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Nature of Operations and Basis of Presentation
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
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NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

Business

 

Bluejay Diagnostics, Inc. (“Bluejay” and/or the “Company”) is a medical diagnostics company developing rapid tests using whole blood on our Symphony technology platform (“Symphony”) to improve patient outcomes in critical care settings. The Company’s Symphony platform is a combination of Bluejay’s intellectual property (“IP”) and exclusively licensed and patented IP that consists of a mobile device and single-use test cartridges that if cleared, authorized, or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”), can provide a solution to a significant market need in the United States. Clinical trials indicate the Symphony device produces laboratory-quality results in less than 20 minutes in critical care settings, including Intensive Care Units (“ICUs”) and Emergency Rooms (“ERs”), where rapid and reliable results are required.

 

Bluejay’s first product, the Symphony IL-6 test, is for the monitoring of disease progression in critical care settings. IL-6 is a clinically established inflammatory biomarker, considered a ‘first-responder,’ for assessment of severity of infection and inflammation across many disease indications, including sepsis. A current challenge of healthcare professionals is the excessive time and cost associated determining a patient’s level of severity at triage and the Symphony IL-6 test has the ability to consistently monitor this critical care biomarker with rapid results.

 

In the future Bluejay plans to develop additional tests for Symphony including two cardiac biomarkers (hsTNT and NT pro-BNP) as well as other tests using the Symphony platform. The Company does not yet have regulatory clearance for its Symphony products, and its Symphony products will need to receive regulatory authorization from the FDA in order to be marketed as a diagnostic product in the United States.

 

Bluejay’s operations to date have been funded primarily through the proceeds of the Company’s initial public offering (the “IPO”) in November 2021 (the “IPO Date”).

 

On June 4, 2021, the Company formed Bluejay Spinco, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, for purposes of further development of the Company’s ALLEREYE diagnostic test. ALLEREYE is a point-of-care device offering healthcare providers a solution for diagnosing Allergic Conjunctivitis.

 

Initial Public Offering

 

The Company completed its initial public offering (the “IPO”) in November 2021 (“IPO Date”), whereby it sold 2,160,000 Units at a price of $10.00, with each Unit consisting of one share of the Company’s common stock, one warrant to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $7.00 per share (“Class A Warrant”), and one warrant to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $10.00 (“Class B Warrant”) (collectively, a “Unit”). Each warrant contained within the Units is exercisable until the fifth anniversary of the IPO Date, however, holders of Class B Warrants may exercise such warrants on a “cashless” basis after the earlier of (i) 10 trading days from closing date of the offering or (ii) the time when $10.0 million of volume is traded in the Company’s common stock, if the volume weighted average price of the Company’s common stock on any trading day on or after the closing date of the offering fails to exceed the exercise price of the Class B Warrant (subject to adjustment as described in the warrant agreement). Additionally, the underwriter of the IPO exercised their overallotment option, solely with respect to the Class A Warrants and Class B Warrants, shortly after the IPO Date which resulted in an additional issuance of 324,000 Class A Warrants and 324,000 Class B Warrants. The gross proceeds from the IPO were approximately $21.6 million and were offset by $2.8 million in offering costs.

 

Risks and Uncertainties

 

The Company is subject to a number of risks similar to other companies in its industry, including rapid technological change, competition from larger biotechnology companies and dependence on key personnel. The Company is also impacted by inflationary pressures and global supply chain disruptions currently impacting many companies.

 

On October 25, 2022, the Company received a notification letter from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Staff of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that the closing bid price for its common stock had been below $1.00 for the previous 30 consecutive business days and that the Company therefore is not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement for continued inclusion on the Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). The notification has no immediate effect on the listing of the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The Company intends to take all reasonable measures available to achieve compliance and allow for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement or will otherwise be in compliance with other Nasdaq listing criteria.

 

Going Concern

 

The Consolidated Financial Statements for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were prepared under the assumption that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates that the Company will be able to realize assets and discharge liabilities in the normal course of business. However, the Company has incurred net losses since its inception, and has negative cash flows from operations and will need additional funding to complete planned development efforts. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

The Company had cash and cash equivalents of $10.1 million at December 31, 2022. It continues to develop the Symphony device and its first test for the measurement of IL-6. It remains committed to obtaining FDA clearance and has expanded clinical trials to obtain additional data to support its de novo FDA submission, while also continuing to build its manufacturing operations with its CMOs. Current cash resources and expected operating expenses are considered in determining its liquidity requirement; as well as $1.6 million of current liabilities on its balance sheet at December 31, 2022 and capital commitments of approximately $2 million during 2023 (see Notes 12 and 13). Given the Company’s current plans, the Company estimates cash resources will be sufficient to fund its operations through the fourth quarter of 2023. The Company will need additional capital to fund its planned operations for the next 12 months.

 

The Company may seek to raise such additional capital through public or private equity offerings, grant financing and support from governmental agencies, convertible debt, collaborations, strategic alliances and distribution arrangements. Additional funds may not be available when it needs them on terms that are acceptable to them, or at all. If adequate funds are not available, it may be required to delay or reduce the scope of its research or development programs, its commercialization efforts or its manufacturing commitments and capacity. In addition, if it raises additional funds through collaborations, strategic alliances or distribution arrangements with third parties, it may have to relinquish valuable rights to its technologies or future revenue streams.