Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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Note 1. Organization and Description of Business and Recent Developments

Organization and Description of Business

AIkido Pharma Inc., formerly known as Spherix Incorporated (the “Company”), was initially formed in 1967 and is currently a biotechnology company with a diverse portfolio of small-molecule anti-cancer therapeutics in development. The Company’s platform consists of patented technology from leading universities and researchers and we are currently in the process of developing an innovative therapeutic drug platform through strong partnerships with world-renowned educational institutions, including the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Maryland, Baltimore and Wake Forest University. The Company’s diverse pipeline of therapeutics includes therapies for pancreatic cancer, acute myeloid leukemia (“AML”) and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (“ALL”). The Company is also developing a broad-spectrum antiviral platform that may potentially inhibit replication of multiple viruses including Influenza virus, SARS-CoV (coronavirus), MERS-CoV, Ebolavirus and Marburg virus.

The Company previously focused its efforts on owning, developing, acquiring and monetizing intellectual property assets. Since May 2016, the Company has received limited funds from its intellectual property monetization. In addition to its patent monetization efforts, since the fourth quarter of 2017, the Company has been transitioning to focus its efforts as a technology and biotechnology development company. These efforts have focused on biotechnology research and blockchain technology research. The Company’s investment in biotechnology research development includes: (i) an investment in Hoth Therapeutics, Inc. (“Hoth”), a development stage biopharmaceutical company focused on unique targeted therapeutics for patients suffering from indications such as atopic dermatitis, also known as eczema, (ii) an investment in DatChat, Inc. (“DatChat”), a privately held personal privacy platform focused on encrypted communication, internet security and digital rights management, and (iii) the acquisition of assets of CBM BioPharma, Inc. (“CBM”), a pharmaceutical company focusing on the development of cancer treatments.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company raised over $2.0 million of proceeds (see Note 8), therefore, a payment of $1.0 million was due to CBM pursuant to that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2019, by and between the Company and CBM, as amended (the “CBM Purchase Agreement”). The Company recorded this payment to CBM as a component of research and development license acquired during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

AIKIDO PHARMA INC.

(Formerly SPHERIX INCORPORATED)

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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As a result of the Company’s biotechnology research development and associated investments and acquisitions, the Company’s business portfolio now focuses on the treatment of three different cancers, including pancreatic cancer, AML and ALL. The Company’s AML and ALL compounds, developed at Wake Forest University, are targeted therapeutics designed to overcome multiple resistance mechanisms observed with the current standard of care. DHA-dFdC, the Company’s pancreatic drug candidate developed at the University of Texas at Austin (“UTA”), is a new compound that the Company hopes will become the next generation of chemotherapy treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer. DHA-dFdC overcomes tumor cell resistance to current chemotherapeutic drugs and is well tolerated in preclinical toxicity tests. Preclinical studies have also indicated that DHA-dFdC inhibits pancreatic cancer cell growth (up to 100,000-fold more potent that gemcitabine, a current standard therapy), has documented efficacy against pancreatic tumors in a clinically relevant transgenic mouse model and has demonstrated activities against other cancers, including leukemia, lung and melanoma. DHA-dFdC is being developed for oral administration in a solid lipid nanoparticle carrier matrix, which has also been licensed from UTA, and is intended to be a second-line treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer. The Company’s license with UTA (the “License”) is a royalty-bearing exclusive license that, unless terminated earlier, continues until the last date of expiration or termination of the patent rights granted under the License (the “Patent Rights”). With regard to DHA-dFdC, the Patent Rights include several filed U.S. patent applications (a “U.S. Patent Application”) and an application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (“PCT”) that is currently being prosecuted to secure rights in foreign countries. From these applications, one patent, U.S. Patent No. 10,463,684 (the “684 Patent”), contains items covering the compound DHA-dFdC. Assuming all maintenance fees are timely paid, the 684 Patent is expected to expire on October 27, 2035. The Company’s license with UTA also covers a non-provisional U.S. Patent Application filed with respect to the lipid nanoparticle carrier matrix for the drug, which was filed on June 6, 2019. In June of 2020, at the request of the Company, UTA filed both a U.S. non-provisional utility patent application as well as a PCT application relating to the lipid nanoparticle carrier matrix. Patent prosecution on all pending patent applications is currently underway. The Company is currently engaged in third party Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (“CMC”) activities related to DHA-dFdC. Manufacturing activities thus far have confirmed the critical chemical steps required for the manufacturing and scalability of the process. In tandem, the Company is developing the solid lipid nanoparticle delivery system and is currently optimizing the manufacturing process for size and consistency of the particles. The Company expects these activities, as well as the development of the final formulation to comprise most of the CMC activities through the end of the year. Optimization of the formulation will require in vitro studies as well as some preliminary animal studies. During the first half of 2021, optimization of the formulation and biological studies, including animal toxicology testing and pharmacology testing, are scheduled to occur. To the extent costs are incurred relating to governmental regulations, including under the FDA and environmental regulations, those costs will be borne by our Contract Manufacturing Organizations and Contract Research Organizations and will be passed on to the Company as part of their fees. FDA approval will eventually be required to begin administering DHA-dFdC to patients as part of any clinical trials. The animal studies performed next year will be a necessary prerequisite to filing an Investigational New Drug Application (“IND”) with the FDA. The Company’s development activities in the first half of 2021 will also include preparing the IND for submission to the FDA. The Company’s formulation is a new chemotherapy oral dosage form “repurposing” the chemotherapeutic agent gemcitabine, enabling it to be developed for use in patients following a special regulatory pathway codified in Section 505(b)(2) of the FDA rules. Section 505(b)(2) was enacted to enable sponsors to seek New Drug Application (“NDA”) approval for novel repurposed drugs without the need for such sponsors to undertake certain time consuming and expensive safety studies. Proceeding under this regulatory pathway, we hope to be able to rely upon all of the publicly available safety and toxicology data with respect to gemcitabine in our FDA submissions. We believe that this path will dramatically reduce the required clinical development efforts, costs and risks as compared to what would be required of us if we were required to conduct the entire scope of trials required for new chemical entities that are not eligible to be reviewed pursuant to the Section 505(b)(2) regulatory pathway. We estimate that by using the Section 505(b)(2) regulatory pathway, the clinical development process may be several years shorter than is required for a new chemical entity, and the FDA approval process may be six to nine months shorter than the typical eighteen month period, which we believe may result in lower development costs and shorter development time. As of the date hereof, we have not submitted an IND or an NDA to the FDA. During the first half of 2021, we hope to schedule and attend the first of a series of meetings with the FDA to review the requirements for submission and activation of an IND with respect to the DHA/dFdC formulated in SLNs for second-line treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer. At that meeting, we will present to the FDA our proposed clinical trial plan for the treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer. As part the meeting, as is standard, the FDA will provide us with general guidance with respect to specific animal studies, dosing schedules and suggested human safety studies before we commence clinical trials in patients. In addition, the Company is constantly seeking to grow its pipeline to treat unmet medical needs in oncology.

In addition, the Company owns an exclusive world-wide license to patented technology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore (“UMB”). The Company’s license is for a broad-spectrum antiviral drug platform. The licensed technology is a broadly acting pan-viral inhibitory compound with efficacy against multiple viral pathogens. The technology works to inhibit replication of multiple viruses including Influenza virus, SARS-CoV (coronavirus), MERS-CoV, Ebolavirus and Marburg virus. The Company’s license covers two U.S. Nonprovisional Applications, which were consolidated and timely filed as a PCT application on June 5, 2020, commencing patent prosecution. Any patents issued from this application are expected to expire 20 years later, on June 5, 2040, unless the term is extended by the patent office. Publication of the results of the work to which the Company is licensed is expected later this year. Currently, the Company and UMB are collaborating to identify chemical structures that are as effective as, or more effective than, the lead compounds covered in the PCT application. The UMB inventors are Drs. Matthew Frieman, Alexander MacKerell and Stuart Watson. The Company has also executed a Sponsored Research Agreement with UMB to support the development of the technology.

AIKIDO PHARMA INC.

(Formerly SPHERIX INCORPORATED)

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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The Nasdaq Stock Market Deficiency Notice

On September 24, 2020, the Company received a staff deficiency notice from Nasdaq informing the Company that its common stock failed to comply with the $1.00 minimum bid price required for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). Nasdaq’s letter advised the Company that, based upon the closing bid price during the period from August 12, 2020 to September 23, 2020, the Company no longer met this test.

Pursuant to Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company has been provided with a compliance period of 180 calendar days, or until March 23, 2021, to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement. To regain compliance, the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock must meet or exceed $1.00 per share for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days prior to March 23, 2021.

Note 2. Liquidity and Capital Resources

The Company continues to incur ongoing administrative and other expenses, including public company expenses, in excess of corresponding (non-financing related) revenue. While the Company continues to implement its business strategy, it intends to finance its activities through:

The Company has funded its operations from proceeds from the sale of equity and debt securities, including pre-funded warrants. The Company will require significant additional capital to make the investments it needs to execute its longer-term business plan. The Company’s ability to successfully raise sufficient funds through the sale of debt or equity securities when needed is subject to many risks and uncertainties and, even if it were successful, future equity issuances would result in dilution to its existing stockholders and future debt securities may contain covenants that limit the Company’s operations or ability to enter into certain transactions.

The Company’s current cash is sufficient to fund operations for at least the next 12 months; however, the Company will need to raise additional funding through strategic relationships, public or private equity or debt financings, grants or other arrangements to develop and seek regulatory approvals for the Company’s existing and new product candidates. If such funding is not available, or not available on terms acceptable to the Company, the Company’s current development plan and plans for expansion of its general and administrative infrastructure may be curtailed.

Management is currently evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on the Company’s financial position, results of its operations and/or search for drug candidates, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

AIKIDO PHARMA INC.

(Formerly SPHERIX INCORPORATED)

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Note 3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. All material intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. Certain immaterial reclassifications have been made to prior period amounts to conform to the current period presentation.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and pursuant to the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and on the same basis as the Company prepares its annual audited consolidated financial statements. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2020, condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, condensed consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, and the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 are unaudited, but include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, which the Company considers necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented. The results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2020 or for any future interim period. The condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2019 has been derived from audited financial statements; however, it does not include all of the information and notes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019 and notes thereto included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K, which was filed with the SEC on February 3, 2020.

Use of Estimates

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with US GAAP. This requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported expenses during the period. The Company’s significant estimates and assumptions include the valuation of investments and the valuation allowance related to the Company’s deferred tax assets. Certain of the Company’s estimates, including the carrying amount of its investments, could be affected by external conditions, including those unique to the Company and general economic conditions. It is reasonably possible that these external factors could have an effect on the Company’s estimates and could cause actual results to differ from those estimates and assumptions.

Significant Accounting Policies

Other than as described below, there have been no material changes in the Company’s significant accounting policies to those previously disclosed in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K, which was filed with the SEC on February 3, 2020.

Net Income Loss per Share

Basic loss per share is computed by dividing the net income or loss applicable to common shares by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Net loss attributable to common stockholders includes the effect of the deemed capital contribution on extinguishment of preferred stock and the deemed dividend related to the immediate accretion of beneficial conversion feature of convertible preferred stock. Diluted earnings per share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares and, if dilutive, potential common shares outstanding during the period. Potential common shares consist of the incremental common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options (using the treasury stock method) and the conversion of the Company’s convertible preferred stock and warrants (using the if-converted method). Diluted loss per share excludes the shares issuable upon the conversion of preferred stock and the exercise of stock options and warrants from the calculation of net loss per share if their effect would be anti-dilutive.

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

In August 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2018-13, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820), - Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement,” which makes a number of changes meant to add, modify or remove certain disclosure requirements associated with the movement amongst or hierarchy associated with Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 fair value measurements. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted upon issuance of the update. The Company adopted this ASU on January 1, 2020 and the adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements or related disclosures.

AIKIDO PHARMA INC.

(Formerly SPHERIX INCORPORATED)

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Note 4. Investments in Marketable Securities

The realized gain or loss, unrealized gain or loss, and dividend income related to marketable securities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, which are recorded as a component of gains and (losses) on marketable securities on the consolidated statements of operations (excluding a $70,000 distribution to CBM shareholders during the nine months ended September 30, 2020), are as follows ($ in thousands):

On May 6, 2020, the Company entered into that certain Stock Transfer Agreement, by and between the Company and a purchaser, and sold 400,000 shares of Hoth common stock for net proceeds of approximately $0.5 million.

On February 23, 2020, the Board of Directors approved a distribution to the Company’s stockholders of up to 70,000 Hoth Shares held by the Company. Accordingly, each of the Company’s stockholders received one (1) share of Hoth common stock for every five hundred (500) shares of Company common stock held as of 5 p.m. Eastern Time on April 30, 2020, the dividend record date. The Company did not distribute fractional shares of Hoth common stock, and any fractional shares were rounded down to the nearest whole share. The final distribution amount of Hoth Shares is 69,815.

Note 6. Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities

Financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts payable and accrued liabilities are carried at cost, which management believes approximates fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments. The Company measures the fair value of financial assets and liabilities based on the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The Company maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.

The Company uses three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities

Level 2 - quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or inputs that are observable

Level 3 - inputs that are unobservable (for example, cash flow modeling inputs based on assumptions)

AIKIDO PHARMA INC.

(Formerly SPHERIX INCORPORATED)

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The following table presents the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

Note 8. Stockholders’ Equity and Convertible Preferred Stock

Preferred Stock

Effective March 23, 2020, the Company declared a dividend of one right (“Right”) for each of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock. Each Right entitles a holder of record, as of the close of business on March 30, 2020, to purchase from the Company one one-thousandth of a share of the Company’s Series L preferred stock at a price of $5.00, subject to certain adjustments and subject to the terms of that certain Rights Agreement, dated as of March 23, 2020, by and between the Company and VStock Transfer, LLC, as rights agent (the “Rights Agreement”). The purpose of the Rights Agreement is to diminish the risk that the Company’s ability to use its net operating losses and certain other tax assets (collectively, “Tax Benefits”) to reduce potential future federal income tax obligations would become subject to limitations by reason of the Company experiencing an “ownership change,” as defined in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Tax Code”). A company generally experiences such an ownership change if the percentage of its stock owned by its “5-percent shareholders,” as defined in Section 382 of the Tax Code, increases by more than 50 percentage points over a rolling three-year period. The Rights Agreement is designed to reduce the likelihood that the Company will experience an ownership change under Section 382 of the Tax Code by (i) discouraging any person or group from becoming a shareholder of 4.99% or more of Common Stock and (ii) discouraging any existing 4.99% shareholder from acquiring any additional shares of the Company’s stock. On March 24, 2020, the Company filed a Certificate of Designation of Series L Preferred Stock with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to designate a new Series L preferred stock of the Company. As of September 30, 2020, no Rights have been exercised.

AIKIDO PHARMA INC.

(Formerly SPHERIX INCORPORATED)

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Common Stock

On March 3, 2020, the Company entered into that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, by and among the Company and certain purchasers, pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the purchasers 3,245,745 shares of the Company’s common stock, and common warrants (“Common Warrants”) to purchase up to 7,142,858 shares of common stock at a price of $1.05 per share of common stock and Common Warrant. The Company also offered 3,897,113 pre-funded warrants (“Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase shares of common stock with a purchase price of $1.0499 each Pre-Funded Warrant. The exercise price of each Pre-Funded Warrant was $0.0001 per share and each Common Warrant was $1.05 per share.

This offering resulted in gross proceeds of approximately $7.5 million before deducting the placement agent’s fee and related offering expenses of $1.0 million.

On March 9, 2020, the Company entered into that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, by and among the Company and certain purchasers, pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell, in a registered direct offering, 2,090,909 shares of the Company’s common stock at an offering price of $2.75 per share.

The Company also issued placement agent warrants to the placement agent (the “Placement Agent Warrant”) to purchase 167,273 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $3.4375 per share.

The Company has determined that the Placement Agent Warrant should be accounted as a component of stockholders’ equity. On the issuance date, the Company estimated the aggregate fair value of Placement Agent Warrant at $0.2 million using the Black-Scholes option pricing model using the following primary assumptions: fair value of common stock underlying the warrants is $1.83, expected life of 5 years, volatility rate of 122.29%, risk-free interest rate of 0.63% and expected dividend rate of 0%.

On April 14, 2020, the Company, entered into that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, by and among the Company and certain purchasers, pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell 14,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an offering price of $1.00 per share.

The registered offering resulted in gross proceeds to the Company of $14.0 million, before deducting the placement agent’s fee and other related offering expenses.

AIKIDO PHARMA INC.

(Formerly SPHERIX INCORPORATED)

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During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company issued 3,897,113 and 6,860,903 shares of common stock upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrant and Common Warrants, respectively, which resulted in gross proceeds of approximately $7.2 million.

Note 9. Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Proceedings

In the past, in the ordinary course of business, the Company actively pursued legal remedies to enforce its intellectual property rights and to stop unauthorized use of our technology. Other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, we know of no material, active or pending legal proceedings against us.

Risks and Uncertainties – COVID-19

Management is currently evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on the Company’s financial position, results of its operations and/or search for drug candidates, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.