v3.26.1
Income taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Income taxes [Abstract]  
Provision for Income Taxes
The provision for income taxes consisted of the following:
 
         
     March 31, 2026      March 31, 2025  
    $    $ 
Current Provision
         
Federal
       
State
      3 
Total Current Provision
      3 
           
Deferred Provision
         
Federal
   (1,492   (2,392
State
   (208   (810
Total Deferred Provision
   (1,700   (3,202
           
Total Provision for Income Taxes
   (1,700   (3,199
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation
During the current fiscal year the Company adopted ASU 2023-09 prospectively. See Note 2 for additional details on the adoption of ASU 2023-09. A reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate to the Company’s effective tax rate pursuant to the disclosure requirements of ASU 2023-09 for the year ended March 31, 2026 is as follows (in thousands, except for percentages):
 
 
For the year ended
    
March 31,
2026
    
March 31,
2026
    
March 31,
2025
    
March 31,
2025
 
    
$
           
$
        
U.S. federal statutory rate
   (1,993    21.00 %    (2,681    21.00 %
State taxes and local tax1, net of federal income tax effect
   (208    2.19 %    (770    6.03 %
Difference in foreign tax rates
   —        0.00 %    (105    0.82 %
Tax credits
   (318    3.35 %    (1,583    12.40 %
Change in valuation allowance
   870      (9.17 )%    2,347      (18.39 )%
Nontaxable or nondeductible items:
                           
Non-deductible stock-based compensation
   133      (1.40 )%    —        (0.00 )%
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities
   (189    1.99 %    (876    6.86 %
Other
   1      (0.01 )%    468      (3.67 )%
Other adjustments
   4      (0.03 )%    (1    0.00 %
Total tax (benefit) expense
   (1,700    17.92 %    (3,199    25.06 %
 
1 New Jersey and California account for 100% of the tax effect in this category.
Cash Paid for Income Taxes, Net of Refunds Received
Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds received, by jurisdiction pursuant to the disclosure requirements of ASU 2023-09 for the year ended March 31, 2026 is as follows (in thousands):
 
     
March 31, 2026
 
Federal
     
State
      
New Jersey
    8 
California
    4 
Pennsylvania
     
Other States
     
Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds received
    12 
Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
The table below presents the effects of temporary differences that gave rise to significant portions of deferred tax assets and liabilities as of March 31, 2026 and 2025:
 
         
   
March 31, 2026
   
March 31, 2025
 
    
$
    
$
 
Deferred income tax assets
         
Tax losses carried forward
  51,132    43,049 
Research and development expenses
  7,434    10,298 
Property, plant and equipment
       
Intangible assets
  232    206 
Net federal investment tax credits
  2,882    2,882 
Other accruals and other
  215    131 
Orphan drug credit
  1,900    1,583 
Total deferred income tax assets
  63,795    58,779 
Valuation allowance
  (52,846   (49,530
Total deferred income tax assets, net of valuation allowance
  10,949    9,249 
           
Deferred income tax liabilities
         
Intangible assets
  (11,561   (11,561
Total deferred tax liabilities
  (11,561   (11,561
           
Net deferred tax liabilities
  (612   (2,312