HCWB 最新10-Q变化

相对上期新增的文字 · 来源:10-Q · 2026-05-14

• HCW Biologics Inc. (“HCW Biologics” or the “Company”) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing transformative fusion immunotherapeutics to support or treat diseases promoted by chronic inflammation. We have created novel compounds that represent a new class of drugs that we believe h…

• By leveraging our extensive immunology expertise, we have developed fusion immunotherapeutics representing a new class of drug that we believe has the potential to fundamentally change the treatments for autoimmune diseases, cancer, senescence-associated dysplasia, and many other diseases promoted b…

• HCW Biologics has an experienced team led by Dr. Hing C. Wong, our Founder and CEO, who discovered and developed the immunotherapeutic Anktiva® (also known as ALT-803, an IL-15 receptor agonist) through pivotal trials. This blockbuster immunotherapeutic treatment for cancer was sold to ImmunityBio, …

• The Company has selected the following compounds for our clinical development programs, which are currently being developed in Company-sponsored programs:

• Clinical-stage compound that is an injectable, first-in-kind interleukin 2 (“IL-2”) fusion protein complex constructed using the Company’s proprietary TOBI platform technology. Its mechanism of action involves binding to IL-2αβγ receptors predominantly expressed on regulatory T (“Treg”) cells, there…

相对上期删除的文字 · 来源:10-Q · 2025-11-14

• HCW Biologics Inc. (“HCWB” or the “Company”) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing proprietary immunotherapies to treat diseases promoted by chronic inflammation, especially age-related and senescence-associated diseases. Our immunotherapeutics represent a new class of drug that w…

• Chronic inflammation, including inflammaging, is believed to be a significant contributing factor to the cause for senescence-associated diseases and conditions that diminish health span, including many types of cancer, autoimmune diseases, and neurodegenerative diseases, as well as indications that…

• Studies have shown that strategies to reduce or eliminate senescent cells can delay, prevent, and improve age-related dysfunctions, including cancer. Unfortunately, to date, there has been limited clinical success in targeting senescent cell accumulation or aberrant inflammasome activity using small…

• The Company has developed two different drug discovery and development platforms, our legacy TOBI™ (Tissue factOr-Based fusIon) platform and our newly developed targeted platform technology – the T-cell Receptor β Chain constant region (“TRBC”) platform:

• The TOBI platform is designed to engineer multi-functional fusion protein molecules and protein complexes. It employs a Tissue Factor (“TF”) scaffold that can be packaged with multiple protein targets, including cytokines, chemokines, ligands, receptors, and single-chain antibodies.

相对上期新增的文字 · 来源:10-Q · 2026-05-14

• As of March 31, 2026, our management, with participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, performed an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a – 15(e) under the Exchange Act). Based on that evaluation, two …

• The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company i…

• Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

• Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act). Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed under the supervision and with the participation of our management…

• As of March 31, 2026, our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting using the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in Internal Control-Integrated Framework. Based on this assessment, one material weakn…

相对上期删除的文字 · 来源:10-Q · 2025-11-14

• Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended or the Exchange Act, is recorded, communicated to our management to allow timely decisions regarding r…

• Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the Chief Executive Officer, or CEO, and Chief Financial Officer, or CFO, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(…

• While we strive to create a stronger control environment, we recognize that it is impossible for our internal controls over financial reporting to prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that …

• There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act during the three months ended September 30, 2025 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over fina…

相对上期新增的文字 · 来源:10-Q · 2026-05-14

• The legal matters included in our Annual Report continue to apply to us and describe risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report. Additional facts not presently…

• On July 18, 2024, we announced that, as of July 13, 2024, we and Dr. Hing C. Wong, our Founder and Chief Executive Officer, entered into a confidential Settlement Agreement and Release (the “Settlement Agreement”) with Altor BioScience, LLC (“Altor”), NantCell, Inc. (“NantCell”), and ImmunityBio, In…

• As the Company reported in a Form 8-K, on April 17, 2025, the Company received a summons and a copy of a complaint filed by BE&K in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida (the “BE&K Complaint”). Other Defendants named in the BE&K Complaint who are subcontra…

• On October 24, 2025, the Company was notified by Cogent Bank that it exercised its discretion to make a demand that the Company cure the Defaults no later than thirty (30) days after receipt of this letter in strict compliance with Section 7.2(3) of the Loan Agreement by: (i) paying and discharging …

• The Company entered into the Settlement Agreement to avoid the costs, disruption and distraction of further litigation. On December 30, 2025, the Company entered a settlement agreement with Cooley LLP (“Cooley”) related to the remaining balance of $7.5 million still outstanding for the payment of le…

相对上期删除的文字 · 来源:10-Q · 2025-11-14

• During the period ended December 31, 2022, Altor/NantCell initiated legal proceedings against Dr. Wong and the Company. On April 26, 2023, the parties stipulated that Altor/NantCell’s action against the Company would be consolidated with the Altor/NantCell Arbitration demand against Dr. Wong. On Apr…

• As reported in the Company’s Form 8-K filed on July 18, 2024, as of July 13, 2024, the Company and Dr. Hing C. Wong, the Company’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer, entered into a confidential Settlement Agreement and Release (the “Settlement Agreement”) with Altor BioScience, LLC (“Altor”), Nant…

• Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the Company transferred and assigned to ImmunityBio ownership of certain intellectual property (including issued patents, pending patent applications, and know-how) for TOBI-based molecules. The Company retains the worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, fully paid-u…

• The Company retains ownership and control of the TOBI platform and TOBI-based molecules, with no restrictions under the Settlement Agreement on our ability to use the TOBI platform for protein-fusion molecules for non-oncology indications. We have rights to pursue oncology indications, in particular…

• As the Company reported in a Form 8-K, on April 17, 2025, the Company received a summons and a copy of a complaint filed by BE&K in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida (the “BE&K Complaint”). Other Defendants named in the BE&K Complaint who are subcontra…

相对上期新增的文字 · 来源:10-Q · 2026-05-14

• On March 28, 2024, the Company entered into a senior secured note purchase agreement (the “Note Purchase Agreement”) with the Purchasers (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement), pursuant to which we agreed to issue senior secured notes in an aggregate principal amount of up to $10.0 million (“Se…

• As of October 31, 2024, the Company issued an aggregate of $6.9 million of Secured Notes, with $2.9 million from the Company’s officers and members of the board of directors, including $2.4 million purchased by Dr. Hing C. Wong, Founder and CEO, $220,000 purchased by Rebecca Byam, Chief Financial Of…

• The Senior Notes bear interest at a rate of 9% per annum, payable quarterly in arrears, and mature on August 30, 2026 (the “Maturity Date”), on which date the principal balance, accrued but unpaid interest, and other amounts that may be due under the terms of the Amended and Restated Note Purchase A…

• As a condition to entering into the Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement, the Company, Mercedes M. Sellek, P.A. (“Escrow Agent”), and the Purchasers entered into that certain Escrow Agreement and Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, dated July 2, 2024, pursuant to which the Company agreed …

• Upon a qualifying event involving a transaction such as an acquisition, merger or initial public offering in which the Pledged Collateral can be sold or liquidated prior to the Maturity Date, subject to certain limitations (such as a threshold price per share in the case of an initial public offerin…