F. OPERATIONS AND FINANCING	3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Notes to Financial Statements
F. OPERATIONS, FINANCING	The Company has incurred significant costs since its inception in connection with the acquisition of certain patented and unpatented proprietary technology and know-how relating to the human immunological defense system, patent applications, research and development, administrative costs, construction of laboratory facilities, and clinical trials. The Company has funded such costs with proceeds from loans and the public and private sale of its common and preferred stock. The Company will be required to raise additional capital or find additional long-term financing in order to continue with its research efforts. To date, the Company has not generated any revenue from product sales. The ability of the Company to complete the necessary clinical trials and obtain US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the sale of products to be developed on a commercial basis is uncertain. Ultimately, the Company must complete the development of its products, obtain the appropriate regulatory approvals and obtain sufficient revenues to support its cost structure. The Company is currently running a large multi-national Phase III clinical trial for head and neck cancer with its partners TEVA Pharmaceuticals and Orient Europharma. The Company believes that between the capital the Company has on hand and the access it has to more capital, it has enough capital to support its operations for more than the next twelve months. On September 30, 2014, the Company reported approximately $8.5 million in cash on hand. During the three months ended December 31, 2014, the Company raised $6.4 million in net proceeds from several institutional investors. To finance the completion of the study, the Company plans to raise additional capital in the form of corporate partnerships, debt and/or equity financings. The Company believes that it will be able to obtain additional financing since Multikine is a Phase III product designed to treat cancer and because it has done so consistently in the past. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in raising additional funds or that funds will be available to the Company on acceptable terms or at all. If the Company does not raise the necessary amounts of money, the Company will either have to slow down or delay the Phase III clinical trial or even significantly curtail its operations until such time as it is able to raise the required funding. Since the Company launched its Phase III trial for Multikine, the Company has spent approximately $18,200,000 as of December 31, 2014 on direct costs for the Phase III clinical trial. The total remaining cash cost of the clinical trial is estimated to be about $26,400,000. It should be noted that this estimate is only an estimate based on the information currently available in CEL-SCI’s contracts with the Clinical Research Organizations responsible for managing the Phase III trial. This number can be affected by the speed of enrollment, foreign currency exchange rates and many other factors, some of which cannot be foreseen today. It is therefore possible that the cost of the Phase III trial will be higher than currently estimated. On July 15, 2014, the Company was awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant in the amount of $225,000 from the National Institute of Arthritis Muscoskeletal and Skin Diseases, which is part of the National Institutes of Health. The grant will fund the further development of CEL-SCI’s LEAPS technology as a potential treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease of the joints. The Company recognizes revenue as the expenses are incurred. The amount of the grant earned during the three months ended December 31, 2014 was $18,345. As of December 31, 2014, the Company collected $9,104 of this grant and recorded a receivable of $9,241. The balance of the funds is expected to be collected by June 30, 2015.

F. OPERATIONS AND FINANCING

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

The Company has incurred significant costs since its inception in connection with the acquisition of certain patented and unpatented proprietary technology and know-how relating to the human immunological defense system, patent applications, research and development, administrative costs, construction of laboratory facilities, and clinical trials. The Company has funded such costs with proceeds from loans and the public and private sale of its common and preferred stock. The Company will be required to raise additional capital or find additional long-term financing in order to continue with its research efforts. To date, the Company has not generated any revenue from product sales. The ability of the Company to complete the necessary clinical trials and obtain US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the sale of products to be developed on a commercial basis is uncertain. Ultimately, the Company must complete the development of its products, obtain the appropriate regulatory approvals and obtain sufficient revenues to support its cost structure.

The Company is currently running a large multi-national Phase III clinical trial for head and neck cancer with its partners TEVA Pharmaceuticals and Orient Europharma. The Company believes that between the capital the Company has on hand and the access it has to more capital, it has enough capital to support its operations for more than the next twelve months. On September 30, 2014, the Company reported approximately $8.5 million in cash on hand. During the three months ended December 31, 2014, the Company raised $6.4 million in net proceeds from several institutional investors. To finance the completion of the study, the Company plans to raise additional capital in the form of corporate partnerships, debt and/or equity financings. The Company believes that it will be able to obtain additional financing since Multikine is a Phase III product designed to treat cancer and because it has done so consistently in the past. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in raising additional funds or that funds will be available to the Company on acceptable terms or at all. If the Company does not raise the necessary amounts of money, the Company will either have to slow down or delay the Phase III clinical trial or even significantly curtail its operations until such time as it is able to raise the required funding.

Since the Company launched its Phase III trial for Multikine, the Company has spent approximately $18,200,000 as of December 31, 2014 on direct costs for the Phase III clinical trial. The total remaining cash cost of the clinical trial is estimated to be about $26,400,000. It should be noted that this estimate is only an estimate based on the information currently available in CEL-SCI’s contracts with the Clinical Research Organizations responsible for managing the Phase III trial. This number can be affected by the speed of enrollment, foreign currency exchange rates and many other factors, some of which cannot be foreseen today. It is therefore possible that the cost of the Phase III trial will be higher than currently estimated.

On July 15, 2014, the Company was awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant in the amount of $225,000 from the National Institute of Arthritis Muscoskeletal and Skin Diseases, which is part of the National Institutes of Health. The grant will fund the further development of CEL-SCI’s LEAPS technology as a potential treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease of the joints. The Company recognizes revenue as the expenses are incurred. The amount of the grant earned during the three months ended December 31, 2014 was $18,345. As of December 31, 2014, the Company collected $9,104 of this grant and recorded a receivable of $9,241. The balance of the funds is expected to be collected by June 30, 2015.