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BUSINESS
9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure and Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]

NOTE A - BUSINESS


iBio, Inc. (“iBio” or the “Company”) is a biotechnology company focused on commercializing its proprietary technology, the iBioLaunch™ platform, for biologics including vaccines and therapeutic proteins. The Company’s strategy is to promote its commercial products through collaborations and license arrangements. iBio’s strategy is to receive upfront license fees, milestone revenues, service revenues and royalties on end products. The Company believes its technology offers the opportunity to develop products that might not otherwise be commercially feasible, and to work with both corporate and government clients to reduce their costs during product development and meet their needs for low-cost, high-quality biologics manufacturing systems. The Company’s near-term focus is to establish business arrangements for use of its technology by licensees for the development and production of products for both therapeutic and vaccine uses.


Basis of Presentation


The accompanying financial information as of March 31, 2012 and for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, is unaudited and includes all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) which, in the opinion of management, are necessary to state fairly the condensed financial information set forth therein in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with US GAAP have been omitted as permitted by regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The interim results are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full fiscal year. The condensed balance sheet amounts as of June 30, 2011 were derived from the audited financial statements. These unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2011 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


The Company has incurred losses and negative cash flows from operations since the spinoff from its Former Parent in August 2008. As of March 31, 2012, the Company had an accumulated deficit of approximately $29,975,000 and cash used from operations for the nine months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 was approximately $4,969,000 and $4,240,000, respectively. The Company has historically financed its activities through the sale of common stock and warrants. To date, the Company has dedicated most of its financial resources to investing in its iBioLaunch™ platform, advancing intellectual property, product candidate development, and general and administrative activities.


iBio believes it has the financial capabilities to meet its current obligations. In addition, the Company estimates the cash on hand as of March 31, 2012 of approximately $6,724,000 will be adequate to fund its operations until the second calendar quarter of 2013. The Company plans to fund its further development and commercialization through licensing and partnering arrangements, which may include milestone receipts and royalties, and/or the sale of equity securities or debt. The Company cannot be certain that such funding will be available on acceptable terms or available at all. To the extent that the Company raises additional funds by issuing equity securities, its stockholders may experience dilution. In January 2012, the Company raised net proceeds of approximately $9,036,000 (see Note C). Further, if additional funds are raised by the issuance of equity or debt, additional securities may have powers, designations, preferences or rights senior to its currently outstanding securities. If the Company is unable to raise funds when required or on acceptable terms, it may have to: a) significantly delay, scale back, or discontinue the development and/or commercialization of one or more product candidates; b) seek collaborators for product candidates at an earlier stage than would otherwise be desirable and/or on terms that are less favorable than might otherwise be available; or c) relinquish or otherwise dispose of rights to technologies, product candidates, or products that it would otherwise seek to develop or commercialize itself and d) possibly cease operations.


In addition to the normal risks associated with a new business venture, there can be no assurance that any of the Company’s further research and development will be successfully completed or that any product will be approved or commercially viable.


The Company is subject to risks common to companies in the biotechnology industry including, but not limited to, dependence on collaborative arrangements, development by the Company or its competitors of new technological innovations, dependence on key personnel, protection of proprietary technology, and compliance with Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and other governmental regulations and approval requirements.


Significant Accounting Policies


The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in Note B to its audited Financial Statements included in its June 30, 2011 Form 10-K.There have been no significant changes to these policies or changes in accounting pronouncements during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012. In October and November 2011, the Board of Directors modified the terms of previously issued options to eliminate the ninety days vesting period cancellation provision, thus permitting an option holder, upon termination without cause, to exercise the vested portion of an option post-termination up to ten years after the grant date. Current period option awards granted also include these terms. See Note C for compensation expense relating to such modification. Through September 30, 2011, in its model for estimating the fair value of option awards, the Company used the simplified method of estimating the expected term for share-based compensation. During the three and six months ended December 31, 2011 and thereafter, the Company ceased using the simplified method and now estimates the expected term for each award will approximate its contractual term. The Company uses its historical stock price volatility consistent with the expected term of grant as the basis for its expected volatility assumption. The risk-free interest rate is based upon the yield of U.S. Treasury securities consistent with the expected term of the option. The dividend yield assumption is based on the Company’s history of zero dividend payouts and expectation that no dividends will be paid in the foreseeable future.


Loss Per Share


Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) allocated to common shares by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share reflect the additional potential dilution that could occur if options or warrants were exercised or converted into common stock, using the treasury stock method. Since the Company incurred a net loss in each of those periods, diluted loss per share for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively were the same as basic loss per share. There were 26,417,463 and 12,078,607 options and warrants for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012 that were excluded from the calculation of dilutive earnings per shares since they were anti-dilutive.

The following table summarizes the number of common shares excluded from the calculation of weighted average common shares outstanding for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three and nine months ended March 31,

 

 

 


 

 

 

2012

 

2011

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock options

 

 

5,476,667

 

 

4,130,000

 

Warrants

 

 

20,940,796

 

 

7,948,607

 

 

 


 


 

Total

 

 

26,417,463

 

 

12,078,607

 

 

 


 


 


Fair Value of Financial Instruments


The Company’s financial instruments primarily include cash, accounts receivable, other current assets, accounts payable, and a derivative liability. Due to the short-term nature of cash, accounts receivable, current assets, accounts payable, and the derivative instrument liability relating to a warrant with anti-dilution protection, the carrying amounts of these assets and liabilities approximate their fair value. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the reporting date. The accounting guidance establishes a three-tiered hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in the valuation methodologies in measuring fair value:


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


Level 2 - Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.


Level 3 - Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.


The Company categorizes its derivative financial instrument liability in Level 2 of the hierarchy. The derivative instrument liability relating to a warrant with down round protection is valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, using assumptions consistent with the determination of fair value. The fair value of the derivative financial instrument liability is based principally on Level 2 inputs. For this liability, the Company developed its own assumptions based on observable inputs or available market data to support the fair value.


The following table sets forth the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis, by input level, in the condensed balance sheets at March 31, 2012 and June 30, 2011:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value measurement at reporting date using

 

 

 


 

 

 

Quoted prices
In active
Market for
Identical assets
(Level 1)

 

Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

 

Total

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

At March 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recurring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative financial instrument liability - related to a warrant with anti-dilution protection

 

$

 

$

1,314,937

 

$

 

$

1,314,937

 

 

 



 



 



 



 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quoted prices
In active
Market for
Identical assets
(Level 1)

 

Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

 

Total

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

At June 30, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recurring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative financial instrument liability

 

$

 

$

4,187,769

 

$

 

$

4,187,769

 

 

 



 



 



 



 


The above valuations were determined using Level 2 inputs. The reconciliation of the derivative financial instrument liability measured at fair value on a recurring basis using observable inputs (Level 2) is as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively

 

$

4,187,769

 

$

1,714,084

 

Change in fair value of derivative financial instrument liability

 

 

(2,872,832

)

 

4,424,932

 

 

 



 



 

 

Balance, March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively,

 

$

1,314,937

 

$

6,139,016

 

 

 



 



 


The fair value of the derivative financial instrument liability is determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and is affected by changes in inputs to that model including the Company’s stock price, expected stock price, volatility, dividend yield, the contractual term, and the risk-free interest rate.


The assumptions made in calculating the fair value of these derivative instruments as of March 31, 2012 and 2011 and June 30, 2011 were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2012

 

June 30, 2011

 

March 31, 2011

 

 


 


 


Risk-free interest rate

 

0.2%

 

0.4%

 

1.1%

Dividend yield

 

None

 

None

 

None

Volatility

 

98.9%

 

96.7%

 

133.0%

Remaining contractual term (in years)

 

1.4

 

2.2

 

2.4