Filed Pursuant to Rule
424(b)(4)
Registration No. 333-228602
Prospectus
Bioxytran, Inc.
10,000,000 Shares of Common
Stock
This prospectus
relates to the sale of up to 10,000,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share, or the Common Stock, by the Company.
The shares will be sold at the fixed price of $1.00 per share until the completion of this offering.
This offering is
self-underwritten and conducted on a “Best Efforts No Minimum” basis and will end twelve months from the date that
the registration statement is effective. No arrangement has been made to escrow funds received from the stock sales pending the
completion of the offering. In that regard, proceeds from sales of the common stock will be delivered directly to the Company
as sales occur. Directly funding the Company from the common stock sales exposes investors to significant risks. See “
Plan
of Distribution.
” Because the offering has no set minimum and there is no plan to escrow the offering proceeds, the
Company may fail to raise enough capital to fund its business plan and operations and it’s possible that investors may lose
substantially all of their investment. No underwriter or person has been engaged to facilitate the sale of shares of common stock
in this offering. There are no underwriting commissions involved in this offering. The Company does not intend to sell any specific
minimum number or dollar amount of securities but will use its best efforts to sell the securities offered.
Our common stock is listed
on OTC Markets (Pink) and is traded under the symbol BIXT.
On February 14, 2019, the last
reported sale price of our common stock as reported on the OTC Markets (Pink) was
$0.261
per
share; however, we have a limited trading market for our stock and there is no assurance that a trading market will develop, or,
if developed, that it will be sustained. Consequently, a purchaser of our Common Stock may find it difficult to resell the securities
offered herein should the purchaser desire to do so.
We intend to apply
for quotation on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board (“OTCBB”) or OTCQB operated by the OTC Markets Group, Inc. (“OTCQB”)
through a market maker; however, there can be no assurance that our common stock will ever be quoted on any quotation service.
In order to be eligible for trading on the OTCBB and OTCQB we must a market maker file an application with the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) to have our common stock quoted on the OTCBB and the OTCQB and remain current
in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In order to be eligible for the OTCQB we must have a minimum bid price
of $0.01, have at least 50 beneficial stockholders, each owning at least 100 shares, have a freely traded public float of at least
10% of our issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock or qualify from an exemption thereof and pay initial listing fees.
Investing
in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risk factors beginning on page 4 of
this prospectus before purchasing shares of our common stock.
You
should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with any information
or to make any representations about us, the securities being offered pursuant to this prospectus or any other matter discussed
in this prospectus, other than the information and representations contained in this prospectus. If any other information or representation
is given or made, such information or representation may not be relied upon as having been authorized by us.
The
information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery
of this prospectus or of any sale of our common stock. Neither the delivery of this prospectus nor any distribution of securities
in accordance with this prospectus shall, under any circumstances, imply that there has been no change in our affairs since the
date of this prospectus. This prospectus will be updated and made available for delivery to the extent required by the federal
securities laws.
NEITHER
THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR
PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS IS
FEBRUARY 14, 2019
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
PROSPECTUS
SUMMARY
This summary
highlights selected information contained elsewhere in this prospectus. To understand this offering fully, you should read the
entire prospectus carefully, including the “Risk Factors” section, the financial statements and the notes to the financial
statements. Unless the context otherwise requires, references contained in this prospectus to the “Company,” “we,”
“us,” or “our” refers to Bioxytran, Inc.
Bioxytran, Inc.
(“we”, “us”, or the “Company”) is an early stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development,
manufacture and commercialization of therapeutic drugs designed to address hypoxia in humans, which is a lack of oxygen to tissues.
If it is not addressed, lack of oxygen to tissues, or hypoxia, results in necrosis, which is the death of cells comprising body
tissue. Necrosis cannot be reversed. Our lead drug candidate, code named BXT-25, is an oxygen-carrying small molecule consisting
of bovine hemoglobin stabilized with a co-polymer with intended applications to include treatment of hypoxic conditions in the
brain resulting from stroke. We believe that ours is a novel approach for addressing hypoxic conditions in humans. Our drug development
efforts are guided by specialists on co-polymer chemistry and other disciplines, and we intend to supplement our efforts with
input from a scientific and medical advisory board whose members are leading physicians.
We plan to
initiate pre-clinical studies of BXT-25. However, we cannot provide any assurance that we will successfully initiate or
complete those planned trials and be able to initiate any other clinical trials for BXT-25 or any of our future drug
candidates.
The
Company was organized on June 9, 2008 as a Nevada corporation.
Company
Overview
Our
former name was U.S. Rare Earth Minerals, Inc. or USREM. On September 21, 2018 the Company was reorganized after reaching a settlement
with a secured creditor with respect to a 6% secured promissory note in the principal amount of $110,000, including all interest
due thereon, which had been in default since August 23, 2013. The note was secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company.
As a condition to the settlement of the outstanding debt, USREM, agreed to acquire Bioxytran, Inc., a Delaware company, or Bioxytran
(Delaware) and divest substantially all of its assets and remaining liabilities to an affiliate of the creditor and former majority
stockholder. The creditor agreed to an accord and satisfaction of the Company’s obligations to the creditor in full and
to release all liens upon the completion of the transaction.
The
Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization by and among USREM, Bioxy Acquisition Corp., a Wyoming corporation and wholly
owned subsidiary of URREM, and Bioxytran (Delaware) was entered into contemporaneously with the settlement and all of the transactions
contemplated by the settlement were consummated on September 21, 2018. Our operations are conducted within Bioxytran (Delaware).
On
November 7, 2018, U.S. Rare Earth Minerals, Inc. changed its name to Bioxytran, Inc.
We are an early
stage pharmaceutical company focusing on the development, manufacture and commercialization of therapeutic drugs designed to address
hypoxia in humans, which is a lack of oxygen to tissues. Our initial focus is the treatment of hypoxic conditions in the brain
resulting from stroke.
Currently, our
lead pharmaceutical drug candidate is code named BXT-25 and is planned to be an oxygen-carrying small molecule consisting of bovine
hemoglobin stabilized with a co-polymer. This modified hemoglobin will be designed to be an injectable intravenous drug and we
plan to begin pre-clinical studies and apply to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval to use BXT-25 to prevent necrosis,
or cell death, by carrying oxygen to human tissue when blood flow to the brain is blocked during the initial stages of stroke
in adults.
If we successfully
complete Phase I testing with the FDA we plan to explore the use of additional drug candidates using chemical structures that
are a sub-class of BXT-25 that share the same physical properties, to treat wound healing due to hypoxia, cardiovascular ischemia,
anemia, cancer conditions and trauma, subject to FDA approval. However, we will need to raise additional funds in excess of the
$10,000,000 in this offering in order to expand the use of BXT-25 to new indications.
BXT-25 is based
in part on a technology developed by the Biopure Corporation which separates the hemoglobin molecule from red blood cells. Biopure
filed for bankruptcy in 2009 and the technology we use from Biopure is in the public domain. We plan to apply our proprietary
chemistry to enhance the hemoglobin molecule to produce BXT-25 which is hemoglobin and co-polymer based.
BXT-25 is a novel,
unproven technology. We may be unsuccessful in developing this technology into drugs which the FDA ultimately will approve.
Our independent
registered accounting firm noted in their report accompanying our financial statements for the period ending September 30, 2018,
that the Company’s limited resources and operating history, as well as operating losses raise substantial doubt about the
Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. As of February 8, 2019, we had a cumulative net loss of $330,670. As of
February 8, 2019, the Company had $14,809 cash on hand, which was provided by through the sale of a 8% convertible promissory
note.
We do not currently
have sufficient capital resources to fund operations. To stay in business and to continue the development of our products, we
will need to raise additional capital through public or private sales of our securities, debt financing or short-term bank loans,
or a combination of the foregoing. We believe that we must raise not less than $2,350,000 in the current offering in addition
to current cash on hand to be able to continue our business operations for approximately the next 15 months; however, funding
at any level lower than $10,000,000 will delay the development of our technology and business.
We
have not applied to register the shares in any state. An exemption from registration will be relied upon in the states where the
shares are distributed and may only be traded in such jurisdictions after compliance with applicable securities laws. There can
be no assurances that the shares will be eligible for sale or resale in such jurisdictions. We may apply to register the shares
in several states for secondary trading; however, we are under no requirement to do so.
Our
only current officers are David Platt and Ola Soderquist. We are dependent upon these officers for implementation and execution
of our business plan. The loss of any of them could have a material adverse effect upon our results of operations and financial
position and could delay or prevent the achievement of our business objectives.
Note
Financing
Auctus
Fund, LLC
On
October 24, 2018, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, or the Auctus SPA, under which we agreed to sell a 8% convertible
promissory note, or the Auctus Note, in an aggregate principal amount of $250,000 to Auctus Fund, LLC, or Auctus. We may borrow
an additional $250,000 from Auctus under the Auctus SPA after all material comments raised by the Securities and Exchange Commission,
or SEC, with respect the resale-registration statement contained in this Form S-1. The Auctus Note will bear interest at a rate
of 8% per annum and will mature on October 24, 2019. The net proceeds of the sale of the Auctus Note, after deducting the expenses
payable by us, were $222,205. In connection with the foregoing, we also entered into a registration rights agreement with Auctus
dated October 24, 2018.
At
any time after the issue date of the Auctus Note, Auctus has the option to convert all or any part of the outstanding and unpaid
principal amount and accrued and unpaid interest of the Auctus Note into shares of our common stock at the Conversion Price. The
“Conversion Price” will be the lesser of (i) the lowest trading price for the twenty-day period prior to the
date of the Note ($.30 per share) or (ii) 65% of the average of the three lowest trading prices during the twenty days prior to
a conversion notice on the applicable trading market or the closing bid price on the applicable trading market.
The
Company may prepay the Auctus Note at any time at a rate of 120% of outstanding principal and interest during the first 90 days
it is outstanding and 130% of outstanding principal and interest for the next 90 days thereafter. Thereafter the prepayment amount
increases 5% for each thirty-day period until 270 days from the issue date at which time it is fixed at 150% of the outstanding
principal and interest on the Note. The Conversion Price is subject to further reduction upon certain events specified in the
Auctus Note.
The
Auctus Note is secured pursuant to a Security Agreement between us and Auctus, dated October 24, 2018, securing all of the assets
of the Company and its subsidiaries until such time as a registration statement registering the common stock underlying the warrant
and Auctus Note becomes effective, at which time it terminates.
Auctus
was issued a five-year warrant to purchase 208,333 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $.60 per share, as adjusted
for reorganizations, dividends, and offerings at prices lower than the exercise price. The Warrant contains cashless exercise
provisions at the option of Auctus.
Auctus
is limited to holding a total of 4.99% of our issued and outstanding common stock.
The
Common Stock underlying the Warrant and the Auctus Note, when issued, shall bear a restrictive legend unless otherwise registered,
eligible for resale under Rule 144 or by another resale exemption from registration.
If
the Auctus Note is converted prior to us paying off such note under the prepayment provisions, it would lead to substantial dilution
to our shareholders as a result of the conversion discounted for the Auctus Note. There can be no assurance that there will be
any funds available to pay of the Auctus Note, or if available, on terms that will be acceptable to us or our shareholders. If
we fail to obtain such additional financing on a timely basis, Auctus may convert the Auctus Note and sell the underlying shares,
which may result in significant dilution to shareholders due to the conversion discount, as well as a significant decrease in
our stock price.
THE
OFFERING
Issuer
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Bioxytran,
Inc.
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Securities
Offered
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Up
to 10,000,000 shares of our common stock, $0.001 par value per share.
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Offering
Price
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$1.00
per share of common stock.
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Determination
of Offering Price
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The
offering price of $1.00 per share has been arbitrarily determined by us based on estimates of the price that purchasers of
speculative securities, such as the shares, will be willing to pay considering the nature and capital structure of our Company,
the experience of our officers and Directors and the market conditions for the sale of equity securities in similar companies.
For purposes of calculating the registration fee for the common stock included in this Prospectus, we have used an estimated
public offering price of $1.00 per share. We can offer no assurances that the $1.00 price bears any relation to the value
of the shares as of the date of this Prospectus.
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Common
Stock Outstanding Before the Offering
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85,103,673
shares
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Common
Stock Outstanding After the Offering
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98,597,828
shares, which does not include shares of common stock issuable under our 2010 Stock Incentive Plan but includes the 3,494,154
shares of our common stock being registered by the Selling Stockholder concurrently herewith, of which 208,333 shares of our common
stock may be issued pursuant to the Warrant which is exercisable for a period of five years beginning on October 14, 2018.
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No
minimum
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There
is no minimum for this offering. No arrangements have been made to place funds into an escrow or any similar account. We may
conduct one or multiple closings. Upon receipt, offering proceeds will be deposited into our operating account and used to
conduct our business and operations. We will then issue and deliver the securities.
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Termination
of Offering
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The
offering will terminate 12 months from the date that the registration statement is effective unless otherwise terminated early
by the Company.
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Use
of Proceeds
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We
intend to use the net proceeds from this offering to repay all outstanding principal and interest on the Auctus Note, develop
BXT-25, to build a management team, general corporate purposes and working capital.
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Symbol
for Common Stock
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BIXT
(OTC PINK) We intend to apply for quotation on the OTCBB or OTCQB through a market maker. There can be no assurance that our common
stock will ever be quoted on any quotation service).
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Transfer
Agent and Registrar for our Shares:
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Action
Stock Transfer, LLC
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Issuer’s
Address:
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233
Needham Street, Suite 300
Newton,
MA 02464
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Telephone
Number:
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617-454-1199
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RISK
FACTORS
An
investment in our common stock involves substantial risks, including the risks described below. You should carefully consider
the risks described below before purchasing our common stock. The risks highlighted here are not the only ones that we may face.
For example, additional risks presently unknown to us or that we currently consider immaterial or unlikely to occur could also
impair our operations. If any of the risks or uncertainties described below or any such additional risks and uncertainties actually
occur, our business, prospects, financial condition or results of operations could be negatively affected, and you might lose
all or part of your investment.
Risks
Related to Our Business
Our
plan relies upon our ability to obtain additional sources of capital and financing. If the amount of capital we are able to raise
from financing activities, together with our revenues from operations, is not sufficient to satisfy our capital needs, we may
be required to cease operations.
To
become and remain profitable, we must succeed in developing and commercializing products that generate significant income. This
will require us to be successful in a range of challenging activities, including completing preclinical testing and clinical trials
of our drug candidates, discovering additional drug candidates, obtaining regulatory approval for these drug candidates, manufacturing,
marketing and selling any products for which we may obtain regulatory approval, and establishing and managing our collaborations
at various stages of each candidate’s development. We are only in the preliminary stages of these activities. We may never
succeed in these activities and, even if we do, may never generate income that is significant enough to achieve profitability.
Because
of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with pharmaceutical product development, we are unable to accurately predict
the timing or amount of increased expenses or when, or if, we will be able to achieve profitability. If we are required by the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, or the European Medicines Agency, or EMA, to perform studies in addition to those currently
expected, or if there are any delays in completing our clinical trials or the development of any of our drug candidates, our expenses
could increase, and revenue could be further delayed.
Even
if we do achieve profitability, we may not be able to sustain or increase profitability on a quarterly or annual basis. Our failure
to become and remain profitable would depress the value of our company and could impair our ability to raise capital, expand our
business, maintain the research and development efforts that will be initially funded by the proceeds of this offering, diversify
our product offerings or even continue our operations. A decline in the value of our company could also cause you to lose all
or part of your investment.
We
have incurred losses since our inception and expect to incur losses for the foreseeable future and may never achieve or maintain
profitability.
As
of September 30, 2018, we have incurred losses of $134,882 and, as of September 30, 2018, had approximately $2,831 of cash on
hand. The report of our independent registered public accountants as of and for period ending September 30, 2018, contained an
explanatory paragraph regarding substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our ability to continue as
a going concern is dependent upon our ability to generate revenue and raise capital from financing transactions. Management anticipates
that our cash resources are not sufficient to continue operations until additional cash investments are secured. The future of
the Company is dependent upon its ability to obtain financing and upon future profitable operations from the development of its
new business opportunities. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in accomplishing its objectives. Without such
additional capital, we may be required to curtail or cease operations.
We
have a limited operating history, which makes it difficult to evaluate our current business and future prospects.
We
are a company with limited operating history, and our operations are subject to all of the risks inherent in establishing a new
business enterprise. The likelihood of our success must be considered in light of the problems, expenses, difficulties, complications
and delays frequently encountered in connection with the formation of a new business, the development of new technologies or those
subject to clinical testing, and the competitive and regulatory environment in which we will operate. We may never obtain FDA
or EMA approval of our products in development and, even if we do so and are also able to commercialize our products, we may never
generate revenue sufficient to become profitable. Our failure to generate revenue and profit would likely cause our securities
to decrease in value or become worthless.
We
will require additional financing to implement our business plan, which may not be available on favorable terms or at all, and
we may have to accept financing terms that would place restrictions on us.
We believe
that we must raise not less than $2,350,000 in the current offering in addition to current cash on hand to be able to
continue our business operations for approximately the next 15 months; however, funding at any level lower than $10,000,000
will delay the development of our technology and business. We will need to continue to conduct significant research,
development, testing and regulatory compliance activities for BXT-25, together with projected general and administrative
expenses, we expect will result in operating losses for the foreseeable future. We may not be able to obtain equity or debt
financing on acceptable terms or at all to implement our growth strategy. As a result, adequate capital may not be available
to finance our current development plan, take advantage of business opportunities or respond to competitive pressures. If we
are unable to raise additional funds, we may be forced to curtail or even abandon our business plan.
Until
such time, if ever, as we can generate substantial product income, we expect to finance our cash needs through a combination of
equity offerings, debt financings and license and collaboration agreements. To the extent that we raise additional capital through
the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the ownership interest of existing stockholders will be diluted, and the terms
of these securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect the rights of common stockholders. In addition,
the terms of any future financings may impose restrictions on our right to declare dividends or on the manner in which we conduct
our business. Debt financing and preferred equity financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting
or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures, declaring
dividends, or making acquisitions or significant asset sales.
If
we raise additional funds through collaborations, strategic alliances or marketing, distribution or licensing arrangements with
third parties, we may have to relinquish valuable rights to our technologies, future revenue streams, research programs or drug
candidates or grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us and/or that may reduce the value of our common stock.
Our
products are based on novel, unproven technologies.
Our
drug candidates in development are based on novel, unproven technologies using proprietary co-polymer compounds in combination
with similar FDA approved drug for veterinary use. Co-polymers are difficult to synthesize, and we may not be able to synthesize
co-polymer that will be usable as delivery vehicles for the anti-hypoxia drugs we are working with or other therapeutics we intend
to develop. Clinical trials are expensive, time-consuming and may not be successful. They involve the testing of potential therapeutic
agents, or effective treatments, in humans, typically in three phases, to determine the safety and efficacy of the products necessary
for an approved drug. Many products in human clinical trials fail to demonstrate the desired safety and efficacy characteristics.
Even if our products progress successfully through initial or subsequent human testing, they may fail in later stages of development.
We may engage others to conduct our clinical trials, including clinical research organizations and, possibly, government-sponsored
agencies. These trials may not start or be completed as we forecast or may not achieve desired results.
Clinical
drug development involves a lengthy and expensive process, with an uncertain outcome. We may incur additional costs or experience
delays in completing, or ultimately be unable to complete, the development and commercialization of our drug candidates.
Our drug candidate
is unproven, and its risk of failure is high. It is impossible to predict when or if our current or any future drug candidates
will receive regulatory approval or prove effective and safe in humans. Before obtaining marketing approval from regulatory authorities
for the sale of any drug candidate, we must conduct extensive clinical trials and, in the case of BXT-25, first complete preclinical
development, to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of our drug candidates in humans. Clinical testing is expensive, difficult
to design and implement, can take many years to complete and is uncertain as to outcome. A failed clinical trial can occur at
any stage of testing. The outcome of preclinical testing and early clinical trials may not be predictive of the success of later
clinical trials, and interim results of a clinical trial do not necessarily predict final results. Moreover, preclinical and clinical
data are often susceptible to varying interpretations and analyses, and many companies that have believed their drug candidates
performed satisfactorily in preclinical studies and clinical trials have nonetheless failed to obtain marketing approval of their
products.
We
may experience numerous unforeseen events during, or as a result of, clinical trials that could delay or prevent our ability to
receive marketing approval or commercialize our drug candidates, including:
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regulators
or institutional review boards may not authorize us or our investigators to commence a clinical trial or conduct a clinical
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may experience delays in reaching, or fail to reach, agreement on acceptable clinical trial contracts or clinical trial protocols
with prospective trial sites;
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clinical
trials of our drug candidates may produce negative or inconclusive results, and we may decide, or regulators may require us,
to conduct additional clinical trials or abandon product development programs;
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number of patients required for clinical trials of our drug candidates may be larger than we anticipate, enrollment in these
clinical trials may be slower than we anticipate, or participants may drop out of these clinical trials at a higher rate than
we anticipate;
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third-party contractors may fail to comply with regulatory requirements or meet their contractual obligations to us in a timely
manner, or at all;
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we
may have to suspend or terminate clinical trials of our drug candidates for various reasons, including a finding that the
participants are being exposed to unacceptable health risks;
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regulators
or institutional review boards may require that we or our investigators suspend or terminate clinical research for various
reasons, including noncompliance with regulatory requirements or a finding that the participants are being exposed to unacceptable
health risks;
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cost of clinical trials of our drug candidates may be greater than we anticipate;
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supply or quality of our drug candidates or other materials necessary to conduct clinical trials of our drug candidates may
be insufficient or inadequate;
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our
drug candidates may have undesirable side effects or other unexpected characteristics, causing us or our investigators, regulators
or institutional review boards to suspend or terminate the trials; and
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regulators
may revise the requirements for approving our drug candidates, or such requirements may not be as we anticipate.
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If
we are required to conduct additional clinical trials or other testing of our drug candidates beyond those that we currently contemplate,
if we are unable to successfully complete clinical trials of our drug candidates or other testing, if the results of these trials
or tests are not positive or are only modestly positive or if there are safety concerns, we may:
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obtain marketing approval at all, which would seriously impair our viability;
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marketing approval in some countries and not in others;
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approval for indications or patient populations that are not as broad as we intend or desire;
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approval with labeling that includes significant use or distribution restrictions or safety warnings;
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subject to additional post-marketing testing requirements; or
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We
plan to initiate pre-clinical studies of BXT-25. However, we cannot provide any assurance that we will successfully initiate or
complete those planned trials and be able to initiate any other clinical trials for BXT-25 or any of our future drug candidates.
The results of our clinical trials could yield negative or ambiguous results. Such results could adversely affect future development
plans, collaborations and our stock price.
Our
product development costs will increase if we experience delays in clinical testing or marketing approvals. We do not know whether
any of our preclinical studies or clinical trials will begin as planned, will need to be restructured or will be completed on
schedule, or at all. Significant preclinical or clinical trial delays also could shorten any periods during which we may have
the exclusive right to commercialize our drug candidates or allow our competitors to bring products to market before we do, potentially
impairing our ability to successfully commercialize our drug candidates and harming our business and results of operations.
A
fast track, breakthrough therapy or other designation by the FDA may not actually lead to a faster development or regulatory review
or approval process.
We
may seek fast track, breakthrough therapy or similar designation for our drug candidates. If a drug is intended for the treatment
of a serious or life-threatening condition and the drug demonstrates the potential to address unmet medical needs for this condition,
the drug sponsor may apply for FDA fast track designation. The FDA has broad discretion whether or not to grant this designation,
and even if we believe a particular drug candidate is eligible for this designation, we cannot assure you that the FDA would decide
to grant it. Even if we do receive fast track designation, we may not experience a faster development process, review or approval
compared to conventional FDA procedures. The FDA may withdraw fast track designation if it believes that the designation is no
longer supported by data from our clinical development program.
Additionally,
we may in the future seek a breakthrough therapy designation for some of our product candidates that reach the regulatory review
process. A breakthrough therapy is a drug candidate that is intended, alone or in combination with one or more other drugs, to
treat a serious or life-threatening disease or condition, and that, as indicated by preliminary clinical evidence, may demonstrate
substantial improvement over existing therapies on one or more clinically significant endpoints, such as substantial treatment
effects observed early in clinical development. Drugs designated as breakthrough therapies by the FDA are eligible for accelerated
approval and increased interaction and communication with the FDA designed to expedite the development and review process.
As
with fast track designation, designation as a breakthrough therapy is within the discretion of the FDA. Accordingly, even if we
believe one of our product candidates meets the criteria for designation as a breakthrough therapy, the FDA may disagree and may
determine not to grant such a designation. Even if we receive a breakthrough therapy designation for any of our product candidates,
the designation may not result in a materially faster development process, review or approval compared to conventional FDA procedures.
Further, obtaining a breakthrough therapy designation does not assure or increase the likelihood of the FDA’s approval of
the applicable product candidate. In addition, even if one or more of our product candidates qualifies as a breakthrough therapy,
the FDA could later determine that those products no longer meet the conditions for the designation or determine not to shorten
the time period for FDA review or approval.
We
will rely on third parties to conduct our clinical trials, and those third parties may not perform satisfactorily, including failing
to meet deadlines for the completion of such trials.
We
intend to use third-party clinical research organizations, or CROs, to conduct our planned clinical trials and do not plan to
independently conduct clinical trials of BXT-25 or any future drug candidates. We rely on third parties, such as CROs, clinical
data management organizations, medical institutions and clinical investigators, to conduct and manage our clinical trials. These
agreements might terminate for a variety of reasons, including a failure to perform by the third parties. If we need to enter
into alternative arrangements, that would delay our product development activities.
Our
reliance on these third parties for research and development activities reduces our control over these activities but does not
relieve us of our responsibilities. For example, we remain responsible for ensuring that each of our clinical trials is conducted
in accordance with the general investigational plan and protocols for the trial. Moreover, the FDA requires us to comply with
regulatory standards, commonly referred to as good clinical practices, or GCPs, for conducting, recording and reporting the results
of clinical trials to assure that data and reported results are credible and accurate and that the rights, integrity and confidentiality
of trial participants are protected. Other countries’ regulatory agencies also have requirements for clinical trials with
which we must comply. We also are required to register ongoing clinical trials and post the results of completed clinical trials
on a government-sponsored database,
ClinicalTrials.gov
, within specified timeframes. Failure to do so can result in fines,
adverse publicity and civil and criminal sanctions.
Furthermore,
these third parties may also have relationships with other entities, some of which may be our competitors. If these third parties
do not successfully carry out their contractual duties, meet expected deadlines or conduct our clinical trials in accordance with
regulatory requirements or our stated protocols, we will not be able to obtain, or may be delayed in obtaining, marketing approvals
for our drug candidates and will not be able to, or may be delayed in our efforts to, successfully commercialize our drug candidates.
We
also expect to rely on other third parties to store and distribute drug supplies for our clinical trials. Any performance failure
on the part of our distributors could delay clinical development or marketing approval of our drug candidates or commercialization
of our products, producing additional losses and depriving us of potential product revenue.
If
we experience delays or difficulties in the enrollment of patients in clinical trials, our receipt of necessary regulatory approvals
could be delayed or prevented.
We
may not be able to initiate or continue clinical trials for our drug candidates if we are unable to locate and enroll a sufficient
number of eligible patients to participate in these trials as required by the FDA or similar regulatory authorities outside the
United States, such as the EMA. In addition, some of our competitors have ongoing clinical trials for drug candidates that treat
the same indications as our drug candidates, and patients who would otherwise be eligible for our clinical trials may instead
enroll in clinical trials of our competitors’ drug candidates.
Patient
enrollment is affected by other factors including:
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are unable to forecast with precision our ability to enroll patients. Our inability to enroll a sufficient number of patients
for our clinical trials would result in significant delays and could require us to abandon one or more clinical trials altogether.
Enrollment delays in our clinical trials may result in increased development costs for our drug candidates, which would cause
the value of our company to decline and limit our ability to obtain additional financing.
If serious adverse or unacceptable
side effects are identified during the development of our drug candidate or we observe limited efficacy, we may need to abandon
or limit our development of some of our drug candidate.
If our drug candidate
is associated with undesirable side effects in clinical trials, have limited efficacy or have characteristics that are unexpected,
we may need to abandon their development or limit development to more narrow uses or subpopulations in which the undesirable side
effects or other characteristics are less prevalent, less severe or more acceptable from a risk-benefit perspective. We have not
commenced pre-clinical trials of BXT-25, which even if it proves successful, may later be found to cause side effects that will
prevent further development of the compounds.
Even if our drug candidate receives
marketing approval, it may fail to achieve the degree of market acceptance by physicians, patients, third-party payers and others
in the medical community necessary for commercial success.
Even if our drug candidate receives marketing approval, it may nonetheless fail to gain sufficient
market acceptance by physicians, patients, third-party payers and others in the medical community. If our drug candidate does
not achieve an adequate level of acceptance, we may not generate significant product revenues and we may not become profitable.
The degree of market acceptance of our drug candidate, if approved for commercial sale, will depend on a number of factors, including:
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convenience and ease of administration compared to alternative treatments;
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willingness of the target patient population to try new therapies and of physicians to prescribe these therapies;
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we are unable to address and overcome these and similar concerns, our business and results of operations could be substantially
harmed.
If we are unable to establish
effective sales, marketing and distribution capabilities or enter into agreements with third parties with such capabilities, we
may not be successful in commercializing our drug candidate if and when they are approved.
We
do not have a sales or marketing infrastructure and have limited experience in the sale, marketing or distribution of our products.
To achieve commercial success for any product for which we obtain marketing approval, we will need to successfully establish and
maintain relationships with third parties to perform sales and marketing functions.
Factors
that may inhibit our efforts to commercialize our products on our own include:
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inability to recruit, train and retain adequate numbers of effective sales and marketing personnel;
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inability of sales personnel to obtain access to or educate physicians on the benefits of our products;
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lack of complementary products to be offered by sales personnel, which may put us at a competitive disadvantage relative to
companies with more extensive product lines;
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third parties to sell, market and distribute our drug candidate. We may not be successful in entering into, or maintaining, arrangements
with such third parties or may be unable to do so on terms that are favorable to us. In addition, our product revenues and our
profitability, if any, may be lower if we rely on third parties for these functions than if we were to market, sell and distribute
any products that we develop ourselves. We likely will have little control over such third parties, and any of them may fail to
devote the necessary resources and attention to sell and market our products effectively. If we do not establish sales, marketing
and distribution capabilities successfully, either on our own or in collaboration with third parties, we will not be successful
in commercializing our drug candidate.
If
we are unable to convince physicians as to the benefits of our proposed products, we may incur delays or additional expense in
our attempt to establish market acceptance.
Broad
use of our proposed products may require physicians to be informed regarding our proposed products and the intended benefits.
Inability to carry out this physician education process may adversely affect market acceptance of our proposed products. We may
be unable to timely educate physicians regarding our proposed products in sufficient numbers to achieve our marketing plans or
to achieve product acceptance. Any delay in physician education may materially delay or reduce demand for our products. In addition,
we may expend significant funds toward physician education before any acceptance or demand for our proposed products is created,
if at all.
We
face substantial competition, which may result in others discovering, developing or commercializing competing products before
or more successfully than we do.
The development
and commercialization of new drug products is highly competitive. We face competition with respect to BXT-25 and will face competition
with respect to any drug candidates that we may seek to develop or commercialize in the future, from major pharmaceutical companies,
specialty pharmaceutical companies and biotechnology companies worldwide. There are a number of large pharmaceutical and biotechnology
companies that currently market and sell products or are pursuing the development of products in the field of oxygen therapeutics
for the treatment of a variety of conditions and any of such products may target the stroke. Potential competitors also include
academic institutions, government agencies and other public and private research organizations that conduct research, seek patent
protection and establish collaborative arrangements for research, development, manufacturing and commercialization.
A
substantial number of the companies against which we are competing or against which we may compete in the future have significantly
greater financial resources, established presence in the market and expertise in research and development, manufacturing, preclinical
testing, conducting clinical trials, obtaining regulatory approvals and marketing approved products than we do. Mergers and acquisitions
in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries may result in even more resources being concentrated among a smaller number
of our competitors.
Smaller
and other early stage companies may also prove to be significant competitors, particularly through collaborative arrangements
with large and established companies. These third parties compete with us in recruiting and retaining qualified scientific, sales
and marketing and management personnel, establishing clinical trial sites and patient registration for clinical trials, as well
as in acquiring technologies complementary to, or necessary for, our programs.
Our
commercial opportunity could be reduced or eliminated if our competitors develop and commercialize products that are more effective,
have fewer or less severe side effects, are more convenient or are less expensive than any products that we may develop. Our competitors
also may obtain FDA or other regulatory approval for their products more rapidly than we may obtain approval for ours, which could
result in our competitors establishing a strong market position before we are able to enter the market. In addition, our ability
to compete may be affected in many cases by insurers or other third-party payors seeking to encourage the use of generic products.
We
may be unable to compete in our target marketplaces, which could impair our ability to generate revenues, thus causing a material
adverse impact on our results of operations.
Our
success depends upon our ability to retain key executives and to attract, retain, and motivate qualified personnel, and the loss
of these persons could adversely affect our operations and results.
We
are highly dependent on the principal members of our management, scientific and clinical team, including Dr. David Platt, our
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and Ola Soderquist, our Chief Financial Officer. We don’t have a “key
person” insurance for any of Dr. Platt or Ola Soderquist and even if such policies were to be obtained, such insurance policies
may not adequately compensate us for the loss of their services.
The
loss of the services of any of our executive officers or of any members of our scientific and medical advisory board, could impede
the achievement of our research, development and commercialization objectives and seriously harm our ability to successfully implement
our business strategy. Furthermore, replacing executive officers and key employees may be difficult and may take an extended period
of time because of the limited number of individuals in our industry with the breadth of skills and experience required to successfully
develop, gain regulatory approval of and commercialize products. Competition to hire from this limited pool is intense, and we
may be unable to hire, train, retain or motivate these key personnel on acceptable terms given the competition among numerous
pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for similar personnel. We also experience competition for the hiring of scientific
and clinical personnel from universities and research institutions. In addition, we rely and expect to continue to rely to a significant
degree on consultants and advisors, including scientific and clinical advisors, to assist us in formulating our research and development
and commercialization strategy. Our consultants and advisors may be employed by employers other than us and may have commitments
under consulting or advisory contracts with other entities that may limit their availability to us. If we are unable to continue
to attract and retain high quality personnel, our ability to pursue our growth strategy will be limited.
Our
lack of operating experience may cause us difficulty in managing our growth which could lead to our inability to implement our
business plan.
We
have limited experience in marketing and the selling of pharmaceutical products. Any growth will require us to expand our management
and our operational and financial systems and controls. If we are unable to do so, our business and financial condition would
be materially harmed. If rapid growth occurs, it may strain our operational, managerial and financial resources.
We
will depend on third parties to manufacture and market our products and to design trial protocols, arrange for and monitor the
clinical trials, and collect and analyze data.
We
do not have, and do not now intend to develop, facilities for the manufacture of any of our products for clinical or commercial
production. In addition, we are not a party to any long-term agreement with any of our suppliers, and accordingly, we have our
products manufactured on a purchase-order basis from one of two primary suppliers. We will need to develop relationships with
manufacturers and enter into collaborative arrangements with licensees or have others manufacture our products on a contract basis.
We expect to depend on such collaborators to supply us with products manufactured in compliance with standards imposed by the
FDA and foreign regulators.
Moreover,
as we develop products eligible for clinical trials, we contract with independent parties to design the trial protocols, arrange
for and monitor the clinical trials, collect data and analyze data. In addition, certain clinical trials for our products may
be conducted by government-sponsored agencies and will be dependent on governmental participation and funding. Our dependence
on independent parties and clinical sites involves risks including reduced control over the timing and other aspects of our clinical
trials.
We
are exposed to product liability, pre-clinical and clinical liability risks which could place a substantial financial burden upon
us, should we be sued.
Our
business exposes us to potential product liability and other liability risks that are inherent in the testing, manufacturing and
marketing of pharmaceutical formulations and products. Such claims may be asserted against us. In addition, the use in our clinical
trials of pharmaceutical formulations and products that our potential collaborators may develop and the subsequent sale of these
formulations or products by us or our potential collaborators may cause us to bear a portion of or all product liability risks.
A successful liability claims, or series of claims brought against us could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial
condition and results of operations.
Since
we do not currently have any FDA-approved products or other formulations, we do not currently have any other product liability
insurance covering commercialized products. We may not be able to obtain or maintain adequate product liability insurance, when
needed, on acceptable terms, if at all, or such insurance may not provide adequate coverage against our potential liabilities.
Furthermore, our potential partners with whom we intend to have collaborative agreements, or our future licensees may not be willing
to indemnify us against these types of liabilities and may not themselves be sufficiently insured or have sufficient liquidity
to satisfy any product liability claims. Claims or losses in excess of any product liability insurance coverage that may be obtained
by us could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
In
addition, we may be unable to obtain or to maintain clinical trial liability insurance on acceptable terms, if at all. Any inability
to obtain and/or maintain insurance coverage on acceptable terms could prevent or limit the commercialization of any products
we develop.
If
users of our proposed products are unable to obtain adequate reimbursement from third-party payers or if new restrictive legislation
is adopted, market acceptance of our proposed products may be limited, and we may not achieve revenues.
The
continuing efforts of government and insurance companies, health maintenance organizations and other payers of healthcare costs
to contain or reduce costs of health care may affect our future revenues and profitability, and the future revenues and profitability
of our potential customers, suppliers and collaborative partners and the availability of capital. For example, in certain international
markets, pricing or profitability of prescription pharmaceuticals is subject to government control. In the U.S., given recent
federal and state government initiatives directed at lowering the total cost of health care, the U.S. Congress and state legislatures
will likely continue to focus on health care reform, the cost of prescription pharmaceuticals and on the reform of the Medicare
and Medicaid systems. While we cannot predict whether any such legislative or regulatory proposals will be adopted, the announcement
or adoption of such proposals could materially harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our
ability to commercialize our proposed products will depend in part on the extent to which appropriate reimbursement levels for
the cost of our proposed formulations and products and related treatments are obtained by governmental authorities, private health
insurers and other organizations, such as HMOs. Third-party payers are increasingly challenging the prices charged for medical
drugs and services. Also, the trend toward managed health care in the U.S. and the concurrent growth of organizations such as
HMOs, which could control or significantly influence the purchase of health care services and drugs, as well as legislative proposals
to reform health care or reduce government insurance programs, may all result in lower prices for or rejection of our products.
There
are risks associated with our reliance on third parties for marketing, sales and distribution infrastructure and channels.
We
intend to enter into agreements with commercial partners to engage in sales, marketing and distribution efforts around our products
in development. We may be unable to establish or maintain these third-party relationships, or establish new relationships, on
a commercially reasonable basis, if at all. In addition, these third parties may have similar or more established relationships
with our competitors. If we do not enter into or maintain relationships with third parties for the sales and marketing of our
proposed products, we will need to develop our own sales and marketing capabilities. Furthermore, even if engaged, these distributors
may:
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we fail to develop sales, marketing and distribution channels, we could experience delays in generating sales and incur increased
costs, which would harm our financial results.
We
will be subject to risks if we seek to develop our own sales force.
If
we choose at some point to develop our own sales and marketing capability, our experience in developing a fully integrated commercial
organization is limited. If we choose to establish a fully integrated commercial organization, we will likely incur substantial
expenses in developing, training and managing such an organization. We may be unable to build a fully integrated commercial organization
on a cost-effective basis, or at all. Any such direct marketing and sales efforts may prove to be unsuccessful. In addition, we
will compete with many other companies that currently have extensive and well-funded marketing and sales operations. Our marketing
and sales efforts may be unable to compete against these other companies. We may be unable to establish a sufficient sales and
marketing organization on a timely basis, if at all.
Risks
Related to Our Industry
We
will need regulatory approvals to commercialize our products as drugs.
In
offering BXT-25, or any other product as a drug, we are required to obtain approval from the FDA to sell our products in the U.S.
and from foreign regulatory authorities to sell our products in other countries. The FDA’s review and approval process is
lengthy, expensive and uncertain. Extensive pre-clinical and clinical data and supporting information must be submitted to the
FDA for each indication for each product candidate to secure FDA approval. Before receiving FDA clearance to market our proposed
products, we will have to demonstrate that our products are safe and effective on the patient population and for the diseases
that are to be treated. Clinical trials, manufacturing and marketing of drugs are subject to the rigorous testing and approval
process of the FDA and equivalent foreign regulatory authorities. The Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and other federal, state
and foreign statutes and regulations govern and influence the testing, manufacture, labeling, advertising, distribution and promotion
of drugs and medical devices. As a result, regulatory approvals can take a number of years or longer to accomplish and require
the expenditure of substantial financial, managerial and other resources. The FDA could reject an application or require us to
conduct additional clinical or other studies as part of the regulatory review process. Delays in obtaining or failure to obtain
FDA approvals would prevent or delay the commercialization of our product candidates, which would prevent, defer or decrease our
receipt of revenues. In addition, if we receive initial regulatory approval, our product candidates will be subject to extensive
and rigorous ongoing domestic and foreign government regulation.
Data
obtained from clinical trials are susceptible to varying interpretations, which could delay, limit or prevent regulatory clearances.
Data
we obtain from our planned pre-clinical studies and clinical trials will not necessarily predict the results that will be obtained
from later pre-clinical studies and clinical trials. Moreover, pre-clinical and clinical data is susceptible to varying interpretations,
which could delay, limit or prevent regulatory approval. A number of companies in the pharmaceutical industry have suffered significant
setbacks in advanced clinical trials, even after promising results in earlier trials. The failure to adequately demonstrate the
safety and effectiveness of a proposed formulation or product under development could delay or prevent regulatory clearance of
the potential drug, resulting in delays to commercialization, and could materially harm our business. Our clinical trials may
not demonstrate sufficient levels of safety and efficacy necessary to obtain the requisite regulatory approvals for our drugs,
and thus our proposed drugs may not be approved for marketing.
Our
competitive position depends on protection of our intellectual property.
Development
and protection of our intellectual property are critical to our business. All of our intellectual property has been invented and/or
developed or co-developed by Dr. David Platt; and other intellectual property that is important to the development of BXT-25 is
in the public domain. If we do not adequately protect our intellectual property, or if competitors develop technologies incorporating
the same or similar technologies that already are in the public domain, those competitors may be able to practice our technologies.
Our success depends in part on our ability to obtain patent protection for our products or processes in the U.S. and other countries,
protect trade secrets, and prevent others from infringing on our proprietary rights.
Since
patent applications in the U.S. are maintained in secrecy for at least portions of their pendency periods (published on U.S. patent
issuance or, if earlier, 18 months from earliest filing date for most applications) and since other publication of discoveries
in the scientific or patent literature often lags behind actual discoveries, we cannot be certain that we are or will be the first
to make the inventions to be covered by our patent applications. The patent position of biopharmaceutical firms generally is highly
uncertain and involves complex legal and factual questions. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has not established a consistent
policy regarding the breadth of claims that it will allow in biotechnology patents.
The
patent applications we file, including applications that will follow the filing of Provisionals, may not issue as patents or the
claims of any issued patents may not afford meaningful protection for our technologies or products. In addition, patents issued
to us or to any future licensors may be challenged and subsequently narrowed, invalidated or circumvented. Patent litigation is
widespread in the biotechnology industry and could harm our business. Litigation might be necessary to protect our patent position
or to determine the scope and validity of third-party proprietary rights, and we may not have the required resources to pursue
such litigation or to protect our patent rights.
Although
we will require our scientific and technical employees and consultants to enter into broad assignment of inventions agreements,
and all of our employees, consultants and corporate partners with access to proprietary information to enter into confidentiality
agreements, these agreements may not be honored. Currently, we do not have any scientific or technical employees.
Products
we develop could be subject to infringement claims asserted by others.
We
cannot assure that products based on our patents or intellectual property that we license from others will not be challenged by
a third party claiming infringement of its proprietary rights. If we were not able to successfully defend patents that may be
issued to us, that we may acquire, or that we may license in the future, we may have to pay substantial damages, possibly including
treble damages, for past infringement.
We
face intense competition in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
The
biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries are intensely competitive. We face direct competition from U.S. and foreign companies
focusing on pharmaceutical products, which are rapidly evolving. Our competitors include major multinational pharmaceutical and
chemical companies, specialized biotechnology firms and universities and other research institutions. Many of these competitors
have greater financial and other resources, larger research and development staffs and more effective marketing and manufacturing
organizations, than we do. In addition, academic and government institutions are increasingly likely to enter into exclusive licensing
agreements with commercial enterprises, including our competitors, to market commercial products based on technology developed
at such institutions. Our competitors may succeed in developing or licensing technologies and products that are more effective
or less costly than ours or succeed in obtaining FDA or other regulatory approvals for product candidates before we do. Acquisitions
of, or investments in, competing pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies by large corporations could increase such competitors’
financial, marketing, manufacturing and other resources.
The
market for our proposed products is rapidly changing and competitive, and new drugs and new treatments which may be developed
by others could impair our ability to maintain and grow our business and remain competitive.
The
pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries are subject to rapid and substantial technological change. Developments by others
may render our proposed products noncompetitive or obsolete, or we may be unable to keep pace with technological developments
or other market factors. Technological competition from pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, universities, governmental
entities and others diversifying into the field is intense and is expected to increase.
As
a pre-revenue company engaged in the development of drug technologies, our resources are limited, and we may experience technical
challenges inherent in such technologies. Competitors have developed or are in the process of developing technologies that are,
or in the future may be, the basis for competition. Some of these technologies may have an entirely different approach or means
of accomplishing similar therapeutic effects compared to our proposed products. Our competitors may develop drugs that are safer,
more effective or less costly than our proposed products and, therefore, present a serious competitive threat to us.
The
potential widespread acceptance of therapies that are alternatives to ours may limit market acceptance of our proposed products,
even if commercialized. Many of our targeted diseases and conditions can also be treated by other medication. These treatments
may be widely accepted in medical communities and have a longer history of use. The established use of these competitive drugs
may limit the potential for our technologies, formulations and products to receive widespread acceptance if commercialized.
Health
care cost containment initiatives and the growth of managed care may limit our returns.
Our
ability to commercialize our products successfully may be affected by the ongoing efforts of governmental and third-party payers
to contain the cost of health care. These entities are challenging prices of health care products and services, denying or limiting
coverage and reimbursement amounts for new therapeutic products, and for FDA-approved products considered experimental or investigational,
or which are used for disease indications without FDA marketing approval.
Even
if we succeed in bringing any products to the market, they may not be considered cost-effective and third-party reimbursement
might not be available or sufficient. If adequate third-party coverage is not available, we may not be able to maintain price
levels sufficient to realize an appropriate return on our investment in research and product development. In addition, legislation
and regulations affecting the pricing of pharmaceuticals may change in ways adverse to us before or after any of our proposed
products are approved for marketing.
Risks
Related to Our Intellectual Property
If
we are unable to obtain and maintain patent protection for our products, or if the scope of the patent protection obtained is
not sufficiently broad, competitors could develop and commercialize products similar or identical to ours, and our ability to
successfully commercialize our products may be impaired.
Our plan for the
development of BXT-25 is based in part on a technology developed by the Biopure Corporation which separates hemoglobin from red
blood cells. Biopure filed for bankruptcy in 2009 and the technology we use from Biopure is in the public domain. We plan to apply
our proprietary chemistry to break down and augment a bovine hemoglobin molecule producing a co-polymer based molecule we call
BXT-25. We face competitors and other entities who are engaged in the further development of some or all of that public-domain
technology for the purpose of creating products that may compete directly with our products.
Among
such competitors and other entities is Boston Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCQB: BTHE). Our chairman, David Platt, was founder, and until
April 1, 2015, Chief Executive Officer of Boston Therapeutics; and that entity is a pharmaceutical company focused on developing,
manufacturing and commercializing novel compounds based on complex carbohydrate chemistry to address unmet medical needs in diabetes.
According to its website, products Boston Therapeutics seeks to develop include an anti-necrosis glyco-protein based therapeutic
agent that consists of a stabilized glycoprotein composition containing oxygen-rechargeable iron, targeting both human and animal
tissues and organ systems deprived of oxygen and in need of metabolic support. The Boston Therapeutic development efforts are,
like the efforts of the Company, based in part on Biopure technology that is now in the public domain. While Boston Therapeutics
is focused on medical conditions that are different from the conditions that will be addressed by the Company, and while the Company’s
proprietary technology is very different from the technology under development at Boston Therapeutics at the time of Dr. Platt’s
departure from that entity, a refocus of Boston Therapeutics to treat conditions that are central to the Company’s focus
may make it a direct competitor.
Currently there
are four drugs candidates to treat a stroke. Abciximab from Eli Lilly is a platelet aggregation inhibitor. Clinical trials show
little advantage over placebos and could lead to dangerous side effects, including more bleeding in patients. Cerovive from AstraZeneca
is a Nitrone-based neuro protectant currently in phase III clinical trials which shows no significant benefit over placebos with
respect to changes in neurological impairment as measured by the national institute of health stroke scale. Candesartan, from
AstraZeneca, is an angiotensin receptor blocker which was used to control blood pressure. Its efficacy in stroke patients still
must be proven. Ancod from Knoll Pharmaceuticals is an anti-coagulant that acts by breaking down the fibrinogen. It increases
the risk of hemorrhage similar to those associated with tPA.
Our
success depends in large part on our ability to obtain and maintain patent and other intellectual property protection in the United
States and other countries with respect to our proprietary products. We seek to protect our proprietary position by filing patent
applications in the United States and abroad related to our drug candidates.
The
patent prosecution process is expensive and time-consuming, and we may not be able to file and prosecute all necessary or desirable
patent applications at a reasonable cost, in a timely manner, or in all jurisdictions. It is also possible that we will fail to
identify patentable aspects of our research and development output before it is too late to obtain patent protection.
The
patent position of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies generally is highly uncertain, involves complex legal and factual
questions and has in recent years been the subject of much litigation. In addition, the laws of foreign countries may not protect
our rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States and we may fail to seek or obtain patent protection in all major
markets. For example, European patent law restricts the patentability of methods of treatment of the human body more than United
States law does. Publications of discoveries in the scientific literature often lag behind the actual discoveries, and patent
applications in the United States and other jurisdictions are typically not published until 18 months after filing, or in some
cases not at all. Therefore, we cannot know with certainty whether we were the first to make the inventions claimed in our owned
patents or pending patent applications, or that we were the first to file for patent protection of such inventions, nor can we
know whether those from whom we license patents were the first to make the inventions claimed or were the first to file. As a
result, the issuance, scope, validity, enforceability and commercial value of our patent rights are highly uncertain. Our pending
and future patent applications may not result in patents being issued which protect our technology or products, in whole or in
part, or which effectively prevent others from commercializing competitive technologies and products. Changes in either the patent
laws or interpretation of the patent laws in the United States and other countries may diminish the value of our patents or narrow
the scope of our patent protection.
Recent
patent reform legislation could increase the uncertainties and costs surrounding the prosecution of our patent applications and
the enforcement or defense of our issued patents. On September 16, 2011, the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, or the Leahy-Smith
Act, was signed into law. The Leahy-Smith Act includes a number of significant changes to United States patent law. These include
provisions that affect the way patent applications are prosecuted and may also affect patent litigation. The U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office, or U.S. PTO, recently developed new regulations and procedures to govern administration of the Leahy-Smith Act, and many
of the substantive changes to patent law associated with the Leahy-Smith Act, and in particular, the first to file provisions,
only became effective on March 16, 2013. Accordingly, it is not clear what, if any, impact the Leahy-Smith Act will have on the
operation of our business. However, the Leahy-Smith Act and its implementation could increase the uncertainties and costs surrounding
the prosecution of our patent applications and the enforcement or defense of our issued patents, all of which could have a material
adverse effect on our business and financial condition.
Moreover,
we may be subject to a third-party pre-issuance submission of prior art to the U.S. PTO, or become involved in opposition, derivation,
reexamination,
inter partes
review, post-grant review or interference proceedings challenging our patent rights or the
patent rights of others. An adverse determination in any such submission, proceeding or litigation could reduce the scope of,
or invalidate our patent rights, allow third parties to commercialize our technology or products and compete directly with us,
without payment to us, or result in our inability to manufacture or commercialize products without infringing third-party patent
rights. In addition, if the breadth or strength of protection provided by our patents and patent applications is threatened, it
could dissuade companies from collaborating with us to license, develop or commercialize current or future drug candidates.
Even
if our patent applications issue as patents, they may not issue in a form that will provide us with any meaningful protection,
prevent competitors from competing with us or otherwise provide us with any competitive advantage. Our competitors may be able
to circumvent our owned or licensed patents by developing similar or alternative technologies or products in a non-infringing
manner.
The
issuance of a patent is not conclusive as to its inventorship, scope, validity or enforceability, and our patents may be challenged
in the courts or patent offices in the United States and abroad. Such challenges may result in loss of exclusivity or freedom
to operate or in patent claims being narrowed, invalidated or held unenforceable, in whole or in part, which could limit our ability
to stop others from using or commercializing similar or identical products, or limit the duration of the patent protection of
our products. Given the amount of time required for the development, testing and regulatory review of new drug candidates, patents
protecting such candidates might expire before or shortly after such candidates are commercialized. As a result, our patent portfolio
may not provide us with sufficient rights to exclude others from commercializing products similar or identical to ours.
We
may become involved in lawsuits to protect or enforce our patents or other intellectual property, which could be expensive, time-consuming
and ultimately unsuccessful.
Competitors
may infringe our issued patents or other intellectual property. To counter infringement or unauthorized use, we may be required
to file infringement claims, which can be expensive and time-consuming. Any claims we assert against perceived infringers could
provoke these parties to assert counterclaims against us alleging that we infringe their intellectual property. In addition, in
a patent infringement proceeding, a court may decide that a patent of ours is invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, construe
the patent’s claims narrowly or refuse to stop the other party from using the technology at issue on the grounds that our
patents do not cover the technology in question. An adverse result in any litigation proceeding could put one or more of our patents
at risk of being invalidated or interpreted narrowly, which could adversely affect us.
Third
parties may initiate legal proceedings alleging that we are infringing their intellectual property rights, the outcome of which
would be uncertain and could have a material adverse effect on the success of our business.
Our
commercial success depends upon our ability to develop, manufacture, market and sell our drug candidates without infringing the
proprietary rights of third parties. There is considerable intellectual property litigation in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical
industries. While no such litigation has been brought against us and we have not been held by any court to have infringed a third
party’s intellectual property rights, we cannot guarantee that our products or use of our products do not infringe third-party
patents. It is also possible that we have failed to identify relevant third-party patents or applications. For example, applications
filed before November 29, 2000 and certain applications filed after that date that will not be filed outside the United States
remain confidential until patents issue. Patent applications in the United States and elsewhere are published approximately 18
months after the earliest filing, which is referred to as the priority date. Therefore, patent applications covering our products
or technology could have been filed by others without our knowledge. Additionally, pending patent applications which have been
published can, subject to certain limitations, be later amended in a manner that could cover our technologies, our products or
the use of our products.
We
may become party to, or threatened with, future adversarial proceedings or litigation regarding intellectual property rights with
respect to our products and technology, including inter parties review, interference, or derivation proceedings before the U.S.
PTO and similar bodies in other countries. Third parties may assert infringement claims against us based on existing intellectual
property rights and intellectual property rights that may be granted in the future.
If
we are found to infringe a third party’s intellectual property rights, we could be required to obtain a license from such
third party to continue developing and marketing our products. However, we may not be able to obtain any required license on commercially
reasonable terms or at all. Even if we were able to obtain a license, it could be non-exclusive, thereby giving our competitors
access to the same technologies licensed to us. We could be forced, including by court order, to cease commercializing the infringing
technology or product. In addition, we could be found liable for monetary damages, including treble damages and attorneys’
fees if we are found to have willfully infringed a patent. A finding of infringement could prevent us from commercializing our
drug candidates or force us to cease some of our business operations, which could materially harm our business. Claims that we
have misappropriated the confidential information or trade secrets of third parties could have a similar negative impact on our
business.
Obtaining
and maintaining our patent protection depends on compliance with various procedural, document submission, fee payment and other
requirements imposed by governmental patent agencies, and our patent protection could be reduced or eliminated for noncompliance
with these requirements.
Periodic
maintenance fees on any issued patent are due to be paid to the U.S. PTO and foreign patent agencies in several stages over the
lifetime of the patent. The U.S. PTO and various foreign governmental patent agencies require compliance with a number of procedural,
documentary, fee payment and other similar provisions during the patent application process. While an inadvertent lapse can in
many cases be cured by payment of a late fee or by other means in accordance with the applicable rules, there are situations in
which noncompliance can result in abandonment or lapse of the patent or patent application, resulting in partial or complete loss
of patent rights in the relevant jurisdiction. Noncompliance events that could result in abandonment or lapse of a patent or patent
application include, but are not limited to, failure to respond to official actions within prescribed time limits, non-payment
of fees and failure to properly legalize and submit formal documents. In such an event, our competitors might be able to enter
the market, which would have a material adverse effect on our business.
We
may be subject to claims by third parties asserting that our employees or we have misappropriated their intellectual property,
or claiming ownership of what we regard as our own intellectual property.
The
employees and consultants we may hire likely will have been previously employed at universities or other biotechnology or pharmaceutical
companies, including our competitors or potential competitors. Although we will try to ensure that our employees and contractors
do not use the proprietary information or know-how of others in their work for us, we may be subject to claims that these employees
or we have used or disclosed intellectual property, including trade secrets or other proprietary information, of any such employee’s
former employer. Litigation may be necessary to defend against these claims.
In
addition, while it is our policy to require our employees and contractors who may be involved in the development of intellectual
property to execute agreements assigning such intellectual property to us, we may be unsuccessful in executing such an agreement
with each party who in fact develops intellectual property that we regard as our own. Our and their assignment agreements may
not be self-executing or may be breached, and we may be forced to bring claims against third parties, or defend claims they may
bring against us, to determine the ownership of what we regard as our intellectual property.
If
we fail in prosecuting or defending any such claims, in addition to paying monetary damages, we may lose valuable intellectual
property rights or personnel. Even if we are successful in prosecuting or defending against such claims, litigation could result
in substantial costs and be a distraction to management.
Intellectual
property litigation could cause us to spend substantial resources and distract our personnel from their normal responsibilities.
Even
if resolved in our favor, litigation or other legal proceedings relating to intellectual property claims may cause us to incur
significant expenses and could distract our technical and management personnel from their normal responsibilities. In addition,
there could be public announcements of the results of hearings, motions or other interim proceedings or developments and if securities
analysts or investors perceive these results to be negative, it could have a substantial adverse effect on the price of our common
stock. Such litigation or proceedings could substantially increase our operating losses and reduce the resources available for
development activities or any future sales, marketing or distribution activities. We may not have sufficient financial or other
resources to conduct such litigation or proceedings adequately. Some of our competitors may be able to sustain the costs of such
litigation or proceedings more effectively than we can because of their greater financial resources. Uncertainties resulting from
the initiation and continuation of patent litigation or other proceedings could compromise our ability to compete in the marketplace.
If
we are unable to protect the confidentiality of our trade secrets, our business and competitive position would be harmed.
In
addition to seeking patents for some of our technology and drug candidates, we also intend to rely on trade secrets, including
unpatented know-how, technology and other proprietary information, to maintain our competitive position. We will seek to protect
these trade secrets, in part, by entering into non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements with parties who have access to them,
such as our employees, corporate collaborators, outside scientific collaborators, contract manufacturers, consultants, advisors
and other third parties. We also seek to enter into confidentiality and invention or patent assignment agreements with our employees
and consultants. Despite these efforts, any of these parties may breach the agreements and disclose our proprietary information,
including our trade secrets, and we may not be able to obtain adequate remedies for such breaches. Our trade secrets may also
be obtained by third parties by other means, such as breaches of our physical or computer security systems. Enforcing a claim
that a party illegally disclosed or misappropriated a trade secret is difficult, expensive and time-consuming, and the outcome
is unpredictable. In addition, some courts inside and outside the United States are less willing or unwilling to protect trade
secrets. If any of our trade secrets were to be lawfully obtained or independently developed by a competitor, we would have no
right to prevent them, or those to whom they communicate it, from using that technology or information to compete with us. If
any of our trade secrets were to be disclosed to or independently developed by a competitor, our competitive position would be
harmed.
Risks
Relating to this Offering and Ownership of Our Common Stock
Prior
to this offering, we had a limited public market for our shares of common stock and you may not be able to resell our shares at
or above the price you paid, or at all.
Prior to this offering,
there was a limited public market for our common stock in the OTC (Pink) market. We intend to apply for quotation on the OTCBB
or OTCBB through a market maker; however, there can be no assurance that our common stock will ever be quoted on any quotation
service. In order to be eligible for trading on the OTCBB and OTCQB we must a market maker file an application with FINRA to have
our common stock quoted on the OTCBB and the OTCQB and remain current in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In order to be eligible for the OTCQB we must have a minimum bid price of $0.01, have at least 50 beneficial stockholders, each
owning at least 100 shares, have a freely traded public float of at least 10% of our issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock
or qualify from an exemption thereof and pay initial listing fees. We cannot assure you that an active public market for our common
stock will develop or that the market price of our shares will not decline below the public offering price. The public offering
price of our shares may not be indicative of prices that will prevail in the trading market following the offering.
Because
we are subject to the “Penny Stock” rules, the level of trading activity in our stock may be reduced.
The
Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted regulations which generally define “penny stock” to be any listed, trading
equity security that has a market price less than $5.00 per share or an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to
certain exemptions. The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt
from the rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document that provides information about penny stocks and the risks
in the penny stock market. The broker-dealer must also provide the customer with current bid and offer quotations for the penny
stock, the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction, and monthly account statements showing the
market value of each penny stock held in the customer’s account. In addition, the penny stock rules generally require that
prior to a transaction in a penny stock, the broker-dealer make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable
investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s written agreement to the transaction. These disclosure requirements
may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in the secondary market for a stock that becomes subject to the
penny stock rules which may increase the difficulty Purchasers may experience in attempting to liquidate such securities.
We
do not expect to pay dividends in the foreseeable future. Any return on investment may be limited to the value of our common stock.
We
do not anticipate paying cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. The payment of dividends on our common
stock will depend on earnings, financial condition and other business and economic factors affecting it at such time as the board
of directors may consider relevant. If we do not pay dividends, our common stock may be less valuable because a return on your
investment will occur only if our stock price appreciates.
Provisions
in the Nevada Revised Statutes and our Bylaws could make it very difficult for an investor to bring any legal actions against
our directors or officers for violations of their fiduciary duties or could require us to pay any amounts incurred by our directors
or officers in any such actions.
Members
of our board of directors and our officers will have no liability for breaches of their fiduciary duty of care as a director or
officer, except in limited circumstances, pursuant to provisions in the Nevada Revised Statutes and our Bylaws as authorized by
the Nevada Revised Statutes. Specifically, Section 78.138 of the Nevada Revised Statutes provides that a director or officer is
not individually liable to the company or its shareholders or creditors for any damages as a result of any act or failure to act
in his or her capacity as a director or officer unless it is proven that (1) the director’s or officer’s act or failure
to act constituted a breach of his or her fiduciary duties as a director or officer and (2) his or her breach of those duties
involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law. This provision is intended to afford directors and officers
protection against and to limit their potential liability for monetary damages resulting from suits alleging a breach of the duty
of care by a director or officer. Accordingly, you may be unable to prevail in a legal action against our directors or officers
even if they have breached their fiduciary duty of care. In addition, our Bylaws allow us to indemnify our directors and officers
from and against any and all costs, charges and expenses resulting from their acting in such capacities with us. This means that
if you were able to enforce an action against our directors or officers, in all likelihood, we would be required to pay any expenses
they incurred in defending the lawsuit and any judgment or settlement they otherwise would be required to pay. Accordingly, our
indemnification obligations could divert needed financial resources and may adversely affect our business, financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows, and adversely affect prevailing market prices for our common stock.
Future
sales of substantial amounts of the shares of common stock by existing shareholders could adversely affect the price of our common
stock.
If
our existing shareholders sell substantial amounts of the shares following this offering, the market price of our common stock
could fall. Such sales by our existing shareholders might make it more difficult for us to issue new equity or equity-related
securities in the future at a time and place we deem appropriate. The shares of common stock offered in this offering will be
eligible for immediate resale in the public market without restrictions. All remaining shares, which are currently held by our
existing shareholders, may be sold in the public market in the future subject to the lock-up agreements and the restrictions contained
in Rule 144 under the Securities Act. If any existing shareholders sell a substantial amount of shares, the prevailing market
price for our shares could be adversely affected.
The
market price of our Common Stock may be subject to fluctuation and you could lose all or part of your investment.
The
public offering price has been arbitrarily determined by us and may not be indicative of prices that will prevail in the trading
market. The price of our shares may decline following this offering. The stock market in general has been, and the market price
of our ordinary shares in particular will likely be, subject to fluctuation, whether due to, or irrespective of, our operating
results and financial condition. The market price of our shares may fluctuate as a result of a number of factors, some of which
are beyond our control, including, but not limited to:
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factors and any corresponding price fluctuations may materially and adversely affect the market price of our shares and result
in substantial losses being incurred by our investors. In the past, following periods of market volatility, public company shareholders
have often instituted securities class action litigation. If we were involved in securities litigation, it could impose a substantial
cost upon us and divert the resources and attention of our management from our business.
The
price at which you purchase shares from our selling stockholders in their offering may be higher or lower than the $1.00 per share
offered by us in our direct offering.
We propose to sell
shares of our Common Stock at a price of $1.00 per share in our direct offering. Shares sold by our selling stockholders in this
offering will be sold at a fixed price of $0.60 per share until our Common Stock is traded on the OTCQB or OTCBB market, at which
time Shares will be sold at prevailing market prices or in privately negotiated transactions, which prices may be more or less
than the $1.00 per share offered in our direct “offering.
Investors
in this offering will experience immediate substantial dilution in net tangible book value.
The
public offering price of our shares in this offering is considerably greater than the net tangible book value per share of our
outstanding shares immediately after this offering. Accordingly, investors in this offering will incur immediate dilution of $0.89
per share, based on an assumed public offering price of $1.00 per share, the estimated public offering price range shown on the
cover of this prospectus, and the sale of all 10,000,000 shares offered to the public. If only 2,000,000 shares are sold at the
assumed public offering price of $1.00 per share, then investors in this offering will incur immediate dilution of $0.98 per share.
See “Dilution.”
We
have broad discretion as to the use of the net proceeds from this offering and may not use them effectively.
We
currently intend to use the net proceeds from this offering to further build our sales and marketing infrastructure, fund research
and development projects and scale up manufacturing and for other general corporate purposes. However, our management will have
broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds. Our shareholders may not agree with the manner in which our management
chooses to allocate the net proceeds from this offering. The failure by our management to apply these funds effectively could
have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operation. Pending their use, we may invest
the net proceeds from this offering in a manner that does not produce income.
The
financial and operational projections that we may make from time to time are subject to inherent risks.
The
projections that we provide herein or our management may provide from time to time (including, but not limited to, those relating
to potential peak sales amounts, clinical and regulatory timelines, production and supply matters, commercial launch dates, and
other financial or operational matters) reflect numerous assumptions made by management, including assumptions with respect to
our specific as well as general business, regulatory, economic, market and financial conditions and other matters, all of which
are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. Accordingly, there is a risk that the assumptions made in preparing
the projections, or the projections themselves, will prove inaccurate. There may be differences between actual and projected results,
and actual results may be materially different from than those contained in the projections. The inclusion of the projections
in this prospectus should not be regarded as an indication that we, our management, or their representatives considered or consider
the projections to be a guaranteed prediction of future events, and the projections should not be relied upon as such.
An
investment in our company may involve tax implications, and you are encouraged to consult your own advisors as neither we nor
any related party is offering any tax assurances or guidance regarding our company or your investment.
The
formation of our company, as well as an investment in our company generally, involves complex federal, state and local income
tax considerations. Neither the Internal Revenue Service nor any State or local taxing authority has reviewed the transactions
described herein, and may take different positions than the ones contemplated by management. You are strongly urged to consult
your own tax and other advisors prior to investing, as neither we nor any of our officers, directors or related parties is offering
you tax or similar advice, nor are any such persons making any representations and warranties regarding such matters.
Our
ability to use our net operating loss carry-forwards and certain other tax attributes may be limited.
Under
Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, referred to as the Internal Revenue Code, if a corporation undergoes
an “ownership change” (generally defined as a greater than 50% change (by value) in its equity ownership over a three-year
period), the corporation’s ability to use its pre-change net operating loss carry-forwards and other pre-change tax attributes
(such as research tax credits) to offset its post-change income may be limited. We may also experience ownership changes in the
future as a result of subsequent shifts in our stock ownership, including as a result of the completion of this offering when
it is taken together with other transactions we may consummate in the succeeding three-year period. As a result, if we earn net
taxable income, our ability to use our pre-change net operating loss carry-forwards to offset U.S. federal taxable income may
be subject to limitations, which potentially could result in increased future tax liability to us.
Our
Certificate of Incorporation permits “blank check” preferred stock, which can be designated by our Board of Directors
without stockholder approval.
We
have 50,000,000 authorized shares of preferred stock. The shares of our preferred stock may be issued from time to time in one
or more series, each of which shall have a distinctive designation or title as is determined by our Board of Directors prior to
the issuance of any shares thereof. The preferred stock may have such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and
such preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and such qualifications, limitations or restrictions
thereof as adopted by the Board of Directors. Because the Board of Directors is able to designate the powers and preferences of
the preferred stock without the vote of a majority of our stockholders, stockholders will have no control over what designations
and preferences our preferred stock will have. If preferred stock is designated and issued, then depending upon the designation
and preferences, the holders of the preferred stock may exercise voting control over us. As a result, our stockholders will have
no control over the designations and preferences of the preferred stock and as a result the operations of our company.]
Our
management collectively owns a substantial majority of our common stock.
Collectively,
our officers, our directors and 5 other stockholders own or exercise voting and investment control of approximately 98% of our
outstanding common stock. As a result, investors may be prevented from affecting matters involving our company, including:
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this concentration of voting power could have the effect of delaying, deterring or preventing a change of control or other business
combination that might otherwise be beneficial to our stockholders. This significant concentration of share ownership may also
adversely affect the trading price for our common stock because investors may perceive disadvantages in owning stock in a company
that is controlled by a small number of stockholders.
If
we fail to establish and maintain an effective system of internal control or disclosure controls and procedures are not effective,
we may not be able to report our financial results accurately and timely or to prevent fraud. Any inability to report and file
our financial results accurately and timely could harm our reputation and adversely impact the trading price of our common stock.
Effective
internal controls are necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports and effectively prevent fraud. Section 404 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires us to evaluate and report on our internal controls over financial reporting and, depending
on our future growth, may require our independent registered public accounting firm to annually attest to our evaluation, as well
as issue their own opinion on our internal controls over financial reporting. The process of implementing and maintaining proper
internal controls and complying with Section 404 is expensive and time consuming. We cannot be certain that the measures we will
undertake will ensure that we will maintain adequate controls over our financial processes and reporting in the future. Furthermore,
if we are able to rapidly grow our business, the internal controls that we will need may become more complex, and significantly
more resources will be required to ensure our internal controls remain effective. Failure to implement required controls, or difficulties
encountered in their implementation, could harm our operating results or cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations. If
our auditors or we discover a material weakness in our internal controls, the disclosure of that fact, even if the weakness is
quickly remedied, could diminish investors’ confidence in our financial statements and harm our stock price. In addition,
non-compliance with Section 404 could subject us to a variety of administrative sanctions, including the suspension of trading,
ineligibility for future listing on one of the Nasdaq Stock Markets or national securities exchanges, and the inability of registered
broker-dealers to make a market in our common stock, which may reduce our stock price.
If
securities or industry analysts do not publish research or reports about us, our business or our market, or if they make and then
change their recommendations regarding our common stock adversely, the price of our common stock and trading volume could decline.
The
trading market for our common stock, should it develop, may be influenced by the research and reports that securities or industry
analysts may publish about us, our business, our market or our competitors. If any of the analysts who may cover us change their
recommendation regarding our common stock adversely, or provide more favorable relative recommendations about our competitors,
the price of our common stock would likely decline. If any analyst who may cover us was to cease coverage of our company or fail
to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause the price of
our common stock or trading volume to decline.
In
making your investment decision, you should understand that we have not authorized any other party to provide you with information
concerning us or this offering.
You
should carefully evaluate all of the information in this prospectus before investing in our company. We may receive media coverage
regarding our company, including coverage that is not directly attributable to statements made by our officers, that incorrectly
reports on statements made by our officers or employees, or that is misleading as a result of omitting information provided by
us, our officers or employees. We have not authorized any other party to provide you with information concerning us or this offering,
and you should not rely on this information in making an investment decision.
Risks
Related to the Note Financings
Common
Stock that we issue upon conversion of the promissory note will dilute our existing stockholders and depress the market price
of our common stock.
As of the date
of this prospectus, we are obligated to issue approximately 3,494,154 common shares upon conversion of the currently outstanding
Auctus Note and 208,333 shares upon exercise of the warrant. For Auctus, the shares total is based on $250,000 of currently outstanding
principal and unpaid interest and based upon a conversion price equal to the lesser of (i) the lowest trading price for
the twenty-day period prior to the date of the Note or (ii) 65% of the average of the three lowest trading prices during the twenty
days prior to a conversion notice on the applicable trading market or the closing bid price on the applicable trading market.
The
total potential issuable shares increase with the inclusion of additional interest and any decrease in our stock price. As of
the date of this prospectus, no shares have been issued pursuant to conversion of the Auctus Note and Auctus has not elected to
convert any part of the Auctus Note to date.
The
issuance of shares upon conversion of the notes will dilute our existing shareholders. The number of common shares issuable by
us upon conversion of the notes is dependent on the trading price of our common shares during the twenty days prior to conversion.
If the price of our stock declines in value, we will be obligated to issue more shares to the note holders which would have a
further dilutive effect on our stock which could depress the market price of our common stock.
The
holders of the notes convertible into our common stock will pay less than the then- prevailing market price for our common stock.
The
notes are convertible at the lesser of (i) the lowest trading price for the twenty-day period prior to the date of the Note
or (ii) 65% of the average of the three lowest trading prices during the twenty days prior to a conversion notice on the applicable
trading market or the closing bid price on the applicable trading market. As such, the note holders have a financial incentive
to sell our common stock immediately upon receiving the shares to realize the profit equal to the difference between the discounted
price and the market price. If the noteholders sell shares, the price of our common stock will likely decrease. If our stock price
decreases, the noteholders may have a further incentive to sell the shares of our common stock that they hold. These sales may
put further downward pressure on our stock price and reduce the value of your common shares.
The
price of the Common Stock we are selling under this Offering is significantly higher than the conversion price of the Auctus Note
and warrant and the price of our common stock would likely drop to or below the conversion price of the Auctus Note upon conversion
by Auctus.
In
the event that Auctus converts the Auctus Note into common stock, the conversion price is significantly lower than the price at
which we are selling our common stock in this offering. As a result, the sale by Auctus of our common stock could drive the market
price down to the conversion price as determined at the date of conversion or lower. This could result in the purchaser of our
common stock in this offering to immediately loose a substantial portion of his or her investment.
If
our stock price materially declines, the convertible note holders will have the right to a large number of shares of common stock
upon exchange of amounts due under the notes, which may result in significant dilution.
The
notes have a conversion feature which is based upon 65% of the average of the three lowest trading prices during the twenty days
prior to a conversion notice on the applicable trading market or the closing bid price on the applicable trading market. If our
common stock price materially declines, we will be obligated to issue a large number of shares to Auctus upon conversion. This
will likely materially dilute existing shareholders. The potential for such dilutive issuances upon conversion of outstanding
notes may depress the price of common stock regardless of our business performance, and could encourage short selling by market
participants, especially if the trading price of our common stock begins to decrease.
CAUTIONARY
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This
prospectus contains a number of “forward-looking statements”. Specifically, all statements other than statements of
historical facts included in this prospectus regarding our financial position, business strategy and plans and objectives of management
for future operations are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of management
at the time these statements were made, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. When
used in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein, the words “anticipate,” “believe,”
“estimate,” “expect,” “may,” “will,” “continue” and “intend,”
and words or phrases of similar import, as they relate to our financial position, business strategy and plans, or objectives of
management, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our current view with respect to future
events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions related to various factors.
You
should understand that the following important factors, in addition to those discussed in our periodic reports to be filed with
the SEC under the Exchange Act, could affect our future results and could cause those results to differ materially from those
expressed in such forward-looking statements:
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expect to incur losses for the foreseeable future and may never achieve or maintain profitability.
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We
are a company with limited operating history which makes it difficult to evaluate our
current business and future prospects.
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We
will require additional financing to implement our business plan may not be available
on favorable terms or at all, and we may have to accept financing terms that would adversely
affect our stockholders.
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Raising
additional capital may cause dilution to our stockholders, restrict our operations or
require us to relinquish rights to our drug candidates and dietary supplements.
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Our
products are based on novel, unproven technologies.
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Clinical
drug development involves a lengthy and expensive process, with an uncertain outcome.
We may incur additional costs or experience delays in completing, or ultimately be unable
to complete, the development and commercialization of our drug candidates.
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may be unable to commercialize our drug candidates
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Our
success depends upon our ability to retain key executives and to attract, retain, and
motivate qualified personnel and direction and the loss of these persons could adversely
affect our operations and results.
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will need regulatory approvals to commercialize our products as drugs.
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Our
competitive position depends on protection of our intellectual property.
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The
market for our proposed products is rapidly changing and competitive, and new drugs and
new treatments which may be developed by others could impair our ability to maintain
and grow our business and remain competitive.
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We
may become involved in lawsuits to protect or enforce patents that may issue to us, that
we may acquire, or may license in the future, or other intellectual property, which could
be expensive, time-consuming and ultimately unsuccessful.
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The
market price of our common stock may be highly volatile, and you could lose all or part
of your investment.
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There
is no market, and no market may develop, for our common stock, which makes our securities
very speculative.
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You
will experience immediate and substantial dilution as a result of this offering and may
experience additional dilution in the future.
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Our
management will have broad discretion in how we use the net proceeds of this offering.
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As
a public company, we must implement additional and expensive finance and accounting systems,
procedures and controls as we grow our business and organization to satisfy new reporting
requirements, which will increase our costs and require additional management resources.
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Although
we believe that our expectations (including those on which our forward-looking statements are based) are reasonable, we cannot
assure you that those expectations will prove to be correct. Should any one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize,
or should any underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in our forward-looking
statements as anticipated, believed, estimated, expected or intended.
Except
for our ongoing obligations to disclose material information under the federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to
publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or any other reason.
All subsequent forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their
entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to herein. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions,
the forward-looking events discussed in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein might not occur.
USE
OF PROCEEDS
We intend to use
the net proceeds from this offering to repay all outstanding principal and interest on the Auctus Note, develop BXT-25, to build
a management team, general corporate purposes and working capital. If the Company is successful in raising $10,000,000 in this
offering, approximately $3.15 million of proceeds will be used for preparation for scale up and manufacturing (Good Laboratory
Practice (GLP) Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)), approximately $1.5 million will be used for toxicity testing in animals for
Investigational New Drug application (IND), approximately $3.5 million for Phase I (safety) and Phase II (proof of concept) clinical
trials and approximately $1.5 million for General and Administrative expenses and approximately $350,000 to repay the Actus Note
and general working capital purposes. In the event that the Company does not raise $10,000,000 in the offering, the we will first
use the proceeds raised to repay the Auctus Note and then proportionately for General and Administrative expenses and to scale
up and manufacturing with the balance being applied to Phase I and Phase II testing as set forth in the chart below.
Capital
Raised in thousands USD
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$
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2,350
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$
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5,000
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$
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7,500
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$
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10,000
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Auctus Note
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350
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350
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350
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350
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Development & Manufacturing
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500
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1,150
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3,150
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3,150
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Pre-Clinical
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1,000
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1,500
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1,500
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1,500
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Clinical
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1,000
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1,000
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3,500
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G&A
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500
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1,000
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1,500
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1,500
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End Point
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IND
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Phase
I
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GMP
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Phase
II
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We believe we will
be required to raise the full $10,000,000 in the offering in order to complete the IND, Phase I, GMP and Phase II testing with
the FDA; $7,500,000 to complete the IND and Phase I testing and GMP with the FDA; $5,000,000 to submit the IND with the FDA and
make Phase I testing and at $2,350,000 to complete the pre-clinical and GLP which is required to submit the IND with the FDA.
If funds from this
offering are not sufficient to cover our intended use, we plan to seek other sources of financing from private unregistered equity
or debt offerings or seek bank financing.
DIVIDEND
POLICY
To
date, we have not declared or paid any dividends on our outstanding shares. We currently do not anticipate paying any cash dividends
in the foreseeable future on our common stock. Although we intend to retain our earnings to finance our operations and future
growth, our Board of Directors will have discretion to declare and pay dividends in the future. Payment of dividends in the future
will depend upon our earnings, capital requirements and other factors, which our Board of Directors may deem relevant.
CAPITALIZATION
The
following table sets forth our capitalization as of September 30, 2018:
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an actual basis;
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On
a pro forma as adjusted basis, to give further effect to (i) the sale of 10,000,000 shares of common stock by us in this offering
at the public offering price of $1.00 per share, which is the estimated offering price set forth on the cover page of this
prospectus, and after deducting the estimated offering expenses payable by us.
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You
should read this table in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations” and the financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus.
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September 30, 2018
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Actual
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Pro Forma
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Pro Forma As
Adjusted
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Convertible Loan (1)
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-
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222,205
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222,205
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Preferred stock, $.001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized; 0 shares issued and outstanding
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Common stock, $.001 par value, 300,000,000 shares
authorized;
85,103,673 shares issued and outstanding (2)
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85,104
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10,000
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95,104
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Additional paid-in capital
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-
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9,990,000
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9.990,000
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Accumulated deficit
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(134,882
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(134,882
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Other comprehensive income
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-
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Total stockholders’ (deficit) equity
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(49,778
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10,000,000
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9,950,222
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Total capitalization
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$
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(49,778
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10,222,205
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10,172.427
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(1)
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On
October 24, the Company signed a convertible loan agreement for a gross amount of $250,000,
$222,205 net.
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(2)
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The
number of shares to be outstanding immediately after this offering is based on 85,103,673
shares outstanding on November 19, 2018, but before conversion of convertible loan and
exercise of warrants of the Auctus loan
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DILUTION
“Net
tangible book value” is total assets minus the sum of liabilities and intangible assets. “Net tangible book value
per share” is net tangible book value divided by the total number of shares outstanding on November 19, 2018, is a negative
$49,778, or a negative $0.001 per share.
After
giving effect to our issuance and sale of 10,000,000 shares of common stock in this offering at an assumed public offering price
of $1.00 per share, after deducting the estimated offering expenses of $500,000 payable by us (See “Use of Proceeds”),
the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value as of September 30, 2018 would have been 9,950,222, or $0.09 per share. This
represents an immediate increase in pro forma net tangible book value of $0.09 per share to our existing stockholders and an immediate
dilution in pro forma net tangible book value of $0.41 per share to investors purchasing shares of common stock in this offering
at the assumed public offering price.
The
following table illustrates this dilution:
Assumed public offering price per share
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$
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1.00
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Pro forma net tangible book value per share as of September 30, 2018
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(0.00
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Increase in pro forma net tangible book value per share attributable to the offering
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0.11
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Pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share as of September 30, 2018, after the offering
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0.11
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Dilution per share to new investors in the offering
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$
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0.89
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The
following table presents, on a pro forma basis as of September 30, 2018, with respect to the number of shares purchased from us,
the total consideration paid or to be paid to us, which includes net proceeds received from the issuance of common stock, and
the average price per share paid or to be paid to us at the public offering price of $1.00 per share, before deducting estimated
offering expenses:
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Shares Purchased
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Total Consideration
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Average
Price Per
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Number
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Percent
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Amount
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Percent
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Share
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Existing stockholders
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85,103,673
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80.97
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%
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81,104
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0.80
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%
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0.001
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New investors
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10,000,000
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19.03
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%
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10,000,000
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99.20
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%
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1.00
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Total
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95,103,673
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100.00
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%
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10,081,104
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100.00
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%
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0.11
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Assuming
the offering is subscribed in full, sales in this offering will reduce the percentage of shares held by existing stockholders
to 89.49% and will increase the number of shares held by our new investors to 10,000,000 shares, or 10.51%, assuming no purchases
of our common stock by existing stockholders in this offering.
LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
From
time to time, we may become party to litigation or other legal proceedings that we consider to be a part of the ordinary course
of our business. We are not currently involved in legal proceedings that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on our business, prospects, financial condition or results of operations. We may become involved in material legal proceedings
in the future.
DIRECTORS,
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS,
PROMOTERS AND CONTROL PERSONS
Our
board of directors, executive officers and key employees are as follows:
Name
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Age
as of November 19, 2018
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Position
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David
Platt, Ph.D.
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65
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Chief
Executive Officer, Chairman and Director
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Ola
Soderquist, MBA, CPA, CMA
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55
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Chief
Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary
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Dale
H. Conaway, D.V.M.
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62
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Director
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Alan
M. Hoberman. Ph.D.
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64
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Director
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Henry
J. Esber, Ph.D.
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75
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Director
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Anders
Utter
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50
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Director
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David Platt,
Ph.D.
is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of our Board of Directors. Dr. Platt is a world-renowned expert in carbohydrate
chemistry and has founded three publicly-traded companies, creating nearly $1B for investors. He has raised $150M directly in
public markets in the U.S. and has led development of two drug candidates from concept through phase II clinical trials. Prior
to Bioxytran, Inc. Dr. Platt founded Boston Therapeutics Inc. in 2010 (OTC: BTHE) where he served as chief executive officer from
2010 to April 1, 2015 and as a director from March 2017 to June 8, 2017, and from 2001 to 2009, Dr. Platt was a founder, Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board at Pro-Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC: PRWP and AMEX: PRW, now NASDAQ: GALT). From 1995
to 2000 Dr. Platt was the founder of International Gene Group (NASDAQ: IGGI, GLGS now LPJC). Dr. Platt received a Ph.D. in Chemistry
in 1988 from Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In 1989, Dr. Platt was a research fellow at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot,
Israel, and from 1989 to 1991, was a research fellow at the Michigan Foundation (re-named Barbara Ann Karmanos Institute). From
1991 to 1992, Dr. Platt was a research scientist with the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan. Dr. Platt
has published peer-reviewed articles and holds many patents, primarily in the field of carbohydrate chemistry. Our board of directors
believes that Dr. Platt’s expertise and experience with public biotech companies, his perspective, depth and background
in chemistry and fin the capital formation process and leadership experience in public companies provide him with the qualifications
and skills to serve on our board of directors.
Ola
Soderquist, MBA, CPA, CMA, CM&AA
has more than 30 years of senior international entrepreneurial management experience
within technology companies. Ola’s managerial experience portfolio includes; Start-ups, Private, Public, Venture Capital
and Private Equity ownership. He has served in CFO and other managerial capacities in multiple industry sectors and companies.
His public company tenures include companies in the Wallenberg Sphere (1986-1996): Industrivarden (OMX:INDU), Electrolux (OMX:ELUX),
Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC), Swedish Match (OMX:SWMA) and SKF AB (OMX:SKF), and most recently in Traction (OMX:TRAC) (1996-2001) and
Belden (NYSE: BDC) (2006-2011). His private company experience includes CFO and CAO positions in Proditec, Inc. (2001-2006), LFA
Corp. (2012-2014) and Faria Beede Instruments, Inc. (2014-2016). Ola is a multi-lingual senior finance professional poised to
work globally and cross-functionally, particularly with complex projects involving change management, business integration, systems
implementation, continuous improvement, and process excellence. He obtained a BS and an MSA rom Stockholm School of Economics
and an MBA from Babson College.
Dale H. Conaway,
D.V.M.,
is a Director of the Company. He is the Chief Veterinary Medical Officer for the Office of Research Oversight,
an office within the Veterans Health Administration under the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. From 2001 to 2006, Dr. Conaway
was the Deputy Regional Director (Southern Region). From 2010 to September 15, 2017, Dr. Conaway served as a member of the board
of directors of Boston Therapeutics, Inc.. From 1998 to 2001, Dr. Conaway served as Manager of the Equine Drug Testing and Animal
Disease Surveillance Laboratories for the Michigan Department of Agriculture. From 1994 to 1998, he was Regulatory Affairs Manager
for the Michigan Department of Public Health Vaccine Production Division. Dr. Conaway received a D.V.M. degree from Tuskegee Institute
and an M.S. degree in pathology from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University. Our board of directors believes
that Dr. Conway’s expertise and experience as a director in a public biotech company, his perspective, depth and background
in testing and the development of biologic compounds, and his leadership in management provide him with the qualifications and
skills to serve on our board of directors.
Alan M. Hoberman,
Ph.D
. is president and CEO of Argus International, Inc., overseeing a staff of scientists and other professionals who
provide consulting services for industry, government agencies, law firms and other organizations, both in the U.S. and internationally.
From 2014 to September 15, 2017 Dr. Hoberman served as a member of the board of directors of Boston Therapeutics, Inc. Between
1991 and 2013 he held a series of positions of increasing responsibility at Charles River Laboratories Preclinical Services (formerly,
Argus Research Laboratories, Inc.), most recently as Executive Director of Site Operations and Toxicology. He currently works
with that organization to design, supervise and evaluate reproductive and developmental toxicity, neurotoxicity, inhalation and
photobiology studies. Dr. Hoberman holds a PhD in toxicology from Pacific Western University, an MS in interdisciplinary toxicology
from the University of Arkansas and a BS in biology from Drexel University. Our board of directors believes that Dr. Hoberman’s
expertise and experience as a director in a public biotech company, his perspective, depth and background in consulting and advising
clients and his experience in the testing and development of biologic compounds, and his leadership in management provide him
with the qualifications and skills to serve on our board of directors.
Henry J.
Esber, Ph.D.
, a Director of the Company, has been a Principal in Esber D&D consulting since 2005. From 2003 to 2005,
Dr. Esber was a Senior Consultant, Business Development at Charles River Labs, Discovery and Development Services. From 2010 to
September 11, 2017, Dr. Esber served as a member of the board of directors of Boston Therapeutics, Inc. Dr. Esber has more than
35 years of experience in the areas of oncology/tumor immunology and immunotherapy as well as strong knowledge in the field of
toxicology and regulatory affairs. Dr. Esber received a B.S. degree in biology/pre-med from the College of William and Mary, an
M.S. degree in public health and parasitology from the University of North Carolina, and a Ph.D. in immunology/microbiology from
West Virginia University Medical Center. Our board of directors believes that Dr. Esber’s expertise and experience as a
director in a public biotech company, his perspective, depth and background in immunology and immunotherapy and toxicology, and
his leadership in business development provide him with the qualifications and skills to serve on our board of directors.
Anders N.
Utter,
has more than 25 years of finance, accounting and management experience in medical devices, consulting and manufacturing
industries in capacities as CFO, Controller and Managing Director. He had progressively increased management experience in the
European Nolato Group and later on in the Amplex Group. Mr. Utter has had a broad business exposure with IFRS and GAAP reporting
as well as with SOX compliance. He has also worked with M&A evaluations, financing and integration as well as more hands-on
manufacturing cost accounting and reporting. He is currently in charge of the finance control at one of General Cable’s
entities. Mr. Utter is and has been serving as a director on boards in both profit as well as non-profit organizations. Mr. Utter
holds an MBA from Babson College and a BA from Uppsala University in Sweden. Our board of directors believes that Mr. Utter’s
expertise and experience as a chief financial officer, his perspective, depth and background in GAAP reporting and SOX compliance,
and his finance, management and accounting experience provide him with the qualifications and skills to serve on our board of
directors.
Our
Directors are elected annually and each holds office until the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Company and until their
respective successors are elected and qualified. Our officers, including any officers we may elect moving forward, will hold their
positions at the pleasure of the Board of Directors, absent any employment agreement. In the event, we employ any additional officers
or directors of the Company, they may receive compensation as determined by the Company from time to time by vote of the Board
of Directors. Vacancies in the Board will be filled by majority vote of the remaining directors or in the event that a sole remaining
Director vacates his position, by our majority shareholders. Our Directors may be reimbursed by the Company for expenses incurred
in attending meetings of the Board of Directors.
Employment
Agreements
Our
officers have entered into employment agreements and confidentiality, non-disclosure and assignment of inventions agreements with
the Company which include, among other things, provisions which restrict any of them from selling any shares of Company common
stock in the 180 days following the effective date of this registration statement. Other than provisions in the employment agreements,
there are no arrangements or plans in which we provide pension, retirement or similar benefits for our officers or directors.
Our officers and directors may receive stock options at the discretion of our board of directors in the future. We do not have
any bonus or profit-sharing plans pursuant to which cash or non-cash compensation is or may be paid to our officers or directors,
except that stock options may be granted at the discretion of our board of directors from time to time.
Change
in Control and Severance Payments
Under
the terms of their employment agreements, our executive officers are entitled to receive certain payments upon the termination
without cause of their employment.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL
OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth certain
information as of November 19, 2018 with respect to the beneficial ownership of shares of the Company’s common stock by (i)
each person or group known to us, to beneficially own more than 5% of the outstanding shares of such stock (as we do not have a
class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, holders of 5% or more of the outstanding shares of our common
stock are not currently required to file Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G with the Securities and Exchange Commission
)
, (ii)
each director; (iii) each of our executive officers named in the summary compensation table under “Director and Executive
Compensation” currently serving as an executive officer; and (iv) the executive officers and directors as a group. All persons
listed below have (i) sole voting power and investment power with respect to their shares of common stock (the only class of outstanding
stock), except to the extent that authority is shared by spouses under applicable law, and (ii) record and beneficial ownership
with respect to their shares of stock. The percentage of beneficial ownership is based upon 85,103,673 shares of common stock outstanding
as of November 19, 2018. Except as otherwise indicated in the footnotes to the table, the persons and entities named in the table
have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares beneficially owned, subject to community property laws, where
applicable.
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
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Number of Shares
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|
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Percent of Class (1)
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|
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|
|
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David Platt (2)
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|
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43,891,974
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Offer Binder
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8,781,969
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10.3
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Via Armand Fedeli 121
Perugia PG 06132
Italy
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Ola Soderquist (2)
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21,947,263
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25.8
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Dale H. Conaway (2)
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Alan M. Hoberman (2)
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Henry J. Esber (2)
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All Officers and Directors as a Group (6 persons)
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65,839,237
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The percentage shown in the table is based on 85,103,673 shares of Common Stock outstanding on September 30, 2018
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The business address for these individuals is 233 Needham Street, Suite 300, Newton, MA 02464.
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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
Overview
Bioxytran, Inc.
(“we”, “us”, or the “Company”) is an early stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development,
manufacture and commercialization of therapeutic drugs designed to address hypoxia in humans, which is a lack of oxygen to tissues.
If it is not addressed, lack of oxygen to tissues, or hypoxia, results in necrosis, which is the death of cells comprising body
tissue. Necrosis cannot be reversed. Our lead drug candidate, code named BXT-25, is an oxygen-carrying small molecule consisting
of bovine hemoglobin stabilized with a co-polymer with intended applications to include treatment of hypoxic conditions in the
brain resulting from stroke Our initial focus is the treatment of hypoxic conditions in the brain resulting from stroke. Our drug
development efforts are guided by specialists on co-polymer chemistry and other disciplines, and we intend to supplement our efforts
with input from a scientific and medical advisory board whose members are leading physicians.
The Company was organized
on June 9, 2008, as a Nevada corporation.
Company Overview
We are an early
stage pharmaceutical company founded in 2008 to focus on the development, manufacture and commercialization of therapeutic drugs
designed to address hypoxia in humans, which is a lack of oxygen to tissues. Our initial focus is the treatment of hypoxic conditions
in the brain resulting from stroke.
Currently, our
lead pharmaceutical drug candidate is code named BXT-25 and is planned to be an oxygen-carrying small molecule consisting of bovine
hemoglobin stabilized with a co-polymer. This modified hemoglobin will be designed to be an injectable intravenous drug and we
plan to begin pre-clinical studies and apply to the Food and Drug Administration for approval to use BXT-25 to prevent necrosis,
or cell death, by carrying oxygen to human tissue when blood flow to the brain. If we successfully complete Phase I testing with
the FDA we plan to explore the use of additional drug candidates using chemical structures that are a sub-class of BXT-25 that
share the same physical properties to treat wound healing due to hypoxia, cardiovascular ischemia, anemia, cancer conditions
and trauma, subject to FDA approval. However, we will need to raise additional funds in excess of the $10,000,000 in this offering
in order to expand the use of BXT-25 to new indications,
Both BXT-25 is
a novel unproven technology. Although we have not conducted research applying our co-polymer technology and related chemistry
to the treatment of hypoxic conditions, we know from Dr. Platt’s prior research that our technology enables the creation
of molecules that are 5,000 times smaller than human red blood cells and we believe that our proprietary technology will enable
these molecules to carry oxygen for delivery to tissue through the bloodstream. We also believe that the small size of these molecules
will more effectively enable their delivery to hypoxic tissues which red blood cells cannot reach under the clinical conditions
we intend to address. We may be unsuccessful in developing these technologies into drugs which the United States Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) ultimately will approve.
Stroke
Stroke,
also known as cerebrovascular accident (CVA), or brain attack, occurs when poor flow to the brain results in necrosis and cell
death. Strokes can be classified into two major categories: ischemic and hemorrhagic. Ischemic strokes are caused by interruption
of the blood supply to the brain; hemorrhagic strokes result from the rupture of a blood vessel or an abnormal vascular structure.
According to the Center for Disease Control, approximately 87% of all strokes are ischemic strokes. An ischemic stroke may be thrombotic,
which occurs when diseased or damaged cerebral arteries become blocked by the formation of a blood clot within the brain, or embolic,
which occurs when a clot formed originally somewhere in the body outside the brain - typically in the heart - travels in a cerebral
artery. Whether thrombotic or embolic, an ischemic stroke restricts the flow of blood to the brain and results in near-immediate
physical and neurological deficits.
According
to the Center for Disease Control, there are about 795,000 new or recurrent cases of stroke in the United States each year, of
which 610,000 are new cases and 185,000 recurrent cases. One hundred thirty thousand (130,000) Americans are killed by stroke
each year, or one very four minutes. Stroke is a leading cause of serious long-term disability and costs the United States an
estimated $34 Billion each year, according to the Center for Disease Control, a figure which includes the cost of health care
services, medications to treat the stroke, and missed days of work.
Hemoglobin and Complex
Co-Polymer Science
Oxygen therapeutics
describe generally a class of agents that will be administered intravenously to enhance the oxygen delivery capability of blood.
These oxygen transporting agents may be perfluorcarbon (PFC) emulsions or modified hemoglobin solutions. Our technology involves
the development of hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers. To produce BXT-25, we will take red blood cells (RBCs) from bovine sources,
isolate hemoglobin from the RBCs and, by applying our proprietary co-polymer chemistry, stabilize and modify the hemoglobin. Our
novel, complex co-polymer molecules can be produced at specific molecular weights and with other pharmaceutical properties; and
in the production of BXT-25.
The BXT-25 co-polymer
hemoglobin molecule will be designed to be 5,000 times smaller than an RBC, which we believe will enable that small molecule to
reach hypoxic tissue more effectively than RBCs. BXT-25 will be designed to be administered as an injectable IV drug that will
circulate in the blood collecting oxygen from the lungs and releasing the oxygen molecules where tissue has developed ischemia,
or lack of oxygen. BXT-25 will be designed to have oxygen affinity that mimics RBCs, minimize adverse effects, and be compatible
with all blood types. BXT will be designed to have a shelf life of two years at room temperature.
With regard to
compatibility with all blood types, we believe that the differences between a BXT-25 molecule and a red blood cell will not limited
to differences in size. Surfaces of red blood cells include different antigens which determine the blood type as A, B, AB or O.
We believe that BXT-25 will be found to be compatible with all blood types because it is a single, modified hemoglobin molecule
stabilized with a co-polymer which, unlike a red blood cell, has neither antigens nor a Rh factor.
Certain regulatory
issues relating to our use of bovine hemoglobin as a raw material
Our products include
as a raw material commercially available bovine hemoglobin that has been purified, chemically modified and cross-linked for stability.
It is sourced from controlled herds of U.S. cattle raised for beef production. Those herds are subject to and meet the requirements
of a herd management program that assures the origin, health, feed and quality of the cattle used as a raw material source. Our
suppliers will contract to maintain traceable records on animal origin, health, feed and care as part of our effort to assure the
use of known, healthy animals in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Bovine whole blood will
be collected in individual pre-sanitized containers. The containers will be shipped to separation facility. Prior to collection
of the blood, the animals undergo live inspection. Then, following blood collection, the animal carcass undergoes U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA) inspection for use as beef for human consumption. If an animal carcass is retained for further inspection
for final disposition by the USDA veterinarian, we reject the corresponding container of whole blood. We have validated and tested
the processes described below for removal of potential pathogens in our raw material. Potential pathogens include bacteria, viruses
such as those leading to hepatitis and AIDS, and the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies that cause rare neurological disorders
such as “mad cow disease” and its human equivalent. The validation of a process means that it has been tested and documented
and that it performs adequately. Health and regulatory authorities have given guidance directed at three factors to control these
diseases: source of animals, the nature of tissue used and manufacturing process. We will comply with, and believe we will exceed,
all current guidelines regarding such risks for human pharmaceutical products.
There will be four major
steps in the manufacture of BXT-25: (1) hemoglobin separation; (2) hemoglobin purification; (3) polymerization/size selection and
(4) synthesizing with our co-polymer. More specifically, bovine blood that has been collected in an aseptic fashion is processed
to first remove plasma and then to remove at high concentration the hemoglobin protein from red blood cells. The hemoglobin is
then purified of other red cell proteins by anion exchange chromatography. The purified hemoglobin is then stabilized by the addition
of a cross-linking agent to form hemoglobin polymers. There is an additional sizing step to remove the higher hemoglobin molecules.
The final step, co-polymer synthesis, takes place on the stabilized hemoglobin. The combination polymers will be filled with a
solution suitable for infusion. The product is then run through sterilizing filters into sterile product bags.
Management
Our management
team and advisors include most notably our CEO and Chairman David Platt, Ph.D., who has played a leading role in the development
of complex co-polymer therapeutics for a variety of applications to address a variety of unmet medical needs. Our CFO Ola Soderquist,
CPA, CMA is a seasoned financial officer with than 30 years of senior international entrepreneurial management experience within
many industries, both public and private companies.
Dr. Platt
and Mr. Soderquist are our only employees and each of them is committed on a full-time basis. There is currently no compensation.
Business
Developments
We will develop and,
through third party contracts, manufacture oxygen therapeutics. Our oxygen therapeutics are a new class of pharmaceuticals that
are administered intravenously to transport oxygen to the body’s tissues. Currently there are four drugs candidates to treat
a stroke. Abciximab from Eli Lilly is a platelet aggregation inhibitor. Clinical trials show little advantage over placebos and
could lead to dangerous side effects, including more bleeding in patients. Cerovive from AstraZeneca is a Nitrone-based neuro protectant
currently in phase III clinical trials which shows no significant benefit over placebos with respect to changes in neurological
impairment as measured by the national institute of health stroke scale. Candesartan, from AstraZeneca, is an angiotensin receptor
blocker which was used to control blood pressure. Its efficacy in stroke patients still must be proven. Ancod from Knoll Pharmaceuticals
is an anti-coagulant that acts by breaking down the fibrinogen. It increases the risk of hemorrhage similar to those associated
with tPA.
Using our issued patents
and proprietary technology, we will develop and manufacture BXT-25 and similar drugs for applications including treatment of stroke
conditions. Our patent position consists of 3 parts: a patent relating to our co-polymer technology issued in 2009 by the United
States Patent and Trademark Office expiring in February 2029 (method patent for producing modified pectins consisting of neutral
sugar sequences ) and assigned to us outright by David Platt; various methods to stabilize a single hemoglobin molecule that are
in the public domain; and proprietary technology that is the subject of issued in 2001 by the United States Patent and Trademark
Office expiring in June 2021 (Enhancement of Delivery of Radio imaging and Radioprotective Agents). Dr. Platt did not receive and
compensation from the Company in consideration of his assignment of the two patents.
The FDC Act and other
federal and state statutes and regulations govern the testing, manufacture, safety, effectiveness, labeling, storage, record keeping,
approval, advertising and promotion of our products. As a result of these laws and regulations, product development and product
approval processes are very expensive and time-consuming. Our goal, to advance our leading drug candidate, BXT-25, through regulatory
submissions for Investigational New Drug (IND) status in the United States, is subject to expensive and time-consuming approval
processes.
FDA Approval Process
In the United States,
pharmaceutical products, including biologics like BXT-25, are subject to extensive regulation by the FDA. The FDC Act and other
federal and state statutes and regulations, govern, among other things, the research, development, testing, manufacture, storage,
recordkeeping, approval, labeling, promotion and marketing, distribution, post-approval monitoring and reporting, sampling, and
import and export of pharmaceutical products. Failure to comply with applicable U.S. requirements may subject a company to a variety
of administrative or judicial sanctions, such as FDA refusal to approve pending new drug applications, or NDAs, warning letters,
product recalls, product seizures, total or partial suspension of production or distribution, injunctions, fines, civil penalties,
and criminal prosecution.
Pharmaceutical product
development in the United States typically involves preclinical laboratory and animal tests, the submission to the FDA/EMA of an
IND application, which must become effective before clinical testing may commence, and adequate and well-controlled clinical trials
to establish the safety and effectiveness of the drug or biologic for each indication for which FDA/EMA approval is sought. Satisfaction
of FDA/EMA pre-market approval requirements typically takes many years (typically between 5-7 years post an IND submission) and
the actual time required may vary substantially based upon the type, complexity and novelty of the product or disease.
Preclinical tests include
laboratory evaluation as well as animal trials to assess the characteristics and potential pharmacology and toxicity of the product.
The conduct of the preclinical tests must comply with federal regulations and requirements including good laboratory practices.
The results of preclinical testing are submitted to the FDA as part of an IND along with other information, including information
about product chemistry, manufacturing and controls, and a proposed clinical trial protocol. Long term preclinical tests, such
as animal tests of reproductive toxicity and carcinogenicity, may continue after the IND is submitted.
A 30-day waiting period
after the submission of each IND is required prior to the commencement of clinical testing in humans. If the FDA has not objected
to the IND within this 30-day period, the clinical trial proposed in the IND may begin.
Clinical trials involve
the administration of the investigational drug to healthy volunteers or patients under the supervision of a qualified investigator.
Clinical trials must be conducted in compliance with federal regulations and good clinical practices, or GCP, as well as under
protocols detailing the objectives of the trial, the parameters to be used in monitoring safety and the effectiveness criteria
to be evaluated. Each protocol involving testing on U.S. patients and subsequent protocol amendments must be submitted to the FDA
as part of the IND.
The FDA may order the
temporary or permanent discontinuation of a clinical trial at any time or impose other sanctions if it believes that the clinical
trial is not being conducted in accordance with FDA requirements or presents an unacceptable risk to the clinical trial patients.
The clinical trial protocol and informed consent information for patients in clinical trials must also be submitted to an institutional
review board, or IRB, for approval. An IRB may also require the clinical trial at the site to be halted, either temporarily or
permanently, for failure to comply with the IRB’s requirements, or may impose other conditions.
Clinical trials to support
New Drug Applications (NDAs) are typically conducted in three sequential Phases, but the Phases may overlap. In Phase 1, the initial
introduction of the investigational drug candidate into healthy human subjects or patients, the investigational drug is tested
to assess metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacological actions, side effects associated with increasing doses and, if possible,
early evidence on effectiveness. Phase 2 usually involves trials in a limited patient population, to determine the effectiveness
of the investigational drug for a particular indication or indications, dosage tolerance and optimum dosage, and identify common
adverse effects and safety risks. In the case of product candidates for severe or life-threatening diseases such as pneumonia,
the initial human testing is often conducted in patients rather than in healthy volunteers.
If an investigational
drug demonstrates evidence of effectiveness and an acceptable safety profile in Phase 2 evaluations, Phase 3 clinical trials are
undertaken to obtain additional information about clinical efficacy and safety in a larger number of patients, typically at geographically
dispersed clinical trial sites, to permit the FDA to evaluate the overall benefit-risk relationship of the investigational drug
and to provide adequate information for its labeling.
After completion of
the required clinical testing, an NDA, is prepared and submitted to the FDA. FDA approval of the marketing application is required
before marketing of the product may begin in the United States. The marketing application must include the results of all preclinical,
clinical and other testing and a compilation of data relating to the product’s pharmacology, chemistry, manufacture, and
controls.
The FDA has 60 days
from its receipt of an NDA to determine whether the application will be accepted for filing based on the agency’s threshold
determination that it is sufficiently complete to permit substantive review. Once the submission is accepted for filing, the FDA
begins an in-depth review. The FDA has agreed to certain performance goals in the review of marketing applications. Most such applications
for non-priority drug products are reviewed within ten months. The review process may be extended by the FDA for three additional
months to consider new information submitted during the review or clarification regarding information already provided in the submission.
The FDA may also refer applications for novel drug products or drug products that present difficult questions of safety or efficacy
to an advisory committee, typically a panel that includes clinicians and other experts, for review, evaluation and a recommendation
as to whether the application should be approved. The FDA is not bound by the recommendation of an advisory committee, but it generally
follows such recommendations. Before approving a marketing application, the FDA will typically inspect one or more clinical sites
to assure compliance with GCP.
Additionally, the FDA
will inspect the facility or the facilities at which the drug product is manufactured. The FDA will not approve the NDA unless
compliance with cGMPs is satisfactory and the marketing application contains data that provide substantial evidence that the product
is safe and effective in the indication studied. Manufacturers of biologics also must comply with FDA’s general biological
product standards.
After the FDA evaluates
the NDA and the manufacturing facilities, it issues an approval letter or a complete response letter. A complete response letter
outlines the deficiencies in the submission and may require substantial additional testing or information in order for the FDA
to reconsider the application. If and when those deficiencies have been addressed in a resubmission of the marketing application,
the FDA will re-initiate review. If the FDA is satisfied that the deficiencies have been addressed, the agency will issue an approval
letter. The FDA has committed to reviewing such resubmissions in two or six months depending on the type of information included.
It is not unusual for the FDA to issue a complete response letter because it believes that the drug product is not safe enough
or effective enough or because it does not believe that the data submitted are reliable or conclusive.
An approval letter authorizes
commercial marketing of the drug product with specific prescribing information for specific indications. As a condition of approval
of the marketing application, the FDA may require substantial post-approval testing and surveillance to monitor the drug product’s
safety or efficacy and may impose other conditions, including labeling restrictions, which can materially affect the product’s
potential market and profitability. Once granted, product approvals may be withdrawn if compliance with regulatory standards is
not maintained or problems are identified following initial marketing.
Once a NDA is approved,
a product will be subject to certain post-approval requirements. For instance, the FDA closely regulates the post-approval marketing
and promotion of therapeutic products, including standards and regulations for direct-to-consumer advertising, off-label promotion,
industry-sponsored scientific and educational activities and promotional activities involving the internet.
BXT-25
Currently, our
lead pharmaceutical drug candidate is code named BXT-25 and is planned to be an oxygen-carrying small molecule consisting of bovine
hemoglobin stabilized with a co-polymer. This modified hemoglobin will be designed to be an injectable intravenous drug and we
plan to begin pre-clinical studies and apply to the Food and Drug Administration for approval to use BXT-25 to prevent necrosis,
or cell death, by carrying oxygen to human tissue when blood flow to the brain.
The only FDA approved
treatment for ischemic strokes is tissue plasminogen activator tPA, also known as IV rtPA, given through an IV in the arm. tPA
works by dissolving the clot and improving blood flow to the part of the brain being deprived of blood flow. If administered within
3 hours and up to 4.5 hours in certain eligible patients, tPA may improve the chances of recovering from a stroke. Another treatment
option is an endovascular procedure called mechanical thrombectomy in which a blood clot is removed by threading a wired-caged
device called a stent retriever through an artery in the groin up to the blocked artery in the brain. The stent opens and grabs
the clot, enabling the removal of the stent with the trapped clot.
Hypoxia is a condition
in which cells lack sufficient oxygen supply to support metabolic function. The BXT-25 co-polymer hemoglobin molecule will be
designed to contain an oxygen rechargeable iron which picks up oxygen in the lungs, is expected to be 5,000 times smaller than
an RBC, and we believe can reach hypoxic tissue more effectively than RBCs. Products similar to BXT-25 are stable at room temperature
and have no blood type matching requirement. We plan to introduce BXT-25 in clinical trials for hypoxic medical conditions as
stroke.
For the production
of BXT-25, we intend to utilize third party manufacturing facilities that we believe are fully compliant with Good Manufacturing
Practices (GMP) only, as required by the regulatory authorities in Europe or the United States, in order to produce a sufficient
quantity of BXT-25 for animal toxicity and pre-clinical trials for animals. We have not conducted any clinical trials on animals
or humans to confirm the efficacy of or filed any applications with the FDA with respect to BXT-25. We are in the process of developing
BXT-25 for pre-clinical studies for human use, in order to conduct clinical trials and to file applications with the FDA as applicable.
We expect to file an IND application with the FDA in 2020 , provided we obtain adequate funding.
This product is
being developed and as an early intervention in an out-of-hospital setting for the treatment of patients with ischemia of the
brain resulting from a stroke or the blockage of the blood vessels to the brain. We plan to initially conduct pre-clinical trials
and to seek approval of BXT-25 for the treatment of adults at early stages of stroke.
We will design
BXT-25 to transport oxygen through blocked arteries to oxygen-deprived tissues. We expect that the BXT-25 molecule at room temperature
solution will be 5,000 times smaller than a red blood cell and its size will enable its delivery to oxygenate brain tissue where
red blood cells will not go due to strokes If we are successful with our Phase I testing for BXT-25 with the FDA, we plan to apply
to the FDA for other indications including wound healing due to hypoxia, cardiovascular ischemia anemia, cancer conditions and
trauma. However, we will need to raise additional funds in excess of the $10,000,000 in this offering in order to expand the use
of BXT-25 to new indications,
European Directorate for the Quality
of Medicines Certification (EDQM)
Certification from
the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines (EDQM) is required for all new and approved human and veterinary medicinal
products that are manufactured from materials taken from cattle and marketed in the European Union. As part of the certification
process, we will be required to provide technical information on the manufacturing process, the origin of the raw material and
type of tissue used, the cattle traceability, beginning at their country of birth, and auditing, and a risk analysis from an independent
expert.
We intend to establish
and implement clinical development programs that add value to our business in the shortest period of time possible and to seek
strategic partners when a program becomes advanced and requires additional resources. We intend to continue focusing our expertise
and resources to develop novel formulations, and to leverage development partnerships to apply our complex co-polymer chemistry
designs in other medical indications. We may seek to enter into licensing, co-marketing, or co-development agreements across different
geographic regions, in order to avail ourselves of the marketing expertise of one or more seasoned marketing and/or pharmaceutical
companies. We plan to further develop new and proprietary drug candidates by using novel development pathways specific to each
drug candidate.
A core part of
our strategy relies upon creating safe and efficacious drug formulations that can be administered as standalone therapies or in
combination with existing medications. We believe we utilize a novel approach that is expected to create drug formulations that
can be combined with existing therapies and potentially deliver valuable products in areas of high unmet medical needs. We will
assemble a scientific advisory board consisting of scientists with both academic and corporate research and development experience
that will provide leadership and counsel in the scientific, technological and regulatory aspects of our current and future projects.
In addition, we will assemble a medical advisory board consisting of leading physicians and key opinion leaders who have participated
in relevant clinical studies and who will guide us through ongoing clinical trial programs. Our scientific and medical advisory
boards consist of some of leading scientists, medical doctors and professionals in the co-polymer and ischemic brain injury field.
We believe that our
drug development leadership team provides us with a significant competitive advantage in designing highly efficient clinical programs
to deliver valuable products in areas of high unmet medical needs.
If the Company
is successful in raising $10,000,000 in this offering, approximately $3.15 million of proceeds will be used for preparation for
scale up and manufacturing (Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), approximately $1.5 million will
be used for toxicity testing in animals for Investigational New Drug application (IND), approximately $3.5 million for Phase I
(safety) and Phase II (proof of concept) clinical trials. We expect that obtaining a CE from the the European Directorate for
the Quality of Medicines will require an additional $500,000 in funds.
Market Opportunity
Stroke
Our injectable drug
candidate, BXT-25, will potentially compete with existing therapies for the treatment for stroke, hypoxia and anti-necrosis that
according to Global Industry Analysts, Inc. has a global market opportunity of $50 billion. Hypoxia is a condition in which cells
lack sufficient oxygen supply to support metabolic function. The standard therapy for acute anemia resulting from blood loss is
infusion of red blood cells mainly from supplies of donated blood. For prophylactic or long-term treatment of anticipated or chronic
anemia, medications that stimulate the creation of new red blood cells are frequently used.
According
to the Center for Disease Control, there are about 795,000 new or recurrent cases of stroke in the United States each year, of
which 610,000 are new cases and 185,000 recurrent cases. One hundred thirty thousand (130,000) Americans are killed by stroke
each year, or one very four minutes. Stroke is a leading cause of serious long-term disability and costs the United States an
estimated $34 Billion each year, according to the Center for Disease Control, a figure which includes the cost of health care
services, medications to treat the stroke, and missed days of work.
Presently, the
standard therapy for reversing hypoxia is blood infusion, RBCs or hyperbaric oxygen. Hyperbaric medicine or hyperbaric oxygen
therapy (HBOT) is a medical term for using oxygen at a level higher than atmospheric pressure. The HBOT treatment can only be
done at a medical facility and each session can cost from $1,000 to more than $3,000. For decades, oxygen carriers have been developed
for perfusion and oxygenation of ischemic tissue; none have yet succeeded in becoming a proven oxygen therapeutics for stroke
and would healing. These products were either blood-derived elements, synthetic perfluorocarbons, or red blood cell modifiers.
According to the Fact Sheet No. 279 published June 7, 2014 by the World Health Organization, there is a global shortage of transfusion
suitable blood of 110 million units, and the need for blood is rising 6-7% annually. We will design BXT-25 and any new drug candidates
to enhance HBOT treatment and reduce the demand on blood transfusions, subject to testing as required by the FDA.
Key Strengths
We believe that
our key differentiating elements include:
Focus on novel therapeutic
opportunities provided by co-polymer:
We are focused on development of co-polymer compounds to stabilize the modified hemoglobin
molecule. The Co-polymer method of chemical stabilization has not received as much scientific attention as nucleic acids and proteins,
but the Company believes that it is a viable alternative to these other materials.
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Our President,
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, David Platt, Ph.D., is a chemical engineer, a pioneer in designing drugs made from co-polymers,
and has more than 30 years of experience in the development of therapeutic drugs. We are the fourth biotechnology company
founded by Dr. Platt. The prior company is Boston Therapeutics Inc. (OTC: BTHE). The first two are International Gene Group,
which later became Prospect Therapeutics, and is now known as La Jolla Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: LJPC), and Pro-Pharmaceuticals
(now Galectin Therapeutics) (Nasdaq: GALT). Their core technologies were either developed or co-developed by Dr. Platt.
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Our CFO Ola Soderquist
has more than 30 years of senior international entrepreneurial management experience within technology companies. Ola’s
managerial experience portfolio includes; Start-ups, Private, Public, Venture Capital and Private Equity ownership. He has
served in CFO and other managerial capacities in multiple industry sectors and companies. Ola is a multi-lingual senior finance
professional poised to work globally and cross-functionally, particularly with complex projects involving change management,
business integration, systems implementation, continuous improvement, and process excellence. He obtained a BS and an MS in
Accounting from Stockholm School of Economics and an MBA from Babson College.
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We have assembled
a scientific and medical advisory board consisting of leading physicians and key opinion leaders who have participated in
relevant clinical studies and who will guide us through ongoing clinical trial programs. Our scientific and medical advisory
boards consist of some of the leading scientists, medical doctors and professionals in the ischemia or hypoxia fields.
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are differentiated and address significant unmet needs:
Our lead product candidate, BXT-25 and any additional products
will be designed to address significant unmet medical needs. Oxygen therapy management, including stroke, other hypoxia management
and treatment of diseases and medical conditions associate with hypoxia, remain a critical area of unmet need. Increasingly,
patients, physicians and the media are highlighting the deficiencies of current oxygen therapy related therapies and the growing
population of individuals adversely affected by ischemia, unhealed wounds, or traumatic brain injury.
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We believe that our regulatory development pathway is a standard generic pathway approval for a drug.
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Our business is subject to numerous
significant risks, as more fully described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” immediately following this prospectus
summary. You should read and carefully consider these risks, together with the risks set forth under the section entitled “Risk
Factors” and all of the other information in this prospectus, including the financial statements and the related notes included
elsewhere in this prospectus, before deciding whether to invest in our common stock. If any of the risks discussed in this prospectus
actually occur, our business, financial condition or operating results could be materially and adversely affected. In particular,
our risks include, but are not limited to, the following:
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Corporate Information
We were formed on
June 9, 2008 as a Nevada corporation under the name of Bioxytran, Inc. Initially, we focused on our BXT-25 drug candidate in the
medical condition of stroke.
Our principal executive
offices are located at 233 Needham St., Suite 300, Newton, MA 02464.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis
is based on, and should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the notes thereto for the period since
the inception of the Company through September 30, 2018 included elsewhere in this Prospectus. This discussion contains forward-looking
statements. These statements are often identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,”
“believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “could,” “estimate,” or “continue,”
and similar expressions or variations. Such forward looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that
could cause actual results and the timing of certain events to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this Prospectus represent our views as of the date of this Prospectus.
We anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our views to change. However, while we may elect to update these
forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we have no current intention of doing so except to the extent required
by applicable law. You should, therefore, not rely on these forward-looking statements as representing our views as of any date
subsequent to the date of this Prospectus.
Overview
We do not currently
have sufficient capital resources to fund operations. To stay in business and to continue the development of our products, we
will need to raise additional capital through public or private sales of our securities, debt financing or short-term bank loans,
or a combination of the foregoing.We believe that we must raise not less than $2,350,000 in the current offering in addition to
current cash on hand to be able to continue our business operations for approximately the next 15 months; however, funding at
any level lower than $10,000,000 will delay the development of our technology and business.
Bioxytran, Inc.
is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts. The Company’s initial product pipeline is focused on developing and commercializing
therapeutic molecules for stroke. BXT-25 will be designed to be an injectable anti-necrosis drug specifically designed to treat
a person immediately after that person suffers an ischemic stroke. The drug is designed to be injected intravenously to travel
to the lungs to pick up oxygen molecules to carry to the brain. Like a red blood cell the drug will cross the blood brain barrier,
which is a protective semi-permeable membrane allowing some material to cross but preventing others from crossing. BXT-25 will
be designed to diffuse oxygen into the brain tissues. We expect the BXT-25 molecule to be 5,000 times smaller than a red blood
cell.
If we successfully
complete Phase I testing with the FDA we plan to explore the use of additional drug candidates using chemical structures that are
a sub-class of BXT-25 that share the same physical properties, to treat wound healing due to hypoxia, cardiovascular ischemia,
anemia, cancer conditions and trauma, subject to FDA approval. However, we will need to raise additional funds in excess of the
$10,000,000 in this offering in order to expand the use of BXT-25 to new indications,
The accompanying financial
statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company has limited resources and operating
history. As described in the subsequent events, see Note to the financial statements, we have on October 24 issued a two-tranche
8% convertible promissory note of $500,000 in gross proceeds in order to finance the company until the S/1 becomes effective. As
shown in the accompanying financial statements, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $134,882 as of September 30, 2018.
The future of the Company
is dependent upon its ability to obtain financing to develop its new business opportunities and support the cost of the drug development
including clinical trials and regulatory submission to the FDA.
Management plans to
seek additional capital through private placements and public offerings of its common stock. There can be no assurance that the
Company will be successful in accomplishing its objectives. Without such additional capital or the establishment of strategic relationships
with established pharmaceutical companies, the Company may be required to cease operations. These conditions raise substantial
doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments
relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded assets, or the amounts of and classification of liabilities that
might be necessary in the event the Company cannot continue operations.
Results of Operations
We are a development-stage company. Historically,
Bioxytran was engaged in formation, fund raising and identifying and consulting with the scientific community regarding the development,
formulation and testing of its products
.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of September 30, 2018, we had total
assets of $2,831 and total liabilities of $52,609, which were all current liabilities, and which consisted of $45,262 in accounts
payable and accrued expenses and $7,347 in accounts payable to related parties.
At September 30,
2018, we had total working capital of negative $49,778 and an accumulated deficit of $134,882. We believe that we must raise not
less than $2,350,000 in the current offering in addition to current cash on hand to be able to continue our business operations
for approximately the next 15 months; however, funding at any level lower than $10,000,000 will delay the development of our technology
and business.
We have no current commitment from our
officers and directors or any of our shareholders, to supplement our operations or provide us with financing in the future. If
we are unable to raise additional capital from conventional sources and/or additional sales of stock in the future, we may be forced
to curtail or cease our operations. Even if we are able to continue our operations, the failure to obtain financing could have
a substantial adverse effect on our business and financial results. In the future, we may be required to seek additional capital
by selling debt or equity securities, selling assets, or otherwise be required to bring cash flows in balance when we approach
a condition of cash insufficiency. The sale of additional equity or debt securities, if accomplished, may result in dilution to
our then shareholders. We provide no assurance that financing will be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, or at
all.
Contractual obligations
We do not currently have any material contractual
obligations.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements
that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a current or future material effect on our consolidated financial condition, results
of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY
We do not currently own any real property.
We lease access to shared office space at 233 Needham Street, Suite 300, Newton, MA 02464 on a month-to-month basis for $155 per
month. We believe this facility is adequate for our current needs. As we receive funding and our operations expand, we anticipate
that we will seek to lease additional office space.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND
RELATED TRANSACTIONS
From the date of the Company’s Merger
on September 21, 2018 we have not entered into any material transactions or series of transactions that would be considered material
in which any officer, director or beneficial owner of 5% or more of any class of our capital stock, or any immediate family member
of any of the preceding persons, had a direct or indirect material interest, and there are no transactions presently proposed,
except as follows:
David Platt advanced
$6,219 and Ola Soderquist advanced $1,128 as of September 30, 2018 to the Company to pay for various start up expenses. The advances
were repaid in full on or before December 31, 2018, carried no interest and were payable on demand.
DIRECTOR AND EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following table sets forth information
concerning all cash all cash and non-cash compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to the Company’s chief executive officer
and chief financial officer, regardless of compensation level. The Company’s chief executive officer and Chief Financial
Officer are the only officers of the Company for whom compensation disclosure is required pursuant to instruction 1 to Item 402(m)(2)
of Regulation S-K.
Summary Compensation Table
Name
and Principal Position
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Year
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Salary
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Bonus
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Stock
Awards
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Total
Compensation
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David Platt, Chairman of the Board
Chief Executive Officer and President
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2017
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$
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$
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$
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$
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2018
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18,000
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18,000
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Ola Soderquist, Chief Financial Officer
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2017
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$
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$
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$
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$
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2018
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18,000
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18,000
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David Quincy Farber
Former Chief Executive Officer and President
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2017
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$
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$
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$
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$
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Grants of Plan-Based Awards
There were no equity or non-equity awards
granted to any of our Executive Officers from the Company’s inception through September 30, 2018.
Outstanding Equity Awards at September 30, 2018; Option exercises
and vested
There were no outstanding options or equity
awards held by the Company’s Executive Officers at September 30, 2018.
Director Compensation
Prior to December
31, 2018, no director has received compensation from the Company for his or her services to the Company. Beginning January 1,
2018, our non-employee directors are entitled to receive 1,000 shares of our common stock for each meeting that they attend. Except
for the foregoing, there are currently no agreements in effect entitling them to compensation.
Employment Contracts
Our executive officers
have entered into employment contracts and confidentiality, non-disclosure and assignment of invention agreements. Except for
a commitment to pay David Platt and Ola Soderquist $6,000 in monthly compensation, starting in October 2018, the employment agreements
do not provide for the payment of any compensation to our executive officers but provide for the payment of $100,000 (subject
to upward adjustment in certain circumstances) in severance upon termination of employment without cause, subject to execution
of a general release, and make no provisions for any payment upon a change of control. The employment agreements also prohibit
the sale of any common stock owned by our executive officers in the 180 days following the effective date of this Registration
Statement. There are no arrangements or plans in which we provide pension, retirement or similar benefits for any of executive
officers or directors. Our executive officers and directors may receive stock options at the discretion of our board of directors
in the future. We do not have any bonus or profit-sharing plans pursuant to which cash or non-cash compensation is or may be paid
to any of our executive officers or directors, except that stock options may be granted at the discretion of our board of directors
from time to time.
Compensation Risk Assessment
We have formed a Compensation Committee.
In setting compensation, the Compensation Committee will consider the risks to the Company’s stockholders and to achievement
of its goals that may be inherent in its compensation programs. The Compensation Committee will review and discuss its assessment
with management and outside legal counsel to confirm that the Company’s compensation programs are and will be within industry
standards and designed with the appropriate balance of risk and reward to align employees’ interests with those of the Company
without incenting employees to take unnecessary or excessive risks. We believe our compensation plans will be appropriately structured
consistent with the Company’s status as a pre-revenue start-up enterprise, and will not be reasonably likely to result in
a material adverse effect on the Company.
Securities
Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
Securities Authorized for Issuance
under Equity Compensation Plans
On January 19, 2010, the Company established
a 2010 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan
(the “2010 Plan”). The 2010 Plan was approved by the
Company’s board of directors and by the consent of the shareholders owning a majority of the outstanding shares. The
material features of the 2010 Plan are described below.
Administration
A designated Administrator, or in the absence
of such, our Board of Directors’ Compensation Committee or both, in the sole discretion of our Board, administers the 2010
Plan, which was approved by the Company’s Board of Directors on January 19, 2010. The Board, subject to the provisions of
the 2010 Plan, has the authority to determine and designate officers, employees, directors and consultants to whom awards shall
be made and the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to each award (including, but not limited to, the option price, any
restriction or limitation, any vesting schedule or acceleration thereof, and any forfeiture restrictions). The Board may, in its
sole discretion, accelerate the vesting of awards. The Board of Directors must approve all grants of Options and Stock Awards issued
to our officers or directors.
Types of Awards
The 2010 Plan is designed to enable us
to offer certain officers, employees, directors and consultants of us and our subsidiaries equity interests in us and other incentive
awards in order to attract, retain and reward such individuals and to strengthen the mutuality of interests between such individuals
and our stockholders. In furtherance of this purpose, the 2010 Plan contains provisions for granting incentive
and non-statutory stock options, stock wards and stock appreciation rights.
Stock Options
. A “stock option”
is a contractual right to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock at a price determined on the date the option is granted.
The option price per share of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of a stock option and the time or times at which such options
shall be exercisable shall be determined by the Board at the time of grant. Such option price shall not be less than 100% of the
fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of grant. The option price must be paid in cash, money order, check or Common
Stock of the Company. The Options may also contain at the time of grant, at the discretion of the Board, certain other
cashless exercise provisions.
Options shall be exercisable at the times
and subject to the conditions determined by the Board at the date of grant, but no option may be exercisable more than ten years
after the date it is granted. If the Optionee ceases to be an employee of our company for any reason other than death, any option
granted as an Incentive Stock Option exercisable on the date of the termination of employment may be exercised for a period of
thirty days or until the expiration of the stated term of the option, whichever period is shorter. In the event of the Optionee’s
death, any granted Incentive Stock Option exercisable at the date of death may be exercised by the legal heirs of the Optionee
from the date of death until the expiration of the stated term of the option or six months from the date of death, whichever event
first occurs. In the event of disability of the Optionee, any granted Incentive Stock Options shall expire on the stated
date that the Option would otherwise have expired or 12 months from the date of disability, whichever event first occurs. The
termination and other provisions of a non-statutory stock option shall be fixed by the Board of Directors at the date of grant
of each respective option.
Common Stock Award
. “Common
Stock Award” is shares of Common Stock that will be issued to a recipient at the end of a restriction period, if any, specified
by the Board if he or she continues to be an employee, director or consultant of us. If the recipient remains an employee, director
or consultant at the end of the restriction period, the applicable restrictions will lapse and we will issue a stock certificate
representing such shares of Common Stock to the participant. If the recipient ceases to be an employee, director or consultant
of us for any reason (including death, disability or retirement) before the end of the restriction period unless otherwise determined
by the Board, the restricted stock award will be terminated.
Eligibility
The Company’s officers, employees,
directors and consultants of U.S. Rare Earth Minerals, Inc. are eligible to be granted stock options, and Common Stock Awards. Eligibility
shall be determined by the Board; however, all Options and Stock Awards granted to officers and directors must be approved by the
Board.
Termination or Amendment of the 2010
Plan
The Board may at any time amend, discontinue,
or terminate all or any part of the 2010 Plan, provided, however, that unless otherwise required by law, the rights of a participant
may not be impaired without his or her consent, and provided that we will seek the approval of our stockholders for any amendment
if such approval is necessary to comply with any applicable federal or state securities laws or rules or regulations.
Awards
On April 25, 2017, 3,000,000 (pre-split)
100,000 (post-split) shares were issued to two consultants under the 2010 Plan to pay for services rendered to the Company in lieu
of cash. These awards are made when the Company does not have sufficient cash to pay for the services provided to the Company.
Shares Subject to the 2010 Plan
Subject to adjustment, the aggregate number
of shares of Stock which may be delivered under the 2010 Plan shall not exceed a number equal to 15% of the total number of shares
of Stock outstanding immediately following the Effective Time, assuming for this purpose the conversion into Stock of all outstanding
securities that are convertible by their terms (directly or indirectly) into Stock
;
provided, however, that, as of
January 1 of each calendar year, commencing with the year 2011, the maximum number of shares of Stock which may be delivered
under the 2010 Plan shall automatically increase by a number sufficient to cause the number of shares of Stock covered by the 2010
Plan to equal 15% of the total number of shares of Stock then outstanding, assuming for this purpose the conversion into Stock
of all outstanding securities that are convertible by their terms (directly or indirectly) into Stock
.
The Company filed a registration statement
on August 29, 2016 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register 6,200,000 (pre-split) 206,666 (post split) additional
shares to be available to be issued from the 2010 Plan.
Federal Tax Consequences
The Federal income tax discussion set forth
below is intended for general information only. State and local income tax consequences are not discussed, and may vary from locality
to locality.
Incentive Stock Options.
Incentive
stock options granted under the 2010 Plan are designed to qualify for the special tax treatment for incentive stock options provided
for in the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). Under the provisions of the Code, an optionee who at all
times from the date of grant until three months before the date of exercise is an employee of the Company, and who holds the shares
of Common Stock obtained upon exercise of his incentive stock option for two years after the date of grant and one year after exercise,
will recognize no taxable income on either the grant or exercise of such option and will recognize capital gain or loss on the
sale of the shares. If such shares are held by the optionee for the required holding period, the Company will not be
entitled to any tax deduction with respect to the grant or exercise of the option. If such shares are sold by the optionee
prior to the expiration of the holding periods described above, the optionee will recognize ordinary income upon such disposition. Upon
the exercise of an incentive stock option, the optionee will incur an item of tax preference equal to the excess of the fair market
value of the shares at the time of exercise over the exercise price, which may subject the optionee to the alternative minimum
tax.
Non-Qualified Options
. Under present
Treasury regulations, an optionee who is granted a non-qualified option will not realize taxable income at the time the option
is granted. In general, an optionee will be subject to tax for the year of exercise on an amount of ordinary income equal to the
excess of the fair market value of the shares on the date of exercise over the option price, and the Company will receive a corresponding
deduction. Income tax withholding requirements apply upon exercise. The optionee’s basis in the shares so acquired will be
equal to the option price plus the amount of ordinary income upon which he is taxed. Upon subsequent disposition of the shares,
the optionee will realize capital gain or loss, long-term or short-term, depending upon the length of time the shares are held
after the option is exercised.
Common Stock Awards.
Recipients
of shares of restricted Common Stock that are not “transferable” and are subject to “substantial risk of forfeiture”
at the time of grant will not be subject to Federal income taxes until lapse or release of the restrictions on the shares. The
recipient’s income and the Company’s deduction will be equal to the fair market value of the shares on the date of
lapse or release of such restrictions. It has been the Company’s policy to value the cost of the issuance of said unregistered
shares at the then bid price of the stock when issued.
The issuance of any of our common or preferred
stock is within the discretion of our Board of Directors, which has the power to issue any or all of our authorized but unissued
shares without stockholder approval.
Corporate Governance
The Company has established and approved
charters for separate audit, compensation and nominating/governance committees of its board of directors.
Code of Ethics. A code of business conduct
and ethics is a written standard designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote (a) honest and ethical conduct, (b) full, fair, accurate,
timely and understandable disclosure in regulatory filings and public statements, (c) compliance with applicable laws, rules and
regulations, (d) the prompt reporting violation of the code and (e) accountability for adherence to the code. We are not currently
subject to any law, rule or regulation requiring that we adopt a code of ethics; however, we intend to adopt one in the near future.
Board of Directors
Independence. Our Board of Directors consists of six members. We are not currently subject to any law, rule or regulation requiring
that all or any portion of our Board of Directors include “independent” directors. Four of the members of the Board
of Directors, Dale H. Conaway, D.V.M., Anders Utter, Alan Hoberman and Henry Esber are “independent” as defined in
Section 4200(a)(15) of NASDAQ Stock Market Rules.
Audit Committee. Our Board of Directors
has established an audit committee, whose members are initially Anders Utter, as Chairman, Henry Esber, Alan Hoberman and Dale
Conaway.
Nominating and
Governance Committee. Our Board of Directors has established a nominating and governance committee, whose initial members are
Dale Conaway, Chairman, Anders Utter, , Henry Esber and Alan Hoberman.
Compensation Committee.
The Board of Directors has appointed Henry Esber, Chairman, Dale Conaway, Anders Utter and Alan Hoberman to our compensation committee.
Indemnification Agreements
None. Our By-laws provide for the indemnification
of directors and officers. See “
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
”
Director Independence
Four of the members of the board of directors
are “independent” as defined under the rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market.
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH
ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
We have authorized capital stock consisting
of 300,000,000 shares of common stock, $.001 par value per share (“Common Stock”) and 50,000,000 shares of preferred
stock, $.001 par value per share (“Preferred Stock”). As of September 30, 2018, we had 85,103,673 shares of common
stock issued and outstanding and no shares of Preferred Stock issued and outstanding.
COMMON STOCK
Holders of common stock are entitled to
one vote for each share held on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders. Directors are appointed by a plurality of the
votes present at any special or annual meeting of shareholders (by proxy or in person), and a majority of the votes present at
any special or annual meeting of shareholders (by proxy or in person) shall determine all other matters. The holders of outstanding
shares of common stock are entitled to receive dividends out of assets or funds legally available for the payment of dividends
at such times and in such amounts as the board from time to time may determine. There is no cumulative voting of the election of
directors then standing for election. The common stock is not entitled to pre-emptive rights and is not subject to conversion or
redemption. Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our company, the assets legally available for distribution to stockholders
are distributable ratably among the holders of the common stock after payment of liquidation preferences, if any, on any outstanding
payment of other claims of creditors. Each outstanding share of common stock is, and all shares of common stock to be outstanding
upon completion of this Offering will be, duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
PREFERRED STOCK
Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued
from time to time in one or more series, each of which shall have such distinctive designation or title as shall be determined
by our Board of Directors (“Board of Directors”) prior to the issuance of any shares thereof. Preferred Stock shall
have such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such preferences and relative, participating, optional or other
special rights and such qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated in such resolution or resolutions
providing for the issue of such class or series of Preferred Stock as may be adopted from time to time by the Board of Directors
prior to the issuance of any shares thereof. The number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but
not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power
of all the then outstanding shares of our capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of the directors, voting together
as a single class, without a separate vote of the holders of the Preferred Stock, or any series thereof, unless a vote of any such
holders is required pursuant to any Preferred Stock Designation.
Additionally, while it is not possible
to state the actual effect of the issuance of any shares of Preferred Stock on the rights of holders of the common stock until
the Board of Directors determines the specific rights of the holders of any shares of Preferred Stock, such rights may be superior
to those associated with our common stock, and may include:
Restricting dividends
on the common stock;
Rights and preferences
including dividend and dissolution rights, which are superior to our common stock;
Diluting the voting
power of the common stock;
Impairing the liquidation
rights of the common stock; or
Delaying or preventing
a change in control of the Company without further action by the stockholders.
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
In connection with the Note Financing,
we entered into registration rights agreements with Auctus. The agreement required us to file a registration statement with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with shares underlying the Auctus Note and Warrant. We are filing in this registration
statement to maintain the registered status of those shares underlying the Auctus Note and Warrant.
Provisions of the Company’s Charter or By-Laws which
would delay, deter or prevent a change in control of the Company
There are no special
provisions of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws which would specifically delay, deter or prevent a change
in control of the Company. Additionally, the Company has 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock authorized and undesignated. Shares
of preferred stock designated by our Board of Directors in the future may have voting powers superior to our common stock, and
such preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and such qualifications, limitations or restrictions
thereof as adopted by the Board of Directors. Such preferred stock, if authorized in the future, may contain provisions (including
voting rights) which could delay, deter or prevent a change in control of the Company.
SHARES AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE SALE
If all of the 10,000,000
shares of common stock being offered for sale in this offering are issued and sold, we will have 98,597,828 shares, which does
not include shares of common stock issuable under our 2010 Stock Incentive Plan but includes the 3,494,154 shares of our common
stock being registered by the Selling Stockholder concurrently herewith, of which 208,333 shares of our common stock may be issued
pursuant to the Warrant which is exercisable for a period of five years beginning on October 14, 2018. Of those shares of common
stock outstanding, only the shares registered and/or issued in this offering will be freely tradable without restriction or further
registration under the Securities Act, except for any shares held by an “affiliate” of us, which will be subject to
the resale limitations of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule 144 governs resale of “restricted
securities” for the account of any person (other than an issuer), and restricted and unrestricted securities for the account
of an “affiliate” of the issuer. Restricted securities generally include any securities acquired directly or indirectly
from an issuer or its affiliates which were not issued or sold in connection with a public offering registered under the Securities
Act. An affiliate of the issuer is any person who directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control
with, the issuer. Affiliates of the Company may include its directors, executive officers, and persons directly or indirectly owning
10% or more of the outstanding common stock. Under Rule 144, non-affiliates are able to sell restricted securities pursuant to
Rule 144, after six months, subject to certain conditions, including if the Company is current in its reporting obligations with
the Commission and remains current for an additional period of six months, and thereafter after one year, with no volume or reporting
obligations.
Under Rule 144, affiliates are able to
sell restricted securities pursuant to Rule 144 after six months, subject to certain conditions, including if the Company is current
in its reporting obligations with the Commission and remains current for an additional period of six months, as well as other requirements
described below. Resales by the Company’s affiliates of restricted and unrestricted common stock are subject to volume limitation,
aggregation, broker transaction, notice filing requirements, and requirements concerning publicly available information about the
Company (“Applicable Requirements”). The volume limitations provide that a person (or persons who must aggregate their
sales) cannot, within any three-month period, sell more than the greater of one percent of the then outstanding shares, or the
average weekly reported trading volume during the four calendar weeks preceding each such sale.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We are registering
10,000,000 shares of common stock which will be offered for sale in a self-underwritten offering to the public at a price of $1.00
per share. There is no minimum number of shares that we must sell in our direct offering, and therefore no minimum amount of proceeds
will be raised. No arrangements have been made to place funds into an escrow or any similar account. Upon receipt, offering proceeds
will be deposited into our operating account and used to conduct our business and operations. We are offering the shares without
any underwriting discounts or commissions. If all 10,000,000 shares are not sold within twelve months from the effective date
of the registration statement, the balance of the shares will terminate, and no further shares will be sold.
Our offering price of $1.00 was decided
upon by our management and is not based upon earnings or operating history, does not reflect our actual value, and bears no relation
to our earnings, assets, book value, net worth, or any other recognized criteria of value. No independent investment banking firm
has been retained to assist in determining the offering price for the shares. Such offering price was not based on the price of
the issuance to our founders. Accordingly, the offering price should not be regarded as an indication of any future price of our
stock.
Our common stock
is quoted under the symbol “BIXT” on the OTC PINK operated by OTC Markets Group, Inc. We intend to apply for quotation
on the OTCBB or OTCBB through a market maker; however, there can be no assurance that our common stock will ever be quoted on
any quotation service. In order to be eligible for trading on the OTCBB and OTCQB we must a market maker file an application with
FINRA to have our common stock quoted on the OTCBB and the OTCQB and remain current in our filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. In order to be eligible for the OTCQB we must have a minimum bid price of $0.01, have at least 50 beneficial stockholders,
each owning at least 100 shares, have a freely traded public float of at least 10% of our issued and outstanding shares of Common
Stock or qualify from an exemption thereof and pay initial listing fees. Only a limited market exists for our securities.
There is no assurance that a regular trading market will develop, or if developed, that it will be sustained. Therefore, a shareholder
may be unable to resell his securities in our company.
Shares in This Offering Will Be Sold for the Company’s
Account by our Officers and Directors
This is a self-underwritten offering with
no minimum sale requirement. Our officers and directors will sell the Shares directly to the public, with no commission or other
remuneration payable to them for any Shares that are sold by them. We may subsequently engage brokers or dealers to assist us in
selling the Shares, in which case we will be obligated to pay commissions to such brokers or dealers. Dr. Platt will register as
the issuer-agent in those states requiring such registration. In offering the securities on our behalf, he will rely on the safe
harbor from broker-dealer registration set out in Rule 3a4-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Rule 3a4-1 sets forth those conditions
under which a person associated with an Issuer may participate in the offering of the Issuer’s securities and not be deemed
to be a broker-dealer. Those conditions are as follows:
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a.
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Our officers and directors are not subject to a statutory disqualification, as that term is defined in Section 3(a)(39) of the Act, at the time of their participation; and
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b.
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Our officers and directors will not be compensated in connection with their participation by the payment of commissions or other remuneration based either directly or indirectly on transactions in securities; and
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c.
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Our officers and directors are not, nor will they be at the time of their participation in the offering, an associated person of a broker-dealer; and
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Our officers and directors meet the conditions
of paragraph (a)(4)(ii) of Rule 3a4-1 of the Exchange Act, in that they (A) primarily perform, or intend primarily to perform at
the end of the offering, substantial duties for or on behalf of our Company, other than in connection with transactions in securities;
and (B) are not a broker or dealer, or have been associated person of a broker or dealer, within the preceding twelve months; and
(C) have not participated in selling and offering securities for any Issuer more than once every twelve months other than in reliance
on Paragraphs (a)(4)(i) and (a)(4)(iii).
There are no current plans or arrangements
to enter into any contracts or agreements to sell the Shares with a broker or dealer. However, if we decide to hire brokers or
dealers to assist us in selling Shares, we may enter into such agreements and pay commissions and expenses of up to 10% of all
proceeds raised by brokers, dealers, finders or selling agents who may participate in this offering.
Our officers, directors, control persons
and affiliates of same do not intend to purchase any shares in this offering.
Under the securities laws of certain states,
the Shares may be sold in such states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers or persons exempt from such registration.
In addition, in certain states the Shares may not be sold unless the Shares have been registered or qualified for sale in such
state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied with. We will only offer and sell the Shares
in those states where we register or qualify the Shares for sale or where an exemption from such registration or qualification
requirement is available and we have complied with such exemption.
We intend to sell our shares in the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and New Hampshire. However, we may expand the offering
into additional states should the officers deem it appropriate to do so.
Terms of the Offering
The shares will
be sold at the fixed price of $1.00 per share until the completion of this offering. There is no minimum amount of subscription
required per investor, and subscriptions, once received, are irrevocable. This offering will commence on the effective date of
this Prospectus and continue for a period not to exceed 365 days from the effective date of this Registration Statement (the “Expiration
Date”).
Deposit of Offering Proceeds
This is a “best efforts” offering
and, as such, we will be able to spend any of the proceeds. The funds will be transferred to our business account for use in the
implementation of our business plans
Procedures and Requirements for Subscription
If you decide to subscribe for any shares
in this offering, you will be required to execute a Subscription Agreement and tender it, together with a check or certified funds
to us. Subscriptions, once received by the Company, are irrevocable. All checks for subscriptions should be made payable to the
Company. There is no minimum purchase requirement.
MARKET FOR COMMON
EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
Our
common stock is quoted under the symbol “BIXT” on the OTC PINK operated by OTC Markets Group, Inc. We intend to apply
for quotation on the OTCBB or OTCBB through a market maker; however, there can be no assurance that our common stock will ever
be quoted on any quotation service. In order to be eligible for trading on the OTCBB and OTCQB we must a market maker file an
application with FINRA to have our common stock quoted on the OTCBB and the OTCQB and remain current in our filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. In order to be eligible for the OTCQB we must have a minimum bid price of $0.01, have at least 50 beneficial
stockholders, each owning at least 100 shares, have a freely traded public float of at least 10% of our issued and outstanding
shares of Common Stock or qualify from an exemption thereof and pay initial listing fees. Only a limited market exists for
our securities. There is no assurance that a regular trading market will develop, or if developed, that it will be sustained.
Therefore, a shareholder may be unable to resell his securities in our company.
The following
tables set forth the range of high and low bid prices for our common stock for the each of the periods indicated as reported by
the OTC PINK. These quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not necessarily
represent actual transactions.
Quarter Ended
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High
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Low
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December 31, 2018
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$
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1.00
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$
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0.40
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September 30, 2018
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$
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1.31
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$
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0.30
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June 30, 2018
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$
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1.20
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$
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0.54
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March 31, 2018
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$
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2.40
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$
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1.05
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Quarter Ended
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High
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Low
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December 31, 2017
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$
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2.10
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$
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0.24
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September 30, 2017
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$
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0.59
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$
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0.33
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June 30, 2017
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$
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0.63
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$
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0.39
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March 31, 2017
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$
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1.50
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$
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0.37
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Quarter Ended
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High
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Low
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December 31, 2016
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$
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2.10
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$
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0.60
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September 31, 2016
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$
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2.10
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$
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0.60
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On
February 8, 2019, the last reported sale price of our common stock as reported on the OTC Pink was $0.26 per share.
Penny Stock
The SEC has adopted
rules that regulate broker-dealer practices in connection with transactions in penny stocks. Penny stocks are generally equity
securities with a market price of less than $5.00, other than securities registered on certain national securities exchanges or
quoted on the NASDAQ system, provided that current price and volume information with respect to transactions in such securities
is provided by the exchange or system. The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in a penny stock,
to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document prepared by the SEC, that: (a) contains a description of the nature and level
of risk in the market for penny stocks in both public offerings and secondary trading; (b) contains a description of the broker’s
or dealer’s duties to the customer and of the rights and remedies available to the customer with respect to a violation of such
duties or other requirements of the securities laws; (c) contains a brief, clear, narrative description of a dealer market, including
bid and ask prices for penny stocks and the significance of the spread between the bid and ask price; (d) contains a toll-free
telephone number for inquiries on disciplinary actions; (e) defines significant terms in the disclosure document or in the conduct
of trading in penny stocks; and (f) contains such other information and is in such form, including language, type size and format,
as the SEC shall require by rule or regulation.
The broker-dealer
also must provide, prior to effecting any transaction in a penny stock, the customer with (a) bid and offer quotations for the
penny stock; (b) the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction; (c) the number of shares to which
such bid and ask prices apply, or other comparable information relating to the depth and liquidity of the market for such stock;
and (d) a monthly account statement showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer’s account.
In addition, the
penny stock rules require that prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from those rules, the broker-dealer
must make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s
written acknowledgment of the receipt of a risk disclosure statement, a written agreement as to transactions involving penny stocks,
and a signed and dated copy of a written suitability statement.
These disclosure
requirements may have the effect of reducing the trading activity for our common stock. Therefore, stockholders may have difficulty
selling our securities.
Holders of Common Stock
As of the date
of this prospectus, we have approximately 340 holders of record of common stock,
with others
holding shares in street name
. Our primary stockholders are Dr. David Platt, Ola Soderquist and Offer Binder, who own 43,891,974,
21,947,263, and 8,781,969 shares respectively of our common stock, or an aggregate of 74,621,206 outstanding shares. The principal
partner of The Newman Law Firm, PLLC, Robert Newman, our securities counsel holds 1,914,673 shares of our common stock.
Dividends
There have been no
cash dividends declared on our common stock since our company was formed. Dividends are declared at the sole discretion of our
Board of Directors. Our intention is not to declare cash dividends and retain all cash for our operations.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
We have filed a registration statement
on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for our common stock offered in this offering. This Prospectus does not
contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement. You should refer to the registration statement and its
exhibits for additional information. Whenever we make references in this Prospectus to any of our contracts, agreements or other
documents, the references are not necessarily complete and you should refer to the exhibits attached to the registration statement
for the copies of the actual contract, agreement or other document.
Our fiscal year ends on December 31. We
plan to furnish our shareholders annual reports containing audited financial statements and other appropriate reports, where applicable.
In addition, we intend to become a reporting company and file annual, quarterly, and current reports, and other information with
the SEC, where applicable. You may read and copy any reports, statements, or other information we file at the SEC’s public
reference room at 100 F. Street, N.E., Washington D.C. 20549. You can request copies of these documents, upon payment of a duplicating
fee by writing to the SEC. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the public reference
rooms. Our SEC filings are also available to the public on the SEC’s Internet site at httpwww.sec.gov.
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Indemnification
. Our directors and officers are indemnified
to the fullest extent permitted under Nevada law.
Insurance
. The Company may
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer or employee of the Company, or is or
was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another company, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise against liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his
status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify him against liability under the provisions of this
section. The Company currently maintains such insurance.
Settlement by the Company
.
The right of any person to be indemnified is subject always to the right of the Company by its Board of Directors, in lieu of such
indemnity, to settle any such claim, action, suit or proceeding at the expense of the Company by the payment of the amount of such
settlement and the costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith.
DISCLOSURE OF COMMISSION POSITION ON
INDEMNIFICATION
FOR SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES
.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the following
provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by us of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection
with the shares being registered, we will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant to
the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable.
In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person in a
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection
with the securities being registered, we will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to the court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
At present, there is no pending litigation
or proceeding involving any of our directors, officers or employees as to which indemnification is sought, nor are we aware of
any threatened litigation or proceeding that may result in claims for indemnification.
LEGAL MATTERS
Certain legal matters
with respect to the issuance of shares of common stock offered hereby will be passed upon by The Newman Law Firm, PLLC, Briarcliff
Manor, New York.
EXPERTS
The financial statements of the Company
from inception to September 30, 2018, appearing in this Prospectus and Registration Statement have been audited by Pinnacle Accountancy
Group of Utah, Farmington, Utah, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing elsewhere
herein, (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to the Company’s ability
to continue as a going concern) and are included in reliance upon such report and upon the authority of such firm as experts in
accounting and auditing.
INTERESTS OF
NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
The
principal partner of The Newman Law Firm, PLLC, Robert Newman, our securities counsel holds 1,914,673 shares of our common stock.
No other expert or counsel named in this prospectus as having prepared or certified any part of this prospectus or having given
an opinion upon the validity of the securities being registered or upon other legal matters in connection with the registration
or offering of the common stock was employed on a contingency basis, or had, or is to receive, in connection with the offering,
a substantial interest, direct or indirect, in the registrant or any of its parents or subsidiaries. Nor was any such person connected
with the registrant or any of its parents or subsidiaries as a promoter, managing or principal underwriter, voting trustee, director,
officer, or employee.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Financial Statements required by Article
8 of Regulation S-X are stated in U.S. dollars and are prepared in accordance with Accounting Principles Generally Accepted in
the United States of America (“US GAAP”). The following financial statements pertaining to Bioxytran, Inc. are filed
as part of this Prospectus.
BIOXYTRAN, INC.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 5, 2017 (DATE
OF INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2017
(audited)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Except as
otherwise required by the context, all references in this report to “we,” “us,” “our,” “BIXT,”
or “Company” refer to the consolidated operations of Bioxytran, Inc.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders
Bioxytran, Inc.
233 Needham Street, Suite 300
Newton, MA 02464
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying balance
sheet of Bioxytran, Inc., (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2017 and the related statements of operations, stockholders’
equity (deficit) and cash flows for the period of inception on October 5, 2017 to December 31, 2017, and the related notes (collectively
referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2017, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for
the period then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility
of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audit.
We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”)
and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with
the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have,
nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required
to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the
effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audit included performing procedures
to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures
that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures
in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable
basis for our opinion.
Emphasis of Matter
The accompanying financial statements have
been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company has suffered recurring losses and has no
operations which raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to
these matters are described in Note 4. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome
of this uncertainty.
/s/ Pinnacle Accountancy Group of Utah,
PLLC
Pinnacle Accountancy Group of Utah, PLLC
Farmington, Utah
October 26, 2018
We have served as the Company’s auditors
since 2018.
BIOXYTRAN, INC.
BALANCE SHEET
DECEMBER 31, 2017
ASSETS
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Current assets:
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Cash
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$
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110
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
|
110
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
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$
|
110
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
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|
|
|
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Current liabilities:
|
|
|
|
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Accounts payable - related party
|
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$
|
1,419
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Total current liabilities
|
|
|
1,419
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders’ equity (deficit):
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|
|
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Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding
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|
-
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Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 95,000,000 shares authorized; 15,000,000 issued and outstanding
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|
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1,500
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Accumulated deficit
|
|
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(2,809
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)
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Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)
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|
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(1,309
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)
|
|
|
|
|
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Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)
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$
|
110
|
|
The Company was incorporated on October
5, 2017.
Therefore, there is no comparative information presented related to the year ended December 31, 2016.
See the accompanying notes to these audited
financial statements.
BIOXYTRAN, INC.
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 5, 2017 (DATE
OF INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2017
Operating expenses:
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|
|
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General and administrative
|
|
$
|
2,809
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
2,809
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from operations
|
|
|
(2,809
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)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expenses)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss before provision for income taxes
|
|
|
(2,809
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)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Provision for income taxes
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET LOSS
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$
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(2,809
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)
|
|
|
|
|
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Loss per common share, basic and diluted
|
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$
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(0.00
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)
|
|
|
|
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Weighted average number of common shares outstanding, basic and diluted
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|
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15,000,000
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The Company was incorporated on October
5, 2017.
Therefore, there is no comparative information presented related to the year ended December 31, 2016.
See the accompanying notes to these audited
financial statements.
BIOXYTRAN, INC.
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY (DEFICIT)
FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 5, 2017 (DATE
OF INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2017
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Common Stock
|
|
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Additional
Paid in
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|
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Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
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Capital
|
|
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Deficit
|
|
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Total
|
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Balance, October 5, 2017 (date of inception)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
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Issuance of founder shares
|
|
|
15,000,000
|
|
|
$
|
1,500
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
1,500
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(2,809
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)
|
|
|
(2,809
|
)
|
Balance, December 31, 2017
|
|
|
15,000,000
|
|
|
$
|
1,500
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
(2,809
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,309
|
)
|
The Company was incorporated on October
5, 2017.
Therefore, there is no comparative information presented related to the year ended December 31, 2016.
See the accompanying notes to these audited
financial statements.
BIOXYTRAN, INC.
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 5, 2017 (DATE
OF INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2017
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
(2,809
|
)
|
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
Stock-based compensation
|
|
|
1,500
|
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
Increase in accounts payable - related party
|
|
|
1,419
|
|
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
|
|
110
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in cash
|
|
|
110
|
|
Cash, beginning of period
|
|
|
-
|
|
Cash, end of period
|
|
|
110
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
|
|
|
|
|
Interest paid
|
|
|
-
|
|
Income taxes paid
|
|
|
-
|
|
The Company was incorporated on October
5, 2017.
Therefore, there is no comparative information presented related to the year ended December 31, 2016.
See the accompanying notes to these audited
financial statements.
BIOXYTRAN, INC.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 5, 2017 (DATE
OF INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2017
(AUDITED)
NOTE
1 – BACKGROUND AND ORGANIZATION
Business
Operations
Bioxytran, Inc. (the “Company”)
is an early-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development, manufacture and commercialization of therapeutic drugs designed
to address hypoxia in humans, which is a lack of oxygen to tissues. If it is not addressed, lack of oxygen to tissues, or hypoxia,
results in necrosis, which is the death of cells comprising body tissue. Necrosis cannot be reversed. Our lead drug candidate,
code named BXT-25, is an oxygen-carrying small molecule consisting of bovine hemoglobin stabilized with a co-polymer with intended
applications to include treatment of hypoxic conditions in the brain resulting from stroke, Our drug development efforts are guided
by specialists in co-polymer chemistry and other disciplines, and we intend to supplement our efforts with input from a scientific
and medical advisory board whose members are leading physicians.
Organization,
Reincorporation, and Merger with U.S. Rare Earth Minerals, Inc.
The
Company was organized on October 5, 2017, as a Delaware corporation with a taxing structure for U.S. federal and state income tax
as a C-Corporation with 95,000,000 authorized common shares with a par value of $0.0001, and 5,000,000 preferred shares with a
par value of $0.0001. As of December 31, 2017, 15,000,000 common shares are issued and outstanding.
On
September 17, 2018, the Company announced an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization among Bioxytran, Inc., U.S. Rare Earth
Minerals, Inc. (“USMN”) and Bioxy Acquisition Corp. (the “Merger”). The Merger closed on September 21,
2018. After the consummation of the Merger, the Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of USMN, and USMN (to be renamed Bioxytran,
Inc.) is the continuing registrant and reporting company. Each outstanding share of the Company’s common stock was converted
into 5.10580 shares of USMN common stock. Immediately after the Merger, the Company’s former shareholders own a majority
of the voting common stock of the combined company and control the combined company’s board of directors, and the Company’s
officers are now the officers of the combined company. The Merger has been accounted for as a reverse acquisition, with the Company
as the accounting acquirer. The Company’s accompanying historical financial statements will replace USMN’s historical
financial statements in future filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
BIOXYTRAN, INC.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 5, 2017 (DATE
OF INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2017
(AUDITED)
NOTE 2. FORMATION AND BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY
Basis of Presentation and Organization
Bioxytran, Inc. was incorporated in the
state of Delaware on October 5, 2017. As used in these Notes to the Financial Statements, the terms the “Company,”
“we,” “us,” “our” and similar terms refer to Bioxytran, Inc.
Bioxytran,
Inc. (the “Company”) is an early-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development, manufacture and commercialization
of therapeutic drugs designed to address hypoxia in humans. The Company’s efforts are principally devoted to developing products
as alterative solutions to red blood cell transfusions, as well as for use in the treatment of other critical-care conditions.
The summary of significant accounting policies presented below is designed to assist in understanding the Company’s financial
statements. Such financial statements and accompanying notes are the representations of the Company’s management, who are
responsible for their integrity and objectivity. These accounting policies conform to accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America (“GAAP”) in all material respects, and have been consistently applied in preparing
the accompanying financial statements. The Company has not earned any revenue from operations since inception. The Company chose
December 31
st
as its fiscal year end.
NOTE 3 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
POLICIES
A summary of the significant accounting
policies applied in the preparation of the accompanying financial statements follows.
Cash
For purposes of the Statement of Cash Flows,
the Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments purchased with a maturity date of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements
in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities,
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of expenses during
the reporting period. Significant estimates include the fair value of the Company’s stock, stock-based compensation and the
valuation allowance related to deferred tax assets. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
Net Loss per Common Share, basic and
diluted
The Company computes earnings (loss) per
share under Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 260-10, Earnings Per Share (“ASC 260-10”). Net loss per common
share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the year. Diluted
earnings per share, if presented, would include the dilution that would occur upon the exercise or conversion of all potentially
dilutive securities into common stock using the “treasury stock” and/or “if converted” methods as applicable.
There are no potential dilutive items outstanding as of December
31, 2017
Stock Based Compensation
The Company measures the cost of services
received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the fair value of the award. For employees and directors, the
fair value of the award is measured on the grant date and for non-employees, the fair value of the award is generally re-measured
on vesting dates and financial reporting dates until the service period is complete. The fair value amount is then recognized over
the period during which services are required to be provided in exchange for the award, usually the vesting period. Stock-based
compensation expense is recorded by the Company in the same expense classifications in the statements of operations, as if such
amounts were paid in cash. As of December 31, 2017, there were no outstanding stock options.
BIOXYTRAN, INC.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 5, 2017 (DATE
OF INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2017
(AUDITED)
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes under
the asset and liability method. Under this method, 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. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which those temporary
differences are expected to be recovered or be settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates
is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely
than not that some portion of the gross deferred tax asset will not be realized. The Company records interest and penalties related
to income taxes as a component of provision for income taxes. The Company did not recognize any interest and penalty expense for
the period ended December 31, 2017.
On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and
Jobs Act (TCJA) was signed into law by the President of the United States. TCJA is a tax reform act that among other things, reduced
corporate tax rates to 21 percent effective January 1, 2018. FASB ASC 740, Income Taxes, requires deferred tax assets and liabilities
to be adjusted for the effect of a change in tax laws or rates in the year of enactment, which is the year in which the change
was signed into law. Accordingly, the Company adjusted its deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2017, using the
new corporate tax rate of 21 percent. See Note 7.
Research and Development
The Company accounts for research and development
costs in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 730-10, Research and Development (“ASC 730-10”).
Under ASC 730-10, all research and development costs must be charged to expense as incurred. Accordingly, internal research and
development costs are expensed as incurred. Third-party research and development costs are expensed when the contracted work has
been performed or as milestone results have been achieved as defined under the applicable agreement. Company-sponsored research
and development costs related to both present and future products are expensed in the period incurred. From October 5, 2017 (date
of inception) through December 31, 2017, the Company did not incur significant research and development expenses.
Fair Value
Accounting Standards Codification subtopic
825-10, Financial Instruments (“ASC 825-10”) requires disclosure of the fair value of certain financial instruments.
The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, and short-term borrowings, as reflected
in the balance sheets, approximate fair value because of the short-term maturity of these instruments. All other significant financial
assets, financial liabilities and equity instruments of the Company are either recognized or disclosed in the financial statements
together with other information relevant for making a reasonable assessment of future cash flows, interest rate risk and credit
risk. Where practicable the fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities have been determined and disclosed; otherwise
only available information pertinent to fair value has been disclosed.
The Company follows Accounting Standards
Codification subtopic 820-10, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820-10”) and Accounting Standards Codification
subtopic 825-10, Financial Instruments (“ASC 825-10”), which permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments
and certain other items at fair value.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
There were various updates recently issued,
most of which represented technical corrections to the accounting literature or application to specific industries and are not
expected to a have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
BIOXYTRAN, INC.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 5, 2017 (DATE
OF INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2017
(AUDITED)
NOTE 4 – GOING CONCERN AND MANAGEMENT’S
LIQUIDITY PLANS
As of December
31, 2017, the Company had cash of $110 and a negative working capital of $1,309. From October 5, 2017 (date of inception) through
December 31, 2017, the Company has not yet generated any revenues, and has incurred net losses of $2,809. These conditions raise
substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
From October 5,
2017 (date of inception) through December 31, 2017, the Company did not raise any funds from third-party investors, and has been
fully funded from related party loans. The Company is aware that its current cash on hand will no longer be able to fund its projected
operating requirements and is pursuing alternative opportunities to funding.
The Company’s
primary source of operating funds since inception has been advances by related parties. The Company intends to raise additional
capital through private placements of debt and equity securities, but there can be no assurance that these funds will be available
on terms acceptable to the Company or will be sufficient to enable the Company to fully complete its development activities or
sustain operations. If the Company is unable to raise sufficient additional funds, it will have to develop and implement a plan
to further extend payables, reduce overhead, or scale back its current business plan until sufficient additional capital is raised
to support further operations. There can be no assurance that such a plan will be successful.
The accompanying
financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
(“GAAP”), which contemplate continuation of the Company as a going concern and the realization of assets and satisfaction
of liabilities in the normal course of business. The carrying amounts of assets and liabilities presented in the financial statements
do not necessarily purport to represent realizable or settlement values. The financial statements do not include any adjustment
that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
NOTE 5 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Company has Accounts Payables from
related parties in the aggregate amount of $1,419 for working capital purposes.
NOTE 6 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Preferred stock
The Company is authorized to issue 5,000,000
shares of $0.0001 par value preferred stock. As of December 31, 2017, no shares have been designated or issued.
Common stock
The Company is authorized to issue 95,000,000
shares of $0.001 par value common stock. As of December 31, 2017, the Company has 15,000,000 shares issued and outstanding.
Upon inception in October 2017, the Company issued 15,000,000
founder shares of its common stock at par value to its officers and directors in the form of stock compensation with a fair value
of $1,500.
BIOXYTRAN, INC.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 5, 2017 (DATE
OF INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2017
(AUDITED)
NOTE 7 – INCOME TAXES
Provision for
Income Taxes
During the year ended December 31, 2017,
no provision for income taxes was recorded, as the Company generated net operating losses. The Company is a Delaware C-Corporation,
but since it does not do business in Delaware, the Company is not subject to state and local corporate income taxes pursuant to
Delaware tax law.
The tax effects of temporary
differences that give rise to deferred tax assets are presented below:
|
|
2017
|
|
Deferred Tax Assets:
|
|
|
|
Net operating loss carryforward (at 21%)
|
|
$
|
590
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total deferred tax assets
|
|
|
590
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Valuation allowance
|
|
|
(590
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax asset, net of valuation allowance
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
The income tax benefit
consists of the following:
|
|
2017
|
|
Federal (at 21%):
|
|
|
|
Current
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
Deferred
|
|
|
590
|
|
Change in valuation allowance
|
|
|
(590
|
)
|
Income tax provision (benefit)
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
A reconciliation of
the statutory federal income tax rate to the Company’s effective tax rate is as follows:
Tax benefit at federal statutory rate
|
|
|
(21.0
|
)%
|
The Company assesses
the likelihood that deferred tax assets will be realized. To the extent that realization is not likely, a valuation allowance is
established. Based upon the Company’s history of losses since inception, management believes that it is more likely than
not that future benefits of deferred tax assets will not be realized.
At December 31, 2017,
the Company had approximately $2,809 of federal net operating losses that may be available to offset future taxable income. The
net operating loss carry forwards, if not utilized, will begin to expire in 2037 for federal purposes.
BIOXYTRAN, INC.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 5, 2017 (DATE
OF INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2017
(AUDITED)
Pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code Section
382 (“Section 382”), certain ownership changes may subject the net operating loss carryforwards (“carryforwards”)
and research and development tax credit carryforwards to annual limitations which could reduce or defer the carryforwards. Section
382 imposes limitations on a corporation’s ability to utilize carryforwards if it experiences an ownership change. An ownership
change may result from transactions increasing the ownership of certain stockholders in the stock of a corporation by more than
50 percentage points over a three-year period. In the event of an ownership change, utilization of the carryforwards would be subject
to an annual limitation under Section 382 determined by multiplying the value of its stock at the time of the ownership change
by the applicable long-term tax-exempt rate. Any unused annual limitation may be carried over to later years. The imposition of
this limitation on its ability to use the carryforwards to offset future taxable income could cause the Company to pay U.S. federal
income taxes earlier than if such limitation were not in effect and could cause such carryforwards to expire unused, reducing or
eliminating the benefit of such carryforwards. The Company has not completed a Section 382 study to determine if there have been
one or more ownership changes due to the costs associated with such a study. Until a study is completed and the extent of the limitations,
if any, is able to be determined, no additional amounts have been written off or are being presented as an uncertain tax position.
The Company provided a full valuation allowance
for deferred tax assets generated since, based on the weight of available evidence; it is more likely than not that these benefits
will not be realized. During the period ended December 31, 2017, the Company did not apply any valuation allowance. Management
reevaluates the positive and negative evidence at each reporting period.
On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government
enacted comprehensive tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”). The Tax Act
establishes new tax laws that affect 2018 and future years, including a reduction in the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate
to 21%, effective January 1, 2018.
The Company applies the provisions of ASC
740-10, Income Taxes. The Company has not recognized any liability for unrecognized tax benefits and does not believe there is
any uncertainty with respect to its tax position. The Company’s policy with respect to unrecognized tax benefits is to recognize
interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in operating expenses.
The Company files tax returns as prescribed
by the tax laws of the jurisdictions in which it operates. In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to examination
by federal and state jurisdictions, where applicable. There are currently no pending income tax examinations. The Company’s
tax years are still open under statute from 2017 to the present. The Company’s policy is to record interest and penalties
related to income taxes as part of its income tax provision.
BIOXYTRAN, INC.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 5, 2017 (DATE
OF INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2017
(AUDITED)
NOTE 8 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Employment contracts
The Company’s executive officers
have entered into employment contracts and confidentiality, non-disclosure and assignment of invention agreements. The employment
agreements do not provide for the payment of any compensation to our executive officers.
Litigation
In the normal course of business, the Company
may be involved in legal proceedings, claims and assessments arising in the ordinary course of business. Such matters are subject
to many uncertainties, and outcomes are not predictable with assurance. Legal fees for such matters are expensed as incurred and
we accrue for adverse outcomes as they become probable and estimable. During the period of October 5, 2017 (inception) to December
31, 2017 and through the issuance of these financial statements, the Company was not involved in any legal proceedings.
NOTE 9 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
In preparing the financial statements,
the Company has evaluated events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date the financial statements
were available to be issued.
On
September 17, 2018, the Company announced an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization among Bioxytran, Inc., U.S. Rare Earth
Minerals, Inc. (“USMN”) and Bioxy Acquisition Corp. (the “Merger”). The Merger closed on September 21,
2018. See also Note 1.
BIOXYTRAN, INC. (formerly U.S. Rare Earth
Minerals, Inc.)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
BIOXYTRAN, INC. (formerly U.S. Rare Earth
Minerals, Inc.)
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE
SHEETS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 AND DECEMBER 31, 2017
|
|
September 30, 2018
|
|
|
December 31, 2017
|
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
|
$
|
2,831
|
|
|
$
|
110
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
|
2,831
|
|
|
|
110
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$
|
2,831
|
|
|
$
|
110
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
|
$
|
45,262
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
Accounts payable related party
|
|
|
7,347
|
|
|
|
1,419
|
|
Total current liabilities
|
|
|
52,609
|
|
|
|
1,419
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and contingencies
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders’ equity (deficit):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized, nil issued and outstanding
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 300,000,000 shares authorized; 85,103,673 issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2018, and 85,103,673 issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2018
|
|
|
85,104
|
|
|
|
85,104
|
|
Additional paid in capital
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Accumulated deficit
|
|
|
(134,882
|
)
|
|
|
(86,413
|
)
|
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)
|
|
|
(49,778
|
)
|
|
|
(1,309
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)
|
|
$
|
2,831
|
|
|
$
|
110
|
|
See the accompanying notes to these unaudited
condensed consolidated financial statements
BIOXYTRAN, INC. (formerly U.S. Rare Earth
Minerals, Inc.)
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER
30, 2018
|
|
Three months ended
|
|
|
Nine months ended
|
|
|
|
September 30, 2018
|
|
|
September 30, 2018
|
|
Operating expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General and administrative
|
|
$
|
47,524
|
|
|
$
|
48,469
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
47,524
|
|
|
|
48,469
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from operations
|
|
|
(47,524
|
)
|
|
|
(48,469
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other (expense):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss before provision for income taxes
|
|
|
(47,524
|
)
|
|
|
(48,469
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Provision for income taxes
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET LOSS
|
|
$
|
(47,524
|
)
|
|
$
|
(48,469
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss per common share, basic and diluted
|
|
$
|
(0.00
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.00
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding, basic and diluted
|
|
|
85,103,673
|
|
|
|
85,103,673
|
|
U.S. Rare Earth Minerals, Inc. reverse-merged
with Bioxytran, Inc. on September 21, 2018, and Bioxytran, Inc wasn’t incorporated until October 5, 2017. Therefore, there
is no comparative information presented for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.
See the accompanying notes to these unaudited
condensed consolidated financial statements
BIOXYTRAN, INC. (formerly U.S. Rare Earth
Minerals, Inc.)
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT
OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
2018
|
|
Nine months ended
|
|
|
|
September 30, 2018
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$
|
(48,469
|
)
|
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
Stock based compensation
|
|
|
-
|
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
|
|
51,190
|
|
Net cash used in operating activities
|
|
|
2,721
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Net cash used for investing activities
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in cash
|
|
|
2,721
|
|
Cash, beginning of period
|
|
|
110
|
|
Cash, end of period
|
|
$
|
2,831
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
|
|
|
|
|
Interest paid
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
Income taxes paid
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
U.S. Rare Earth Minerals, Inc. reverse-merged
with Bioxytran, Inc. on September 21, 2018, and Bioxytran, Inc wasn’t incorporated until October 5, 2017. Therefore, there
is no comparative information presented for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.
See the accompanying notes to these unaudited
condensed consolidated financial statements
BIOXYTRAN, INC. (formerly U.S. Rare Earth
Minerals, Inc.)
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS AT SEPTEMBER 30, 2018
NOTE 1 – BACKGROUND AND ORGANIZATION
Business Operations
Bioxytran, Inc. (the “Company”,
formerly U.S. Rare Earth Minerals, Inc.) is an early-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development, manufacture and
commercialization of therapeutic drugs designed to address hypoxia in humans, which is a lack of oxygen to tissues. If it is not
addressed, lack of oxygen to tissues, or hypoxia, results in necrosis, which is the death of cells comprising body tissue. Necrosis
cannot be reversed. Our lead drug candidate, code named BXT-25, is an oxygen-carrying small molecule consisting of bovine hemoglobin
stabilized with a co-polymer with intended applications to include treatment of hypoxic conditions in the brain resulting from
stroke. Our drug development efforts are guided by specialists in co-polymer chemistry and other disciplines, and we intend to
supplement our efforts with input from a scientific and medical advisory board whose members are leading physicians.
Organization, Reincorporation, and Merger
with U.S. Rare Earth Minerals, Inc.
Bioxytan, Inc., was organized on October
5, 2017, as a Delaware corporation with a taxing structure for U.S. federal and state income tax as a C-Corporation with 95,000,000
authorized common shares with a par value of $0.0001, and 5,000,000 preferred shares with a par value of $0.0001.
On September 17, 2018, the Company announced
an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization among Bioxytran, Inc., U.S. Rare Earth Minerals, Inc. (“USMN”) and
Bioxy Acquisition Corp. (the “Merger”). The Merger closed on September 21, 2018 (the “Acquisition Date”).
After the consummation of the Merger, the Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of USMN, and USMN (to be renamed Bioxytran, Inc.)
is the continuing registrant and reporting company. Each outstanding share of the Company’s common stock was converted into
5.10580 shares of USMN common stock. Immediately after the Merger, the Company’s former shareholders own a majority of the
voting common stock of the combined company and control the combined company’s board of directors, and the Company’s
officers are now the officers of the combined company. The Merger was accounted for as a reverse acquisition, with the Company
as the accounting acquirer. The Company’s accompanying historical financial statements will replace USMN’s historical
financial statements when presentation of financial statements prior to the Acquisition Date is required in future filings with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The operations and results of USMN are consolidated with the Company
from the Acquisition Date forward. The combined company has elected to continue using December 31 as its year-end.
NOTE 2 - BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial
statements have been prepared by Bioxytran, Inc. (the “Company”) pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance
with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted in accordance with such rules and regulations.
The information furnished in the interim financial statements includes normal recurring adjustments and reflects all adjustments,
which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of such financial statements. Although management believes
the disclosures and information presented are adequate to make the information not misleading, it is suggested that these interim
financial statements be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31,
2017. Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the results to
be expected for the year ending December 31, 2018.
NOTE 3 - CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
In presenting our financial statements
in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, we are required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
amounts reported therein. Several of the estimates and assumptions we are required to make relate to matters that are inherently
uncertain as they pertain to future events. However, events that are outside of our control cannot be predicted and, as such, they
cannot be contemplated in evaluating such estimates and assumptions. If there is a significant unfavorable change to current conditions,
it could result in a material adverse impact to our results of operations, financial position and liquidity. We believe that the
estimates and assumptions we used when preparing our financial statements were the most appropriate at that time. Presented below
are those accounting policies that we believe require subjective and complex judgments that could potentially affect reported results.
However, the majority of our businesses operate in environments where we pay a fee for a service performed, and therefore the results
of the majority of our recurring operations are recorded in our financial statements using accounting policies that are not particularly
subjective, nor complex.
Revenue Recognition
Effective January 1, 2018, the Company
adopted ASC 606 — Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Under ASC 606, the Company intends to recognize revenue from product
sales by applying the following steps: (1) identify the contract with a customer; (2) identify the performance obligations in the
contract; (3) determine the transaction price; (4) allocate the transaction price to each performance obligation in the contract;
and (5) recognize revenue when each performance obligation is satisfied. No revenues were earned in comparative periods presented,
during which time they would have been reported under ASC 605 — Revenue Recognition.
There was no impact on the Company’s
financial statements as a result of adopting ASC 606 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018.
Stock Based Compensation
The Company has share-based compensation
plans under which non-employees, consultants and suppliers may be granted restricted stock, as well as options to purchase shares
of Company common stock at the fair market value at the time of grant. Stock-based compensation cost is measured by the Company
at the grant date, based on the fair value of the award over the requisite service period. For options issued to employees, the
Company recognizes stock compensation costs utilizing the fair value methodology over the related period of benefit. Grants of
stock options and stock to non-employees and other parties are accounted for in accordance with ASC 505.
The Company applies ASC 718 for options,
common stock and other equity-based grants to its employees and directors. ASC 718 requires measurement of all employee equity-based
payment awards using a fair-value method and recording of such expense in the consolidated financial statements over the requisite
service period. The fair value concepts have not changed significantly in ASC 718; however, in adopting this standard, companies
must choose among alternative valuation models and amortization assumptions. After assessing alternative valuation models and amortization
assumptions, the Company will continue using both the Black-Scholes valuation model and straight-line amortization of compensation
expense over the requisite service period for each separately vesting portion of the grant.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements
that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition,
revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.
NOTE 4 – GOING CONCERN AND MANAGEMENT’S
LIQUIDITY PLANS
As of September
30, 2018, the Company had cash of $2,831 and a negative working capital of $49,778. From October 5, 2017 (date of inception) through
September 30, 2018, the Company has not yet generated any revenues, and has incurred cumulative net losses of $134,882. These conditions
raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
From October 5,
2017 (date of inception) through September 30, 2018, the Company has not raised any cash proceeds from the issuance of debt or
common stock. The Company is aware that its current cash on hand will not be sufficient to fund its projected operating requirements
through the month of September 2019 and is pursuing alternative opportunities to funding.
The Company intends
to raise additional capital through private placements of debt and equity securities, but there can be no assurance that these
funds will be available on terms acceptable to the Company, or will be sufficient to enable the Company to fully complete its development
activities or sustain operations. If the Company is unable to raise sufficient additional funds, it will have to develop and implement
a plan to further extend payables, reduce overhead, or scale back its current business plan until sufficient additional capital
is raised to support further operations. There can be no assurance that such a plan will be successful.
Accordingly, the
accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America (“GAAP”), which contemplate continuation of the Company as a going concern and the realization of
assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The carrying amounts of assets and liabilities presented
in the financial statements do not necessarily purport to represent realizable or settlement values. The financial statements do
not include any adjustment that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
NOTE 5 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
At
a Board of Director’s Meeting on July 30, 2018, the Company authorized a reverse split that resulted in a reduction of the
number of outstanding and issued shares of both common and preferred stock so that after the split became effective, the shares
of both common and preferred stock were reduced to 1 share for each 30 shares currently issued and outstanding. The effect on the
Balance Sheet is a transfer of value from stock value at par to Additional Paid-in Capital (APIC).
As
a result of the one (1) for thirty (30) reverse stock split, the Company will continue to be authorized to issue 300,000,000 shares
of Common Stock. The impact of the reverse stock split has been retroactively applied to all periods presented, and all references
to common and preferred stock in the footnotes are assumed to be post-split unless otherwise indicated.
Preferred stock
As of July 30, 2018, and prior to the reverse
stock split, there were 440,500 outstanding shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock. After the reverse stock split that was
effective on August 13, 2018, the Company’s outstanding shares of preferred stock was 14,683 and the authorized preferred
stock of 50,000,000 shares remained unchanged.
On September 20, 2018 the total of 9,999
shares of Preferred Stock were returned to treasury as a result of a Merger, (please see 8-K statement filed on September 24, 2018
and its financial amendment 8-K/A filed on October 29, 2018, for more detailed information about the merger and asset purchase
agreement).
The change of control of ownership resulted
in the mandatory conversion of all of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Class A 6% Cumulative Convertible Voting Preferred
Stock, par value $.001 per share (“Preferred Stock”), with 5 shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share (the
“Common Stock”) of the Company, being issued for each outstanding share of Preferred Stock, as well as combined accrued
interest.
As of September 30, 2018, no preferred
shares have been designated nor issued.
Common stock
As of July 30, 2018, and prior to the reverse
stock split, there were 111,336,350 shares of Common Stock outstanding. As a result of the reverse stock split that was effective
on August 13, 2018, there were approximately 3,711,204 shares of Common Stock outstanding. A total of 30,000 shares, included in
the above count, had on July 30, 2018 been issued as a settlement of accounts payable for a related party.
On September 21, 2018, the Company completed
a series of transactions as a result of a Merger, (please see 8-K statement filed on September 24, 2018 and its financial amendment
8-K/A filed on October 29, 2018, for more detailed information about the merger and asset purchase agreement
As consideration for the Merger, the stockholders
of Bioxytran were issued 76,586,937 shares of common stock of the Company. The Merger was structured as a tax-free reorganization.
A 6% secured promissory note in the principal
amount of $110,000, including all interest had been in default since August 23, 2013. The Note was secured by substantially all
of the assets of the Company. As consideration for the satisfaction of the obligation and as a condition to the Settlement, the
Company agreed to divest substantially all of its assets and remaining liabilities to an affiliate of the creditor and former majority
stockholder of the Company. The creditor agreed to release all liens upon the completion of the asset sale. Included in the Settlement
a former majority stockholder of the Company received 4,455,856 shares of common stock, while the former Directors and Officers
received 850,732 shares of common Stock.
An additional 30,500 shares of common stock
were issued as a result of a mandatory conversion of 4,681 shares preferred stock, convertible 5:1 while, 7,095 shares of common
stock were issued in form of accrued 6% annual combined interest on the preferred stock. An additional 9,999 shares of preferred
stock were returned to treasury.
As of September 30, 2018, and after completion
of the above transactions, the Company has 85,103,673 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding.
NOTE 5 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Employment contracts
The Company’s executive officers
have entered into employment contracts and confidentiality, non-disclosure and assignment of invention agreements. The employment
agreements do not provide for the payment of any compensation to our executive officers.
Litigation
In the normal course of business, the Company
may be involved in legal proceedings, claims and assessments arising in the ordinary course of business. Such matters are subject
to many uncertainties, and outcomes are not predictable with assurance. Legal fees for such matters are expensed as incurred and
we accrue for adverse outcomes as they become probable and estimable. During the period of these quarterly statements from December
31, 2017 to September 30, 2018, and through the issuance of these financial statements, the Company was not involved in any legal
proceedings.
NOTE 6 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
In preparing the financial statements,
the Company has evaluated events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date the financial statements
were available to be issued.
On October 3, 2018, the Company made a
14F-1 filing with the SEC, announcing that on September 21, 2018 there was a change of control of the majority ownership of the
Company with the Dr. David Platt, the new Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Ola Soderquist, Chief Financial
Officer, holding together approximately 77% of the issued and outstanding common stock of the Company, as well of an upcoming
change of the Board of Directors. The information statement has also been posted on the Company’s web-site (http://www.bioxytraninc.com/info14f-12018/)
and mailed out to the shareholders on October 15, 2018. On October 26, 2018 the Company announced through issuance of an 8-K filing
that the changes of control and ownership have entered into effect.
On October 3, 2018, the Company made a
PRE 14C filing with the SEC, followed with a DEF 14C filing on October 15. The purpose of the filing is for the shareholders to
ratify the asset sale as described under Note 1 and Note 4 as well as in the 14F-1 filing in the above. Further, the filing informs
shareholders about the name change to BIOXYTRAN, INC. The information statement has also been posted on the Company’s web-site
(http://www.bioxytraninc.com/info14c2018/) and mailed out to the shareholders on October 15, 2018. On November 7, 2018 the Company
announced through issuance of an 8-K filing that the Company officially changed its name from U.S. Rare Earth Minerals, Inc. into
Bioxytran, Inc. In connection with its name change, on November 7, 2018, Bioxytran’s shares of common stock began trading
on the OTC Markets (Pink) under its new ticker symbol “BIXT,” and ceased trading under the ticker symbol “USMN”.
The new CUSIP number for Bioxytran, Inc.’s shares of common stock is 09075D 102.
On October 24, 2018 the Company entered
into a convertible loan Agreement with Auctus Fund, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, thereby securing a $250,000 loan
for preparing the Company’s S/1 and an additional $250,000 once the S/1 is filed in order to proceed with the Company’s
secondary offering, see the next paragraph here below. All details about this loan agreement have earlier been released in an 8-K,
filed with the SEC on October 30, 2018.
On November 2, 2018 the Company announced
the retirement of the entire former Board of Directors and the election of a new Board of Directors, see item 6 under Part II -
Other Information, here below for more detailed information about the new Directors. The board voted to compensate each of Dr.
Platt and Mr. Soderquist in form of a monthly salary of $6,000, as of October 1, 2018, while the Company’s non-employee Directors
will be compensated with 1,000 shares per board meeting as of November 2018. Further, the Board of Directors also voted on the
issuance of a secondary offering, where an initial Form S-1 will be prepared and submitted to the SEC at the earliest convenient
date. On November 7, 2018 the Company announced through issuance of an 8-K filing that a new Board of Directors had been elected.
Through and including March 14, 2019, (the 25
th
day after the date of this prospectus), all dealers effecting transactions in the common stock,
whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This delivery requirement is in addition
to a dealer’s obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as an underwriter and with respect to an unsold allotment or
subscription.
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