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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies  
Interim Financial Statements

(a)

Interim Financial Statements

The accompanying unaudited interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Any references in these notes to applicable guidance are meant to refer to GAAP as found in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”).

In the opinion of the Company, the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of its financial position as of June 30, 2025, and its results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, and cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024. The condensed balance sheet at December 31, 2024, was derived from audited annual financial statements but does not contain all of the footnote disclosures from the annual financial statements.
Use of Estimates

(b)

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from such estimates. Estimates and assumptions are periodically reviewed, and the effects of revisions are reflected in the financial statements in the period they are determined to be necessary.

Significant areas that require the Company’s estimates include the fair value of the Company’s common stock prior to the completion of the Company’s initial public offering, and accrued research and development expenses.
Fair Value Measurements

(c)

Fair Value Measurements

The Company utilizes valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs to the extent possible. The Company determines fair value based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability in the principal or most advantageous market. When considering market participant assumptions in fair value measurements, the following fair value hierarchy distinguishes between observable and unobservable inputs, which are categorized in one of the following levels:

•Level 1 Inputs: Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities accessible to the reporting entity at the measurement date.
•Level 2 Inputs: Other than quoted prices included in Level 1 inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.
•Level 3 Inputs: Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability used to measure fair value to the extent that observable inputs are not available, thereby allowing for situations in which there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date.

The Company believes that the carrying amounts of the Company’s financial instruments, principally cash equivalents and accounts payable, approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of those instruments.
Net Loss per Share

(d)

Net Loss per Share

Basic net loss per share of common stock is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during each period. Diluted net loss per share of common stock includes the effect, if any, from the potential exercise or conversion of securities, such as convertible preferred stock and stock options, which would result in the issuance of incremental shares of common stock. For diluted net loss per share, the weighted-average number of shares of common stock is the same for basic net loss per share since when a net loss exists, potentially dilutive securities are not included in the calculation as their impact is anti-dilutive. The Company’s convertible preferred stock entitled the holder to participate in dividends and earnings of the Company, and, if the Company had recognized net income, it would have used the two-class method to calculate earnings per share. The two-class method was not applicable during periods with a net loss, as the holders of the convertible preferred stock had no obligation to fund losses.

The following table sets forth the computation of net loss per share, basic and diluted (in thousands, except share and per share data):

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Three Months Ended

    

Six Months Ended

    

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June 30, 

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June 30, 

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2025

    

2024

    

2025

    

2024

    

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Net loss

 

$

(31,399)

 

$

(21,874)

 

$

(95,786)

 

$

(39,291)

 

Denominator:

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Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding, basic and diluted

 

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35,006,114

 

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33,502,347

 

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34,455,585

 

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29,274,441

 

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Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted

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$

(0.90)

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$

(0.65)

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$

(2.78)

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$

(1.34)

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Stock options outstanding have been excluded from the computation of diluted weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding, as they would be anti-dilutive. Stock options outstanding at June 30, 2025 and 2024 were 4,325,617 and 2,669,121, respectively.
Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted and Accounting Pronouncements Becoming Effective in 2025

(e)

Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03 Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures: Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses.  This standard requires the disclosure of more detailed information about the types of expenses in commonly presented expense captions, such as research and development, and general and administrative expenses. This standard will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027 and may be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that this standard may have on its year-end financial statements.

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(f)

Accounting Pronouncements Becoming Effective in 2025

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09”), which requires enhanced income tax disclosures, including specific categories and disaggregation of information in the effective tax rate reconciliation, disaggregated information related to income taxes paid, income or loss from continuing operations before income tax expense or benefit, and income tax expense or benefit from continuing operations. The requirements of ASU 2023-09 are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of this pronouncement on its related disclosures.
Reverse Stock Split

(g)

Reverse Stock Split

On January 23, 2024, the Company filed an amendment to its Articles of Incorporation and effected a 15.21-for-1 reverse stock split of its issued and outstanding shares of common stock. All common stock share and per-share amounts presented in the financial statements and related notes have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the reverse stock split.
License and Collaboration Agreements

(h) License and Collaboration Agreements

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The Company analyzes its license and collaborative agreements to assess whether they are within the scope of ASC 808, Collaborative Arrangements (“ASC 808”) to determine whether such arrangements involve joint operating activities performed by parties that are both active participants in the activities and exposed to significant risks and rewards that are dependent on the commercial success of such activities. To the extent the arrangement is within the scope of ASC 808, the Company assesses whether aspects of the arrangement are within the scope of other accounting literature. If the Company concludes that some or all aspects of the arrangement represent a transaction with a customer, it accounts for those aspects of the arrangement within the scope of ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. None of the license and collaboration agreements discussed in Note 9 represent transactions with customers.

If the Company concludes that some or all aspects of the arrangement are within the scope of ASC 808 and do not represent a transaction with a customer, it recognizes costs incurred as a component of the related expense in the period incurred. The arrangements may also require the Company to make payments on achievement of certain milestones, including clinical, regulatory, and development milestones. Clinical, regulatory, and development milestones are recognized as research and development expense only when such milestones are deemed probable of being achieved.

Comprehensive Loss

(i) Comprehensive Loss

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Comprehensive loss includes net loss and certain changes in stockholders’ deficit that are excluded from net loss, primarily unrealized gains or losses on the Company’s marketable securities.