Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies) |
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| Basis of Presentation | Basis of Presentation
These accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim financial reporting. These condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited and, in the opinion of management, include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments and accruals) necessary for a fair statement of the balance sheet, operating results, and cash flows for the periods presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). Operating results for the six months ended June 30, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 or any other future period. Certain information and footnote disclosure normally included in the annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been omitted in accordance with the SEC’s rules and regulations for interim reporting. The Company’s financial position, results of operations, and cash flows are presented in U.S. Dollars. These condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and related notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2024 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 26, 2025.
The Company operates in one segment and the Company’s Chief Executive Officer serves as the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”). The CODM uses net loss, as reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements, to monitor budget versus actual results and allocate resources. The CODM is regularly provided with financial information, including expenses, in a format consistent with the condensed consolidated statements of operations. The CODM does not review assets at a different level than those disclosed in the consolidated balance sheet.
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| Reverse Stock Splits | Reverse Stock Splits
On May 24, 2024, the Company effectuated a reverse split of shares of its common stock at a ratio of 1-for-15 pursuant to an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), filed with the Delaware Secretary of State and approved by the Company’s board of directors and stockholders. The par value of the Company’s common stock was not adjusted as a result of this or any prior reverse split. All issued and outstanding common stock share and per share amounts contained in the condensed consolidated financial statements have been retroactively adjusted to reflect this and any prior reverse splits for all periods presented.
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| Principles of Consolidation | Principles of Consolidation
The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Tharimmune and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hillstream Oncology. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
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| Use of Estimates | Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on assumptions believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. The estimation process often may yield a range of potentially reasonable estimates of the ultimate future outcomes, and management must select an amount that falls within that range of reasonable estimates. Areas of the condensed consolidated financial statements where estimates may have the most significant effect include research and development expense recognition, valuation of common shares and share-based compensation, allowances of deferred tax assets, valuation of debt related instruments, and cash flow assumptions regarding going concern considerations. Although management believes the estimates that have been used are reasonable, actual results could vary from the estimates that were used.
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| Concentration of Credit Risk | Concentration of Credit Risk
The Company maintains cash balances with various financial institutions. Account balances at these institutions are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) up to $250,000 per depositor. At various times during the year, bank account balances may have been in excess of federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced losses in such accounts. The Company believes that it is not subject to unusual credit risk beyond the normal credit risk associated with commercial banking relationships.
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| Cash and Cash Equivalents | Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents, if any, are stated at cost and consist primarily of money market accounts.
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| Research and Development | Research and Development
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. Research and development expenses include personnel costs associated with research and development activities, including third-party contractors to perform research, conduct clinical trials, and manufacture drug supplies and materials. The Company accrues for costs incurred by external service providers, including contract research organizations and clinical investigators, based on its estimates of service performed and costs incurred. These estimates include the level of services performed by third parties, patient enrollment in clinical trials, administrative costs incurred by third parties, and other indicators of the services completed.
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| Stock-Based Compensation |
The Company recognizes compensation costs resulting from the issuance of stock-based awards to employees, non-employees, and directors as an expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations over the requisite service period based on a measurement of fair value for each stock-based award. The fair value of common stock issued pursuant to termination agreements as well as restricted stock or restricted stock units is generally measured as the grant-date price of the Company’s common stock. The fair value of each option grant to employees, non-employees, and directors is estimated as of the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, net of actual forfeitures. The fair value is amortized as compensation cost on the straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the awards, which is generally the vesting period.
Prior to January 12, 2022, the Company was a private company and the Company’s common stock has only been publicly traded since that date. As a result, the Company has limited company-specific historical and implied volatility information. Therefore, it has estimated its expected stock volatility based on the historical data of a publicly traded set of peer companies. The expected term of stock options granted was between five and seven years. The risk-free interest rate was determined by reference to the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant for time periods approximately equal to the expected term of the award.
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| Fair Value Measurements | Fair Value Measurements
The Company applies Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement (“ASC 820”), which establishes a framework for measuring fair value and clarifies the definition of fair value within that framework. ASC 820 defines fair value as an exit price, which is the price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the Company’s principal or most advantageous market in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The fair value hierarchy established in ASC 820 generally requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the entity’s own assumptions based on market data and the entity’s judgments about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are to be developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.
The carrying value of the Company’s cash, prepaid expenses, accounts payable, and accrued expenses approximate fair value because of the short-term maturity of these financial instruments.
The valuation hierarchy is composed of three levels. The classification within the valuation hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The levels within the valuation hierarchy are described below:
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| Deferred Offering Costs | Deferred Offering Costs
Deferred offering costs consists primarily of legal, accounting, underwriters’ fees, printing, and filing fees that are incurred prior to an offering of the Company’s common stock and are initially capitalized and then subsequently reclassified to additional paid-in capital upon completion of the offering. If an offering is not completed, any associated offering costs will be expensed immediately upon termination of the offering. At June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there were $92,168 and $117,000, respectively, in deferred offering costs associated with the ATM Agreement.
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| Insurance Premium Financing Liability | Insurance Premium Financing Liability
In January 2024, the Company entered into an insurance premium financing agreement for $492,450, with a term of 10 months and an annual interest rate of 7.5%. The Company made a down payment of $98,490 and was required to make monthly principal and interest payments of $40,763 over the term of the agreement, which matured in November 2024.
In January 2025, the Company entered into an insurance premium financing agreement for $386,280, with a term of 10 months and an annual interest rate of 7.15%. The Company made a down payment of $77,356 and was required to make monthly principal and interest payments of $31,914 over the term of the agreement, which matures in November 2025. During the quarter ended June 30, 2025, the Company reduced its insurance coverage, effectively reducing premiums. The Company received a refund of $101,102, which was applied against the insurance premium financing agreement. As a result, monthly principal and interest payments were reduced to $17,471. Prepaid insurance at June 30, 2025 of $125,740 after reduction of the total premium, is included in prepaid expenses and other current assets on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet.
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| Retirement Plan | Retirement Plan
The Company has a 401(k) defined contribution plan which covers all employees that meet the plan’s eligibility requirements. Eligible employees may contribute a percentage of their salary subject to certain limitations. The Company makes a discretionary match which is currently equal to 3% of employee contributions. Total company contributions to the plan were $3,808 and $15,548 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and $0 and $337 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively.
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| Income Taxes | Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset-and-liability method in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). 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 and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards.
Deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax effect of temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amount of assets and liabilities and the amounts used for income tax purposes and for certain changes in valuation allowances. Valuation allowances are recorded to reduce certain deferred tax assets when, in management’s estimation, it is more-likely-than-not that a tax benefit will not be realized. A full valuation allowance has been recognized for all periods since it is more-likely-than-not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized in future periods.
The Company follows the guidance in FASB ASC Subtopic 740-10 in assessing uncertain tax positions. The standard applies to all tax positions and clarifies the recognition of tax benefits in the financial statements by providing for a two-step approach of recognition and measurement. The first step involves assessing whether the tax position is more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination based upon its technical merits. The second step involves measurement of the amount to be recognized. Tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are measured at the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate finalization with the taxing authority. The Company recognizes the impact of an uncertain income tax position in the financial statements if it believes that the position is more-likely-than-not to be sustained by the relevant taxing authority. The Company will recognize interest and penalties related to tax positions in income tax expense. At June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had no unrecognized uncertain income tax positions, and therefore no amounts have been recognized in the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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| Net Loss per Share |
The Company reports loss per share in accordance with FASB ASC Subtopic 260-10, Earnings Per Share, which provides for calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share. Basic earnings per share includes no dilution and is computed by dividing net income or loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share reflect the potential dilution of securities that could share in the earnings of an entity. The calculation of diluted net earnings (loss) per share gives effect to common stock equivalents; however, potential common shares are excluded if their effect is anti-dilutive.
Potentially dilutive securities not included in the computation of loss per share for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 included options to purchase and shares of common stock, respectively, and and restricted stock units subject to vesting, respectively. Other potentially dilutive securities not included in the computation of loss per share for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 included warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock related to the Company’s initial public offering (the “IPO”); warrants to purchase and shares of the Company’s common stock issued in the Company’s May 2023 and November 2023 offerings, respectively; pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock issued in the June 2024 PIPE Offering; warrants to purchase and shares of the Company’s common stock issued in the December 2024 PIPE Offering and June 2024 PIPE Offering, respectively; warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock issued to the placement agents in the June 2024 PIPE Offering; and warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock issued in the June 2025 PIPE Offering. All common share amounts as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 and per share amounts for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 have been retroactively adjusted to reflect a 1-for-15 reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock effectuated on May 24, 2024.
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| Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements | Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
The Company has evaluated all recent accounting pronouncements that were required to be adopted or are required to be adopted in the near future and believes that none of them will have a material effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. |