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4. Liquidity
In October 2021, the Company entered into a $7.5 million revolving credit facility with Comerica Bank (“Comerica”) (the “Comerica Loan Agreement”). In February 2024, the Company terminated the Comerica Loan Agreement. The Company did not owe anything outstanding on the line of credit at the time of termination and does not owe anything further to Comerica. See Note 19, Revolving Line of Credit. Also in October 2021, the Company entered into an $8.0 million term loan with BroadOak Fund V, L.P. (“BroadOak”) (the “Term Loan”), the proceeds of which were used to repay in full at their maturity the existing secured promissory note with Ampersand Capital Partners (“Ampersand”) and 1315 Capital II, L.P (“1315 Capital”). In May 2022, the Company entered into a Subordinated Convertible Promissory Note agreement with BroadOak for an additional $2.0 million (the “Convertible Note”), which was converted into a subordinated term loan and was added to the outstanding Term Loan balance. The Term Loan has been subsequently amended. See Note 13, Notes Payable, for more details.
At December 31, 2024, the Company has a $4.4 million principal balance of notes payable that required the principal to be paid on or before the maturity date of June 30, 2025. In January 2025, the Company had the terms of the Loan Agreement updated. See Note 21, Subsequent Events, for more details.
Further, along with many laboratories, the Company may be affected by the Proposed Local Coverage Determination (“LCD”) DL39365, which is currently under consideration by our local Medicare Administrative Contractor, Novitas. If finalized, this Proposed LCD, which governs “Genetic Testing for Oncology,” could impact the existing Medicare coverage for one of our molecular tests, PancraGEN®. On June 5, 2023, the Company announced that Novitas issued the final LCD of Genetic Testing for Oncology (L39365) which, if finalized, would have established non-coverage for the Company’s widely used PancraGEN® test effective July 17, 2023. On July 6, 2023, Novitas announced that it would not be implementing the final Genetic Testing for Oncology LCD (L39365) as scheduled on July 17, 2023. Novitas then issued a new virtually identical proposed LCD affecting the same companies and tests and reaching the same conclusions as noted in the previously rescinded LCD on July 27, 2023. In response, the Company participated in a public meeting presentation and submitted detailed written comments supporting the use of PancraGEN®. On July 29, 2024, the Company announced that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) granted Novitas an undefined extension to the final decision for the LCD. As a result, the Company was able to continue offering PancraGEN® and the related Point2® fluid chemistry tests for amylase, CEA, and glucose for all of 2024.
On January 9, 2025, the Company announced the new LCD established non-coverage for its PancraGEN® test, and it would stop offering the test and would not accept specimens for first-line fluid chemistry and PancraGEN® testing after February 7, 2025. As a result of the established non-coverage for PancraGEN®, the Company announced, in January 2025, that its board of directors had approved a restructuring and cost-savings plan to reduce operating costs and better align its workforce with the loss of PancraGEN® (the “Restructuring Plan”).
On January 27, 2025, the Company announced that CMS had directed its Medicare Administrative Contractors, Novitas and First Coast Service Options, Inc., to delay implementation of the Genetic Testing for Oncology LCD (L39365), from February 23, 2025 until April 24, 2025. The Company stated that this change of effective date will allow the Trump administration time to fully review the proposed policy changes, re-evaluate for themselves the supporting clinical evidence for the PancraGEN® assay, and fully assess the negative impact on patient care if the currently proposed LCD comes into effect.
As a result of CMS’ determination to delay implementation of the Genetic Testing for Oncology LCD (L39365), the Company is re-evaluating certain parts of the Restructuring Plan and will determine what parts will or will not be postponed or cancelled.
For the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company had operating income from continuing operations of $8.1 million. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $1.5 million, total current assets of $11.8 million and current liabilities of $10.6 million. As of March 21, 2025, the Company had approximately $1.3 million of cash on hand.
The Company intends to meet its ongoing capital needs by using its available cash, as well as through targeted margin improvement; collection of accounts receivable; containment of costs; and the potential use of other financing options and other strategic alternatives.
The Company continues to explore various strategic alternatives, dilutive and non-dilutive sources of funding, including equity and debt financings, strategic alliances, business development and other sources in order to provide additional liquidity. With the delisting of its common stock from Nasdaq in February 2021, the Company’s ability to raise additional capital on terms acceptable to it has been adversely impacted. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in obtaining such funding on terms acceptable to it. The Company may seek an uplisting of its common stock to Nasdaq, but no assurances can be given that a Nasdaq listing will be achieved.
With the improvement in operating cash flows associated with the disposition of the Pharma Solutions business, and the Company’s improved operating performance, as of the date of this filing, the Company anticipates that current cash and cash equivalents and forecasted cash receipts will be sufficient to meet its anticipated cash requirements through the next twelve months from the date of issuance of the consolidated financial statements.
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