thereof, and the
means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in
person and vote at such adjourned meeting, are announced at
the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, unless after the adjournment
a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, in which event a notice of the adjourned
meeting shall be given to each stockholder
of record entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 60 days, the Board of Directors shall
set a new record date and notice of the adjourned meeting shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the adjourned
meeting.
 
(c)
Notice of the date, time, place (if any) and purpose of any meeting of stockholders may be waived in writing, either before or after
such meeting, and, to the extent
permitted by law, will be waived by any stockholder by his attendance thereat, in person or by proxy.
 
(d)
Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the
Corporation under any
provision of the NRS, the Articles of Incorporation, or these Bylaws shall be effective if given by a form of electronic
transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the
notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written
notice to the Corporation. Any such consent shall be deemed revoked if (i) the Corporation is
unable to deliver by electronic transmission
two consecutive notices given by the Corporation in accordance with such consent, and (ii) such inability becomes known to the
Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or to the transfer agent or other person responsible for the giving of notice; provided,
however, that the inadvertent failure
to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action. Notice
given in the form of electronic transmission shall be deemed given when (1) it
enters an information processing system that the recipient
has designated or uses for the purpose of receiving electronic transmissions or information of the type being sent, and
(2) it is in
a form ordinarily capable of being processed by that system. An affidavit of the Secretary or of the transfer agent or any other agent
of the Corporation that the notice
has been given by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie
evidence of the facts stated therein. For purposes of these Bylaws, “electronic
transmission” means any form or process of
communication not directly involving the physical transfer of paper or another tangible medium which (A) is suitable for the
retention,
retrieval and reproduction of information by the recipient and (B) is retrievable and reproducible in paper form by such a recipient
through an automated process used
in conventional commercial practice.
 
Section
2.5 Quorum and Voting.
 
(a)
The holders of a majority of the shares of capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented
by proxy (regardless of
whether the proxy has authority to vote on each matter at such meeting), shall constitute a quorum at any meeting
of stockholders for the transaction of business, except as
otherwise provided by the NRS or by the Articles of Incorporation. In the
absence of a quorum, any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned, from time to time, by vote of
the holders of a majority of the shares
represented thereat, but no other business shall be transacted at such meeting. The stockholders present at a duly called or convened
meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders
to leave less than a quorum.
At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or represented, any business may be transacted which
might have been transacted at the original meeting.
 
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(b)
When a quorum is present at any meeting of the stockholders, an action by the stockholders is approved if the number of votes cast in
favor of the action exceeds
the number of votes cast in opposition to the action, unless the action is one upon which, by express provision
of applicable law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws
(including, without limitation, Section 3.1 and Section 3.6(e)), a different
vote is required, in which, case such express provision shall govern and control the vote required to
approve such action. For purposes
of these Bylaws, a share present at a meeting, but for which there is an abstention or as to which a stockholder gives no authority or
direction
as to a particular proposal or director nominee, shall be counted as present for the purpose of establishing a quorum but shall
not be counted as a vote cast.
 
Section
2.6 Voting Rights.
 
(a)
Every stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person, or by proxy appointed by a writing subscribed by such
stockholder or by his or her
duly authorized attorney; provided, however, that no such proxy shall be valid after the expiration of six
(6) months from the date of its execution, unless coupled with an
interest, or unless the person executing it specifies therein the length
of time for which it is to continue in force, which in no case shall exceed seven (7) years from the date of
its execution. If such instrument
or record shall designate two (2) or more persons to act as proxies, unless such instrument shall provide the contrary, a majority of
such persons
present at any meeting at which their powers thereunder are to be exercised shall have and may exercise all the powers of
voting, giving consents or exercising a right of dissent
in writing thereby conferred, or if only one (1) be present, then such powers
may be exercised by that one (1). Unless required by the NRS or determined by the Chairman of
the meeting to be advisable, the vote on
any matter need not be by written ballot. No stockholder shall have cumulative voting rights.
 
(b)
For purposes of this Section 2.6, “writing” means any information in the form of a record that is inscribed on any tangible
medium, including without limitation
any written instrument or any information that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is
retrievable in paper form through an automated process used in conventional
commercial practice. Any copy, communication by electronic
transmission or other reliable reproduction of such writing may be substituted for the original writing for any
purpose for which the
original writing could be used, if the copy, communication by electronic transmission or other reproduction is a complete reproduction
of the entire
original writing.
 
(c)
Except as otherwise provided by law, only persons in whose names shares entitled to vote stand on the stock records of the Corporation
on the record date for
determining the stockholders entitled to vote at said meeting shall be entitled to vote at such meeting. Shares
standing in the names of two or more persons shall be voted or
represented in accordance with the determination of the majority of such
persons, or, if only one of such persons is present in person or represented by proxy, such person shall
have the right to vote such
shares and such shares shall be deemed to be represented for the purpose of determining a quorum.
 
Section
2.7 Voting Procedures and Inspectors of Elections.
 
(a)
The Corporation shall, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written
report thereof. The
Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act.
If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of
stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting shall appoint one or more
inspectors to act at the meeting.
 
(b)
The inspectors shall (i) ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, (ii) determine the shares represented
at a meeting and the validity
of proxies and ballots, (iii) count all votes and ballots, (iv) determine and retain for a reasonable period
a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination
by the inspectors, and (v) certify their determination of the
number of shares represented at the meeting and their count of all votes and ballots. The inspectors may appoint or
retain other persons
or entities to assist the inspectors in the performance of the duties of the inspectors.
 
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(c)
In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots, the inspectors shall be limited to an examination of the proxies, any
envelopes submitted with those
proxies, any information provided in accordance with Sections 78.350, 78.352 and 78.355 of the NRS, ballots
and the regular books and records of the Corporation, except that
the inspectors may consider other reliable information for the limited
purpose of reconciling proxies and ballots submitted by or on behalf of banks, brokers, their nominees or
similar persons which represent
more votes than the holder of a proxy is authorized by the record owner to cast or more votes than the stockholder holds of record. If
the
inspectors consider other reliable information for the limited purpose permitted herein, the inspectors at the time they make their
certification pursuant to this section shall
specify the precise information considered by them including the person or persons from
whom they obtained the information, when the information was obtained, the means
by which the information was obtained and the basis
for the inspectors’ belief that such information is accurate and reliable.
 
Section
2.8 Stockholder Proposals at Annual Meetings.
 
At
an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting.
To be properly brought before
an annual meeting, business must be (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto)
given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (b) otherwise
properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the
Board of Directors, or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder. The foregoing
clause (c) shall be the exclusive
means for a stockholder to propose business (other than business included in the Corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to Rule
14a-8 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) at an annual meeting of stockholders.
 
In
addition to any other applicable requirements for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, whether
or not the stockholder is
seeking to have a proposal included in the Corporation’s proxy statement or information statement under
Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, the stockholder must have given
timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation.
To be timely, in the case of a stockholder seeking to have a proposal included in the Corporation’s proxy
statement or information
statement, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to the Secretary at the Corporation’s principal executive offices not
less than 120 days or more than
180 days prior to the first anniversary of the date on which the Corporation first mailed its proxy materials
(or, in the absence of proxy materials, its notice of meeting) for the
previous year’s annual meeting of stockholders. However,
if the Corporation did not hold an annual meeting the previous year, or if the date of the annual meeting is advanced
more than 30 days
prior to or delayed by more than 30 days after the anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, then to be timely, notice
by the stockholder must be
delivered to the Secretary at the Corporation’s principal executive offices not later than the close
of business on the later of (i) the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or (ii)
the 15th day following the day
on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. If the stockholder is not seeking inclusion of the proposal in
the
Corporation’s proxy statement or information statement, timely notice consists of a stockholder’s notice delivered to
or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of
the Corporation not less than 90 days prior to the date of the annual meeting.
In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement
thereof commence a new time period for the
 giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. Other than with respect to stockholder proposals relating to director
nomination(s),
which requirements are set forth in Section 2.9 below, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter
the stockholder proposes to bring
before the annual meeting (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the
annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual
meeting, (ii) the name and record address of the stockholder
proposing such business, (iii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by
the stockholder, (iv)
any material interest of the stockholder in such business, (v) as to the stockholder giving the notice and any Stockholder Associated
Person (as defined
below) or any member of such stockholder’s immediate family sharing the same household, whether and the extent
to which any hedging or other transaction or series of
transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement,
arrangement or understanding (including, but not limited to, any short position or any borrowing
or lending of shares of stock) has been
made, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss or increase profit to or manage the risk or benefit of stock price changes for,
or to
increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder, such Stockholder Associated Person or family member with respect to
any share of stock of the Corporation (each, a
“Relevant Hedge Transaction”), and (vi) as to the stockholder giving the notice
and any Stockholder Associated Person or any member of such stockholder’s immediate family
sharing the same household, to the extent
not set forth pursuant to the immediately preceding clause, (A) whether and the extent to which such stockholder, Stockholder
Associated
Person or family member has direct or indirect beneficial ownership of any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation
right, or similar right with an
exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class
or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument or
right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class
or series of capital stock of the Corporation or otherwise, or any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share
in any profit
derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation (a “Derivative Instrument”), (B) any rights
to dividends on the shares of the
Corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder, Stockholder Associated Person or family member
 that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the
Corporation, (C) any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation
or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such
stockholder, Stockholder Associated
Person or family member is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner and (D) any
performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such stockholder, Stockholder Associated Person or family member is entitled
to based on any increase or decrease
in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such
notice (which information shall be supplemented by such stockholder and
beneficial owner, if any, not later than 10 days after the record
date for the meeting to disclose such ownership as of the record date).
 
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For
purposes of this Section 2.8 and Section 2.9, “Stockholder Associated Person” of any stockholder shall mean (i) any person
controlling or controlled by, directly or
indirectly, or acting in concert with, such stockholder, (ii) any beneficial owner of shares
of stock of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by such stockholder and
(iii) any person controlling, controlled by or under
common control with such Stockholder Associated Person.
 
Notwithstanding
anything in the Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at the annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures
set forth in this
Section 2.8, provided, however, that nothing in this Section 2.8 shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any stockholder
of any business properly brought before the annual
meeting in accordance with said procedure.
The
chairman of an annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought
before the meeting in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.8, and if he should so determine he shall so declare to the meeting,
and any such business not properly brought before the
meeting shall not be transacted.
 
Nothing
in this Section 2.8 shall affect the right of a stockholder to request inclusion of a proposal in the Corporation’s proxy statement
or information statement
pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
 
Section
2.9 Nominations of Persons for Election to the Board of Directors.
 
In
 addition to any other applicable requirements, only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible
 for election as
directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be made at a meeting
of stockholders (i) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of
meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of
the Board of Directors, (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or by any nominating committee
or person appointed by
the Board of Directors, (iii) by Grand Decade Developments Limited, a British Virgin Islands limited company and a wholly owned subsidiary
of China
Grand Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Holdings Limited (“GDD”), in accordance with GDD’s right to nominate
two members of the Board of Directors as well as up to two
independent directors at the time any independent director serving on the
Board of Directors as of October 8, 2019 ceases to serve as a director of the Corporation for any
reason, in each case pursuant to the
GDD Stockholders Agreement, (iv) by Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Sirtex”), in accordance
with Sirtex’s
right to nominate one member of the Board of Directors pursuant to the Sirtex Stockholders Agreement, or (v) by any
stockholder of the Corporation entitled to vote for the
election of directors at the meeting who complies with the notice procedures
set forth in this Section 2.9. The foregoing clauses (iii) and (iv) shall no longer be applicable at any
time GDD, Sirtex and their affiliates
 collectively own less than 4,800,000 shares of the Corporation’s common stock (as shall be proportionally adjusted due to any
reorganization,
recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other substantially similar transaction (a “Recapitalization”)).
A stockholder
who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.9 is permitted to present the nomination at
the meeting of stockholders but, other than nominees of GDD and
Sirtex, is not entitled to have a nominee included in the Corporation’s
proxy statement in the absence of an applicable rule of the SEC requiring the Corporation to include a
director nomination made by a
stockholder in the Corporation’s proxy statement or information statement.
 
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Such
nominations, other than those made by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing
to the Secretary of the
Corporation. To be timely, such notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive
offices of the Corporation not less than 90 days prior to the date of
the annual meeting. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement
of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a
stockholder’s notice as described
above. The stockholder’s notice relating to director nomination(s) shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes
to
nominate for election or re-election as a director, (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (ii)
the principal occupation or employment of the
person, (iii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially
owned by the person, and (iv) any other information relating to the person that is required
to be disclosed in solicitations for proxies
for election of directors pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act; (b) as to the stockholder giving the notice, (i) the name
and record address of the stockholder, and (ii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by the
stockholder; (c) as to the stockholder
giving the notice and any Stockholder Associated Person (as defined in Section 2.8), to the extent
not set forth pursuant to the immediately preceding clause, whether and the
extent to which any Relevant Hedge Transaction (as defined
 in Section 2.8) has been entered into, and (d) as to the stockholder giving the notice and any Stockholder
Associated Person, (i) whether
and the extent to which any Derivative Instrument (as defined in Section 2 8) is directly or indirectly beneficially owned, any rights
to dividends
on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder that are separated or separable from the underlying
shares of the Corporation, any proportionate
interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly,
by a general or limited partnership in which such stockholder is a general partner or,
directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest
in a general partner and (iv) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such stockholder is entitled to
based
on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice,
including without limitation any such
interests held by members of such stockholder’s immediate family sharing the same household
(which information shall be supplemented by such stockholder and beneficial
owner, if any, not later than ten (10) days after the record
date for the meeting to disclose such ownership as of the record date). The Corporation may require any proposed
nominee to furnish such
other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as
a director of the
Corporation. No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance
with the procedures set forth herein. These provisions shall
not apply to nomination of any persons entitled to be separately elected
by GDD, Sirtex or holders of preferred stock.
 
The
Chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance
with the foregoing
procedure, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be
disregarded.
 
Section
2.10 Action Without Meeting.
 
The
stockholders of the Corporation may not act by written consent.
 
Section
2.11 Fixing of Record Date.
 
In
order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment
thereof, the Board of
Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing
the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which
record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the
date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining
stockholders entitled to
notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day before the day on which notice is given,
or, if notice is
waived, at the close of business on the day before the date on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders
of record entitled notice of or to vote at a meeting of
stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however,
that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting; provided,
further, that if the adjournment is for more
than 60 days, the Board of Directors shall set a new record date and notice of the adjourned meeting shall be delivered to each
stockholder
of record entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting.
 
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ARTICLE
3
 
DIRECTORS
 
Section
3.1 Election, Qualification, Number and Term of Office.
 
(a)
The number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed at seven (7) until changed by amendment of the Articles of Incorporation or
by a Bylaw amending this
Section 3.1 duly adopted by the vote of holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote at such meeting
or by the Board of Directors, subject to Section 3.6(e). The exact
number of directors shall be fixed from time to time, within the limits
specified in the Articles of Incorporation or in this Section 3.1, exclusively by the Board of Directors, but
subject to Section 3.6(e).
Elected directors shall hold office until the next annual meeting and until their successors shall be duly elected and qualified. Directors
need not be
residents of Nevada or stockholders of the Corporation. In no case will a decrease in the number of directors shorten the
term of any incumbent director.
 
(b)
Except as provided in Section 3.3 of this Article 3 and in Section 2.9, the directors shall be elected by a plurality vote of the votes
cast and entitled to vote on the
election of directors at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present.
 
Section
3.2 Powers.
 
The
business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors, which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation
and do all such lawful
acts and things, subject only to such limitations as may be provided by Chapter 78 of the NRS, the Articles of
Incorporation and these Bylaws.
 
Section
3.3 Vacancies.
 
Except
as provided in Section 2.9, if any vacancy occurs in the Board of Directors caused by death, resignation, retirement, disqualification,
expansion of the size of
the Board of Directors or removal from office of any director, or otherwise, or if any new directorship is created
by an increase in the authorized number of directors, a majority
vote of the directors then in office, or a sole remaining director,
may choose a successor or fill the newly created directorship. Any director so chosen shall hold office for the
unexpired term of his
or her predecessor in his or her office and until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified, unless sooner displaced. No decrease
in the number of
directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.
 
Section
3.4 Resignations and Removals.
 
(a)
Any director may resign at any time by delivering his resignation to the Secretary in writing or by electronic transmission, such resignation
to specify whether it
will be effective at a particular time, upon receipt by the Secretary or at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.
If no such specification is made it shall be deemed effective at
the pleasure of the Board of Directors. When one or more directors shall
resign from the Board of Directors effective at a future date, except as provided in Section 2.9, a
majority of the directors then in
office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when
such
resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the
term of the director whose place shall be
vacated and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.
 
(b)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of these Bylaws or the fact that some lesser percentage may be specified by law, any director or
the entire Board of Directors
(except for those directors nominated by GDD and Sirtex in accordance with Section 2.9) may be removed
at any time, but only for cause or only by the affirmative vote of the
holders of sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) or more
of the outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors (considered
for this purpose as one class) cast at a meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose.
 
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Section
3.5 Meetings.
 
(a)
The annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held immediately after the annual stockholders’ meeting and at the place
where such meeting is held or at the
place announced by the Chairman at such meeting. No notice of an annual meeting of the Board of
Directors shall be necessary, and such meeting shall be held for the purpose
of electing officers and transacting such other business
as may lawfully come before it.
 
(b)
Except as hereinafter otherwise provided, regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the principal executive office
of the Corporation. Regular
meetings of the Board of Directors may also be held at any place, within or without the State of Nevada,
which has been designated by resolutions of the Board of Directors or
the written consent of all directors.
 
(c)
Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time and place within or without the State of Nevada whenever called by
the Chairman of the Board
or, if there is no Chairman of the Board, by the President, or by any of the directors.
 
(d)
Written notice of the time and place of all regular and special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be delivered personally to each
director or sent by any form
of electronic transmission at least 48 hours before the start of the meeting, or sent by first class mail
at least 120 hours before the start of the meeting. Any director may waive
notice of any meeting. The attendance of a director at a meeting
shall constitute waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting solely for the
purpose of objecting to the
transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the
purpose of, any
special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting, except
that notice shall be given with respect to any matter when
notice is required by the NRS.
 
Section
3.6 Quorum and Voting.
 
(a)
A quorum of the Board of Directors shall consist of a majority of the exact number of directors fixed from time to time in accordance
with Section 3.1 of Article 3
of these Bylaws, but not less than one; provided that a quorum of the Board of Directors (and written
consents executed by directors) must include at least one non-independent
director nominated by GDD or Sirtex. Further, at any meeting,
whether a quorum be present or otherwise, a majority of the directors present may adjourn from time to time
until the time fixed for
the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors, without notice other than by announcement at the meeting.
 
(b)
At each meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present, all questions and business shall be determined by a vote of no
less than a majority of the
directors present, unless a different vote be required by law, the Articles of Incorporation, or these Bylaws.
 
(c)
Any member of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting by means of electronic communications,
videoconferencing,
teleconferencing or other available technology which allows the members to communicate simultaneously or sequentially.
 
(d)
The transactions of any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, however called or noticed, or wherever held, shall
be as valid as though had at
a meeting duly held after regular call and notice if a quorum be present and if, either before or after
the meeting, each of the directors not present shall sign a written waiver of
notice, or a consent to holding such meeting, or an approval
of the minutes thereof. All such waivers, consents or approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a
part of the minutes
of the meeting.
 
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(e)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, until such time that GDD, Sirtex and their affiliates collectively own less than 4,800,000
shares of the Corporation’s
common stock (as shall be proportionally adjusted due to a Recapitalization), none of the actions set
forth below shall be taken by, or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the
Corporation (or any subsidiary thereof) without the approval
of at least 70% of the members constituting the entire Board of Directors, and until such time that GDD, Sirtex and
their affiliates
collectively own less than 8,400,000 shares of the Corporation’s common stock (as shall be proportionally adjusted due to a Recapitalization),
none of the actions
set forth below shall be taken by, or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Corporation (or any subsidiary) without
the consent of GDD: (i) amending the Corporation’s Articles
of Incorporation or these Bylaws; (ii) increasing the size of the Board
of Directors to more than nine; (iii) declaring, setting aside or paying any dividend or other distribution
(whether cash, stock or property
or any combination thereof); (iv) redeeming, repurchasing or otherwise acquiring any of the Corporation’s securities; (v) issuing
pledging,
disposing of, transferring, encumbering, granting, selling or otherwise delivering, or authorizing the issuance, pledge, disposal
of, transfer, encumbrance, grant, sale or other
delivery of, any of the Corporation’s securities; provided, however,
that issuances of any Corporation’s security pursuant to a stock option or warrant existing as of October 7,
2019 or under the
Corporation’s 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan as it exists as of October 7, 2019 shall not require the approval of 70% of the
Board of Directors or the
consent of GDD or Sirtex unless such issuance would result in GDD and Sirtex, in the aggregate, holding, directly
or indirectly, less than 50.1% of any class or series of the
Corporation’s securities on a fully diluted basis (taking into account
all options, warrants, convertible securities and obligations to issue the same); (vi) creating or incurring any
indebtedness or lien
 on any of the Corporation’s or its subsidiary’s assets, in excess of $250,000; (vii) selling, assigning, leasing, licensing
 or otherwise transferring,
abandoning, disposing of or permitting to lapse any of the Corporation’s or its subsidiary’s assets;
(viii) incurring any capital expenditures or any obligations or liabilities in
respect thereof in excess of $500,000; (ix) approving
the Corporation’s annual budget; (x) making any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other
person;
and (xi) entering into any agreement with an affiliate.
 
Section
3.7 Action Without Meeting.
 
Unless
otherwise restricted by the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws or as provided for in Section 3.6, any action required or permitted
to be taken at any
meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if a written consent
is signed by all (or such lesser proportion as may be
permitted by the NRS) of the members of the Board of Directors or of such committee,
as the case may be.
 
Section
3.8 Fees and Compensation.
 
Directors
and members of committees may receive such compensation, if any, for their services, and such reimbursement for expenses, as may be fixed
or determined
by resolution of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude
any director from serving the Corporation in any other
capacity and receiving additional compensation therefor.
 
Section
3.9 Committees.
 
(a)
Designation: The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a vote of no less than a majority of the directors then in office,
from time to time appoint such
committees of the Board of Directors as may be permitted by law. Such committees appointed by the Board
of Directors shall have such powers and perform such duties as may
be prescribed by the resolution or resolutions creating such committee.
 The non-independent directors nominated by GDD and Sirtex shall be appointed to authorized
committees in proportion with such directors’
representation on the Board of Directors.
 
(b)
Term: The terms of members of all committees of the Board of Directors shall expire on the date of the next annual meeting of the
Board of Directors following
their appointment; provided that they shall continue in office until their successors are appointed. Subject
to the provisions of subsections (a) or (b) of this Section 3.9, the
Board of Directors may at any time increase or decrease the number
of members of a committee or terminate the existence of a committee. The membership of a committee
member shall terminate on the date
of his death or voluntary resignation, but, except as provided in Section 3.9(a), the Board of Directors may at any time for any reason
remove any individual committee member and the Board of Directors may fill any committee vacancy created by death, resignation, removal
or increase in the number of
members of the committee. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members
of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified
member at any meeting of the committee, and, in addition, in the absence
or disqualification of any member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any
meeting and not disqualified from voting,
whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the
meeting
in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.
 
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(c)
Meetings: Unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise provide, regular meetings of the Executive Committee or any other committee
appointed pursuant to this
Section 3.9 shall be held at such times and places as are determined by the Board of Directors, or by any
such committee, and when notice thereof has been given to each
member of such committee, no further notice of such regular meetings need
be given thereafter; special meetings of any such committee may be held at the principal executive
office of the Corporation or at any
place which has been designated from time to time by resolution of such committee or by written consent of all members thereof, and may
be
called by any director who is a member of such committee upon written notice to the members of such committee of the time and place
of such special meeting given in the
manner provided for the giving of written notice to members of the Board of Directors of the time
and place of special meetings of the Board of Directors. Notice of any special
meeting of any committee may be waived in writing at any
time after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat. A majority of the authorized
number of members of any
such committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of those present at any meeting at
which a
quorum is present shall be the act of such committee provided that a quorum of any such committee must include at least one non-independent
director nominated by GDD or
Sirtex to the extent any such person serves on such committee.
 
ARTICLE
4
 
OFFICERS
 
Section
4.1 Officers Designated.
 
The
officers of the Corporation shall be a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Board of Directors or the President may also appoint
a Chairman of the Board,
one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers, and such other officers and agents
with such powers and duties as it or he shall deem necessary. The
order of the seniority of the Vice Presidents shall be in the order
of their nomination unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may assign
such additional titles to
one or more of the officers as they shall deem appropriate. Any one person may hold any number of offices of the Corporation at any one
time unless
specifically prohibited therefrom by law. The salaries and other compensation of the officers of the Corporation shall be
fixed by or in the manner designated by the Board of
Directors.
 
Section
4.2 Tenure and Duties of Officers.
 
(a)
General: All officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors and until their successors shall have been duly
elected and qualified, unless sooner
removed. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by
the Board of Directors. If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any
reason, the vacancy may be filled by the Board of Directors.
Nothing in these Bylaws shall be construed as creating any kind of contractual right to employment with the
Corporation.
 
(b)
Duties of the Chairman of the Board of Directors: The Chairman of the Board of Directors (if there be such an officer appointed)
when present shall preside at
all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall
perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of
Directors shall designate from time to time.
 
(c)
Duties of President: The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders
and at all meetings of the
Board of Directors, unless the Chairman of the Board of Directors has been appointed and is present. The President
shall perform such other duties and have such other powers
as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time.
 
(d)
Duties of Vice Presidents: The Vice Presidents, in the order of their seniority, may assume and perform the duties of the President
in the absence or disability of
the President or whenever the office of the President is vacant. The Vice President shall perform such
other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the
President shall designate from time to time.
 
(e)
Duties of Secretary: The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and any committee
thereof, and shall record all acts
and proceedings thereof in the minute book of the Corporation, which may be maintained in either paper
or electronic form. The Secretary shall give notice, in conformity with
these Bylaws, of all meetings of the stockholders and of all
meetings of the Board of Directors and any Committee thereof requiring notice. The Secretary shall perform such
other duties and have
such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time. The President may direct any Assistant Secretary to assume
and perform
the duties of the Secretary in the absence or disability of the Secretary, and each Assistant Secretary shall perform such
other duties and have such other powers as the Board of
Directors or the President shall designate from time to time.
 
(f)
Duties of Treasurer: The Treasurer shall keep or cause to be kept the books of account of the Corporation in a thorough and proper
manner, and shall render
statements of the financial affairs of the Corporation in such form and as often as required by the Board of
Directors or the President. The Treasurer, subject to the order of the
Board of Directors, shall have the custody of all funds and securities
of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall perform all other duties commonly incident to his office and shall
perform such other duties
and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from time to time. The President may direct any
Assistant
Treasurer to assume and perform the duties of the Treasurer in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, and each Assistant
Treasurer shall perform such other duties and have
such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from
time to time.
 
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ARTICLE
5
 
EXECUTION
OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS, AND
VOTING OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION
 
Section
5.1 Execution of Corporate Instruments.
 
(a)
The Board of Directors may in its discretion determine the method and designate the signatory officer or officers, or other person or
persons, to execute any
corporate instrument or document, or to sign the corporate name without limitation, except where otherwise provided
by law, and such execution or signature shall be binding
upon the Corporation.
 
(b)
Unless otherwise specifically determined by the Board of Directors or otherwise required by law, formal contracts of the Corporation,
promissory notes, deeds of
trust, mortgages and other evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation, and other corporate instruments or
documents requiring the corporate seal, and certificates of shares of
stock owned by the Corporation, shall be executed, signed or endorsed
by the Chairman of the Board (if there be such an officer appointed) or by the President; such documents
may also be executed by any
Vice President and by the Secretary or Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer. All other instruments and documents
requiring
the corporate signature but not requiring the corporate seal may be executed as aforesaid or in such other manner as may be
directed by the Board of Directors.
 
(c)
All checks and drafts drawn on banks or other depositaries on funds to the credit of the Corporation or in special accounts of the Corporation
shall be signed by
such person or persons as the Board of Directors shall authorize so to do.
 
(d)
Execution of any corporate instrument may be effected in such form, either manual, facsimile or electronic signature, as may be authorized
by the Board of
Directors.
 
Section
5.2 Voting of Securities Owned by Corporation.
 
All
stock and other securities of other Corporations owned or held by the Corporation for itself or for other parties in any capacity shall
be voted, and all proxies with
respect thereto shall be executed, by the person authorized so to do by resolution of the Board of Directors
or, in the absence of such authorization, by the Chairman of the
Board (if there be such an officer appointed), or by the President,
or by any Vice President.
 
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ARTICLE
6
 
SHARES
OF STOCK
 
Section
6.1 Form and Execution of Certificates.
 
The
shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors may approve the issuance of uncertificated
shares of some or all
of the shares of any or all of its classes or series of capital stock. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares
represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to
the Corporation. Certificates for the shares of stock of the Corporation
shall be in such form as is consistent with the Articles of Incorporation and applicable law. Every holder
of stock in the Corporation
shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, the Chairman of the Board (if there be such
an officer
appointed), or by the President or any Vice President and by the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or Assistant
Secretary, certifying the number of shares owned
by him in the Corporation. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a
facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile
signature has been placed upon a certificate
shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued with the same
effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. If the Corporation shall be authorized to issue
more than one class of stock or more than one
series of any class, the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating,
optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications,
limitations or restrictions of such
preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate which the Corporation shall
issue to
represent such class or series of stock, provided that, except as otherwise provided by the NRS, in lieu of the foregoing requirements,
there may be set forth on the face or back
of the certificate which the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of
stock, a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder
who so requests the powers, designations, preferences
and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications,
limitations
or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
 
Section
6.2 Lost Certificates.
 
The
Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates (or uncertificated shares in lieu of a new certificate) to be issued
in place of any certificate or
certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making
of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of
stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of
a new certificate or certificates (or uncertificated shares in lieu of a new certificate), the Board of Directors may, in
its discretion
and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his
legal representative, to indemnify
the Corporation in such manner as it shall require and/or to give the Corporation a surety bond in
such form and amount as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that
may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate
alleged to have been lost or destroyed.
 
Section
6.3 Transfers.
 
Transfers
of record of shares of stock of the Corporation shall be made only upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or by attorney duly
authorized, who shall
furnish proper evidence of authority to transfer, and in the case of stock represented by a certificate, upon the
surrender of a certificate or certificates for a like number of
shares, properly endorsed.
 
Section
6.4 Registered Stockholders.
 
The
Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive
dividends and to vote as such
owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or
shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express
or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by
the laws of Nevada.
 
ARTICLE
7
 
OTHER
SECURITIES OF THE CORPORATION
 
All
bonds, debentures and other corporate securities of the Corporation, other than stock certificates, may be signed by the Chairman of
the Board (if there be such an
officer appointed), or the President or any Vice President or such other person as may be authorized by
the Board of Directors and the corporate seal impressed thereon or a
facsimile of such seal imprinted thereon and attested by the signature
of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer; provided, however,
that where any such bond,
debenture or other corporate security shall be authenticated by the manual signature of a trustee under an indenture pursuant to which
such bond,
debenture or other corporate security shall be issued, the signature of the persons signing and attesting the corporate seal
on such bond, debenture or other corporate security
may be the imprinted facsimile of the signatures of such persons. Interest coupons
appertaining to any such bond, debenture or other corporate security, authenticated by a
trustee as aforesaid, shall be signed by the
Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation, or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, or bear
imprinted thereon the facsimile signature of such person. In case any officer who shall have signed or attested any bond, debenture or
other corporate security, or whose
facsimile signature shall appear thereon has ceased to be an officer of the Corporation before the
bond, debenture or other corporate security so signed or attested shall have
been delivered, such bond, debenture or other corporate
security nevertheless may be adopted by the Corporation and issued and delivered as though the person who signed the
same or whose facsimile
signature shall have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer of the Corporation.
 
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ARTICLE
8
 
INDEMNIFICATION
OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS
 
Section
8.1 Right to Indemnification.
 
Each
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved (as a party, witness, or otherwise), in any threatened,
pending, or completed
action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (hereinafter a “Proceeding”),
by reason of the fact that he, or a person of whom he is the
legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent
of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or
agent of another Corporation
or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the
basis of the
Proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee, or agent or in any other capacity
while serving as a director, officer, employee, or agent
(hereafter an “Agent”), shall be indemnified and held harmless by
the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the NRS, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended
or interpreted (but, in the
case of any such amendment or interpretation, only to the extent that such amendment or interpretation permits the Corporation to provide
broader
indemnification rights than were permitted prior thereto) against all expenses, liability, and loss (including attorneys’
fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties,
and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement, and any interest, assessments,
or other charges imposed thereon, and any federal, state, local, or foreign taxes imposed on any
Agent as a result of the actual or deemed
receipt of any payments under this Article) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection with investigating, defending,
being a witness in, or participating in (including on appeal), or preparing for any of the foregoing in, any Proceeding (hereinafter
“Expenses”); provided, however, that except
as to actions to enforce indemnification rights pursuant to Section 8.3 of this
Article, the Corporation shall indemnify any Agent seeking indemnification in connection with a
Proceeding (or part thereof) initiated
by such person only if the Proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
 
Section
8.2 Authority to Advance Expenses.
 
Expenses
 incurred by an officer or director (acting in his capacity as such) in defending a Proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance
 of the final
disposition of such Proceeding, provided, however, such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Corporation
of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director
or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not
entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article or otherwise.
Expenses incurred by other Agents of the Corporation
(or by the directors or officers not acting in their capacity as such, including service with respect to employee benefit
plans) may
be advanced upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors deems appropriate. Any obligation to reimburse the Corporation for
Expense advances shall
be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon.
 
Section
8.3 Right of Claimant to Bring Suit.
 
If
 a claim under Section 8.1 or 8.2 of this Article is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty (60) days after a written claim
 has been received by the
Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid
amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the
claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense (including attorneys’
fees) of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought
to enforce a claim for expenses
incurred in defending a Proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking has been tendered to the Corporation)
that
the claimant has not met the standards of conduct that make it permissible under the NRS for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant
for the amount claimed. The burden of
proving such a defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including
its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to
have made a determination prior to the commencement of such
action that indemnification of the claimant is proper under the circumstances because he has met the applicable
standard of conduct set
forth in the NRS, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its
stockholders) that
the claimant had not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption
that claimant has not met the applicable standard of
conduct.
 
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Section
8.4 Provisions Nonexclusive.
 
The
rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire
under any statute, provision
of the Articles of Incorporation, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise,
both as to action in an official capacity and as to action in another
capacity while holding such office. To the extent that any provision
 of the Articles of Incorporation, agreement, or vote of the stockholders or disinterested directors is
inconsistent with these Bylaws,
the provision, agreement, or vote shall take precedence.
 
Section
8.5 Authority to Insure.
 
The
Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance to protect itself and any Agent against any Expense, whether or not the Corporation would
have the power to
indemnify the Agent against such Expense under applicable law or the provisions of this Article.
 
Section
8.6 Enforcement of Rights
 
Without
the necessity of entering into an express contract, all rights provided under this Article shall be deemed to be contractual rights and
be effective to the same
extent and as if provided for in a contract between the Corporation and such Agent. Any rights granted by this
Article to an Agent shall be enforceable by or on behalf of the
person holding such right in any court of competent jurisdiction.
 
Section
8.7 Survival of Rights.
 
The
rights provided by this Article shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be an Agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
executors, and administrators
of such a person.
 
Section
8.8 Settlement of Claims.
 
The
Corporation shall not be liable to indemnify any Agent under this Article (a) for any amounts paid in settlement of any action or claim
effected without the
Corporation’s written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; or (b) for any judicial award
if the Corporation was not given a reasonable and timely
opportunity, at its expense, to participate in the defense of such action.
 
Section
8.9 Effect of Amendment.
 
Any
amendment, repeal, or modification of this Article that adversely affects any rights provided in this Article to an Agent shall only
be effective upon the prior
written consent of such Agent.
 
Section
8.10 Subrogation.
 
In
the event of payment under this Article, the Corporation shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery
of the Agent, who shall
execute all papers required and shall do everything that may be necessary to secure such rights, including the
execution of such documents necessary to enable the Corporation
effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.
 
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Section
8.11 No Duplication of Payments.
 
The
Corporation shall not be liable under this Article to make any payment in connection with any claim made against the Agent to the extent
the Agent has otherwise
actually received payment (under any insurance policy, agreement, vote, or otherwise) of the amounts otherwise
indemnifiable hereunder.
 
Section
8.12 Saving Clause.
 
If
this Article or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall
nevertheless indemnify each
Agent to the fullest extent not prohibited by any applicable portion of this Article that shall not have
been invalidated, or by any other applicable law.
 
ARTICLE
9
 
NOTICES
 
Whenever,
under any provisions of these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any stockholder, the same shall be given either (1) in writing,
timely and duly
deposited in the United States Mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to his last known post office address as shown by
the stock record of the Corporation or its transfer agent, or
(2) by a means of electronic transmission that satisfies the requirements
of Section 2.4(d) of these Bylaws, and has been consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is
given. Any notice required to be
given to any director may be given by either of the methods hereinabove stated, except that such notice other than one which is delivered
personally, shall be sent to such address or (in the case of electronic communication) such e-mail address, facsimile telephone number
or other form of electronic address as
such director shall have filed in writing or by electronic communication with the Secretary of
the Corporation, or, in the absence of such filing, to the last known post office
address of such director. If no address of a stockholder
or director be known, such notice may be sent to the principal executive office of the Corporation. An affidavit of
mailing, executed
by a duly authorized and competent employee of the Corporation or its transfer agent appointed with respect to the class of stock affected,
specifying the
name and address or the names and addresses of the stockholder or stockholders, director or directors, to whom any such
notice or notices was or were given, and the time and
method of giving the same, shall be conclusive evidence of the statements therein
contained. All notices given by mail, as above provided, shall be deemed to have been given
as at the time of mailing and all notices
given by means of electronic transmission shall be deemed to have been given as at the sending time recorded by the electronic
transmission
 equipment operator transmitting the same. It shall not be necessary that the same method of giving notice be employed in respect of all
 directors, but one
permissible method may be employed in respect of any one or more, and any other permissible method or methods may
be employed in respect of any other or others. The
period or limitation of time within which any stockholder may exercise any option
or right, or enjoy any privilege or benefit, or be required to act, or within which any director
may exercise any power or right, or
enjoy any privilege, pursuant to any notice sent him in the manner above provided, shall not be affected or extended in any manner by
the
failure of such a stockholder or such director to receive such notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions
of the statutes or of the Articles of
Incorporation, or of these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons
entitled to said notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person
entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated
therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Whenever notice is required to be given, under any provision of law or of
the Articles of
Incorporation or Bylaws of the Corporation, to any person with whom communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person
shall not be required
and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or agency for a license or permit to give such
notice to such person. Any action or meeting which shall be
taken or held without notice to any such person with whom communication is
unlawful shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. In the event
that the action taken by the Corporation
is such as to require the filing of a certificate under any provision of the NRS, the certificate shall state, if such is the fact and
if notice
is required, that notice was given to all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons with whom communication is
unlawful.
 
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ARTICLE
10
 
AMENDMENTS
 
Except
as otherwise provided in Section 8.9 above, these Bylaws may be repealed, altered or amended or new Bylaws adopted at any meeting of
the stockholders,
either annual or special, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the stock entitled to vote at such meeting, unless
a larger vote is required by these Bylaws or the Articles of
Incorporation. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.9 above, the Board
of Directors shall also have the authority to repeal, alter or amend these Bylaws or adopt new
Bylaws (including, without limitation,
the amendment of any Bylaws setting forth the number of directors who shall constitute the whole Board of Directors) by unanimous
written
consent or at any annual, regular, or special meeting by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole number of directors, subject
to the power of the stockholders to
change or repeal such Bylaws. So long as the Stockholder Agreements remain in effect, the Board shall
not approve any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of
these Bylaws, or the adoption of any new Bylaws, that would be contrary
to or inconsistent with Sections 2.9, 3.6(a), 3.6(e), 3.9(a), 3.9(c), this Article 10, or the rights of GDD
or Sirtex, included in the
Stockholders Agreements, by and between the Corporation and each of GDD and Sirtex, dated as of October 8, 2019 (the “GDD Stockholders
Agreement” and the “Sirtex Stockholders Agreement”, respectively).
 
ARTICLE
11
 
MISCELLANEOUS
 
Section
11.1 Corporate Seal.
 
The
corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation and the words “Corporate Seal, Nevada”. The seal
may be used by causing it or a
facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
 
Section
11.2 Books.
 
The
books of the Corporation may be kept within or without the State of Nevada (subject to any provisions contained in the NRS) at such place
or places as may be
designated from time to time by the Board of Directors.
 
Section
11.3 Fiscal Year.
 
The
fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin the first day of August of each year or upon such other day as may be designated by the Board
of Directors.
 
Section
11.4 Certain Acquisitions by Fiduciaries.
 
The
provisions of NRS 78.378 to 78.3793, inclusive (entitled “Acquisition of a Controlling Interest”), shall not apply to the
Corporation or to any “Acquisition” of a
“Controlling Interest” (as each term is defined therein) in the Corporation
by any existing or future stockholder or stockholders.
 
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Exhibit
23.1
 
CONSENT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
We
consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement No. 333-260850, Registration Statement No. 333-252281, and Registration
Statement No. 333-233447
on Form S-3 and Registration Statement No. 333-266415, Registration Statement No. 333-257049, and Registration
Statement No. 333-238823 on Form S-8, of our report
dated October 31, 2022, (which report includes an explanatory paragraph relating
to the existence of substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going
concern), with respect to the consolidated
financial statements of OncoSec Medical Incorporated as of July 31, 2022 and 2021, and for each of the years in the two year
period
ended July 31, 2022, included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2022.
 
/s/
Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.
 
San
Diego, California
October
31, 2022
 
 

 
Exhibit
31.1
 
CERTIFICATIONS
 
I,
Robert H. Arch, Ph.D., certify that:
 
1.
I have
reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of OncoSec Medical Incorporated;
 
 
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(s) 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, including its consolidated subsidiaries, 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(s) 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.
 
October
31, 2022
 
 
 
/s/
Robert H. Arch, Ph.D.
 
Robert
H. Arch, Ph.D.
 
Chief
Executive Officer
 
(Principal
Executive Officer)
 
 
 
 

 
Exhibit
31.2
 
CERTIFICATIONS
 
I,
George Chi, certify that:
 
1.
I have
reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of OncoSec Medical Incorporated;
 
 
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(s) 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, including its consolidated subsidiaries, 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(s) 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.
 
October
31, 2022
 
 
 
/s/
George Chi
 
George
Chi
 
Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial Officer)
 
 
 
 

 
Exhibit
32.1
 
CERTIFICATION
OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
The
undersigned, Robert H. Arch, Ph.D., Principal Executive Officer and President of OncoSec Medical Incorporated (the “Company”)
hereby certifies pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
 
 
(1) the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the period ended July 31, 2022 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements
of Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
 
 
 
 
(2) the
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
of the Company.
 
Dated:
October 31, 2022
By: /s/
Robert H. Arch, Ph.D.
 
 
Robert
H. Arch, Ph.D.
 
 
Chief
Executive Officer
 
 
(Principal
Executive Officer)
 
 
 

 
Exhibit 32.2
 
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
The undersigned, George Chi, Principal Financial Officer of OncoSec Medical Incorporated (the “Company”)
hereby certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
 
 
(1) the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the period ended July 31, 2022 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
 
 
 
 
(2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
Dated: October 31, 2022
By: /s/ George Chi
 
 
George Chi
 
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
(Principal Financial Officer)