Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
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3. 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 16, 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”) (the “Ampersand Note”) and 1315 Capital II, L.P (“1315 Capital”) (the “1315 Capital Note”). 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.

 

 

Along with many laboratories, the Company may be affected by the Proposed Local Coverage Determination (“LCD”) DL39365, which is currently under consideration by Novitas, the Company’s medical administrator contractor. 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proposed LCD affecting the same companies and tests and reaching the same conclusions as noted in the previously rescinded LCD on July 27, 2023.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®. The timing and content of any final implemented LCD is uncertain at this time; the process could potentially take a year or longer from issuance of the updated proposed LCD to reach a conclusion. On July 29, 2024 the Company announced that CMS granted Novitas an undefined extension to the final decision for the LCD. As a result, the Company is able to continue offering PancraGEN® and the related Point2® fluid chemistry tests for amylase, CEA, and glucose. In the event Novitas ultimately restricts coverage for the PancraGEN® test, the Company’s liquidity could be negatively impacted.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company had operating income from continuing operations of $3.1 million. As of June 30, 2024, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $2.0 million, total current assets of $10.2 million and current liabilities of $19.0 million. As of August 2, 2024, the Company had approximately $1.8 million of cash and cash equivalents.

 

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.

 

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 the filing of this report.