UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-QSB

(Mark One)
x  QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2006

o  TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Transition Period from _________ to _________

Commission file number:  000-50590

REXAHN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified on its charter)

 
Delaware
 
11-3516358
 
 
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 

9620 Medical Center Drive
Rockville, Maryland 20850
(Address of principle executive offices)

(240) 268-5300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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 past 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 x          No o

APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS:

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

State the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's classes of common equity, as of the latest practicable date: 46,415,632 shares issued and outstanding as of May 4, 2006

Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format (check one):     Yes o          No x
 





REXAHN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
 
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
REXAHN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
Balance Sheets

   
March 31,
2006
 
December 31,
2005
 
   
(Unaudited)
     
ASSETS
 
Current Assets:
         
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
507,182
 
$
1,679,441
 
Short-term investments
   
7,339,687
   
8,437,184
 
Prepaid expenses and other
   
59,874
   
54,774
 
Total Current Assets
   
7,906,743
   
10,171,399
 
Equipment, Net
   
186,899
   
203,632
 
Intangible Assets, Net
   
335,546
   
339,890
 
Total Assets
 
$
8,429,188
 
$
10,714,921
 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current Liabilities:
             
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
 
$
702,696
 
$
587,612
 
Licensing fee payable
   
128,640
   
172,813
 
               
Total Current Liabilities
   
831,336
   
760,425
 
Long-term convertible debt
   
3,850,000
   
3,850,000
 
Deferred revenue
   
1,256,250
   
1,275,000
 
               
Total Liabilities
   
5,937,586
   
5,885,425
 
               
Commitment and Contingencies
             
Stockholders' Equity
             
Common stock, par value $0.0001
   
4,642
   
4,641
 
Additional paid-in capital
   
19,366,471
   
19,029,178
 
Accumulated deficit during the development stage
   
(16,879,511
)
 
(14,204,323
)
Total Stockholders' Equity
   
2,491,602
   
4,829,496
 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
 
$
8,429,188
 
$
10,714,921
 
 
See notes accompanying the financial statements.
 
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REXAHN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
 
   
Cumulative from
         
   
March 19, 2001
         
   
(Inception) to
 
Three Months
 
   
March 31,
 
Ended March 31,
 
   
2006
 
2006
 
2005
 
Revenue:
             
Interest and other income
 
$
502,641
 
$
111,192
 
$
4,809
 
Research
   
243,750
   
18,750
   
18,750
 
     
746,391
   
129,942
   
23,559
 
                     
Expenses:
                   
General and administrative
   
6,378,591
   
566,969
   
312,880
 
Beneficial conversion feature
   
1,625,000
   
-
   
-
 
Research and development
   
7,292,630
   
1,801,135
   
378,497
 
Stock option compensation expense
   
1,541,686
   
336,094
   
73,963
 
Patent fees
   
247,089
   
19,403
   
28,584
 
Interest
   
261,948
   
60,452
   
19,469
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
278,958
   
21,077
   
16,517
 
     
17,625,902
   
2,805,130
   
829,910
 
Net Loss
 
$
(16,879,511
)
$
(2,675,188
)
$
(806,351
)
                     
Loss per weighted average number of shares outstanding basic and diluted
       
$
(0.06
)
$
(0.02
)
                     
Weighted average number of shares outstanding basic and diluted
         
46,412,688
   
38,133,330
 
 
See notes accompanying the financial statements.
 
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REXAHN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)

   
Cumulative from
         
   
March 19, 2001
         
   
(Inception) to
 
Three Months Ended
 
   
March 31,
 
March 31,
 
   
2006
 
2006
 
2005
 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
             
Net loss
 
$
(16,879,511
)
$
(2,675,188
)
$
(806,351
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
                   
Beneficial conversion feature
   
1,625,000
   
   
 
Compensatory stock
   
21,877
   
   
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
278,958
   
21,077
   
16,517
 
Stock option compensation expense
   
1,541,686
   
336,094
   
73,963
 
Deferred revenue
   
1,256,250
   
(18,750
)
 
(18,750
)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
                   
Prepaid expenses and other
   
(59,874
)
 
(5,100
)
 
8,127
 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
   
702,696
   
115,084
   
16,485
 
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities
   
(11,512,918
)
 
(2,226,783
)
 
(710,009
)
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
                   
Short-term investments
   
(7,339,687
)
 
1,097,497
   
 
Purchase of equipment
   
(445,187
)
 
   
 
Net Cash (Used in) Provided by Investing Activities
   
(7,784,874
)
 
1,097,497
   
 
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
                   
Issuance of common stock
   
14,882,550
   
1,200
   
 
Proceeds from long-term debt
   
5,150,000
   
   
3,850,000
 
Principal payments on long-term debt
   
(227,576
)
 
(44,173
)
 
(46,875
)
Net Cash (Used in) Provided by Financing Activities
   
19,804,974
   
(42,973
)
 
3,803,125
 
Net (Decrease) Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents
   
507,182
   
(1,172,259
)
 
3,093,116
 
Cash and Cash Equivalents - beginning of period
   
   
1,679,441
   
1,015,979
 
                     
Cash and Cash Equivalents - end of period
 
$
507,182
 
$
507,182
 
$
4,109,095
 
Supplemental Cash Flow Information
                   
Interest paid
 
$
12,377
 
$
2,702
 
$
659
 

Non-cash investing and financing activities:
In February 2005, the Company entered into a licensing agreement in exchange for debt of $356,215
 
See notes accompanying the financial statements.
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REXAHN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
Three Months Ended March 31, 2006 and 2005
(Unaudited)
 
 
1.
Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The accompanying unaudited financial statements of Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("the Company") have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for financial information and the requirements of item 310 (b) of Regulation S-B. Accordingly, certain information and disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The financial statements reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments), which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the periods presented. Except for the adoption of new accounting policies as disclosed in note 2, there have been no significant changes in our accounting policies since December 31, 2005. The results from operations for the period are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full fiscal year or any future period.

Reverse Merger Acquisition

Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Rexahn, Corp ("Rexahn"), Corporate Road Show.Com Inc. ("CRS"), a New York corporation and predecessor corporation of the Company, CRS Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of CRS ("Merger Sub"), CRS Delaware, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of CRS ("CRS Delaware"), immediately after giving effect to a 1 for 100 reverse stock split and the reincorporation of CRS as a Delaware corporation under the name Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Rexahn Pharmaceuticals"), on May 13, 2005, Merger Sub merged with and into Rexahn, with Rexahn surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Rexahn Pharmaceuticals (the "Acquisition Merger"). In the Acquisition Merger, (i) each share of the issued and outstanding common stock of Rexahn (other than dissenting shares) was converted into the right to receive five shares of Rexahn Pharmaceuticals common stock; and (ii) each issued, outstanding and unexercised option to purchase a share of Rexahn common stock was converted into an option to purchase five shares of Rexahn Pharmaceuticals common stock.

Shares of Rexahn Pharmaceuticals common stock issued in the Acquisition Merger were exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), pursuant to Regulation D under the Securities Act and/or Regulation S under the Securities Act. These shares of Rexahn Pharmaceuticals common stock are deemed "restricted securities" and bear an appropriate restrictive legend indicating that the resale of such shares may be made only pursuant to registration under the Securities Act or pursuant to an available exemption from such registration.

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REXAHN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
Three Months Ended March 31, 2006 and 2005
(Unaudited)
 

1.
Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (cont'd)

Reverse Merger Acquisition (cont'd)

As part of the Acquisition Merger, the Company assumed the convertible notes and the conversion price was adjusted to reflect the merger exchange ratio.

For accounting purposes, the Acquisition Merger is accounted for as a reverse acquisition of CRS (legal acquirer) by Rexahn (accounting acquirer). As a result, following the Acquisition Merger, the historical financial statements of Rexahn became the historical financial statements of the Company.

Merger of Subsidiary

On September 29, 2005, the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Rexahn, was merged with and into the Company and Rexahn's separate existence was terminated.
 
 
2.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The accounting policies of the Company are in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and their basis of application is consistent with that of the previous year.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 123 (revised 2004), "Share Based Payment" ("SFAS No. 123R"). SFAS No. 123R requires the Company to measure the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant date fair value of the award. The cost of the employee services is recognized as compensation cost over the period that an employee provides service in exchange for the award. SFAS No. 123R is effective January 1, 2006 for the Company and was adopted using a modified prospective method during the quarter ended March 31, 2006. Note 4 provides disclosure on the effect of the adoption of SFAS No. 123R on net income and earnings per share.

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REXAHN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
Three Months Ended March 31, 2006 and 2005
(Unaudited)
 

2.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (cont'd)

In February 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 155, "Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments—an amendment of FASB Statements No. 133 and 140". This Statement permits fair value of remeasurement for any hybrid financial instrument that contains an embedded derivative that otherwise would require bifurcation; clarifies which interest-only strips and principal-only strips are not subject to the requirements of SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities"; establishes a requirement to evaluate interests in securitized financial assets to identify interests that are freestanding derivatives or that are hybrid financial instruments that contain an embedded derivative requiring bifurcation; clarifies that concentrations of credit risk in the form of subordination are not embedded derivatives; and amended SFAS No. 140, "Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities", to eliminate the prohibition on a qualifying special-purpose entity from holding a derivative financial instrument that pertains to a beneficial interest other than another derivative financial instrument. SFAS No. 155 is effective for all financial instruments acquired, issued, or subject to a remeasurement (new basis) event occurring after the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year that begins after September 15, 2006. The Company is currently reviewing the effect, if any, the proposed guidance will have on its financial position.

In March 2006, FASB issued SFAS No. 156, "Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets", which amends SFAS No. 140, "Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities". In a significant change to current guidance, SFAS No. 156 permits an entity to choose either of the following subsequent measurement methods for each class of separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities: (1) Amortization Method or (2) Fair Value Measurement Method. SFAS No. 156 is effective as of the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year that begins after September 15, 2006. The Company is currently reviewing the effect, if any, the proposed guidance will have on its financial position.

3.
Common Stock

Authorized
500,000,000 shares of common stock, voting, par value $0.0001
         
   
March 31,
2006
 
December 31,
2005
 
           
46,415,632 shares (2005 - 46,410,632) of common stock
 
$
4,642
 
$
4,641
 

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REXAHN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
Three Months Ended March 31, 2006 and 2005
(Unaudited)
 
 
3.
Common Stock (cont'd)

Pursuant to the agreement and plan of merger as disclosed in Note 1, in the Acquisition Merger, (i) each share of the issued and outstanding common stock of Rexahn (other than dissenting shares) was converted into the right to receive five shares of Rexahn Pharmaceuticals common stock; and (ii) each issued, outstanding and unexercised option to purchase a share of Rexahn common stock was converted into an option to purchase five shares of Rexahn Pharmaceuticals common stock. In the Acquisition Merger, 289,780,000 CRS pre-reverse stock split shares were converted into 2,897,802 post-reverse stock split Rexahn Pharmaceuticals shares, and an additional 500,000 post-reverse stock split Rexahn Pharmaceuticals shares were issued to a former executive of CRS.

On February 22, 2006, an option holder exercised their options to purchase shares of the Company's common stock for cash of $1,200. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company issued an aggregate 5,000 shares.

4.
Stock-Based Compensation

On August 5, 2003, the Company established a stock option plan. Under the plan, the Company grants stock options to key employees, directors and consultants of the Company. For all grants prior to September 12, 2005 and grants to employees of the Company after September 12, 2005, the vesting period is 30% on the first anniversary of the grant date, an additional 30% on the second anniversary and the remaining 40% on the third anniversary. For grants to non employee directors and consultants of the Company after September 12, 2005, the vesting period is 100% on the first anniversary of the grant date, subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions in the individual stock option grant agreements, or 100% upon the occurrence of certain events specified in the individual stock option grant agreements, subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions in the individual stock option grant agreements. Options authorized for issuance under the plan total 6,992,500 and as of March 31, 2006, 1,182,500 options are available for issuance.

Prior to adoption of the plan, the Company made restricted stock grants. During 2003 all existing restricted stock grants were converted to stock options. The converted options maintained the same full vesting period as the original restricted stock grants.

Accounting for Employee Awards
 
Effective January 1, 2006, the plan is accounted for in accordance with the recognition and measurement provisions of SFAS No. 123R, which replaces SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation", and supersedes Accounting Principles Board Opinion ("APB") No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees", and related interpretations. SFAS No. 123R requires compensation costs related to share-based payment transactions, including employee stock options, to be recognized in the financial statements. In addition, the Company adheres to the guidance set forth in Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") Staff Accounting Bulletin ("SAB") No. 107, which provides the SEC staff's views regarding the interaction between SFAS No. 123R and certain SEC rules and regulations and provides interpretations with respect to the valuation of share-based payments for public companies.
 
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REXAHN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
Three Months Ended March 31, 2006 and 2005
(Unaudited)
 
 
4.
Stock-Based Compensation (cont'd)

Prior to January 1, 2006, the Company accounted for similar employee transactions in accordance with APB No. 25 which employed the intrinsic value method of measuring compensation cost. Accordingly, compensation expense was not recognized for employee fixed stock options if the exercise price of the option equaled or exceeded the fair value of the underlying stock at the grant date.

While SFAS No. 123, for employee options, encouraged recognition of the fair value of all stock-based awards on the date of grant as expense over the vesting period, companies were permitted to continue to apply the intrinsic value-based method of accounting prescribed by APB No. 25 and disclose certain pro forma amounts as if the fair value approach of SFAS No. 123 had been applied. In December 2002, SFAS No. 148, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation-Transition and Disclosure, an amendment of SFAS No. 123", was issued, which, in addition to providing alternative methods of transition for a voluntary change to the fair value method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation, required more prominent pro-forma disclosures in both the annual and interim financial statements. The Company complied with these disclosure requirements for all applicable periods prior to January 1, 2006.

In adopting SFAS No. 123R, the Company applied the modified prospective approach to transition. Under the modified prospective approach, the provisions of SFAS No. 123R are to be applied to new employee awards and to employee awards modified, repurchased, or cancelled after the required effective date. Additionally, compensation cost for the portion of employee awards for which the requisite service has not been rendered that are outstanding as of the required effective date will be recognized as the requisite service is rendered on or after the required effective date. The compensation cost for that portion of employee awards will be based on the grant-date fair value of those awards as calculated for either recognition or pro-forma disclosures under SFAS No. 123.
 
As a result of the adoption of SFAS No. 123R, the Company's results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2006 include share-based employee compensation expense totaling approximately $151,482. Such amounts have been included in the Statements of Operations in stock option compensation expense. No income tax benefit has been recognized in the Statements of Operations for share-based compensation arrangements as the Company has provided for 100% valuation allowance on net deferred tax assets. No stock option compensation expense was recorded under APB No. 25 in the Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2005.

Employee stock option compensation expense in 2006 is the estimated fair value of options granted amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for the entire portion of the award. The Company has not adjusted the expense by estimated forfeitures, as required by SFAS No. 123R for employee options, since the forfeiture rate based upon historical data was determined to be immaterial.
 
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REXAHN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
Three Months Ended March 31, 2006 and 2005
(Unaudited)
 
 
4.
Stock-Based Compensation (cont'd)

Accounting for Non-employee Awards:

The Company previously accounted for options granted to its non-employee consultants and non-employee registered representatives using the fair value cost in accordance with SFAS No. 123 and EITF No. 96-18. The adoption of SFAS No. 123R and SAB 107 as of January 1, 2006, had no material impact on the accounting for non-employee awards. The Company continues to consider the additional guidance set forth in EITF Issue No. 96-18, “Accounting for Equity Instruments That Are Issued to Other Than Employees” (“EITF 96-18”).

Stock compensation expense related to non-employee options was $184,613 and $73,963 for the three month periods ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Such amounts have been included in the Statements of Operations in stock option compensation expense.

The weighted average estimated fair value of stock options granted in the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 was $0 and $0.61, respectively. The fair value of options at the date of grant was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. During 2006, the Company took into consideration guidance under SFAS No. 123R and SAB No. 107 when reviewing and updating assumptions. The expected volatility is based upon historical volatility of the Company's stock and other contributing factors. The expected term is based upon observation of actual time elapsed between the date of grant and exercise of options for all employees. Previously, such assumptions were determined based on historical data. 

The assumptions made in calculating the fair values of options are as follows:
 
   
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
   
2006 
 
2005
 
           
Black-Scholes Weighted Average Assumptions:
         
Expected dividend yield
   
0
   
0
 
Expected volatility
   
100%
 
 
100%
 
Risk free interest rate
   
4.82%
 
 
4.46%
 
Expected term (in years)
   
4.75 years
   
5 years
 

Pro Forma Information under SFAS No. 123 for Periods Prior to Adoption of SFAS No. 123R:
 
The following table illustrates the pro forma effect on net loss and loss per share as if the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123 had been applied to all outstanding and unvested awards in the prior year comparable period.
 
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REXAHN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
Three Months Ended March 31, 2006 and 2005
(Unaudited)

 
4.
Stock-Based Compensation (cont'd)

   
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2005
 
Net loss, as reported
 
$
(806,351
)
Add: Employee stock option compensation expense included in reported net loss
   
 
Deduct: Employee stock option compensation expense determined under fair value-based method for all employee awards (no tax effect)
   
(132,828
)
         
Pro forma net loss
 
$
(939,179
)
Net loss per share:
    __________________  
Basic and diluted-as reported
 
$
(0.02
)
Basic and diluted-pro forma
 
$
(0.02
)

The Company did not grant any options under the plan during the three months ended March 31, 2006.
 
The following table represents the Company's stock options granted, exercised, and forfeited during the three months ended March 31, 2006.
 
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REXAHN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
Three Months Ended March 31, 2006 and 2005
(Unaudited)
 
 
4.
Stock-Based Compensation (cont'd)

   
Shares
Subject
to Options
 
Weighted Avg.
Option
Prices
 
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
 
Aggregated
Intrinsic
Value
 
                   
Outstanding at January 1, 2006
   
5,770,000
 
$
0.84
   
-
   
-
 
                           
Granted
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
Exercised
   
(5,000
)
$
0.24
   
-
   
-
 
Cancelled
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
                           
Outstanding at March 31, 2006
   
5,765,000
 
$
0.84
   
8.5 years
 
$
4,093,150
 
                           
Exercisable at March 31, 2006
   
2,070,125
 
$
0.65
   
7.9 years
 
$
1,863,113
 

A total of 5,000 and no options were exercised the first quarter of 2006 and 2005, respectively. The intrinsic value of the options exercised was $9,550 for the period ended March 31, 2006 and 2005.

As of March 31, 2006, there was $2,984,194 of total unrecognized compensation cost, net of estimated forfeitures, related to all unvested stock options, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately two years.

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REXAHN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
Three Months Ended March 31, 2006 and 2005
(Unaudited)
 
 
5.
Income Taxes

As of March 31, 2006 and 2005, the Company had $14,774,728 and $7,879,793, respectively, of federal and state net operating loss carryforwards available to offset future taxable income; such carryforwards expire in various years through 2024.

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REXAHN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
Three Months Ended March 31, 2006 and 2005
(Unaudited)
 

6.
Commitments and Contingencies

 
a)
On January 3, 2006, the Company contracted with Formatech to perform RX-0201 experiments in an effort to develop a more concentrated dosage form. The cost of the project is $40,000, of which $20,000 was paid in the three months ended March 31, 2006. The remaining $20,000 will be paid upon delivery of the formal report, expected in 2006. In addition, on January 6, 2006, the Company entered into a drug packaging agreement with Formatech for Phase II clinical trials of RX-0201. In accordance with the agreement, the cost of the project is $128,250, of which $51,300 was paid during the three months ended March 31, 2006. The remainder will be paid during 2006.

 
b)
On January 6, 2006, the Company contracted with Amarex, LLC to conduct Phase II clinical studies. In accordance with the agreement, the estimated contract duration is 24 months for a total cost of $596,244. The service costs are payable in 24 monthly payments of $18,633 plus an initiation fee of $149,061 due upon signing. The Company paid $174,027 towards the cost of the study in the three months ended March 31, 2006 and a monthly payment of $18,633 was included in accounts payable and accrued expenses at March 31, 2006.

 
c)
On March 1, 2006, the Company entered into a research program with Ewha Womans University. The effective period of the agreement is from March 1, 2006 to February 28, 2007. In accordance with the agreement, the cost of the research program is $40,000 and is payable upon full execution of the agreement. The Company included $40,000 in accounts payable and accrued expenses at March 31, 2006.

 
d)
The Company entered into numerous consulting agreements in connection with the RX-0201 drug discovery and development program as well as strategic development and other areas of corporate activity. The remaining terms of the agreements range from 6 months to 5 years and result in a minimum commitment of $58,000.

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REXAHN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
Three Months Ended March 31, 2006 and 2005
(Unaudited)
 

7.
Subsequent Events

On April 19, 2006, the Company executed definitive agreements with Future Systems, Inc. ("FSI"), a Korean stock exchange (KOSDAQ) listed information technology company based in Seoul, Korea. Pursuant to the agreements, the Company will transfer to FSI exclusive rights and a non-exclusive license to develop, manufacture, and sell products based on Rexahn’s RX-0201, RX-0047 and RX-10100 drug candidates in certain territories for approximately $35.8 million, and simultaneously, FSI will issue and sell 4,326,854 shares of its common stock to the Company, representing approximately 28% of FSI’s outstanding shares, after giving effect to the subscription. The investment, of approximately $35.8 million, would make the Company the largest single stockholder of FSI. In addition, the Company entered into an agreement with FSI and Core F.G. Co., Ltd., the general partner of Triplewin Corporate Restructuring Partnership, the current majority shareholder of FSI, with respect to the management of FSI in connection with redirecting FSI’s business focus to the biopharmaceutical industry. Completion of the transactions is subject to customary closing conditions, including approval by FSI shareholders, and the transactions are expected to close during the second quarter of 2006.

8.
Comparative Information

Certain amounts for fiscal 2005 have been reclassified to conform with the current year's financial statement presentation.

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Item 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION

OVERVIEW

Our company resulted from the merger of Corporate Road Show.Com Inc., a New York corporation incorporated in November 1999 ("CPRD"), and Rexahn, Corp, a Maryland corporation, immediately after giving effect to our reincorporation as a Delaware corporation under the name "Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc." In connection with that transaction, a wholly owned subsidiary of ours merged with and into Rexahn, Corp, with Rexahn, Corp remaining as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of ours. In exchange for their shares of capital stock in Rexahn, Corp, the former stockholders of Rexahn, Corp received shares of common stock representing approximately 91.8% of our outstanding equity after giving effect to the transaction. Further, upon the effective time of the merger, our historic business was abandoned and the business plan of Rexahn, Corp was adopted. The transaction was therefore accounted for as a reverse acquisition with Rexahn, Corp as the accounting acquiring party and CPRD as the acquired party. In September 2005, Rexahn, Corp was merged with and into our company.

Our efforts and resources have been focused primarily on acquiring and developing our pharmaceutical technologies, raising capital and recruiting personnel. We are a development stage company and have no product sales to date and we will not receive any product sales until we receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") or equivalent foreign regulatory bodies to begin selling our pharmaceutical candidates. Our major sources of working capital have been proceeds from various private financings, primarily private sales of common stock and debt securities, and collaboration agreements with our strategic investors.

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

On April 19, 2006, we executed definitive agreements with Future Systems, Inc., or FSI, a Korean stock exchange (KOSDAQ) listed information technology company based in Seoul, Korea, pursuant to which we will transfer to FSI exclusive rights and a non-exclusive license to develop, manufacture, and sell products based on our RX-0201, RX-0047 and RX-10100 drug candidates in certain territories for approximately $35.8 million, and simultaneously, FSI will issue and sell 4,326,854 shares of its common stock to us, representing approximately 28% of FSI’s outstanding shares, after giving effect to the subscription. The investment, of approximately $35.8 million, would make us the largest single stockholder of FSI. In addition, we entered into an agreement with FSI and Core F.G. Co., Ltd., the general partner of Triplewin Corporate Restructuring Partnership, the current majority shareholder of FSI, with respect to the management of FSI in connection with redirecting FSI’s business focus to the biopharmaceutical industry. Completion of the transactions is subject to customary closing conditions, including approval by FSI shareholders, and the transactions are expected to close during the second quarter of 2006.

The principal agreements include a share subscription agreement, an intellectual property assignment and license agreement and a management agreement.

This acquisition will allow us to exploit an additional source of capital, exploit additional market opportunities by taking advantage of skilled labor, manufacturing, and market extension, extend the reach of our intangible assets and reduce risk through diversification.

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FSI is expected to redirect its business focus to the biopharmaceutical industry and will be organized into the following three major departments:

 
·
Generic drug development;
 
·
Nano DDS drug development; and
 
·
Marketing Rexahn’s cancer and neuro drug candidates in Asia.

In the future, we believe this acquisition will allow us to collaborate with FSI on new drug developments, merge or acquire a pharmaceutical company in Korea, license late stage or marketed products, establish business development in Asia (e.g., manufacturing, licensing, sales, marketing, strategic partnering, etc.) and obtain financing through public offerings in Korea.

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the unaudited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto set forth in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report. This Quarterly Report contains statements accompanied by such phrases as "believe", "estimate", "expect", "anticipate", "may", "intend" and other similar expressions, that are "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to the following:

 
·
our lack of profitability and the need for additional capital to operate our business;
 
·
our ability to obtain the necessary U.S. and worldwide regulatory approvals for our drug candidates;
 
·
successful and timely completion of clinical trials for our drug candidates;
 
·
demand for and market acceptance of our drug candidates;
 
·
the availability of qualified third-party researchers and manufacturers for our drug development programs;
 
·
our ability to develop and obtain protection of our intellectual property; and
 
·
other risks and uncertainties, including those detailed from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The safe harbors for forward-looking statements provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act are unavailable to issuers of "penny stock". Our shares may be considered a penny stock and, as a result, the safe harbors may not be available to us.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

A "critical accounting policy" is one which is both important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results and requires our management's most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. Our accounting policies are in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and their basis of application is consistent with that of the previous year.

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Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the 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. These estimates are based on management's best knowledge of current events and actions we may undertake in the future. Actual results may ultimately differ from those estimates. These estimates are reviewed periodically and as adjustments become necessary, they are reported in earnings in the period in which they become available.

Stock-Based Compensation

In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued SFAS No. 123 (Revised 2004), "Share-Based Payment" ("SFAS No. 123R"). This pronouncement amends SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation" and supersedes Accounting Principles Board ("APB") Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees". SFAS No. 123R requires that companies account for awards of equity instruments issued to employees under the fair value method of accounting and recognize such amounts in the statement of operations. The implementation of this statement is effective beginning with this fiscal quarter, and has been adopted using the modified prospective method.

For all non-employee stock-based compensation we use the fair value method in accordance with SFAS No. 123 and EITF 96-18.

In management's opinion, existing stock option valuation models do not provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of employee stock options that have vesting provisions and are not transferable. In addition, option valuation models require the input of highly subjective assumptions, and changes in such subjective assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate of employee stock options.

Prior to the adoption of SFAS No. 123R, we used the intrinsic value method to account for stock-based compensation in accordance with APB Opinion No. 25 and, as permitted by SFAS No. 123, provided pro forma disclosures of net loss and loss per common share as if the fair value methods had been applied in measuring compensation expense. Under the intrinsic value method, compensation cost for employee stock awards is recognized as the excess, if any, of the deemed fair value for financial reporting purposes of our common stock on the date of grant over the amount an employee must pay to acquire the stock. Compensation cost is amortized over the vesting period using an accelerated graded method in accordance with FASB Interpretation No. 28, "Accounting for Stock Appreciation Rights and Other Variable Stock Option or Award Plans".

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

In February 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 155, "Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments—an amendment of FASB Statements No. 133 and 140". This Statement permits fair value of remeasurement for any hybrid financial instrument that contains an embedded derivative that otherwise would require bifurcation; clarifies which interest-only strips and principal-only strips are not subject to the requirements of SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities"; establishes a requirement to evaluate interests in securitized financial assets to identify interests that are freestanding derivatives or that are hybrid financial instruments that contain an embedded derivative requiring bifurcation; clarifies that concentrations of credit risk in the form of subordination are not embedded derivatives; and amended SFAS No. 140, "Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities", to eliminate the prohibition on a qualifying special-purpose entity from holding a derivative financial instrument that pertains to a beneficial interest other than another derivative financial instrument. SFAS No. 155 is effective for all financial instruments acquired, issued, or subject to a remeasurement (new basis) event occurring after the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year that begins after September 15, 2006. The Company is currently reviewing the effect, if any, the proposed guidance will have on its financial position.

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In March 2006, FASB issued SFAS No. 156, "Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets", which amends SFAS No. 140, "Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities". In a significant change to current guidance, SFAS No. 156 permits an entity to choose either of the following subsequent measurement methods for each class of separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities: (1) Amortization Method or (2) Fair Value Measurement Method. SFAS No. 156 is effective as of the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year that begins after September 15, 2006. The Company is currently reviewing the effect, if any, the proposed guidance will have on its financial position.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Comparison of Three Months Ended March 31, 2005 and 2006:

Total Revenues

For the three months ended March 31, 2006, we recorded revenue of $129,942, including $18,750 from the recognition of deferred revenue from a $1,500,000 contribution made in 2003 to us under a collaborative research agreement with Rexgene Biotech Co., Ltd., a minority shareholder. We recorded $111,192 of interest and other income from the investment of our cash and cash equivalents and other short-term investments for the three months ended March 31, 2006, compared to $4,809 for the same period in 2005. The increase of $106,383 in total revenues, or 452%, was primarily due to an increase in interest income in the three months ended March 31, 2006, compared to the same period in 2005 as a result of higher cash and cash equivalent balances during the 2006 period.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and related expenses for executive, finance and other administrative personnel, recruitment expenses, professional fees and other corporate expenses, including business development and general legal activities.

General and administrative expenses increased $254,089, or 81%, from $312,880 for the three months ended March 31, 2005 to $566,969, for the three months ended March 31, 2006. The increase was due primarily to professional fees and expenses incurred in connection with our being a public company following our reverse merger transaction completed on May 13, 2005, including legal and accounting fees and expenses.

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Research and Development Expenses

Research and development expenses consist primarily of salaries and related personnel costs, fees paid to consultants and outside service providers for laboratory development and other expenses relating to the design, development, testing, and enhancement of our drug candidates. We expense our research and development costs as they are incurred.

Research and development expenses increased $1,422,638, or 376%, from $378,497 for the three months ended March 31, 2005 to $1,801,135 for the three months ended March 31, 2006. The increase was due primarily to the fact that the clinical trials of RX-0201, one of our drug candidates, are continuing and we have taken preliminary steps to prepare other drug candidates for clinical trials. We expect that research and development expenses will continue to increase as our other drug candidates move into the clinical trials phases of development.

Stock Option Compensation Expenses

In 2003 our board of directors adopted and our shareholders approved the Rexahn Stock Option Plan. Under the plan, we incurred compensation expenses of $336,094 for the three months ended March 31, 2006, compared to compensation expenses of $73,963 for options issued to employees and non-employees for the three months ended March 31, 2005.

Patent Fees

Our patent fees decreased $9,181, or 32%, from $28,548 for the three months ended March 31, 2005 to $19,403 for the three months ended March 31, 2006. The decrease was due primarily to a decrease in the number of patent filings made during the three months ended March 31, 2006 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2005.

Interest Expense

Interest expense increased $40,983, or 211% from $19,469 for the three months ended March 31, 2005 to $60,452 for the three months ended March 31, 2006. The increase was attributable to the interest on the convertible notes issued February 2005 being reflected for a full period compared to a partial period in 2005.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased $4,560, or 28%, from $16,517 for the three months ended March 31, 2005 to $21,077 for the three months ended March 31, 2006. The increase was due primarily to a move to a new facility in July 2004 and the related purchase of new laboratory equipment.

Net Loss

As a result of the above, the net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2006 was $2,675,188, or $0.06 per share, compared to a net loss of $806,351 or $0.02 per share, for the three months ended March 31, 2005.

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Research and Development Projects

Research and development expenses are expensed as incurred. Research and development expenses consist primarily of salaries and related personnel costs, costs to acquire pharmaceutical products and product rights for development and amounts paid to contract research organizations, hospitals and laboratories for the provision of services and materials for drug development and clinical trials. Costs incurred in obtaining the license rights to technology in the research and development stage and that have no alternative future uses are expensed as incurred. Our research and development programs are related to our four lead drug candidates, RX-0201, RX-0047, RX-5902 and RX-10100.

We have allocated direct and indirect costs to each program based on certain assumptions and our review of the status of each program, payroll-related expenses and other overhead costs based on estimated usage by each program. Each of our lead drug candidates is in various stages of completion as described below. As we expand our clinical studies, we will enter into additional development agreements. Significant additional expenditures will be required if we complete our clinical trials, start new trials, apply for regulatory approvals, continue development of our technologies, expand our operations and bring our products to market. The eventual total cost of each clinical trial is dependent on a number of uncertainties such as trial design, the length of the trial, the number of clinical sites and the number of patients. The process of obtaining and maintaining regulatory approvals for new therapeutic products is lengthy, expensive and uncertain. Because the successful development of our most advanced drug candidate, RX-0201, is uncertain, and because RX-0047, RX-5902 and RX-10100 are in early-stage development, we are unable to estimate the costs of completing our research and development programs, the timing of bringing such programs to market and, therefore, when material cash inflows could commence from the sale of these drug candidates. If these projects are not completed as planned, our results of operations and financial condition could be negatively affected and if we are unable to obtain additional financing to fund these projects, we may not be able to continue as a going concern.

RX-0201

RX-0201 is currently our leading drug candidate and has been in a Phase I clinical trial at Georgetown University's Lombardi Cancer Center since September 2004 and the University of Alabama at Birmingham since August 2005. The costs incurred for the clinical trial to date have been approximately $800,000. As the main purpose of this clinical trial is to establish the safety of RX-0201, the parameters that determine the completion of this project are a direct function of the safety profile of this compound in humans. As this is the first time that RX-0201 has been administered to humans, the safety profile in humans is unknown and therefore, the number of doses required to determine the dosage at which the FDA safety endpoints are met is an estimate. If more doses are required than estimated, completion of the Phase I clinical trials may be delayed. Therefore, the costs, timing and efforts necessary to complete this program also are estimates. We currently estimate that the completion of the Phase I clinical trial will require approximately $250,000 and anticipate its completion in the third quarter of 2006.

RX-0047 and RX-5902

RX-0047 and RX-5902 are all in a pre-clinical stage of development and the next scheduled program for each compound is a pre-clinical toxicology study required prior to submission of an Investigational New Drug ("IND") application to the FDA. To date, the costs incurred for development of these compounds to date have been approximately $750,000 for RX-0047, and $250,000 for RX-5902. The estimated cost to complete pre-clinical toxicology and Phase I clinical trials is estimated to be approximately $1,500,000 per compound for a total of $3,000,000. These compounds may be entered into these Phase I clinical trials in late 2006 or early 2007.

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The conduct of the clinical trial and toxicology studies described above are being accomplished in conjunction with third-party clinical research organizations, or CROs, at external locations. This business practice is typical for the pharmaceutical industry and companies like us. As a result, the risk of completion or delay of these studies is not within our direct control and a program delay may occur due to circumstances outside our control. A delay in any of these programs may not necessarily have a direct impact on our daily operations. However, to the extent that a delay results in additional cost to us, a higher than expected expense may result.

RX-10100

RX-10100 is in early pre-IND stages of development and the next scheduled event is the synthesis and testing of novel formulations for pre-clinical and clinical evaluations. We currently estimate that these studies will require approximately $300,000 and $450,000, respectively. We are preparing to initiate a Phase I/II clinical trial of RX-10100 during 2006.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Cash used in operating activities was $2,226,783 for the three months ended March 31, 2006 compared to cash used in operating activities of $710,009 for the same period ended March 31, 2005. The operating cash flows during the three months ended March 31, 2006 reflect our loss from operations of $2,675,188, offset by non-cash charges of $338,421 and a net increase in cash components of working capital of $109,984. Non-cash charges consist of depreciation and amortization of $21,077, stock option compensation expense of $336,904 and deferred revenue of $18,750. The increase in working capital primarily consists of a $115,084 increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses.

There was no cash provided by or used in investing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2005. Cash investing activities of $1,097,497 during the three months ended March 31, 2006 reflects short-term investments of $1,097,497. Cash provided by financing activities of $3,803,125 during the three months ended March 31, 2005 consisted of proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt in financing transactions of $3,850,000, offset by principal payments on long-term debt of $46,875. Cash used in financing activities of $42,973 during the three months ended March 31, 2006 consisted of principal payments on long-term debt of $44,173, offset by proceeds from the issuance of common stock.

For the three months ended March 31, 2006, and the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, we experienced net losses of $2,675,188, $6,349,540 and $3,723,442, respectively. Our accumulated deficit as of March 31, 2006, and December 31, 2005 and 2004 was $16,879,511, $14,204,323 and $7,854,783, respectively.

We have financed our operations since inception primarily through equity and convertible debt financings. During the three months ended March 31, 2006, we had a net decrease in cash and cash equivalents of $1,172,259. This decrease primarily resulted from net losses of $2,675,188. Total cash resources as of March 31, 2006 were $507,182 compared to $4,109,095 as of March 31, 2005.

For the foreseeable future, we will have to fund all of our operations and capital expenditures from the net proceeds of equity or debt offerings we may have, cash on hand, licensing fees and grants. Although we have plans to pursue additional financing, there can be no assurance that we will be able to secure financing when needed or obtain such financing on terms satisfactory to us, if at all, or that any additional funding we do obtain will be sufficient to meet our needs in the long term.

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CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS

In April 2004, we entered into a clinical development agreement with Georgetown University with an effective period from April 5, 2004 through April 5, 2006. The total estimated cost of the program is $223,126, based on the fees, enrollment and completion of 20 patients and is payable based on the progress of the treatment over the effective period of the agreement. For the three months ended March 31, 2006 and the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, we paid $0, $0 and $17,426, respectively towards the cost of this program.

On August 17, 2004, we entered into an agreement with Formatech, Inc. to monitor and perform stability studies on our drug candidate, RX-0201. The total cost of these services is $46,700. For the three months ended March 31, 2006 and the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, we paid $0, $10,400 and $22,900, respectively, towards the cost of these studies. The remainder consists of a $5,200 payment due during 2006 and $8,200 due during 2007.

In April 2004, we signed a 5-year lease for 8,030 square feet of office space in Rockville, Maryland commencing July 2004. The lease requires annual base rents of $200,750 subject to annual increases of 3% of the preceding years adjusted base rent. Under the leasing agreement, we also pay our allocable portion of real estate taxes and common area operating charges.

Minimum future rental payments under this lease are as follows:

For the years ending
December 31
     
2006
 
$
209,874
 
2007
   
216,170
 
2008
   
222,655
 
2009
   
112,972
 
         
   
$
761,671
 


On August 1, 2005, we signed a one year contract with the University of Massachusetts Medical School ("UMASS") to test proprietary drugs in preclinical behavioral assays of anxiety and cognition. We agreed to provide UMASS with a grant of $76,666, which includes the full direct and indirect costs of the preclinical study, payable in four equal quarterly installments of $19,167. For the year ended December 31, 2005, we made two quarterly payments totaling $38,334 and an additional $19,167 payment during the quarter ended March 31, 2006. The remainder is due in 2006.

On August 3, 2005, we engaged Montgomery Pacific Group ("MPG") to act as our financial advisor for a one-year term in connection with our growth strategies, certain licensing activities and acquisition of certain assets. In consideration of the services, we agreed to pay MPG an advisory fee, consisting of an initial retainer fee and success fees subject to the successful closing of licensing transactions, acquisitions and private placements. An initial retainer fee of $50,000 was paid during the year ended December 31, 2005. Dr. John Holaday, a former director of ours, is a partner of MPG.

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On October 6, 2005, we entered into an agreement with Avecia Biotechnology Inc. ("Avecia"). Avecia will manufacture and supply us with RX-0201 and related drug services. The total cost of the project is $1,749,443. For the three months ended March 31, 2006 and the years ended December 31, 2005, we paid $1,228,043 and $521,400, respectively, towards the cost of these studies. We included $45,000 in accrued expenses at March 31, 2006.

On January 3, 2006, we contracted with Formatech to perform RX-0201 experiments in an effort to develop a more concentrated dosage form. The cost of the project is $40,000, of which $20,000 was paid in the three months ended March 31, 2006. The remaining $20,000 will be paid upon delivery of the formal report, expected in 2006. In addition, on January 6, 2006, we entered into a drug packaging agreement with Formatech for Phase II clinical trials of RX-0201. In accordance with the agreement, the cost of the project is $128,250, of which $51,300 was paid during the three months ended March 31, 2006. The remainder will be paid during 2006.

On January 6, 2006, we contracted with Amarex, LLC to conduct Phase II clinical studies. In accordance with the agreement, the estimated contract duration is 24 months for a total cost of $596,244. The service costs are payable in 24 monthly payments of $18,633 plus an initiation fee of $149,061 due upon signing. We paid $174,027 towards the cost of the study in the three months ended March 31, 2006 and a monthly payment of $18,633 was included in accrued expenses at March 31, 2006.

On March 1, 2006, we entered into a research program with Ewha Womans University. The effective period of the agreement is from March 1, 2006 to February 28, 2007. In accordance with the agreement, the cost of the research program is $40,000 and is payable upon full execution of the agreement. We included $40,000 in accrued expenses at March 31, 2006.

Although we currently believe that our cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to meet our minimum planned operating needs for the next 12 months, including the amounts payable under the contractual commitments described above, as our drug candidates move into the clinical trials phase of development, we expect to enter into additional agreements of the same type, which may require additional contractual commitments. These additional commitments may have a negative impact on our future cash flows.

CURRENT AND FUTURE FINANCING NEEDS

We have incurred negative cash flow from operations since we started our business. We have spent, and expect to continue to spend, substantial amounts in connection with implementing our business strategy, including our planned product development efforts, our clinical trials, and our research and discovery efforts. Based on our current plans and our capital resources (including the proceeds of our 2005 financings), we believe that our cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to enable us to meet our minimum planned operating needs for at least the next 12 months, which would entail focusing our resources on Phase II clinical trials of RX-0201 and the pre-clinical studies and Phase I clinical trials for RX-10100. Over the next 12 months we expect to spend a minimum of approximately $3 million on clinical development for Phase I and Phase II clinical trials of RX-0201 (including our commitments described under "Contractual Commitments" of this Item 2), $2.5 million on general corporate expenses, and $250,000 on facilities rent. We may seek additional financing to implement and fund other drug candidate development, clinical trial and research and development efforts to the maximum extent of our operating plan, including pre-clinical studies and Phase I clinical trials for RX-0047 and in-vivo animal and pre-clinical studies and Phase I clinical trials for RX-5209, RX-10100 and other new product candidates, as well as other research and development projects, which together with the minimum operating plan for the next 12 months, could aggregate $10 million through the first quarter of 2007.

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However, the actual amount of funds we will need to operate is subject to many factors, some of which are beyond our control. These factors include the following:

 
·
the progress of our product development activities;

 
·
the number and scope of our product development programs;

 
·
the progress of our pre-clinical and clinical trial activities;

 
·
the progress of the development efforts of parties with whom we have entered into collaboration agreements;

 
·
our ability to maintain current collaboration programs and to establish new collaboration arrangements;

 
·
the costs involved in prosecuting and enforcing patent claims and other intellectual property rights; and

 
·
the costs and timing of regulatory approvals.

IMPACT OF INFLATION

To date inflationary factors have not had a significant effect on our operations.

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.

CERTAIN BUSINESS RISKS

We currently have no product revenues and will need to raise additional capital to operate our business.

To date, we have generated no product revenues. Until we receive approval from the FDA and other regulatory authorities for our drug candidates, we cannot sell our drugs and will not have product revenues. Therefore, for the foreseeable future, we will have to fund all of our operations and capital expenditures from the net proceeds of equity or debt offerings we may make, cash on hand, licensing fees and grants. Over the next year we expect to spend approximately $3 million on clinical development for Phase II clinical trials of RX-0201 and Phase I clinical trials for RX-5902 and RX-10100. Based on our current plans and our capital resources, we believe that our cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to enable us to meet our planned operating needs for at least the next year, including the clinical trials of RX-0201, RX-10100 and RX-5902.

However, changes may occur that would consume our existing capital at a faster rate than projected, including but not limited to, the progress of our research and development efforts, the cost and timing of regulatory approvals and the costs of protecting our intellectual property rights. We may seek additional financing to implement and fund other drug candidate development, clinical trial and research and development efforts, including Phase I clinical trials for RX-0047 and other new drug candidates, as well as other research and development projects, which together with the current operating plan for the next year, could aggregate $20 million through the second quarter of 2007.

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We will need additional financing to continue to develop our drug candidates, which may not be available on favorable terms, if at all. If we are unable to secure additional financing in the future on acceptable terms, or at all, we may be unable to complete our planned pre-clinical and clinical trials or obtain approval of our drug candidates from the FDA and other regulatory authorities. In addition, we may be forced to reduce or discontinue product development or product licensing, reduce or forego sales and marketing efforts and forego attractive business opportunities in order to improve our liquidity to enable us to continue operations. Any additional sources of financing will likely involve the sale of our equity securities, which will have a dilutive effect on our stockholders.

We are not currently profitable and may never become profitable.

We have generated no revenues to date from product sales. Our accumulated deficit as of March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 was $16,879,511 and $14,204,323, respectively. For the quarter ended March 31, 2006 and the year ended December 31, 2005, we had net losses of $2,675,188 and $6,349,540, respectively, primarily as a result of expenses incurred through a combination of research and development activities related to the various technologies under our control and expenses supporting those activities. Even if we succeed in developing and commercializing one or more of our drug candidates, we expect to incur substantial losses for the foreseeable future and may never become profitable. We also expect to continue to incur significant operating and capital expenditures and anticipate that our expenses will increase substantially in the foreseeable future, based on the following considerations:

 
·
continued pre-clinical development and clinical trials for our current and new drug candidates;

 
·
efforts to seek regulatory approvals for our drug candidates;

 
·
implementing additional internal systems and infrastructure;

 
·
licensing in additional technologies to develop; and

 
·
hiring additional personnel.

We also expect to continue to experience negative cash flow for the foreseeable future as we fund our operating losses and capital expenditures. As a result, we will need to generate significant revenues in order to achieve profitability.

We have a limited operating history.

We are a development-stage company with four drug candidates. To date, we have not demonstrated an ability to perform the functions necessary for the successful commercialization of any of our drug candidates. The successful commercialization of our drug candidates will require us to perform a variety of functions, including, but not limited to:

 
·
conducting pre-clinical and clinical trials;

 
·
participating in regulatory approval processes;

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·
formulating and manufacturing products; and

 
·
conducting sales and marketing activities.

To date, our operations have been limited to organizing and staffing our company, acquiring, developing and securing our proprietary technology and undertaking, through third parties, pre-clinical trials and clinical trials of our principal drug candidates. These operations provide a limited basis for assessment of our ability to commercialize drug candidates.

We may not obtain the necessary U.S. or worldwide regulatory approvals to commercialize our drug candidates.

We will need FDA approval to commercialize our drug candidates in the U.S. and approvals from the FDA-equivalent regulatory authorities in foreign jurisdictions to commercialize our drug candidates in those jurisdictions. In order to obtain FDA approval of our drug candidates, we must submit to the FDA a New Drug Application ("NDA") demonstrating that the drug candidate is safe for humans and effective for its intended use. This demonstration requires significant research and animal tests, which are referred to as pre-clinical studies, as well as human tests, which are referred to as clinical trials. Satisfaction of the FDA's regulatory requirements typically takes many years, and depends upon the type, complexity and novelty of the drug candidate and requires substantial resources for research, development and testing. We cannot predict whether our research and clinical approaches will result in drugs that the FDA considers safe for humans and effective for indicated uses. Two of our four drug candidates, RX-0201 and RX-0047, are ASO compounds. To date, the FDA has not approved any NDAs for any ASO compounds. In addition, both RX-0201 and RX-0047 are of a drug class (Akt inhibitor, in the case of RX-0201, and HIF inhibitor, in the case of RX-0047) that has not been approved by the FDA to date. After the clinical trials are completed, the FDA has substantial discretion in the drug approval process and may require us to conduct additional pre-clinical and clinical testing or to perform post-marketing studies.

In foreign jurisdictions, we must receive approval from the appropriate regulatory authorities before we can commercialize our drugs. Foreign regulatory approval processes generally include all of the risks associated with the FDA approval procedures described above. We cannot assure you that we will receive the approvals necessary to commercialize our drug candidates for sale outside the United States.

Our drug candidates are in early stages of clinical trials.

Our drug candidates are in an early stage of development and require extensive clinical testing, which are very expensive, time-consuming and difficult to design. In 2006, we expect to have one oncology drug candidate entering Phase II clinical trials, one neuroscience drug candidate entering Phase I clinical trials and one oncology drug candidate in Phase I clinical trials.

Clinical trials are very expensive, time-consuming and difficult to design and implement.

Human clinical trials are very expensive and difficult to design and implement, in part because they are subject to rigorous regulatory requirements. The clinical trial process is also time consuming. We estimate that clinical trials of our current drug candidates will take at least three years to complete. Furthermore, failure can occur at any stage of the trials, and we could encounter problems that cause us to abandon or repeat clinical trials. The commencement and completion of clinical trials may be delayed by several factors, including, but not limited to:

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unforeseen safety issues;

 
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determination of dosing issues;

 
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lack of effectiveness during clinical trials;

 
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reliance on third party suppliers for the supply of drug candidate samples;

 
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slower than expected rates of patient recruitment;

 
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inability to monitor patients adequately during or after treatment;

 
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inability or unwillingness of medical investigators and institutional review boards to follow our clinical protocols; and

 
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lack of sufficient funding to finance the clinical trials.

In addition, we or the FDA may suspend clinical trials at any time if it appears that we are exposing participants to unacceptable health risks or if the FDA finds deficiencies in our IND submissions or the conduct of these trials.

If the results of our clinical trials fail to support our drug candidate claims, the completion of development of such drug candidate may be significantly delayed or we may be forced to abandon development altogether, which will significantly impair our ability to generate product revenues.

Even if our clinical trials are completed as planned, we cannot be certain that our results will support our drug candidate claims. Success in pre-clinical testing and early clinical trials does not ensure that later clinical trials will be successful, and we cannot be sure that the results of later clinical trials will replicate the results of prior clinical trials and pre-clinical testing. The clinical trial process may fail to demonstrate that our drug candidates are safe for humans and effective for indicated uses. This failure would cause us to abandon a drug candidate and may delay development of other drug candidates. Any delay in, or termination of, our clinical trials will delay the filing of our NDAs with the FDA and, ultimately, delay our ability to commercialize our drug candidates and generate product revenues. In addition, our trial designs may involve a small patient population. Because of the small sample size, the results of early clinical trials may not be indicative of future results.

If physicians and patients do not accept and use our drugs, our ability to generate revenue from sales of our products will be materially impaired.

Even if the FDA approves our drug candidates, physicians and patients may not accept and use them. Future acceptance and use of our products will depend upon a number of factors including:

 
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awareness of the drug's availability and benefits;

 
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perceptions by members of the health care community, including physicians, about the safety and effectiveness of our drugs;

 
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pharmacological benefit and cost-effectiveness of our product relative to competing products;

 
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availability of reimbursement for our products from government or other healthcare payers;

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effectiveness of marketing and distribution efforts by us and our licensees and distributors, if any; and

 
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the price at which we sell our products.

Because we expect sales of our current drug candidates, if approved, to generate substantially all of our product revenues for the foreseeable future, the failure of any of these drugs to find market acceptance would harm our business and could require us to seek additional financing.

Much of our drug development program depends upon third-party researchers, and the results of our clinical trials and such research activities are, to a limited extent, beyond our control.

We depend upon independent investigators and collaborators, such as universities and medical institutions, to conduct our pre-clinical and clinical trials. For example, the Phase I clinical trials of RX-0201 are being conducted at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center of Georgetown Medical Center with the assistance of Amarex, LLC, a pharmaceutical clinical research service provider who will be responsible for creating the reports that will be submitted to the FDA. We also relied on TherImmune Research Corporation (currently Gene Logic Laboratories, Inc.), a discovery and pre-clinical service provider, to summarize RX-0201's pre-clinical data. While we make every effort internally to oversee their work, these collaborators are not our employees and we cannot control the amount or timing of resources that they devote to our programs. These investigators may not assign priority to our programs or pursue them as diligently as we would if we were undertaking such programs ourselves. If outside collaborators fail to devote sufficient time and resources to our drug-development programs, or if their performance is substandard, the approval of our FDA applications, if any, and our introduction of new drugs, if any, may be delayed. These collaborators may also have relationships with other commercial entities, some of whom may compete with us. If our collaborators assist our competitors at our expense, our competitive position would be harmed.

We rely exclusively on third parties to formulate and manufacture our drug candidates, which expose us to a number of risks that may delay development, regulatory approval and commercialization of our products or result in higher product costs.

We have no experience in drug formulation or manufacturing. Internally, we lack the resources and expertise to formulate or manufacture our own drug candidates. Therefore, we rely on third party expertise to support us in this area. For example, we have entered into contracts with third-party manufacturers such as Raylo Chemicals Inc., Formatech, Inc. and Avecia Biotechnology Inc. to manufacture, supply, store and distribute supplies of our drug candidates for our clinical trials. If any of our drug candidates receive FDA approval, we will rely on these or other third-party contractors to manufacture our drugs. Our reliance on third-party manufacturers exposes us to the following potential risks:

 
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We may be unable to identify manufacturers on acceptable terms or at all because the number of potential manufacturers is limited and the FDA must approve any replacement contractor. This approval would require new testing and compliance inspections. In addition, a new manufacturer would have to be educated in, or develop substantially equivalent processes for, the production of our products after receipt of FDA approval, if any.

 
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Our third-party manufacturers might be unable to formulate and manufacture our drugs in the volume and of the quality required to meet our clinical needs and commercial needs.

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Our contract manufacturers may not perform as agreed or may not remain in the contract manufacturing business for the time required to supply our clinical trials or to successfully produce, store and distribute our products.

 
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Drug manufacturers are subject to ongoing periodic unannounced inspection by the FDA, the Drug Enforcement Agency, ("DEA"), and corresponding state agencies to ensure strict compliance with good manufacturing practice and other government regulations and corresponding foreign standards. We do not have control over third-party manufacturers' compliance with these regulations and standards, but we may be ultimately responsible for any of their failures.

 
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If any third-party manufacturer makes improvements in the manufacturing process for our products, we may not own, or may have to share, the intellectual property rights to the innovation.

Each of these risks could delay our clinical trials, drug approval and commercialization and potentially result in higher costs and/or reduced revenues.

We have no experience selling, marketing or distributing products and no internal capability to do so.

We currently have no sales, marketing or distribution capabilities. While we intend to have a role in the commercialization of our products, we do not anticipate having the resources in the foreseeable future to globally develop sales and marketing capabilities for all of our proposed products. Our future success depends, in part, on our ability to enter into and maintain collaborative relationships with other companies having sales, marketing and distribution capabilities, the collaborator's strategic interest in the products under development and such collaborator's ability to successfully market and sell any such products. To the extent that we decide not to, or are unable to, enter into collaborative arrangements with respect to the sales and marketing of our proposed products, significant capital expenditures, management resources and time will be required to establish and develop an in-house marketing and sales force with technical expertise. We cannot assure you that we will be able to establish or maintain relationships with third party collaborators or develop in-house sales and distribution capabilities. To the extent that we depend on third parties for marketing and distribution, any revenues we receive will depend upon the efforts of such third parties, as well as the terms of its agreements with such third parties, which cannot be predicted at this early stage of our development. We cannot assure you that such efforts will be successful. In addition, we cannot assure you that we will be able to market and sell our products in the United States or overseas.
 
Developments by competitors may render our products or technologies obsolete or non-competitive.

We will compete against fully integrated pharmaceutical companies and smaller companies that are collaborating with larger pharmaceutical companies, academic institutions, government agencies and other public and private research organizations, such as Antigenics Inc., Genta Incorporated, Imclone Systems Incorporated, Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Kosan Biosciences Incorporated and Medimmune, Inc. In addition, many of these competitors, either alone or together with their collaborative partners, operate larger research and development programs or have substantially greater financial resources than we do, as well as more experience in:

 
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developing drugs;

 
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undertaking pre-clinical testing and human clinical trials;

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obtaining FDA and other regulatory approvals of drugs;

 
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formulating and manufacturing drugs; and

 
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launching, marketing and selling drugs.

Large pharmaceutical companies such as Bristol-Myers, Squibb, Eli-Lilly, Novartis and Glaxo-SmithKline currently sell both generic and proprietary compounds for the treatment of cancer. In addition, companies pursuing different but related fields represent substantial competition. Many of these organizations have substantially greater capital resources, larger research and development staffs and facilities, longer drug development history in obtaining regulatory approvals and greater manufacturing and marketing capabilities than we do. These organizations also compete with us to attract qualified personnel, parties for acquisitions, joint ventures or other collaborations.

If we fail to adequately protect or enforce our intellectual property rights or secure rights to patents of others, the value of our intellectual property rights would diminish and our business and competitive position would suffer.

Our success, competitive position and future revenues will depend in part on our ability and the abilities of our licensors to obtain and maintain patent protection for our products, methods, processes and other technologies, to preserve our trade secrets, to prevent third parties from infringing on our proprietary rights and to operate without infringing the proprietary rights of third parties. We have filed U.S. and PCT patent applications for anti-Akt compounds, including RX-0201, anti-HIF compounds, including RX-0047. We have also filed three U.S. provisional patent applications for new anti-cancer quinazoline compounds, new anti-cancer nucleoside products and a drug target, cenexin, a polo-box binding protein. In December 2004, we also filed two Korean patent applications for new anti-cancer piperazine compounds. Through our licensing agreement with Revaax Pharmaceuticals LLC, we hold exclusive rights to five patents and 14 patent applications, with respect to certain chemical structures related to antibiotics, but without antibiotic efficacy. However, we cannot predict:

 
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the degree and range of protection any patents will afford us against competitors, including whether third parties will find ways to invalidate or otherwise circumvent our licensed patents;

 
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if and when patents will issue;

 
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whether or not others will obtain patents claiming aspects similar to those covered by our licensed patents and patent applications; or

 
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whether we will need to initiate litigation or administrative proceedings which may be costly whether we win or lose.

Our success also depends upon the skills, knowledge and experience of our scientific and technical personnel, our consultants and advisors as well as our licensors and contractors. To help protect our proprietary know-how and our inventions for which patents may be unobtainable or difficult to obtain, we rely on trade secret protection and confidentiality agreements. To this end, we require all employees to enter into agreements that prohibit the disclosure of confidential information and, where applicable, require disclosure and assignment to us of the ideas, developments, discoveries and inventions important to our business. These agreements may not provide adequate protection for our trade secrets, know-how or other proprietary information in the event of any unauthorized use or disclosure or the lawful development by others of such information. If any of our trade secrets, know-how or other proprietary information is disclosed, the value of our trade secrets, know-how and other proprietary rights would be significantly impaired and our business and competitive position would suffer.

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If we infringe the rights of third parties we could be prevented from selling products and be forced to pay damages and defend against litigation.

If our products, methods, processes and other technologies infringe the proprietary rights of other parties, we could incur substantial costs and may have to:

 
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obtain licenses, which may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, if at all;

 
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redesign our products or processes to avoid infringement;

 
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stop using the subject matter claimed in the patents held by others, which could cause us to lose the use of one or more of our drug candidates;

 
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pay damages; or

 
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defend litigation or administrative proceedings which may be costly whether we win or lose, and which could result in a substantial diversion of our management resources.

Although to date, we have not received any claims of infringement by any third parties, as our drug candidates move into clinical trials and commercialization, our public profile and that of our drug candidates may be raised and generate such claims.

Our license agreement with Revaax may be terminated in the event we commit a material breach, the result of which would significantly harm our business prospects.

Our license agreement with Revaax is subject to termination by Revaax if we materially breach those agreements, including breaches with respect to certain installment payments and royalty payments, if such breaches are not cured within a 60-day period. The agreement also provides that it may be terminated if we become involved in a bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding. If this license agreement is terminated, we will lose all of our rights to develop and commercialize the licensed compounds, which would significantly harm our business and future prospects.

If we are unable to successfully manage our growth, our business may be harmed.

In addition to our own internally developed drug candidates, we proactively seek opportunities to license in and advance compounds in oncology and other therapeutic areas that are strategic and have value creating potential to take advantage of our development know-how. We are actively pursuing additional drug candidates to acquire for development. Such additional drug candidates could significantly increase our capital requirements and place further strain on the time of our existing personnel, which may delay or otherwise adversely affect the development of our existing drug candidates. Alternatively, we may be required to hire more employees, further increasing the size of our organization and related expenses. If we are unable to manage our growth effectively, we may not efficiently use our resources, which may delay the development of our drug candidates and negatively impact our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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We may not be able to attract and retain qualified personnel necessary for the development and commercialization of our drug candidates. Our success may be negatively impacted if key personnel leave.

Attracting and retaining qualified personnel will be critical to our future success. We compete for qualified individuals with numerous biopharmaceutical companies, universities and other research institutions. Competition for such individuals is intense, and we cannot assure you that we will be successful.

The loss of the technical knowledge and management and industry expertise of any of our key personnel, especially Dr. Chang H. Ahn, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and regulatory expert, could result in delays in product development and diversion of management resources, which could adversely affect our operating results. We do not have "key person" life insurance policies for any of our officers.

We may incur substantial liabilities and may be required to limit commercialization of our products in response to product liability lawsuits.

The testing and marketing of medical products entail an inherent risk of product liability. If we cannot successfully defend ourselves against product liability claims, we may incur substantial liabilities or be required to limit commercialization of our products. Our inability to obtain sufficient product liability insurance at an acceptable cost to protect against potential product liability claims could prevent or inhibit the commercialization of pharmaceutical products we develop, alone or with collaborators. Although we currently carry clinical trial insurance and product liability insurance, we, or any collaborators, may not be able to maintain such insurance at a reasonable cost. Even if our agreements with any future collaborators entitles us to indemnification against losses, such indemnification may not be available or adequate should any claim arise.

An investment in shares of our common stock is very speculative and involves a very high degree of risk.

To date, we have generated no revenues from product sales and only minimal revenues from a research agreement with a minority shareholder, and interest on bank account balances and short-term investments. Our accumulated deficit as of March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 was $16,879,511 and $14,204,323, respectively. For the quarter ended March 31, 2006 and the year ended December 31, 2005, we had net losses of $2,675,188 and $6,349,540, respectively, primarily as a result of expenses incurred through a combination of research and development activities related to the various technologies under our control and expenses supporting those activities. Until we receive approval from the FDA and other regulatory authorities for our drug candidates, we cannot sell our drugs and will not have product revenues.

The market price of our common stock may fluctuate significantly.

The market price of our common stock may fluctuate significantly in response to factors, some of which are beyond our control, such as:

 
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the announcement of new products or product enhancements by us or our competitors;

 
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developments concerning intellectual property rights and regulatory approvals;

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variations in our and our competitors' results of operations;

 
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changes in earnings estimates or recommendations by securities analysts; and

 
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developments in the biotechnology industry.

Further, the stock market, in general, and the market for biotechnology companies, in particular, have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations. Continued market fluctuations could result in extreme volatility in the price of our common stock, which could cause a decline in the value of our common stock. You should also be aware that price volatility might be worse if the trading volume of our common stock is low. We have not paid, and do not expect to pay, any cash dividends because we anticipate that any earnings generated from future operations will be used to finance our operations and as a result, you will not realize any income from an investment in our common stock until and unless you sell your shares at a profit.

Some or all of the "restricted" shares of our common stock issued in the merger of CPRD and Rexahn, Corp or held by other stockholders may be offered from time to time in the open market pursuant to Rule 144, and these sales may have a depressive effect on the market for our common stock. In general, a person who has held restricted shares for a period of one year may, upon filing with the SEC a notification on Form 144, sell into the market common stock in an amount equal to 1 percent of the outstanding shares (approximately 464,416 shares) during a three month period. Any of the restricted shares may be freely sold by a non-affiliate after they have been held two years.

Trading of our common stock is limited.

Trading of our common stock is currently conducted on the National Association of Securities Dealers' Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board ("OTC-BB"). The liquidity of our securities has been limited, not only in terms of the number of securities that can be bought and sold at a given price, but also through delays in the timing of transactions and reduction in security analysts' and the media's coverage of us.

These factors may result in lower prices for our common stock than might otherwise be obtained and could also result in a larger spread between the bid and asked prices for our common stock. Currently, there are approximately 110 holders of record of our common stock.

Because our common stock may be a "penny stock," it may be more difficult for you to sell shares of our common stock, and the market price of our common stock may be adversely affected.

Our common stock may be a "penny stock" if, among other things, the stock price is below $5.00 per share, we are not listed on a national securities exchange or approved for quotation on the Nasdaq Stock Market, or we have not met certain net tangible asset or average revenue requirements. Broker-dealers who sell penny stocks must provide purchasers of these stocks with a standardized risk-disclosure document prepared by the SEC. This document provides information about penny stocks and the nature and level of risks involved in investing in the penny-stock market. A broker must also give a purchaser, orally or in writing, bid and offer quotations and information regarding broker and salesperson compensation, make a written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser, and obtain the purchaser's written agreement to the purchase. Broker-dealers must also provide customers that hold penny stock in their accounts with such broker-dealer a monthly statement containing price and market information relating to the penny stock. If a penny stock is sold in violation of the penny stock rules, purchasers may be able to cancel their purchase and get their money back. If applicable, the penny stock rules may make it difficult for investors to sell their shares of our stock. Because of the rules and restrictions applicable to a penny stock, there is less trading in penny stocks and the market price of our common stock may be adversely affected. Also, many brokers choose not to participate in penny stock transactions. Accordingly, purchasers may not always be able to resell shares of our common stock publicly at times and prices that they feel are appropriate.

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Item 3.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of March 31, 2006, our management carried out an evaluation, under the supervision of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our system of disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of the date of this evaluation, for the purposes of recording, processing, summarizing and timely reporting material information required to be disclosed in reports filed by us under the Exchange Act.

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2006 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to affect, our financial reporting.

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We are not subject to any pending legal proceedings, nor are we aware of any threatened claim against us.

Item 2.  UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

None.

Item 3.  DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

Item 4.  SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

None.

Item 5.  OTHER INFORMATION

None.

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Item 6.  EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number
Description
   
10.1
Extension of Stock Option Agreements dated May 2, 2006 by and between the Company and John Holaday, filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 5, 2006, is incorporated by reference.
   
31.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Periodic Report Pursuant to Rule 13a-15(e) or Rule 15d-15(e)
   
31.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer of Periodic Report Pursuant to Rule 13a-15(e) or Rule 15d-15(e)
   
32.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Periodic Report Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
   
32.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer of Periodic Report Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

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SIGNATURES

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

 
REXAHN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
     
     
   
/s/ Ted T.H. Jeong
   
Name: Ted T. H. Jeong
   
Title: Chief Financial
Officer and Secretary
   
Date: May 15, 2006

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EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number
Description
   
10.1
Extension of Stock Option Agreements dated May 2, 2006 by and between the Company and John Holaday, filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 5, 2006, is incorporated by reference.
   
Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Periodic Report Pursuant to Rule 13a-15(e) or Rule 15d-15(e)
   
Certification of Chief Financial Officer of Periodic Report Pursuant to Rule 13a-15(e) or Rule 15d-15(e)
   
Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Periodic Report Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
   
Certification of Chief Financial Officer of Periodic Report Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350