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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(MARK ONE)
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2024

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to



Commission file number: 001-39630

MOONLAKE IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Cayman Islands98-1711963
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)     (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Dorfstrasse 29
6300 Zug
SwitzerlandN/A
(Address of principal executive offices)(ZIP Code)

41 415108022
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)



Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share 
MLTX
 
The Nasdaq Capital Market

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 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 is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes No ☒

As of August 1, 2024, there were 62,888,637 Class A Ordinary Shares, $0.0001 par value (the "Class A Ordinary Shares"), and 995,267 Class C Ordinary Shares, $0.0001 par value (the "Class C Ordinary Shares"), issued and outstanding.

MOONLAKE IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS


FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2024

TABLE OF CONTENTS
















1

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited)

MOONLAKE IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS
s
s

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Amounts in USD, except share data)


June 30, 2024 (Unaudited)December 31, 2023
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents$342,791,142$451,169,337
Short-term marketable debt securities177,008,40059,838,900
Other receivables1,676,8131,056,862
Prepaid expenses - current15,405,5262,102,203
Total current assets536,881,881514,167,302
Non-current assets
Operating lease right-of-use assets3,384,9533,628,480
Property and equipment, net481,705320,865
Prepaid expenses - non-current4,129,1518,423,468
Total non-current assets7,995,80912,372,813
Total assets$544,877,690 $526,540,115
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables$5,142,853 $1,837,684 
Short-term portion of operating lease liabilities1,321,7271,197,876
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities5,817,3846,930,120
Total current liabilities12,281,9649,965,680
Non-current liabilities
Long-term portion of operating lease liabilities2,022,2802,499,990
Pension liability541,949583,426
Total non-current liabilities2,564,2293,083,416
Total liabilities14,846,19313,049,096
Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)
Equity
Class A Ordinary Shares: $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 62,874,637 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2024; 60,466,453 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023
6,2876,047
Class C Ordinary Shares: $0.0001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 995,267 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2024; 2,505,476 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023
100251
Additional paid-in capital671,998,583609,969,236
Accumulated deficit(154,598,140)(116,657,472)
Accumulated other comprehensive income3,256,9072,357,621
Total shareholders’ equity 520,663,737495,675,683
Noncontrolling interests9,367,76017,815,336
Total equity530,031,497513,491,019
Total liabilities and equity

$544,877,690$526,540,115


The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
2

MOONLAKE IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(Amounts in USD, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)
    
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
2024202320242023
Operating expenses
Research and development$(23,662,147)$(8,703,849)$(36,676,194)$(16,118,949)
General and administrative(6,916,054)(4,482,041)(13,722,500)(9,998,510)
Total operating expenses(30,578,201)(13,185,890)(50,398,694)(26,117,459)
Operating loss(30,578,201)(13,185,890)(50,398,694)(26,117,459)

Other income, net5,898,148842,65211,813,3721,566,242
Loss before income tax(24,680,053)(12,343,238)(38,585,322)(24,551,217)



Income tax expense(78,701)(10,149)(148,953)(21,157)
Net loss$(24,758,754)$(12,353,387)$(38,734,275)$(24,572,374)
Of which: net loss attributable to controlling interests shareholders(24,267,012)(10,139,279)(37,940,668)(19,144,135)
Of which: net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests shareholders(491,742)(2,214,108)(793,607)(5,428,239)



Net unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities and short term investments652,097(415,225)834,370(390,753)
Actuarial gain (loss) on employee benefit plans(76,479)(16,336)4,751(58,481)
Other comprehensive income (loss)575,618(431,561)839,121(449,234)
Comprehensive loss$(24,183,136)$(12,784,948)$(37,895,154)$(25,021,608)
Comprehensive loss attributable to controlling interests shareholders(23,703,201)(10,488,185)(37,118,908)(19,505,667)
Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests(479,935)(2,296,763)(776,246)(5,515,941)



Weighted-average number of Class A Ordinary Shares, basic and diluted62,874,63743,718,46462,755,92541,403,084
Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to controlling interests shareholders$(0.39)$(0.23)$(0.60)$(0.46)


The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.    
3

MOONLAKE IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
(Amounts in USD, except share data)
(Unaudited)

Class A Ordinary SharesClass C Ordinary SharesAdditional Paid-In CapitalAccumulated DeficitAccumulated Other Comprehensive IncomeTotal Shareholders' EquityNoncontrolling InterestsTotal Equity
SharesAmountSharesAmount
Balance at December 31, 202238,977,600 $3,898 13,723,511 $1,373 $129,192,291 $(80,650,212)$350,946 $48,898,296 $19,868,402 $68,766,698 
Share-based compensation under the ESPP, ESOP, Equity Incentive Plan and reverse vesting of Restricted Founder Shares— — — — 1,875,992 — — 1,875,992 701,195 2,577,187 
Refund of stamp duty fees— — — — 3,517 — — 3,517 1,406 4,923 
Net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2023— — — — — (9,004,856)— (9,004,856)(3,214,131)(12,218,987)
Other comprehensive income— — — — — — (12,625)(12,625)(5,047)(17,672)
Conversion of MoonLake Class C Ordinary Shares into Class A Ordinary Shares176,603 18 (176,603)(18)237,049 — 1,787 238,836 (238,836) 
Balance at March 31, 202339,154,203 $3,916 13,546,908 $1,355 $131,308,849 $(89,655,068)$340,108 $41,999,160 $17,112,989 $59,112,149 
Share-based compensation under the ESPP, ESOP, Equity Incentive Plan and reverse vesting of Restricted Founder Shares— — — — 1,247,416 — — 1,247,416 250,245 1,497,661 
Issuance of Class A Ordinary Shares, net of transaction costs (Note 11)9,744,894 974 — — 451,284,119 — — 451,285,093  451,285,093 
Net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2023— — — — — (10,139,279)— (10,139,279)(2,214,108)(12,353,387)
Other comprehensive loss— — — — — — (348,906)(348,906)(82,655)(431,561)
Conversion of MoonLake Class C Ordinary Shares into Class A Ordinary Shares4,587,713 459 (4,587,713)(459)5,709,595 — 43,922 5,753,517 (5,753,517) 
Balance at June 30, 202353,486,810 $5,349 8,959,195 $896 $589,549,979 $(99,794,347)$35,124 $489,797,001 $9,312,954 $499,109,955 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.






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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
(Amounts in USD, except share data)
(Unaudited)
Class A Ordinary SharesClass C Ordinary SharesAdditional Paid-In CapitalAccumulated DeficitAccumulated Other Comprehensive IncomeTotal Shareholders' Equity Noncontrolling InterestsTotal Equity
SharesAmountSharesAmount
Balance at December 31, 202360,466,453 $6,047 2,505,476 $251 $609,969,236 $(116,657,472)$2,357,621 $495,675,683 $17,815,336 $513,491,019 
Share-based compensation under the ESPP and Equity Incentive Plan— — — — 1,693,101 — — 1,693,101 (15,893)1,677,208 
Net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2024— — — — — (13,673,656)— (13,673,656)(301,865)(13,975,521)
Other comprehensive loss— — — — — — 257,949 257,949 5,554 263,503 
Conversion of MoonLake Class C Ordinary Shares into Class A Ordinary Shares1,493,356 149 (1,493,356)(149)10,536,980 — 76,603 10,613,583 (10,613,583) 
Buyback of unvested MoonLake AG Common Shares by MoonLake AG into treasury following an employee contract termination (Note 11)— — — — 113,154 — 904 114,058 (114,108)(50)
Capital injection from MoonLake to MoonLake AG (Note 11)— — — — (4,667,196)— 19 (4,667,177)3,057,216 (1,609,961)
Cancellation of MoonLake Class C Ordinary Shares following an employee contract termination in MoonLake AG (Note 11)— — (16,853)(2)2 — —    
Issuance of Class A Ordinary Shares, net of transaction costs (Note 11)914,828 91 — — 52,540,099 — — 52,540,190  52,540,190 
Balance at March 31, 202462,874,637 $6,287 995,267 $100 $670,185,376 $(130,331,128)$2,693,096 $542,553,731 $9,832,657 $552,386,388 
Share-based compensation under the ESPP and Equity Incentive Plan    1,813,207   1,813,207 15,038 1,828,245 
Net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2024     (24,267,012) (24,267,012)(491,742)(24,758,754)
Other comprehensive loss      563,811 563,811 11,807 575,618 
Balance at June 30, 202462,874,637 $6,287 995,267 $100 $671,998,583 $(154,598,140)$3,256,907 $520,663,737 $9,367,760 $530,031,497 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Amounts in USD)

(Unaudited)




Six Months Ended June 30, 2024Six Months Ended June 30, 2023
Cash flow from operating activities
Net loss$(38,734,275)$(24,572,374)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation50,9256,579
Share-based compensation expense3,505,4534,074,848
Net periodic pension benefit (gain) cost for the qualified pension plan(544)(26,776)
Other non-cash items505,120103,794
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Other receivables(619,951)(402,638)
Operating lease right-of-use assets(5,444)
Prepaid expenses(9,009,006)219,085
Trade and other payables3,305,1694,104,951
Operating lease liabilities(723,489)(78,270)
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities(1,112,736)(4,612,454)
Net cash flow used in operating activities(42,838,778)(21,183,255)
Cash flow from investing activities
Purchase of short-term marketable debt securities(174,154,928)
Proceeds from maturities of short-term marketable debt securities57,819,79932,324,585
Purchase of property and equipment(211,765)
Net cash flow used in investing activities(116,546,894)32,324,585
Cash flow from financing activities
Issuance of Class A Ordinary Shares, net of transaction costs (Note 11)52,540,190451,285,093
Stamp duty on capital injection from MoonLake to MoonLake AG (Note 11)(1,562,235)
Buyback of unvested MoonLake AG Common Shares by MoonLake AG following an employee contract termination (Note 11)(50)
Net cash flow provided by financing activities50,977,905451,285,093
Effect of movements in exchange rates on cash held29,572(145,053)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents(108,378,195)462,281,370
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period451,169,33739,505,627
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period$342,791,142$501,786,997
Supplementary disclosure of cash flow information:
Non-cash operating lease right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations$369,630$


The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.




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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024
(Amounts in USD, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)
s
Note 1 — Overview of the Company
Corporate Information
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics is a clinical stage biotechnology company advancing therapies to address significant unmet needs in inflammatory skin and joint diseases. MoonLake Immunotherapeutics is currently a single asset company focused on the development of Sonelokimab (“SLK”), a novel tri-specific IL-17A and IL-17F inhibiting Nanobody that has the potential, based on response levels seen in clinical trials, to drive disease modification in dermatology and rheumatology patients.

Unless the context otherwise requires, “MoonLake” and the “Company” refer to the combined company following the Business Combination (as defined in Note 2 Business Combination Agreement with Helix and Recapitalization included in MoonLake’s audited financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2023 included in MoonLake’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 29, 2024 (the “Annual Report”)) consummated on April 5, 2022, together with its subsidiaries.


Note 2 — Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include those of the Company and its subsidiaries, MoonLake Immunotherapeutics AG, a Swiss stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft) registered with the commercial register of the Canton of Zug, Switzerland under the number CHE-433.093.536 (“MoonLake AG”), MoonLake Immunotherapeutics Ltd., a private limited company incorporated in the United Kingdom, and MNLK Immunotherapeutics, Unipessoal Lda ("MNLK PT"), a private limited company incorporated in Portugal, after elimination of all intercompany accounts and transactions. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes hereto have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) as set forth by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) and in conformity with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. Any reference in these notes to applicable guidance is meant to refer to the authoritative U.S. GAAP as found in the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) of the FASB.
In the opinion of management, all material adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the financial information, which are of a normal and recurring nature, have been made for the interim periods reported. Results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire fiscal year or any other period. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial information for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 have been prepared on the same basis as and should be read in conjunction with MoonLake’s audited financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2023 included in the Annual Report.

All amounts are presented in U.S. Dollar (“$”), unless otherwise indicated. The term “Swiss franc” and “CHF” refer to the legal currency of Switzerland, "GBP" refers to the legal currency of the United Kingdom, and “€” and "Euro" refer to the legal currency of Portugal.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Company to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses. The significant judgments, estimates and assumptions relevant to the Company relate to:
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024
(Amounts in USD, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)
determining whether the in-process research and development expenditure (“IPR&D”) has an alternative future use;
determining assumptions used in estimating the fair value of share-based compensation;
estimating the recoverability of the deferred tax asset; and
estimating the amount of accruals in connection with the completion of clinical trial milestones.

The Company bases its judgments and estimates on various factors and information, which may include, but are not limited to, the Company’s forecasts and future plans, current economic conditions and observable market-based transactions of its own shares, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities and recorded amounts of expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources. To the extent there are material differences between the Company’s estimates and the actual results, the Company’s future results of operation may be affected.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents are recorded at cost, which approximates fair value. As of June 30, 2024, the Company considers $59.9 million of short-term marketable debt securities in the form of eurocommercial papers and certificates of deposit to be cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2023, the Company considers $129.4 million of short-term marketable debt securities in the form of eurocommercial papers and certificates of deposit to be cash equivalents.
Marketable securities and short-term investments
The Company invests in short-term marketable securities in the form of debt securities. At the time of purchase, the Company assesses whether such debt security should be classified as held-to-maturity or available-for-sale debt securities.
Debt securities are classified as held-to-maturity when the Company has the positive intent and ability to hold the securities to maturity. Held-to-maturity debt securities are carried at amortized cost, adjusted for accretion of discounts or amortization of premiums to maturity computed under the effective interest method. Such accretion or amortization is included in “Interest and dividend income”. Marketable debt securities not classified as held-to-maturity are classified as available-for-sale and reported at fair value.
Net unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities are excluded from the determination of earnings and are instead recognized in the “Accumulated other comprehensive income” component of equity until realized. Realized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities are computed based upon the historical cost of these securities, using the specific identification method.
A decline in the fair value of any security below cost that is deemed other than temporary results in a charge to earnings and the corresponding establishment of a new cost basis for the security. Dividend and interest income are recognized when earned. Realized gains and losses are included in "Other income" and the cost of securities sold is determined using the specific-identification method.
Marketable debt securities are classified as either “Cash and cash equivalents” or “Short‑term marketable debt securities” according to their original maturity at the time of acquisition. Changes in unrealized gains and losses pertaining to cash equivalent securities are added back into the consolidated statements of cash flows as those are excluded from the determination of earnings but impact the cash and cash equivalents position.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024
(Amounts in USD, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of cash accounts in large financial institutions which, at times, may exceed the CHF 100,000 deposit protection limit in Switzerland, the $250,000 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation deposit insurance coverage limit in the United States, the GBP 85,000 Financial Services Compensation Scheme deposit protection limit in the United Kingdom, or the €100,000 Fundo de Garantia de Depósitos deposit protection limit in Portugal. The Company believes it is not exposed to significant credit risk due to the financial strength of the depository institutions in which the cash and cash equivalents are held. Additionally, the Company ensures further protection against credit risk by diversifying its cash holdings across a variety of credit institutions, thereby minimizing the potential impact of any adverse events on a single institution. Further, the Company's investment strategy for cash (in excess of current business requirements) is set to invest in short-term marketable debt securities. Management actively monitors credit risk in the investment portfolio. Credit risk exposures are controlled in accordance with policies approved by the board of directors to identify, measure, monitor and control credit risks.
Fair Value Measurements
The Company follows the guidance included in ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement. 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.
There are three levels of inputs to fair value measurements:
Level 1, meaning the use of quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets;
Level 2, meaning the use of quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active or are directly or indirectly observable; and
Level 3, meaning the use of unobservable inputs. Observable market data is used when available.
Transfers between Levels 1, 2 or 3 within the fair value hierarchy are recognized at the end of the reporting period when the respective transaction occurred.
Segment Information
The Company operates as a single operating segment. The Company’s chief operating decision maker, its Chief Executive Officer, manages the Company’s operations on a stand-alone basis for the purposes of allocating resources and assessing financial performance.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment, net is stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method based on the estimated useful lives of three to five years. As of June 30, 2024, property and equipment, net relates to information technology, office equipment, and leasehold improvements.
Research and Development Contract Costs and Accruals
Research and development expenses include employee payroll, consulting, contract research and contract manufacturing costs attributable to research and development activities and are expensed as incurred.
Upfront payments and milestone payments made for the licensing of technology are expensed as research and development expenses in the period in which it is probable that a liability has been incurred. Advance payments for goods or services to be received in the future for use in research and development activities are recorded as prepaid expenses. The prepaid amounts are expensed as the related goods are delivered or the services are performed.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024
(Amounts in USD, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)
The Company has entered into various research and development contracts with companies both inside and outside of the United States. These agreements are generally cancellable, and related payments are recorded as research and development expenses as incurred. The Company records accruals for estimated ongoing research costs. When evaluating the adequacy of the accrued liabilities, the Company analyzes progress of the studies or trials, including the phase or completion of events, invoices received and contracted costs. Significant judgments and estimates are made in determining the accrued balances at the end of any reporting period. Actual results could differ from the Company’s estimates. The Company’s historical accrual estimates have not been materially different from the actual costs.
Share-Based Compensation
The Company recognizes compensation expense based on estimated fair values for all stock-based payment awards made to eligible employees, members of the board of directors and independent contractors that are expected to vest.

The valuation of stock option awards is determined at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The Black-Scholes option pricing model requires the Company to make assumptions and judgements about the inputs used in the calculations, such as the fair value of the common stock, expected term, expected volatility of the Company’s common stock, risk-free interest rate and expected dividend yield. The valuation of restricted stock awards is measured by the fair value of the Company’s common stock on the date of the grant.

For all stock options granted, the Company calculated the expected term as the period that share-based awards are expected to be outstanding. The estimate of expected volatility is based on comparative companies’ volatility within the Company's industry. The risk-free rate is based on the yield available on United States Treasury zero-coupon issues corresponding to the expected term of the award.

The fair value of the common stock granted under the ESPP (as defined in Note 13 —
Share-based compensation) has historically been estimated by management with reference to the market-based transaction with its Series A investors, as there was no public market for the common stock.

Share-based payment arrangements are accounted for under the fair value method. Total compensation is measured at grant date, based on the fair value of the award at that date, and recorded in earnings over the period the employees are required to render service. The Company recognizes compensation cost only for those awards expected to meet the service conditions on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the award.

Foreign Currency
The functional currency of the Company and its subsidiaries is the U.S. dollar. Balances and transactions denominated in foreign currencies are converted as follows: monetary assets and liabilities are translated using exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet dates and non-monetary assets and liabilities are translated at historical exchange rates. Revenue and expenses are translated at the daily exchange rate on the respective accounting date.
Gains or losses from foreign currency translation are included in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss in "other income, net". The Company recognized foreign currency transaction loss of $39,293 and $98,834 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively, and a foreign currency transaction gain of $108,844 and $280,652 for three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively.

Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes by using the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. A valuation allowance is recorded to the extent it is more likely than not that all or a portion of the Company's deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in operations in the period that includes the enactment date.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024
(Amounts in USD, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)
Net Loss per Class A Ordinary Shares
Basic net loss per Class A Ordinary Share is calculated using the two-class method under which earnings are allocated to both Class A Ordinary Shares and participating securities. Basic net loss per share is calculated by dividing the net loss attributable to Class A Ordinary Shares by the weighted-average number of Class A Ordinary Shares outstanding for the period. The diluted net loss per Class A Ordinary Share is computed by dividing the net loss using the weighted-average number of Class A Ordinary Shares and, if dilutive, potential Class A Ordinary Shares outstanding during the period.
In periods in which the Company reports a net loss attributable to shareholders of Class A Ordinary Shares, diluted net loss per share attributable to shareholders of Class A Ordinary Shares is the same as basic net loss per share attributable to shareholders of Class A Ordinary Shares, since dilutive Class A Ordinary Shares are not assumed to be outstanding if their effect is anti-dilutive.

Acquisitions
The Company evaluates acquisitions of assets and other similar transactions to assess whether or not the transaction should be accounted for as a business combination or asset acquisition by first assessing whether substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or group of similar identifiable assets. On April 29, 2021, MoonLake AG entered into an in-licensing agreement (the “In-License Agreement”) with Merck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (“MHKDG”) to acquire the Sonelokimab program (the “SLK Program”) and determined that substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired related to IPR&D of SLK. Therefore, this transaction was accounted for as an asset acquisition.

IPR&D represents incomplete technologies that the Company acquires, which at the time of acquisition, are still under development and have no alternative future use. The fair value of such technologies is expensed upon acquisition. A technology is considered to have an alternative future use if it is probable that the Company will use the asset in its current, incomplete state as it existed at the acquisition date, in another research and development project that has not yet commenced, and economic benefit is anticipated from that use. If a technology is determined to have an alternative future use, then the fair value of the program would be recorded as an asset on the balance sheet rather than expensed.
Contingent consideration payments (for example milestone payments due upon the occurrence of a specific event) in asset acquisitions are recognized in the period in which it is probable that a liability has been incurred (unless the contingent consideration meets the definition of a derivative, in which case the amount becomes part of the cost in the asset acquired). Upon recognition of the contingent consideration payment, the amount is expensed if it relates to IPR&D or capitalized if it relates to a developed product which is generally considered to be when clinical trials have been completed and regulatory approval obtained.
Future royalty payments due on net sales will be recognized in cost of goods sold when net sales are recognized.
Pension Accounting
The Company accounts for pension assets and liabilities in accordance with ASC 715, Compensation – Retirement Benefits, which requires the recognition of the funded status of pension plans in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The liability in respect to defined benefit pension plans is the projected benefit obligation calculated annually by independent actuaries using the projected unit credit method. The projected benefit obligation as of June 30, 2024 represents the actuarial present value of the estimated future payments required to settle the obligation that is attributable to employee services rendered before that date. Service costs for such pension plans, represented in the net periodic pension benefit cost, are included in the personnel expenses of the various functions where the employees are engaged. The other components of net benefit cost are included in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss separately from the service cost component, in “other income, net.” Plan assets are recorded at their fair value.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024
(Amounts in USD, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)
Gains or losses arising from plan curtailments or settlements are accounted for at the time they occur. Any net pension asset is limited to the present value of the future economic benefits available to the Company in the form of refunds from the plan or expected reductions in future contributions to the plan. Actuarial gains and losses arising from differences between the actual and the expected return on plan assets are recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income.
Leases

The Company determines if an arrangement is or contains a lease at contract inception. For these arrangements, it is evaluated if the arrangement involves an identified asset that is physically distinct or whether the Company has the right to substantially all of the capacity of an identified asset that is not physically distinct. In arrangements that involve an identified asset, there is also judgment in evaluating if the Company has the right to direct the use of that asset.

MoonLake does not have any finance leases. As of June 30, 2024, the Company has four operating leases related to the office spaces located in (i) Dorfstrasse 29, 6300, Zug, Switzerland (comprised of two leases), (ii) 95 Regent Street, CB2 1AW, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom, and (iii) Rua Manuel Pinto de Azedevo 860, 4150-335, Porto, Portugal. The operating leases are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term commencing on the date the Company has the right to use the leased property. Right-of-use assets and lease liabilities are measured at the lease commencement date based on the present value of the remaining lease payments over the lease term, determined using the discount rate for the lease at the commencement date. Because the rate implicit in the leases is not readily determinable, the Company uses the incremental borrowing rate as the discount rate, which approximates the interest rate at which the Company could borrow on a collateralized basis with similar terms and payments and in similar economic environments.

Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less that do not have the option to purchase the underlying asset are not recorded on the balance sheet, with lease expense for these leases recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term commencing on the date the Company has the right to use the leased property.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements not yet Adopted
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment reporting — Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. This new standard requires public entities to disclose significant segment expenses and additional segment items annually and to provide all reported segment profit or loss and assets disclosures currently required annually on an interim basis. The standard also requires disclosure of the Chief Operating Decision Maker's title and position. The standard does not change the manner in which public entities identify their operating segments, aggregate them, or apply the quantitative thresholds for determining their reportable segments. It is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company has determined it operates as a single segment, therefore, we do not anticipate this ASU to materially impact our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income taxes — Improvements to Income Taxes Disclosure. The purpose of this guidance is to enhance the transparency and usefulness of income tax disclosures and provide comprehensive income tax information, particularly in relation to rate reconciliation and income taxes paid in the U.S and foreign jurisdictions. It is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024 and interim periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. This ASU will result in the required additional disclosures being included in our consolidated financial statements, once adopted.

Note 3 – Risks and Liquidity
Going Concern, Liquidity and Capital Resources    
MoonLake is subject to risks common to companies in the biopharmaceutical industry, and the Company believes that changes in any of the following areas could have a material adverse effect on the Company's future financial position or results of operations: ability to obtain future financing, regulatory approval and market acceptance of, and reimbursement for, product candidates, performance of third-party contract research organizations and manufacturers upon which the Company relies, protection of the Company's intellectual property, litigation or claims against the
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024
(Amounts in USD, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)
Company based on intellectual property, patent, product, regulatory, clinical or other factors, and the Company's ability to attract and retain employees necessary to support its growth.

The Company is dependent on third-party manufacturers to supply products for research and development activities in its programs. In particular, the Company relies and expects to continue to rely on a small number of manufacturers to supply the Company with its requirements for the active pharmaceutical ingredients and formulated drugs related to these programs. These programs could be adversely affected by a significant interruption in the supply of active pharmaceutical ingredients and formulated drugs.

The Company's ability to generate revenue sufficient to achieve profitability will depend on the successful development and eventual commercialization of SLK in one or more indications, which is expected to take a number of years. The Company expects to continue to incur significant expenses and operating losses for at least the next three years as the Company continues the development of SLK and prepares for commercial launches. It is expected that operating losses will fluctuate significantly from year to year depending on the timing of the Company's planned clinical development programs and efforts to achieve regulatory approval.

The Company incurred a loss of $38.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024. As of June 30, 2024, the Company’s current assets exceeded its current liabilities by $524.6 million.

As of June 30, 2024, the Company had $342.8 million of cash and cash equivalents. Based on the Company's current operating plan, management believes that the Company has sufficient capital to fund its operations and capital expenditures until the end of 2026.


Note 4 – Fair Value Measurements
The following table presents information about the Company's short-term marketable debt securities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and indicate the level in the fair value hierarchy in which the Company classifies the fair value measurement:
June 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Level 2TotalLevel 2Total
Eurocommercial Papers$177,887,700 $177,887,700 $109,608,915 $109,608,915 
Certificates of Deposit59,058,000 59,058,000 79,626,727 79,626,727 
Total$236,945,700 $236,945,700 $189,235,642 $189,235,642 

Cash and accounts payable approximate their fair values as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, due to their short-term nature. Pension plan assets fair value is determined based on Level 2 inputs.


Note 5 – Investments
The fair value and amortized cost of investments in short-term marketable debt securities by major security type as of June 30, 2024 are as follows:

Amortized costGross unrealized gainsGross unrealized lossesFair value
Eurocommercial Papers$174,969,520 $2,918,180 $ $177,887,700 
Certificates of Deposit58,420,956 637,044  59,058,000 
Total$233,390,476$3,555,224$$236,945,700
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024
(Amounts in USD, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)
Of which classified within cash and cash equivalents59,235,548 701,752  59,937,300 
Of which classified within short-term marketable debt securities174,154,928 2,853,472  177,008,400 

The following table presents the changes in fair values of the Company’s short-term marketable debt securities, classified as Level 2 financial assets, and recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income:

Beginning balance, January 1, 2024$2,720,854 
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications8,507,252 
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income(7,672,882)
Ending balance, June 30, 2024$3,555,224

As of June 30, 2024, the Company’s marketable debt securities maturities are all due within one year.


Note 6 — Prepaid Expenses
Prepaid expenses - currentJune 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Non-clinical research and clinical development services$8,208,290$842,729
Supply and manufacturing services4,294,3171,205
Insurance1,984,3571,077,478
Other prepayments918,562180,791
Total$15,405,526$2,102,203
Prepaid expenses - non-currentJune 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Supply and manufacturing services$4,129,151$8,423,468
Total$4,129,151$8,423,468
Supply and manufacturing services, current and non-current, relate to advance payments made to a contract manufacturing organization pursuant to a manufacturing run reservation agreement for the commercial-scale manufacturing of SLK in 2025.


Note 7 — Trade and Other Payables
June 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Supply and manufacturing fees payable$2,678,765$553,459
Research and development services and license fees2,021,478911,454
Legal advisory fees payable210,19147,095
Consulting and advisory services55,98580,695
Other payables176,434244,981
Total$5,142,853$1,837,684
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024
(Amounts in USD, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)


Note 8 — Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities
June 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Research and development services and license fees$2,115,244 $1,226,281 
Bonuses and related employees compensation expenses1,964,659 2,780,219 
Supply and manufacturing services820,897 1,603,739 
Tax liabilities618,983 367,976 
Consultant and other fees203,016 853,905 
Legal fees94,58598,000
Total$5,817,384$6,930,120


Note 9 — Leases
In August 2021, the Company entered into an open-ended office lease agreement, effective November 1, 2021, to lease approximately 2,300 square feet of space on the last two floors of the building located at Dorfstrasse 29, 6300 Zug, Switzerland. The Company estimated the effective duration of the lease at inception and determined a period of 3 years, with expected expiration in November 2024. In December 2023, the contract was extended, leading to a new estimated effective duration of the lease period of 3 years, with expected expiration in January 2027.

On October 9, 2023, the Company entered into an office lease agreement, effective as of October 9, 2023, to lease approximately 3,900 square feet of office space on the fifth floor of the building located at Rua Manuel Pinto de Azedevo 860, 4150-335, Porto, Portugal. This lease has a 3-year initial term, with two extendable periods of 3 years each. It is expected to be extended once until October 2029.

On October 13, 2023, the Company entered into an office lease agreement, effective as of October 16, 2023, to lease approximately 6,000 square feet of office space on the first floor of the building located at 95 Regent Street, CB2 1AW, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom. This lease has a 3-year term agreement and is set to expire in October 2026.

On December 12, 2023, the Company entered into an open-ended office lease agreement, effective as of January 15, 2024, to lease approximately 1,700 square feet of additional office space at its existing corporate headquarters located at Dorfstrasse 29, 6300 Zug, Switzerland. The Company estimated the duration of the lease at inception and determined a 3-year term.

The weighted average remaining lease term and weighted average discount rate for the operating leases as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows:

June 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Weighted average remaining lease term (in months)3339
Weighted average discount rate4.8 %4.9 %

The future minimum annual lease payments under these operating leases as of June 30, 2024 are as follows:

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024
(Amounts in USD, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)
Year ending December 31,Amount
Remainder of fiscal 2024$722,747
20251,445,489
20261,133,612
202792,711
202892,711
Thereafter63,801
Total lease payments3,551,071
Less imputed interest(207,064)
Total lease liability3,344,007
Less current portion of lease liability(1,321,727)
Long-term portion operating lease liability$2,022,280

The Company recorded lease expense related to its operating leases of $353,906 and $702,446 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively, and $39,445 and $78,270 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively. Operating cash outflows for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities was $724,596 and $78,270 for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2023, respectively.


Note 10 — Employee Benefit Plans
The Company operates a defined benefit pension plan in Switzerland (the "Plan”) and a defined contribution pension plan in the United Kingdom and Portugal, in accordance with local regulations and practices. As of June 30, 2024, the Plan covers the Company’s employees in Switzerland with benefits in the event of death, disability, retirement, or termination of employment.
Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost under the Plan

Three Months Ended June 30, 2024Three Months Ended June 30, 2023Six Months Ended June 30, 2024Six Months Ended June 30, 2023
Service cost$68,238$30,663$139,355$60,477
Interest cost8,0477,65716,43615,102
Expected return on plan assets(14,718)(9,127)(30,058)(18,002)
Amortization of unrecognized loss2,5025,111
Prior service credit recognized in current year(2,478)(5,059)
Total Net Periodic Benefit Cost$61,591$29,193$125,785$57,577
The components of net periodic benefit cost other than the service cost component are included in general and administrative expense in the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024
(Amounts in USD, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)
Employer Contributions under the Plan
For the six months ended June 30, 2024, $126,341 (CHF 111,899) of contributions were made to the Plan. The Company presently anticipates contributing an additional estimated amount of $126,341 (CHF 111,899) to fund the Plan in 2024 for a total of $252,682 (CHF 223,798).

Note 11 — Shareholders’ Equity
Class A Ordinary Shares(1)
Class C Ordinary Shares(1)
Total Number of Ordinary Shares
AuthorizedIssuedAuthorizedIssuedAuthorizedIssued and Outstanding
Balance at January 1, 2024500,000,00060,466,453100,000,0002,505,476600,000,00062,971,929
Conversion of Class C Ordinary Shares into Class A Ordinary Shares1,493,356(1,493,356)
Issuance of Class A Ordinary Shares under the ATM facility914,828914,828
Cancellation of Class C shares following an employee contract termination in MoonLake AG(16,853)(16,853)
Balance at March 31, 2024500,000,00062,874,637100,000,000995,267600,000,00063,869,904
Balance at June 30, 2024500,000,00062,874,637100,000,000995,267600,000,00063,869,904
(1) Fully paid-in registered shares with a par value of $0.0001
Class A Ordinary Shares
On April 6, 2022, the Company's Class A Ordinary Shares began trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market ("Nasdaq") under the symbol “MLTX”. As of June 30, 2024, there were 62,874,637 Class A Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding. The Company is authorized to issue up to 500,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share. Holders of Class A Ordinary Shares are entitled to one vote per share.
Class C Ordinary Shares
As of June 30, 2024, there were 995,267 Class C Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding. The Company is authorized to issue up to 100,000,000 Class C Ordinary Shares, with a par value $0.0001 per share. Each Class C Ordinary Share entitles the holders thereof to one vote per share, but carries no economic rights.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024
(Amounts in USD, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)
At the closing of the Business Combination, MoonLake, MoonLake AG and ML Party (as defined in Note 2 — Business Combination Agreement with Helix and Recapitlalization, included in MoonLake's audited financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2023 included in the Annual Report) into a Restated and Amended Shareholders' Agreement (the “A&R Shareholders' Agreement”). With the intent to approximate the rights, obligations and restrictions that an ML Party would enjoy if it were a holder of Class A Ordinary Shares, the A&R Shareholders’ Agreement (i) imposes certain transfer and other restrictions on the ML Parties, (ii) provides for the waiver of certain statutory rights and (iii) establishes certain mechanics whereby MoonLake and each of the ML Parties are able to effect the conversion of MoonLake AG Common Shares and Class C Ordinary Shares into a number of Class A Ordinary Shares equal to the Exchange Ratio (as defined in Note 3 — Basis of Presentation, included in MoonLake's audited financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2023 included in the Annual Report). The foregoing description of the A&R Shareholders' Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, and should be read in connection with, the full text of the A&R Shareholders' Agreement filed as an exhibit on the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 11, 2022.

Equity Offerings
At-the-Market Offering
On May 11, 2023, the Company entered into a Sales Agreement (the “May 2023 Sales Agreement”) with Leerink Partners LLC (formerly known as SVB Securities LLC) (“Leerink Partners”), through which the Company could issue and sell up to $200,000,000 of its Class A Ordinary Shares (the “May 2023 ATM Shares”), through Leerink Partners as its sales agent. The May 2023 ATM Shares to be sold under the May 2023 Sales Agreement, if any, would be issued and sold pursuant to the Company's shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-271546), which was declared effective by the SEC on May 9, 2023, and a prospectus supplement thereto filed with the SEC on May 11, 2023.

On June 27, 2023, the Company reduced the maximum aggregate offering amount of its Class A Ordinary Shares that could be issued and sold under the May 2023 Sales Agreement to $0 and no longer intends to sell Class A Ordinary Shares under the May 2023 Sales Agreement unless the Company files a further prospectus supplement indicating an amount of shares proposed to be sold.

On August 31, 2023, the Company entered into a Sales Agreement with Leerink Partners (the “August 2023 Sales Agreement” and together with the May 2023 Sales Agreement, the “Sales Agreements”), through which the Company could issue and sell up to $350,000,000 of its Class A Ordinary Shares (the “August 2023 ATM Shares”), through Leerink Partners as its sales agent. The August 2023 ATM Shares to be sold under the August 2023 Sales Agreement, if any, would be issued and sold pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-274286), which was declared effective by the SEC on September 11, 2023, and a prospectus supplement thereto filed with the SEC on August 31, 2023.

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company sold 914,828 Class A Ordinary Shares under the August 2023 Sales Agreement at a weighted average share price of $58.31, for aggregate net proceeds of approximately $52.5 million, after deducting sales agent's commissions and transaction costs.

During the three months ended June 30, 2024, there were no sales under the August 2023 Sales Agreement.


Public Offering of Class A Ordinary Shares
On June 27, 2023, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with SVB Securities LLC and Guggenheim Securities LLC as the representatives of the underwriters named therein, to issue and sell 8,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares at a public offering price of $50.00 per share (the “Offering”). In addition, the Company granted the underwriters an option for a period of 30 days to purchase up to an additional 1,200,000 Class A Ordinary Shares at the public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions (the “Option”), and such Option was exercised in full by the underwriters.

The Offering closed on June 30, 2023, and net proceeds from the Offering, including proceeds from the exercise in full by the underwriters of the Option, were $436.7 million, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and the offering expenses in the amount of $23.3 million.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024
(Amounts in USD, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

Following the completion of the Offering, the Company opted to direct a substantial portion of the net proceeds to MoonLake AG. This was executed as a two-step process: (i) the Company acquired the remaining 22,756 MoonLake AG Common Shares held in treasury through a share purchase and assignment agreement formally executed on July 9, 2023 ($38.9 million) and (ii) the Company contributed additional funds to MoonLake AG’s capital reserves through a cash contribution agreement formally executed on July 10, 2023 ($275 million). A stamp duty tax of $2.8 million was levied on the aforementioned capital contribution which the Company has classified as cash flows from financing activities in order to correctly mirror the underlying nature of the transaction.

On March 8, 2024, the Company executed a similar transaction as a two-step process: (i) the Company acquired 501 MoonLake AG Common Shares held in treasury through a share purchase and assignment agreement ($0.8 million) and (ii) the Company contributed an additional $150.0 million of funds to MoonLake AG's capital reserves through a cash contribution. A stamp duty tax of $1.6 million was levied on the capital contribution which the Company has classified as cash flows from financing activities in order to correctly mirror the underlying nature of the transaction. The aforementioned increase in treasury shares occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2024 as a result of an employee termination entitling MoonLake AG to repurchase such employee's unvested shares (501 MoonLake AG Common Shares and 16,853 Class C Ordinary Shares) previously awarded as part of a share-based compensation program. Since the shares were subsequently sold to MoonLake, the corresponding Class C Ordinary Shares were canceled.


Note 12 — Net Loss per Share
The following table sets forth the loss per share calculations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2023:

Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
2024202320242023
Numerator
Net loss attributable to controlling interests shareholders$(24,267,012)$(10,139,279)$(37,940,668)$(19,144,135)
Denominator
Total weighted average number of outstanding shares62,874,63743,718,46462,755,92541,403,084
Net loss per share – basic and diluted$(0.39)$(0.23)$(0.60)$(0.46)
The weighted average number of shares used to calculate the net loss per share – basic for the six months ended June 30, 2024 excludes Class C Ordinary Shares as they do not carry economic rights.
If the ML Parties elected to convert all of their MoonLake AG Common Shares into Class A Ordinary Shares as of January 1, 2024, the weighted average number of shares outstanding would have been 63,869,904 and 63,773,158 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively, resulting in a net loss per share of $(0.39) and $(0.61), respectively. Upon conversion, all Class C Ordinary Shares would be forfeited and there would no longer be any noncontrolling interests.
Upon conversion, the Company's number of Class A Ordinary Shares outstanding would be 63,883,904 as of August 1, 2024, including the 14,000 Class A Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to stock options exercised subsequent to June 30, 2024 (please refer to Note 17 - Subsequent Events for more information).



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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024
(Amounts in USD, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)
Note 13 — Share-Based Compensation
As of June 30, 2024, the Company had the following share-based compensation arrangements:
a.Restricted Founder Shares (as defined below) – created in April 2021 by MoonLake AG (fully vested as of April 2023);
b.The Employee Share Participation Plan (“ESPP”) – created in July 2021 by MoonLake AG;
c.The Employee Stock Option Plan (“ESOP”) – created in July 2021 by MoonLake AG (fully vested as of January 2024);
d.MoonLake Immunotherapeutics 2022 Equity Incentive Plan ("Equity Incentive Plan") – created in April 2022 by MoonLake Immunotherapeutics.

The purpose of the arrangements is to attract and retain the best available personnel and to provide participants with additional incentive to increase their efforts on behalf and in the best interest of the Company and its subsidiaries. The reference to “Common Shares” refers to shares in MoonLake AG.

MoonLake AG's compensation plans are settled with Common Shares, and with a number of Class C Ordinary Shares determined by multiplying the number of Common Shares by the Exchange Ratio. The owners of Common Shares have the right to exchange their Common Shares for a number of Class A Ordinary Shares derived using the Exchange Ratio. In the event MoonLake AG shareholders elect to exchange their Common Shares, such MoonLake AG shareholder forfeits a number of Class C Ordinary Shares equal to the number of Class A Ordinary Shares issued (refer to Note 11 — Shareholders’ Equity - Class C Ordinary Shares).

As of January 1, 2024, the Company executed the conversion of the majority of the outstanding ESOP awards into an equivalent number of Equity Incentive Plan option awards that are settled with Class A Ordinary Shares, thereby eliminating the intermediary right to the exchange step noted above. From an accounting perspective, there is no underlying modification to the economic, control or legal rights of the awards, including vesting terms and conditions, exercise price and accounting classification. This is purely an administrative change as opposed to an accounting modification whereby the plan issuer is amended from MoonLake AG to MoonLake Immunotherapeutics. Consequently, there is no incremental fair value generated following the conversion and therefore no incremental expense recorded. Any remaining unvested compensation expense will be depleted over the remaining vesting period of the original awards, thereby resulting in no change to the consolidated financial statements.

As a result of this administrative conversion, the two main plans which remain active as of June 30, 2024 are the ESPP and Equity Incentive Plan, whereas the Restricted Founder Shares and ESOP are fully vested as of April 2023 and January 2024, respectively.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company has recognized an increase in equity in the condensed consolidated balance sheet, and share-based compensation expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss of $1.8 million and $3.5 million, respectively. The share-based compensation expense was driven by the aforementioned two main active share-based compensation plans and programs:

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024
(Amounts in USD, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)
Compensation PlanThree Months Ended June 30, 2024Three Months Ended June 30, 2023Six Months Ended June 30, 2024Six Months Ended June 30, 2023
MoonLake AG Restricted Founder Shares$ $364,218 $ $1,574,300 
ESPP733,098 771,313 1,450,4021,828,267
ESOP 171,058  359,297
Equity Incentive Plan1,095,147 191,072 2,055,051312,984
Total share-based compensation expense$1,828,245 $1,497,661 $3,505,453 $4,074,848 
Of which: included in research and development expense520,373 301,104 937,351 888,098 
Of which: included in general and administrative expense1,307,872 1,196,557 2,568,102 3,186,750 

We expect that all future employee awards will be made under the Equity Incentive Plan. As of June 30, 2024, 3,296,532 Class A Ordinary Shares from the authorized pool of 4,353,948 Class A Ordinary Shares remain available for future grants, and 959,023 and 98,393 Class A Ordinary Shares are reserved for issuance upon exercise of stock options granted under the Equity Incentive Plan and ESOP, respectively. The latter relate to awards not yet subjected to the conversion described above.

MoonLake AG - Restricted Founder Shares
On April 28, 2021, the shareholders’ agreement between the co-founders, the Series A investors and MoonLake AG imposed a reverse vesting condition on 90% of the total 110,000 Common Shares (the equivalent of 3,700,257 Class C Ordinary Shares) held by each of the three co-founders. Therefore, 99,000 Common Shares (the equivalent of 3,330,231 Class C Ordinary Shares) held by each of the co-founders were subject to these restrictions and considered unvested (the “Restricted Founder Shares”). The Restricted Founder Shares vested on the 28th of each month at a rate of 4.166% over a period of two years until April 28, 2023. In the event of a termination of the contractual relationship of the relevant co-founder before the end of the vesting period, MoonLake AG in first priority, or any third party designated by it, and the other shareholders in second priority pro rata to their shareholdings, had an option to purchase all or a pro rata portion of the leaver shares that remained unvested on the effective day of the termination at nominal value of CHF 0.10.
Grants awarded
ProgramRestricted Founder Shares
Awards unvested as of January 1, 20231,110,078
Awards vested for the six months ended June 30, 2023(1,110,078)
Awards unvested as of June 30, 2023
Employee Share Participation Plan (ESPP) 2021-2025 - MoonLake AG
The ESPP grants will vest 25% on each anniversary of the grant date. In the event of a termination of contractual relationship between the Company and the entitled employee, the awards can be deemed forfeited by MoonLake AG if certain conditions are met. Awards feature an accelerated vesting condition linked to a “Change of Control”, defined as any transfer of shares that results in the proposed acquirer holding more than 50% of the then issued share capital of MoonLake AG or the Company, as the case may be, where all the outstanding awards (whether currently outstanding or granted in the future) will be deemed fully vested.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024
(Amounts in USD, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)
Grants awarded
ProgramESPP
Awards issued as of January 1 and June 30, 20232,237,915
Awards vested as of June 30, 20231,452,115
Awards issued as of January 1, 20242,237,915
Awards forfeited for the six months ended June 30, 20241(16,853)
Awards issued as of June 30, 20242,221,062
Awards vested as of June 30, 20241,754,359
As of June 30, 2024, MoonLake AG had $4.6 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to the ESPP that will be recognized over the weighted average period of 1.55 years.

Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) 2021-2025 - MoonLake AG
The ESOP grants will vest 25% on each anniversary of the grant date. In the event of a termination of the contractual relationship between the Company and the entitled employee, options can be deemed forfeited by MoonLake AG if certain conditions are met. Awards feature an accelerated vesting condition linked to a “Change of Control”, defined as any transfer of shares that results in the proposed acquirer holding more than 50% of the then issued share capital of MoonLake AG or the Company, as the case may be, where all the outstanding awards (whether currently outstanding or granted in the future) will be deemed fully vested.
Grants awarded
ProgramESOP
Awards issued as of January 1, 2023466,770
Awards granted for the six months ended June 30, 202355,100
Awards issued as of June 30, 2023521,870
Awards exercisable as of June 30, 2023186,593
Awards issued as of January 1, 2024585,078
Awards converted from ESOP to Equity Incentive Plan for the six months ended June 30, 2024(486,685)
Awards issued as of June 30, 202498,393
Awards exercisable as of June 30, 202498,393

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics 2022 Equity Incentive Plan
On April 5, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), the Company created the Equity Incentive Plan to promote and closely align the interests of employees, officers, non-employee directors and other service providers of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics and its shareholders by providing share-based compensation and other performance-based compensation.

The Equity Incentive Plan provides for the grant of options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units, restricted stock and other share-based awards and for incentive bonuses, which may be paid in cash, Common Shares or a combination thereof, as determined by the compensation committee of the board of directors or such other committee as
1 Refer to Note 11 - Shareholders' Equity - Class C Ordinary Shares
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024
(Amounts in USD, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)
designated by the board of directors to administer the Equity Incentive Plan. The Equity Incentive Plan shall remain available for the grant of awards until the 10th anniversary of the Effective Date.

Grants awarded
Program
Equity Incentive Plan
Awards issued as of January 1, 2023180,000
Awards granted for the six months ended June 30, 202356,485
Awards issued as of June 30, 2023236,485
Awards exercisable as of June 30, 202360,000
Awards issued as of January 1, 2024312,400
Awards granted for the six months ended June 30, 2024159,938
Awards converted from ESOP to Equity Incentive Plan for the six months ended June 30, 2024486,685
Awards issued as of June 30, 2024959,023
Awards exercisable as of June 30, 2024366,718

Weighted average assumptions for the awards issued during the six months ended June 30, 2024
Estimated fair value of the option on the grant date using Black-Scholes model ($)31.66
Exercise price ($)
45.91
Expected term of the award on the grant date (years) (1)
6
Expected volatility of the share price (2)
75%
Risk-free interest rate (3)
4.6%
Expected dividend rate%
(1) The expected term represents the period that share-based awards are expected to be outstanding.
(2) The expected volatility was derived from the historical stock volatilities of comparable peer public companies within the Company’s industry.
(3) The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the measurement date with maturities approximately equal to the expected term.

As of June 30, 2024, the Company had $10.5 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to the Equity Incentive Plan that will be recognized over the weighted average period of 2.04 years.


Note 14 — Income Taxes
The Company's effective tax rate (“ETR”) was 0.3% and 0.4% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively, and 0.1% and 0.1% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively. The Company is not aware of any items that would cause the quarterly ETR to be significantly different from the Company's annual ETR. The difference between the income tax provision that would be derived by applying the statutory rate to the Company's loss before income taxes and the income tax provision recorded was primarily attributable to the change in the valuation allowance. The Company continues to incur losses for the entities domiciled in the Cayman Island and Switzerland, and its ability to utilize the deferred tax asset related to the tax losses is not considered more likely than not. A full valuation allowance has been recorded against the deferred tax asset.


Note 15 — Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments
The Company has entered into agreements as of June 30, 2024 primarily in regards to the clinical and non-clinical development services with contract research organizations ("CROs"), as well as supply and logistics services with
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024
(Amounts in USD, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)
contract manufacturing organizations ("CMOs"), for the advancement of SLK. As of June 30, 2024, the total committed expense under these agreements amounted to $125.5 million, of which $5.9 million are recognized under Prepaid expenses - current, $4.1 million are recognized under Prepaid expenses - non-current, and the rest remain unrecognized.

The Company's In-License Agreement with MHKDG includes contractual milestone payments related to the achievement of pre-specified research, development, regulatory and commercialization events and indemnification provisions, which are common in such agreements. Pursuant to the agreements, the Company is obligated to make research and development and regulatory milestone payments upon the occurrence of certain events. Subject to the terms of the license, additional milestone payments of up to €299.6 million ($320.6 million using a June 30, 2024 exchange rate) are potentially payable upon satisfying specific milestones related to regulatory filing acceptance, first commercial sales, and aggregate annual net sales. The milestone payments are payable in cash. Milestone payments due prior to obtaining regulatory approval will be recorded as research and development expense upon determination that a milestone payment is probable to occur. Milestone payments due after obtaining regulatory approval will be capitalized when and if incurred. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the milestones to occur. However, if the Company reasonably determines that a technical failure or commercial failure has occurred with respect to all or a part of the SLK Program, the Company, at its sole discretion, can terminate all or part of the SLK Program. As of June 30, 2024, the Company made a total of €7.5 million ($8.1 million using the then applicable exchange rates) in additional milestone payments.

In addition, on May 12, 2023, MoonLake AG entered into an agreement with Research Cooperation Technologies, Inc. (“RCT”) and MHKDG, effective as of June 1, 2023, pursuant to which the Company was granted a royalty-bearing, nonexclusive, sublicensable right and license under RCT’s patents and know-how related to a manufacturing process using an underlying yeast strain, Pichia pastoris, to develop, manufacture, use, sell, offer for sale, and import and otherwise commercialize SLK on a world-wide basis, subject to certain restrictions. This agreement replaces the Company’s sublicense for similar rights under the In-License Agreement. In the aggregate, the Company is required to pay royalties within the range of low to mid-teen percent of net sales under the aforementioned agreements with MHKDG and RCT. Royalties will be recognized in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss when net sales are recognized.

Note 16 - Segment Information and Geographic Data
The Company operates as a single operating segment. Long-lived assets, consisting of property and equipment, net, and operating lease right-of-use assets by geographical area as of June 30, 2024 are as follows:
CountryJune 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Switzerland$750,410 $507,392 
United Kingdom2,245,947 2,704,555 
Portugal870,301 737,398 
Total$3,866,658 $3,949,345 

Note 17 - Subsequent Events
On July 23, 2024 and July 24, 2024, certain participants exercised their stock options under the Equity Incentive Plan for an aggregate of 14,000 Class A Ordinary Shares. Please refer to Note 13 - Share-based compensation for more information regarding the share-based compensation plans.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, appearing elsewhere in this quarterly report (“Quarterly Report”) on Form 10-Q, and with MoonLake’s audited financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2023 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, which was filed with the SEC on February 29, 2024 (our “Annual Report”). Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("U.S. GAAP") and presented in United States dollars ($).

References to “MoonLake”, “we”, “us”, “our”, “our Company”, “the Company” and “our business” refer to MoonLake Immunotherapeutics and its consolidated subsidiaries.


Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including, without limitation, statements regarding the following, are forward-looking statements: our future results of operations and financial position, our expectations regarding industry trends, the sufficiency of our cash and cash equivalents, the anticipated sources and uses of cash, the anticipated investments in our business, our business strategy, and the plans and objectives of management for future operations and capital expenditures, and other information referred to in the sections titled “Business” and “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in this Quarterly Report. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “expect”, “plan”, “anticipate”, “could”, “intend”, “target”, “project”, “contemplate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “predict”, “potential”, “might”, “possible”, or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are only predictions. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in this Quarterly Report contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans and strategy for our business and related financing. Our actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed below and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, and in the section titled “Risk Factors” included in our Annual Report. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to:

our success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors;

factors relating to our business, operations and financial performance, including, but not limited to:

we are substantially dependent on the success of our novel tri-specific Nanobody®, Sonelokimab ("SLK," also known as M1095/ALX 0761), which we license from Merck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany ("MHKDG");

our ability to obtain regulatory approval for our products, and any related restrictions or limitations of any approved products;
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competition and competitive pressures from other global companies in the industries in which we operate;

we have incurred significant losses since inception, and we expect to incur significant losses for the foreseeable future and may not be able to achieve or sustain profitability in the future;

our ability to manage our growth effectively;

the impact of adverse business and economic conditions including inflationary pressures, general economic slowdown or a recession, relatively high interest rates, and changes in monetary policy, banking institution instability and the prospect of a shutdown of the U.S. federal government;

while we have initiated and completed clinical trials, we have no products approved for commercial sale;

we require substantial additional capital to finance our operations, and if we are unable to raise such capital when needed or on acceptable terms, we may be forced to delay, reduce, and/or eliminate one or more of our development programs or future commercialization efforts;

our ability to renew existing contracts;

our limited operating history;

our ability to respond to general economic conditions;

litigation and the ability to adequately protect our intellectual property rights; and

the other factors described under the caption “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report, as may be updated in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

New risk factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible to predict all such risks, nor can we assess the impact of all such risks on our business or the extent to which any factor or combination of factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance. You should not put undue reliance on these statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

There may be other factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements, including factors disclosed in “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report or “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in this Quarterly Report. You should read this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the documents that we reference herein completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.



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Overview

We are a clinical stage biotechnology company advancing therapies to address significant unmet needs in inflammatory skin and joint diseases. We are currently a single asset company focused on the development of SLK, a novel tri-specific IL-17A and IL-17F inhibiting Nanobody, that we exclusively licensed from MHKDG and that has the potential, based on response levels seen in clinical trials, to drive disease modification in dermatology and rheumatology patients.

SLK is a proprietary Nanobody that was discovered by Ablynx N.V., Belgium, a Sanofi company (“Ablynx”), and previously studied by MHKDG and Avillion LLP under a 2017 co-development agreement. The terms “Nanobody” and “Nanobodies” used herewith are registered trademarks of Ablynx. Nanobodies are able to bind selectively to a specific antigen with high affinity. Nanobodies have a fraction of the molecular weight compared to traditional antibodies. They offer a number of potential advantages over traditional monoclonal antibodies, including the potential to create multivalent molecules with enhanced ability to penetrate inflamed tissue, especially when containing an additional albumin binding domain such as SLK, an easier manufacturing process and a higher thermostability.

We currently develop SLK in inflammatory diseases in dermatology and rheumatology where the pathophysiology is known to be driven by IL-17A and IL-17F. This group of diseases comprises our initial target diseases, hidradenitis suppurativa (“HS”) and psoriatic arthritis (“PsA”), and several other inflammatory conditions, including axial spondyloarthritis (“axSpA”), palmoplantar pustulosis (“PPP”) and psoriasis (“PsO”). Our initial target diseases affect millions of people worldwide, and we believe there is a need for improved treatment options. We believe that SLK has a differentiated mechanism of action and that its purposefully designed molecular characteristics, including its small size and its albumin binding site, facilitate deep tissue penetration in the skin and joints. We envision SLK as a key therapeutic alternative in our initial target indications and potentially in multiple other IL-17 driven inflammatory conditions.

In May 2022, we initiated a Phase 2b trial of SLK in patients with moderate-to-severe HS (the MIRA trial (M1095-HS-201)), and in June 2023, we announced positive top-line results from this trial, which met its primary endpoint of Hidradenitis Suppurativa Clinical Response (“HiSCR”) 75. In October 2023, we announced positive 24-week top-line results showing that the maintenance treatment with SLK led to further improvements in HiSCR75 response rates and other clinically relevant outcomes in patients with moderate-to-severe HS. In February 2024, we announced the successful outcome of our end-of-Phase 2 interactions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), as well as positive feedback from our interactions with the E.U. European Medicines Agency (“EMA”), with both regulatory bodies unanimously supporting our proposed approach for advancing our Phase 3 program of SLK in HS. In May 2024, we announced the screening of the first patients in our Phase 3 program of SLK in HS.

In December 2022, we initiated a Phase 2b trial in patients with active PsA (the ARGO trial (M1095-PSA-201)), and in November 2023, we announced positive top-line results from this trial, which met its primary endpoint of American College of Rheumatology (“ACR”) 50. In March 2024, we announced positive 24-week data from the ARGO trial in PsA showing that continued treatment with SLK led to significant improvements across all key outcomes. In June 2024, we announced the successful outcome of our end-of-Phase 2 interactions with the FDA, as well as positive feedback from our interactions with the EMA, with both regulatory bodies unanimously supporting our proposed approach for advancing our Phase 3 program of SLK in PsA. We expect to commence Phase 3 clinical trials in PsA in the second half of 2024.

In March 2024, we announced plans to commence an additional Phase 3 clinical trial of SLK in juvenile HS, and Phase 2 clinical trials in PPP and axSpA. We expect these trials to commence in the second half of 2024.

SLK was also studied in a Phase 2b trial in PsO patients where it showed a significant improvement in the primary end point as compared with placebo and for which results were presented in peer-reviewed scientific publications and conferences. In addition to the three Phase 2b trials, Phase 1 single ascending and multiple ascending dosing trials were previously completed, bringing the total number of patients in SLK-related trials to more than 700.

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We do not have any product candidates approved for commercial sale, and we have not generated any revenue from product sales. Our ability to generate revenue sufficient to achieve profitability will depend on the successful development and eventual commercialization of SLK in one or more indications, which we expect to take a number of years. We expect to continue to incur significant expenses and operating losses for at least the next three years as we continue the development of SLK and prepare for commercial launches. It is expected that operating losses will fluctuate significantly from year to year depending on the timing of our planned clinical development programs and efforts to achieve regulatory approval.

As of June 30, 2024, we had $342.8 million of cash and cash equivalents. Based on our current operating plans, we believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents and short-term marketable securities, together amounting to $519.8 million, will be sufficient to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements until the end of 2026.


Equity Offerings
At-the-Market Offerings
On May 11, 2023, we entered into a Sales Agreement (the “May 2023 Sales Agreement”) with Leerink Partners LLC (formerly known as SVB Securities LLC) (“Leerink Partners”), through which we could issue and sell up to $200,000,000 of our Class A Ordinary Shares (the “May 2023 ATM Shares”), through Leerink Partners as sales agent. The May 2023 ATM Shares to be sold under the May 2023 Sales Agreement, if any, would be issued and sold pursuant to our shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-271546), which was declared effective by the SEC on May 9, 2023, and a prospectus supplement thereto filed with the SEC on May 11, 2023.

On June 27, 2023, we reduced the maximum aggregate offering amount of our Class A Ordinary Shares that could be issued and sold under the May 2023 Sales Agreement to $0 and no longer intend to sell Class A Ordinary Shares under the May 2023 Sales Agreement unless we file a further prospectus supplement indicating an amount of shares proposed to be sold.

On August 31, 2023, we entered into a Sales Agreement with Leerink Partners (the “August 2023 Sales Agreement” and together with the May 2023 Sales Agreement, the “Sales Agreements”), through which we could issue and sell up to $350,000,000 of our Class A Ordinary Shares (the “August 2023 ATM Shares”), through Leerink Partners as sales agent. The August 2023 ATM Shares to be sold under the August 2023 Sales Agreement, if any, would be issued and sold pursuant to our shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-274286), which was declared effective by the SEC on September 11, 2023, and a prospectus supplement thereto filed with the SEC on August 31, 2023.

For the year ended December 31, 2023, we sold 1,070,818 Class A Ordinary Shares through the Sales Agreements for net proceeds of $46 million, after deducting sales agent's commission and transaction costs. In the three months ended March 31, 2024, we sold 914,828 Class A Ordinary Shares under the August 2023 Sales Agreement at a weighted average share price of $58.31, for aggregate net proceeds of approximately $53 million. In the three months ended June 30, 2024, there were no sales under the August 2023 Sales Agreement. As of June 30, 2024, the total number of shares sold under the August 2023 ATM Sales Agreement was 1,440,752 for total net proceeds of $84 million.

Public Offering of Class A Ordinary Shares
On June 27, 2023, we entered into an underwriting agreement with Leerink Partners and Guggenheim Securities LLC as the representatives of the underwriters named therein to issue and sell 8,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares at a public offering price of $50.00 per share (the “Offering”). In addition, we granted the underwriters an option for a period of 30 days to purchase up to an additional 1,200,000 Class A Ordinary Shares at the public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions (the “Option”), and such Option was exercised in full by the underwriters.

The Offering closed on June 30, 2023, and net proceeds from the Offering, including proceeds from the exercise in full by the underwriters of the Option, were $436.7 million, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and the offering expenses in the amount of $23.3 million.
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Following the completion of the Offering, we opted to direct a substantial portion of the net proceeds to MoonLake AG. This was executed as a two-step process: (1) we acquired the remaining 22,756 shares of MoonLake AG common stock held in treasury through a share purchase and assignment agreement formally executed on July 09, 2023 ($38.9 million) and (2) additional funds were contributed to MoonLake AG’s capital reserves through a cash contribution agreement formally executed on July 10, 2023 ($275 million). A stamp duty tax of $2.8 million was levied on the aforementioned capital contribution which the Company has classified as cash flows from financing activities in order to correctly mirror the underlying nature of the transaction.

On March 8, 2024, we executed a similar transaction as a two-step process: (i) we acquired 501 Moonlake AG Common Shares held in treasury through a share purchase and assignment agreement ($0.8 million) and (ii) we contributed an additional $150.0 million of funds to MoonLake AG's capital reserves through a cash contribution. A stamp duty tax of $1.6 million was levied on the capital contribution which we have classified as cash flows from financing activities in order to correctly mirror the underlying nature of the transaction. The aforementioned increase in treasury shares occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2024 as a result of an employee termination entitling MoonLake AG to repurchase such employee's unvested shares (501 MoonLake AG Common Shares and 16,853 Class C Ordinary Shares) previously awarded as part of a share-based compensation program. Since the shares were subsequently sold to MoonLake, the corresponding Class C Ordinary Shares were canceled.

Financial Operations Overview
Revenue

To date, we have not generated any revenue from product sales. If our development efforts for SLK are successful and result in regulatory approval or new license agreements with third parties, we may generate revenue in the future from product sales or milestone payments. However, there can be no assurance as to when we will generate such revenue, if at all.
Operating Expenses
Research and Development Expenses

Research and development expenses consist primarily of costs incurred for our research activities, including third-party license fees and efforts relating to the development of SLK. We expense research and development costs as incurred, which include:
employee-related expenses, including salaries, bonuses, benefits, share-based compensation, and other related costs for those employees involved in research and development efforts;
external research and development expenses incurred under agreements with Clinical Research Organizations (“CROs”) as well as consultants that conduct our research program and development services;
costs incurred under collaboration agreements;
costs related to manufacturing material for our research program and clinical studies;
costs related to compliance with regulatory requirements; and
facilities, depreciation and other allocated expenses, which include direct and allocated expenses for rent, utilities and insurance.

We estimate research and clinical trial expenses based on the services performed pursuant to contracts with research institutions, CROs, and Clinical Manufacturing Organizations (“CMOs”) that conduct and manage research studies and clinical trials on our behalf based on actual time and expenses incurred by them or probable achievement of milestone events that are associated with contractually agreed milestone payments.

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We account for advance payments for goods and services that will be used in future research and development activities as expenses when the services have been performed or when the goods have been received rather than when the payment is made.

We do not allocate employee costs, facilities costs, including depreciation, or other indirect costs to specific programs because these costs are deployed across multiple programs and, as such, are not separately classified. We use internal resources primarily for managing our research program, clinical development, and manufacturing activities.

The successful development of SLK is highly uncertain. We expect to incur significant research and development expenses for the foreseeable future as we continue the development and manufacturing partnerships for SLK, conduct research activities and potentially expand our pipeline by pursuing additional indications for SLK or including new product candidates in our portfolio. We cannot determine with certainty the timing of initiation, the duration, or the completion costs of current or future research studies and clinical trials of SLK due to the inherently unpredictable nature of research activities and clinical development. Clinical development timelines, the probability of success and the development costs can differ materially from expectations. We anticipate that we will make determinations as to which indications to pursue and how much funding to direct to each indication on an ongoing basis in response to the results of ongoing and future research studies and clinical trials, regulatory developments, and our ongoing assessments as to each indication’s commercial potential.

Any changes in the outcome of any of these variables with respect to the development of SLK could mean a significant change in the costs and timing associated with its development. We may never succeed in achieving regulatory approval for SLK. We may obtain unexpected results from our clinical trials. We may elect to discontinue, delay or modify clinical trials or focus on other product candidates. For example, if the FDA, the EMA, or another regulatory authority were to delay our planned start of clinical trials or require us to conduct clinical trials or other testing beyond those that we currently expect or if we experience significant delays in enrollment in any of our planned clinical trials, we could be required to expend significant additional financial resources and time on the completion of SLK’s clinical development.
General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expense (“G&A”) consists primarily of employee related costs, including salaries, bonuses, benefits, share-based compensation and other related costs for our executive and administrative functions. G&A expense also includes professional services, including legal, accounting and audit services and other consulting fees, as well as facility costs not otherwise included in research and development expenses, insurance and other general administrative expenses.

Based on our strategy, there are a number of factors that we expect will impact the level of research and development expenses, G&A expenses, and capital expenditures incurred by the business.

These factors include:
Building the leading efficacy and safety profile of SLK for patients — We expect to incur significant research and development expenses, and G&A expenses as we: (i) conduct and initiate further clinical trials for SLK including Phase 3 clinical trials in HS, PsA and juvenile HS and Phase 2 clinical trials in PPP and axSpA; (ii) seek regulatory approvals for SLK; (iii) make milestone and commercial payments under the In-License Agreement, dated April 29, 2021, by and between MoonLake AG and MHKDG (the "In-License Agreement") (based on regulatory filing acceptances, first commercial sales, and aggregate annual net sales); (iv) establish a sales, marketing and distribution infrastructure to commercialize SLK; (v) attract, hire and retain additional clinical, scientific, quality control, and administrative personnel; and (vi) add clinical, operational, financial and management information systems and personnel.
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Strengthening the differentiation elements for future SLK patients — In parallel with our clinical trials, we expect to incur additional research expenditures as we conduct non-clinical research to continue refining our understanding of SLK/nanobody biology and the potential impact in our selected therapeutic indications.
Building our manufacturing and commercialization capabilities — We do not own or operate manufacturing facilities, and currently have no plans to establish any. We partner with third-party CMOs for both drug substance and finished drug product. We obtain our supplies from these manufacturers based on purchase orders. Therefore, we expect to incur research and development costs for the purchase of our supplies on an as needed basis to conduct our clinical trials. Technology transfers for drug substance and drug product to commercial scale CMOs have already been executed in 2022, but we may pursue additional technology transfers and process improvements. This is designed to allow us to scale up while SLK is in clinical development and advance potential commercial requirements. The improvement of our manufacturing capabilities will be important in driving efficiency, maintaining high standards of quality control, and ensuring that investigators, physicians, and patients have adequate access to our product candidates, if approved. We also plan to further invest in our commercial capabilities. In 2024, we started hiring dedicated personnel to our marketing, access and pricing functions and intend to continue building out this team to prepare for commercial launches of SLK in our target indications.
Deepening our intellectual property portfolio to support our nanobody technology and product candidates — We expect to continue to incur additional research and development expenditures as we continue extending our global intellectual property portfolio consisting of patents and patent applications, trade secrets, trademarks, and know-how to protect the product candidates developed from our nanobody technology. We plan to expand our intellectual property portfolio as we continue to advance and develop existing product candidates.
Licensing/broadening our portfolio — We may supplement our current strategy with the in-licensing or acquisition of additional product candidates for clinical development (beyond SLK), rather than discovering such candidates ourselves, which would lead to additional research and development expenses, G&A expenses, and capital expenditures.
Granting share-based compensation awards and vesting of existing plans — We expect to continue to grant awards to selected employees, directors and non-employees pursuant to the MoonLake Immunotherapeutics 2022 Equity Incentive Plan ("Equity Incentive Plan"). Further, we expect to continue to incur share-based compensation charges in connection with the above-mentioned plan and the vesting of awards made under MoonLake AG’s Employee Share Participation Plan (“ESPP”).

We also expect to incur additional legal, accounting, investor relations and other expenses associated with operating as a public company and as we continue to grow our business. Our net losses may fluctuate significantly from quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year, depending on the timing of our clinical trials and our expenditures on other research and development activities.

We expect our existing cash and cash equivalents to be sufficient to advance the development of SLK in multiple indications, including the above mentioned clinical trials in HS, PsA, juvenile HS, PPP and axSpA, and to submit a Biologics License Application for SLK. Clinical development involves a lengthy and expensive process with uncertain outcomes and is subject to risks described under the heading “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, including that our preclinical studies or clinical trials may not be conducted as planned or completed on schedule and may not satisfy the requirements of the FDA, EMA, or other comparable foreign regulatory authorities. If we are required to conduct additional preclinical studies or clinical trials of SLK beyond those that we currently contemplate, if we are delayed or unable to successfully complete clinical trials of SLK or other testing, or if the results of these trials or tests are not positive or are only modestly positive or if there are safety concerns, we may require additional funding. Moreover, we will require additional capital to commercialize SLK and to discover, develop, obtain regulatory approval and commercialize any future product candidates, as applicable. We do not have any committed external source of funds. We expect to finance future cash needs through public or private equity or debt offerings or product collaborations. Additional capital may not be available in sufficient amounts or on reasonable terms, if at all. The current market environment for small biotechnology companies, like us, and broader macroeconomic factors, including
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recent and potential future disruptions in access to bank deposits or lending commitments due to bank failures, may preclude us from successfully raising additional capital.

If we do not raise additional capital, we may not be able to expand our operations or otherwise capitalize on our business opportunities, our business and financial condition will be negatively impacted and we may need to: significantly delay, scale back or discontinue research and discovery efforts and the development or commercialization of SLK or any other product candidates or cease operations altogether; seek strategic alliances for research and development programs when we otherwise would not, or at an earlier stage than we would otherwise desire or on terms less favorable than might otherwise be available; or relinquish, or license on unfavorable terms, our rights to technologies or SLK or any other product candidates that we otherwise would seek to develop or commercialize ourselves.

Foreign Currency

Our functional currency is the U.S. dollar. Balances and transactions denominated in foreign currencies are converted as follows: monetary assets and liabilities are translated using exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet dates and non-monetary assets and liabilities are translated at historical exchange rates. Revenue (if and when earned) and expenses are translated at the daily exchange rate on the respective transaction date.

Gains or losses from foreign currency translation are included in "other income, net" in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. We recognized a foreign currency transaction loss of $39,293 and $98,834 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, we recognized a foreign currency transaction gain of $108,844 and $280,652, respectively.

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Results of Operations
Comparison of the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023

Three Months Ended June 30, 2024Three Months Ended June 30, 2023ChangeChange %
Operating expenses
Research and development$(23,662,147)$(8,703,849)$(14,958,298)171.9 %
General and administrative(6,916,054)(4,482,041)(2,434,013)54.3 %
Total operating expenses(30,578,201)(13,185,890)(17,392,311)131.9 %
Operating loss(30,578,201)(13,185,890)(17,392,311)131.9 %
Other income, net5,898,148 842,652 5,055,496 600.0 %
Loss before income tax(24,680,053)(12,343,238)(12,336,815)99.9 %
Income tax expense(78,701)(10,149)(68,552)675.4 %
Net loss(24,758,754)(12,353,387)(12,405,367)100.4 %
Net unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities and short term investments652,097 (415,225)1,067,322 (257.0)%
Actuarial loss on employee benefit plans(76,479)(16,336)(60,143)368.2 %
Other comprehensive income (loss)575,618 (431,561)1,007,179 (233.4)%
Comprehensive loss$(24,183,136)$(12,784,948)$(11,398,188)89.2 %
Research and Development

Research and development expenses were $23.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $8.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The increase of $15.0 million primarily related to an increase of $9.4 million in expenses pertaining to clinical development trials with CROs for the commencement of the Phase 3 clinical trials in HS, an increase of $4.0 million related to supply and logistic services for clinical development trials, an increase of $1.4 million and $0.5 million in personnel-related costs and consulting expenses, respectively, to support the research and development effort.

General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses were $6.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $4.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The increase of $2.4 million primarily related to an increase of $1.0 million in expenses for advisory and professional services to support organizational growth and operating as a large-accelerated filer, and an increase of $0.8 million in personnel-related costs to support organizational growth.

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Other Income, Net

Other income, net was $5.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $0.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The increase of $5.1 million primarily related to an increase of $5.3 million in realized interest on cash held in bank and cash investments in short-term marketable debt securities.
Income Tax Expense
Income tax expense was $78,701 for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $10,149 for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The expense is related to corporate income tax of our U.K. and Portugal subsidiaries in 2024 and of our U.K subsidiary in 2023.
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Other comprehensive income was $0.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to other comprehensive loss of $0.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The increase in income of $1.0 million primarily related to an increase in net unrealized gain in short-term marketable debt securities of $1.1 million.

Comparison of the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023


Six Months Ended June 30, 2024Six Months Ended June 30, 2023ChangeChange %
Operating expenses
Research and development$(36,676,194)$(16,118,949)$(20,557,245)127.5 %
General and administrative(13,722,500)(9,998,510)(3,723,990)37.2 %
Total operating expenses(50,398,694)(26,117,459)(24,281,235)93.0 %
Operating loss(50,398,694)(26,117,459)(24,281,235)93.0 %
Other income, net11,813,372 1,566,242 10,247,130 654.2 %
Loss before income tax(38,585,322)(24,551,217)(14,034,105)57.2 %
Income tax expense(148,953)(21,157)(127,796)604.0 %
Net loss(38,734,275)(24,572,374)(14,161,901)57.6 %
Net unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities and short term investments834,370 (390,753)1,225,123 (313.5)%
Actuarial gain (loss) on employee benefit plans4,751 (58,481)63,232 (108.1)%
Other comprehensive income (loss)839,121 (449,234)1,288,355 (286.8)%
Comprehensive loss$(37,895,154)$(25,021,608)$(12,873,546)51.4 %
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Research and Development

Research and development expenses were $36.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $16.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The increase of $20.6 million primarily related to an increase of $13.3 million in expenses pertaining to clinical development trials with CROs for the commencement of the Phase 3 clinical trials in HS, an increase of $4.8 million related to supply and logistic services for clinical development trials, and an increase of $2.1 million and $0.7 million in personnel-related costs and consulting expenses, respectively, to support the research and development effort.

General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses were $13.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $10.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The increase of $3.7 million primarily related to an increase of $1.6 million in personnel-related costs to support organizational growth, an increase of $1.9 million in expenses for advisory and professional services to support organizational growth and operating as a large-accelerated filer, and an increase of $0.7 million in office expenses driven by the new leases for additional office space. The increases were partially offset by a decrease of $0.6 million in share-based compensation due to the restricted founder shares becoming fully vested in April 2023.
Other Income, Net

Other income, net was $11.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $1.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The increase of $10.2 million primarily related to an increase of $10.8 million in realized interest on cash held in bank and cash investments in short-term marketable debt securities, and a decrease of $1.1 million in realized currency losses. The increases were partially offset by a decrease of $1.6 million in realized currency gains.
Income Tax Expense
Income tax expense was $148,953 for the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $21,157 for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The expense is related to corporate income tax of our U.K. and Portugal subsidiaries in 2024 and of our U.K subsidiary in 2023.
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Other comprehensive income was $0.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to other comprehensive loss of $0.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The increase in income of $1.3 million primarily related to an increase in net unrealized gain in short-term marketable debt securities of $1.2 million.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We have no products approved for commercial sale, have not generated any revenue from product sales, and cannot guarantee when or if we will generate any revenue from product sales.

We expect our expenses and capital requirements to remain consistent with our current spending levels as we continue to:
contract with third parties, including CROs and CMOs, to support the planned clinical trials of SLK, including trials in HS, PsA, juvenile HS, PPP and axSpA;
conduct other research and development activities related to SLK;
prepare for regulatory filing and commercialization of SLK;
attract, hire and retain additional management, scientific and administrative personnel;
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maintain, protect and expand our intellectual property portfolio, including patents, trade secrets and know how;
implement operational, financial and management information systems; and
continue operating as a public company.

For the six months ended June 30, 2024, we incurred a loss of $38.7 million, which includes non-cash items such as share-based compensation expense, and a cash outflow from operations of $42.8 million. As of June 30, 2024, we had a total of $519.8 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term marketable securities. Based on our current operating plans, we believe our available cash, cash equivalents and short-term marketable securities will be sufficient to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements until the end of 2026.
We expect to incur significant expenses and operating losses for at least the next three years, assuming we continue the clinical development of, and seek regulatory approval for, our product candidate under an in-licensing agreement. It is expected that operating losses will fluctuate significantly from year to year due to the timing of clinical development programs, efforts to achieve regulatory approval, and sales and marketing efforts. We will require substantial additional funding to bring our product candidate to market and support our continuing operations. Until such time that we can generate significant revenue from product sales or other sources, if ever, we expect to finance our operations through the sale of equity, debt financings, or other capital sources, which may include income from collaborations, strategic partnerships, or marketing, distribution, licensing or other strategic arrangements with third parties, or from grants. If we are unable to acquire additional capital or resources, we will be required to modify our operational plans to fund our operating expense requirements. Refer to “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Limited Operating History, Business, Financial Condition, and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report for further details related to the risk of raising additional capital to fund our operations.
Cash Flows

The following table summarizes our cash flows for the periods indicated.

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2024June 30, 2023
Net cash used in operating activities$(42,838,778)$(21,183,255)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities(116,546,894)32,324,585
Net cash provided by financing activities50,977,905451,285,093
Effect of movements in exchange rates on cash held29,572(145,053)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents$(108,378,195)$462,281,370 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities

We did not generate any cash inflows from our operating activities. Our cash flows from operating activities are significantly influenced by our use of cash for operating expenses and working capital requirements, and we have historically experienced negative cash flows from operating activities as we invested in clinical research and related development.

Net cash used in operating activities was $42.8 million and $21.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2023, respectively. The increase of net cash used in operating activities of $21.6 million was primarily driven by the increase in operating loss of $14.2 million, the increase in cash paid for changes in prepaid expenses of $9.2 million, and the decrease in cash from changes in trade and other payables of $0.8 million. The increases were partially offset by a decrease in cash paid for changes in accrued expenses and other current liabilities of $3.5 million.
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Cash Flows from Investing Activities
During the six months ended June 30, 2024, net cash used in investing activities was $116.5 million, consisting predominantly of $174.2 million related to the purchase of short-term marketable debt securities, partially offset by $57.8 million in proceeds received from maturities of short-term marketable debt securities with original maturities longer than three months. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, net cash provided by investing activities was $32.3 million and related to the maturities of the principal of short-term marketable debt securities with original maturities longer than three months.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
During the six months ended June 30, 2024, net cash provided by financing activities was $51.0 million consisting primarily of $52.5 million in net proceeds from the shares sold under the August 2023 Sales Agreement.

Contractual Obligations and Commitments
The following summarizes our significant contractual obligations and other obligations as of June 30, 2024, which we generally expect to satisfy with cash on hand:
TotalLess than 1
year
1 to 5
Years
More than
5 years
Purchase obligations(1)
$125,545,993 $83,002,379 $42,543,614 $— 
Lease commitments(2)
3,551,0711,445,4892,088,13517,447 
Total contractual obligations$129,097,064 $84,447,868 $44,631,749 $17,447 
____________
(1)   Purchase obligations refer to an agreement to purchase goods or services that is enforceable and legally binding on the Company that specifies all significant terms. The figures presented primarily relate to contractual commitments towards contract manufacturing and contract research organizations.
(2)   We have committed ourselves to four leases, with terms that commenced on November 1, 2021, October 9, 2023, October 13, 2023, and January 15, 2024. We have accounted for the office lease arrangements as operating leases under the guidance ASU 2016-02, Leases Topic 842 through the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024. The future lease commitments relate to the office leases for our headquarters in Zug, Switzerland, Cambridge, United Kingdom, and Porto, Portugal, and reflect minimum payments due.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires us to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, expenses and related disclosures. We continually evaluate these judgments, estimates and assumptions based on the most recently available information, our own historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Since the use of estimates is an integral component of the financial reporting process, actual results could differ from our expectations as a result of changes in estimates.

An accounting policy is considered critical if it requires an accounting estimate to be made based on assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time such an estimate is made, and if different accounting estimates that reasonably could have been used, or changes in the accounting estimates that are reasonably likely to occur periodically, could materially impact the financial statements. Accordingly, these are the policies we believe are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.


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Acquisitions
We evaluate acquisitions of assets and other similar transactions to assess whether or not the transaction should be accounted for as a business combination or asset acquisition by first assessing whether substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or group of similar identifiable assets. The In-License Agreement for the SLK program has been accounted for as an asset purchase on the basis that there were no tangible assets acquired or liabilities assumed by us under the In-License Agreement and substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired related to the in-process research and development expenditure ("IPR&D") of SLK.

IPR&D represents incomplete technologies we acquire, which at the time of acquisition, are still under development and have no alternative future use. Our management’s judgement was required to determine whether the IPR&D had any alternative future use. Our management determined that at the time of acquisition, and without significant additional research, there was no alternative future use other than the development of SLK for the treatment of immunological diseases. Therefore, in accordance with our policy, the aggregate consideration for the IPR&D was recorded as research and development expenses during the year ended December 31, 2021.
Share-Based Compensation

We measure all share-based awards granted to employees, directors and non-employees based on the fair value on the date of grant and recognize compensation expense of those awards over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period of the respective award. Forfeitures are accounted for as they occur. We grant share options and restricted share awards that are subject to either service or performance-based vesting conditions.

We classify share-based compensation expense in our consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss in the same manner in which the award recipient’s payroll costs are classified or in which the award recipient’s service payments are classified.

Determination of Fair Value – Common Shares and Class A Ordinary Shares

Prior to the completion of the Business Combination, given that there had been no public market for MoonLake AG's Common Shares, the estimated fair value of MoonLake AG’s Common Shares was determined by reference to separate market-based transactions involving the sale of its shares to two third-party investors that were not considered related parties to us or MHKDG.

All of our share-based compensation arrangements contain service and performance conditions that, depending on the relevant equity plan, are settled with shares of MoonLake or MoonLake AG, as applicable and meet the definition of a share-based compensation arrangements. All awards granted under our various share-based compensation plans were classified as equity-settled share-based arrangements.

Subsequent to the closing of the Business Combination, the fair value of each of MoonLake AG's Common Shares granted is determined based on the closing price of MoonLake's Class A Ordinary Shares as reported by Nasdaq on the date of grant and multiplied by the Exchange Ratio.

Determination of Fair Value – Share Option Awards

The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which requires inputs based on certain subjective assumptions, including the expected share price volatility, the expected term of the award, the risk-free interest rate and expected dividends.

We estimate our expected share price volatility based on the historical volatility of publicly traded peer companies and expect to continue to do so until such time as we have adequate historical data regarding the volatility of our own traded share price. The expected term of options granted has been determined based on the expected period that share-based awards are expected to be outstanding. The risk-free interest rate is determined by reference to the U.S. Treasury yield
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for time periods approximately equal to the expected term of the award. Expected dividend yield is based on the fact that we have never paid cash dividends on MoonLake AG's Common Shares and do not expect to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
Recoverability of Deferred Tax Assets
In assessing the recoverability of our deferred tax assets, we considered whether it was more likely than not that some or all of our deferred tax assets will be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. We considered the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, the seven-year expiry of tax losses carried forward under Swiss tax legislation, projected future taxable income (including the risks associated with the completion of the development and obtaining regulatory approvals to commercialize the product), and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. Based on the weight of all evidence, we determined that it is not more likely than not that the net deferred tax assets will be realized. A valuation allowance has been recorded against the full amount of the deferred tax assets.
Accrued Research and Development Expenses

As part of the process of preparing our financial statements, we are required to estimate our accrued research and development expenses. This process involves reviewing open contracts and purchase orders, communicating with our applicable personnel to identify services that have been performed on our behalf and estimating the level of service performed and the associated costs incurred for the service when we have not yet been invoiced or otherwise notified of actual costs. The majority of our service providers invoice us in arrears for services performed, on a pre-determined schedule or when contractual milestones are met; however, some require advance payments. We make estimates of our accrued expenses as of each balance sheet date in the financial statements based on facts and circumstances known to us at that time. We periodically confirm the accuracy of the estimates with the service providers and make adjustments if necessary. Examples of estimated accrued research and development expenses include fees paid to:

vendors, including research laboratories, in connection with preclinical development activities;
CROs and investigative sites in connection with preclinical studies and clinical trials; and
CMOs in connection with drug substance and drug product formulation of preclinical studies and clinical trial materials.

We base our expenses related to preclinical studies and clinical trials on our estimates of the services received and efforts expended pursuant to quotes and contracts with multiple research institutions and CROs that supply, conduct and manage preclinical studies and clinical trials on our behalf. The financial terms of these agreements are subject to negotiation, vary from contract to contract and may result in uneven payment flows. There may be instances in which payments made to our vendors will exceed the level of services provided and result in a prepayment of the expense. Payments under some of these contracts depend on factors such as the successful enrollment of patients and the completion of clinical trial milestones. In accruing service fees, we estimate the time period over which services will be performed and the level of effort to be expended in each period. If the actual timing of the performance of services or the level of effort varies from the estimate, we adjust the accrual or the prepaid expense accordingly. Although we do not expect our estimates to be materially different from amounts actually incurred, our understanding of the status and timing of services performed relative to the actual status and timing of services performed may vary and may result in reporting amounts that are too high or too low in any particular period.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Refer to Note 2 — Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q for more information about recent accounting
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pronouncements, the timing of their adoption, and our assessment, to the extent it has been made, of their potential impact on our financial condition and our results of operations and cash flows.


Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

As of June 30, 2024, we have cash and cash equivalents and short-term marketable securities of $519.8 million, which consist primarily of bank deposits, commercial papers and certificates of deposits. The investments in these financial instruments are made in accordance with an investment policy which specifies the categories, allocations and ratings of securities permissible for investment. The primary objective of the investment activities is non-trading related and instead to preserve principal as well as maximizing income received without significantly increasing risk.

To minimize any inherent market risk, we maintain a diverse and highly liquid portfolio which includes cash, cash equivalents and short-term investment securities available-for-sale in a variety of securities including certificates of deposits and commercial papers, all with various maturity dates. The fair value of the cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments would not be significantly affected by either an increase or decrease in interest rates due to the short-term maturities of these instruments. Since they are classified as “available-for-sale”, no gains or losses are recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss due to changes in interest rates unless such securities are sold prior to maturity or declines in fair value are due to credit losses. We have the ability to hold all such investments until maturity. A hypothetical 10% increase or decrease in interest rates would not have a material effect on our financial results or financial condition.

We do not hold or issue derivatives, derivative commodity instruments or other financial instruments for speculative trading purposes.


Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our reports filed under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in the SEC's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

As of June 30, 2024, our management, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act) prior to the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of June 30, 2024, the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act) during the three months ended June 30, 2024 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


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Inherent limitations on Effectiveness of Controls and Procedures

The effectiveness of any system of internal control over financial reporting is subject to inherent limitations, including the exercise of judgment in designing, implementing, operating, and evaluating the controls and procedures, and the inability to eliminate misconduct completely. In designing and evaluating our 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 must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and that management is required to apply judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs. Lastly, 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.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION


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Item 1. Legal Proceedings
We are not currently subject to any material legal proceedings.


Item 1A. Risk Factors
Any of the risks described in our Annual Report are factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in this Quarterly Report. Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect upon our business, results of operations or financial condition. Additional risk factors not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business, results of operations or financial condition. There have been no material changes to the risk factors that we included in our Annual Report. We may make changes to such risk factors or disclose additional risk factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC.


Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None.


Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.


Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.


Item 5. Other Information

Trading Arrangements

None of our directors or executive officers adopted or terminated a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement or a non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement during the three months ended June 30, 2024, as such terms are defined under Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.
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Item 6. Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

No.Description of Exhibit
3.1 
31.1*
31.2*
32.1**
32.2**
101.INS*
Inline XBRL Instance Document.
101.SCH*
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL*Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF*Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition 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.
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


MOONLAKE IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS
/s/ Dr. Jorge Santos da Silva
Date:August 7, 2024Name:Dr. Jorge Santos da Silva
Title:Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Matthias Bodenstedt
Date:August 7, 2024Name:Matthias Bodenstedt
Title:Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
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Exhibit 31.1

Certification Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Jorge Santos Da Silva, certify that:
1.I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics;
2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, 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 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.
Dated: August 7, 2024

By: /s/ Jorge Santos Da Silva
Name: Jorge Santos Da Silva
Title: Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)


Exhibit 31.2

Certification Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Matthias Bodenstedt, certify that:
1.I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics;
2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, 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 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.
Dated: August 7, 2024

By: /s/ Matthias Bodenstedt
Name: Matthias Bodenstedt
Title: Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial and accounting officer)


Exhibit 32.1

Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002


I, Jorge Santos Da Silva, to the best of my knowledge certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (the “Company”) for the period ended June 30, 2024 (the “Report”), fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated: August 7, 2024

By: /s/ Jorge Santos Da Silva
Name: Jorge Santos Da Silva
Title: Chief Executive Officer
    (principal executive officer)

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely to accompany the Report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, and is not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

Note: A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to MoonLake Immunotherapeutics and will be retained by MoonLake Immunotherapeutics and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.



Exhibit 32.2

Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002


I, Matthias Bodenstedt, to the best of my knowledge certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (the “Company”) for the period ended June 30, 2024 (the “Report”), fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated: August 7, 2024

By: /s/ Matthias Bodenstedt
Name: Matthias Bodenstedt
Title: Chief Financial Officer
    (principal financial and accounting officer)

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely to accompany the Report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, and is not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

Note: A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to MoonLake Immunotherapeutics and will be retained by MoonLake Immunotherapeutics and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

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Document Fiscal Period Focus Q2  
Current Fiscal Year End Date --12-31  
Entity Central Index Key 0001821586  
Common Class A    
Document Information [Line Items]    
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding   62,888,637
Common Class C    
Document Information [Line Items]    
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding   995,267
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($)
Jun. 30, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Current assets    
Cash and cash equivalents $ 342,791,142 $ 451,169,337
Short-term marketable debt securities 177,008,400 59,838,900
Other receivables 1,676,813 1,056,862
Prepaid expenses - current 15,405,526 2,102,203
Total current assets 536,881,881 514,167,302
Non-current assets    
Operating lease right-of-use assets 3,384,953 3,628,480
Property and equipment, net 481,705 320,865
Prepaid expenses - non-current 4,129,151 8,423,468
Total non-current assets 7,995,809 12,372,813
Total assets 544,877,690 526,540,115
Current liabilities    
Trade and other payables 5,142,853 1,837,684
Short-term portion of operating lease liabilities 1,321,727 1,197,876
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 5,817,384 6,930,120
Total current liabilities 12,281,964 9,965,680
Non-current liabilities    
Long-term portion of operating lease liabilities 2,022,280 2,499,990
Pension liability 541,949 583,426
Total non-current liabilities 2,564,229 3,083,416
Total liabilities 14,846,193 13,049,096
Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)
Equity    
Additional paid-in capital 671,998,583 609,969,236
Accumulated deficit (154,598,140) (116,657,472)
Accumulated other comprehensive income 3,256,907 2,357,621
Total shareholders’ equity 520,663,737 495,675,683
Noncontrolling interests 9,367,760 17,815,336
Total equity 530,031,497 513,491,019
Total liabilities and equity 544,877,690 526,540,115
Common Class A    
Equity    
Common shares 6,287 6,047
Common Class C    
Equity    
Common shares $ 100 $ 251
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) - $ / shares
Jun. 30, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Common Class A    
Common shares, par value (USD per share) $ 0.0001 $ 0.0001
Common shares, shares authorized (in shares) 500,000,000 500,000,000
Common shares, shares issued (in shares) 62,874,637 60,466,453
Common shares, shares outstanding (in shares) 62,874,637 60,466,453
Common Class C    
Common shares, par value (USD per share) $ 0.0001 $ 0.0001
Common shares, shares authorized (in shares) 100,000,000 100,000,000
Common shares, shares issued (in shares) 995,267 2,505,476
Common shares, shares outstanding (in shares) 995,267 2,505,476
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS - USD ($)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023
Jun. 30, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023
Operating expenses        
Research and development $ (23,662,147) $ (8,703,849) $ (36,676,194) $ (16,118,949)
General and administrative (6,916,054) (4,482,041) (13,722,500) (9,998,510)
Total operating expenses (30,578,201) (13,185,890) (50,398,694) (26,117,459)
Operating loss (30,578,201) (13,185,890) (50,398,694) (26,117,459)
Other income, net 5,898,148 842,652 11,813,372 1,566,242
Loss before income tax (24,680,053) (12,343,238) (38,585,322) (24,551,217)
Income tax expense (78,701) (10,149) (148,953) (21,157)
Net loss (24,758,754) (12,353,387) (38,734,275) (24,572,374)
Of which: net loss attributable to controlling interests shareholders (24,267,012) (10,139,279) (37,940,668) (19,144,135)
Of which: net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests shareholders (491,742) (2,214,108) (793,607) (5,428,239)
Net unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities and short term investments 652,097 (415,225) 834,370 (390,753)
Actuarial gain (loss) on employee benefit plans (76,479) (16,336) 4,751 (58,481)
Other comprehensive income (loss) 575,618 (431,561) 839,121 (449,234)
Comprehensive loss (24,183,136) (12,784,948) (37,895,154) (25,021,608)
Comprehensive loss attributable to controlling interests shareholders (23,703,201) (10,488,185) (37,118,908) (19,505,667)
Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests $ (479,935) $ (2,296,763) $ (776,246) $ (5,515,941)
Weighted-average number of shares, basic (in shares) 62,874,637 43,718,464 62,755,925 41,403,084
Weighted-average number of shares, diluted (in shares) 62,874,637 43,718,464 62,755,925 41,403,084
Basic net loss per share attributable to controlling interest shareholders (USD per share) $ (0.39) $ (0.23) $ (0.60) $ (0.46)
Diluted net loss per share attributable to controlling interest shareholders (USD per share) $ (0.39) $ (0.23) $ (0.60) $ (0.46)
Common Class A        
Operating expenses        
Weighted-average number of shares, basic (in shares) 62,874,637 43,718,464 62,755,925 41,403,084
Weighted-average number of shares, diluted (in shares) 62,874,637 43,718,464 62,755,925 41,403,084
Basic net loss per share attributable to controlling interest shareholders (USD per share) $ (0.39) $ (0.23) $ (0.60) $ (0.46)
Diluted net loss per share attributable to controlling interest shareholders (USD per share) $ (0.39) $ (0.23) $ (0.60) $ (0.46)
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (DEFICIT) - USD ($)
Total
Common Class A
Common Class C
Total Shareholders' Equity
Common Stock
Common Class A
Common Stock
Common Class C
Additional Paid-In Capital
Accumulated Deficit
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Noncontrolling Interests
Common stock, beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2022         38,977,600 13,723,511        
Equity, beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2022 $ 68,766,698     $ 48,898,296 $ 3,898 $ 1,373 $ 129,192,291 $ (80,650,212) $ 350,946 $ 19,868,402
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]                    
Share-based compensation under the ESPP, ESOP, Equity Incentive Plan and reverse vesting of Restricted Founder Shares 2,577,187     1,875,992     1,875,992     701,195
Refund of stamp duty fees 4,923     3,517     3,517     1,406
Net loss (12,218,987)     (9,004,856)       (9,004,856)   (3,214,131)
Other comprehensive income (loss) (17,672)     (12,625)         (12,625) (5,047)
Conversion and transfer of shares between classes (in shares)         176,603 (176,603)        
Conversion of MoonLake Class C Ordinary Shares into Class A Ordinary Shares 0     238,836 $ 18 $ (18) 237,049   1,787 (238,836)
Common stock, ending balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2023         39,154,203 13,546,908        
Equity, end balance at Mar. 31, 2023 59,112,149     41,999,160 $ 3,916 $ 1,355 131,308,849 (89,655,068) 340,108 17,112,989
Common stock, beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2022         38,977,600 13,723,511        
Equity, beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2022 68,766,698     48,898,296 $ 3,898 $ 1,373 129,192,291 (80,650,212) 350,946 19,868,402
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]                    
Net loss (24,572,374)                  
Other comprehensive income (loss) (449,234)                  
Common stock, ending balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2023         53,486,810 8,959,195        
Equity, end balance at Jun. 30, 2023 499,109,955     489,797,001 $ 5,349 $ 896 589,549,979 (99,794,347) 35,124 9,312,954
Common stock, beginning balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2023         39,154,203 13,546,908        
Equity, beginning balance at Mar. 31, 2023 59,112,149     41,999,160 $ 3,916 $ 1,355 131,308,849 (89,655,068) 340,108 17,112,989
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]                    
Share-based compensation under the ESPP, ESOP, Equity Incentive Plan and reverse vesting of Restricted Founder Shares 1,497,661     1,247,416     1,247,416     250,245
Net loss (12,353,387)     (10,139,279)       (10,139,279)   (2,214,108)
Other comprehensive income (loss) (431,561)     (348,906)         (348,906) (82,655)
Conversion and transfer of shares between classes (in shares)         4,587,713 (4,587,713)        
Conversion of MoonLake Class C Ordinary Shares into Class A Ordinary Shares 0     5,753,517 $ 459 $ (459) 5,709,595   43,922 (5,753,517)
Issuance of Class A Ordinary Shares, net of transaction costs (in shares)         9,744,894          
Issuance of Class A Ordinary Shares, net of transaction costs (Note 11) 451,285,093     451,285,093 $ 974   451,284,119      
Common stock, ending balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2023         53,486,810 8,959,195        
Equity, end balance at Jun. 30, 2023 499,109,955     489,797,001 $ 5,349 $ 896 589,549,979 (99,794,347) 35,124 9,312,954
Common stock, beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2023   60,466,453 2,505,476   60,466,453 2,505,476        
Equity, beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2023 513,491,019     495,675,683 $ 6,047 $ 251 609,969,236 (116,657,472) 2,357,621 17,815,336
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]                    
Share-based compensation under the ESPP, ESOP, Equity Incentive Plan and reverse vesting of Restricted Founder Shares 1,677,208     1,693,101     1,693,101     (15,893)
Net loss (13,975,521)     (13,673,656)       (13,673,656)   (301,865)
Other comprehensive income (loss) 263,503     257,949         257,949 5,554
Conversion and transfer of shares between classes (in shares)         1,493,356 (1,493,356)        
Conversion of MoonLake Class C Ordinary Shares into Class A Ordinary Shares 0     10,613,583 $ 149 $ (149) 10,536,980   76,603 (10,613,583)
Buyback of unvested MoonLake AG Common Shares by MoonLake AG into treasury following an employee contract termination (Note 11) (50)     114,058     113,154   904 (114,108)
Capital injection from MoonLake to MoonLake AG (Note 11) $ (1,609,961)     (4,667,177)     (4,667,196)   19 3,057,216
Cancellation of Class C shares following an employee contract termination in MoonLake AG (in shares) (16,853)         (16,853)        
Cancellation of MoonLake Class C Ordinary Shares following an employee contract termination in MoonLake AG (Note 11) $ 0         $ (2) 2      
Issuance of Class A Ordinary Shares, net of transaction costs (in shares) 914,828       914,828          
Issuance of Class A Ordinary Shares, net of transaction costs (Note 11) $ 52,540,190     52,540,190 $ 91   52,540,099      
Common stock, ending balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2024         62,874,637 995,267        
Equity, end balance at Mar. 31, 2024 552,386,388     542,553,731 $ 6,287 $ 100 670,185,376 (130,331,128) 2,693,096 9,832,657
Common stock, beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2023   60,466,453 2,505,476   60,466,453 2,505,476        
Equity, beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2023 513,491,019     495,675,683 $ 6,047 $ 251 609,969,236 (116,657,472) 2,357,621 17,815,336
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]                    
Net loss (38,734,275)                  
Other comprehensive income (loss) 839,121                  
Common stock, ending balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2024   62,874,637 995,267   62,874,637 995,267        
Equity, end balance at Jun. 30, 2024 530,031,497     520,663,737 $ 6,287 $ 100 671,998,583 (154,598,140) 3,256,907 9,367,760
Common stock, beginning balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2024         62,874,637 995,267        
Equity, beginning balance at Mar. 31, 2024 552,386,388     542,553,731 $ 6,287 $ 100 670,185,376 (130,331,128) 2,693,096 9,832,657
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]                    
Share-based compensation under the ESPP, ESOP, Equity Incentive Plan and reverse vesting of Restricted Founder Shares 1,828,245     1,813,207     1,813,207     15,038
Net loss (24,758,754)     (24,267,012)       (24,267,012)   (491,742)
Other comprehensive income (loss) 575,618     563,811         563,811 11,807
Common stock, ending balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2024   62,874,637 995,267   62,874,637 995,267        
Equity, end balance at Jun. 30, 2024 $ 530,031,497     $ 520,663,737 $ 6,287 $ 100 $ 671,998,583 $ (154,598,140) $ 3,256,907 $ 9,367,760
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023
Cash flow from operating activities    
Net loss $ (38,734,275) $ (24,572,374)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:    
Depreciation 50,925 6,579
Share-based compensation expense 3,505,453 4,074,848
Net periodic pension benefit (gain) cost for the qualified pension plan (544) (26,776)
Other non-cash items 505,120 103,794
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:    
Other receivables (619,951) (402,638)
Operating lease right-of-use assets (5,444) 0
Prepaid expenses (9,009,006) 219,085
Trade and other payables 3,305,169 4,104,951
Operating lease liabilities (723,489) (78,270)
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities (1,112,736) (4,612,454)
Net cash flow used in operating activities (42,838,778) (21,183,255)
Cash flow from investing activities    
Purchase of short-term marketable debt securities (174,154,928) 0
Proceeds from maturities of short-term marketable debt securities 57,819,799 32,324,585
Purchase of property and equipment (211,765) 0
Net cash flow used in investing activities (116,546,894) 32,324,585
Cash flow from financing activities    
Issuance of Class A Ordinary Shares, net of transaction costs (Note 11) 52,540,190 451,285,093
Stamp duty on capital injection from MoonLake to MoonLake AG (Note 11) (1,562,235) 0
Buyback of unvested MoonLake AG Common Shares by MoonLake AG following an employee contract termination (Note 11) (50) 0
Net cash flow provided by financing activities 50,977,905 451,285,093
Effect of movements in exchange rates on cash held 29,572 (145,053)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents (108,378,195) 462,281,370
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 451,169,337 39,505,627
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period 342,791,142 501,786,997
Supplementary disclosure of cash flow information:    
Non-cash operating lease right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations $ 369,630 $ 0
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Overview of the Company
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Overview of the Company Overview of the Company
Corporate Information
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics is a clinical stage biotechnology company advancing therapies to address significant unmet needs in inflammatory skin and joint diseases. MoonLake Immunotherapeutics is currently a single asset company focused on the development of Sonelokimab (“SLK”), a novel tri-specific IL-17A and IL-17F inhibiting Nanobody that has the potential, based on response levels seen in clinical trials, to drive disease modification in dermatology and rheumatology patients.
Unless the context otherwise requires, “MoonLake” and the “Company” refer to the combined company following the Business Combination (as defined in Note 2 Business Combination Agreement with Helix and Recapitalization included in MoonLake’s audited financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2023 included in MoonLake’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 29, 2024 (the “Annual Report”)) consummated on April 5, 2022, together with its subsidiaries.
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Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include those of the Company and its subsidiaries, MoonLake Immunotherapeutics AG, a Swiss stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft) registered with the commercial register of the Canton of Zug, Switzerland under the number CHE-433.093.536 (“MoonLake AG”), MoonLake Immunotherapeutics Ltd., a private limited company incorporated in the United Kingdom, and MNLK Immunotherapeutics, Unipessoal Lda ("MNLK PT"), a private limited company incorporated in Portugal, after elimination of all intercompany accounts and transactions. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes hereto have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) as set forth by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) and in conformity with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. Any reference in these notes to applicable guidance is meant to refer to the authoritative U.S. GAAP as found in the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) of the FASB.
In the opinion of management, all material adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the financial information, which are of a normal and recurring nature, have been made for the interim periods reported. Results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire fiscal year or any other period. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial information for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 have been prepared on the same basis as and should be read in conjunction with MoonLake’s audited financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2023 included in the Annual Report.

All amounts are presented in U.S. Dollar (“$”), unless otherwise indicated. The term “Swiss franc” and “CHF” refer to the legal currency of Switzerland, "GBP" refers to the legal currency of the United Kingdom, and “€” and "Euro" refer to the legal currency of Portugal.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Company to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses. The significant judgments, estimates and assumptions relevant to the Company relate to:
determining whether the in-process research and development expenditure (“IPR&D”) has an alternative future use;
determining assumptions used in estimating the fair value of share-based compensation;
estimating the recoverability of the deferred tax asset; and
estimating the amount of accruals in connection with the completion of clinical trial milestones.

The Company bases its judgments and estimates on various factors and information, which may include, but are not limited to, the Company’s forecasts and future plans, current economic conditions and observable market-based transactions of its own shares, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities and recorded amounts of expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources. To the extent there are material differences between the Company’s estimates and the actual results, the Company’s future results of operation may be affected.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents are recorded at cost, which approximates fair value. As of June 30, 2024, the Company considers $59.9 million of short-term marketable debt securities in the form of eurocommercial papers and certificates of deposit to be cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2023, the Company considers $129.4 million of short-term marketable debt securities in the form of eurocommercial papers and certificates of deposit to be cash equivalents.
Marketable securities and short-term investments
The Company invests in short-term marketable securities in the form of debt securities. At the time of purchase, the Company assesses whether such debt security should be classified as held-to-maturity or available-for-sale debt securities.
Debt securities are classified as held-to-maturity when the Company has the positive intent and ability to hold the securities to maturity. Held-to-maturity debt securities are carried at amortized cost, adjusted for accretion of discounts or amortization of premiums to maturity computed under the effective interest method. Such accretion or amortization is included in “Interest and dividend income”. Marketable debt securities not classified as held-to-maturity are classified as available-for-sale and reported at fair value.
Net unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities are excluded from the determination of earnings and are instead recognized in the “Accumulated other comprehensive income” component of equity until realized. Realized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities are computed based upon the historical cost of these securities, using the specific identification method.
A decline in the fair value of any security below cost that is deemed other than temporary results in a charge to earnings and the corresponding establishment of a new cost basis for the security. Dividend and interest income are recognized when earned. Realized gains and losses are included in "Other income" and the cost of securities sold is determined using the specific-identification method.
Marketable debt securities are classified as either “Cash and cash equivalents” or “Short‑term marketable debt securities” according to their original maturity at the time of acquisition. Changes in unrealized gains and losses pertaining to cash equivalent securities are added back into the consolidated statements of cash flows as those are excluded from the determination of earnings but impact the cash and cash equivalents position.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of cash accounts in large financial institutions which, at times, may exceed the CHF 100,000 deposit protection limit in Switzerland, the $250,000 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation deposit insurance coverage limit in the United States, the GBP 85,000 Financial Services Compensation Scheme deposit protection limit in the United Kingdom, or the €100,000 Fundo de Garantia de Depósitos deposit protection limit in Portugal. The Company believes it is not exposed to significant credit risk due to the financial strength of the depository institutions in which the cash and cash equivalents are held. Additionally, the Company ensures further protection against credit risk by diversifying its cash holdings across a variety of credit institutions, thereby minimizing the potential impact of any adverse events on a single institution. Further, the Company's investment strategy for cash (in excess of current business requirements) is set to invest in short-term marketable debt securities. Management actively monitors credit risk in the investment portfolio. Credit risk exposures are controlled in accordance with policies approved by the board of directors to identify, measure, monitor and control credit risks.
Fair Value Measurements
The Company follows the guidance included in ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement. 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.
There are three levels of inputs to fair value measurements:
Level 1, meaning the use of quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets;
Level 2, meaning the use of quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active or are directly or indirectly observable; and
Level 3, meaning the use of unobservable inputs. Observable market data is used when available.
Transfers between Levels 1, 2 or 3 within the fair value hierarchy are recognized at the end of the reporting period when the respective transaction occurred.
Segment Information
The Company operates as a single operating segment. The Company’s chief operating decision maker, its Chief Executive Officer, manages the Company’s operations on a stand-alone basis for the purposes of allocating resources and assessing financial performance.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment, net is stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method based on the estimated useful lives of three to five years. As of June 30, 2024, property and equipment, net relates to information technology, office equipment, and leasehold improvements.
Research and Development Contract Costs and Accruals
Research and development expenses include employee payroll, consulting, contract research and contract manufacturing costs attributable to research and development activities and are expensed as incurred.
Upfront payments and milestone payments made for the licensing of technology are expensed as research and development expenses in the period in which it is probable that a liability has been incurred. Advance payments for goods or services to be received in the future for use in research and development activities are recorded as prepaid expenses. The prepaid amounts are expensed as the related goods are delivered or the services are performed.
The Company has entered into various research and development contracts with companies both inside and outside of the United States. These agreements are generally cancellable, and related payments are recorded as research and development expenses as incurred. The Company records accruals for estimated ongoing research costs. When evaluating the adequacy of the accrued liabilities, the Company analyzes progress of the studies or trials, including the phase or completion of events, invoices received and contracted costs. Significant judgments and estimates are made in determining the accrued balances at the end of any reporting period. Actual results could differ from the Company’s estimates. The Company’s historical accrual estimates have not been materially different from the actual costs.
Share-Based Compensation
The Company recognizes compensation expense based on estimated fair values for all stock-based payment awards made to eligible employees, members of the board of directors and independent contractors that are expected to vest.

The valuation of stock option awards is determined at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The Black-Scholes option pricing model requires the Company to make assumptions and judgements about the inputs used in the calculations, such as the fair value of the common stock, expected term, expected volatility of the Company’s common stock, risk-free interest rate and expected dividend yield. The valuation of restricted stock awards is measured by the fair value of the Company’s common stock on the date of the grant.

For all stock options granted, the Company calculated the expected term as the period that share-based awards are expected to be outstanding. The estimate of expected volatility is based on comparative companies’ volatility within the Company's industry. The risk-free rate is based on the yield available on United States Treasury zero-coupon issues corresponding to the expected term of the award.

The fair value of the common stock granted under the ESPP (as defined in Note 13 —
Share-based compensation) has historically been estimated by management with reference to the market-based transaction with its Series A investors, as there was no public market for the common stock.

Share-based payment arrangements are accounted for under the fair value method. Total compensation is measured at grant date, based on the fair value of the award at that date, and recorded in earnings over the period the employees are required to render service. The Company recognizes compensation cost only for those awards expected to meet the service conditions on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the award.

Foreign Currency
The functional currency of the Company and its subsidiaries is the U.S. dollar. Balances and transactions denominated in foreign currencies are converted as follows: monetary assets and liabilities are translated using exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet dates and non-monetary assets and liabilities are translated at historical exchange rates. Revenue and expenses are translated at the daily exchange rate on the respective accounting date.
Gains or losses from foreign currency translation are included in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss in "other income, net". The Company recognized foreign currency transaction loss of $39,293 and $98,834 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively, and a foreign currency transaction gain of $108,844 and $280,652 for three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively.

Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes by using the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. A valuation allowance is recorded to the extent it is more likely than not that all or a portion of the Company's deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in operations in the period that includes the enactment date.
Net Loss per Class A Ordinary Shares
Basic net loss per Class A Ordinary Share is calculated using the two-class method under which earnings are allocated to both Class A Ordinary Shares and participating securities. Basic net loss per share is calculated by dividing the net loss attributable to Class A Ordinary Shares by the weighted-average number of Class A Ordinary Shares outstanding for the period. The diluted net loss per Class A Ordinary Share is computed by dividing the net loss using the weighted-average number of Class A Ordinary Shares and, if dilutive, potential Class A Ordinary Shares outstanding during the period.
In periods in which the Company reports a net loss attributable to shareholders of Class A Ordinary Shares, diluted net loss per share attributable to shareholders of Class A Ordinary Shares is the same as basic net loss per share attributable to shareholders of Class A Ordinary Shares, since dilutive Class A Ordinary Shares are not assumed to be outstanding if their effect is anti-dilutive.

Acquisitions
The Company evaluates acquisitions of assets and other similar transactions to assess whether or not the transaction should be accounted for as a business combination or asset acquisition by first assessing whether substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or group of similar identifiable assets. On April 29, 2021, MoonLake AG entered into an in-licensing agreement (the “In-License Agreement”) with Merck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (“MHKDG”) to acquire the Sonelokimab program (the “SLK Program”) and determined that substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired related to IPR&D of SLK. Therefore, this transaction was accounted for as an asset acquisition.

IPR&D represents incomplete technologies that the Company acquires, which at the time of acquisition, are still under development and have no alternative future use. The fair value of such technologies is expensed upon acquisition. A technology is considered to have an alternative future use if it is probable that the Company will use the asset in its current, incomplete state as it existed at the acquisition date, in another research and development project that has not yet commenced, and economic benefit is anticipated from that use. If a technology is determined to have an alternative future use, then the fair value of the program would be recorded as an asset on the balance sheet rather than expensed.
Contingent consideration payments (for example milestone payments due upon the occurrence of a specific event) in asset acquisitions are recognized in the period in which it is probable that a liability has been incurred (unless the contingent consideration meets the definition of a derivative, in which case the amount becomes part of the cost in the asset acquired). Upon recognition of the contingent consideration payment, the amount is expensed if it relates to IPR&D or capitalized if it relates to a developed product which is generally considered to be when clinical trials have been completed and regulatory approval obtained.
Future royalty payments due on net sales will be recognized in cost of goods sold when net sales are recognized.
Pension Accounting
The Company accounts for pension assets and liabilities in accordance with ASC 715, Compensation – Retirement Benefits, which requires the recognition of the funded status of pension plans in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The liability in respect to defined benefit pension plans is the projected benefit obligation calculated annually by independent actuaries using the projected unit credit method. The projected benefit obligation as of June 30, 2024 represents the actuarial present value of the estimated future payments required to settle the obligation that is attributable to employee services rendered before that date. Service costs for such pension plans, represented in the net periodic pension benefit cost, are included in the personnel expenses of the various functions where the employees are engaged. The other components of net benefit cost are included in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss separately from the service cost component, in “other income, net.” Plan assets are recorded at their fair value.
Gains or losses arising from plan curtailments or settlements are accounted for at the time they occur. Any net pension asset is limited to the present value of the future economic benefits available to the Company in the form of refunds from the plan or expected reductions in future contributions to the plan. Actuarial gains and losses arising from differences between the actual and the expected return on plan assets are recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income.
Leases

The Company determines if an arrangement is or contains a lease at contract inception. For these arrangements, it is evaluated if the arrangement involves an identified asset that is physically distinct or whether the Company has the right to substantially all of the capacity of an identified asset that is not physically distinct. In arrangements that involve an identified asset, there is also judgment in evaluating if the Company has the right to direct the use of that asset.

MoonLake does not have any finance leases. As of June 30, 2024, the Company has four operating leases related to the office spaces located in (i) Dorfstrasse 29, 6300, Zug, Switzerland (comprised of two leases), (ii) 95 Regent Street, CB2 1AW, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom, and (iii) Rua Manuel Pinto de Azedevo 860, 4150-335, Porto, Portugal. The operating leases are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term commencing on the date the Company has the right to use the leased property. Right-of-use assets and lease liabilities are measured at the lease commencement date based on the present value of the remaining lease payments over the lease term, determined using the discount rate for the lease at the commencement date. Because the rate implicit in the leases is not readily determinable, the Company uses the incremental borrowing rate as the discount rate, which approximates the interest rate at which the Company could borrow on a collateralized basis with similar terms and payments and in similar economic environments.

Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less that do not have the option to purchase the underlying asset are not recorded on the balance sheet, with lease expense for these leases recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term commencing on the date the Company has the right to use the leased property.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements not yet Adopted
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment reporting — Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. This new standard requires public entities to disclose significant segment expenses and additional segment items annually and to provide all reported segment profit or loss and assets disclosures currently required annually on an interim basis. The standard also requires disclosure of the Chief Operating Decision Maker's title and position. The standard does not change the manner in which public entities identify their operating segments, aggregate them, or apply the quantitative thresholds for determining their reportable segments. It is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company has determined it operates as a single segment, therefore, we do not anticipate this ASU to materially impact our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income taxes — Improvements to Income Taxes Disclosure. The purpose of this guidance is to enhance the transparency and usefulness of income tax disclosures and provide comprehensive income tax information, particularly in relation to rate reconciliation and income taxes paid in the U.S and foreign jurisdictions. It is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024 and interim periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. This ASU will result in the required additional disclosures being included in our consolidated financial statements, once adopted.
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Risks and Liquidity
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Risks and Uncertainties [Abstract]  
Risks and Liquidity Risks and Liquidity
Going Concern, Liquidity and Capital Resources    
MoonLake is subject to risks common to companies in the biopharmaceutical industry, and the Company believes that changes in any of the following areas could have a material adverse effect on the Company's future financial position or results of operations: ability to obtain future financing, regulatory approval and market acceptance of, and reimbursement for, product candidates, performance of third-party contract research organizations and manufacturers upon which the Company relies, protection of the Company's intellectual property, litigation or claims against the
Company based on intellectual property, patent, product, regulatory, clinical or other factors, and the Company's ability to attract and retain employees necessary to support its growth.

The Company is dependent on third-party manufacturers to supply products for research and development activities in its programs. In particular, the Company relies and expects to continue to rely on a small number of manufacturers to supply the Company with its requirements for the active pharmaceutical ingredients and formulated drugs related to these programs. These programs could be adversely affected by a significant interruption in the supply of active pharmaceutical ingredients and formulated drugs.

The Company's ability to generate revenue sufficient to achieve profitability will depend on the successful development and eventual commercialization of SLK in one or more indications, which is expected to take a number of years. The Company expects to continue to incur significant expenses and operating losses for at least the next three years as the Company continues the development of SLK and prepares for commercial launches. It is expected that operating losses will fluctuate significantly from year to year depending on the timing of the Company's planned clinical development programs and efforts to achieve regulatory approval.

The Company incurred a loss of $38.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024. As of June 30, 2024, the Company’s current assets exceeded its current liabilities by $524.6 million.
As of June 30, 2024, the Company had $342.8 million of cash and cash equivalents. Based on the Company's current operating plan, management believes that the Company has sufficient capital to fund its operations and capital expenditures until the end of 2026.
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Fair Value Measurements
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]  
Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements
The following table presents information about the Company's short-term marketable debt securities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and indicate the level in the fair value hierarchy in which the Company classifies the fair value measurement:
June 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Level 2TotalLevel 2Total
Eurocommercial Papers$177,887,700 $177,887,700 $109,608,915 $109,608,915 
Certificates of Deposit59,058,000 59,058,000 79,626,727 79,626,727 
Total$236,945,700 $236,945,700 $189,235,642 $189,235,642 

Cash and accounts payable approximate their fair values as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, due to their short-term nature. Pension plan assets fair value is determined based on Level 2 inputs.
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Investments
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
Investments Investments
The fair value and amortized cost of investments in short-term marketable debt securities by major security type as of June 30, 2024 are as follows:

Amortized costGross unrealized gainsGross unrealized lossesFair value
Eurocommercial Papers$174,969,520 $2,918,180 $— $177,887,700 
Certificates of Deposit58,420,956 637,044 — 59,058,000 
Total$233,390,476$3,555,224$$236,945,700
Of which classified within cash and cash equivalents59,235,548 701,752 — 59,937,300 
Of which classified within short-term marketable debt securities174,154,928 2,853,472 — 177,008,400 

The following table presents the changes in fair values of the Company’s short-term marketable debt securities, classified as Level 2 financial assets, and recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income:

Beginning balance, January 1, 2024$2,720,854 
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications8,507,252 
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income(7,672,882)
Ending balance, June 30, 2024$3,555,224

As of June 30, 2024, the Company’s marketable debt securities maturities are all due within one year.
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Prepaid Expenses
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Prepaid Expenses Prepaid Expenses
Prepaid expenses - currentJune 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Non-clinical research and clinical development services$8,208,290$842,729
Supply and manufacturing services4,294,3171,205
Insurance1,984,3571,077,478
Other prepayments918,562180,791
Total$15,405,526$2,102,203
Prepaid expenses - non-currentJune 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Supply and manufacturing services$4,129,151$8,423,468
Total$4,129,151$8,423,468
Supply and manufacturing services, current and non-current, relate to advance payments made to a contract manufacturing organization pursuant to a manufacturing run reservation agreement for the commercial-scale manufacturing of SLK in 2025.
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Trade and Other Payables
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Payables and Accruals [Abstract]  
Trade and Other Payables Trade and Other Payables
June 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Supply and manufacturing fees payable$2,678,765$553,459
Research and development services and license fees2,021,478911,454
Legal advisory fees payable210,19147,095
Consulting and advisory services55,98580,695
Other payables176,434244,981
Total$5,142,853$1,837,684
Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities
June 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Research and development services and license fees$2,115,244 $1,226,281 
Bonuses and related employees compensation expenses1,964,659 2,780,219 
Supply and manufacturing services820,897 1,603,739 
Tax liabilities618,983 367,976 
Consultant and other fees203,016 853,905 
Legal fees94,58598,000
Total$5,817,384$6,930,120
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Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Payables and Accruals [Abstract]  
Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities Trade and Other Payables
June 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Supply and manufacturing fees payable$2,678,765$553,459
Research and development services and license fees2,021,478911,454
Legal advisory fees payable210,19147,095
Consulting and advisory services55,98580,695
Other payables176,434244,981
Total$5,142,853$1,837,684
Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities
June 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Research and development services and license fees$2,115,244 $1,226,281 
Bonuses and related employees compensation expenses1,964,659 2,780,219 
Supply and manufacturing services820,897 1,603,739 
Tax liabilities618,983 367,976 
Consultant and other fees203,016 853,905 
Legal fees94,58598,000
Total$5,817,384$6,930,120
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Leases
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Leases [Abstract]  
Leases Leases
In August 2021, the Company entered into an open-ended office lease agreement, effective November 1, 2021, to lease approximately 2,300 square feet of space on the last two floors of the building located at Dorfstrasse 29, 6300 Zug, Switzerland. The Company estimated the effective duration of the lease at inception and determined a period of 3 years, with expected expiration in November 2024. In December 2023, the contract was extended, leading to a new estimated effective duration of the lease period of 3 years, with expected expiration in January 2027.

On October 9, 2023, the Company entered into an office lease agreement, effective as of October 9, 2023, to lease approximately 3,900 square feet of office space on the fifth floor of the building located at Rua Manuel Pinto de Azedevo 860, 4150-335, Porto, Portugal. This lease has a 3-year initial term, with two extendable periods of 3 years each. It is expected to be extended once until October 2029.

On October 13, 2023, the Company entered into an office lease agreement, effective as of October 16, 2023, to lease approximately 6,000 square feet of office space on the first floor of the building located at 95 Regent Street, CB2 1AW, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom. This lease has a 3-year term agreement and is set to expire in October 2026.

On December 12, 2023, the Company entered into an open-ended office lease agreement, effective as of January 15, 2024, to lease approximately 1,700 square feet of additional office space at its existing corporate headquarters located at Dorfstrasse 29, 6300 Zug, Switzerland. The Company estimated the duration of the lease at inception and determined a 3-year term.

The weighted average remaining lease term and weighted average discount rate for the operating leases as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows:

June 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Weighted average remaining lease term (in months)3339
Weighted average discount rate4.8 %4.9 %

The future minimum annual lease payments under these operating leases as of June 30, 2024 are as follows:
Year ending December 31,Amount
Remainder of fiscal 2024$722,747
20251,445,489
20261,133,612
202792,711
202892,711
Thereafter63,801
Total lease payments3,551,071
Less imputed interest(207,064)
Total lease liability3,344,007
Less current portion of lease liability(1,321,727)
Long-term portion operating lease liability$2,022,280

The Company recorded lease expense related to its operating leases of $353,906 and $702,446 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively, and $39,445 and $78,270 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively. Operating cash outflows for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities was $724,596 and $78,270 for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2023, respectively.
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Employee Benefit Plans
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Employee Benefit Plans Employee Benefit Plans
The Company operates a defined benefit pension plan in Switzerland (the "Plan”) and a defined contribution pension plan in the United Kingdom and Portugal, in accordance with local regulations and practices. As of June 30, 2024, the Plan covers the Company’s employees in Switzerland with benefits in the event of death, disability, retirement, or termination of employment.
Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost under the Plan

Three Months Ended June 30, 2024Three Months Ended June 30, 2023Six Months Ended June 30, 2024Six Months Ended June 30, 2023
Service cost$68,238$30,663$139,355$60,477
Interest cost8,0477,65716,43615,102
Expected return on plan assets(14,718)(9,127)(30,058)(18,002)
Amortization of unrecognized loss2,5025,111
Prior service credit recognized in current year(2,478)(5,059)
Total Net Periodic Benefit Cost$61,591$29,193$125,785$57,577
The components of net periodic benefit cost other than the service cost component are included in general and administrative expense in the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.
Employer Contributions under the Plan
For the six months ended June 30, 2024, $126,341 (CHF 111,899) of contributions were made to the Plan. The Company presently anticipates contributing an additional estimated amount of $126,341 (CHF 111,899) to fund the Plan in 2024 for a total of $252,682 (CHF 223,798).
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Shareholders’ Equity
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Equity [Abstract]  
Shareholders’ Equity Shareholders’ Equity
Class A Ordinary Shares(1)
Class C Ordinary Shares(1)
Total Number of Ordinary Shares
AuthorizedIssuedAuthorizedIssuedAuthorizedIssued and Outstanding
Balance at January 1, 2024500,000,00060,466,453100,000,0002,505,476600,000,00062,971,929
Conversion of Class C Ordinary Shares into Class A Ordinary Shares1,493,356(1,493,356)
Issuance of Class A Ordinary Shares under the ATM facility914,828914,828
Cancellation of Class C shares following an employee contract termination in MoonLake AG(16,853)(16,853)
Balance at March 31, 2024500,000,00062,874,637100,000,000995,267600,000,00063,869,904
Balance at June 30, 2024500,000,00062,874,637100,000,000995,267600,000,00063,869,904
(1) Fully paid-in registered shares with a par value of $0.0001
Class A Ordinary Shares
On April 6, 2022, the Company's Class A Ordinary Shares began trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market ("Nasdaq") under the symbol “MLTX”. As of June 30, 2024, there were 62,874,637 Class A Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding. The Company is authorized to issue up to 500,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share. Holders of Class A Ordinary Shares are entitled to one vote per share.
Class C Ordinary Shares
As of June 30, 2024, there were 995,267 Class C Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding. The Company is authorized to issue up to 100,000,000 Class C Ordinary Shares, with a par value $0.0001 per share. Each Class C Ordinary Share entitles the holders thereof to one vote per share, but carries no economic rights.
At the closing of the Business Combination, MoonLake, MoonLake AG and ML Party (as defined in Note 2 — Business Combination Agreement with Helix and Recapitlalization, included in MoonLake's audited financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2023 included in the Annual Report) into a Restated and Amended Shareholders' Agreement (the “A&R Shareholders' Agreement”). With the intent to approximate the rights, obligations and restrictions that an ML Party would enjoy if it were a holder of Class A Ordinary Shares, the A&R Shareholders’ Agreement (i) imposes certain transfer and other restrictions on the ML Parties, (ii) provides for the waiver of certain statutory rights and (iii) establishes certain mechanics whereby MoonLake and each of the ML Parties are able to effect the conversion of MoonLake AG Common Shares and Class C Ordinary Shares into a number of Class A Ordinary Shares equal to the Exchange Ratio (as defined in Note 3 — Basis of Presentation, included in MoonLake's audited financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2023 included in the Annual Report). The foregoing description of the A&R Shareholders' Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, and should be read in connection with, the full text of the A&R Shareholders' Agreement filed as an exhibit on the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 11, 2022.

Equity Offerings
At-the-Market Offering
On May 11, 2023, the Company entered into a Sales Agreement (the “May 2023 Sales Agreement”) with Leerink Partners LLC (formerly known as SVB Securities LLC) (“Leerink Partners”), through which the Company could issue and sell up to $200,000,000 of its Class A Ordinary Shares (the “May 2023 ATM Shares”), through Leerink Partners as its sales agent. The May 2023 ATM Shares to be sold under the May 2023 Sales Agreement, if any, would be issued and sold pursuant to the Company's shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-271546), which was declared effective by the SEC on May 9, 2023, and a prospectus supplement thereto filed with the SEC on May 11, 2023.

On June 27, 2023, the Company reduced the maximum aggregate offering amount of its Class A Ordinary Shares that could be issued and sold under the May 2023 Sales Agreement to $0 and no longer intends to sell Class A Ordinary Shares under the May 2023 Sales Agreement unless the Company files a further prospectus supplement indicating an amount of shares proposed to be sold.

On August 31, 2023, the Company entered into a Sales Agreement with Leerink Partners (the “August 2023 Sales Agreement” and together with the May 2023 Sales Agreement, the “Sales Agreements”), through which the Company could issue and sell up to $350,000,000 of its Class A Ordinary Shares (the “August 2023 ATM Shares”), through Leerink Partners as its sales agent. The August 2023 ATM Shares to be sold under the August 2023 Sales Agreement, if any, would be issued and sold pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-274286), which was declared effective by the SEC on September 11, 2023, and a prospectus supplement thereto filed with the SEC on August 31, 2023.

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company sold 914,828 Class A Ordinary Shares under the August 2023 Sales Agreement at a weighted average share price of $58.31, for aggregate net proceeds of approximately $52.5 million, after deducting sales agent's commissions and transaction costs.

During the three months ended June 30, 2024, there were no sales under the August 2023 Sales Agreement.


Public Offering of Class A Ordinary Shares
On June 27, 2023, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with SVB Securities LLC and Guggenheim Securities LLC as the representatives of the underwriters named therein, to issue and sell 8,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares at a public offering price of $50.00 per share (the “Offering”). In addition, the Company granted the underwriters an option for a period of 30 days to purchase up to an additional 1,200,000 Class A Ordinary Shares at the public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions (the “Option”), and such Option was exercised in full by the underwriters.

The Offering closed on June 30, 2023, and net proceeds from the Offering, including proceeds from the exercise in full by the underwriters of the Option, were $436.7 million, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and the offering expenses in the amount of $23.3 million.
Following the completion of the Offering, the Company opted to direct a substantial portion of the net proceeds to MoonLake AG. This was executed as a two-step process: (i) the Company acquired the remaining 22,756 MoonLake AG Common Shares held in treasury through a share purchase and assignment agreement formally executed on July 9, 2023 ($38.9 million) and (ii) the Company contributed additional funds to MoonLake AG’s capital reserves through a cash contribution agreement formally executed on July 10, 2023 ($275 million). A stamp duty tax of $2.8 million was levied on the aforementioned capital contribution which the Company has classified as cash flows from financing activities in order to correctly mirror the underlying nature of the transaction.

On March 8, 2024, the Company executed a similar transaction as a two-step process: (i) the Company acquired 501 MoonLake AG Common Shares held in treasury through a share purchase and assignment agreement ($0.8 million) and (ii) the Company contributed an additional $150.0 million of funds to MoonLake AG's capital reserves through a cash contribution. A stamp duty tax of $1.6 million was levied on the capital contribution which the Company has classified as cash flows from financing activities in order to correctly mirror the underlying nature of the transaction. The aforementioned increase in treasury shares occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2024 as a result of an employee termination entitling MoonLake AG to repurchase such employee's unvested shares (501 MoonLake AG Common Shares and 16,853 Class C Ordinary Shares) previously awarded as part of a share-based compensation program. Since the shares were subsequently sold to MoonLake, the corresponding Class C Ordinary Shares were canceled.
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Net Loss per Share
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]  
Net Loss per Share Net Loss per Share
The following table sets forth the loss per share calculations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2023:

Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
2024202320242023
Numerator
Net loss attributable to controlling interests shareholders$(24,267,012)$(10,139,279)$(37,940,668)$(19,144,135)
Denominator
Total weighted average number of outstanding shares62,874,63743,718,46462,755,92541,403,084
Net loss per share – basic and diluted$(0.39)$(0.23)$(0.60)$(0.46)
The weighted average number of shares used to calculate the net loss per share – basic for the six months ended June 30, 2024 excludes Class C Ordinary Shares as they do not carry economic rights.
If the ML Parties elected to convert all of their MoonLake AG Common Shares into Class A Ordinary Shares as of January 1, 2024, the weighted average number of shares outstanding would have been 63,869,904 and 63,773,158 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively, resulting in a net loss per share of $(0.39) and $(0.61), respectively. Upon conversion, all Class C Ordinary Shares would be forfeited and there would no longer be any noncontrolling interests.
Upon conversion, the Company's number of Class A Ordinary Shares outstanding would be 63,883,904 as of August 1, 2024, including the 14,000 Class A Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to stock options exercised subsequent to June 30, 2024 (please refer to Note 17 - Subsequent Events for more information).
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Share-Based Compensation
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Share-Based Compensation Share-Based Compensation
As of June 30, 2024, the Company had the following share-based compensation arrangements:
a.Restricted Founder Shares (as defined below) – created in April 2021 by MoonLake AG (fully vested as of April 2023);
b.The Employee Share Participation Plan (“ESPP”) – created in July 2021 by MoonLake AG;
c.The Employee Stock Option Plan (“ESOP”) – created in July 2021 by MoonLake AG (fully vested as of January 2024);
d.MoonLake Immunotherapeutics 2022 Equity Incentive Plan ("Equity Incentive Plan") – created in April 2022 by MoonLake Immunotherapeutics.

The purpose of the arrangements is to attract and retain the best available personnel and to provide participants with additional incentive to increase their efforts on behalf and in the best interest of the Company and its subsidiaries. The reference to “Common Shares” refers to shares in MoonLake AG.

MoonLake AG's compensation plans are settled with Common Shares, and with a number of Class C Ordinary Shares determined by multiplying the number of Common Shares by the Exchange Ratio. The owners of Common Shares have the right to exchange their Common Shares for a number of Class A Ordinary Shares derived using the Exchange Ratio. In the event MoonLake AG shareholders elect to exchange their Common Shares, such MoonLake AG shareholder forfeits a number of Class C Ordinary Shares equal to the number of Class A Ordinary Shares issued (refer to Note 11 — Shareholders’ Equity - Class C Ordinary Shares).

As of January 1, 2024, the Company executed the conversion of the majority of the outstanding ESOP awards into an equivalent number of Equity Incentive Plan option awards that are settled with Class A Ordinary Shares, thereby eliminating the intermediary right to the exchange step noted above. From an accounting perspective, there is no underlying modification to the economic, control or legal rights of the awards, including vesting terms and conditions, exercise price and accounting classification. This is purely an administrative change as opposed to an accounting modification whereby the plan issuer is amended from MoonLake AG to MoonLake Immunotherapeutics. Consequently, there is no incremental fair value generated following the conversion and therefore no incremental expense recorded. Any remaining unvested compensation expense will be depleted over the remaining vesting period of the original awards, thereby resulting in no change to the consolidated financial statements.

As a result of this administrative conversion, the two main plans which remain active as of June 30, 2024 are the ESPP and Equity Incentive Plan, whereas the Restricted Founder Shares and ESOP are fully vested as of April 2023 and January 2024, respectively.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company has recognized an increase in equity in the condensed consolidated balance sheet, and share-based compensation expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss of $1.8 million and $3.5 million, respectively. The share-based compensation expense was driven by the aforementioned two main active share-based compensation plans and programs:
Compensation PlanThree Months Ended June 30, 2024Three Months Ended June 30, 2023Six Months Ended June 30, 2024Six Months Ended June 30, 2023
MoonLake AG Restricted Founder Shares$— $364,218 $— $1,574,300 
ESPP733,098 771,313 1,450,4021,828,267
ESOP— 171,058 — 359,297
Equity Incentive Plan1,095,147 191,072 2,055,051312,984
Total share-based compensation expense$1,828,245 $1,497,661 $3,505,453 $4,074,848 
Of which: included in research and development expense520,373 301,104 937,351 888,098 
Of which: included in general and administrative expense1,307,872 1,196,557 2,568,102 3,186,750 

We expect that all future employee awards will be made under the Equity Incentive Plan. As of June 30, 2024, 3,296,532 Class A Ordinary Shares from the authorized pool of 4,353,948 Class A Ordinary Shares remain available for future grants, and 959,023 and 98,393 Class A Ordinary Shares are reserved for issuance upon exercise of stock options granted under the Equity Incentive Plan and ESOP, respectively. The latter relate to awards not yet subjected to the conversion described above.

MoonLake AG - Restricted Founder Shares
On April 28, 2021, the shareholders’ agreement between the co-founders, the Series A investors and MoonLake AG imposed a reverse vesting condition on 90% of the total 110,000 Common Shares (the equivalent of 3,700,257 Class C Ordinary Shares) held by each of the three co-founders. Therefore, 99,000 Common Shares (the equivalent of 3,330,231 Class C Ordinary Shares) held by each of the co-founders were subject to these restrictions and considered unvested (the “Restricted Founder Shares”). The Restricted Founder Shares vested on the 28th of each month at a rate of 4.166% over a period of two years until April 28, 2023. In the event of a termination of the contractual relationship of the relevant co-founder before the end of the vesting period, MoonLake AG in first priority, or any third party designated by it, and the other shareholders in second priority pro rata to their shareholdings, had an option to purchase all or a pro rata portion of the leaver shares that remained unvested on the effective day of the termination at nominal value of CHF 0.10.
Grants awarded
ProgramRestricted Founder Shares
Awards unvested as of January 1, 20231,110,078
Awards vested for the six months ended June 30, 2023(1,110,078)
Awards unvested as of June 30, 2023
Employee Share Participation Plan (ESPP) 2021-2025 - MoonLake AG
The ESPP grants will vest 25% on each anniversary of the grant date. In the event of a termination of contractual relationship between the Company and the entitled employee, the awards can be deemed forfeited by MoonLake AG if certain conditions are met. Awards feature an accelerated vesting condition linked to a “Change of Control”, defined as any transfer of shares that results in the proposed acquirer holding more than 50% of the then issued share capital of MoonLake AG or the Company, as the case may be, where all the outstanding awards (whether currently outstanding or granted in the future) will be deemed fully vested.
Grants awarded
ProgramESPP
Awards issued as of January 1 and June 30, 20232,237,915
Awards vested as of June 30, 20231,452,115
Awards issued as of January 1, 20242,237,915
Awards forfeited for the six months ended June 30, 20241(16,853)
Awards issued as of June 30, 20242,221,062
Awards vested as of June 30, 20241,754,359
As of June 30, 2024, MoonLake AG had $4.6 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to the ESPP that will be recognized over the weighted average period of 1.55 years.

Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) 2021-2025 - MoonLake AG
The ESOP grants will vest 25% on each anniversary of the grant date. In the event of a termination of the contractual relationship between the Company and the entitled employee, options can be deemed forfeited by MoonLake AG if certain conditions are met. Awards feature an accelerated vesting condition linked to a “Change of Control”, defined as any transfer of shares that results in the proposed acquirer holding more than 50% of the then issued share capital of MoonLake AG or the Company, as the case may be, where all the outstanding awards (whether currently outstanding or granted in the future) will be deemed fully vested.
Grants awarded
ProgramESOP
Awards issued as of January 1, 2023466,770
Awards granted for the six months ended June 30, 202355,100
Awards issued as of June 30, 2023521,870
Awards exercisable as of June 30, 2023186,593
Awards issued as of January 1, 2024585,078
Awards converted from ESOP to Equity Incentive Plan for the six months ended June 30, 2024(486,685)
Awards issued as of June 30, 202498,393
Awards exercisable as of June 30, 202498,393

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics 2022 Equity Incentive Plan
On April 5, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), the Company created the Equity Incentive Plan to promote and closely align the interests of employees, officers, non-employee directors and other service providers of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics and its shareholders by providing share-based compensation and other performance-based compensation.

The Equity Incentive Plan provides for the grant of options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units, restricted stock and other share-based awards and for incentive bonuses, which may be paid in cash, Common Shares or a combination thereof, as determined by the compensation committee of the board of directors or such other committee as
designated by the board of directors to administer the Equity Incentive Plan. The Equity Incentive Plan shall remain available for the grant of awards until the 10th anniversary of the Effective Date.

Grants awarded
Program
Equity Incentive Plan
Awards issued as of January 1, 2023180,000
Awards granted for the six months ended June 30, 202356,485
Awards issued as of June 30, 2023236,485
Awards exercisable as of June 30, 202360,000
Awards issued as of January 1, 2024312,400
Awards granted for the six months ended June 30, 2024159,938
Awards converted from ESOP to Equity Incentive Plan for the six months ended June 30, 2024486,685
Awards issued as of June 30, 2024959,023
Awards exercisable as of June 30, 2024366,718

Weighted average assumptions for the awards issued during the six months ended June 30, 2024
Estimated fair value of the option on the grant date using Black-Scholes model ($)31.66
Exercise price ($)
45.91
Expected term of the award on the grant date (years) (1)
6
Expected volatility of the share price (2)
75%
Risk-free interest rate (3)
4.6%
Expected dividend rate—%
(1) The expected term represents the period that share-based awards are expected to be outstanding.
(2) The expected volatility was derived from the historical stock volatilities of comparable peer public companies within the Company’s industry.
(3) The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the measurement date with maturities approximately equal to the expected term.
As of June 30, 2024, the Company had $10.5 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to the Equity Incentive Plan that will be recognized over the weighted average period of 2.04 years.
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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes
The Company's effective tax rate (“ETR”) was 0.3% and 0.4% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively, and 0.1% and 0.1% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively. The Company is not aware of any items that would cause the quarterly ETR to be significantly different from the Company's annual ETR. The difference between the income tax provision that would be derived by applying the statutory rate to the Company's loss before income taxes and the income tax provision recorded was primarily attributable to the change in the valuation allowance. The Company continues to incur losses for the entities domiciled in the Cayman Island and Switzerland, and its ability to utilize the deferred tax asset related to the tax losses is not considered more likely than not. A full valuation allowance has been recorded against the deferred tax asset.
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Commitment and Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitment and Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments
The Company has entered into agreements as of June 30, 2024 primarily in regards to the clinical and non-clinical development services with contract research organizations ("CROs"), as well as supply and logistics services with
contract manufacturing organizations ("CMOs"), for the advancement of SLK. As of June 30, 2024, the total committed expense under these agreements amounted to $125.5 million, of which $5.9 million are recognized under Prepaid expenses - current, $4.1 million are recognized under Prepaid expenses - non-current, and the rest remain unrecognized.

The Company's In-License Agreement with MHKDG includes contractual milestone payments related to the achievement of pre-specified research, development, regulatory and commercialization events and indemnification provisions, which are common in such agreements. Pursuant to the agreements, the Company is obligated to make research and development and regulatory milestone payments upon the occurrence of certain events. Subject to the terms of the license, additional milestone payments of up to €299.6 million ($320.6 million using a June 30, 2024 exchange rate) are potentially payable upon satisfying specific milestones related to regulatory filing acceptance, first commercial sales, and aggregate annual net sales. The milestone payments are payable in cash. Milestone payments due prior to obtaining regulatory approval will be recorded as research and development expense upon determination that a milestone payment is probable to occur. Milestone payments due after obtaining regulatory approval will be capitalized when and if incurred. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the milestones to occur. However, if the Company reasonably determines that a technical failure or commercial failure has occurred with respect to all or a part of the SLK Program, the Company, at its sole discretion, can terminate all or part of the SLK Program. As of June 30, 2024, the Company made a total of €7.5 million ($8.1 million using the then applicable exchange rates) in additional milestone payments.

In addition, on May 12, 2023, MoonLake AG entered into an agreement with Research Cooperation Technologies, Inc. (“RCT”) and MHKDG, effective as of June 1, 2023, pursuant to which the Company was granted a royalty-bearing, nonexclusive, sublicensable right and license under RCT’s patents and know-how related to a manufacturing process using an underlying yeast strain, Pichia pastoris, to develop, manufacture, use, sell, offer for sale, and import and otherwise commercialize SLK on a world-wide basis, subject to certain restrictions. This agreement replaces the Company’s sublicense for similar rights under the In-License Agreement. In the aggregate, the Company is required to pay royalties within the range of low to mid-teen percent of net sales under the aforementioned agreements with MHKDG and RCT. Royalties will be recognized in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss when net sales are recognized.
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Segment Information and Geographic Data
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Information and Geographic Data Segment Information and Geographic Data
The Company operates as a single operating segment. Long-lived assets, consisting of property and equipment, net, and operating lease right-of-use assets by geographical area as of June 30, 2024 are as follows:
CountryJune 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Switzerland$750,410 $507,392 
United Kingdom2,245,947 2,704,555 
Portugal870,301 737,398 
Total$3,866,658 $3,949,345 
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Subsequent Events
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events Subsequent Events
On July 23, 2024 and July 24, 2024, certain participants exercised their stock options under the Equity Incentive Plan for an aggregate of 14,000 Class A Ordinary Shares. Please refer to Note 13 - Share-based compensation for more information regarding the share-based compensation plans.
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Pay vs Performance Disclosure - USD ($)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023
Jun. 30, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
Net Income (Loss) $ (24,267,012) $ (10,139,279) $ (37,940,668) $ (19,144,135)
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Insider Trading Arrangements
3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Trading Arrangements, by Individual  
Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Adopted false
Non-Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Adopted false
Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Terminated false
Non-Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Terminated false
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Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include those of the Company and its subsidiaries, MoonLake Immunotherapeutics AG, a Swiss stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft) registered with the commercial register of the Canton of Zug, Switzerland under the number CHE-433.093.536 (“MoonLake AG”), MoonLake Immunotherapeutics Ltd., a private limited company incorporated in the United Kingdom, and MNLK Immunotherapeutics, Unipessoal Lda ("MNLK PT"), a private limited company incorporated in Portugal, after elimination of all intercompany accounts and transactions. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes hereto have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) as set forth by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) and in conformity with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. Any reference in these notes to applicable guidance is meant to refer to the authoritative U.S. GAAP as found in the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) of the FASB.
In the opinion of management, all material adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the financial information, which are of a normal and recurring nature, have been made for the interim periods reported. Results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire fiscal year or any other period. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial information for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 have been prepared on the same basis as and should be read in conjunction with MoonLake’s audited financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2023 included in the Annual Report.

All amounts are presented in U.S. Dollar (“$”), unless otherwise indicated. The term “Swiss franc” and “CHF” refer to the legal currency of Switzerland, "GBP" refers to the legal currency of the United Kingdom, and “€” and "Euro" refer to the legal currency of Portugal.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Company to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses. The significant judgments, estimates and assumptions relevant to the Company relate to:
determining whether the in-process research and development expenditure (“IPR&D”) has an alternative future use;
determining assumptions used in estimating the fair value of share-based compensation;
estimating the recoverability of the deferred tax asset; and
estimating the amount of accruals in connection with the completion of clinical trial milestones.

The Company bases its judgments and estimates on various factors and information, which may include, but are not limited to, the Company’s forecasts and future plans, current economic conditions and observable market-based transactions of its own shares, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities and recorded amounts of expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources. To the extent there are material differences between the Company’s estimates and the actual results, the Company’s future results of operation may be affected.
Cash and Cash Equivalents The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents are recorded at cost, which approximates fair value.
Marketable securities and short-term investments
The Company invests in short-term marketable securities in the form of debt securities. At the time of purchase, the Company assesses whether such debt security should be classified as held-to-maturity or available-for-sale debt securities.
Debt securities are classified as held-to-maturity when the Company has the positive intent and ability to hold the securities to maturity. Held-to-maturity debt securities are carried at amortized cost, adjusted for accretion of discounts or amortization of premiums to maturity computed under the effective interest method. Such accretion or amortization is included in “Interest and dividend income”. Marketable debt securities not classified as held-to-maturity are classified as available-for-sale and reported at fair value.
Net unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities are excluded from the determination of earnings and are instead recognized in the “Accumulated other comprehensive income” component of equity until realized. Realized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities are computed based upon the historical cost of these securities, using the specific identification method.
A decline in the fair value of any security below cost that is deemed other than temporary results in a charge to earnings and the corresponding establishment of a new cost basis for the security. Dividend and interest income are recognized when earned. Realized gains and losses are included in "Other income" and the cost of securities sold is determined using the specific-identification method.
Marketable debt securities are classified as either “Cash and cash equivalents” or “Short‑term marketable debt securities” according to their original maturity at the time of acquisition. Changes in unrealized gains and losses pertaining to cash equivalent securities are added back into the consolidated statements of cash flows as those are excluded from the determination of earnings but impact the cash and cash equivalents position.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of cash accounts in large financial institutions which, at times, may exceed the CHF 100,000 deposit protection limit in Switzerland, the $250,000 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation deposit insurance coverage limit in the United States, the GBP 85,000 Financial Services Compensation Scheme deposit protection limit in the United Kingdom, or the €100,000 Fundo de Garantia de Depósitos deposit protection limit in Portugal. The Company believes it is not exposed to significant credit risk due to the financial strength of the depository institutions in which the cash and cash equivalents are held. Additionally, the Company ensures further protection against credit risk by diversifying its cash holdings across a variety of credit institutions, thereby minimizing the potential impact of any adverse events on a single institution. Further, the Company's investment strategy for cash (in excess of current business requirements) is set to invest in short-term marketable debt securities. Management actively monitors credit risk in the investment portfolio. Credit risk exposures are controlled in accordance with policies approved by the board of directors to identify, measure, monitor and control credit risks.
Fair Value Measurements
The Company follows the guidance included in ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement. 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.
There are three levels of inputs to fair value measurements:
Level 1, meaning the use of quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets;
Level 2, meaning the use of quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active or are directly or indirectly observable; and
Level 3, meaning the use of unobservable inputs. Observable market data is used when available.
Transfers between Levels 1, 2 or 3 within the fair value hierarchy are recognized at the end of the reporting period when the respective transaction occurred.
Segment Information
The Company operates as a single operating segment. The Company’s chief operating decision maker, its Chief Executive Officer, manages the Company’s operations on a stand-alone basis for the purposes of allocating resources and assessing financial performance.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment, net is stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method based on the estimated useful lives of three to five years. As of June 30, 2024, property and equipment, net relates to information technology, office equipment, and leasehold improvements.
Research and Development Contract Costs and Accruals
Research and development expenses include employee payroll, consulting, contract research and contract manufacturing costs attributable to research and development activities and are expensed as incurred.
Upfront payments and milestone payments made for the licensing of technology are expensed as research and development expenses in the period in which it is probable that a liability has been incurred. Advance payments for goods or services to be received in the future for use in research and development activities are recorded as prepaid expenses. The prepaid amounts are expensed as the related goods are delivered or the services are performed.
The Company has entered into various research and development contracts with companies both inside and outside of the United States. These agreements are generally cancellable, and related payments are recorded as research and development expenses as incurred. The Company records accruals for estimated ongoing research costs. When evaluating the adequacy of the accrued liabilities, the Company analyzes progress of the studies or trials, including the phase or completion of events, invoices received and contracted costs. Significant judgments and estimates are made in determining the accrued balances at the end of any reporting period. Actual results could differ from the Company’s estimates. The Company’s historical accrual estimates have not been materially different from the actual costs.
Share-Based Compensation
Share-Based Compensation
The Company recognizes compensation expense based on estimated fair values for all stock-based payment awards made to eligible employees, members of the board of directors and independent contractors that are expected to vest.

The valuation of stock option awards is determined at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The Black-Scholes option pricing model requires the Company to make assumptions and judgements about the inputs used in the calculations, such as the fair value of the common stock, expected term, expected volatility of the Company’s common stock, risk-free interest rate and expected dividend yield. The valuation of restricted stock awards is measured by the fair value of the Company’s common stock on the date of the grant.

For all stock options granted, the Company calculated the expected term as the period that share-based awards are expected to be outstanding. The estimate of expected volatility is based on comparative companies’ volatility within the Company's industry. The risk-free rate is based on the yield available on United States Treasury zero-coupon issues corresponding to the expected term of the award.

The fair value of the common stock granted under the ESPP (as defined in Note 13 —
Share-based compensation) has historically been estimated by management with reference to the market-based transaction with its Series A investors, as there was no public market for the common stock.

Share-based payment arrangements are accounted for under the fair value method. Total compensation is measured at grant date, based on the fair value of the award at that date, and recorded in earnings over the period the employees are required to render service. The Company recognizes compensation cost only for those awards expected to meet the service conditions on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the award.
Foreign Currency
The functional currency of the Company and its subsidiaries is the U.S. dollar. Balances and transactions denominated in foreign currencies are converted as follows: monetary assets and liabilities are translated using exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet dates and non-monetary assets and liabilities are translated at historical exchange rates. Revenue and expenses are translated at the daily exchange rate on the respective accounting date.
Gains or losses from foreign currency translation are included in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss in "other income, net".
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes by using the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. A valuation allowance is recorded to the extent it is more likely than not that all or a portion of the Company's deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in operations in the period that includes the enactment date.
Net Loss per Class A Ordinary Shares
Basic net loss per Class A Ordinary Share is calculated using the two-class method under which earnings are allocated to both Class A Ordinary Shares and participating securities. Basic net loss per share is calculated by dividing the net loss attributable to Class A Ordinary Shares by the weighted-average number of Class A Ordinary Shares outstanding for the period. The diluted net loss per Class A Ordinary Share is computed by dividing the net loss using the weighted-average number of Class A Ordinary Shares and, if dilutive, potential Class A Ordinary Shares outstanding during the period.
In periods in which the Company reports a net loss attributable to shareholders of Class A Ordinary Shares, diluted net loss per share attributable to shareholders of Class A Ordinary Shares is the same as basic net loss per share attributable to shareholders of Class A Ordinary Shares, since dilutive Class A Ordinary Shares are not assumed to be outstanding if their effect is anti-dilutive.
Acquisitions
The Company evaluates acquisitions of assets and other similar transactions to assess whether or not the transaction should be accounted for as a business combination or asset acquisition by first assessing whether substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or group of similar identifiable assets. On April 29, 2021, MoonLake AG entered into an in-licensing agreement (the “In-License Agreement”) with Merck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (“MHKDG”) to acquire the Sonelokimab program (the “SLK Program”) and determined that substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired related to IPR&D of SLK. Therefore, this transaction was accounted for as an asset acquisition.

IPR&D represents incomplete technologies that the Company acquires, which at the time of acquisition, are still under development and have no alternative future use. The fair value of such technologies is expensed upon acquisition. A technology is considered to have an alternative future use if it is probable that the Company will use the asset in its current, incomplete state as it existed at the acquisition date, in another research and development project that has not yet commenced, and economic benefit is anticipated from that use. If a technology is determined to have an alternative future use, then the fair value of the program would be recorded as an asset on the balance sheet rather than expensed.
Contingent consideration payments (for example milestone payments due upon the occurrence of a specific event) in asset acquisitions are recognized in the period in which it is probable that a liability has been incurred (unless the contingent consideration meets the definition of a derivative, in which case the amount becomes part of the cost in the asset acquired). Upon recognition of the contingent consideration payment, the amount is expensed if it relates to IPR&D or capitalized if it relates to a developed product which is generally considered to be when clinical trials have been completed and regulatory approval obtained.
Future royalty payments due on net sales will be recognized in cost of goods sold when net sales are recognized.
Pension Accounting
The Company accounts for pension assets and liabilities in accordance with ASC 715, Compensation – Retirement Benefits, which requires the recognition of the funded status of pension plans in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The liability in respect to defined benefit pension plans is the projected benefit obligation calculated annually by independent actuaries using the projected unit credit method. The projected benefit obligation as of June 30, 2024 represents the actuarial present value of the estimated future payments required to settle the obligation that is attributable to employee services rendered before that date. Service costs for such pension plans, represented in the net periodic pension benefit cost, are included in the personnel expenses of the various functions where the employees are engaged. The other components of net benefit cost are included in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss separately from the service cost component, in “other income, net.” Plan assets are recorded at their fair value.
Gains or losses arising from plan curtailments or settlements are accounted for at the time they occur. Any net pension asset is limited to the present value of the future economic benefits available to the Company in the form of refunds from the plan or expected reductions in future contributions to the plan. Actuarial gains and losses arising from differences between the actual and the expected return on plan assets are recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income.
Leases
The Company determines if an arrangement is or contains a lease at contract inception. For these arrangements, it is evaluated if the arrangement involves an identified asset that is physically distinct or whether the Company has the right to substantially all of the capacity of an identified asset that is not physically distinct. In arrangements that involve an identified asset, there is also judgment in evaluating if the Company has the right to direct the use of that asset.

MoonLake does not have any finance leases. As of June 30, 2024, the Company has four operating leases related to the office spaces located in (i) Dorfstrasse 29, 6300, Zug, Switzerland (comprised of two leases), (ii) 95 Regent Street, CB2 1AW, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom, and (iii) Rua Manuel Pinto de Azedevo 860, 4150-335, Porto, Portugal. The operating leases are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term commencing on the date the Company has the right to use the leased property. Right-of-use assets and lease liabilities are measured at the lease commencement date based on the present value of the remaining lease payments over the lease term, determined using the discount rate for the lease at the commencement date. Because the rate implicit in the leases is not readily determinable, the Company uses the incremental borrowing rate as the discount rate, which approximates the interest rate at which the Company could borrow on a collateralized basis with similar terms and payments and in similar economic environments.

Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less that do not have the option to purchase the underlying asset are not recorded on the balance sheet, with lease expense for these leases recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term commencing on the date the Company has the right to use the leased property.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements not yet Adopted
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment reporting — Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. This new standard requires public entities to disclose significant segment expenses and additional segment items annually and to provide all reported segment profit or loss and assets disclosures currently required annually on an interim basis. The standard also requires disclosure of the Chief Operating Decision Maker's title and position. The standard does not change the manner in which public entities identify their operating segments, aggregate them, or apply the quantitative thresholds for determining their reportable segments. It is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company has determined it operates as a single segment, therefore, we do not anticipate this ASU to materially impact our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income taxes — Improvements to Income Taxes Disclosure. The purpose of this guidance is to enhance the transparency and usefulness of income tax disclosures and provide comprehensive income tax information, particularly in relation to rate reconciliation and income taxes paid in the U.S and foreign jurisdictions. It is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024 and interim periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. This ASU will result in the required additional disclosures being included in our consolidated financial statements, once adopted.
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Fair Value Measurements (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]  
Schedule of debt securities by level within the fair value hierarchy
The following table presents information about the Company's short-term marketable debt securities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and indicate the level in the fair value hierarchy in which the Company classifies the fair value measurement:
June 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Level 2TotalLevel 2Total
Eurocommercial Papers$177,887,700 $177,887,700 $109,608,915 $109,608,915 
Certificates of Deposit59,058,000 59,058,000 79,626,727 79,626,727 
Total$236,945,700 $236,945,700 $189,235,642 $189,235,642 
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Investments (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
Schedule of investments in short-term marketable debt securities
The fair value and amortized cost of investments in short-term marketable debt securities by major security type as of June 30, 2024 are as follows:

Amortized costGross unrealized gainsGross unrealized lossesFair value
Eurocommercial Papers$174,969,520 $2,918,180 $— $177,887,700 
Certificates of Deposit58,420,956 637,044 — 59,058,000 
Total$233,390,476$3,555,224$$236,945,700
Of which classified within cash and cash equivalents59,235,548 701,752 — 59,937,300 
Of which classified within short-term marketable debt securities174,154,928 2,853,472 — 177,008,400 
Schedule of fair value changes of marketable securities
The following table presents the changes in fair values of the Company’s short-term marketable debt securities, classified as Level 2 financial assets, and recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income:

Beginning balance, January 1, 2024$2,720,854 
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications8,507,252 
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income(7,672,882)
Ending balance, June 30, 2024$3,555,224
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Prepaid Expenses (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of prepaid expenses
Prepaid expenses - currentJune 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Non-clinical research and clinical development services$8,208,290$842,729
Supply and manufacturing services4,294,3171,205
Insurance1,984,3571,077,478
Other prepayments918,562180,791
Total$15,405,526$2,102,203
Prepaid expenses - non-currentJune 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Supply and manufacturing services$4,129,151$8,423,468
Total$4,129,151$8,423,468
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Trade and Other Payables (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Payables and Accruals [Abstract]  
Trade and other payables, current
June 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Supply and manufacturing fees payable$2,678,765$553,459
Research and development services and license fees2,021,478911,454
Legal advisory fees payable210,19147,095
Consulting and advisory services55,98580,695
Other payables176,434244,981
Total$5,142,853$1,837,684
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Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Payables and Accruals [Abstract]  
Schedule of accrued expenses and other current liabilities
June 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Research and development services and license fees$2,115,244 $1,226,281 
Bonuses and related employees compensation expenses1,964,659 2,780,219 
Supply and manufacturing services820,897 1,603,739 
Tax liabilities618,983 367,976 
Consultant and other fees203,016 853,905 
Legal fees94,58598,000
Total$5,817,384$6,930,120
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Leases (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Leases [Abstract]  
Lease, Cost
The weighted average remaining lease term and weighted average discount rate for the operating leases as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows:

June 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Weighted average remaining lease term (in months)3339
Weighted average discount rate4.8 %4.9 %
Schedule of Future Lease Payments
The future minimum annual lease payments under these operating leases as of June 30, 2024 are as follows:
Year ending December 31,Amount
Remainder of fiscal 2024$722,747
20251,445,489
20261,133,612
202792,711
202892,711
Thereafter63,801
Total lease payments3,551,071
Less imputed interest(207,064)
Total lease liability3,344,007
Less current portion of lease liability(1,321,727)
Long-term portion operating lease liability$2,022,280
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Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Components of net periodic benefit cost under the plan
Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost under the Plan

Three Months Ended June 30, 2024Three Months Ended June 30, 2023Six Months Ended June 30, 2024Six Months Ended June 30, 2023
Service cost$68,238$30,663$139,355$60,477
Interest cost8,0477,65716,43615,102
Expected return on plan assets(14,718)(9,127)(30,058)(18,002)
Amortization of unrecognized loss2,5025,111
Prior service credit recognized in current year(2,478)(5,059)
Total Net Periodic Benefit Cost$61,591$29,193$125,785$57,577
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Shareholders’ Equity (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Equity [Abstract]  
Schedule of stock authorized and issued
Class A Ordinary Shares(1)
Class C Ordinary Shares(1)
Total Number of Ordinary Shares
AuthorizedIssuedAuthorizedIssuedAuthorizedIssued and Outstanding
Balance at January 1, 2024500,000,00060,466,453100,000,0002,505,476600,000,00062,971,929
Conversion of Class C Ordinary Shares into Class A Ordinary Shares1,493,356(1,493,356)
Issuance of Class A Ordinary Shares under the ATM facility914,828914,828
Cancellation of Class C shares following an employee contract termination in MoonLake AG(16,853)(16,853)
Balance at March 31, 2024500,000,00062,874,637100,000,000995,267600,000,00063,869,904
Balance at June 30, 2024500,000,00062,874,637100,000,000995,267600,000,00063,869,904
(1) Fully paid-in registered shares with a par value of $0.0001
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Net Loss per Share (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]  
Schedule of earnings per share, basic and diluted
The following table sets forth the loss per share calculations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2023:

Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
2024202320242023
Numerator
Net loss attributable to controlling interests shareholders$(24,267,012)$(10,139,279)$(37,940,668)$(19,144,135)
Denominator
Total weighted average number of outstanding shares62,874,63743,718,46462,755,92541,403,084
Net loss per share – basic and diluted$(0.39)$(0.23)$(0.60)$(0.46)
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Share-Based Compensation (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Schedule of share-based compensation expense driven by share-based compensation plans and programs The share-based compensation expense was driven by the aforementioned two main active share-based compensation plans and programs:
Compensation PlanThree Months Ended June 30, 2024Three Months Ended June 30, 2023Six Months Ended June 30, 2024Six Months Ended June 30, 2023
MoonLake AG Restricted Founder Shares$— $364,218 $— $1,574,300 
ESPP733,098 771,313 1,450,4021,828,267
ESOP— 171,058 — 359,297
Equity Incentive Plan1,095,147 191,072 2,055,051312,984
Total share-based compensation expense$1,828,245 $1,497,661 $3,505,453 $4,074,848 
Of which: included in research and development expense520,373 301,104 937,351 888,098 
Of which: included in general and administrative expense1,307,872 1,196,557 2,568,102 3,186,750 
Summary of nonvested restricted stock shares activity
Grants awarded
ProgramRestricted Founder Shares
Awards unvested as of January 1, 20231,110,078
Awards vested for the six months ended June 30, 2023(1,110,078)
Awards unvested as of June 30, 2023
Schedule of nonvested share activity
Grants awarded
ProgramESPP
Awards issued as of January 1 and June 30, 20232,237,915
Awards vested as of June 30, 20231,452,115
Awards issued as of January 1, 20242,237,915
Awards forfeited for the six months ended June 30, 20241(16,853)
Awards issued as of June 30, 20242,221,062
Awards vested as of June 30, 20241,754,359
Summary of weighted average assumptions for awards issued
Weighted average assumptions for the awards issued during the six months ended June 30, 2024
Estimated fair value of the option on the grant date using Black-Scholes model ($)31.66
Exercise price ($)
45.91
Expected term of the award on the grant date (years) (1)
6
Expected volatility of the share price (2)
75%
Risk-free interest rate (3)
4.6%
Expected dividend rate—%
(1) The expected term represents the period that share-based awards are expected to be outstanding.
(2) The expected volatility was derived from the historical stock volatilities of comparable peer public companies within the Company’s industry.
(3) The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the measurement date with maturities approximately equal to the expected term.
Schedule of option activity for share-based payment arrangement
Grants awarded
ProgramESOP
Awards issued as of January 1, 2023466,770
Awards granted for the six months ended June 30, 202355,100
Awards issued as of June 30, 2023521,870
Awards exercisable as of June 30, 2023186,593
Awards issued as of January 1, 2024585,078
Awards converted from ESOP to Equity Incentive Plan for the six months ended June 30, 2024(486,685)
Awards issued as of June 30, 202498,393
Awards exercisable as of June 30, 202498,393
Grants awarded
Program
Equity Incentive Plan
Awards issued as of January 1, 2023180,000
Awards granted for the six months ended June 30, 202356,485
Awards issued as of June 30, 2023236,485
Awards exercisable as of June 30, 202360,000
Awards issued as of January 1, 2024312,400
Awards granted for the six months ended June 30, 2024159,938
Awards converted from ESOP to Equity Incentive Plan for the six months ended June 30, 2024486,685
Awards issued as of June 30, 2024959,023
Awards exercisable as of June 30, 2024366,718
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Segment Information and Geographic Data (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Long-Lived Assets by Geographic Areas Long-lived assets, consisting of property and equipment, net, and operating lease right-of-use assets by geographical area as of June 30, 2024 are as follows:
CountryJune 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Switzerland$750,410 $507,392 
United Kingdom2,245,947 2,704,555 
Portugal870,301 737,398 
Total$3,866,658 $3,949,345 
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Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Details)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
USD ($)
lease_contract
Jun. 30, 2023
USD ($)
Jun. 30, 2024
USD ($)
segment
lease_contract
lease
Jun. 30, 2023
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2023
USD ($)
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
Cash and cash equivalents $ 342,791,142   $ 342,791,142   $ 451,169,337
Foreign currency transaction gain (loss), realized $ (39,293) $ 108,844 $ (98,834) $ 280,652  
Number of operating leases | lease     4    
Number of lease contracts | lease_contract 2   2    
Number of operating segments | segment     1    
Commercial Paper and Certificates of Deposit          
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
Cash and cash equivalents $ 59,900,000   $ 59,900,000   $ 129,400,000
Minimum          
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
Property and equipment, useful life 3 years   3 years    
Maximum          
Class of Stock [Line Items]          
Property and equipment, useful life 5 years   5 years    
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Risks and Liquidity (Details) - USD ($)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Mar. 31, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023
Mar. 31, 2023
Jun. 30, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023
Risks and Uncertainties [Abstract]            
Net loss $ (24,758,754) $ (13,975,521) $ (12,353,387) $ (12,218,987) $ (38,734,275) $ (24,572,374)
Excess of current assets less current liabilities 524,600,000       524,600,000  
Unrestricted cash $ 342,800,000       $ 342,800,000  
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Fair Value Measurements (Details) - USD ($)
Jun. 30, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Fair Value, Measured on Recurring Basis, Gain (Loss) Included in Earnings [Line Items]    
Short-term marketable debt securities $ 177,008,400 $ 59,838,900
Fair Value, Recurring    
Fair Value, Measured on Recurring Basis, Gain (Loss) Included in Earnings [Line Items]    
Total 236,945,700 189,235,642
Eurocommercial Papers | Fair Value, Recurring    
Fair Value, Measured on Recurring Basis, Gain (Loss) Included in Earnings [Line Items]    
Short-term marketable debt securities 177,887,700 109,608,915
Certificates of Deposit | Fair Value, Recurring    
Fair Value, Measured on Recurring Basis, Gain (Loss) Included in Earnings [Line Items]    
Short-term marketable debt securities 59,058,000 79,626,727
Level 2 | Fair Value, Recurring    
Fair Value, Measured on Recurring Basis, Gain (Loss) Included in Earnings [Line Items]    
Total 236,945,700 189,235,642
Level 2 | Eurocommercial Papers | Fair Value, Recurring    
Fair Value, Measured on Recurring Basis, Gain (Loss) Included in Earnings [Line Items]    
Short-term marketable debt securities 177,887,700 109,608,915
Level 2 | Certificates of Deposit | Fair Value, Recurring    
Fair Value, Measured on Recurring Basis, Gain (Loss) Included in Earnings [Line Items]    
Short-term marketable debt securities $ 59,058,000 $ 79,626,727
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Investments - Schedule of Fair Value and Amortized Cost of Investments in Short-Term Marketable Debt (Details)
Jun. 30, 2024
USD ($)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale [Line Items]  
Amortized cost $ 233,390,476
Gross unrealized gains 3,555,224
Gross unrealized losses 0
Fair value 236,945,700
Cash and Cash Equivalents  
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale [Line Items]  
Amortized cost 59,235,548
Gross unrealized gains 701,752
Gross unrealized losses 0
Fair value 59,937,300
Debt Securities  
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale [Line Items]  
Amortized cost 174,154,928
Gross unrealized gains 2,853,472
Gross unrealized losses 0
Fair value 177,008,400
Eurocommercial Papers  
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale [Line Items]  
Amortized cost 174,969,520
Gross unrealized gains 2,918,180
Gross unrealized losses 0
Fair value 177,887,700
Certificates of Deposit  
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale [Line Items]  
Amortized cost 58,420,956
Gross unrealized gains 637,044
Gross unrealized losses 0
Fair value $ 59,058,000
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Investments - Schedule of Changes in Fair Value of Short-Term Marketable Securities (Details) - USD ($)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023
Jun. 30, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain (Loss) [Roll Forward]        
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications $ (652,097) $ 415,225 $ (834,370) $ 390,753
Level 2        
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain (Loss) [Roll Forward]        
Gross unrealized gain (loss), beginning balance     2,720,854  
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications     8,507,252  
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income     (7,672,882)  
Gross unrealized gain (loss), ending balance $ 3,555,224   $ 3,555,224  
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Prepaid Expenses (Details) - USD ($)
Jun. 30, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Prepaid expenses - current    
Non-clinical research and clinical development services $ 8,208,290 $ 842,729
Supply and manufacturing services 4,294,317 1,205
Insurance 1,984,357 1,077,478
Other prepayments 918,562 180,791
Total 15,405,526 2,102,203
Prepaid expenses - non-current    
Supply and manufacturing services 4,129,151 8,423,468
Total $ 4,129,151 $ 8,423,468
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Trade and Other Payables (Details) - USD ($)
Jun. 30, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Payables and Accruals [Abstract]    
Supply and manufacturing fees payable $ 2,678,765 $ 553,459
Research and development services and license fees 2,021,478 911,454
Legal advisory fees payable 210,191 47,095
Consulting and advisory services 55,985 80,695
Other payables 176,434 244,981
Total $ 5,142,853 $ 1,837,684
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Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities (Details) - USD ($)
Jun. 30, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Payables and Accruals [Abstract]    
Research and development services and license fees $ 2,115,244 $ 1,226,281
Bonuses and related employees compensation expenses 1,964,659 2,780,219
Supply and manufacturing services 820,897 1,603,739
Tax liabilities 618,983 367,976
Consultant and other fees 203,016 853,905
Legal fees 94,585 98,000
Total $ 5,817,384 $ 6,930,120
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Leases - Additional Information (Details)
1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Dec. 12, 2023
ft²
Oct. 13, 2023
ft²
Oct. 09, 2023
ft²
period
Aug. 31, 2021
ft²
Jun. 30, 2024
USD ($)
Jun. 30, 2023
USD ($)
Jun. 30, 2024
USD ($)
Jun. 30, 2023
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2023
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]                  
Lessee, operating lease, number of renewal options | period     2            
Operating lease, expense | $         $ 353,906 $ 39,445 $ 702,446 $ 78,270  
Operating lease, payments | $             $ 724,596 $ 78,270  
Switzerland Office                  
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]                  
Square foot of leased space (in square feet)       2,300          
Lessee, operating lease, term of contract 3 years     3 years         3 years
Operating lease, additional area of leased space 1,700                
Porto Office                  
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]                  
Square foot of leased space (in square feet)     3,900            
Lessee, operating lease, renewal term     3 years            
Porto Office | Building                  
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]                  
Lessee, operating lease, term of contract     3 years            
Cambridge Office                  
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]                  
Square foot of leased space (in square feet)   6,000              
Cambridge Office | Building                  
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]                  
Lessee, operating lease, term of contract   3 years              
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Leases - Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term and Discount Rate (Details)
Jun. 30, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Leases [Abstract]    
Weighted average remaining lease term (in months) 33 months 39 months
Weighted average discount rate 4.80% 4.90%
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Leases - Future Lease Payments (Details) - USD ($)
Jun. 30, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Leases [Abstract]    
Remainder of fiscal 2024 $ 722,747  
2025 1,445,489  
2026 1,133,612  
2027 92,711  
2028 92,711  
Thereafter 63,801  
Total lease payments 3,551,071  
Less imputed interest (207,064)  
Total lease liability 3,344,007  
Less current portion of lease liability (1,321,727) $ (1,197,876)
Long-term portion of operating lease liabilities $ 2,022,280 $ 2,499,990
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Employee Benefit Plans (Details) - USD ($)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023
Jun. 30, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]        
Service cost $ 68,238 $ 30,663 $ 139,355 $ 60,477
Interest cost 8,047 7,657 16,436 15,102
Expected return on plan assets (14,718) (9,127) (30,058) (18,002)
Amortization of unrecognized loss 2,502 0 5,111 0
Prior service credit recognized in current year (2,478) 0 (5,059) 0
Total Net Periodic Benefit Cost $ 61,591 $ 29,193 $ 125,785 $ 57,577
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Employee Benefit Plans - Narrative (Details)
6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2024
CHF (SFr)
Jun. 30, 2024
USD ($)
Jun. 30, 2024
CHF (SFr)
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]        
Contributions made to plan     $ 126,341 SFr 111,899
Forecast        
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]        
Contributions made to plan $ 252,682 SFr 223,798    
Defined contribution plan, increase (decrease), cost $ 126,341 SFr 111,899    
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Shareholders’ Equity - Schedule of Stock Authorized and Issued (Details) - $ / shares
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023
Mar. 31, 2023
Jun. 30, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Common Shares          
Issuance of shares under the ATM facility (in shares) 914,828        
Cancellation of Class C shares following an employee contract termination in MoonLake AG (in shares) 16,853        
Total Number of Ordinary Shares          
Authorized, beginning balance (in shares) 600,000,000        
Shares issued, beginning balance (in shares) 62,971,929        
Number of shares issued (in shares) 914,828        
Cancellation of Class C shares following an employee contract termination in MoonLake AG (in shares) 16,853        
Authorized, ending balance (in shares) 600,000,000        
Shares issued, ending balance (in shares) 63,869,904        
Common Class A          
Common Shares          
Authorized, beginning balance (in shares) 500,000,000        
Issued, beginning balance (in shares) 60,466,453        
Total Number of Ordinary Shares          
Common stock, par value (CHF/USD per share)       $ 0.0001 $ 0.0001
Common Class C          
Common Shares          
Authorized, beginning balance (in shares) 100,000,000        
Issued, beginning balance (in shares) 2,505,476        
Total Number of Ordinary Shares          
Common stock, par value (CHF/USD per share)       0.0001 $ 0.0001
Common Stock | Common Class A          
Common Shares          
Authorized, beginning balance (in shares) 500,000,000        
Issued, beginning balance (in shares) 60,466,453        
Conversion of Class C Ordinary Shares into Class A Ordinary Shares (in shares) 1,493,356 4,587,713 176,603    
Issuance of shares under the ATM facility (in shares) 914,828 9,744,894      
Authorized, ending balance (in shares) 500,000,000        
Issued, ending balance (in shares) 62,874,637        
Total Number of Ordinary Shares          
Number of shares issued (in shares) 914,828 9,744,894      
Common stock, par value (CHF/USD per share)       0.0001  
Common Stock | Common Class A | Conversion Of Class C into Class A          
Common Shares          
Conversion of Class C Ordinary Shares into Class A Ordinary Shares (in shares) 1,493,356        
Common Stock | Common Class C          
Common Shares          
Authorized, beginning balance (in shares) 100,000,000        
Issued, beginning balance (in shares) 2,505,476        
Conversion of Class C Ordinary Shares into Class A Ordinary Shares (in shares) (1,493,356) (4,587,713) (176,603)    
Cancellation of Class C shares following an employee contract termination in MoonLake AG (in shares) 16,853        
Authorized, ending balance (in shares) 100,000,000        
Issued, ending balance (in shares) 995,267        
Total Number of Ordinary Shares          
Cancellation of Class C shares following an employee contract termination in MoonLake AG (in shares) 16,853        
Common stock, par value (CHF/USD per share)       $ 0.0001  
Common Stock | Common Class C | Conversion Of Class C into Class A          
Common Shares          
Conversion of Class C Ordinary Shares into Class A Ordinary Shares (in shares) (1,493,356)        
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Shareholders’ Equity - Narrative (Details)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 08, 2024
USD ($)
shares
Jul. 10, 2023
USD ($)
Jul. 09, 2023
USD ($)
shares
Jun. 30, 2023
USD ($)
shares
Jun. 27, 2023
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
Jun. 30, 2024
USD ($)
vote
$ / shares
shares
Mar. 31, 2024
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
Jun. 30, 2023
shares
Mar. 31, 2023
shares
Dec. 31, 2023
$ / shares
shares
Aug. 31, 2023
USD ($)
May 11, 2023
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2022
shares
Apr. 28, 2021
shares
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Sale of stock, stamp duty tax | $ $ 1,600,000 $ 2,800,000                        
May 2023 Sales Agreement | ATM Shares                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Sale of stock, authorized amount (in shares) | $                       $ 200,000,000    
Sale of stock, remaining authorized repurchase amount | $         $ 0                  
May 2023 And August 2023 Sales Agreement | ATM Shares                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Sale of stock, authorized amount (in shares) | $                     $ 350,000,000      
MoonLake AG                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Common shares, shares outstanding (in shares)                           110,000
MoonLake AG | MoonLake Immunotherapeutics                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Net proceeds from the business combination | $ 800,000   $ 38,900,000                      
Proceeds from contributions from parent | $ $ 150,000,000 $ 275,000,000                        
Underwriting Agreement                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Sale of stock (in shares)         8,000,000                  
Issuance price per share (USD per share) | $ / shares         $ 50.00                  
Net proceeds from the business combination | $       $ 436,700,000                    
Payments of stock issuance costs | $       $ 23,300,000                    
Underwriting Agreement | MoonLake AG | MoonLake Immunotherapeutics                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Sale of stock (in shares) 501   22,756                      
Over-Allotment Option                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Sale of stock (in shares)         1,200,000                  
Sale of stock, option to purchase, term         30 days                  
August 2023 Sales Agreement                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Sale of stock (in shares)             914,828              
Issuance price per share (USD per share) | $ / shares             $ 58.31              
Net proceeds from the business combination | $           $ 0 $ 52,500,000              
Common Stock | MoonLake AG                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Treasury stock, shares, acquired (in shares) 501                          
Common Class A                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Common shares, shares issued (in shares)           62,874,637       60,466,453        
Common shares, shares outstanding (in shares)           62,874,637       60,466,453        
Common shares, shares authorized (in shares)           500,000,000       500,000,000        
Common shares, par value (USD per share) | $ / shares           $ 0.0001       $ 0.0001        
Common Class A | Common Stock                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Common shares, shares issued (in shares)           62,874,637 62,874,637     60,466,453        
Common shares, shares outstanding (in shares)       53,486,810   62,874,637 62,874,637 53,486,810 39,154,203 60,466,453     38,977,600  
Common shares, shares authorized (in shares)           500,000,000 500,000,000     500,000,000        
Common shares, par value (USD per share) | $ / shares           $ 0.0001                
Common shares, votes per share | vote           1                
Conversion and transfer of shares between classes (in shares)             1,493,356 4,587,713 176,603          
Common Class C                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Common shares, shares issued (in shares)           995,267       2,505,476        
Common shares, shares outstanding (in shares)           995,267       2,505,476        
Common shares, shares authorized (in shares)           100,000,000       100,000,000        
Common shares, par value (USD per share) | $ / shares           $ 0.0001       $ 0.0001        
Common Class C | MoonLake AG                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Common shares, shares outstanding (in shares)                           3,700,257
Common Class C | Common Stock                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Common shares, shares issued (in shares)           995,267 995,267     2,505,476        
Common shares, shares outstanding (in shares)       8,959,195   995,267 995,267 8,959,195 13,546,908 2,505,476     13,723,511  
Common shares, shares authorized (in shares)           100,000,000 100,000,000     100,000,000        
Common shares, par value (USD per share) | $ / shares           $ 0.0001                
Common shares, votes per share | vote           1                
Conversion and transfer of shares between classes (in shares)             (1,493,356) (4,587,713) (176,603)          
Common Class C | Common Stock | MoonLake AG                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Treasury stock, shares, acquired (in shares) 16,853                          
v3.24.2.u1
Net Loss per Share - Calculation of Net Loss per Share (Details) - USD ($)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023
Jun. 30, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023
Numerator        
Net loss attributable to controlling interests shareholders $ (24,267,012) $ (10,139,279) $ (37,940,668) $ (19,144,135)
Denominator        
Total weighted average number of outstanding shares, basic (in shares) 62,874,637 43,718,464 62,755,925 41,403,084
Total weighted average number of outstanding shares, diluted (in shares) 62,874,637 43,718,464 62,755,925 41,403,084
Net loss per share - basic (in USD per share) $ (0.39) $ (0.23) $ (0.60) $ (0.46)
Net loss per share - diluted (in USD per share) $ (0.39) $ (0.23) $ (0.60) $ (0.46)
v3.24.2.u1
Net Loss per Share - Narrative (Details) - $ / shares
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Jul. 24, 2024
Jun. 30, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023
Jun. 30, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023
Aug. 01, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]              
Weighted-average number of shares, basic (in shares)   62,874,637 43,718,464 62,755,925 41,403,084    
Weighted-average number of shares, diluted (in shares)   62,874,637 43,718,464 62,755,925 41,403,084    
Net loss per share - basic (in USD per share)   $ (0.39) $ (0.23) $ (0.60) $ (0.46)    
Net loss per share - diluted (in USD per share)   $ (0.39) $ (0.23) $ (0.60) $ (0.46)    
Pro forma              
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]              
Weighted-average number of shares, basic (in shares)   63,869,904   63,773,158      
Weighted-average number of shares, diluted (in shares)   63,869,904   63,773,158      
Net loss per share - basic (in USD per share)   $ (0.39)   $ (0.61)      
Net loss per share - diluted (in USD per share)   $ (0.39)   $ (0.61)      
Common Class A              
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]              
Weighted-average number of shares, basic (in shares)   62,874,637 43,718,464 62,755,925 41,403,084    
Weighted-average number of shares, diluted (in shares)   62,874,637 43,718,464 62,755,925 41,403,084    
Net loss per share - basic (in USD per share)   $ (0.39) $ (0.23) $ (0.60) $ (0.46)    
Net loss per share - diluted (in USD per share)   $ (0.39) $ (0.23) $ (0.60) $ (0.46)    
Number of shares outstanding (in shares)   62,874,637   62,874,637     60,466,453
Common Class A | Subsequent Event              
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]              
Stock options exercised (in shares) 14,000            
Common Class A | Pro forma | Subsequent Event              
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]              
Number of shares outstanding (in shares)           63,883,904  
v3.24.2.u1
Share-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Apr. 05, 2022
Apr. 28, 2021
SFr / shares
shares
Jun. 30, 2024
USD ($)
plan
co-founder
shares
Jun. 30, 2023
USD ($)
Jun. 30, 2024
USD ($)
plan
co-founder
shares
Jun. 30, 2023
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2023
shares
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]              
Number of share-based compensation plans | plan     2   2    
Share-based compensation expense | $     $ 1,828,245 $ 1,497,661 $ 3,505,453 $ 4,074,848  
Number of co-founders | co-founder     3   3    
Equity Incentive Plan              
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]              
Share-based compensation expense | $     $ 1,095,147 191,072 $ 2,055,051 312,984  
Common shares issuable (in shares)     959,023   959,023    
Weighted average period of recognition         2 years 14 days    
Expiration period 10 years            
Unrecognized compensation expense | $     $ 10,500,000   $ 10,500,000    
Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP)              
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]              
Common shares issuable (in shares)     98,393   98,393    
MoonLake AG Restricted Founder Shares              
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]              
Share-based compensation expense | $     $ 0 364,218 $ 0 1,574,300  
ESPP              
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]              
Share-based compensation expense | $     733,098 771,313 1,450,402 1,828,267  
Unrecognized share-based compensation expense, non-option awards | $     4,600,000   $ 4,600,000    
Weighted average period of recognition         1 year 6 months 18 days    
ESPP | Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Tranche One              
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]              
Vesting percentage         25.00%    
ESPP | Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Tranche Two              
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]              
Vesting percentage         25.00%    
ESPP | Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Tranche Three              
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]              
Vesting percentage         25.00%    
ESPP | Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Tranche Four              
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]              
Vesting percentage         25.00%    
ESOP              
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]              
Share-based compensation expense | $     $ 0 $ 171,058 $ 0 $ 359,297  
ESOP | Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) | Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Tranche One              
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]              
Vesting percentage         25.00%    
ESOP | Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) | Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Tranche Two              
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]              
Vesting percentage         25.00%    
ESOP | Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) | Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Tranche Three              
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]              
Vesting percentage         25.00%    
ESOP | Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) | Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Tranche Four              
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]              
Vesting percentage         25.00%    
Common Class C              
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]              
Common shares, shares outstanding (in shares)     995,267   995,267   2,505,476
Common Class A              
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]              
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, number of shares authorized (in shares)     4,353,948   4,353,948    
Common shares issuable (in shares)     3,296,532   3,296,532    
Common shares, shares outstanding (in shares)     62,874,637   62,874,637   60,466,453
MoonLake AG              
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]              
Reverse vesting percentage   90.00%          
Common shares, shares outstanding (in shares)   110,000          
MoonLake AG | MoonLake AG Restricted Founder Shares              
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]              
Common shares, shares outstanding (in shares)   99,000          
Vesting percentage   4.166%          
Vesting period   2 years          
Nominal value (CHF per share) | SFr / shares   SFr 0.10          
MoonLake AG | Common Class C              
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]              
Common shares, shares outstanding (in shares)   3,700,257          
MoonLake AG | Common Class C | MoonLake AG Restricted Founder Shares              
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]              
Common shares, shares outstanding (in shares)   3,330,231          
v3.24.2.u1
Share-Based Compensation - Share-based Compensation Expense By Plan (Details) - USD ($)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023
Jun. 30, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Share-based compensation expense $ 1,828,245 $ 1,497,661 $ 3,505,453 $ 4,074,848
Research and Development Expense        
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Share-based compensation expense 520,373 301,104 937,351 888,098
General and Administrative Expense        
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Share-based compensation expense 1,307,872 1,196,557 2,568,102 3,186,750
Equity Incentive Plan        
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Share-based compensation expense 1,095,147 191,072 2,055,051 312,984
MoonLake AG Restricted Founder Shares        
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Share-based compensation expense 0 364,218 0 1,574,300
ESPP        
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Share-based compensation expense 733,098 771,313 1,450,402 1,828,267
ESOP        
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Share-based compensation expense $ 0 $ 171,058 $ 0 $ 359,297
v3.24.2.u1
Share-Based Compensation - Summary of Restricted Stock Awarded and Granted (Details) - MoonLake AG Restricted Founder Shares
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2023
shares
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Outstanding [Roll Forward]  
Awards unvested, beginning balance (in shares) 1,110,078
Awards vested (in shares) (1,110,078)
Awards unvested, ending balance (in shares) 0
v3.24.2.u1
Share-Based Compensation - Summary of ESPP Awarded and Granted (Details) - ESPP - shares
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Outstanding [Roll Forward]    
Awards unvested, beginning balance (in shares) 2,237,915 2,237,915
Awards forfeited (in shares) (16,853)  
Awards unvested, ending balance (in shares) 2,221,062 2,237,915
Awards vested (in shares) 1,754,359 1,452,115
v3.24.2.u1
Share-Based Compensation - Summary of ESOP Awarded and Granted (Details) - ESOP - Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) - shares
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding [Roll Forward]    
Awards issued, beginning balance (in shares) 585,078 466,770
Additional awards granted (in shares)   55,100
Awards converted from ESOP to EIP (in shares) (486,685)  
Awards issued, ending balance (in shares) 98,393 521,870
Of which exercisable (in shares) 98,393 186,593
v3.24.2.u1
Share-Based Compensation - Summary of Equity Incentive Plan Awarded and Granted (Details) - Equity Incentive Plan - shares
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Outstanding [Roll Forward]    
Awards issued, beginning balance (in shares) 312,400 180,000
Additional awards granted (in shares) 159,938 56,485
Awards converted from ESOP to EIP (in shares) 486,685  
Awards issued, ending balance (in shares) 959,023 236,485
Of which exercisable (in shares) 366,718 60,000
v3.24.2.u1
Share-Based Compensation - Weighted Average Assumptions (Details) - Equity Incentive Plan
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
$ / shares
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Estimated fair value of the option on the grant date using Black-Scholes model (in dollars per share) $ 31.66
Exercise price (in dollars per share) $ 45.91
Expected term of the award 6 years
Expected volatility of the share price 75.00%
Risk-free interest rate 4.60%
Expected dividend rate 0.00%
v3.24.2.u1
Income Taxes (Details)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023
Jun. 30, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]        
Effective income tax rate 0.30% 0.10% 0.40% 0.10%
v3.24.2.u1
Commitment and Contingencies (Details) - Jun. 30, 2024
€ in Millions, $ in Millions
USD ($)
EUR (€)
Other Commitments [Line Items]    
Total commitments not yet recognized $ 125.5  
Prepaid Expenses, Current    
Other Commitments [Line Items]    
Total commitments not yet recognized 5.9  
Prepaid Expenses, Noncurrent    
Other Commitments [Line Items]    
Total commitments not yet recognized 4.1  
License | SLK Program    
Other Commitments [Line Items]    
Revenue remaining performance obligation additional variable consideration amount 320.6 € 299.6
Variable consideration amount $ 8.1 € 7.5
v3.24.2.u1
Segment Information and Geographic Data - Schedule of Long-Lived Assets (Details) - USD ($)
Jun. 30, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]    
Long-lived assets $ 3,866,658 $ 3,949,345
Switzerland    
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]    
Long-lived assets 750,410 507,392
United Kingdom    
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]    
Long-lived assets 2,245,947 2,704,555
Portugal    
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]    
Long-lived assets $ 870,301 $ 737,398
v3.24.2.u1
Segment Information and Geographic Data - Narrative (Details)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
segment
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Number of operating segments 1
v3.24.2.u1
Subsequent Events (Details)
Jul. 24, 2024
shares
Subsequent Event | Common Class A  
Subsequent Event [Line Items]  
Stock options exercised (in shares) 14,000
v3.24.2.u1
Label Element Value
Shares, Issued us-gaap_SharesIssued 63,869,904
Shares, Authorized mnlk_SharesAuthorized 600,000,000

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