UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022

☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission file number 001-32954

STATERA BIOPHARMA, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	20-0077155
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

~~2537 Research Boulevard,~~4333 Corbett Drive, Suite ~~201,~~1082, Fort Collins, Colorado	~~80526~~80525
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(888) 613-8802

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

~~Cytocom, Inc.~~

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒☐ No ☐☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒☐ No ☐☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☒	Smaller reporting company	☒
Emerging Growth Company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.005		STAB		NASDAQ Capital Market

As of ~~November 11, 2021,~~September 26, 2022, there were ~~32,095,520~~50,744,653 shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.005 per share.

Table of Contents

	*September 30, 2021*			*December 31, 2020*			*March 31, 2022*			*December 31, 2021*
								UNAUDITED
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	9,216,349		$	593,869		$	152,183		$	1,844,732
Short-term investments		233,642			0			178,391			134,603
Accounts receivable		144,244			0			201,297			216,183
Due from subsidiary		0			329,330
Prepaid expenses		2,688,472			0			499,791			981,895
Contract asset								82,324			132,572
Other current assets		1,045,332			2,547			324,505			837,358
Total current assets		13,328,039			925,746			1,438,491			4,147,343
Non-current assets:
Operating lease right-of-use assets		840,590			101,048			1,126,828			964,331
Restricted cash		5,000,000			0			—			5,000,000
Goodwill		76,972,668			0			9,267,007			9,267,007
Intangible assets, net		1,575,278			0			1,467,271			1,580,980
Property and equipment, net		119,133			8,690			201,969			201,901
Contract asset		192,222			0
Total non-current assets		84,699,891			109,738			12,063,075			17,014,219
Assets of discontinued operation		8,123			0			8,123			8,123
Total assets	$	98,036,053		$	1,035,484		$	13,509,689		$	21,169,685
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	5,928,805		$	2,687,847		$	8,291,805		$	5,715,956
Current portion of operating lease liabilities		198,302			30,758			353,439			254,998
Deferred revenue		506,032			0			205,825			373,468
Stock issuances due		470,828			0			325,828			325,828
Notes payable		2,883,333			1,902,237			5,896,486			4,575,000
Advances from related party		200,000			0
Total current liabilities		10,187,300			4,620,842			15,073,383			11,245,250
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion		737,403			70,380			871,297			806,140
Long-term debt		12,916,667			0			-			10,625,000
Total long-term liabilities		13,654,070			70,380			871,297			11,431,140
Liabilities of discontinued operation		63			0			63			63
Total liabilities		23,841,433			4,691,222			15,944,743			22,676,453
Stockholders’ equity (deficit):
Preferred stock, $.005 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020; 0 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020		0			0
Common stock, $.005 par value; 150,000,000 shares authorized as of September 30, 2021 and 25,000,000 shares authorized as of December 31, 2020; 32,095,520 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2021 and 13,376,062 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2020		160,478			160,478
Stockholders’ deficit:
Preferred stock, $.005 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021; 0 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021								—			—
Common stock, $.005 par value; 150,000,000 shares authorized as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021; 49,979,531 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2022 and 35,484,106 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2021								249,898			177,421
Additional paid-in capital		126,220,319			23,946,747			134,528,590			127,743,333
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(2,014	)		0			(24,252	)		(6,651	)
Accumulated deficit		(52,256,361	)		(27,762,963	)		(137,239,351	)		(129,482,141	)
Total Statera Biopharma, Inc. stockholders’ equity (deficit)		74,122,422			(3,655,738	)
Total Statera Biopharma, Inc. stockholders’ deficit								(2,485,115	)		(1,568,038	)
Noncontrolling interest in stockholders’ equity		72,198			0			50,061			61,270
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)		74,194,620			(3,655,738	)
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	98,036,053		$	1,035,484
Total stockholders’ deficit								(2,435,054	)		(1,506,768	)
Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit							$	13,509,689		$	21,169,685

~~December 31, 2020 capital structure is not retroactively restated for the recapitalization as a result of the merger~~

Additional

Common Stock

Paid-In

Shares

Amount

Capital

Balance at December 31, 2019
20,346,999 $ 20,347 $ 11,307,253
Retroactive application of recapitalization
(9,048,760 ) 36,144 151,854,270
Adjusted balance, beginning of period
11,298,239 56,491 163,161,523
Issuance of common stock
1,515,878 7,579 2,775,846
Issuance of common stock
6,000 30 13,470
Exercise of warrants
105,000 525 504,381
Exercise of warrants
8,871 44 61,219
Exercise of warrants
82,399 412 248,138
Foreign currency translation
— 0 0
Net loss
— 0 0
Balance at September 30, 2020
13,016,387 $ 65,081 $ 166,764,577

Balance at December 31, 2020
13,376,062 $ 66,876 $ 166,762,778
Exercise of warrants
92,883 464 (464 )
Issuance of common stock
2,000,000 10,000 12,713,074
Statera merger & recapitalization
16,626,575 83,138 (58,924,898 )
Shares to be issued for services
— 0 464,703
Shares to be issued for stock based compensation
— 0 234,000
Restricted stock
— 0 4,957,707
Panacela net loss
— 0 13,419
Net loss
— 0 0
Balance at September 30, 2021
32,095,520 $ 160,478 $ 126,220,319

							*Additional*
	*Common Stock*						*Paid-In*
	*Shares*			*Amount*			*Capital*
Balance at December 31, 2020		13,376,062		$	66,880		$	166,762,778
Exercise of warrants		92,883			466			(466	)
Issuance of common stock, net of offering costs		2,000,000			10,000			12,713,074
Net loss		—			—			—
Balance at March 31, 2021		15,468,945		$	77,346		$	179,475,386

Balance at December 31, 2021		35,484,106		$	177,421		$	127,743,333
Issuance of common stock and warrants		14,555,555			72,778			6,383,727
Common stock repurchase		(160,130	)		(801	)		(50,507	)
Shares issued for stock based compensation		100,000			500			(500	)
Stock based compensation		—			—			452,537
Foreign currency translation		—			—			—
Net loss		—			—			—
Balance at March 31, 2022		49,979,531		$	249,898		$	134,528,590

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Accumulated Deficit

Noncontrolling Interests

Total

Balance at December 31, 2019
$ 0 $ (15,537,460 ) $ 0 $ (4,209,860 )
Retroactive application of recapitalization
(568,030 ) 0 5,039,878 156,362,262
Adjusted balance, beginning of period
(568,030 ) (15,537,460 ) 5,039,878 152,152,402
Issuance of common stock
0 0 0 2,783,425
Issuance of common stock
0
—
0
—
0
—

13,500

Exercise of warrants
0 0 0 504,906
Exercise of warrants
0 0 0 61,263
Exercise of warrants
0 0 0 248,550
Foreign currency translation
(76,992 ) 0 (69,565 ) (146,557 )
Net loss
0 (7,863,870 ) 0 (7,863,870 )
Balance at September 30, 2020
$ (645,022 ) $ (23,401,330 ) $ 4,970,313 $ 147,753,619

Balance at December 31, 2020
$ (685,680 ) $ (27,631,323 ) $ 4,973,465 $ 143,486,116
Exercise of warrants
0 0 0 0
Issuance of common stock
0 0 0 12,723,074
Statera merger & recapitalization
683,666 0 (4,887,848 ) (63,045,942 )
Shares to be issued for services
0 0 0 464,703
Shares to be issued for stock based compensation
0 0 0 234,000
Restricted stock
0 0 0 4,957,707
Panacela net loss
— (13,419 ) — -
Net loss
— (24,611,619 ) (13,419 ) (24,625,038 )
Balance at September 30, 2021
$ (2,014 ) $ (52,256,361 ) $ 72,198 $ 74,194,620

	*Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss*			*Accumulated Deficit*			*Noncontrolling Interests*			*Total*
Balance at December 31, 2020	$	(685,680	)	$	(27,631,321	)	$	4,973,465		$	143,486,118
Exercise of warrants		—			—			—			—
Issuance of common stock, net of offering costs		—			—			—			12,723,074
Net loss		—			(5,286,646	)		—			(5,286,646	)
Balance at March 31, 2021	$	(685,680	)	$	(32,917,967	)	$	4,973,465		$	150,922,546

Balance at December 31, 2021	$	(6,651	)	$	(129,482,141	)	$	61,270		$	(1,506,768	)
Issuance of common stock and warrants		—			—			—			6,456,505
Common stock repurchase		—			—			—			(51,308	)
Shares issued for stock based compensation		—			—			—			—
Stock based compensation		—			—			—			452,537
Foreign currency translation		(17,601	)		—			(8,486	)		(26,087	)
Net loss		—			(7,757,210	)		(2,723	)		(7,759,933	)
Balance at March 31, 2022	$	(24,252	)	$	(137,239,351	)	$	50,061		$	(2,435,054	)

~~As retroactively restated for the recapitalization as a result of the merger~~

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

2021

2020

Cash flows from operating activities:

Net loss
$ (24,625,038 ) $ (7,863,870 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

Depreciation expense
8,309 0
Amortization expense
134,022 0
Stock based compensation
4,957,707 (126,148 )
Noncash interest expense
799,858 0
Noncash lease expense
21,472 0
Services obtained for common shares
298,701 0
Noncash equity expenses
235,538 0
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

Other current assets
(380,615 ) (339,442 )
Accounts receivable
63,279 0
Short term investments
(233,642 ) 0
Due from subsidiary
329,330 0
Prepaid expenses
(2,688,472 ) 0
Contract asset
(131,406 ) 0
Contract liability
(130,829 ) 0
Deferred revenue
506,032 0
Stock issuances due
470,828 0
Investment in subsidiary
178,388 0
Liabilities of discontinued operations
(418,550 ) 0
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
540,826 (33,559 )
Net cash used in operating activities
(20,064,262 ) (8,363,019 )
Cash flows from investing activities:

Purchase of property and equipment
(86,057 ) (6,613 )
Cash acquired, ImQuest acquisition
529,499 0
Cash acquired, CBLI merger
13,116,459 0
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
13,559,901 (6,613 )
Cash flows from financing activities:

Proceeds from issuance of common stock
0 4,415,103
Common stock issued for license agreement
0 325,250
Proceeds from issuance of preferred shares
0 2,745,000
Proceeds from issuance of common stock due
5,685,112 1,105,000
Proceeds from advance from related party
200,000 0
Repayments on notes payable
(97,737 ) 97,737
Payment of debt issuance costs
(329,260 ) 0
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
14,670,740 0
Net cash provided by financing activities
20,128,855 8,688,090
Effect of exchange rate change on cash and equivalents
(2,014 ) 0
Increase in cash and cash equivalents
13,622,480 318,458
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, beginning of year
593,869 1,650
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, end of year
$ 14,216,349 $ 320,108

SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

Cash paid for interest
$ 279,329 $ 0

NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

Right of use asset exchanged for lease liability
$ 210,872 $ 0
Shares to be issued for services
464,703 0
Debt principal converted to equity
1,804,500 0
Merger non-cash APIC
6,742,760 0
Noncontrolling interest acquired
72,198 0
Cleveland BioLabs merger, net of cash received
13,116,459 0
Acquisition of ImQuest, net of cash received
529,500 0

	*For the Three Months Ended March 31,*
	*2022*			*2021*
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss	$	(7,759,933	)	$	(5,286,646	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation expense		6,522			792
Amortization expense		113,709			—
Stock based compensation		452,537			1,816,086
Noncash lease expense (income)		1,099			(787	)
Services obtained for common shares		—			299,000
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Other current assets		515,307			(160,224	)
Accounts receivable		14,886			—
Short term investments		(43,788	)		—
Prepaid expenses		482,104			—
Contract asset		50,248			—
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		2,573,396			739,508
Deferred revenue		(167,643	)		—
Net cash used in operating activities		(3,761,556	)		(2,592,271	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of property and equipment		(6,454	)		(4,685	)
Net cash used in investing activities		(6,454	)		(4,685	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of common stock		6,456,505			—
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock		—			2,155,000
Common stock repurchases		(51,308	)		—
Repayments on notes payable		(9,303,514	)		—
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		(2,898,452	)		2,155,000
Effect of exchange rate change on cash and equivalents		(26,087	)		—
Decrease in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash		(6,692,549	)		(441,956	)
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, beginning of year		6,844,732			593,869
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash end of year	$	152,183		$	151,913

SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid for interest	$	539,842		$	-

On July 27, 2021, Statera Biopharma, Inc., formerly known as Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. (the "Company" or "Statera"), High Street Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company ("Merger Sub"), and Cytocom Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Old Cytocom"), completed their previously announced merger transaction. The merger transaction was completed pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of October 16, 2020, pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into Old Cytocom, with Old Cytocom continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and the surviving corporation of the merger (the "Merger"). In connection with the closing of the Merger, Old Cytocom was renamed “Cytocom Subsidiary Inc.” and the Company was renamed “Cytocom, Inc.” Effective September 1, 2021, the Company changed its corporate name to "Statera Biopharma, Inc.", and the Company’s common stock began trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market with the symbol “STAB.”

The Company was incorporated in Delaware in June 2003 and is headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado. Prior to the Merger, the Company conducted business in the United States ("U.S.") directly and in the Russian Federation ("Russia") through two subsidiaries: one wholly owned subsidiary, BioLab 612, LLC ("BioLab 612"), which began operations in 2012 and was dissolved in November 2020; and Panacela Labs, Inc. ("Panacela"), which was formed by us and Joint Stock Company "RUSNANO" ("RUSNANO"), our financial partner in the venture, in 2011. Unless otherwise noted, or the context otherwise requires, the terms "Statera Biopharma," the "Company," "we," "us," and "our" refer to Statera Biopharma, Inc., known as ~~"Cleveland~~Cleveland BioLabs, Inc." prior to the Merger, BioLab 612, and Panacela.

On June 24, 2021, Old Cytocom completed the acquisition of ImQuest Life Sciences, Inc. and its subsidiaries ~~(“ImQuest”~~("ImQuest") in accordance with the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Old Cytocom and ImQuest dated as of July 17, 2020, and gained control of ImQuest. The purchase consideration due under this merger to the ex-shareholders of ImQuest consisted of 3,282,089 shares of common stock of Statera Biopharma. ImQuest is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

In addition, the Company has an investment in Genome Protection, Inc. ("GPI") that is recorded under the equity method of ~~accounting in the accompanying financial statements.~~accounting. The Company has not recorded its 50% share of the losses of GPI through ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022 as the impact would have reduced the Company's equity method investment in GPI below zero, and there are no requirements to fund the Company's share of these losses or contribute additional capital as of the date of these statements.

Statera Biopharma is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel immunotherapies targeting autoimmune, neutropenia/anemia, emerging viruses and cancers based on a proprietary platform designed to rebalance the body’s immune system and restore homeostasis. Statera has one of the largest platforms of toll-like receptor ~~(TLR)~~("TLR") agonists in the biopharmaceutical industry with TLR4 and TLR9 antagonists, and the TLR5 agonists, Entolimod and GP532. TLRs are a class of protein that play a key role in the innate immune system.

Statera Biopharma is developing therapies designed to directly elicit within patients a robust and durable response of antigen-specific killer T-cells and antibodies, thereby activating essential immune defenses against autoimmune, inflammatory, and infectious diseases and cancers. In the next 12 months, the Company expects to initiate clinical trials covering Crohn’s disease (STAT-201), hematology (Entolimod), pancreatic cancer (STAT-401) and COVID-19 (STAT-205).

At ~~September 30, 2021,~~March 31, 2022, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of ~~$9.2~~$0.15 million in the aggregate. The Company has incurred recurring losses from operations since inception, accumulating a deficit of approximately ~~$52.3~~$137.2 million as of ~~September 30, 2021.~~March 31, 2022. For the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022 and ~~2020,~~2021, the Company incurred net losses of approximately ~~$24,625,038~~$7.8 million and ~~$7,863,870,~~$5.3 million, respectively. The Company may incur additional losses and negative operating cash flows in the future. Failure to generate sufficient revenues, reduce spending or raise additional capital could adversely affect its ability to achieve its intended business objectives. These matters, among others, raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of one year from the issuance of these condensed financial statements.

Management intends to fund future operations through additional private or public debt or equity offerings and may seek additional capital through arrangements with strategic partners or from other sources. Based on the Company’s operating plan, existing working capital as of ~~September~~March 31, 2022 ~~30,~~~~2021~~was not sufficient to meet the cash requirements to fund planned operations for a period of one year after issuance of condensed financial statements without additional sources of cash. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern and do not include adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. This basis of accounting contemplates the recovery of the Company’s assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.

~~The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements for the~~ ~~nine~~ ~~months ended~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~ ~~and~~ ~~2020~~ have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates, among other things, the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. During the next 12 months from the issuance of these condensed financial statements, management intends to raise additional debt and/or equity financing to fund future operations and to provide additional working capital. However, there is no ~~assurance that such financing will be consummated or obtained in sufficient amounts necessary to meet the Company’s needs.~~

These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements reflect the historical results of Old Cytocom prior to the completion of the Merger, and do not include the historical results of the Company prior to the completion of the Merger. All share and per share disclosures have been adjusted to reflect the exchange of shares in the Merger. Under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), the Merger is treated as a “reverse merger” under the purchase method of accounting. For accounting purposes, Old Cytocom is considered to have acquired Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. See Note 3, Merger with Old Cytocom, for further details on the Merger and the U.S. GAAP accounting treatment.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission ~~(“SEC”~~("SEC") for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 8-03 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the annual consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments necessary for the fair presentation of results for the periods presented, have been included. The results of operations of any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations for the full year or any other interim period. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, ~~2020~~2021, as filed with the SEC.

In the opinion of the Company’s management, any adjustments contained in the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements are of a normal recurring nature, and are necessary to fairly present the financial position of the Company as of ~~September 30, 2021~~~~, along with its results of operations for the~~ ~~three~~ ~~and~~ ~~nine~~ ~~month periods ended~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~ ~~and~~ ~~2020~~ ~~and cash flows for the~~ ~~nine~~~~-month periods ended~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~ ~~and~~ ~~2020~~~~. Interim results are~~ ~~not~~ ~~necessarily indicative of results that~~ ~~may~~ ~~be expected for any other interim period or for an entire year.~~

From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") or other standard-setting bodies that are adopted by us as of the specified effective date. Unless otherwise discussed, we believe that the impact of recently issued standards that are not yet effective will not have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations upon adoption.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The Company applies the Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") on comprehensive income (loss) that requires disclosure of all components of comprehensive income (loss) on an annual and interim basis. Other comprehensive income (loss) is defined as the change in equity of a business enterprise during a period arising from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources. The following table presents the changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss for the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022.

The Cleveland Biolabs, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan, adopted in 2018 (the "Plan"), authorizes the Company to grant (i) options to purchase common stock, (ii) stock appreciation rights, (iii) awards of restricted or unrestricted stock, (iv) restricted stock units, and (v) performance awards, so long as the exercise or grant price of each are at least equal to the fair market value of the stock on the date of grant. As of ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022, an aggregate of ~~597,557~~3,597,557 shares of common stock were authorized for issuance under the Plan, of which a total of ~~536,089~~3,438,902 shares of common stock remained available for future awards. ~~However, on~~ ~~November 9, 2021,~~ This includes the Company’s ~~stockholders~~ approved amendments to the Plan that increased the number of shares of common stock authorized to be issued by 3,000,000 shares, removed the limit on the maximum number of shares covered by an award that may be issued in any calendar year to any single recipient, and renamed the Plan to the "Statera Biopharma Equity Incentive Plan." In addition, a total of ~~45,468~~42,655 shares of common stock reserved for issuance are subject to currently outstanding stock options granted under The Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. Equity Incentive ~~Plan, as in effect prior to the~~ ~~2018~~ ~~amendment and restatement.~~Plan. Awards granted under the Plan have a contractual life of no more than 10 years. The terms and conditions of equity awards (such as price, vesting schedule, term, and number of shares) under the Plan are specified in an award document, and approved by the Company’s ~~board~~Board of ~~directors~~Directors or its management delegates.

The 2013 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "ESPP") provides a means by which eligible employees of the Company and certain designated related corporations may be given an opportunity to purchase shares of common stock. As of ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022, there are ~~925,000~~1,025,000 shares of common stock reserved for purchase under the ESPP. The number of shares reserved for purchase under the ESPP increases on January 1 of each calendar year by the lesser of: (i) 10% of the total number of shares of common stock outstanding on December 31st of the preceding year, or (ii) 100,000 shares of common stock. The ESPP allows employees to use up to 15% of their compensation to purchase shares of common stock at an amount equal to 85% of the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the offering date or the purchase date, whichever is less.

The Company utilizes the Black-Scholes valuation model for estimating the fair value of all stock options granted where the vesting period is based on length of service or performance, while a Monte Carlo simulation model is used for estimating the fair value of stock options with market-based vesting conditions. ~~NaN~~No options were granted during the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022 and ~~September 30, 2020~~2021.

~~NaN~~No income tax expense was recorded for the three ~~and~~ ~~nine~~months ended ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022 and ~~2020~~2021 as the Company does not expect to have taxable income for ~~2021~~2022 and did not have taxable income in ~~2020~~2021. A full valuation allowance has been recorded against the Company’s net deferred tax asset.

At ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022, the Company had U.S. federal net operating loss carryforwards of approximately ~~$193.9~~$197.8 million, of which $140.6 million begins to expire if not utilized by 2023, and ~~$53.3~~$57.2 million ~~which~~ has no expiration, and approximately $4.3 million of tax credit carryforwards, which begin to expire if not utilized by 2024. The Company also has state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $112.2 million, which begin to expire if not utilized by 2027, and state tax credit carryforwards of approximately $0.3 million, which begin to expire if not utilized by 2022. ~~The purchase of 6,459,948 shares of common stock by David Davidovich on~~ ~~July 9, 2015~~ resulted in Mr. Davidovich owning 60.2% of the Company at that time. We therefore believe it highly likely that this transaction will be viewed by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service as a change of ownership as defined by Section ~~382~~ of the Internal Revenue Code. Consequently, our ability to utilize approximately $124.8 million of U.S. federal net operating loss carryforwards, $3.65 million of U.S. tax credit carryforwards, approximately $73.4 million of state net operating loss carryforwards, and $0.3 million of state tax credit carryforwards, all of which occurred prior to ~~July 9, 2015,~~ are limited. As such, a significant portion of these carryforwards will likely expire before they can be utilized, even if the Company is able to generate taxable income that, except for the foregoing transaction, would have been sufficient to fully utilize these carryforwards.

Basic net loss per share of common stock excludes dilution for potential common stock issuances and is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares outstanding for the period. Diluted net loss per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock. Diluted net loss per share is identical to basic net loss per share as potentially dilutive securities have been excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per common share because the inclusion of such securities would be antidilutive.

The Company has excluded the following securities from the calculation of diluted net loss per share because all such securities were antidilutive for the periods presented. Additionally, there were no dilutive securities outstanding as of ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022.

From time to time, the Company may have certain contingent liabilities that arise in the ordinary course of business. The Company accrues for liabilities when it is probable that future expenditures will be made and such expenditures can be reasonably estimated.

~~Upon the integration of the newly acquired ImQuest, the~~The Company has implemented the five steps to recognize revenue from contracts with customers under ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“("ASC ~~606”~~606"), which are:

• Step 4: Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract

• Step 5: Recognize revenue when (or as) a performance obligation is satisfied

In the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September 30, 2021,~~March 31, 2022, the Company generated revenue from its Clinical Research Organization services (“("CRO ~~services”~~services") provided by ImQuest.

The Company provides preclinical CRO services to evaluate the potential of new and novel pharmaceutical products for the treatment and prevention of viruses, bacteria, cancer and inflammatory diseases. These preclinical research services include compound screening, efficacy analysis, drug target validations, mechanism of action research, and toxicity studies in multiple pharmaceutical areas.

The Company has concluded that each provision of its CRO services is a distinct and single performance obligation as the customer benefits from the services once they have the opportunity to question the findings and receive the final report which summarizes the research results. Management determined each promised good and service in the contract related to its CRO services should be bundled into a single performance obligation because even though the contract explicitly states individual promises such as consultation services combined with a range of tests that are carried out in order to conduct the preclinical research, the culmination of the individual promises is the CRO services which is a single performance obligation.

The amount the Company earns for its CRO services is typically a fixed fee per project. Revenue from the project is recognized at the point in time when the final report is delivered to the customer and thus the performance obligation is satisfied. At the time the final report is delivered: (a) the Company has the right to payment for the report, (b) the customer has legal title to the report, (c) physical transfer of the report has occurred and the customer has taken possession of the report, (d) the customer now has benefit and the risk of ownership of the report, and (e) the customer has accepted the report. Revenue collected in advance of delivery of the final report is classified as a contract liability onin the consolidated balance sheet

At contract inception, once the contract is determined to be within the scope of ASC 606, the Company assesses the goods or services promised within each contract and determines those that are performance obligations and assesses whether each promised good or service is distinct. The Company then recognizes as revenue the amount of the transaction price that is allocated to the respective performance obligation when (or as) the performance obligation is satisfied.

~~The company accounts for transactions under collaborative arrangements under the same method as described above under ASC~~ ~~606.~~

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities at the date of purchase of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents include bank demand deposits, marketable securities with maturities of three months or less at purchase, and money market funds that invest primarily in certificates of deposits, commercial paper and U.S. government and U.S. government agency obligations. Cash equivalents are reported at fair value. As of ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022 and December 31, ~~2020~~2021, there were 0no cash equivalents. Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist principally of cash deposits. Accounts at each institution are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“~~FDIC”~~FDIC”) up to $250,000. At ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31,2022and December 31, ~~2020,~~2021, the Company had ~~$12,951,581~~$0 and $331,385 in excess of the FDIC insured limit, respectively.

The Company considers all cash held for specific reasons and not available for immediate, normal business use as restricted cash. As of ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022 and December 31, ~~2020~~2021 the Company had ~~$5,000,000~~$0 and ~~$0,~~$5,000,000, respectively, classified as restricted cash. ~~The Company incurred $15,000,000 of long-term debt via the Avenue Capital loan. The loan's maturity date is~~In ~~May 1, 2024~~February 2022, ~~and carries a 10.99% interest rate. The Company has 0 principal payments due for the~~ ~~first~~12 ~~monthly periods, with the~~ ~~first~~ ~~payment due in~~ ~~June, 2022.~~ As the restricted cash ~~is currently held for~~was used to repay a portion of the ~~purpose of repayment of this long-term~~ debt ~~with~~ no ~~repayments due in the next~~ 12 ~~months, the cash is classified as a non-current asset.~~to Avenue.

Accounts receivable are recorded net of an allowance for credit losses, which is recorded as an offset to accounts receivable and changes in such are classified as general and administrative expense in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company assesses collectability by reviewing accounts receivable on an individual basis when the Company identifies specific customers with known disputes or collectability issues. The Company assesses past due amounts by reviewing the payment terms of the contracts with the Company’s customers. In determining the amount of the allowance for credit losses, the Company makes judgments about the creditworthiness of customers based on ongoing credit evaluations. The Company writes off uncollectable accounts receivable against the allowance based on facts and circumstances for specific customers when management determines that collectability is remote. There is 0no allowance for doubtful account as of ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022 and December 31, ~~2020.~~2021. During the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022 and ~~2020,~~2021, the company ~~did~~ ~~not~~ ~~write~~wrote off ~~any~~$0.02 million and $0.0 million of accounts receivable.

~~We test~~The Company tests goodwill for impairment in ~~our~~the fourth quarter each year, or more frequently if indicators of an impairment exist, to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit with goodwill is less than its carrying value. For reporting units for which this assessment concludes that it is more likely than not that the fair value is more than its carrying value, goodwill is considered not ~~impaired and we are~~ ~~not~~ ~~required to perform the goodwill impairment test.~~impaired. Qualitative factors considered in this assessment include industry and market considerations, overall financial performance, and other relevant events and factors affecting the fair value of the reporting unit. For reporting units for which this assessment concludes that it is more likely than not that the fair value is below the carrying value, goodwill is tested for impairment by determining the fair value of each reporting unit and comparing it to the carrying value of the net assets assigned to the reporting unit. If the fair value of the reporting unit exceeds its carrying value, goodwill is considered not impaired. If the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, we would record an impairment loss up to the difference between the carrying value and implied fair value.

The Company has 2two identified finite-lived intangible assets, its customer base and tradenames and trademarks. The customer base and tradenames have a useful life of 20 years and 3 years, respectively. The intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their useful lives.

The Company reviews all finite lived intangible assets for impairment when circumstances indicate that their carrying values may not be recoverable. If the carrying value of an asset group is not recoverable, the Company recognizes an impairment loss for the excess carrying value over the fair value in its consolidated statements of operations. ~~NaN~~No impairment losses have been recorded in the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022 and ~~2020.~~2021.

On July 27, 2021, the Company, formerly known as Cleveland BioLabs, Inc., Merger Sub, and Old Cytocom completed their previously announced merger transaction. The merger transaction was completed pursuant to the Merger Agreement, pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into Old Cytocom, with Old Cytocom continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and the surviving corporation of the Merger. Immediately upon completion of the Merger, the former stockholders of Old Cytocom stockholders held a majority of the voting interest of the combined company.

Under the terms of the Merger, at the effective time of the Merger, the Company issued shares of its common stock to Old Cytocom stockholders (but excluding those Old Cytocom stockholders who had been holders of stock of ImQuest prior to the merger between Old Cytocom and ImQuest in June 2021), at an exchange ratio of 0.3384 shares of common stock (the “Exchange Ratio”)~~, in exchange~~ for each share of Old Cytocom common stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger. The Company also set aside a number of shares of its common stock for issuance to the Old Cytocom stockholders who had been holders of stock of ImQuest prior to merger between Old Cytocom and ImQuest in June 2021, (~~the “~~~~ImQuest Merger~~~~”), in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement,~~ which 3,282,089 shares were issued after the passage of 30 trading days following the Merger. Immediately following the closing of the Merger on July 27, 2021, the former Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. stockholders owned approximately 46% of the aggregate number of shares of common stock of the Company and the former Old Cytocom and former ImQuest stockholders owned approximately 54% of the shares of common stock of the Company.

At the effective time of the Merger, the Company also became party to a number of warrants that had been issued by Old Cytocom. At the time of the Company’s first draw under the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2021, between Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund, L.P. (“Avenue”) and Old Cytocom, as supplemented by the Supplement to the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2021, between Avenue and Old Cytocom (the “Avenue Facility”), which occurred July 30, 2021, the Company issued a warrant (the “Avenue Warrant”) to purchase an aggregate of 154,004 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share. Avenue may exercise the Avenue Warrant at any time and from time to time until April 30, 2026. The terms of the Avenue Warrant provide that the exercise price of the Avenue Warrant, and the number of shares of ~~Common Stock~~common stock for which the Avenue Warrant may be exercised, are subject to adjustment to account for increases or decreases in the number of outstanding shares of ~~Common Stock~~common stock resulting from stock splits, reverse stock splits, consolidations, combinations and reclassifications.

In connection with the Company’s entry into the Amended and Restated Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 27, 2021, by and among GEM Global Yield LLC SCS, GEM Yield Bahamas Limited (such entities together, “GEM”) and the Company, as successor to Old Cytocom (the “GEM Agreement”), Old Cytocom issued a warrant (the “GEM Warrant”) to GEM. At the closing of the Merger, the GEM Warrant automatically became an obligation of the Company. The GEM Warrant is exercisable for an aggregate of 1,720,083 shares of Company common stock, or 4.99% of the Company’s outstanding stock as of immediately after the effective time of the Merger, at an exercise price of $5.01 per share. The exercise price will increase to $5.51 if on the one-year anniversary date of the effective time of the Merger, the warrant has not been exercised in full and the average closing price per share of the Company’s common stock for the 10 days preceding the anniversary date is less than 90% of the initial exercise price. GEM may exercise the GEM Warrant at any time and from time to time until July 28, 2024. The terms of the GEM Warrant provide that the exercise price of the GEM Warrant, and the number of shares of ~~Common Stock~~common stock for which the GEM Warrant may be exercised, are subject to adjustment to account for increases or decreases in the number of outstanding shares of ~~Common Stock~~common stock resulting from stock splits, reverse stock splits, consolidations, combinations and reclassifications. Additionally, the GEM Warrant contains weighted average anti-dilution provisions that provide that if the Company issues shares of common stock, or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchange for, shares of common stock at a price per share that is less than the volume-weighted average price of the common stock prior to that issuance, then the exercise price of the GEM Warrant will be proportionally reduced by application of a formula provided for in the GEM Warrant that takes into account such new issuance price in light of the number of shares issued and to be issued. The exercise price has been adjusted to $4.86 due to the Company's equity raises in March 2022.

Immediately after the closing of the Merger, the Company issued warrants (the “2021 Warrants”) to the purchasers of Old Cytocom’s Series A-3 Preferred Stock and Series A-4 Preferred Stock, each of which were converted immediately prior to the closing of the Merger, exercisable for up to an aggregate of 952,000 shares of Company common stock. The 2021 Warrants ~~are~~were exercisable for an aggregate of 952,000 shares of Company common stock at an exercise price of $5.00 per share. The holders of the 2021 Warrants ~~may~~ were able to exercise the 2021 Warrants at any time and from time to time until December 10, 2021. Upon exercise and payment of the applicable exercise price to the Company by a holder, the Company ~~will~~would issue to such holder (i) the underlying shares of ~~Common Stock~~common stock for which the exercise price is paid and (ii) a new warrant, in substantially the same form as the 2021 Warrants, that expires on December 10, 2022. The terms of the 2021 Warrants provide that the exercise price of the 2021 Warrants, and the number of shares of Common Stock for which the 2021 Warrants may be exercised, are subject to adjustment to account for increases or decreases in the number of outstanding shares of ~~Common Stock~~common stock resulting from stock splits, reverse stock splits, consolidations, combinations and reclassifications.

As of March 31, 2021, an aggregate of 425,000 of the 2021 Warrants remain exercisable.

The Company’s management has evaluated all the terms of the warrant agreements and determined that the warrants shall be accounted for as equity instruments as no conditions exist under ASC 480 to account for these as liabilities.

All Old Cytocom vested restricted stock units outstanding prior to the effective time of the Merger were exchanged for shares of the Company’s common stock in accordance with the Exchange Ratio. Each unvested Old Cytocom restricted stock unit was converted into a number of restricted stock units of the Company, as determined in accordance with the exchange ratio formula described above. The terms (including, without limitation, the vesting terms) of each such substitute restricted stock unit are substantially equivalent to those of the Old Cytocom restricted stock unit being replaced.

Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. equity awards issued and outstanding at the time of the Merger remained issued and outstanding and were not impacted by the Merger. As of July 27, 2021, Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. had outstanding stock options to purchase 45,706 shares of common stock, of which stock options to purchase 45,706 shares were vested and exercisable at a weighted average exercise price of $14.46 per share.

Pursuant to business combination accounting, the Company applied the acquisition method, which requires the assets acquired and liabilities assumed be recorded at fair value with limited exceptions.

The purchase price for Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. on July 27, 2021, the closing date of the Merger, was as follows:

Under the acquisition method of accounting, the total purchase price was allocated to tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed of Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. on the basis of their estimated fair values as of the transaction closing date on July 27, 2021.

The following table summarizes the allocation of the purchase consideration to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their fair values as of July 27, 2021:

The Company believes that the historical values of Cleveland BioLabs, Inc.’s current assets and current liabilities approximate fair value based on the short-term nature of such items. The final allocation of the purchase price is dependent on the finalization of the valuation of the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed and ~~may~~ ~~differ from the amounts included in these financial statements. The Company expects to complete the final allocation as soon as practical but~~ no ~~later than~~ ~~one~~ ~~year from the acquisition date.~~

~~The Accumulated Cost Method was used to value the Intellectual Property/Technology (in–process research & development) intangible assets based on historical costs.~~

The excess of the purchase price over the assets acquired and liabilities assumed represents goodwill. The goodwill is primarily attributable to the synergies expected to arise after the acquisition and is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

~~Transaction costs associated with the Merger of approximately $0.8 million and $0.3 million are included in general and administrative expense for~~ ~~nine~~~~-months ended~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~ ~~and~~ ~~twelve~~~~-months ended~~ ~~December 31, 2021,~~ ~~respectively.~~

~~The Company’s operating results include $0.2 million of operating expenses attributable to the former Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. business activities for the period of~~ ~~July 27, 2021~~ to ~~September 30, 2021.~~

The unaudited financial information in the following table summarizes the combined results of operations of the Company and Cleveland BioLabs, Inc., on a pro forma basis, as if the Merger occurred at the beginning of the periods presented.

The above unaudited pro forma information was determined based on historical GAAP results of Old Cytocom, ImQuest and Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. The unaudited pro forma combined results do not necessarily reflect what the Company’s combined results of operations would have been, if the acquisition was completed on January 1, ~~2020.~~2021. The unaudited pro forma combined net loss includes pro forma adjustments primarily related to the ~~following~~ non-recurring items directly attributable to the business ~~combinations:~~combinations.

~~As of~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~ ~~and~~ ~~December 31, 2020,~~ ~~Statera had accrued $921,527 and $647,393, respectively, in unpaid interest on notes payable. Included in this amount $870,332 was unpaid accrued interest related to the Decathlon note. During the~~ ~~nine~~ ~~months ended~~ ~~September 30, 2021,~~ ~~Statera made payments against previously unpaid interest in the amount of~~ ~~$906,212.~~ The full settlement of the remaining principal amount of $800,000 and remaining unpaid accrued interest balance of $870,332 will take place when the Company issues shares in accordance with the payoff and release of security agreement between Decathlon and the Company dated ~~September 16, 2021.~~

~~Refer to Note~~ 16 ~~for further information regarding the advance received from Noreen Griffin.~~

In February 2022, Avenue withdrew $5.0 million of the Company's restricted cash to repay a portion of the debt to Avenue. On March 31, 2022, the Company received a letter (the “Letter”) from Avenue regarding alleged events of default with respect to the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2021, between the Company and Avenue (the “Loan Agreement”). In the Letter, Avenue alleges that certain events of default under the Loan Agreement have occurred and continue to exist. Specifically, Avenue alleged that the Company was in violation of certain provisions of the Loan Agreement as a result of which, Avenue purported to exercise its rights to suspend further loans or advances to the Company under the Loan Agreement and to accelerate the amount due under the Loan Agreement. Avenue further states in the Letter that interest will continue to accrue on the outstanding amounts at the default rate of 5.0%. In furtherance of the allegations set forth in the Letter, Avenue foreclosed on approximately $4.8 million of the Company’s cash. Subsequently, Avenue returned $0.5 million of the amount foreclosed on. Approximately $3.8 million was applied to principal after application of prepayment fees, accrued interest, and miscellaneous expenses. Due to the accelerated payment schedule, the entire amount due on the Avenue note payable has been reclassed to short term notes payable.

The Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate that can be readily determined. Therefore, the Company uses discount rates based on the incremental borrowing rate of its current external debt of 3%, 10%, and 17%, depending on the entity and timing of the lease implementation.

The Company’s weighted-average remaining lease term relating to its operating leases is ~~5.22~~4 years, with a weighted-average discount rate of ~~the 13.13%~~14.99%.

The Company incurred lease expense for its operating leases of ~~$103,959~~$67,346 and ~~$3,347,~~$10,040, which was included in general and administrative expenses, and $80,317 and $0, which was included in research and development expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of ~~operation~~operations for the periods ended ~~September 2021~~March 2022 and ~~2020,~~2021, respectively. ~~During the~~ ~~nine~~ ~~months ended~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~ ~~and~~ ~~2020,~~ ~~the Company made cash lease payments in the amount of $82,487 and $3,256, respectively.~~

The following table presents information about the future maturity of the lease liability under the Company’s operating leases as of ~~September 30, 2021.~~March 31, 2022:

~~Equipment, net as of~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~ ~~and~~ ~~December 31, 2020,~~ ~~consists of the following:~~

~~During the~~ ~~nine~~ ~~months ended~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~ ~~and~~ ~~2020,~~ ~~the Company recorded total depreciation expense of $8,309 and $0, respectively.~~

On ~~June 24, 2021,~~ Old Cytocom closed its acquisition and gained control of ImQuest Life Sciences and its subsidiaries (“ImQuest”). Old Cytocom acquired a 100% interest in ImQuest, which will therefore be a wholly owned subsidiary. As of ~~June 30, 2021,~~ ~~consideration had~~ ~~not~~ ~~yet been paid to ImQuest for the purchase, and as such was reflected as a liability under the preferred stock payable line item on the Old Cytocom consolidated balance sheet.~~

At close, as consideration for the acquisition Old Cytocom was required to issue up to a maximum of 3 million shares of Old Cytocom Series A preferred stock, in accordance with the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated ~~July 17, 2020.~~ ~~The value of the stock to be issued was~~ ~~not~~ ~~to exceed $12,000,000. As such, the Company issued 3,282,089 shares of common stock on~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~ ~~as consideration for the ImQuest acquisition. The number of shares issued was based on the~~ 30~~-day volume weighted average price of $3.656 and the value of the shares issued was $12,000,000.~~

~~The Company recorded Goodwill in the amount of $12,633,858 as a result of the acquisition. As of~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~ ~~management does~~ ~~not~~ ~~note any indicators of potential impairment as of~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~ ~~as there were~~ no ~~material changes in the acquired business since acquisition and there was~~ no ~~deterioration in the business and~~ no ~~key employees left or plan to leave. The Company plans to quantitatively test the Goodwill for impairment prior to its fiscal year end at~~ ~~December 31, 2021.~~ ~~The purchase price allocation accounting for the acquisition is preliminary, as the Company is still undergoing fair value studies. Any purchase price accounting~~ ~~may~~ ~~be adjusted in future accounting periods once consideration is paid and actual amounts are known.~~

Intangible assets ~~net as of~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~ ~~and~~ ~~December 31, 2020,~~ ~~consists~~consist of the following:

~~The purchase price allocation accounting for the Imquest acquisition is preliminary, as the Company is still undergoing fair value studies. Any purchase price accounting~~ ~~may~~ ~~be adjusted in future accounting periods once consideration is paid and actual amounts are known.~~

During the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022 and ~~2020,~~2021, the Company recorded total amortization expense of ~~$134,022~~$113,709 and $0, respectively.

The Company has ~~measured~~granted options to employees and ~~recorded short-term investments and certain warrants as liabilities at fair value in~~Board members to purchase shares of common stock. The following is a summary of option award activity during the accompanying financial statements. Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability, an exit price, in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The ~~three~~~~-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value, includes:~~

~~Short-term investments primarily include certificates of deposit at commercial banking institutions, with maturities of~~ three months ~~or more at time~~ended March 31, 2022:

The following is a summary of ~~purchase. Certificates~~outstanding stock options as of ~~deposit~~March 31, 2022:

As of March 31, 2022, there was no total compensation cost not yet recognized related to unvested stock options.

As of March 31, 2022, there are ~~carried at amortized cost,~~1,347,996 restricted stock units outstanding to employees from the old Cytocom plan.

In connection with previous sales of the Company’s common stock and the issuance of debt instruments, warrants were issued which ~~approximates fair value~~presently have exercise prices ranging from $0.01 to $5.00. The warrants expire between one and five years from the date of grant, and are ~~included~~subject to the terms applicable in each agreement. These terms include for certain warrants the right to receive cash settlement upon the occurrence of a fundamental transaction. The Merger meets the definition of a fundamental transaction per the terms of these warrant agreements. The Company’s management has evaluated all the terms of the warrant agreements and determined that the warrants shall be accounted for as ~~a Level~~equity instruments as 2no ~~measurement in~~conditions exist under ASC 480 to account for the ~~table below.~~

~~There were 0 assets and liabilities measured at fair value~~warrants as of ~~December 31, 2020.~~ ~~As of~~ ~~September 30, 2021,~~ ~~the following items were measured at fair value:~~ liabilities.

The following table ~~sets forth~~summarizes the outstanding warrant activity during the three months ended March 31, 2022:

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, 2,000,000 warrants were issued in connection with the registered direct offering in February for the sale of 2,000,000 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $0.51, and 28,777,776 warrants were issued in connection with the confidentially marketed public offering in March of 12,555,555 shares of common stock with a ~~summary~~weighted average exercise price of ~~changes~~$0.46.

On March 24, 2021, a complaint, captioned Bednar v. Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. et al., Case 1:21-cv-02546, was filed in the ~~fair value~~U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in connection with the Merger (the "Bednar Action"). The Bednar Action names as defendants Cleveland BioLabs and each director on the Cleveland BioLabs board of directors. The complaint in the Bednar Action alleges that Cleveland BioLabs and the Cleveland BioLabs board of directors omitted and/or provided misleading information in the registration statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC in connection with the Merger in violation of their fiduciary duties and the Exchange Act and related SEC regulations. The Bednar Action seeks, among other things, an injunction preventing the closing of the ~~Company’s Level~~ Merger, rescission of the Merger if it is consummated, the dissemination by the Company of a revised registration statement on Form S-34 ~~fair value measurements~~and an award of plaintiffs’ attorneys’ and experts’ fees. On October 13, 2021, Plaintiff Bednar filed a notice of dismissal. On October 20, 2021, the Southern District entered an order dismissing the case. On December 23, 2021, Plaintiff Bednar filed a new action in the Delaware Court of Chancery, asserting a cause of action for an equitable assessment of attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred in connection with the first lawsuit. The new Delaware action names the same defendants as the first Bednar Action. The Defendants in the new Delaware action have filed an answer to Plaintiff’s Delaware complaint.

~~The accrued warrant liability~~District of ~~$0.95 million represented on~~Colorado (No.22-13051-JGR) against the ~~Company’s balance sheet for~~Company seeking relief under Chapter 11 of the ~~period ending~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~ are amounts due to satisfy cash payments in accordance with change in control provisions specified in warrant agreements with the placement agent. The Company has received notice of intent to receive cash payment by the placement agent in accordance with the change in control provision.United States Bankruptcy Code. The Company believes the involuntary petition is improper and wrongfully filed and is seeking dismissal of the petition. The outcome of this lawsuit is uncertain. The Company believes that the claims asserted are without merit.

Management evaluated all events or transactions that occurred after March 31, 2022 through the date these condenses consolidated financial statements were filed.

On April 18, 2022, Avenue and the Company entered into a Forbearance and Second Amendment to Loan Documents, (“Forbearance Agreement”) regarding the Loan Agreement, whereby the parties agreed to the following terms: On March 25, 2022, Avenue exercised certain of its remedies under the Loan Agreement with respect to the Existing Defaults (as defined below), by sweeping cash ~~payment~~ from the Company’s accounts, totaling Four Million Eight Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Ninety Dollars ($4,827,290), which Avenue applied to the then-outstanding obligations under the Loan Agreement. The principal balance outstanding under the Loan Agreement, before giving effect to the Forbearance Agreement, was Five Million Seven Hundred Eleven Thousand Forty-Nine Dollars ($5,711,049), plus accrued and unpaid interest, fees (including a prepayment fee) and expenses (including but not limited to legal fees and costs). Subject to the terms of the Forbearance Agreement, Avenue agreed that, from the effective date of the Agreement until May 31, 2022 (the “Forbearance Period”), it would refrain and forbear from exercising certain remedies arising out of the Existing Defaults or any other present or future Event of Default under the Loan Agreement or related supplement. Under the Forbearance Agreement, Avenue shall not seize, sweep, or by any means take control of, directly or indirectly, any funds from any of the Company’s bank accounts; and (ii) during the Forbearance Period, the Loans may be prepaid in whole or in part at any time, subject to the repayment and prepayment terms of the Loan Documents

On April 19, 2022, the Company received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) stating that, because the Company has not yet filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 (the “Form 10-K”) with the SEC, the Company is not in compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) for continued listing. Pursuant to the NASDAQ letter, the Company was required to submit a plan to regain compliance by June 20, 2022. If the plan is accepted by NASDAQ, the Company must implement the plan to regain compliance by the date that is 180 days after the due date of the Form 10-K, or October 17, 2022. The Company submitted the plan to NASDAQ to regain compliance on May 27, 2022 and is currently awaiting NASDAQ acceptance. Subsequently, on May 18, 2022, the Company received an additional letter from NASDAQ stating that because the Company remains delinquent in filing its Form 10-K, and subsequently has failed to timely file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2022 (the “Form 10-Q”), the Company does not comply with NASDAQ Listing Rules for continued listing. NASDAQ reiterated that the Company had until June 20, 2022 to submit a plan to regain compliance with respect to the delinquent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. Please note that any Staff exception to allow the Company to regain compliance, if granted, will be limited to a maximum of 180 calendar days from the due date of the Form 10-K, or October 17, 2022. As noted above, the Company submitted the plan to NASDAQ to regain compliance on May 27, 2022 and is currently awaiting NASDAQ acceptance.

On April 21, 2022, the Company accepted the resignation of Cozette M. McAvoy, Chief Legal Officer effective as of April 30, 2022.

On April 30, 2022, due to ~~satisfy~~corporate restructuring, approximately 14 employees were terminated, including our Chief Operating Officer Taunia Markvicka and Chief Medical Officer Clifford Selsky.

On May 27, 2022, Peter Aronstam resigned as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective as of ~~2020~~May 27, 2022. The Board of Directors of the Company has commenced a search for a new Chief Financial Officer. In the meantime, beginning on May 27, 2022, Christopher Zosh was appointed to act as interim principal financial officer and interim principal accounting officer.

On June 13, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the engagement of BF Borgers CPA, PC ("BF Borgers") as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm effective as of June 13, 2022. During the Company’s two ~~warrant agreements are approximately $0.45 million~~ most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and ~~the cash payment due to satisfy the~~ 2021 ~~warrant agreements~~and from January 1, 2022 through June 13, 2022, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf consulted BF Borgers regarding either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, and no written report or oral advice was provided to the Company that BF Borgers concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was the subject of a disagreement or reportable event as defined in Regulation S-K, Item 304(a)(1)(iv) and Item 304(a)(1)(v).

On June 17, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company ratified the appointments of Dr. Uday Saxena and Dr. Blake Hawley as directors of the Company, to fill the vacancies created by Mr.Saluck and Ms. Verny resignations. Dr. Saxena and Dr. Hawley will serve in such position until the earlier of their deaths, resignations or removal from office. Dr. Saxena and Dr. Hawley will serve as members of the Board’s audit committee, compensation committee, and nominating and corporate governance committee. The Board has affirmatively determined that Dr. Saxena and Dr. Hawley are ~~approximately $0.5 million. While~~“independent” within the ~~amount paid~~meaning of the listing standards of NASDAQ. In addition, Dr. Saxena and Dr. Hawley are independent under NASDAQ'S heightened independence standards applicable to audit committee and compensation committee members.

On ~~may~~August 16, 2022, ~~differ from~~certain former employees of the ~~accrual~~Company and certain third-party vendors of the Company (collectively, "Petitioning Creditors") filed an involuntary petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado (No.22-13051-JGR) against the Company seeking relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The Company believes the ~~accrual fairly represents~~involuntary petition is improper and wrongfully filed and is seeking dismissal of the ~~amounts~~petition.

On August 22, 2022, the Company issued 1.5 million shares of restricted common stock pursuant to a newly executed contract to provide investors relations services to the Company.

On September 1, 2022, the Company was notified by the Listing Qualifications Staff (the "Staff") of NASDAQ that the Company’s common stock would be subject to delisting due to the ~~placement agent.~~Company’s non-compliance with the filing requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) unless the Company timely requested a hearing before the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the "Panel"). The Company had not yet filed the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 or the Forms 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022 (collectively, "Form 10-Qs") with the SEC. The Company intends to timely request a hearing before the Panel, which request will stay any further action by NASDAQ at least pending the issuance of a decision by the Panel and the expiration of any extension the Panel may grant to the Company following the hearing.

On September 2, 2022, the Company entered a Binding Letter of Intent ("LOI") with Lay Sciences, Inc. ("Lay"), pursuant to which the Company will manufacture, and test IgY polyclonal antibody products created by Lay. The LOI provides for an exclusivity period of ninety (90) days (the "Exclusivity Period") for negotiating and finalizing a definitive agreement (the "Definitive Agreement"). During the Exclusivity Period, which begins from the date of the LOI, Lay will not engage in activities with any third party in relation to the acquisition of the Company. Pursuant to the LOI, (i) Lay shall complete technology transfer to the Company; and (ii) the Company shall (A) assist Lay in testing its current and future products for activity and purity, In consideration of the manufacturing right granted to the Company by Lay, the Company shall (i) issue 500,000 shares of preferred stock of the Company to Lay and (ii) pay up to $500,000 to Lay within 30 days of the execution of the LOI. As of the date of this filing the Company hasn't issued any shares of preferred stock or paid any cash consideration.

On September ~~30, 2021~~2, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed John Kallassy as a director of the Company, effective September 2, 2022, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of the chair of the audit committee. Mr. Kallassy will serve in such position until his successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation, or removal. Mr. Kallassy will serve as a member of the Board’s audit committee, compensation committee, and nominating and corporate governance committee. The Board has affirmatively determined that Mr. Kallassy is "independent" within the meaning of the listing standards of NASDAQ. In addition, Mr. Kallassy is independent under NASDAQ heightened independence standards applicable to audit committee and compensation committee members. The Board also appointed Mr. Kallassy as an "audit committee financial expert” as defined in Item ~~December 31, 2020~~407, (d)(5) of Regulation S-K and Chairperson of the Audit Committee of the Board.

On October 6, 2022, the Company had ~~0 assets~~a hearing before the Panel, the Company presented its plan to evidence full compliance with NASDAQ'S filing requirement and all other applicable requirements for continued listing on NASDAQ and request an extension of time to do so. The Company is taking definitive steps to evidence compliance with the NASDAQ listing criteria as soon as possible; however, there can be no assurance that the Panel will grant the Company’s request for continued listing or ~~liabilities~~ that ~~were measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis.~~the Company will satisfy the NASDAQ listing criteria within any extension period that may be provided to the Company by the Panel. The Company plans to update the market promptly following receipt of the Panel’s determination after the hearing.

~~The carrying amounts~~On October 11, 2022, the Company was notified by the Staff of NASDAQ that the Company’s common stock would be subject to delisting due to the Company’s non-compliance with the minimum Stockholders' Equity requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) and non-compliance with Listing Rule 5250(e)(2)(D) regarding notifying Nasdaq of the Company's intention to issue additional shares. Each of these matters serve as an additional and separate basis for delisting the Company’s ~~short-term financial instruments, which include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable, approximate~~securities from NASDAQ. The Panel will consider these matters in their ~~fair values due~~decision regarding the Company’s continued listing on NASDAQ. The Company intends to ~~their short maturities.~~present its views with respect to these additional deficiencies to the Panel in writing no later than October 18, 2022.

~~14.~~ ~~Stockholders’ Equity~~Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

This management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations and other portions of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of current or historical fact contained in this quarterly report, including statements regarding our future financial position, business strategy, new products, budgets, liquidity, cash flows, projected costs, regulatory approvals, or the impact of any laws or regulations applicable to us and plans and objectives of management for future operations are forward-looking statements. The words "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "should," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "project," "will," and similar expressions, as they relate to us, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations about future events. While we believe these expectations are reasonable, such forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. Our actual future results may differ materially from those discussed here for various reasons. We discuss many of these risks in Item 1A under the heading "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the substantial doubt expressed about our ability to continue as a going concern, the outcome of any legal proceedings that have been or may be instituted against the Company related to the merger agreement or the Merger; unexpected costs, charges or expenses resulting from the Merger; our need for additional financing to meet our business objectives; our history of operating losses; our ability to successfully develop, obtain regulatory approval for, and commercialize our products in a timely manner; our plans to research, develop and commercialize our product candidates; our ability to attract collaborators with development, regulatory and commercialization expertise; our plans and expectations with respect to future clinical trials and commercial scale-up activities; our reliance on third-party manufacturers of our product candidates; the size and growth potential of the markets for our product candidates, and our ability to serve those markets; the rate and degree of market acceptance of our product candidates; regulatory requirements and developments in the United States, the European Union and foreign countries; the performance of our third-party suppliers and manufacturers; the success of competing therapies that are or may become available; our ability to attract and retain key scientific or management personnel; our historical reliance on government funding for a significant portion of our operating costs and expenses; government contracting processes and requirements; the exercise of significant influence over our company by our largest individual stockholder; the impact of the novel coronavirus ("COVID-19") pandemic on our business, operations and clinical development;the geopolitical relationship between the United States and the Russian Federation as well as general business, legal, financial and other conditions within the Russian Federation; our ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection for our product candidates; our potential vulnerability to cybersecurity breaches; and other factors discussed below and in our other SEC filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements included in this quarterly report are made only as of the date hereof. We do not undertake any obligation to update any such statements or to publicly announce the results of any revisions to any of such statements to reflect future events or developments. This management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this filing and with our historical consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

We are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing multiple product candidates to address unmet medical needs. Prior to the closing of the Merger, we focused exclusively on developing novel approaches to activate the immune system. Our proprietary platform of Toll-like immune receptor activators has applications in mitigation of radiation injury and radiation oncology. We combine our proven scientific expertise and our depth of knowledge about our products’ mechanisms of action into a passion for developing drugs to save lives. Our most advanced product candidate in this field is entolimod, an immune-stimulatory agent, which we are developing as a radiation countermeasure and other indications in radiation oncology.

Following the closing of the Merger, as a result of the integration of Cytocom’s business, we are also now developing novel immunotherapies targeting autoimmune, inflammatory, infectious diseases and cancers based on a proprietary, multi receptor platform, or the AIMS platform, designed to rebalance the body’s immune system and restore homeostasis. These therapies are designed to elicit directly within patients a robust and durable response of antigen-specific killer T cells and antibodies, thereby activating essential immune defenses against autoimmune, inflammatory, infectious diseases, and cancers. We believe that our technologies can meaningfully leverage the human immune system for prophylactic and therapeutic purposes by eliciting killer T-cell response levels not achieved by other published immunotherapy approaches. Our immunomodulatory technology restores the balance between the cellular (Th1) and the humoral (Th2) immune systems. Immune balance is regulated through T-helper cells that produce cytokines. The Th1 lymphocytes help fight pathogens within cells like cancer and viruses through interferon-gamma and macrophages. The Th2 lymphocytes target external pathogens like cytotoxic parasites, allergens, toxins through the activation of B-cells and antibody production to effect to dendritic cells, which are natural activators of killer T cells, also known as cytotoxic T -cells, or CD8+ T cells. Furthermore, the Cytocom technology antagonizes the toll-like receptors to inhibit proinflammatory cytokines.

Prior to the closing of the Merger, we conducted business in the U.S. directly and in Russia through two subsidiaries, one of which is wholly owned, BioLab 612 (which was dissolved in November 2020), and one of which is owned in collaboration with a financial partner, Panacela. As of the closing of the Merger, we also now conduct business through Old Cytocom and its subsidiaries, ImQuest Life Sciences Inc, ImQuest BioSciences Inc., ImQuest Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Lubrinovation Inc. In addition, we conduct business with a former subsidiary, Incuron, which will pay us a 2% royalty on future commercialization, licensing, or sale of certain technology we sold to Incuron. We also partner in a joint venture, GPI, with Everon Biosciences, Inc ("Everon").

The Company is developing therapies designed to directly elicit within patients a robust and durable response of antigen-specific killer T-cells and antibodies, thereby activating essential immune defenses against autoimmune, inflammatory, infectious diseases, and cancers. Statera has clinical or preclinical programs for Crohn’s disease (STAT-201), hematology (Entolimod), pancreatic cancer (STAT-401) and COVID-19 (STAT-205).

In the next 12 months, the Company expects to initiate several clinical trials, including a pivotal Phase 3 trial for its lead drug candidate, STAT-201, in pediatric Crohn’s disease, as well as studies of STAT-205 in ‘long haul’ COVID-19, STAT-401 in pancreatic cancer, and the TLR5 agonist entolimod as a treatment for anemia and neutropenia in cancer patients.

On March 25, 2022, we received a letter (the "Default Letter") from Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund, L.P. ("Avenue") regarding alleged events of default with respect to the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2021, between the Company and Avenue (the "Avenue Facility"). In the Default Letter, Avenue alleges that certain events of default under the Avenue Facility have occurred and continue to exist. Specifically, Avenue alleges that the Company is in violation of certain provisions of the Avenue Facility as a result of the Company’s failure to:

In the Default Letter, Avenue purported to exercise its rights to suspend further loans or advances to the Company under the Avenue Facility and to accelerate the amount due under the Avenue Facility, which it asserts to be approximately $11.2 million, inclusive of fees of penalties. Avenue further states in the Default Letter that interest will continue to accrue on the outstanding amounts at the default rate of 5.0%. In furtherance of the allegations set forth in the Default Letter, Avenue foreclosed on approximately $4.8 million of the Company’s cash.

On March 23, 2022, we received written notice from the Listing Qualifications staff of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("NASDAQ") indicating that because the minimum bid price of the Company’s common stock has closed below $1.00 per share for the last 30 consecutive business days, the Company no longer meets the requirements of Listing Rule 5550(a)(2), which requires the Company to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share (the "Bid Price Rule"). The NASDAQ Listing Rules provide the Company with a compliance period of 180 calendar days in which to regain compliance with the Bid Price Rule. Accordingly, the Company will regain compliance if at any time during this 180-day period the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock is at least $1.00 for a minimum of ten consecutive business days.

On March 25, 2022, Randy Saluck and Lea Verny, each a member of the board of directors of the Company, resigned from their positions as members of board, effective immediately. At the time of their resignations, Mr. Saluck and Ms. Verny each served on the audit, nominating and corporate governance and compensation committees of the Board. As a result of these resignations, the Company is no longer in compliance with NASDAQ governance rules requiring that its board of directors be comprised of a majority of independent directors, requiring that the audit committee of the board of directors be comprised of at least three independent directors, and requiring that the compensation committee of the board of directors be comprised of at least two independent directors. In accordance with NASDAQ’s rules, the Company is granted a cure period to regain compliance with the rules pertaining to the composition of the board, the audit committee of the board and the compensation committee of the board, respectively, which cure period will expire upon the earlier of the Company’s next annual stockholders’ meeting or March 24, 2023; provided, however, that if the Company’s next annual stockholders’ meeting occurs no later than 180 days following the date of the resignations, then the cure period will expire 180 days following the date of such resignations. The Company intends to appoint new independent directors to fill the vacancies prior to the expiration of such cure period in order to regain compliance with such Nasdaq Listing Rules.

As previously disclosed, on March 24, 2022, the Company closed an underwritten confidentially marketed public offering (the "CMPO") in accordance with a final prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the securities offered in the offering filed with the SEC on March 23, 2022. The Company sold 12,555,555 units (the "Units"), at a price to the public of $0.45 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $5.7 million, prior to deducting underwriting discounts, commissions, and other offering expenses. Each Unit consisted of one share of Common Stock, one warrant with a one-year term that expires on March 23, 2023 to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.45 per share (the "One-Year Warrants"), and one warrant with a five-year term that expires on March 23, 2027 to purchase one share of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.5625 per share (the "Five-Year Warrants"). The shares of Common Stock, the One-Year Warrants, and the Five-Year Warrants were immediately separable and were issued separately. In addition, the Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,883,333 shares of Common Stock at the public offering price of $0.43 per share less the underwriting discount per share, solely to cover over-allotments, if any (the "Overallotment Option"). In connection with the offering, the underwriters partially exercised the Overallotment Option to purchase an additional 1,883,333 One-Year Warrants and 1,883,333 Five-Year Warrants at the public offering price of $0.01 per One-Year Warrant and $0.01 per Five-Year Warrant, less the underwriting discount per warrant.

The securities were offered and sold by the Company under a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3, which was filed with the SEC on May 21, 2020 and subsequently declared effective on May 29, 2020 (File No. 333-238578). The net proceeds received by the Company were $4.81 million, all of which proceeds were foreclosed upon by Avenue in connection with Avenue’s assertion that the Company is in default under its obligations to Avenue.

EF Hutton, a division of Benchmark Investments, LLC ("EF Hutton"), acted as underwriter and sole book-running manager in connection with the CMPO. In connection with the CMPO, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with EF Hutton under which the Company paid EF Hutton an aggregate cash fee equal to 9.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds of the CMPO, a non-accountable expense reimbursement of 1.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds of the CMPO, and $100,000 for the reimbursement of certain of EF Hutton’s accountable expenses.

As previously disclosed, on February ~~19, 2021,~~ 6, 2022, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the "EF Hutton~~Purchase Agreement~~Commitments and Contingencies")

On March 24, 2021, a complaint, captioned Bednar v. Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. et al., Case 1:21-cv-02546, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the ~~sale~~Southern District of ~~2,000,000 shares~~New York in connection with the Merger (the "~~Registered Direct Shares~~Bednar Action""). The Bednar Action names as defendants Cleveland BioLabs and each director on the Cleveland BioLabs board of ~~common stock at a purchase price~~directors. The complaint in the Bednar Action alleges that Cleveland BioLabs and the Cleveland BioLabs board of ~~$7.00 per share,~~directors omitted and/or provided misleading information in ~~a registered direct offering.~~the registration statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC in connection with the Merger in violation of their fiduciary duties and the Exchange Act and related SEC regulations. The Bednar Action seeks, among other things, an injunction preventing the closing of the ~~sale~~Merger, rescission of the ~~Registered Direct Shares~~Merger if it is consummated, the dissemination by the Company of a revised registration statement on Form S-4 and an award of plaintiffs’ attorneys’ and experts’ fees. On October 13, 2021, Plaintiff Bednar filed a notice of dismissal. On October 20, 2021, the Southern District entered an order dismissing the case. On December 23, 2021, Plaintiff Bednar filed a new action in the Delaware Court of Chancery, asserting a cause of action for an equitable assessment of attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred in connection with the first lawsuit. The new Delaware action names the same defendants as the first Bednar Action. The Defendants in the new Delaware action have filed an answer to Plaintiff’s Delaware complaint.

On August 16, 2022, certain former employees of the Company and certain third party vendors of the Company (collectively, "Petitioning Creditors") filed an involuntary petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado (No.22-13051-JGR) against the Company seeking relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The Company believes the involuntary petition is improper and wrongfully filed and is seeking dismissal of the petition. The outcome of this lawsuit is uncertain. The Company believes that the claims asserted are without merit.

Management evaluated all events or transactions that occurred after March 31, 2022 through the date these condenses consolidated financial statements were filed.

On April 18, 2022, Avenue and the Company entered into a Forbearance and Second Amendment to Loan Documents, (“Forbearance Agreement”) regarding the Loan Agreement, whereby the parties agreed to the following terms: On March 25, 2022, Avenue exercised certain of its remedies under the ~~Purchase~~Loan Agreement ~~occurred~~with respect to the Existing Defaults (as defined below), by sweeping cash from the Company’s accounts, totaling Four Million Eight Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Ninety Dollars ($4,827,290), which Avenue applied to the then-outstanding obligations under the Loan Agreement. The principal balance outstanding under the Loan Agreement, before giving effect to the Forbearance Agreement, was Five Million Seven Hundred Eleven Thousand Forty-Nine Dollars ($5,711,049), plus accrued and unpaid interest, fees (including a prepayment fee) and expenses (including but not limited to legal fees and costs). Subject to the terms of the Forbearance Agreement, Avenue agreed that, from the effective date of the Agreement until May 31, 2022 (the “Forbearance Period”), it would refrain and forbear from exercising certain remedies arising out of the Existing Defaults or any other present or future Event of Default under the Loan Agreement or related supplement. Under the Forbearance Agreement, Avenue shall not seize, sweep, or by any means take control of, directly or indirectly, any funds from any of the Company’s bank accounts; and (ii) during the Forbearance Period, the Loans may be prepaid in whole or in part at any time, subject to the repayment and prepayment terms of the Loan Documents

On April 19, 2022, the Company received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) stating that, because the Company has not yet filed its Annual Report on Form ~~February 23, 2021.~~10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 (the “Form 10-K”) with the SEC, the Company is not in compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) for continued listing. Pursuant to the NASDAQ letter, the Company was required to submit a plan to regain compliance by June 20, 2022. If the plan is accepted by NASDAQ, the Company must implement the plan to regain compliance by the date that is 180 days after the due date of the Form 10-K, or October 17, 2022. The ~~gross proceeds~~Company submitted the plan to NASDAQ to regain compliance on May 27, 2022 and is currently awaiting NASDAQ acceptance. Subsequently, on May 18, 2022, the Company received an additional letter from NASDAQ stating that because the Company remains delinquent in filing its Form 10-K, and subsequently has failed to timely file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2022 (the “Form 10-Q”), the Company does not comply with NASDAQ Listing Rules for continued listing. NASDAQ reiterated that the Company had until June 20, 2022 to submit a plan to regain compliance with respect to the delinquent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. Please note that any Staff exception to allow the Company to regain compliance, if granted, will be limited to a maximum of 180 calendar days from the due date of the Form 10-K, or October 17, 2022. As noted above, the Company submitted the plan to NASDAQ to regain compliance on May 27, 2022 and is currently awaiting NASDAQ acceptance.

On April 21, 2022, the Company accepted the resignation of Cozette M. McAvoy, Chief Legal Officer effective as of April 30, 2022.

On April 30, 2022, due to corporate restructuring, approximately 14 employees were terminated, including our Chief Operating Officer Taunia Markvicka and Chief Medical Officer Clifford Selsky.

On May 27, 2022, Peter Aronstam resigned as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective as of May 27, 2022. The Board of Directors of the Company has commenced a search for a new Chief Financial Officer. In the meantime, beginning on May 27, 2022, Christopher Zosh was appointed to act as interim principal financial officer and interim principal accounting officer.

On June 13, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the engagement of BF Borgers CPA, PC ("BF Borgers") as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm effective as of June 13, 2022. During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2021 and from January 1, 2022 through June 13, 2022, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf consulted BF Borgers regarding either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, and no written report or oral advice was provided to the Company that BF Borgers concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was the subject of a disagreement or reportable event as defined in Regulation S-K, Item 304(a)(1)(iv) and Item 304(a)(1)(v).

On June 17, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company ratified the appointments of Dr. Uday Saxena and Dr. Blake Hawley as directors of the Company, to fill the vacancies created by Mr.Saluck and Ms. Verny resignations. Dr. Saxena and Dr. Hawley will serve in such position until the earlier of their deaths, resignations or removal from office. Dr. Saxena and Dr. Hawley will serve as members of the ~~transaction were $14~~Board’s audit committee, compensation committee, and nominating and corporate governance committee. The Board has affirmatively determined that Dr. Saxena and Dr. Hawley are “independent” within the meaning of the listing standards of NASDAQ. In addition, Dr. Saxena and Dr. Hawley are independent under NASDAQ'S heightened independence standards applicable to audit committee and compensation committee members.

On August 16, 2022, certain former employees of the Company and certain third-party vendors of the Company (collectively, "Petitioning Creditors") filed an involuntary petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado (No.22-13051-JGR) against the Company seeking relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The Company believes the involuntary petition is improper and wrongfully filed and is seeking dismissal of the petition.

On August 22, 2022, the Company issued 1.5 million ~~before deducting~~shares of restricted common stock pursuant to a newly executed contract to provide investors relations services to the ~~placement agent’s fees and other estimated offering expenses. Under~~Company.

On September 1, 2022, the Company was notified by the Listing Qualifications Staff (the "Staff") of NASDAQ that the Company’s ~~engagement letter~~common stock would be subject to delisting due to the Company’s non-compliance with ~~H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC~~the filing requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) unless the Company timely requested a hearing before the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the "Panel"). The Company had not yet filed the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 or the Forms 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022 (collectively, "Form 10-Qs") with the SEC. The Company intends to timely request a hearing before the Panel, which request will stay any further action by NASDAQ at least pending the issuance of a decision by the Panel and the expiration of any extension the Panel may grant to the Company following the hearing.

On September 2, 2022, the Company entered a Binding Letter of Intent ("~~Wainwright~~LOI") with Lay Sciences, Inc. ("Lay"), pursuant to which ~~Wainwright agreed~~the Company will manufacture, and test IgY polyclonal antibody products created by Lay. The LOI provides for an exclusivity period of ninety (90) days (the "Exclusivity Period") for negotiating and finalizing a definitive agreement (the "Definitive Agreement"). During the Exclusivity Period, which begins from the date of the LOI, Lay will not engage in activities with any third party in relation to the acquisition of the Company. Pursuant to the LOI, (i) Lay shall complete technology transfer to the Company; and (ii) the Company shall (A) assist Lay in testing its current and future products for activity and purity, In consideration of the manufacturing right granted to the Company by Lay, the Company shall (i) issue 500,000 shares of preferred stock of the Company to Lay and (ii) pay up to $500,000 to Lay within 30 days of the execution of the LOI. As of the date of this filing the Company hasn't issued any shares of preferred stock or paid any cash consideration.

On September 2, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed John Kallassy as a director of the Company, effective September 2, 2022, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of the chair of the audit committee. Mr. Kallassy will serve in such position until his successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation, or removal. Mr. Kallassy will serve as a member of the Board’s audit committee, compensation committee, and nominating and corporate governance committee. The Board has affirmatively determined that Mr. Kallassy is "independent" within the meaning of the listing standards of NASDAQ. In addition, Mr. Kallassy is independent under NASDAQ heightened independence standards applicable to audit committee and compensation committee members. The Board also appointed Mr. Kallassy as an "audit committee financial expert” as defined in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K and Chairperson of the Audit Committee of the Board.

On October 6, 2022, the Company had a hearing before the Panel, the Company presented its plan to evidence full compliance with NASDAQ'S filing requirement and all other applicable requirements for continued listing on NASDAQ and request an extension of time to do so. The Company is taking definitive steps to evidence compliance with the NASDAQ listing criteria as soon as possible; however, there can be no assurance that the Panel will grant the Company’s request for continued listing or that the Company will satisfy the NASDAQ listing criteria within any extension period that may be provided to the Company by the Panel. The Company plans to update the market promptly following receipt of the Panel’s determination after the hearing.

On October 11, 2022, the Company was notified by the Staff of NASDAQ that the Company’s common stock would be subject to delisting due to the Company’s non-compliance with the minimum Stockholders' Equity requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) and non-compliance with Listing Rule 5250(e)(2)(D) regarding notifying Nasdaq of the Company's intention to issue additional shares. Each of these matters serve as an additional and separate basis for delisting the Company’s securities from NASDAQ. The Panel will consider these matters in their decision regarding the Company’s continued listing on NASDAQ. The Company intends to present its views with respect to these additional deficiencies to the Panel in writing no later than October 18, 2022.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

This management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations and other portions of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of current or historical fact contained in this quarterly report, including statements regarding our future financial position, business strategy, new products, budgets, liquidity, cash flows, projected costs, regulatory approvals, or the impact of any laws or regulations applicable to us and plans and objectives of management for future operations are forward-looking statements. The words "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "should," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "project," "will," and similar expressions, as they relate to us, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations about future events. While we believe these expectations are reasonable, such forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. Our actual future results may differ materially from those discussed here for various reasons. We discuss many of these risks in Item 1A under the heading "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the substantial doubt expressed about our ability to continue as a going concern, the outcome of any legal proceedings that have been or may be instituted against the Company related to the merger agreement or the Merger; unexpected costs, charges or expenses resulting from the Merger; our need for additional financing to meet our business objectives; our history of operating losses; our ability to successfully develop, obtain regulatory approval for, and commercialize our products in a timely manner; our plans to research, develop and commercialize our product candidates; our ability to attract collaborators with development, regulatory and commercialization expertise; our plans and expectations with respect to future clinical trials and commercial scale-up activities; our reliance on third-party manufacturers of our product candidates; the size and growth potential of the markets for our product candidates, and our ability to serve those markets; the rate and degree of market acceptance of our product candidates; regulatory requirements and developments in the United States, the European Union and foreign countries; the performance of our third-party suppliers and manufacturers; the success of competing therapies that are or may become available; our ability to attract and retain key scientific or management personnel; our historical reliance on government funding for a significant portion of our operating costs and expenses; government contracting processes and requirements; the exercise of significant influence over our company by our largest individual stockholder; the impact of the novel coronavirus ("COVID-19") pandemic on our business, operations and clinical development;the geopolitical relationship between the United States and the Russian Federation as ~~exclusive placement agent~~well as general business, legal, financial and other conditions within the Russian Federation; our ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection for our product candidates; our potential vulnerability to cybersecurity breaches; and other factors discussed below and in our other SEC filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the ~~issuance and sale~~year ended December 31, 2021.

Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements included in this quarterly report are made only as of the ~~Registered Direct Shares,~~date hereof. We do not undertake any obligation to update any such statements or to publicly announce the ~~Company also issued~~results of any revisions to ~~designees~~any of ~~Wainwright warrants~~such statements to ~~purchase up~~reflect future events or developments. This management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this filing and with our historical consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

We are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing multiple product candidates to ~~150,000 shares of Common Stock (the "~~~~Placement Agent Warrants~~~~"). Subject~~address unmet medical needs. Prior to ~~certain ownership limitations,~~ the ~~Placement Agent Warrants are immediately exercisable at a price of $8.75 per share of Common Stock, subject to customary adjustments as provided under the terms~~closing of the ~~Placement Agent Warrants. The Placement Agent Warrants~~Merger, we focused exclusively on developing novel approaches to activate the immune system. Our proprietary platform of Toll-like immune receptor activators has applications in mitigation of radiation injury and radiation oncology. We combine our proven scientific expertise and our depth of knowledge about our products’ mechanisms of action into a passion for developing drugs to save lives. Our most advanced product candidate in this field is entolimod, an immune-stimulatory agent, which we are ~~exercisable for~~ ~~five~~ ~~years from the commencement of sales of the shares being offered.~~developing as a radiation countermeasure and other indications in radiation oncology.

Following the closing of the Merger, ~~Wainwright notified~~as a result of the ~~Company~~integration of ~~its election~~Cytocom’s business, we are also now developing novel immunotherapies targeting autoimmune, inflammatory, infectious diseases and cancers based on a proprietary, multi receptor platform, or the AIMS platform, designed to ~~cause~~rebalance the ~~Company~~body’s immune system and restore homeostasis. These therapies are designed to ~~repurchase~~elicit directly within patients a robust and durable response of antigen-specific killer T cells and antibodies, thereby activating essential immune defenses against autoimmune, inflammatory, infectious diseases, and cancers. We believe that our technologies can meaningfully leverage the ~~Placement Agent Warrants,~~human immune system for prophylactic and therapeutic purposes by eliciting killer T-cell response levels not achieved by other published immunotherapy approaches. Our immunomodulatory technology restores the balance between the cellular (Th1) and the humoral (Th2) immune systems. Immune balance is regulated through T-helper cells that produce cytokines. The Th1 lymphocytes help fight pathogens within cells like cancer and viruses through interferon-gamma and macrophages. The Th2 lymphocytes target external pathogens like cytotoxic parasites, allergens, toxins through the activation of B-cells and antibody production to effect to dendritic cells, which are natural activators of killer T cells, also known as ~~well as another series of warrants issued~~cytotoxic T -cells, or CD8+ T cells. Furthermore, the Cytocom technology antagonizes the toll-like receptors to ~~Wainwright in~~ ~~2020,~~ ~~for an amount of cash equal~~inhibit proinflammatory cytokines.

Prior to the ~~Black Scholes Value, as determined under the terms~~closing of the ~~Placement Agent Warrants. The Company~~Merger, we conducted business in the U.S. directly and in Russia through two subsidiaries, one of which is wholly owned, BioLab 612 (which was dissolved in ~~discussions~~November 2020), and one of which is owned in collaboration with ~~Wainwright about Wainwright’s purported exercise~~a financial partner, Panacela. As of the ~~repurchase right.~~closing of the Merger, we also now conduct business through Old Cytocom and its subsidiaries, ImQuest Life Sciences Inc, ImQuest BioSciences Inc., ImQuest Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Lubrinovation Inc. In addition, we conduct business with a former subsidiary, Incuron, which will pay us a 2% royalty on future commercialization, licensing, or sale of certain technology we sold to Incuron. We also partner in a joint venture, GPI, with Everon Biosciences, Inc ("Everon").

The Company is developing therapies designed to directly elicit within patients a robust and durable response of antigen-specific killer T-cells and antibodies, thereby activating essential immune defenses against autoimmune, inflammatory, infectious diseases, and cancers. Statera has ~~granted options to employees~~clinical or preclinical programs for Crohn’s disease (STAT-201), hematology (Entolimod), pancreatic cancer (STAT-401) and ~~Board members to purchase shares of common stock. The following is a summary of option award activity during the~~ ~~nine~~ ~~months ended~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~:

~~The following is a summary of outstanding stock options as of~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~:

~~For the~~ ~~nine~~ ~~months ended~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~ ~~and~~ ~~2020~~~~, the Company granted 0 stock options.~~

~~As of~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~~~, there was~~ no ~~total compensation cost~~ ~~not~~ ~~yet recognized related to unvested stock options.~~

~~As of~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~~~, there are 1,387,368 restricted stock units outstanding to employees from the old Cytocom plan.~~

In ~~connection with previous sales~~the next 12 months, the Company expects to initiate several clinical trials, including a pivotal Phase 3 trial for its lead drug candidate, STAT-201, in pediatric Crohn’s disease, as well as studies of ~~the Company’s common stock~~STAT-205 in ‘long haul’ COVID-19, STAT-401 in pancreatic cancer, and the ~~issuance of debt instruments, warrants were issued which presently have exercise prices ranging from $0.01 to $8.75. The warrants expire between~~ ~~one~~TLR5 agonist entolimod as a treatment for anemia and ~~seven~~ ~~years from the date of grant, and are subject to the terms applicable~~neutropenia in each agreement. These terms include for certain warrants the right to receive cash settlement upon the occurrence of a fundamental transaction. The Merger meets the definition of a fundamental transaction per the terms of these warrant agreements. The Company’s management has evaluated all the terms of the warrant agreements and determined that the warrants shall be accounted for as equity instruments as no ~~conditions exist under ASC~~ ~~480~~ ~~to account for these as liabilities with the exception of those warrants identified in Note~~ ~~12.~~

~~The following table summarizes the outstanding warrant activity during the~~ ~~nine~~ ~~months ended~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~:

~~Of the 3,171,859 warrants outstanding as of~~ ~~September 30, 2021,~~ 154,004 were issued in connection with Avenue Capital debt with an exercise price of $0.01, 1,720,083 were issued in connection with the GEM agreement, with an exercise price of $5.01, 902,000 were issued in connection with old Cytocom preferred shares with a weighted average exercise price of $5.23, and 96,263 were issued to Bridgeway Capital under old Cytocom with a weighted average exercise price of $2.94. The remaining 299,519 outstanding warrants were issued to various holders with a weighted average exercise price of $5.62.

~~The Company has entered into several agreements with Roswell Park Cancer Institute ("~~~~RPCI~~~~"), including: various sponsored research agreements, an exclusive license agreement and clinical trial agreements for the conduct of the Phase~~ 1 ~~entolimod oncology study and the Phase~~ 1 ~~Curaxin~~ ~~CBL0137~~ ("~~Curaxin~~") intravenous administration study. Additionally, the Company’s Global Head of R&D, Dr. Andrei Gudkov, is the Senior Vice President of Research Technology and Innovation at RPCI. The Company incurred $0 and $0 and $0 and $1,197 in research and development expense to RPCI for the ~~three~~ ~~and~~ ~~nine~~ ~~months ended~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~ ~~and~~ ~~2020,~~ ~~respectively.~~

The Company has entered into an exclusive license agreement with The Cleveland Clinic pursuant to which the Company was granted an exclusive license to The Cleveland Clinic’s research base underlying entolimod's therapeutic platform and certain product candidates licensed to Panacela. The Company has the primary responsibility to fund all newly developed patents. However, The Cleveland Clinic retains ownership of those patents covered by the agreement. The Company also agreed to use commercially diligent efforts to bring ~~one~~ ~~or more products to market as soon as practical, consistent with sound and reasonable business practices and judgments. On~~ ~~August 6, 2018,~~ ~~the Company sublicensed the intellectual property underlying entolimod's composition that the Company licenses from The Cleveland Clinic to GPI. There were~~ no ~~milestone or royalty payments paid to The Cleveland Clinic during the~~ ~~nine~~ ~~months ended~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~ ~~and~~ ~~2020~~~~. The Company incurred 0 research and development expense to The Cleveland Clinic during the~~ ~~nine~~ ~~months ended~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~ ~~and~~ ~~2020~~.

~~Our Global Head of Research and Development, Dr. Andrei Gudkov, has business relationships with Buffalo BioLabs, LLC ("~~~~BBL~~~~"), where Dr. Gudkov was a founder and currently serves as its uncompensated Principal Scientific Advisor. The Company recognized 0 research and development expense to BBL for the~~ ~~three~~ ~~and~~ ~~nine~~ ~~months ended~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~ ~~and~~ ~~2020.~~ ~~The Company also recognized 0 sublease and other income from BBL for the~~ ~~three~~ ~~and~~ ~~nine~~ ~~months ended~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~ ~~and~~ ~~September 30, 2020~~~~. Pursuant to our real estate sublease and equipment lease with BBL, the Company had gross accounts receivables of $0 and $6,285, and net accounts receivables of $0 and $0 from BBL at~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~ ~~and~~ ~~2020~~~~, respectively.~~

Dr. Gudkov is also an uncompensated member of the board of directors for Incuron. Pursuant to master service and development agreements we have with Incuron, the Company performs various research, business development, clinical advisory, and management services for Incuron. The Company recognized revenue of $0 and $0 and $0 and $49,357 for the ~~three~~ ~~and~~ ~~nine~~ ~~months ended~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~ ~~and~~ ~~2020,~~ ~~respectively. In addition, the Company recognized 0 sublease and other income from Incuron for the~~ ~~three~~ ~~and~~ ~~nine~~ ~~months ended~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~ ~~and~~ ~~2020,~~ ~~respectively. Pursuant to these agreements, the Company had gross accounts receivables of $0 and $130,000, and net accounts receivables of $0 and $130,000 from Incuron at~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~ ~~and~~ ~~2020~~~~, respectively.~~

~~GPI incurred $13,440 and $40,320 and $13,440 and $40,320 in consultant expenses with members of the Company's Board of Directors and management team during the~~ ~~three~~ ~~and~~ ~~nine~~ ~~months ended~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~ ~~and~~ ~~2020,~~ ~~respectively.~~

~~Noreen Griffin served as Chief Executive Officer of Old Cytocom from the date of its incorporation until~~ ~~June 30, 2020,~~ ~~and as President of Old Cytocom from~~ ~~April~~ 1,~~2020~~ ~~until~~ ~~September~~ ~~30,~~~~2020.~~ ~~As of~~ ~~September 30, 2021,~~ ~~Ms. Griffin also owned directly 1.0% of Statera’s common stock (1.2% as of~~ ~~June 30, 2020).~~

In ~~April, 2021~~ ~~the Company received an advance from Ms. Griffin in the amount of $200,000, which is outstanding as of~~ ~~September 30, 2021~~ ~~and is classified as "advances from related party" on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.~~cancer patients.

As previously disclosed, on February 6, 2022, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the "EF Hutton Commitments and Contingencies

On March ~~19,~~24, 2021, a ~~putative class action~~ complaint, captioned ~~Litwin~~Bednar v. Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. et al., Case ~~2021~~1:21--cv-~~0242,~~02546, was filed in the ~~Delaware~~U.S. District Court for the Southern District of ~~Chancery~~New York in connection with the Merger (the ~~“Litwin Action”~~"Bednar Action"). The ~~Litwin~~Bednar Action names as defendants Cleveland BioLabs and each director on the Cleveland BioLabs board of ~~directors, and the Vice President of Finance of Cleveland BioLabs.~~directors. The complaint in the ~~Litwin~~Bednar Action alleges that ~~Defendants~~Cleveland BioLabs and the Cleveland BioLabs board of directors omitted and/or provided misleading information in the registration statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC in connection with the Merger ~~of which this proxy statement/prospectus forms a part,~~ in ~~breach~~violation of their fiduciary ~~duties.~~duties and the Exchange Act and related SEC regulations. The ~~Litwin~~Bednar Action seeks, among other things, an injunction preventing the closing of the Merger, rescission of the ~~merger~~Merger if it is consummated, the dissemination by ~~Cleveland BioLabs~~the Company of a revised registration statement on Form S-4 and an award of plaintiffs’ attorneys’ and experts’ fees. On October 13, 2021, Plaintiff ~~in the Litwin Action has~~Bednar filed a ~~motion for expedited proceedings, which Defendants have opposed. Plaintiff’s motion for expedited proceedings was granted in part and denied in part by~~ notice of dismissal. On October 20, 2021, the ~~court on~~Southern District entered an order dismissing the case. On ~~April 30, 2021.~~December 23, 2021, ~~Defendants have also~~Plaintiff Bednar filed a ~~motion to dismiss the Litwin Action. On~~ ~~July 7, 2021,~~ ~~Plaintiff filed a stipulation and proposed order voluntarily dismissing the case but reserving the right to seek attorneys’ fees. On~~ ~~July 8, 2021,~~ new action in the Delaware Court of Chancery, ~~entered~~asserting a cause of action for an ~~order dismissing~~equitable assessment of attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred in connection with the ~~case but reserving jurisdiction~~first lawsuit. The new Delaware action names the same defendants as the first Bednar Action. The Defendants in the new Delaware action have filed an answer to ~~determine whether to award~~ Plaintiff’s ~~counsel any fees, should Plaintiff’s counsel file a motion for such.~~Delaware complaint.

AsOn August 16, 2022, certain former employees of the ~~balance sheet date management~~Company and certain third party vendors of the Company (collectively, "Petitioning Creditors") filed an involuntary petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado (No.22-13051-JGR) against the Company seeking relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The Company believes the involuntary petition is improper and wrongfully filed and is seeking dismissal of the petition. The outcome of this lawsuit is uncertain. The Company believes that ~~it is probable that a settlement will be reached. Management estimates~~ the ~~likely settlement amount to be $275,000, therefore we have accrued this amount in accounts payable and accrued expenses.~~claims asserted are without merit.

Management evaluated all events or transactions that occurred after ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022 through the date ~~the~~these condenses consolidated financial statements were filed.

On ~~November 9, 2021,~~April 18, 2022, atAvenue and the Company entered into a Forbearance and Second Amendment to Loan Documents, (“Forbearance Agreement”) regarding the Loan Agreement, whereby the parties agreed to the following terms: On March 25, 2022, Avenue exercised certain of its remedies under the Loan Agreement with respect to the Existing Defaults (as defined below), by sweeping cash from the Company’s ~~annual meeting~~accounts, totaling Four Million Eight Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Ninety Dollars ($4,827,290), which Avenue applied to the then-outstanding obligations under the Loan Agreement. The principal balance outstanding under the Loan Agreement, before giving effect to the Forbearance Agreement, was Five Million Seven Hundred Eleven Thousand Forty-Nine Dollars ($5,711,049), plus accrued and unpaid interest, fees (including a prepayment fee) and expenses (including but not limited to legal fees and costs). Subject to the terms of ~~stockholders, among~~the Forbearance Agreement, Avenue agreed that, from the effective date of the Agreement until May 31, 2022 (the “Forbearance Period”), it would refrain and forbear from exercising certain remedies arising out of the Existing Defaults or any other ~~routine matters,~~present or future Event of Default under the Loan Agreement or related supplement. Under the Forbearance Agreement, Avenue shall not seize, sweep, or by any means take control of, directly or indirectly, any funds from any of the Company’s ~~stockholders voted~~bank accounts; and (ii) during the Forbearance Period, the Loans may be prepaid in whole or in part at any time, subject to ~~amend~~ the ~~Plan~~repayment and prepayment terms of the Loan Documents

On April 19, 2022, the Company received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) stating that, because the Company has not yet filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 (the “Form 10-K”) with the SEC, the Company is not in compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) for continued listing. Pursuant to ~~increase~~ the ~~number~~NASDAQ letter, the Company was required to submit a plan to regain compliance by June 20, 2022. If the plan is accepted by NASDAQ, the Company must implement the plan to regain compliance by the date that is 180 days after the due date of the Form 10-K, or October 17, 2022. The Company submitted the plan to NASDAQ to regain compliance on May 27, 2022 and is currently awaiting NASDAQ acceptance. Subsequently, on May 18, 2022, the Company received an additional letter from NASDAQ stating that because the Company remains delinquent in filing its Form 10-K, and subsequently has failed to timely file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2022 (the “Form 10-Q”), the Company does not comply with NASDAQ Listing Rules for continued listing. NASDAQ reiterated that the Company had until June 20, 2022 to submit a plan to regain compliance with respect to the delinquent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. Please note that any Staff exception to allow the Company to regain compliance, if granted, will be limited to a maximum of 180 calendar days from the due date of the Form 10-K, or October 17, 2022. As noted above, the Company submitted the plan to NASDAQ to regain compliance on May 27, 2022 and is currently awaiting NASDAQ acceptance.

On April 21, 2022, the Company accepted the resignation of Cozette M. McAvoy, Chief Legal Officer effective as of April 30, 2022.

On April 30, 2022, due to corporate restructuring, approximately 14 employees were terminated, including our Chief Operating Officer Taunia Markvicka and Chief Medical Officer Clifford Selsky.

On June 13, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the engagement of BF Borgers CPA, PC ("BF Borgers") as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm effective as of June 13, 2022. During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2021 and from January 1, 2022 through June 13, 2022, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf consulted BF Borgers regarding either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, and no written report or oral advice was provided to the Company that BF Borgers concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was the subject of a disagreement or reportable event as defined in Regulation S-K, Item 304(a)(1)(iv) and Item 304(a)(1)(v).

On June 17, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company ratified the appointments of Dr. Uday Saxena and Dr. Blake Hawley as directors of the Company, to fill the vacancies created by Mr.Saluck and Ms. Verny resignations. Dr. Saxena and Dr. Hawley will serve in such position until the earlier of their deaths, resignations or removal from office. Dr. Saxena and Dr. Hawley will serve as members of the Board’s audit committee, compensation committee, and nominating and corporate governance committee. The Board has affirmatively determined that Dr. Saxena and Dr. Hawley are “independent” within the meaning of the listing standards of NASDAQ. In addition, Dr. Saxena and Dr. Hawley are independent under NASDAQ'S heightened independence standards applicable to audit committee and compensation committee members.

On August 22, 2022, the Company issued 1.5 million shares of ~~Common Stock authorized~~restricted common stock pursuant to a newly executed contract to provide investors relations services to the Company.

On September 1, 2022, the Company was notified by the Listing Qualifications Staff (the "Staff") of NASDAQ that the Company’s common stock would be subject to delisting due to the Company’s non-compliance with the filing requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) unless the Company timely requested a hearing before the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the "Panel"). The Company had not yet filed the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 or the Forms 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022 (collectively, "Form 10-Qs") with the SEC. The Company intends to timely request a hearing before the Panel, which request will stay any further action by NASDAQ at least pending the issuance of a decision by the Panel and the expiration of any extension the Panel may grant to the Company following the hearing.

On September 2, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed John Kallassy as a director of the Company, effective September 2, 2022, to fill the vacancy created by ~~3,000,000 shares, remove~~ the ~~limit~~resignation of the chair of the audit committee. Mr. Kallassy will serve in such position until his successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation, or removal. Mr. Kallassy will serve as a member of the Board’s audit committee, compensation committee, and nominating and corporate governance committee. The Board has affirmatively determined that Mr. Kallassy is "independent" within the meaning of the listing standards of NASDAQ. In addition, Mr. Kallassy is independent under NASDAQ heightened independence standards applicable to audit committee and compensation committee members. The Board also appointed Mr. Kallassy as an "audit committee financial expert” as defined in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K and Chairperson of the Audit Committee of the Board.

On October 6, 2022, the Company had a hearing before the Panel, the Company presented its plan to evidence full compliance with NASDAQ'S filing requirement and all other applicable requirements for continued listing on NASDAQ and request an extension of time to do so. The Company is taking definitive steps to evidence compliance with the ~~maximum number of shares covered by an award~~NASDAQ listing criteria as soon as possible; however, there can be no assurance that the Panel will grant the Company’s request for continued listing or that the Company will satisfy the NASDAQ listing criteria within any extension period that may be ~~issued in any calendar year~~provided to ~~any single recipient and~~the Company by the Panel. The Company plans to ~~make certain modifications to reflect~~update the ~~Company’s name change.~~market promptly following receipt of the Panel’s determination after the hearing.

On ~~November 9, 2021,~~ ~~and pursuant to a release dated~~ ~~November 8, 2021,~~October 11, 2022, the Company ~~remitted cash payment~~was notified by the Staff of ~~$2.1 million~~NASDAQ that the Company’s common stock would be subject to ~~a purchaser~~delisting due to the Company’s non-compliance with the minimum Stockholders' Equity requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) and non-compliance with Listing Rule 5250(e)(2)(D) regarding notifying Nasdaq of ~~Old Cytocom~~the Company's intention to issue additional shares. Each of these matters serve as an additional and separate basis for delisting the Company’s securities from NASDAQ. The Panel will consider these matters in their decision regarding the Company’s continued listing on NASDAQ. The Company intends to ~~satisfy obligations pursuant~~present its views with respect to ~~a preferred stock subscription agreement.~~these additional deficiencies to the Panel in writing no later than October 18, 2022.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

This management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations and other portions of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of current or historical fact contained in this quarterly report, including statements regarding our future financial position, business strategy, new products, budgets, liquidity, cash flows, projected costs, regulatory approvals, or the impact of any laws or regulations applicable to us and plans and objectives of management for future operations are forward-looking statements. The words "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "should," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "project," "will," and similar expressions, as they relate to us, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations about future events. While we believe these expectations are reasonable, such forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. Our actual future results may differ materially from those discussed here for various reasons. We discuss many of these risks in Item 1A under the heading "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, ~~2020.~~2021. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the substantial doubt expressed about our ability to continue as a going concern, the outcome of any legal proceedings that have been or may be instituted against the Company related to the merger agreement or the Merger; unexpected costs, charges or expenses resulting from the Merger; our need for additional financing to meet our business objectives; our history of operating losses; our ability to successfully develop, obtain regulatory approval for, and commercialize our products in a timely manner; our plans to research, develop and commercialize our product candidates; our ability to attract collaborators with development, regulatory and commercialization expertise; our plans and expectations with respect to future clinical trials and commercial scale-up activities; our reliance on third-party manufacturers of our product candidates; the size and growth potential of the markets for our product candidates, and our ability to serve those markets; the rate and degree of market acceptance of our product candidates; regulatory requirements and developments in the United States, the European Union and foreign countries; the performance of our third-party suppliers and manufacturers; the success of competing therapies that are or may become available; our ability to attract and retain key scientific or management personnel; our historical reliance on government funding for a significant portion of our operating costs and expenses; government contracting processes and requirements; the exercise of significant influence over our company by our largest individual stockholder; the impact of the novel coronavirus ("COVID-19") pandemic on our business, operations and clinical development; the geopolitical relationship between the United States and the Russian Federation as well as general business, legal, financial and other conditions within the Russian Federation; our ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection for our product candidates; our potential vulnerability to cybersecurity breaches; and other factors discussed below and in our other SEC filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, ~~2020.~~2021.

On ~~August 1,~~March 25, 2022, we received a letter (the "Default Letter") from Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund, L.P. ("Avenue") regarding alleged events of default with respect to the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2021, between the Company and Avenue (the "Avenue Facility"). In the Default Letter, Avenue alleges that certain events of default under the Avenue Facility have occurred and continue to exist. Specifically, Avenue alleges that the Company is in violation of certain provisions of the Avenue Facility as a result of the Company’s failure to:

As previously disclosed, on February 6, 2022, the Company entered into a ~~collaboration agreement~~Securities Purchase Agreement (the "EF HuttonPurchase Agreement") with a certain institutional investor for the sale by the Company of 2,000,000 shares (the "RegisteredDirect Shares") of the Company’s common stock together with warrants to ~~fund research~~purchase an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the "Registered Direct Warrants"), at a combined price of $1.00 per Registered Direct Share and ~~laboratory facilities~~accompanying warrant, in a registered direct offering. The closing of the sale of the securities under the Purchase Agreement occurred on February 9, 2022. The gross proceeds to the Company from the transaction were approximately $2 million, before deducting the placement agent’s fees and other estimated offering expenses, and excluding proceeds to the Company, if any, from the future exercise of the Registered Direct Warrants. The Shares were offered and sold by the Company under a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3, which was filed with the SEC on May 21, 2020 and subsequently declared effective on May 29, 2020 (File No. 333-238578). The net proceeds received by the Company were $1.67 million.

Each Registered Direct Warrant sold in the offering is exercisable for one share of Common Stock at an initial exercise price of $1.00 per share (the "Initial Exercise Price"). The Registered Direct Warrants may be exercised at any time until February 9, 2027. The Warrants are exercisable for cash, but they may be exercised on a cashless exercise basis if, at the ~~La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), a not-for-profit academic institution and a world leader in immunology research. The agreement~~time of exercise, there is ~~directed to research that will support the development of potential new immune-modulating agents targeting toll-like receptors~~no effective registration statement registering, or no current prospectus available for, the ~~treatment~~issuance or resale of ~~cancer, infectious, autoimmune~~the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Registered Direct Warrants. The exercise of the Registered Direct Warrants is subject to a beneficial ownership limitation, which will prohibit the exercise thereof, if upon such exercise the holder of the Registered Direct Warrants, its affiliates and ~~chronic inflammatory diseases. The research will harness Statera’s proprietary drug discovery and development platform technology.~~any other persons or entities acting as a group together with the holder or any of the holder’s affiliates would hold 4.99% (or, upon election of a purchaser prior to the issuance of any shares, 9.99%) of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Registered Direct Warrant held by the applicable holder, provided that the holders may increase or decrease the beneficial ownership limitation (up to a maximum of 9.99%) upon 60 days advance notice to the Company, which 60 day period cannot be waived.

EF Hutton acted as placement agent on a “reasonable best efforts” basis, in connection with the offering of the Registered Direct Shares and the Registered Direct Warrants. In connection with such offering, the Company entered into a Placement Agency Agreement, dated as of February 6, 2022, by and between the Company and EF Hutton pursuant to which EF Hutton received aggregate cash fee of 9.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds of the offering, a non-accountable expense reimbursement of 1.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds in the offering, and $75,000 for the reimbursement of certain of EF Hutton’s accountable expenses.

On March 25, 2022, the Company received the Letter from Avenue regarding alleged events of default with respect to the Loan Agreement. In the Letter, Avenue alleges that certain events of default under the Loan Agreement have occurred and continue to exist. Specifically, Avenue alleged that the Company was in violation of certain provisions of the Loan Agreement as a result of which, Avenue purported to exercise its rights to suspend further loans or advances to the Company under the Loan Agreement and to accelerate the amount due under the Loan Agreement, which it asserts to be approximately $11.2 million, inclusive of fees of penalties. Avenue further states in the letter that interest will continue to accrue on the outstanding amounts at the default rate of 5.0%. In furtherance of the allegations set forth in the Letter, Avenue foreclosed on approximately $4.8 million of the Company’s cash.

In response to the Letter, on April 18, 2022, Avenue and the Company entered into a Forbearance Agreement regarding the Loan Agreement. Pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement, the parties agreed that from the effective date of the Loan Agreement until May 31, 2022 (the “Forbearance Period”), it will refrain and forbear from exercising certain remedies arising out of the events of default or any other present or future event of default under the Loan Agreement or supplement. Under the Forbearance Agreement, Avenue shall not seize, sweep, or by any means take control of, directly or indirectly, any funds from any of the Company’s bank accounts; and (ii) during the Forbearance Period, the Loans may be prepaid in whole or in part at any time, subject to the repayment and prepayment terms of the Loan Agreement. In addition to the terms of the ~~research agreement,~~Forbearance Agreement, certain terms of the ~~La Jolla Institute may select up~~Loan Agreement were amended, including changing the Agreement Effective Date to ~~four laboratories~~April 18, 2022, and revisions to ~~participate in research. Statera will provide research funding to these laboratories for projects~~certain definitions of mutual interest or for research projects commissioned by Statera that explore immune modulation and the action of therapeutics on target toll-like receptors. Toll-like receptors are central to an immune response, connecting innate and adaptive immune compartments, and thus key to fighting disease as well as restoring immune homeostasis. In addition to the research funding for the selected projects, Statera will pay to the La Jolla Institute $350,000 per year for each selected laboratory, for a total annual discretionary funding contribution of up to $1.4 million, in addition to the research funding itself. Statera will also provide researchers at the La Jolla Institute with samples and materials. In return, Statera will have a first option to negotiate a license to new discoveries by the La Jolla Institute that arise from the research projects of common interest funded by Statera, however Statera will own any new discoveries that arise from research projects of interest to Statera that have been commissioned to the La Jolla Institute as “work for hire.”

~~Change in the Company~~’~~s Certifying Accountant~~Agreement terminology.

On ~~September 28, 2021,~~March 25, 2022, Avenue exercised certain of its remedies under the ~~Audit Committee~~Loan Agreement with respect to the events of default, by sweeping cash from Company’s accounts, totaling $4,827,290.22, which Avenue applied to the ~~Board~~then-outstanding Obligations under the Loan Agreement. The principal balance outstanding under the Loan Agreement, before giving effect to the Forbearance Agreement, is $5,711,049.14, plus accrued and unpaid interest, fees and expenses.

On June 13, 2022, the board of ~~Directors~~directors of the Company approved the engagement of ~~Turner, Stone & Company, LLP (“~~~~Turner Stone~~”BF Borgers CPA, PC ("BF Borgers") as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm ~~for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, subject to completion~~effective as of ~~Turner Stone’s standard client acceptance process and execution of an engagement letter, and dismissed Meaden & Moore (“~~~~M&M~~~~”) as~~June 13, 2022. During the Company’s ~~independent registered public accounting firm.~~

~~The report of M&M on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the~~two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 ~~did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion~~ and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. M&M's report on the Company's consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion but contained a modified opinion, as it included an explanatory paragraph describing the net capital deficiency that raised substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.

~~During the years ended December 31, 2020~~2021 and ~~2019 and the subsequent interim period~~from January 1, 2022 through September 28, 2021: (i) the Company had no disagreements (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) with M&M on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to M&M’s satisfaction, would have caused M&M to make reference thereto in its reports on the Company’s financial statements for such years, and (ii) there were no “reportable events,” as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K, other than with respect to the Company’s previously reported determination that as of December 31, 2019, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective.

~~During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 and the subsequent interim period through September 28, 2021,~~June 13, 2022, neither the Company nor anyone ~~acting~~ on ~~the Company’s~~its behalf consulted ~~Turner Stone regarding:~~BF Borgers regarding either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, and ~~neither a~~no written report ~~nor~~or oral advice was provided to the Company that ~~Turner Stone~~BF Borgers concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to ~~any~~the accounting, auditing or financial reporting ~~issue,~~issue; or (ii) any matter that was ~~either~~ the subject of a disagreement or reportable event as defined in Regulation S-K, Item 304(a)(1)(iv) ~~of Regulation S-K~~ and ~~the related instructions or a “reportable event” described in~~ Item 304(a)(1)(v) ~~of Regulation S-K.~~.

The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to affect most countries around the world, including the United States, where a national emergency was declared in 2020. The continued spread of COVID-19 in the United States and worldwide, as well as the government-ordered shutdowns and shelter-in-place orders imposed to counter the pandemic, led to severe disruptions to the global ~~economy, especially for~~economy. We generally experienced few effects from the year ended December 31, 2020. In this connection, on March 20, 2020, the Governor of New York announced that 100% of the workforce of all businesses, excluding essential services, must stay home. During the effectiveness of this order, we implemented a work-from-home policy for all employees based in our Buffalo, New York, which was then our headquarters office. Under new applicable New York state orders, our offices may be occupied at their normal capacity if other safety precautions are taken; however, very few of our employees have returned to the office. None of our other offices, including our new headquarters in Ft. Collins, Colorado, has been required to shut down due to COVID-19.COVID-19 pandemic during 2021 and 2022.

We are continuing to monitor the situation and will take such further action as may be required by federal, state or local authorities, or that we determine are in the best interests of our employees. The extent to which COVID-19 may impact our business, research and development efforts, preclinical studies, clinical trials, prospects for regulatory approval of our drug candidates, and operations will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, such as the effectiveness of vaccination efforts, ultimate geographic spread of the disease, the duration of the outbreak, the impact of any new variants of the virus, the extent and duration of travel restrictions and social distancing in the United States and other countries, business closures or business disruptions and the effectiveness of actions taken in the United States and other countries to contain and treat the disease. Furthermore, if we or any of the third parties with whom we engage were to experience renewed shutdowns or other business disruptions, our ability to conduct our business in the manner and on the timelines presently planned could be materially and negatively impacted, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are a clinical-stage company and we have generated insignificant revenue from product sales to date. Our ability to generate revenue sufficient to achieve profitability will depend heavily on the successful development and eventual commercialization of one or more of our product candidates. Since inception, we have incurred significant operating losses. For the three months ended ~~September 30,~~March 31, 2022 and 2021, ~~and 2020,~~ we incurred net losses of ~~$12.7~~$7.8 million and ~~$5.7~~$5.3 million, respectively. As of ~~September 30, 2021,~~March 31, 2022, we had an accumulated deficit of ~~$52.3~~$137.2 million.

We expect to incur significant expenses and operating losses for the foreseeable future as we advance our lead candidates through clinical trials, progress our pipeline candidates from discovery through pre-clinical development, and seek regulatory approval and pursue commercialization of our candidates. In addition, if we obtain regulatory approval for any of our candidates, we expect to incur significant commercialization expenses related to product manufacturing, marketing, sales, and distribution. In addition, we may incur expenses in connection with the in-license or acquisition of additional technology to augment or enable development of future candidates. Furthermore, we expect to incur additional costs associated with operating as a public company, including significant legal, accounting, investor relations and other expenses that Old Cytocom, our predecessor for accounting purposes, did not incur as a private company prior to the Merger.

As a result, we will need additional financing to support our continuing operations. Until such time as we can generate significant revenue from product sales, if ever, we expect to finance our operations through a combination of public or private equity and debt financings or other sources, which may include collaborations with third parties. We do not expect that our existing cash and cash equivalents will enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements beyond the ~~first~~second quarter of 2022.

Adequate additional financing may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all. Our inability to raise capital as and when needed could have a negative impact on our financial condition and our ability to pursue our business strategy. We will need to generate significant revenue to achieve profitability, and we may never do so. For these reasons, our financial statements contain a paragraph in substantial doubt is expressed about our ability to continue as a going concern within one year of the date of financial statements.

We are a clinical-stage company and we have generated insignificant revenue from product sales to date. Our ability to generate revenue sufficient to achieve profitability will depend heavily on the successful development and eventual commercialization of one or more of our product candidates. Since inception, we have incurred significant operating losses. For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, we incurred net losses of $7.8 million and $5.3 million, respectively. As of March 31, 2022, we had an accumulated deficit of $137.2 million.

We expect to incur significant expenses and operating losses for the foreseeable future as we advance our lead candidates through clinical trials, progress our pipeline candidates from discovery through pre-clinical development, and seek regulatory approval and pursue commercialization of our candidates. In addition, if we obtain regulatory approval for any of our candidates, we expect to incur significant commercialization expenses related to product manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution. In addition, we may incur expenses in connection with the in-license or acquisition of additional technology to augment or enable development of future candidates. Furthermore, we expect to incur additional costs associated with operating as a public company, including significant legal, accounting, investor relations and other expenses that Old Cytocom, our predecessor for accounting purposes, did not incur as a private company prior to the Merger.

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect our reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses.

On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and judgments, including those related to accrued expenses, income taxes, stock-based compensation, investments, and in-process research and development. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

Our revenue, operating results, and profitability have varied, and we expect that they will continue to vary on a quarterly basis, primarily due to the timing of work completed under new and existing grants, development contracts, and collaborative relationships. Additionally, we expect that as a result of the Merger, our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows will be materially different in future periods than in the past. Accordingly, our past results are not likely to be indicative of our future performance.

The Company generates revenue from (i) its Clinical Research Organization services (“("CRO ~~services”~~services") provided by its ImQuest subsidiary, and (ii) grant awards from the National Institutes of Health for multiple studies in research. We have no products approved for sale. Other than the sources of revenue described above, we do not expect to receive any revenue from any candidates that we develop until we obtain regulatory approval and commercializes such products, or until we potentially enter into collaborative agreements with third parties for the development and commercialization of such candidates.

At the inception of a contract for CRO services, once the contract is determined to be within the scope of ASC 606, the Company assesses the goods or services promised within each contract and determines those that are performance obligations and assesses whether each promised good or service is distinct. The Company then recognizes as revenue the amount of the transaction price that is allocated to the respective performance obligation when (or as) the performance obligation is satisfied.

There is no explicit guidance within ASC 606 to account for grant revenue, and since the Company is a for-profit entity, it must look to other Financial Accounting Standards Board guidance in order to account for funds received from grants. The Company has determined it is appropriate to apply ASC 450 - Contingencies.

Under ASC 450, the recognition of a gain contingency occurs at the earlier of when the gain has been realized or the gain is realizable. The gain is realized when the Company performs the research under the grant and submits the expense reimbursements to the NIH and is approved under the terms of the grant the funds are then received. The Company determined ASC 450 is appropriate because the realization of the gain is contingent on whether the Company meets the performance requirement. Once the Company performs the research, submits the financial report for approval, and the cash disbursement occurs, the contingency is thus resolved, and the recognition of grant revenue is realized.

Research and development ("R&D") costs are expensed as incurred. Advance payments are deferred and expensed as performance occurs. R&D costs include the cost of our personnel (which consists of salaries, benefits and incentive and stock-based compensation), out-of-pocket pre-clinical and clinical trial costs usually associated with contract research organizations, drug product manufacturing and formulation, and a pro-rata share of facilities expense and other overhead items.

Advertising costs are expensed as incurred and included in operating expenses on the statements of operations. The Company incurred advertising and marketing expense for the ~~nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 of $26,037 and $0, respectively, and for the~~ three months ended ~~September 30,~~March 31, 2022 and 2021 of $37,036 and ~~2020 of $23,242 and $0,~~$2,796, respectively.

General and administrative ("G&A") functions include executive management, finance and administration, government affairs and regulations, corporate development, human resources, and legal and compliance. The specific costs include the cost of our personnel consisting of salaries, incentive and stock-based compensation, out-of-pocket costs usually associated with attorneys (both corporate and intellectual property), bankers, accountants, and other advisors and a pro-rata share of facilities expense and other overhead items.

Other recurring income and expenses primarily consists of interest income on our investments, changes in the market value of our derivative financial instruments, and foreign currency transaction gains or losses.

The condensed consolidated financial statements include estimates made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles that involve a significant level of estimation uncertainty and have had or are reasonably likely to have a material impact on the financial condition or results of operations. These significant accounting estimates include the inputs to level 3 valuation techniques for valuing the identified intangible assets in the ImQuest acquisition, valuation allowances associated with deferred tax assets, and revenue recognition in accordance with ASC 606.

Three Months Ended ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022 Compared to Three Months Ended ~~September 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021

Revenue increased from $0 for the three months ended ~~September 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 to ~~$236,519~~$1.0 million for the three months ended ~~September 30, 2021.~~March 31, 2022. This increase is due entirely to the revenues ~~recorded after July 1, 2021~~ from sales of CRO services by ImQuest BioSciences. There were no CRO services revenues in the corresponding period of ~~2020,~~2021, as the merger with ImQuest ~~only~~ took place in June 2021. ~~No revenues were generated from awards from the National Institutes of Health for studies in research in the three months ended September 30, 2021 or 2020.~~

Cost of revenue increased from $0 for the three months ended ~~September 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 to ~~$115,927~~$0.35 million for the three months ended ~~September 30, 2021.~~March 31, 2022. This increase is due entirely to the cost of revenues recorded ~~after July 1, 2021~~ from sales to CROs by ImQuest BioSciences. There were no cost of revenues in the corresponding period of ~~2020,~~2021, as the ImQuest Merger ~~only~~ took place in June 2021.

R&D expenses ~~decreased~~increased from ~~$4.38~~$1.0 million for the three months ended ~~September 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 to ~~$3.43~~$3.2 million for the three months ended ~~September 30, 2021,~~March 31, 2022, representing ~~a decrease~~an increase of ~~$0.95~~$2.2 million, or ~~21.6%~~217.6%. Variances are noted in the table below. The net ~~decrease~~increase is primarily attributable to one-time patent expenses totaling $3.8 million incurred for the three months ended September 30, 2020 related to the transfer of intellectual property to the Company by Immune Therapeutics, Inc., Old Cytocom’s former parent company, ($(0.1) million for the three months ended September 30, 2021), offset by increased spending on specific R&D programs for the three months ended ~~September 30, 2021 ($3.4 million),~~March 31, 2022 of $1.3 million, compared to ~~$0.5~~$0.3 million for the three months ended ~~September 30, 2020.~~March 31, 2021 as well as increased other expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2022 of $1.9 million, compared to $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 primarily due to increases in R&D employees.

G&A expenses ~~increased~~decreased from ~~$1.8~~$4.2 million for the three months ended ~~September 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 to ~~$6.3~~$4.0 million for the three months ended ~~September 30, 2021,~~March 31, 2022, representing ~~an increase~~a decrease of ~~$4.5~~$0.2 million or ~~252.8%~~4.8%. Variances are noted in the table and discussed below.

Payroll (including benefits) incudes salaries, health benefits and related payroll costs. The ~~increase~~decrease in payroll expense was primarily attributable to ~~the increase in the number~~a reduction of ~~employees whose~~ costs ~~are accounted for as G&A expenses, plus an additional cost~~ of ~~$1,923,565~~$1.4 million for stock-based compensation incurred in the ~~third~~first quarter of ~~2021~~2022 over the comparative cost in the same period in ~~2020. Employee headcount for G&A purposes at September 30, 2020 and~~ 2021, ~~was 13 and 22, respectively.~~partially offset by the increase in costs related to the increased employee headcount. Growth in headcount for G&A purposes between ~~2020~~2021 and ~~2021~~2022 reflects (i) the addition of four employees in 2021 as result of the Merger and the ImQuest Merger, and (ii) the addition of seven new employees in total, several of whom were hired in senior executive roles to complete the Company’s leadership team plus the addition of staff in finance, human resources, information technology and investor relations, offset by the transfer of two employees to R&D.

Stock listing expenses are made up of fees paid to maintain the listing of the Company’s common stock on The NASDAQ, ~~($141,865 and $0 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively),~~ the costs of an investor relations program using outside consultants and databases, ~~($182,617 and $42,307 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively),~~ costs incurred with advisors to raise new debt and equity required by the Company, ~~($487,500 and $179,650 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively),~~ and the costs charged by stock transfer agents to maintain the Company’s share ~~registers ($23,162 and $1,850 for~~registers. The increased costs in the three months ended ~~September 30,~~March 31, 2022 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2021 ~~and 2020, respectively).~~ reflect increased public company costs following the Merger.

Professional fees comprise fees paid for services to lawyers (other than lawyers who are engaged for services related to R&D), accountants, and the Company’s firm of auditors. Fees paid to lawyers in the three months ended ~~September 30,~~March 31, 2022 and 2021 totaled $0.4 million and ~~2020 totaled $420,704 and $344,440,~~$0.6 million, respectively. The ~~higher~~decrease in fees ~~2021~~ arose primarily from ~~costs~~increased services in the three months ended March 31, 2021 related to ~~close~~ the Merger and the ImQuest ~~Merger, and legal fees incurred in 2021 to defend lawsuits related to the~~ Merger.

Fees paid to accountants in the three months ended ~~September 30,~~March 31, 2022 and 2021 totaled $0.1 million and ~~2020 totaled $92,055 and $22,500,~~$0.04 million, respectively. The higher in fees ~~2021~~2022 arose primarily from the use of outside accounting consultants to assist with the compilation of reports and filings required under securities ~~laws to complete the Merger and the ImQuest Merger.~~laws.

Fees paid to the audit firms engaged by the Company in the three months ended ~~September 30,~~March 31, 2022 and 2021 totaled $0.1 million and ~~2020 totaled $41,400 and $0,~~$0.1 million, respectively. ~~The audit services were required filings required under securities laws to complete the Merger and the ImQuest Merger. Audit services only commenced in the fourth quarter of 2020.~~

Consultants and contractors are individuals and firms hired by the Company to provide certain investment banking and advisory services, to assist the Company with the implementation of a new enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) system, to provide valuation reports required to complete the accounting for the Merger and to assist with other general matters. Fees paid to consultants and contractors in the three months ended ~~September 30,~~March 31, 2022 and 2021 totaled $0.3 million and ~~2020 totaled $427,551 and $43,667,~~$0.5 million, respectively. The ~~increase~~decrease in costs was attributable primarily to increased services ~~required~~in the three months ended March 31, 2021 to complete the ~~Merger in 2021.~~Merger.

Insurance expenses comprise fees and premiums paid to insurance companies from which the Company purchased policies to protect against loss or damage to its assets and intellectual property, to protect itself against claims for damage caused to third parties by its clinical trials or products used in trials or sold to customers, coverage for workers’ compensation payable for injuries suffered by its employees, and losses incurred by its directors and officers in certain circumstances in the performance of their duties. Insurance premiums and costs in the three months ended ~~September 30,~~March 31, 2022 and 2021 totaled $0.2 million and ~~2020 totaled $149,267 and $13,403,~~$0.1 million, respectively. The increase was attributable primarily to additional insurance added in 2021 to protect the Company against claims for damage caused to third parties by its clinical trials or products used in trials or sold to customers, and losses incurred by its directors and officers in certain circumstances in the performance of their duties.

Travel. The Company maintains offices in a number of locations in the United States. As a result of the Merger, new offices were added in 2021 in Colorado, California, Maryland, and New York, requiring an increase in travel between locations. Travel expenses increased accordingly between the three months ended ~~September 30, 2020 and 2021 from $36,687 to $51,483, respectively.~~

~~Other G&A expenses~~ comprise costs to operate and lease office space, non-capital expenditures incurred for office furniture and equipment, telecommunication and internet expenses, postage and courier costs, and bank charges. Other G&A expenses increased year over year primarily as a result of the addition of new office locations and employees in 2021 in Colorado, California, Maryland, and New York.

Interest and other income of $491,817 in the three months ended September 30, 2020 was made up of a $1,034,000 gain on reversal of accruals for prior period payrolls owed, resulting from the waiver by certain employees of their past-due payroll accruals in exchange for new employment contracts with the Company, plus a gain of $38,500 from the extinguishment of certain notes payable, offset by interest and other share-related expenses of $580,683.

Interest and other expense of ($3,089,301) in the three months ended September 30, 2021 was made up of an accrual for legal settlement costs of $2,065,835 and by interest and other share-related expenses of $1,023,466.

~~Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020~~

Revenue increased from $0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 to $236,519 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. This increase is due entirely to the revenues recorded after July 1, 2021 from sales of CRO services by ImQuest BioSciences. There were no CRO services revenues in the corresponding period of 2020, as the ImQuest Merger only took place in June 2021. No revenues were generated from awards from the National Institutes of Health for multiple studies in research in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 or 2020.

Cost of revenue increased from $0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 to $115,927 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. This increase is due entirely to the cost of revenues recorded after July 1, 2021 from sales to CROs by ImQuest BioSciences. There were no cost of revenues in the corresponding period of 2020, as the ImQuest Merger only took place in June 2021.

R&D expenses increased from $4.51 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 to $6.28 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, representing an increase of $1.77 million, or 39.1%. Variances are noted in the table below. The net increase is primarily attributable to (i) an increase in payroll and benefits costs, which rose from $293,815 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 to $2,198,390 for the nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2021 and ~~(ii) the cost of contractors hired for clinical trials, which rose~~2022 from $0$0.02 million to $3,461,855 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2021, respectively, offset by a decrease of one-time patent expenses related to the transfer of intellectual property to the Company by Immune Therapeutics, Inc., which fell from $3,838,130 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 to $146,730 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. The increase in payroll costs was attributable to (i) an increase in R&D-related headcount, which grew from three employees at September 30, 2020 to 19 at September 30, 2021, and (ii) the cost of $581,198 for stock-based compensation incurred for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 ($0 for corresponding period in 2020).

~~G&A expenses increased from $2.3~~$0.04 million, for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 to $15.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, representing an increase of $12.7 million or 555.8%. Variances are noted in the table and discussed below.

~~Payroll (including benefits)~~ incudes salaries, health benefits and related payroll costs. The increase in payroll expense was primarily attributable to the the number of employees whose costs are accounted for as G&A expense, plus the cost of $5,266,385 for stock-based compensation incurred in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 ($0 in the corresponding period in 2020). Employee headcount for G&A purposes at September 30, 2020 and 2021 was 13 and 22, respectively. Growth in headcount for G&A purposes between 2020 and 2021 reflects (i) the addition of four G&A employees in 2021 as result of the Merger and the ImQuest Merger, and (ii) the addition of seven new employees in total, several of whom were hired in senior executive roles to complete the Company’s leadership team plus the addition of staff in finance, human resources, information technology and investor relations, offset by the transfer of two employees to R&D.

~~Stock listing expenses~~ are made up of fees paid to maintain the listing the Company’s stock on The NASDAQ ($159,463 and $0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively), the costs of an investor relations program using outside consultants and databases ($270,899 and $55,022 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively), costs incurred with advisors to raise new debt and equity required by the Company ($759,753 and $179,650 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively), and the costs charged by stock transfer agents to maintain the Company’s share registers ($29,938 and $4,050 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively).

~~Professional fees~~ comprise fees paid for services to lawyers (other than lawyers who are engaged for services related to R&D), accountants, and the Company’s firm of auditors. Fees paid to lawyers in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 totaled $1,707,353 and $363,641, respectively. The higher in fees 2021 arose primarily from costs to close the Merger and the ImQuest Merger, and legal fees incurred in 2021 to defend lawsuits related to the Merger.

Fees paid to accountants in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 totaled $131,101 and $30,000, respectively. The higher in fees 2021 arose primarily from the use of outside accounting consultants to assist with the compilation of reports and filings required under securities laws to complete the Merger and the ImQuest Merger, and to prepare the Company’s income tax filings in 2021.

Fees paid to the audit firms engaged by the Company in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 totaled $197,853 and $0, respectively. The audit services were required filings required under securities laws to complete the Merger and ImQuest Merger. Audit services only commenced in the fourth quarter of 2020.

~~Consultants and contractors~~ are individuals and firms hired by the Company to provide certain investment banking and advisory services, to assist the Company with the implementation of a new ERP system, to provide valuation reports required to complete the accounting for the Merger and to assist with other general matters. Fees paid to consultants and contractors in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 totaled $1,238,114 and $195,017, respectively. The increase was attributable primarily to services required to complete the Merger in 2021.

~~Insurance~~ expenses comprise fees and premiums paid to insurance companies from which the Company purchased policies to protect against loss or damage to its assets and intellectual property, to protect itself against claims for damage caused to third parties by its clinical trials or products used in trials or sold to customers, coverage for workers’ compensation payable for injuries suffered by its employees, and losses incurred by its directors and officers in certain circumstances in the performance of their duties. Insurance premiums and costs in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 totaled $409,637 and $13,403, respectively. The increase was attributable primarily to additional insurance added in 2021 to protect the Company against claims for damage caused to third parties by its clinical trials or products used in trials or sold to customers, and losses incurred by its directors and officers in certain circumstances in the performance of their duties.

~~Travel.~~ The Company maintains offices in a number of locations in the United States. As a result of the Merger, new offices were added in 2021 in Colorado, California, Maryland and New York, requiring an increase in travel between locations. Travel expenses increased accordingly between the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2021 from $37,886 to $97,758, respectively.

Other G&A expenses comprise costs to operate and lease office space, non-capital expenditures incurred for office furniture and equipment, telecommunication and internet expenses, postage and courier costs, and bank charges. Other G&A expenses increased year over year primarily as a result of the addition of new office locations and employees in 2021 in Colorado, California, Maryland, and New York.

Interest and other expense of ~~($1,069,403)~~$1.15 million in the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September 30, 2020~~March 31, 2022 was made up of a ~~$1,034,000 gain on reversal~~$0.9 million of accruals for prior period payrolls owed, resulting from the waiver by certain employees of their past-due payroll accruals in exchange for new employment contracts with the Company, offset by loan origination fees of $1,000,000, interest expense and $0.25 of ~~$133,903, a loss on extinguishment of debt of $461,500, and other share-related expenses of $508,000.~~prepayment fees.

Interest and other expense of ~~($3,463,572)~~$0.1 million in the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September 30,~~March 31, 2021 ~~was made up of an accrual for legal settlement costs of $2,065,835,~~relate to interest expense of $1,115,578, and other share-related expenses of $282,158. The year-over-year increase in interest expense was caused by a $15 million increase in notes payable in April 2021 and the interest incurred on the Decathlon note payable acquired through the merger with ImQuest.expense.

At ~~September 30, 2021,~~March 31, 2022, we had cash and cash equivalents of ~~$9.2~~$0.15 million, which represents ~~an increase~~a decrease of ~~$8.6~~$1.7 million since the end of our last fiscal year. This ~~increase~~decrease was caused by our capital raise in the first quarter of ~~2021 together with cash contributed through the process of the Merger,~~2022, offset by our net cash used in operations of ~~$20.1~~$3.8 million during the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September 30, 2021.~~March 31, 2022 and repayment of debt. As discussed above, we are a clinical-stage company, have generated only insignificant revenues to date, and have incurred cumulative net losses and expect to incur significant expenses and operating losses for the foreseeable future as we advance our lead candidates through clinical trials, progress our pipeline candidates from discovery through pre-clinical development, and seek regulatory approval and pursue commercialization of our candidates. We do not have commercial products other than CRO services, we have limited capital resources, ~~and our contracts and grants with the Department of Defense were completed in 2020,~~ meaning that we are currently generating limited revenues and cash from operations. We do not expect our cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to fund our projected operating requirements or allow us to fund our operating plan, in each case, beyond the ~~first~~second quarter of 2022. As a result, we will need additional financing to support our continuing operations. Historically, we have funded our operations through the sale of equity and debt securities, as well as the receipt of funded grants. Until such time as we can generate significant revenue from product sales, if ever, we expect to finance our operations through a combination of public or private equity and debt financings or other sources, which may include collaborations with third parties, the sale or license of drug candidates, the sale of certain of our tangible and/or intangible assets, the sale of interests in our subsidiaries or joint ventures, obtaining additional government research funding, or entering into other strategic transactions. However, we can provide no assurance that we will be able to raise cash in sufficient amounts, when needed or at acceptable terms. We do not expect that our existing cash and cash equivalents will enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements beyond the ~~first~~second quarter of 2022. If we are unable to raise adequate capital and/or achieve profitable operations, future operations might need to be scaled back or discontinued. The financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability of the carrying amount of recorded assets and liabilities that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.

Since the end of the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2021, as a result of the Merger, we have become party to several new financing arrangements, including a credit facility and equity line-of-credit agreement, that have provided us with additional cash in the aggregate amount of approximately $10 million (see “ – ~~Sources of Liquidity~~~~”). We have the capacity to make further borrowings and drawings under these facilities, which can provide us with additional working capital.~~

The following table provides information regarding our cash flows for the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022 and ~~2020:~~2021:

Net cash used in operating activities increased by ~~$11.7~~$1.2 million to ~~$20.1~~$3.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 from $2.6 million for the nine months ended ~~September 30, 2021 from $8.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.~~March 31, 2021. Net cash used in operating activities for the period ending ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022 consisted of a reported net loss of ~~$24.6~~$7.8 million, which was ~~further increased~~decreased by ~~$1.9~~$3.4 million of changes in operating assets and liabilities ~~partially~~and decreased by ~~$6.45~~$0.6 million of net non-cash operating activities. The ~~$1.9~~$3.4 million of changes in operating assets and liabilities was due primarily to an increase in ~~prepaid expenses, liabilities of discontinued operations, other current assets, and contract assets, partially offset by increases in deferred revenues, stock issuances due, and~~ accounts payable and accrued ~~expenses.~~expenses and decreases in prepaid expenses and other current assets.

Net cash used in operating activities for the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September 30, 2020~~March 31, 2021 of ~~$8.4~~$2.6 million consisted of a reported net loss of ~~$7.9~~$5.3 million, which was ~~further increased~~decreased by ~~$0.1~~2.1 million of net non-cash operating activities and ~~$0.4~~$0.6 million of changes in operating assets and liabilities. The ~~$0.4~~$0.6 million of changes in operating assets and liabilities was due primarily to ~~a decrease~~changes in ~~other current assets.~~working capital items.

Net cash ~~provided by~~used in investing activities increased to ~~$13.56~~$0.06 million for the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022 from ~~$(0.01)~~$0.05 million of net cash used in investing activities for the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September 30, 2020, reflecting~~March 31, 2021, primarily due to the ~~$13.65 million acquisition of net assets primarily through the Merger, partially offset by the~~ purchase ~~of $0.1 million~~ of property and equipment.

Net cash used in financing activities increased to $2.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 from $2.2 million of net cash provided by financing activities ~~increased to $20.1 million~~ for the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September 30,~~March 31, 2021 ~~from $8.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020~~ due to the ~~issuance~~repayment of ~~$14.7~~$9.3 million of long-term notes payable, ~~and $5.7~~partially offset by $6.4 million due to the issuance of common stock ~~partially offset by note repayments and payment of deferred debt issuance costs totaling $0.4 million~~ during the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September 30,~~March 31, 2022. Net cash provided by financing activities of $2.2 million was due to the issuance of preferred stock during the three months ended March 31, 2021.

Our reported financial results are affected by changes in foreign currency exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and the Russian ruble. ~~Between the closing date of the Merger on July 27, 2021 and September 30, 2021, this rate fluctuated by 1.4%. For calendar year 2020, our results were not affected by any such fluctuations.~~ Translation gains or losses result primarily from the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on the reported U.S. dollar equivalent of ruble-denominated cash and cash equivalents, and short-term investments. Variances in the exchange rate for these items have not been realized; as such the resulting ~~gains or losses (a~~ loss of ~~$0.02~~$0.03 million for the ~~nine~~three months ended ~~September 30, 2021)~~March 31, 2022 are recorded as other comprehensive income or loss in the equity section of the balance sheet.

Under the terms of the Avenue Facility, Avenue agreed to make a term loan to Old Cytocom in the aggregate principal amount of $15,000,000. The loan bears interest at a variable rate of interest equal to the sum of (i) the greater of (A) the Prime Rate and (B) 3.25% plus (ii) 7.74%. Repayment of the loan owed under the Avenue Facility is secured by a security interest in substantially all of Old Cytocom’s assets, including equipment, fixtures, inventory, deposit accounts and personal property, as well as the securities it holds in its wholly owned subsidiaries.

The $15 million aggregate loan amount was deposited by Avenue into a controlled account in May 2021. Old Cytocom transferred $10 million into its general operating account, which was assigned to the Company at the time of the closing of the Merger, and accordingly, the Company’s assets are subject to a security interest in favor of Avenue. The Company will be able to transfer the $5 million in the controlled account into its general operating account upon the Company raising at least $20 million in additional capital in the form of subordinated indebtedness or equity from a follow-on transaction entered into after the Merger. As of September 30, 2021, the Company had used approximately $8.3 million of the Avenue Facility. The Company is required to make only monthly interest payments, calculated as described above, until April 2022 (which may be extended to April 2023 upon the Company’s raising of an additional $20 million in capital). Thereafter, the Company will be required to make monthly payments of principal in equal installments until the maturity date of May 1, 2024.

The Avenue Facility documents contain customary representations and warranties of Old Cytocom, as well as various affirmative and negative covenants. Among such covenants are requirements that the Company:

The Avenue Facility documents also grant certain additional rights to Avenue. Under the Avenue Facility, Avenue has a preemptive right to purchase up to $1 million of Company equity securities on the same terms, conditions and prices offered by the Company to any investor in connection with any equity or debt financing until October 16, 2022. Additionally, Avenue has the right to convert up to $3 million of outstanding principal into shares of Company common stock. The number of shares issuable upon conversion will be determined by dividing the amount of indebtedness being converted by 120% of the 5-day volume weighted average price (VWAP) of Company common stock prior to the date of the issuance of the Avenue Warrant.

As of March 31, 2022, there was $6.2 million in outstanding principal and interest under the Avenue Facility, and no unused further borrowing capacity. We paid an aggregate of $9.6 million in interest, principal, and other fees to Avenue during the three months ended March 31, 2022.

As discussed above under " – Recent Developments," on March 25, 2022, we received the Default Letter from Avenue regarding alleged events of default with respect to the Avenue Facility. In the Default Letter, Avenue alleges that certain events of default under the Avenue Facility have occurred and continue to exist. Specifically, Avenue alleges that the Company is in violation of certain provisions of the Avenue Facility as a result of the Company’s failure to:

In the Default Letter, Avenue purported to exercise its rights to suspend further loans or advances to the Company under the Avenue Facility and to declare accelerate the amount due under the Avenue Facility, which it asserts to be approximately $11.2 million, inclusive of fees of penalties. Avenue further states in the Default Letter that interest will continue to accrue on the outstanding amounts at the default rate of 5.0%. In furtherance of the allegations set forth in the Default Letter, Avenue foreclosed on approximately $4.8 million of the Company’s cash.

As mentioned above, the Company entered into a Forbearance Agreement on April 18, 2022 regarding the Avenue Facility with Avenue. Pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement, the parties agreed that they will refrain and forbear from exercising certain remedies arising out of the events of default or any other present or future event of default under the Loan Agreement or supplement during the Forbearance Period. Additionally, the parties agreed that Avenue shall not seize, sweep, or by any means take control of, directly or indirectly, any funds from any of the Company’s bank accounts; and (ii) during the Forbearance Period, the Loans may be prepaid in whole or in part at any time, subject to the repayment and prepayment terms of the Loan Agreement. In addition to the terms of the Forbearance Agreement, certain terms of the Loan Agreement were amended, including changing the Agreement Effective Date to April 18, 2022, and revisions to certain definitions of Agreement terminology.

Under the terms of the GEM Agreement, the agreement became immediately binding upon the Company at the effective time of the Merger. Under the GEM Agreement, the Company may elect to issue and sell to GEM up to $75 million of its common stock. Upon the election of the Company to make such a sale, it will deliver a draw-down notice to GEM, and, if all applicable conditions are satisfied, GEM will purchase newly issued shares for the amount specified in the draw-down notice. The purchase price of the shares to be sold is set at 90% of the recent average daily closing price of the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market or other market on which the stock may be listed. The Company is not permitted to make a draw-down request in an amount that exceeds 400% of the average daily trading volume of the Company’s stock for the 30 trading days preceding the draw-down date. Each draw down is subject to certain closing conditions, including (i) the continued accuracy of the representations and warranties made in the GEM Agreement, (ii) a registration statement registering the resale of the shares sold under the GEM Agreement having been declared effective by the SEC, (ii) the absence of any law, order, ruling or injunction prohibiting the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the GEM Agreement, (iii) the Company’s common stock not being suspended from trading by the Nasdaq Capital Market or other market on which the shares are then listed, (iv) the absence of any litigation commenced, or governmental investigation commenced or threated, against the Company in connection with the GEM Agreement transactions and (v) with respect to the first draw down only, the delivery by the Company’s counsel of a negative assurance letter and delivery by the Company’s independent auditors of a comfort letter. However, the Company will be permitted to make a draw-down request for the sale of up to $15 million of shares in the period immediately following the effective time of the Merger without having to have an effective resale registration statement in effect. The resale of the shares sold pursuant to this initial drawdown request will not be required to be registered immediately. Upon the Company’s issuance of shares in connection with any draw-down purchase made by GEM, the Company will be required to pay GEM, in cash or additional shares of stock, a commitment fee in an amount equal to 2% of the amount purchased in such drawdown.

The GEM Agreement terminates on the earliest to occur of (i) three years from the effective time of the Merger, (ii) May 21, 2026 or (iii) the date on which GEM has purchased $75 million in the aggregate of Company stock. Upon payment of $1.5 million to GEM, the Company may terminate the GEM Agreement following the settlement in full of the issuance of the shares made for the first $15 million draw-down purchase.

~~The~~As of March 31, 2022, the Company has issued 2.99 million shares of common stock of which 1.84 million shares of common stock were sold for total net proceeds of $3.7 million after commission and expenses of approximately $0.075 million, and 1.15 million shares remained available for sale under the GEM Agreement ~~contains customary representations and warranties~~

The Company’s material cash requirements include the following contractual obligations:

As of March 31, 2022, the Company ~~as well as various affirmative~~had $5.9 million of debt outstanding. This balance is composed of a $5.7 million short-term note payable to Avenue and ~~negative covenants. Among such covenants are requirements that~~$0.2 million in additional short-term debt. See Note 5, "Note Payable" & Note 6, "Note Payable, net of current portion" to the ~~Company:~~Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information. Avenue has declared us in default under the Avenue Facility and purported to accelerate the balance due under the facility.

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and ~~Chief~~Interim Principal Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our 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, as of ~~September 30, 2021.~~March 31, 2022. Our management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of ~~September 30, 2021,~~March 31, 2022, our Chief Executive Officer and ~~Chief~~Interim Principal Financial Officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is (1) recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and (2) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and ~~Chief~~Interim Principal Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fiscal quarter ended ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

In the ordinary course of business, we may periodically become subject to legal proceedings and claims arising in connection with ongoing business activities. The results of litigation and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, and unfavorable resolutions are possible and could materially affect our results of operations, cash flows, or financial position. In addition, regardless of the outcome, litigation could have an adverse impact on us because of defense costs, diversion of management resources, and other factors.

While the outcome of these proceedings and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, there are no matters, other than those set forth below, as of ~~September 30, 2021,~~March 31, 2022, that, in the opinion of management, might have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows, or that are required to be disclosed under the rules of the SEC.

On March ~~12, 2021, a complaint, captioned~~ ~~Teo v. Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. et al.~~, Case 1:21-cv-02187, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in connection with the Merger (the "Teo Action"). The Teo Action names as defendants Cleveland BioLabs, each director on the Cleveland BioLabs board of directors, Merger Sub and Cytocom. The complaint in the Teo Action alleges that (i) the Cleveland BioLabs board of directors breached its fiduciary duties to the plaintiff stockholder in entering into the Merger Agreement and (ii) Cleveland BioLabs and the Cleveland BioLabs board of directors omitted and/or provided misleading information in the registration statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC in connection with the Merger, of which this proxy statement/prospectus forms a part, in violation of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and related SEC regulations. On July 14, 2021, Plaintiff Teo filed a notice of dismissal. On July 16, 2021, the Southern District entered an order dismissing the case.

~~On March 17, 2021, a complaint, captioned~~ ~~Steudte v. Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. et al.~~, Case 1:21-cv-02314, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in connection with the Merger (the "Steudte Action"). The Steudte Action names as defendants Cleveland BioLabs and each director on the Cleveland BioLabs board of directors. The complaint in the Steudte Action alleges that Cleveland BioLabs and the Cleveland BioLabs board of directors omitted and/or provided misleading information in the registration statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC in connection with the Merger, of which this proxy statement/prospectus forms a part, in violation of their fiduciary duties and the Exchange Act and related SEC regulations. The Steudte Action seeks, among other things, an injunction preventing the closing of the merger, rescission of the merger if it is consummated, the dissemination by the Company of a revised registration statement on Form S-4 and an award of plaintiffs’ attorneys’ and experts’ fees. Defendants have filed a letter seeking permission to file a motion to dismiss. On October 13, 2021, Plaintiff Steudte filed a notice of dismissal. On October 20, 2021,the Southern District entered an order dismissing the case..

~~On March 19, 2021, a putative class action complaint, captioned~~ ~~Litwin v. Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. et al.~~, Case 2021-0242, was filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery in connection with the Merger (the “Litwin Action”). The Litwin Action names as defendants Cleveland BioLabs, each director on the Cleveland BioLabs board of directors, and the Vice President of Finance of Cleveland BioLabs. The complaint in the Litwin Action alleges that Defendants omitted and/or provided misleading information in the registration statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC in connection with the Merger, of which this proxy statement/prospectus forms a part, in breach of their fiduciary duties. The Litwin Action seeks, among other things, an injunction preventing the closing of the Merger, rescission of the merger if it is consummated, the dissemination by Cleveland BioLabs of a revised registration statement on Form S-4 and an award of plaintiffs’ attorneys’ and experts’ fees. Plaintiff in the Litwin Action has filed a motion for expedited proceedings, which Defendants have opposed. Plaintiff’s motion for expedited proceedings was granted in part and denied in part by the court on April 30, 2021. Defendants have also filed a motion to dismiss the Litwin Action. On July 7, 2021, Plaintiff filed a stipulation and proposed order voluntarily dismissing the case, but reserving the right to seek attorneys’ fees. On July 8, 2021, the Delaware Court of Chancery entered an order dismissing the case, but reserving jurisdiction to determine whether to award Plaintiff’s counsel any fees, should Plaintiff’s counsel file a motion for such. On November 4, 2021, the parties reached an agreement in principle to resolve the case, the details of which are still being finalized. As described in Note 17 the Company has established an accrual of $275,000 for potential costs to settle.

~~On March 18, 2021, a complaint, captioned~~ ~~Wang v. Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. et al.~~, Case 1:21-cv-02395, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in connection with the Merger (the "Wang Action"). The Wang Action names as defendants the Company, each director on the Company’s board of directors, Merger Sub and Cytocom. The complaint in the Wang Action alleges that the Company and the Company’s board of directors omitted and/or provided misleading information in the registration statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC in connection with the Merger, of which this proxy statement/prospectus forms a part, in violation of the Exchange Act and related SEC regulations. The Wang Action seeks, among other things, an injunction preventing the closing of the Merger, rescission of the Merger if it is consummated, the dissemination by the Company of a revised registration statement on Form S-4 and an award of plaintiffs’ attorneys’ and experts’ fees. On July 29, 2021, Plaintiff Wang filed a notice of dismissal. On August 2, 2021, the Southern District entered an order dismissing the case.

~~On March 23, 2021, a complaint, captioned~~ ~~Morgan v. Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. et al.~~, Case 1:21-cv-00418, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware in connection with the Merger (the "Morgan Action"). The Morgan Action names as defendants Cleveland BioLabs and each director on the Cleveland BioLabs board of directors. The complaint in the Morgan Action alleges that Cleveland BioLabs and the Cleveland BioLabs board of directors omitted and/or provided misleading information in the registration statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC in connection with the Merger, of which this proxy statement/prospectus forms a part, in violation of the Exchange Act and related SEC regulations. The Morgan Action seeks, among other things, an injunction preventing the closing of the Merger, rescission of the Merger if it is consummated, the dissemination by Cleveland BioLabs of a revised registration statement on Form S-4 and an award of plaintiffs’ attorneys’ and experts’ fees. On September 22, 2021, Plaintiff Morgan filed a notice of dismissal. On September 22, 2021, the District of Delaware closed the case.

~~On March~~ 24, 2021, a complaint, captioned Bednar v. Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. et al., Case 1:21-cv-02546, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in connection with the Merger (the "Bednar Action"). The Bednar Action names as defendants Cleveland BioLabs and each director on the Cleveland BioLabs board of directors. The complaint in the Bednar Action alleges that Cleveland BioLabs and the Cleveland BioLabs board of directors omitted and/or provided misleading information in the registration statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC in connection with the Merger ~~of which this proxy statement/prospectus forms a part,~~ in violation of their fiduciary duties
and the Exchange Act and related SEC regulations. The Bednar Action seeks, among other things, an injunction preventing the closing of the Merger, rescission of the Merger if it is consummated, the dissemination by the Company of a revised registration statement on Form S-4 and an award of plaintiffs’ attorneys’ and experts’ fees. On October 13, 2021, Plaintiff Bednar filed a notice of dismissal. On October 20, 2021, the Southern District entered an order dismissing the case.

On ~~March~~December 23, 2021, Plaintiff Bednar filed a ~~complaint captioned~~ ~~Stickel v. Cleveland Biolabs, Inc., et al.,~~ ~~Case 1:21-cv-02489, was filed~~new action in the ~~U.S. District~~Delaware Court of Chancery, asserting a cause of action for ~~the Southern District~~an equitable assessment of ~~New York~~attorneys’ fees and
expenses incurred in connection with the ~~Merger (the “Stickel Action”).~~first lawsuit. The ~~Stickel Action~~new Delaware action names the same defendants as ~~defendants Cleveland BioLabs and each director on~~ the ~~Cleveland BioLabs board of directors.~~first Bednar Action. The ~~complaint alleges that Cleveland BioLabs and the Cleveland BioLabs board of director omitted and/or provided misleading information~~Defendants in the ~~registration statement on Form S-4~~new Delaware action have filed ~~with the SEC in connection with the Merger, in violation~~an answer to Plaintiff’s Delaware complaint.

On August 16, 2022, certain former employees of the ~~Exchange Act~~Company and ~~SEC regulations. Stickel seeks to enjoin the company from consummating the Merger, to force~~certain third party vendors of the Company ~~to amend the registration statement, and to collect damages and attorneys’ fees. On July 15, 2021, Plaintiff~~(collectively, "Petitioning Creditors") filed ~~a notice of dismissal. On July 16, 2021, the Southern District entered~~ an ~~order dismissing the case.~~

~~On April 1, 2021, a complaint, captioned~~ ~~Hoenecke v. Cleveland BioLabs, Inc., et al.~~~~, Case 1:21-cv-1789, was filed~~involuntary petition in the ~~U.S. District~~United States Bankruptcy Court for the ~~Eastern~~ District of ~~New York in connection with~~Colorado (No. 22-13051-JGR) against the Merger (the “Hoenecke Action”). The Hoenecke Action names as defendants Cleveland BioLabs and each director on the Cleveland BioLabs board of directors. The complaint in the Hoenecke Action alleges that Cleveland BioLabs and the Cleveland BioLabs board of directors omitted and/or provided misleading information in the registration statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC in connection with the Merger, of which this proxy statement/prospectus forms a part, in violationCompany seeking relief under Chapter 11 of the ~~Exchange Act~~United States Bankruptcy Code. The Company believes the involuntary petition is improper and ~~related SEC regulations. The Hoenecke Action seeks, among other things, an injunction preventing the closing~~wrongfully filed and is seeking dismissal of the Merger, rescission of the Merger if it is consummated, the dissemination by the Company of a revised registration statement on Form S-4 and an award of plaintiffs’ attorneys’ and experts’ fees. On June 29, 2021, Plaintiff filed a notice of dismissal. That same day, the Southern District entered an order dismissing the case.

~~None.~~As a smaller reporting company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act), we are not required to provide the information called for by this Item 1A.

Other than as set forth below or as previously disclosed in the Company’s prior filings with the SEC, Statera did not sell any equity securities during the three months ended September 30, 2021 in transactions that were not registered under the Securities Act. The issuance of securities in the transactions described below were each exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.None.

~~On October 24, 2021, the board of directors of the Company approved the offer and sale of:~~

In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1.	Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets	3
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations	4
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss	5
	Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ ~~Equity~~Deficit	6
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	7
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	8
ITEM 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	20
ITEM 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	3029
ITEM 4.	Controls and Procedures	3029

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1.	Legal Proceedings	3130
ITEM 1A.	Risk Factors	3231
ITEM 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	3231
ITEM 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	3231
ITEM 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	3231
ITEM 5.	Other Information	3231
ITEM 6.	Exhibits	3332
Signatures		3433

		*For the Three Months Ended*					*For the Nine Months Ended*						*For the Three Months Ended*
		*September 30,*					*September 30,*						*March 31,*
		*2021*		*2020*			*2021*			*2020*			*2022*			*2021*
Revenues:
Grants and contracts	$	236,519		$	0		$	236,519		$	0		$	997,839		$	-
Cost of Revenue:
Cost of goods sold		115,927			0			115,927			0			353,671			-
Gross Profit		120,592			0			120,592			0			644,168			-
Operating expenses:
Research and development		3,434,977			4,383,325			6,274,936			4,509,890			3,242,328			1,024,344
Sales and marketing expense		23,242			0			26,037			0			37,036			2,796
General and administrative		6,306,323			1,787,333			14,981,086			2,284,577			3,978,349			4,166,889
Total operating expenses		9,764,542			6,170,658			21,282,059			6,794,467			7,257,713			5,194,029
Loss from operations		(9,643,950	)		(6,170,658	)		(21,161,467	)		(6,794,467	)		(6,613,545	)		(5,194,029	)
Other income (expense):
Interest and other income (expense)		(3,089,301	)		491,817			(3,463,572	)		(1,069,403	)
Total other income (expense)		(3,089,301	)		491,817			(3,463,572	)		(1,069,403	)
Other expense:
Interest and other expense														(1,146,388	)		(92,617	)
Total other expense														(1,146,388	)		(92,617	)
Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes		(1	)		0			(1	)		0			-			-
Net loss		(12,733,250	)		(5,678,841	)		(24,625,038	)		(7,863,870	)		(7,759,933	)		(5,286,646	)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		13,419			0			13,419			0			2,723			-
Net loss attributable to Statera Biopharma, Inc.	$	(12,719,831	)	$	(5,678,841	)	$	(24,611,619	)	$	(7,863,870	)	$	(7,757,210	)	$	(5,286,646	)
Net loss attributable to common stockholders per share of common stock, basic and diluted	$	(0.47	)	$	(1.84	)	$	(0.86	)	$	(1.13	)	$	(0.20	)	$	(0.22	)
Weighted average number of shares used in calculating net loss per share, basic and diluted		27,036,583			3,081,294			28,671,422			6,957,095			38,255,406			24,423,700

		*For the Three Months Ended*					*For the Nine Months Ended*						*For the Three Months Ended*
		*September 30,*					*September 30,*						*March 31,*
		*2021*		*2020*			*2021*			*2020*			*2022*			*2021*
Net loss including noncontrolling interests	$	(12,733,250	)	$	(5,678,841	)	$	(24,625,038	)	$	(7,863,870	)	$	(7,759,933	)	$	(5,286,646	)
Other comprehensive loss:
Foreign currency translation adjustment		(2,014	)		0			(2,014	)		0			(26,087	)		—
Comprehensive loss including noncontrolling interests		(12,735,264	)		(5,678,841	)		(24,627,052	)		(7,863,870	)		(7,786,020	)		(5,286,646	)
Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		13,419			0			13,419			0			11,209			—
Comprehensive loss attributable to Statera Biopharma, Inc.	$	(12,721,845	)	$	(5,678,841	)	$	(24,613,633	)	$	(7,863,870	)	$	(7,774,811	)	$	(5,286,646	)

	*July 27, 2021*				July 27, 2021
Number of shares of the combined company owned by Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. stockholders		15,478,945	(1	)		15,478,945	(1)
Multiplied by the price per share of Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. common stock	$	4.99	(2	)	$	4.99	(2)
Total purchase price	$	77,239,936			$	77,239,936

	*July 27, 2021*
Tangible Assets Acquired
Cash and cash equivalents	$	13,116,460
Other receivables		25,142
Other current assets		44,507
Fixed assets - net		4,954
Panacela (67.57% ownership)		178,388
Total Tangible Assets		13,369,451

Assumed Liabilities
Accounts payable		(426,570	)
Accrued expenses		(41,755	)
Total Liabilities		(468,325	)
Net Tangible Assets/Liabilities		12,901,126
Intangible Assets Acquired
In-process R&D		0
Total Intangible Assets Acquired		0
Goodwill		64,338,810
Total Net Assets Acquired	$	77,239,936

						Additional
	Common Stock					Paid-In
	Shares			Amount		Capital
Balance at December 31, 2019		20,346,999		$	20,347	$	11,307,253
Retroactive application of recapitalization		(9,048,760	)		36,144		151,854,270
Adjusted balance, beginning of period		11,298,239			56,491		163,161,523
Issuance of common stock		1,515,878			7,579		2,775,846
Issuance of common stock		6,000			30		13,470
Exercise of warrants		105,000			525		504,381
Exercise of warrants		8,871			44		61,219
Exercise of warrants		82,399			412		248,138
Foreign currency translation		—			0		0
Net loss		—			0		0
Balance at September 30, 2020		13,016,387		$	65,081	$	166,764,577

Balance at December 31, 2020		13,376,062		$	66,876	$	166,762,778
Exercise of warrants		92,883			464		(464	)
Issuance of common stock		2,000,000			10,000		12,713,074
Statera merger & recapitalization		16,626,575			83,138		(58,924,898	)
Shares to be issued for services		—			0		464,703
Shares to be issued for stock based compensation		—			0		234,000
Restricted stock		—			0		4,957,707
Panacela net loss		—			0		13,419
Net loss		—			0		0
Balance at September 30, 2021		32,095,520		$	160,478	$	126,220,319

	*Gains and losses on foreign exchange translations*			*Gains and losses on foreign exchange translations*
Beginning balance	$	0		$	(6,651	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications		(2,014	)		(17,601	)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss		0			—
Ending balance	$	(2,014	)	$	(24,252	)

	*As of September 30,*
Common Equivalent Securities	*2021*		*2020*		*March 31, 2022*		*December 31, 2021*
Warrants		3,171,859		0		33,208,944		2,431,168
Restricted Stock Units		1,567,368		0		1,347,996		1,567,368
Options		45,468		0		42,655		45,468
Total		4,784,695		0		34,599,595		4,044,004

	*Nine Months Ended September 30,*						Three Months Ended March 31,
	*2020*			*2021*			2021			2022
Revenue	$	2,214,344		$	1,665,992		$	836,686		$	997,839
Net loss	$	(9,501,191	)	$	(24,612,658	)	$	(5,965,956	)	$	(7,757,210	)

	September 30, 2021		December 31, 2020
Vendor escrow	$	300,000		0
Deferred debt issuance costs		677,488		0
Security deposits		33,577		0
Other current assets		34,267		2,547
	$	1,045,332	$	2,547

	September 30, 2021		December 31, 2020
Insurance	$	722,825		0
Dues and subscriptions		468,804		0
Clinical research costs		1,566,753		0
Consultants and contractors		330,090		0
	$	2,688,472	$	0

	September, 2021		December 31, 2020
Accounts payable	$	3,188,759	$	1,134,893
Accrued warrant liability		945,736		0
Accrued payroll		135,075		217,319
Accrued interest and fees		921,527		647,393
Accrued legal settlement fee		275,000		0
Other accrued expenses		462,708		688,242
	$	5,928,805	$	2,687,847

	March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Accounts payable	$	6,744,176	$	3,964,962
Accrued payroll		136,903		195,470
Accrued interest and fees		69,393		51,195
Other accrued expenses		1,341,253		1,504,329
	$	8,291,805	$	5,715,956

	September 30, 2021		December 31, 2020
Short-term portion of Avenue Ventures note payable	$	2,083,333	$	0
Short-term notes payable		800,000		1,902,237
	$	2,883,333	$	1,902,237

Maturity of Lease Liability	*Total*		Total
2021	$	72,796
2022		299,888	$	387,527
2023		260,600		475,556
2024		165,375		264,955
2025		173,644		173,644
2026				182,326
Thereafter		405,930		223,605
Total undiscounted lease payments		1,378,233		1,707,613
Less: Imputed interest		442,528		482,877
Present value of lease liabilities	$	935,705	$	1,224,736
Remaining lease term (years)		5.14

	*September 30, 2021*			*December 31, 2020*
Computer equipment	$	78,322		$	9,637
Furniture and Fixtures		45,987			0
Laboratory Equipment		34,393			0
Accumulated depreciation		(39,569	)		(947	)
Net carrying value	$	119,133		$	8,690

	*September 30, 2021*			*December 31, 2020*
Customer base	$	1,575,000		$	0
Trade-names/marks		134,300			0
Accumulated amortization		(134,022	)		0
Net carrying value	$	1,575,278		$	0

	March 31, 2022			December 31, 2021
Customer base	$	1,312,000		$	1,312,000
Trade-names/marks		502,100			502,100
Accumulated amortization		(346,829	)		(233,120	)
Net carrying value	$	1,467,271		$	1,580,980

	*Total Stock Options Outstanding*			*Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share*
December 31, 2021		45,468		$	14.28
Granted		—			—
Vested		—			—
Forfeited, Canceled		(2,813	)		67.00
March 31, 2022		42,655		$	10.81

	*As of March 31, 2022*
	*Stock Options Outstanding*		*Vested Stock Options*
Quantity		42,655		42,655
Weighted Average Exercise Price	$	10.81	$	10.81
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in Years)		2.50		2.50
Intrinsic Value	$	—	$	—

	*As of September 30, 2021*
	*Level 1*		*Level 2*		*Level 3*			*Total*
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	0	$	0	$	0		$	0
Short-term investments		0 —		233,642		0 —			233,642
Total assets	$	0	$	233,642	$	0		$	233,642
Liabilities:
Accrued warrant liability	$	0	$	0	$	(945,736	)	$	(945,736	)

	*Number of Warrants*		*Weighted Average Exercise Price*
December 31, 2021		2,431,168	$	4.48
Granted		30,777,776		0.46
Exercised		—		—
Forfeited, Canceled		—		—
March 31, 2022		33,208,944	$	0.76

	*Three Months Ended*			*Three Months Ended*
	*September 30, 2021*			*September 30, 2020*
	*Accrued Warrant Liability*			*Accrued Warrant Liability*
Beginning Balance	$	(945,736	)	$	0
Total (gains) or losses, realized and unrealized, included in earnings (1)		0			0
Issuances		0			0
Settlements		0			0
Ending Balance	$	(945,736	)	$	0

	*Total Stock Options Outstanding*			*Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share*
December 31, 2020		76,064		$	27.35
Granted		—			—
Vested		—			—
Forfeited, Canceled		(30,596	)		46.77
September 30, 2021		45,468		$	14.28

	Three Months Ended September 30,							Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021		2020		Variance			2022		2021		Variance
STAT-201: Crohn's disease	$	1,642,041	$	34,415	$	1,607,626		$	639,060	$	58,624	$	580,436
STAT-205: Acute and post-acute Covid-19		419,596		379,872		39,724			396,833		191,882		204,951
STAT-401: Pancreatic cancer		384,025		—		384,025			134,932		—		134,932
STAT-601: Entolimod for acute radiation		49,022		—		49,022			109,013		—		109,013
Other expenses		940,293		3,969,037		(3,028,744	)		1,895,930		773,838		1,122,092
Total research & development expenses	$	3,434,977	$	4,383,325	$	(948,348	)	$	3,242,328	$	1,024,344	$	2,151,424

	Nine months Ended September 30,
	2021		2020		Variance
STAT-201: Crohn's disease	$	2,260,325	$	44,327	$	2,215,998
STAT-205: Acute and post-acute Covid-19		2,041,271		457,348		1,583,923
STAT-401: Pancreatic cancer		690,957		-		690,957
STAT-601: Entolimod for acute radiation		49,022		-		49,022
Other expenses		1,233,361		4,008,215		(2,774,854	)
Total research & development expenses	$	6,274,936	$	4,509,890	$	1,765,046

	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,									For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021			2020			Variance			2022			2021			Variance
Cash flows used in operating activities	$	(20,064,262	)	$	(8,363,019	)	$	(11,701,243	)	$	(3,761,556	)	$	(2,592,271	)	$	(1,169,285	)
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities		13,559,901			(6,613	)		13,566,514
Cash flows provided by financing activities		20,128,855			8,688,090			11,440,765
Cash flows used in investing activities											(6,454	)		(4,685	)		(1,769)
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities											(2,898,452	)		2,155,000			(5,053,452	)
Effect of exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents		(2,014	)		-			(2,014	)		(26,087	)		-			(26,087	)
Increase in cash and cash equivalents		13,622,480			318,458			13,304,022
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents											(6,692,549	)		(441,956	)		(6,250,593	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		593,869			1,650			592,219			6,844,732			593,869			6,250,863
Cash, restricted cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	14,216,349		$	320,108		$	13,896,241		$	152,183		$	151,913		$	270

	●	~~keep reserved an adequate number of shares for issuance under the GEM Agreement; and~~
	●	~~not enter into any other agreement that would restrict or impair the Company’s ability to perform under the GEM Agreement, including any other equity line arrangement.~~

Exhibit Number		Description of Document

3.1*3.1		Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as ~~amended.~~amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 10-Q filed on November 15, 2021).

3.2		Second Amended and Restated By-Laws (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K filed on December 5, 2007).

3.3		Amendment to Second Amended and Restated By-Laws of Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K filed on May 18, 2015).

10.1**4.1		~~Executive Employment Agreement, dated as~~Form of ~~August 19, 2020, as amended,~~Common Stock Purchase Warrant (Incorporated by ~~and among Cytocom Inc. and Michael K. Handley~~reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K filed on February 7, 2022).

4.2		Form of Waiver (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed on ~~July 28, 2021)~~March 22, 2022).

4.3		Form of One Year Common Stock Purchase Warrant (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K filed on March 25, 2022).

4.4		Form of Five Year Common Stock Purchase Warrant (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form 8-K filed on March 25, 2022).

4.5		Form of Pre-funded Warrant (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Form 8-K filed on March 25, 2022).

10.2**10.1		~~Amendment No. 1 to Executive Employment~~Form of Securities Purchase Agreement, dated ~~as of September~~February 6, ~~2020,~~2022, by and ~~among Cytocom~~between Statera Biopharma, Inc. and ~~Michael K. Handley~~the investor party thereto (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed on February 7, 2022).

10.2		Placement Agency Agreement, dated February 6, 2022, by and between Statera Biopharma, Inc. and EF Hutton, a division of Benchmark Investments, LLC (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Form 8-K filed on ~~July 28, 2021)~~February 7, 2022).

10.3**		Amendment No. 2 to Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2020, by and among Cytocom Inc. and Michael K. Handley (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Form 8-K filed on July 28, 2021).

10.4**		~~Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2020, as amended, by and among Cytocom Inc. and Taunia Markvicka (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Form 8-K filed on July 28, 2021).~~

10.5**		~~Amendment No. 1 to Executive Employment~~Warrant Agency Agreement, dated as of March ~~8, 2021,~~24, 2022, by and ~~among Cytocom Inc.~~between the Company and ~~Taunia Markvicka (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Form 8-K filed on July 28, 2021).~~

10.6**		~~Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of August 17, 2020, as amended, by and among Cytocom Inc. and Peter Aronstam (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Form 8-K filed on July 28, 2021).~~

10.7**		Amendment No. 1 to Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of September 6, 2020, by and among Cytocom Inc. and Peter Aronstam (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Form 8-K filed on July 28, 2021).

10.8**		Amendment No. 2 to Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2020, by and among Cytocom Inc. and Peter Aronstam (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to Form 8-K filed on July 28, 2021).

~~10.9~~		Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2021, by and among Cytocom, Inc. and Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund, L.P. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed on August 2, 2021).

~~10.10~~		Supplement to the Loan and Security Agreement dated as of April 26, 2021 between Cytocom, Inc. and Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund, L.P. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Form 8-K filed on August 2, 2021).

~~10.11~~		~~Warrant to Purchase Shares of Common~~Continental Stock ~~of Cytocom Inc., dated as of July 27, 2021, issued to Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund, L.P. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Form 8-K filed on August 2, 2021).~~

~~10.12~~		Amended and Restated Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 27, 2021, by and among GEM Global Yield LLC SCS, GEM Yield Bahamas Limited and Cytocom Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Form 8-K filed on August 2, 2021).

~~10.13~~		~~Warrant to Purchase Shares of Cytocom Inc., dated as of July 27, 2021, issued to GEM Yield Bahamas Limited (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Form 8-K filed on August 2, 2021).~~

~~10.14~~		~~Form of 2021 Warrants (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Form 8-K filed on August 2, 2021).~~

~~10.15~~		Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 27, 2021, by and among GEM Global Yield LLC SCS, GEM Yield Bahamas Limited and Cytocom Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Form 8-K filed on August 2, 2021).Transfer & Trust Company, LLC.

31.1*		Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Michael K. Handley.

31.2*		Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of ~~Peter Aronstam.~~Christopher Zosh.

32.1*		Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.

101.1		The following information from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended ~~September 30, 2021,~~March 31, 2022, formatted in Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language ~~(XBRL)~~(iXBRL): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022 and December 31, ~~2020;~~2021; (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three ~~and Nine~~ Months Ended ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022 and ~~2020;~~2021; (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the Three ~~and Nine~~ Months Ended ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022 and ~~2020;~~2021; (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ ~~Equity~~Deficit for the ~~Nine~~Three Months Ended ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022 and ~~2020;~~2021; (v) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the ~~Nine~~Three Months Ended ~~September 30, 2021~~March 31, 2022 and ~~2020;~~2021; and (vi) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

*		Filed herewith.
**		Management contract and compensatory arrangement in which any director or any named executive officer participates.

	STATERA BIOPHARMA, INC.

Dated: ~~November 15, 2021~~October 21, 2022	By:	/s/ ~~Peter Aronstam~~Christopher Zosh
		~~Peter Aronstam~~Christopher Zosh
		~~Chief Financial Officer~~Executive Vice President of Finance
		(Interim Principal Financial Officer)