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          <TD STYLE="line-height: 12pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Delaware</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: 12pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2834</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: 12pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>20-8729264</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; font-style: italic" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>incorporation or organization)</TD>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">787 7<sup>th</sup> Avenue, 48<sup>th</sup> Floor<BR> New York, New York 10019<BR> (212) 554-4300 </H1>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Russell H. Ellison, M.D.<BR> Chief Executive Officer<BR> Ventrus Biosciences, Inc.<BR> 787 7<sup>th</sup> Avenue, 48<sup>th</sup> Floor<BR> <BR>New York, New York 10019<BR> (212) 554-4300 </H1>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-weight: bold" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Alexander M. Donaldson, Esq.<BR>W. David Mannheim, Esq.<BR>Wyrick Robbins Yates &amp; Ponton LLP<BR>4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 300<BR>Raleigh, North Carolina 27607<BR>Telephone: (919) 781-4000<BR>Facsimile: (919) 781-4865</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: center"><B>Steven D. Uslaner, Esq.<BR>Mark F. Coldwell, Esq.<BR>Littman Krooks LLP<BR>655 Third Avenue<BR>New York, New York 10017<BR>Telephone: (212) 490-2020<BR>Facsimile: (212) 490-2990</TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, check the following box. <FONT STYLE="font-family: wingdings">o</font> </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. <FONT STYLE="font-family: wingdings">o</font> </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. <FONT STYLE="font-family: wingdings">o</font> </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Title of each class of securities to be registered</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Amount to be registered</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Proposed maximum<BR>aggregate<BR> offering price<sup>&#040;1&#041;</sup></TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Amount of<BR>registration fee<sup>&#040;3&#041;</sup></TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Common stock, $0.001 par value per share<sup>&#040;2&#041;</sup></TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>19,550,000</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,393.92</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Shares of common stock underlying underwriter&#146;s common stock purchase warrant<sup>&#040;3&#041;</sup><sup>&#040;4&#041;</sup></TD>

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          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Total</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>19,550,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,393.92</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 20px; text-align: left">(1)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 20px; text-align: left">(2)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Includes <IMG SRC="line.gif" STYLE="width: 36px; height: 1pt">&nbsp;shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant to the exercise of a 45-day option granted by the registrant to the underwriter cover over-allotments, if any. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 20px; text-align: left">(3)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">No registration fee required pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act of 1933. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 20px; text-align: left">(4)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement shall be deemed to cover the additional securities (i) to be offered or issued in connection with any provision of any securities purported to be registered hereby to be offered pursuant to terms which provide for a change in the amount of securities being offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions and (ii) of the same class as the securities covered by this registration statement issued or issuable prior to completion of the distribution of the securities covered by this registration statement as a result of a split of, or a stock dividend on, the registered securities.</TD>

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<DIV STYLE="width: 708px" ALIGN="CENTER"><BR><IMG SRC="line.gif" ALIGN="MIDDLE" STYLE="width: 180px; height: 1pt; text-align: center"><BR>&nbsp;</DIV>

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<P STYLE="text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold"><a href="#TOC">TABLE OF CONTENTS</a></P>

<P STYLE="color: red; text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-style: double">The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale is not permitted. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; font-weight: bold" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>PROSPECTUS</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: right"><B><FONT COLOR="RED">SUBJECT TO COMPLETION&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;DATED JULY 20, 2010</B></FONT></TD>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Common Stock </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">This is an initial public offering of [<IMG SRC="line.gif" STYLE="width: 60px; height: 1pt">] shares of our common stock. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for our common stock. We expect the initial public offering price per share will be between $<IMG SRC="line.gif" STYLE="width: 36px; height: 1pt"> and $<IMG SRC="line.gif" STYLE="width: 36px; height: 1pt">. We intend to apply for listing of our common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol &#147;VTUS&#148;, which listing we expect to occur immediately prior to the date of this prospectus. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. Please read our &#147;Risk Factors&#148; beginning on page <a href="#tRF">7</a>.</B> </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined whether this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.</B> </P>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Per Share</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Total</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Initial public offering price</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Underwriting discounts and commissions<sup>&#040;1&#041;</sup></TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Proceeds, before expenses, to us<sup>&#040;2&#041;</sup></TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 20px; text-align: left">(1)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Does not include a non-accountable expense allowance equal to 3% of the gross proceeds of this offering payable to National Securities Corporation, as lead underwriter. Non-accountable expenses are estimated to be $<IMG SRC="line.gif" STYLE="width: 24px; height: 1pt">. See &#147;Underwriting&#148; for a description of compensation payable to the underwriter. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 20px; text-align: left">(2)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">We estimate that the total expenses of this offering will be approximately $<IMG SRC="line.gif" STYLE="width: 24px; height: 1pt">, consisting of $<IMG SRC="line.gif" STYLE="width: 24px; height: 1pt"> for the underwriter&#146;s non-accountable expense allowance (equal to 3% of the gross proceeds) and approximately $460,000 for legal, accounting, printing costs and various fees associated with the registration and listing of our shares. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We have granted a 45-day option to National Securities Corporation, as lead underwriter, to purchase up to [<IMG SRC="line.gif" STYLE="width: 24px; height: 1pt">] additional shares of our common stock (15% of the shares sold) solely to cover over-allotments, if any. The shares issuable upon exercise of the underwriter over-allotment option are identical to those offered by this prospectus and have been registered under the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In connection with this offering, we have also agreed to issue to National Securities Corporation a warrant to purchase up to 10% of the shares sold in this offering (excluding the over-allotment shares). If National Securities Corporation exercises this warrant, each share of our common stock may be purchased at $<IMG SRC="line.gif" STYLE="width: 48px; height: 1pt"> per share (120% of the price of the shares sold in the offering). </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We are offering the shares of common stock on a firm commitment basis. The underwriter expects to deliver our shares to purchasers in the offering on or about <IMG SRC="line.gif" STYLE="width: 48px; height: 1pt">, 2010. </P>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tATP">About This Prospectus</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tATP">1</a></TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tIMD">Industry and Market Data</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tIMD">1</a></TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tPS">Prospectus Summary</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tPS">2</a></TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tRF">Risk Factors</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tRF">7</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tCNRFLS">Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tCNRFLS">26</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tUP">Use of Proceeds</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tUP">27</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDP">Dividend Policy</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDP">27</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDIL">Dilution</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDIL">28</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tCAP">Capitalization</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tCAP">30</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tMDAFCRO">Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tMDAFCRO">32</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tBUS">Business</a></TD>

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<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tBUS">41</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tMGMT">Management</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tMGMT">63</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tSOCBOM">Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management</a></TD>

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<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tSOCBOM">72</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDCS">Description of Capital Stock</a></TD>

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<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDCS">74</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tCRRT">Certain Relationships and Related Transactions</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tCRRT">79</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tSEFS">Shares Eligible for Future Sale</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tSEFS">81</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tUPD">Underwriting and Plan of Distribution</a></TD>

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<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tUPD">83</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tLM">Legal Matters</a></TD>

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<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tLM">92</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tEXP">Experts</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tEXP">92</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tWYCFMI">Where You Can Find More Information</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tWYCFMI">92</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDPI">Disclosure of SEC Position on Indemnification for Securities Law Violations</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDPI">92</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Financial Statements</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>F-1</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC. This prospectus does not contain all of the information included in the registration statement. For a more complete understanding of the offering of the securities, you should refer to the registration statement, including its exhibits. This prospectus includes all material information relating to this offering. You should carefully read this prospectus and the additional information under the heading &#147;Where You Can Find More Information&#148; before making an investment decision. </P>

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of the date on the front of the document, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of a security. </P>

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&#147;our&#148;, and &#147;us&#148;.</I> </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We are a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of late-stage prescription drugs for gastrointestinal disorders, specifically hemorrhoids, anal fissures and fecal incontinence. We are not aware of any U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, approved prescription treatments for these conditions, yet there are approximately 13 million Americans suffering from hemorrhoids, 9 million from fecal incontinence and over 4 million from anal fissures and total global prescription sales of drugs for all gastrointestinal disorders exceed $31 billion worldwide. Our product candidate portfolio consists of three
late-stage drugs intended to treat these conditions: one new chemical entity, or NCE, and two previously approved molecules that will have market exclusivity for new and patentable topical gastrointestinal indications. Our meetings with the FDA have established that VEN 309, our NCE for the topical treatment of hemorrhoids, and VEN 307, for the topical treatment of anal fissures, are essentially ready for Phase III studies. In addition, VEN 308, for the topical treatment of fecal incontinence, is ready to begin Phase IIb trials. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><B>Iferanserin ointment (VEN 309) for the topical treatment of hemorrhoids.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Hemorrhoids, which are characterized by the inflammation and swelling of veins around the anus or lower rectum, can cause bleeding, itching, pain and difficulty defecating. As reported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases, hemorrhoids affect nearly half of all men and women by age 50. Despite such a high prevalence, we are not aware of any FDA approved prescription drugs for the treatment of hemorrhoids. As a result, we have developed iferanserin ointment (VEN 309), which we believe to be more efficacious and/or less invasive than conventional hemorrhoid therapies. Iferanserin has selective, antagonistic activity against peripheral 5-HT<sub>2</sub> receptors involved in clotting and the contraction of arteries and veins, two events believed to be associated with hemorrhoid formation. By limiting 5-HT<sub>2</sub> receptor
activity, VEN 309 improves the flow of blood out of the dilated veins that comprise the hemorrhoid, thereby reducing bleeding, itchiness and pain. The potential for side effects is limited because iferanserin is topically applied. In multiple clinical trials, iferanserin ointment significantly reduced bleeding, pain and itchiness compared to placebo with minimal adverse effects. The development of iferanserin ointment has been completed up to the end of Phase II where the FDA has concluded that the product is ready to enter Phase III development. We also have filed a special protocol assessment, or SPA, with the FDA to ensure their explicit agreement with our Phase III clinical plan for VEN 309. We expect completion of the SPA process to occur in the fourth quarter of 2010 and to initiate Phase III trials by the first half of 2011. We expect data from the first pivotal Phase III trial to be available in the first half of 2012. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><B>Diltiazem cream (VEN 307), a topical treatment for the relief of pain associated with anal fissures.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Anal fissures, or small tears or cuts in the skin that lines the anus, are quite common, affecting nearly 2% of the U.S. adult population. They can be extremely painful, cause bleeding and often require surgery, which itself can have unsatisfactory outcomes. At present, we are not aware of any FDA approved drugs for the treatment of anal fissures. However, diltiazem cream is currently used as the preferred treatment by many gastroenterologists across the U.S. in a version that must be specially mixed for each patient in the pharmacy. We expect to capture immediate market share if VEN 307 is approved due to its efficacy and ease of prescription, with no need for custom mixing necessary at the pharmacy. When applied topically for the treatment of anal fissures, diltiazem, a drug that has been used for decades for hypertension and
angina, dilates the blood vessels supplying the region, reduces anal sphincter tone, and thereby substantially decreases pain. In multiple clinical </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">trials conducted against placebo or another commonly used (but not FDA approved) treatment, topical nitroglycerine, diltiazem cream significantly reduced the pain associated with anal fissures. Applied topically in our proprietary formulation, diltiazem is only minimally absorbed, at one-tenth the amount of the lowest dose used for cardiovascular treatment, thereby improving its safety profile and lowering the risk of side effects. VEN 307 has progressed through early-stage clinical trials, toxicology studies and manufacturing up to the end of Phase II. During a pre-IND meeting with the FDA in 2007, the FDA greed on the design of our Phase III clinical program as well as the other requirements necessary to obtain approval of a New Drug Application, or NDA, in the U.S. We expect to begin a Phase III trial of VEN 307 in the European Union, or E.U., in the fourth quarter of 2010, and we anticipate results from this study in the second half of
2011. Depending on the progress of that trial, we plan to file an Investigational New Drug Application, or IND, with the FDA for VEN 307 in 2011 and to initiate Phase III trials in the U.S. We have licensed the exclusive North American rights to VEN 307 for the topical treatment of anal fissures from S.L.A. Pharma AG, who is conducting the development program in Europe.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><B>Phenylephrine gel (VEN 308) for the treatment of fecal incontinence associated with ileal pouch anal anastomosis, or IPAA, an FDA orphan indication.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Ileal pouch anal anastomosis is a surgical procedure used as part of a colectomy, which is a treatment for patients with ulcerative colitis. Fecal incontinence resulting from dysfunctional sphincter tone is a common consequence of this procedure. Currently, there are few options, including, to our knowledge, no FDA approved drugs, available to treat this problem. Therefore, we have developed VEN 308, a phenylephrine gel we believe to have significant advantages over the limited treatment options currently available including, but not limited to, increased efficacy and/or reduced invasiveness. Phenylephrine has been used by millions of patients as a common ingredient of cough and cold medications. Applied topically, phenylephrine gel increases anal sphincter tone, thereby improving
fecal incontinence in patients where sphincter tone is the major cause of their symptoms (such as post IPAA surgery). In multiple clinical trials with patients suffering from IPAA-associated fecal incontinence, topical phenylephrine significantly (and in some patients, dramatically) improved patient bowel control. In clinical trials with other forms of incontinence, improvements were also observed following application of topical phenylephrine, depending on the cause of the incontinence. We plan to submit an IND to the FDA for VEN 308 as treatment for fecal incontinence associated with IPAA and to initiate a U.S. Phase IIb dose-ranging study in 2012. IPAA-related fecal incontinence has been designated by the FDA as an orphan indication, which means that VEN 308, if approved by the FDA, will enjoy seven years of market exclusivity in the U.S. If the FDA approves VEN 308 for the treatment of fecal incontinence associated with IPAA, we intend to investigate additional fecal incontinence
indications. We have licensed the exclusive North American rights for VEN 308 as a topical treatment for fecal incontinence from S.L.A Pharma, who expects to conduct the European development program. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We were incorporated in Delaware in October 2005 under the name South Island Biosciences, Inc. and changed our name to Ventrus Biosciences, Inc. in April 2007. Our executive offices are located at 787 7<sup>th</sup> Avenue, 48<sup>th</sup> Floor, New York, New York 10019. Our telephone number is (212) 554-4300. Our website address is <I><U>www.ventrusbio.com</U></I>. Information contained in, or accessible through, our website does not constitute part of this prospectus. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 60%; text-align: left; padding-left: 0pt">[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] We expect to use the net proceeds from this offering, which we expect to be approximately $14.5 million, to increase our liquidity, conduct clinical trials for our product candidates and pay our licensing obligations for our product candidates. See &#147;Use of Proceeds&#148; beginning on page <a href="#tUP">27</a>. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">The number of shares of common stock to be outstanding after this offering, assuming the offering was completed on June 30, 2010, is based on 5,547,101 shares outstanding as of June 30, 2010 and excludes: </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">25,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of an option granted on May 11, 2010 with an exercise price equal to the initial public offering price of $[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] per share; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of an option we are committed to issue to our Chief Executive Officer at the closing of this offering and a warrant we have issued to a consultant that will be adjusted at the closing of this offering, which, assuming the sale of [&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] shares in this offering, would result in [&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] shares issuable under the option and [&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] shares issuable under the warrant (the option and the warrant will have an exercise price equal to the initial public offering price of $[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] per share); </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">140,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants at an exercise price of $0.62 per share; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">530,500 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants with a weighted average exercise price of $1.00 per share; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">123,344 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants with a weighted average exercise price of $5.36 per share; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants issued to noteholders and placement agents, which, assuming an initial public offering price of $[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] per share, would result in an aggregate of [&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] shares issuable under the warrants (the noteholder warrants will have an exercise price equal to the initial public offering price of $[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] per share and the placement agent warrants will have an exercise price equal to 110% of the initial public offering price of $[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] per share); </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">5,975,000 shares of our common stock reserved for future issuance under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] shares of our common stock that will be reserved for issuance under the warrant we will grant to the underwriter upon completion of this offering with an exercise price of 120% of the initial public offering price of $[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] per share. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the conversion of all outstanding convertible notes with a principal balance of $11,923,586 and accrued interest thereon of $1,526,983 (assuming a closing date of June 30, 2010), into <B>[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;]</B> shares of common stock upon the closing of this offering, which, assuming an initial public offering price of $[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;], which would result in the issuance of [&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] shares. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The following table presents summary financial data for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and 2009, the period from October 7, 2005 (inception) to December 31, 2009 and the period October 7, 2005 (inception) to March 31, 2010. We derived the summary statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2009 and the period from October 7, 2005 (inception) to December 31, 2009 from our audited financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. We derived the summary statement of operations data for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2010 and the period from October 7, 2005 (inception) to March 31, 2010 from our
unaudited financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. We have prepared this unaudited information on the same basis as the audited financial statements. You should read this data together with our financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus and the information under &#147;Selected Financial Data&#148; and &#147;Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.&#148; The historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any future periods. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=7>Year Ended<BR> December 31,</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=7>Period from October 7, 2005<BR>(inception) to</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=7>Three Months Ended<BR> March 31,</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Research and development</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2,942,992</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,978,723</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>12,814,640</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>12,400,894</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>413,746</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,027,841</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>General and administrative</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>397,238</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,185,587</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2,641,632</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2,605,088</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>36,544</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>153,093</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Loss from operations</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(3,340,230</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(7,164,310</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(15,456,272</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(15,005,982</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(450,290</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(1,180,934</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Interest income</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>140</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>13,091</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>13,995</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>13,989</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>6</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>138</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Interest expense, including amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs and charge related to conversion of related party notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(1,199,315</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(1,635,211</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(4,471,739</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(2,901,736</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(1,570,003</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(214,173</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Net loss</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(4,539,405</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(8,786,430</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(19,914,016</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(17,893,729</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(2,020,287</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(1,394,969</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Basic and diluted net loss per common share</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(0.82</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(1.68</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(0.36</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(0.27</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Weighted average number of common shares outstanding</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,518,498</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,229,342</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,547,101</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,229,342</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 24px; text-align: left">&#149;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">on an actual basis; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 24px; text-align: left">&#149;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">on a pro forma basis to reflect the conversion of all outstanding convertible notes with a principal balance of $10,648,586, plus accrued interest of $1,246,477 as of March 31, 2010, into <B>[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;]</B> shares of common stock upon the closing of this offering<sup>&#040;1&#041;</sup>; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 21px"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 24px; text-align: left">&#149;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">on a pro forma, as adjusted basis to reflect the pro forma adjustments described above and our receipt of an estimated $14.5 million net proceeds from our sale of <B>[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;]</B> shares of our common stock in this offering at an assumed initial public offering price of $<B>[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;]</B> per share, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. </TD>

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<DIV style="text-align: center"><TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="554" STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-indent:0px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: -24pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">

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          <TD><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="310"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="72"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="72"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=11>At March 31, 2010</TD>

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<TR>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left"  ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">(unaudited)</FONT></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left"  ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Actual</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Pro Forma</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Pro Forma,<BR> as Adjusted</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Cash and cash equivalents</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,067,787</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Working capital (deficiency)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(12,659,860</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Total assets</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,425,252</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Total liabilities</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>14,924,117</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Deficit accumulated during the development stage</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(19,914,016</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Total stockholders&#146; equity (deficiency)</TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><I>An investment in shares of our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should consider carefully the following information about these risks, together with the other information in this prospectus, before you decide whether to buy our common stock. The occurrence of any of the following risks could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In that case, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you might lose all or part of your investment.</I> </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Our ability to make payments on our indebtedness depends on our ability to generate cash in the future. We expect to experience negative cash flow for the foreseeable future as we fund our operating losses and capital expenditures. Assuming conversion of $11,923,586 of principal amount of convertible notes into shares of our common stock upon the closing of this offering, we will be obligated to pay an aggregate of $1,573,000 in principal under promissory notes, with varying maturity dates, $320,000 under a bank line of credit, which is due in November 2010, and $100,000 for services previously rendered by Paramount Corporate Development, LLC. There
can be no assurance that we will be in a position to pay the principal and accrued interest when due or obtain extensions of the maturity dates. We anticipate that we will need to secure additional funding in order for us to be able to pay our obligations when due. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to our outstanding notes and our other indebtedness and obligations, including payments owed to our licensors; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">limit our flexibility in planning for the development, clinical testing, approval and marketing of our products; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to any of our competitors that are less leveraged than we are; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">increase our vulnerability to both general and industry-specific adverse economic conditions; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">limit our ability to obtain additional funds. </TD>

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<H3 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>We have issued convertible notes that have a maturity date of September 10, 2010, which maturity date might not be extended.</B> </H3>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">As of June 30, 2010, we had outstanding convertible notes in the principal amount of $11,923,586, which have a maturity date of September 10, 2010. After the filing of this registration statement, we intend to begin the process to obtain the consent of the holders of the notes to extend the maturity date to December 31, 2010. We might not receive the consent of any of these note holders in which event we would not be able to repay all of the notes upon their maturity, given our current cash position. The failure to repay these notes upon their maturity could subject us to lawsuits and deplete our cash reserves prior to the completion of this
offering. This would have an adverse impact on our financial condition in the event the offering were to close, which could in turn have an adverse affect on the price of our stock that you purchase in this offering. </P>

<H3 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>We have an aggregate of $1,720,165 in principal and accrued interest on notes that are currently scheduled to mature on the completion of this offering, assuming we raise net proceeds of at least $10 million, the payment of which would reduce available funds from the net proceeds of this offering and materially and adversely affect our business plan.</B> </H3>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">2013 or the completion of this offering, provided we raise net proceeds of at least $10 million. These notes are held by Paramount Credit Partners, LLC. The repayment of any of this indebtedness would materially and adversely impact our intended uses for proceeds from this offering (see &#147;Use of Proceeds&#148;). Alternatively, the failure to repay these notes upon their maturity could subject us to lawsuits, which would further deplete our cash reserves. All of this would have an adverse impact on our financial condition, which could in turn have an adverse affect on the price of our stock that you purchase in this offering. Paramount Credit
Partners has agreed verbally to waive the repayment obligation upon the close of this offering. We expect to execute an amendment to the notes to that effect prior to the closing of this offering, but there can be no assurance that the extension will be agreed to in writing or that Paramount Credit Partners will not demand payment on the completion of this offering. </P>

<H3 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>Our failure to meet our substantial obligations to our licensors could result in the termination of our licenses or put substantial burdens on our financial position.</B> </H3>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We have in-licensed all of our product candidates. Our licenses require us to make substantial up-front, milestone, and royalty payments. If we fail to make these payments, the licensors might terminate the licenses on relatively short notice, in which event we would not be able to commercialize drug candidates that were covered by the licenses. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We owe substantial amounts of money to S.L.A. Pharma, a Swiss corporation, from which we licensed two of our product candidates, VEN 307 and VEN 308, and have obligations to fund S.L.A. Pharma&#146;s development efforts of the product candidate in the E.U. From January 31, 2010 until September 30, 2010, we are obligated to pay S.L.A. Pharma $41,500 per month, and have been current in such obligations, and to accrue an additional $41,500 per month towards our obligations to S.L.A Pharma&#146;s development costs. Beginning October 1, 2010 and continuing until S.L.A. is no longer managing the development program for either VEN 307 or VEN 308, we must
pay S.L.A. Pharma $41,500 per month in development costs for each of VEN 307 and VEN 308. This accrued amount of $373,500 is payable upon the earlier of September 30, 2010 or the date we consummate a &#147;Qualifying Event,&#148; or financing or series of related financings resulting in net proceeds of at least $10 million. If completed, this offering would qualify as a &#147;Qualifying Event&#148;, assuming we raised at least $10 million in net proceeds. In addition, (i) on October 31, 2010, we must pay S.L.A. Pharma $600,000 and (ii) on February 28, 2011, we must pay S.L.A. Pharma $800,000. If we commercialize a product candidate, we must pay S.L.A. Pharma annual royalties based upon net sales of the product. In the event we breach these obligations, we could lose our rights to VEN 307 and VEN 308, which would have a material adverse effect on our business and prospects. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We have also entered into a license agreement with Sam Amer &amp; Co., Inc., or Amer, a California company, whereby we acquired patent rights to iferanserin, VEN 309, for the topical treatment of anorectal disorders. We are required to make future milestone payments totaling up to $20 million upon the achievement of various milestones related to regulatory or commercial events. If we commercialize iferanserin, we will be obligated to pay to Amer annual royalties based upon sales of the product. In the event we breach these obligations, we could lose rights to VEN 309, which would have a material adverse effect on our business and prospects. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We were established in October 2005 and have only a limited operating history. Therefore, there is limited historical financial information upon which to base an evaluation of our performance. Our prospects must be considered in light of the uncertainties, risks, expenses, and difficulties frequently encountered by companies in their early stages of operations. We have generated operating losses since we began operations and, as of March 31, 2010, we had a deficit accumulated during the development stage of $19,914,016. We expect to incur substantial additional operating expenses over the next several years as our research, development, pre-clinical
testing, and clinical trial activities increase. The amount of future losses and when, if ever, we will achieve profitability are uncertain. We have no products that have generated any commercial revenue, do not expect to generate revenues from the commercial sale of products unless and until our product candidates are approved by the FDA for sale, and might never generate revenues from the sale of products. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We have a history of losses and expect to incur substantial losses and negative operating cash flow for the foreseeable future, and we might never achieve or maintain profitability. Even if we succeed in developing and commercializing one or more product candidates, we expect to incur substantial losses for the foreseeable future. We also expect to continue to incur significant operating and capital expenditures and anticipate that our expenses will increase substantially in the foreseeable future as we: </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">seek regulatory approvals for product candidates; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">successful completion of animal tests, which are referred to as pre-clinical studies, as well as human tests, which are referred to as clinical trials, for our product candidates; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">raising sufficient funds to finance our activities. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">As a result of our continued losses, our independent auditors have included an explanatory paragraph in their report on our financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, expressing substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern. The inclusion of a going concern explanatory paragraph in the report of our independent auditors will make it more difficult for us to secure additional financing or enter into strategic relationships with distributors on terms acceptable to us, if at all, and likely will materially and adversely affect the terms of any financing that we might obtain. If revenues grow slower
than we anticipate, assuming we begin to generate revenue at some future time, or if operating expenses exceed our expectations or cannot be adjusted accordingly, the value of your investment could decline significantly. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">participating in regulatory approval processes; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">formulating and manufacturing products; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">delays in product development, clinical testing, or manufacturing; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">unplanned expenditures in product development, clinical testing, or manufacturing; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">failure of a product candidate to demonstrate acceptable safety and efficacy; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">failure to receive regulatory approvals; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">emergence of superior or equivalent products; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">inability to manufacture on our own, or through any others, product candidates on a commercial scale or at a financially viable cost; and </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We anticipate that we will incur operating losses for the foreseeable future. Assuming we raise $14.5 million in net proceeds in this offering, we expect that the net proceeds of this offering will provide us with sufficient capital to fund our operations through the second quarter of 2012. However, we might consume our available capital before that time if, for example, we are not efficient in developing our product candidates and conducting clinical trials or if regulatory requirements change. </P>

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might be unable to initiate or complete clinical trials or obtain approval of any product candidate from the FDA and other regulatory authorities. In addition, we could be forced to discontinue product development, forego sales and marketing efforts, sacrifice attractive business opportunities, cease operations entirely and sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of our remaining assets. </P>

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identified with respect to lack of segregation of duties relate to the policies and procedures that: </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">pertain to the maintenance of records that accurately and fairly reflect our transactions and dispositions of our assets; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">provide reasonable assurance that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">hire a permanent Chief Financial Officer (our current Chief Financial Officer is serving pursuant to a six-month consulting agreement) to strengthen our internal staffing and technical expertise in financial accounting and reporting; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">limit access to the accounting and information systems and related data to strengthen segregation of duties; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">upgrade our accounting software system; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">implement procedures and controls in the financial statement close process to improve the accuracy and timeliness of the preparation of quarterly and annual financial statements. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">There can be no assurance that we will be able to successfully implement our plans to remediate the material weaknesses in our financial reporting process. Our failure to successfully implement our plans to remediate these material weaknesses could cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations, to produce timely and reliable financial information, and to effectively prevent fraud. Additionally, such failure could cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could have a negative impact on our financial condition and stock price. </P>

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obligations to our satisfaction or at all, that we will derive any revenue or profits from these collaborations, or that any collaborator will not compete with us. If any collaboration is not successful, we might require substantially greater capital to undertake development and marketing of our proposed products and might not be able to develop and market these products effectively, if at all. In addition, a lack of development and marketing collaborations might lead to significant delays in introducing proposed products into certain markets and/or reduced sales of proposed products in such markets. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We rely on third-party vendors, scientists, and collaborators to provide us with significant data and other information related to our projects, clinical trials, and our business. If these third parties provide inaccurate, misleading, or incomplete data, our business, prospects, and results of operations could be materially adversely affected. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">We might 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 generally require new testing and compliance inspections. In addition, a new manufacturer would have to be educated in, or develop substantially equivalent processes for, production of our products after receipt of FDA approval, if any. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">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 and commercial needs, if any. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Our future contract manufacturers might not perform as agreed or might 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. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Drug manufacturers are subject to ongoing periodic unannounced inspection by the FDA and corresponding state agencies to ensure strict compliance with the FDA&#146;s Current Good Manufacturing Practices, or cGMP, and other government regulations and corresponding foreign standards. We do not have control over third-party manufacturers&#146; compliance with these regulations and standards. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">If any third-party manufacturer makes improvements in the manufacturing process for our products, we might not own, or might have to share, the intellectual property rights to the innovation with our licensors. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">We might compete with other companies for access to these manufacturers&#146; facilities and might be subject to manufacturing delays if the manufacturers give other clients higher priority than us. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Each of these risks could delay our clinical trials or the approval, if any, of our product candidates by the FDA or the commercialization of our product candidates and could result in higher costs or deprive us of potential product revenues. As a result, our business, financial condition, and results of operations might be materially harmed. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We require access to, or development of, facilities to manufacture a sufficient supply of our product candidates in order to complete our clinical trials and commercialize our product candidates. We currently contract with an outside source to manufacture our compounds for our clinical needs. If, for any reason, we become unable to rely on our current source or any future source to manufacture our product candidates, either for clinical trials or, at some future date, for commercial quantities, then we would need to identify and contract with additional or replacement third-party manufacturers to manufacture compounds for preclinical, clinical and
commercial purposes. We might not be successful in identifying additional or replacement third-party manufacturers, or in negotiating acceptable terms with any that we do identify. Such third-party </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Before we can begin to commercially manufacture our product candidates, we must obtain regulatory approval of the manufacturing facility and process. Manufacturing of drugs for clinical and commercial purposes must comply with cGMPs and applicable non-U.S. regulatory requirements. The cGMP requirements govern quality control and documentation policies and procedures. Complying with cGMP and non-U.S. regulatory requirements will require that we expend time, money, and effort in production, recordkeeping, and quality control to assure that the product meets applicable specifications and other requirements. We, or our contracted manufacturing facility,
must also pass a pre-approval inspection prior to FDA approval. Failure to pass a pre-approval inspection might significantly delay FDA approval of our products. If we fail to comply with these requirements, we would be subject to possible regulatory action and might be limited in the jurisdictions in which we are permitted to sell our products. As a result, our business, financial condition, and results of operations might be materially harmed. </P>

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The commencement and rate of completion of clinical trials might be delayed by many factors, including, for example: </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">inability to manufacture sufficient quantities of qualified materials under cGMP for use in clinical trials; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">slower than expected rates of patient recruitment; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">failure to recruit a sufficient number of patients; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">modification of clinical trial protocols; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">changes in regulatory requirements for clinical trials; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the lack of effectiveness during clinical trials; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the emergence of unforeseen safety issues; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">delays, suspension, or termination of clinical trials by the institutional review board responsible for overseeing the study at a particular study site; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">government, institutional review board or other regulatory delays or clinical holds requiring suspension or termination of the trials. </TD>

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<H3 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>If we cannot compete successfully for market share against other drug companies, we might not achieve sufficient product revenues and our business will suffer.</B> </H3>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">If our product candidates receive FDA approval, they will compete with a number of existing and future drugs and therapies developed, manufactured and marketed by others. Existing or future competing products might provide greater therapeutic convenience or clinical or other benefits for a specific indication than our products, or might offer comparable performance at a lower cost. If our products fail to capture and maintain market share, we might not achieve sufficient product revenues and our business will suffer. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We might 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. 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 significantly greater experience in: </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">obtaining FDA and other regulatory approvals of drugs; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">formulating and manufacturing drugs; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">launching, marketing and selling drugs. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries are intensely competitive. We might compete with organizations that are developing treatments for the indications that our products target. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">To our knowledge, there are currently no approved products for treatment of anal fissures, though ProStrakan Group plc is currently developing a topical nitroglycerin for such treatment. For the treatment of fecal incontinence, to our knowledge there are currently no products approved or in development. For the treatment of hemorrhoids, some physicians are known to prescribe topical steroids, although such treatment has not been approved by the FDA for this indication. Further, many hemorrhoid sufferers use Wyeth&#146;s Preparation H&reg; or similar products for symptomatic relief (active ingredients can vary by country but generally include
glycerin, phenylephrine HCl, pramoxine HCl, and white petrolatum). No data is publicly available regarding the clinical efficacy of this or other over-the-counter symptomatic treatments for hemorrhoids. If our competitors develop effective treatments for anal fissure, fecal incontinence or hemorrhoids and successfully commercialize those treatments, our business and prospects might be materially harmed. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">To market our products, we will have to establish our own marketing and sales force or out-license our product candidates to, or collaborate with, larger firms with experience in marketing and selling pharmaceutical products. There can be no assurance that we will be able to successfully establish our own marketing capabilities or establish marketing, sales, or distribution relationships with third parties; that such relationships, if established, will be successful; or that we will be successful in gaining market acceptance for our products. To the extent that we enter into any marketing, sales, or distribution arrangements with third parties, our
product revenues will be lower than if we marketed and sold our products directly, and any revenues we receive will depend upon the efforts of such third parties. If we are unable to establish such </P>

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competition for proficient sales and marketing personnel, and we might not be able to attract individuals who have the qualifications necessary to market, sell, and distribute our products. There can be no assurance that we will be able to establish internal marketing, sales, or distribution capabilities. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Even if the FDA approves one of our product candidates, physicians and patients might not accept and use it. Acceptance and use of our products will depend upon a number of factors, including: </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">perceptions by members of the health care community, including physicians, about the safety and effectiveness of our product; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">cost-effectiveness of our product relative to competing product or therapies; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">availability of reimbursement for our product from government or other healthcare payors; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">effective marketing and distribution efforts by us and our licensees and distributors, if any. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">If our current product candidates are approved, we expect sales to generate substantially all of our revenues for the foreseeable future, and as a result, the failure of these products to find market acceptance would harm our business and would require us to seek additional financing. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">government and health administration authorities; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">private health maintenance organizations and health insurers; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">other healthcare payors. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Significant uncertainty exists as to the reimbursement status of newly approved healthcare products. Healthcare payors, including Medicare, are challenging the prices charged for medical products and services. Government and other healthcare payors increasingly attempt to contain healthcare costs by limiting both coverage and the level of reimbursement for drugs. Even if our product candidates are approved by the FDA, insurance coverage might not be available, and reimbursement levels might be inadequate, to cover our products. If government and other healthcare payors do not provide adequate coverage and reimbursement levels for our products, once
approved, market acceptance of such products could be reduced. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Proposals to modify the current health care system in the United States to improve access to health care and control its costs are continually being considered by the federal and state governments. In March 2010, the U.S. Congress passed landmark healthcare legislation. We cannot predict what impact on federal reimbursement policies this legislation will have in general or on our business specifically. We anticipate that the U.S. Congress and state legislatures will continue to review and assess this legislation and possibly alternative health care reform proposals. We cannot predict whether new proposals will be made or adopted, when they may be
adopted or what impact they may have on us if they are adopted. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Any reduction in reimbursement rates under Medicare or foreign health care programs could negatively affect the pricing of our products. If we are not able to charge a sufficient amount for our products, then our margins and our profitability will be adversely affected. </P>

<H3 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>If we lose key management or scientific personnel, cannot recruit qualified employees, directors, officers, or other significant personnel or experience increases in our compensation costs, our business might materially suffer.</B> </H3>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We are highly dependent on the services of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Russell H. Ellison. The employment agreement we intend to enter into with Dr. Ellison upon the completion of this offering will not ensure the retention of Dr. Ellison. This will also be true for the future management team members, all of whom we will need to hire. Furthermore, our future success also depends, in part, on our ability to identify, hire, and retain those additional management team members. We expect to experience intense competition for qualified personnel and might be unable to attract and retain the personnel necessary for the
development of our business. Finally, we do not currently maintain, nor do we intend to obtain in the future, &#147;key man&#148; life insurance that would compensate us in the event of the death or disability of any of the members of our management team. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">At June 30, 2010, we had only two employees to carry out our business plan. We will need to hire additional qualified personnel with expertise in preclinical testing, clinical research and testing, government regulation, formulation and manufacturing and sales and marketing. We compete for qualified individuals with numerous biopharmaceutical companies, universities and other research institutions. Competition for these individuals is intense, and we cannot be certain that our search for such personnel will be successful. Attracting and retaining qualified personnel will be critical to our success. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Our success will depend upon the expansion of our operations and the effective management of our growth, which will place a significant strain on our current and future management and other administrative and operational resources. To manage this growth, we must expand our facilities, augment our operational, financial and management systems and hire and train additional qualified personnel. If we are unable to manage our growth effectively, our business would be harmed. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B></B>We might consider opportunities to acquire or invest in other technologies, products and businesses that might enhance our capabilities or complement our current product candidates. Potential and completed acquisitions and strategic investments involve numerous risks, including potential problems or issues associated with the following: </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">assimilating the purchased technologies, products or business operations; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">maintaining uniform standards, procedures, controls and policies; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">unanticipated costs associated with the acquisition or investment; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">diversion of our management&#146;s attention from our preexisting business; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">maintaining or obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals or complying with regulatory standards; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">adverse effects on existing business operations. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Our ability to successfully develop our business through acquisitions would depend on our ability to identify, negotiate, complete and integrate suitable target businesses or technologies and obtain any necessary financing. These efforts could be expensive and time consuming and might disrupt our ongoing operations. If we are unable to integrate efficiently any acquired business, technology or product into our business, our business and financial condition might be adversely affected. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Product candidates employing our technology are subject to extensive and rigorous domestic government regulation including regulation by the FDA, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, other divisions of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the United States Department of Justice, state and local governments, and their respective foreign equivalents. The FDA regulates the research, development, preclinical and clinical testing, manufacture, safety, effectiveness, record-keeping, reporting, labeling, storage, approval, advertising, promotion, sale, distribution, import, and export of pharmaceutical products. The FDA
regulates small molecule chemical entities, whether administered orally, topically or by injection, as drugs, subject to an NDA, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. If products employing our technologies are marketed abroad, they will also be subject to extensive regulation by foreign governments, whether or not they have obtained FDA approval for a given product and its uses. Such foreign regulation might be equally or more demanding than corresponding United States regulation. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Government regulation substantially increases the cost and risk of researching, developing, manufacturing, and selling our products. The regulatory review and approval process, which includes preclinical testing and clinical trials of each product candidate, is lengthy, expensive, and uncertain. We or our collaborators must obtain and maintain regulatory authorization to conduct clinical trials and approval for each product we intend to market, and the manufacturing facilities used for the products must be inspected and meet legal requirements. Securing regulatory approval requires submitting extensive preclinical and clinical data and other
supporting information for each proposed therapeutic indication in order to establish the product&#146;s safety and efficacy for each intended use. The development and approval process might take many years, requires substantial resources, and might never lead to the approval of a product. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Even if we are able to obtain regulatory approval for a particular product, the approval might limit the indicated medical uses for the product, limit our ability to promote, sell, and distribute the product, require that we conduct costly post-marketing surveillance, and/or require that we conduct ongoing post-marketing studies. Material changes to an approved product, such as, for example, manufacturing changes or revised labeling, might require further regulatory review and approval. Once obtained, any approvals might be withdrawn, including, for example, if there is a later discovery of previously unknown problems with the product, such as a
previously unknown safety issue. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">If we, our collaborators, or our contract manufacturers fail to comply with applicable regulatory requirements at any stage during the regulatory process, such noncompliance could result in, among other things, delays in the approval of applications or supplements to approved applications; refusal of a regulatory authority, including the FDA, to review pending market approval applications or supplements to approved applications; warning letters; fines; import and export restrictions; product recalls or seizures; injunctions; total or partial suspension of production; civil penalties; withdrawals of previously approved marketing applications or
licenses; recommendations by the FDA or other regulatory authorities against governmental contracts; and/or criminal prosecutions. </P>

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on any approval we obtain. The approval process might also be delayed by changes in government regulation, future legislation or administrative action or changes in FDA policy that occur prior to or during our regulatory review. Delays in obtaining regulatory approvals might: </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Even if we comply with all FDA requests, the FDA might ultimately reject one or more of our NDAs. We cannot be sure that we will ever obtain regulatory clearance for our product candidates. Failure to obtain FDA approval of our product candidates will severely undermine our business by leaving us without a saleable product, and therefore without any source of revenues, until another product candidate can be developed or obtained. There is no guarantee that we will ever be able to develop or acquire another product candidate. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In foreign jurisdictions, we must receive approval from the appropriate regulatory authorities before we can commercialize any drugs. The risks associated with foreign regulatory approval processes are similar to the risks associated with the FDA approval procedures described above. We cannot assure you that we will receive the approvals necessary to commercialize our product candidates for sale outside the U.S. </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Even if approved, our products will be subject to extensive post-approval regulation. </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Once a product is approved, numerous post-approval requirements apply. Among other things, the holder of an approved NDA is subject to periodic and other FDA monitoring and reporting obligations, including obligations to monitor and report adverse events and instances of the failure of a product to meet the specifications in the NDA. Application holders must submit new or supplemental applications and obtain FDA approval for changes to the approved product, product labeling, or manufacturing process. Application holders also must submit advertising and other promotional material to the FDA and report on ongoing clinical trials. The FDA also has the
authority to require changes in the labeling of approved drug products and to require post-marketing studies. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Advertising and promotional materials must comply with FDA rules in addition to other applicable federal and state laws. The distribution of product samples to physicians must comply with the requirements of the Prescription Drug Marketing Act. Manufacturing facilities remain subject to FDA inspection and must continue to adhere to the FDA&#146;s cGMP requirements. Application holders must obtain FDA approval for product, manufacturing, and labeling changes, depending on the nature of the change. Sales, marketing, and scientific/educational grant programs must comply with the anti-fraud and abuse provisions of the Social Security Act, the False
Claims Act, and similar state laws, each as amended. Pricing and rebate programs must comply with the Medicaid rebate requirements of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 and the Veteran&#146;s Health Care Act of 1992, each as amended. If products are made available to authorized users of the Federal Supply Schedule of the General Services Administration, additional laws and requirements apply. All of these activities are also potentially subject to federal and state consumer protection and unfair competition laws. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Depending on the circumstances, failure to meet these post-approval requirements can result in criminal prosecution, fines, injunctions, recall or seizure of products, total or partial suspension of production, denial or withdrawal of pre-marketing product approvals, or refusal to allow us to enter into supply contracts, including government contracts. In addition, even if we comply with FDA and other requirements, new information regarding the safety or effectiveness of a product could lead the FDA to modify or withdraw product approval. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Our business exposes us to the risk of product liability claims that are inherent in the development of drugs. If the use of one or more of our or our collaborators&#146; drugs harms people, we might be subject to costly and damaging product liability claims brought against us by clinical trial participants, consumers, health care providers, pharmaceutical companies or others selling 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. We currently do not carry
clinical trial insurance or product liability insurance. We intend to obtain such insurance in the future. We cannot predict all of the possible harms or side effects that might result and, therefore, the amount of insurance coverage we hold now or in the future might not be adequate to cover all liabilities we might incur. We intend to expand our insurance coverage to include the sale of commercial products if we obtain marketing approval for our drug candidates in development, but we might be unable to obtain commercially reasonable product liability insurance for any products approved for marketing. If we are unable to obtain insurance at an acceptable cost or otherwise protect against potential product liability claims, we will be exposed to significant liabilities, which might materially and adversely affect our business and financial position. If we are sued for any injury allegedly caused by our or our collaborators&#146; products, our liability could exceed our total assets and
our ability to pay the liability. A successful product liability claim or series of claims brought against us would decrease our cash and could cause the value of our common stock to decrease. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Our research, development and manufacturing activities and/or those of our third-party contractors might involve the controlled use of hazardous materials and chemicals. Although we will strive to have our safety procedures for using, storing, handling and disposing of these materials comply with federal, state and local laws and regulations, we cannot completely eliminate the risk of accidental injury or contamination from these materials. In the event of such an accident, we could be held liable for any resulting damages, and any liability could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition,
the federal, state and local laws and regulations governing the use, manufacture, storage, handling and disposal of hazardous or radioactive materials and waste products might require us to incur substantial compliance costs that could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. </P>

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<H3 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>Our license agreement with S.L.A. Pharma is subject to termination if this offering is not completed by September 30, 2010 or if a third party wishes to license VEN 307 and VEN 308 in certain events.</B> </H3>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We have in-licensed the rights to VEN 307 and VEN 308 from S.L.A. Pharma. Pursuant to a December 18, 2009 amendment to the license agreement between us, in the event we do not complete this offering by September 30, 2010 with net proceeds of at least $10 million, S.L.A. Pharma may terminate the license agreement immediately. In addition, S.L.A. Pharma may terminate the license agreement with one month&#146;s notice in the event that a third party wishes to enter into a license agreement for VEN 307 and VEN 308, provided that within that 30-day period we have not paid all then required payments under the agreement and provided further that S.L.A.
Pharma and the third party execute an agreement at the end of such 30-day period. If the license agreement were terminated, our business would be materially harmed. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">No patent has been issued for VEN 307. We have a pending application in the United States that includes claims that cover topical treatment for the relief of pain associated with anal fissures. However, the application is currently in the appeal process before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and our appeal could be unsuccessful. If the appeal is unsuccessful there is the opportunity for review by the Federal Circuit of the United States. If the patent does not issue, we will not have the exclusive rights to the intellectual property behind VEN 307. Competitors would be able to use the technology without having to pay us to do so, which
would greatly diminish the value of the technology to us. In such event, our business will be materially harmed. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">If we and our licensors do not obtain protection for our respective intellectual property rights, our competitors might be able to take advantage of our research and development efforts to develop competing drugs. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Our success, competitive position and future revenues, if any, 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. To date, we hold some exclusive patent rights, including rights under U.S. patents and patent applications as well as rights under foreign patents and patent applications. We anticipate filing additional patent applications both in the U.S. and in other
countries, as appropriate. However, the patent process is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, and there can be no assurance that we will be successful in protecting our products by obtaining and defending patents. These risks and uncertainties include the following: </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Our patent rights might be challenged, invalidated, or circumvented, or otherwise might not provide any competitive advantage; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Our competitors, many of which have substantially greater resources than we do and many of which might make significant investments in competing technologies, might seek, or might already have obtained, patents that will limit, interfere with, or eliminate our ability to make, use, and sell our potential products either in the United States or in international markets; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">As a matter of public policy regarding worldwide health concerns, there might be significant pressure on the U.S. government and other international governmental bodies to limit the scope of patent protection both inside and outside the U.S. for disease treatments that prove successful; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Countries other than the U.S. might have less restrictive patent laws than those upheld by U.S. courts, allowing foreign competitors the ability to exploit these laws to create, develop, and market competing products. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In addition, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and patent offices in other jurisdictions have often required that patent applications concerning pharmaceutical and/or biotechnology-related inventions be limited or narrowed substantially to cover only the specific innovations exemplified in the patent application, thereby limiting the scope of protection against competitive challenges. Thus, even if we or our licensors are able to obtain patents, the patents might be substantially narrower than anticipated. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In addition to patents, we also rely on trade secrets and proprietary know-how. Although we take measures to protect this information by entering into confidentiality and inventions agreements with our employees, scientific advisors, consultants, and collaborators, we cannot provide any assurances that these agreements will not be breached, that we will be able to protect ourselves from the harmful effects of disclosure if they are breached, or that our trade secrets will not otherwise become known or be independently discovered by competitors. If any of these events occurs, or we otherwise lose protection for our trade secrets or proprietary
know-how, the value of this information may be greatly reduced. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">obtain licenses, which might not be available on commercially reasonable terms, if at all; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">abandon an infringing product candidate; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">redesign our products or processes to avoid infringement; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">stop using the subject matter claimed in the patents held by others; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">defend litigation or administrative proceedings which might be costly whether we win or lose, and which could result in a substantial diversion of our financial and management resources. </TD>

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<H3 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>The purchase price of our common stock might not reflect the value of the common stock, and purchasers of our common stock will experience dilution as a result of this offering and future equity issuances.</B> </H3>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Based on the initial public offering price of $[_____] per share (the midpoint of the price range shown on the cover page of this prospectus), purchasers of our common stock in this offering will experience an immediate dilution in the net tangible book value per share of common stock of $[_____] from the offering price. Investors purchasing common stock in this offering will contribute approximately [_____]% of the total amount invested by stockholders since inception (gross of estimated expenses of this offering), but will only own approximately [_____]% of the shares of common stock outstanding. Additionally, the exercise of outstanding options or
warrants and future equity issuances, including future public offerings or future private placements of equity securities, any additional shares issued in connection with acquisitions and the conversion of outstanding promissory notes into equity will result in further dilution to investors. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Dr. Lindsay Rosenwald is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and sole stockholder of Paramount BioCapital, Inc., or Paramount, and is the sole member of Paramount Biosciences, LLC. We acquired the rights to VEN 307 and VEN 308 from Paramount Biosciences who had licensed them from S.L.A. Pharma. Dr. Rosenwald individually and through entities he controls and trusts established for his family beneficially owned as of June 30, 2010 approximately 45.5% of our issued and outstanding common stock, excluding any shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants and the conversion of convertible promissory notes. Moreover, Dr. Rosenwald has the right to
purchase additional shares of our common stock pursuant to purchase right agreements with certain employees of Paramount Biosciences or its affiliates. In addition, we have issued Paramount Credit Partners, LLC, an affiliate of Dr. Rosenwald, warrants to purchase 629,200 shares of our common stock. As of March 31, 2010, we have borrowed from Paramount Biosciences, its affiliates and trusts established for the benefit of Dr. Rosenwald&#146;s family members an aggregate principal amount of $1,001,153, plus accrued and unpaid interest of $72,444. At June 30, 2010, we also have borrowed from Paramount Credit Partners, an entity whose managing member is Dr. Rosenwald, an aggregate principal amount of $1,573,000. Paramount Biosciences has also guaranteed a bank line of credit on which we have drawn $320,000, and we owe Paramount Corporate Development, LLC, an affiliate of Dr. Rosenwald&#146;s, $100,000 for services previously rendered. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Generally, Delaware corporate law, under which we are governed, requires that any transactions between us and any of our affiliates be on terms that, when taken as a whole, are substantially as favorable to us as those then reasonably obtainable from a person who is not an affiliate in an arms-length transaction. We believe that the terms of our relationships with Paramount Biosciences and its affiliates satisfy the requirement </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">None of our affiliates, Paramount Biosciences, its affiliates or Dr. Rosenwald is obligated pursuant to any agreement or understanding with us to make any additional products or technologies available to us, nor can there be any assurance, and we do not expect and purchasers of our common stock should not expect, that any biomedical or pharmaceutical product or technology identified by such affiliates, Paramount Biosciences, its affiliates or Dr. Rosenwald in the future will be made available to us. In addition, certain of our current officers and directors or certain of any officers or directors hereafter appointed or elected might from time to time
serve as officers or directors of other biopharmaceutical or biotechnology companies. There can be no assurance that such other companies will not have interests in conflict with our own. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">As of June 30, 2010, our directors, officers, principal stockholders and their affiliates beneficially own approximately 46.3% of our issued and outstanding capital stock, excluding any shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants or the conversion of convertible promissory notes. Following this offering, our directors, officers, principal stockholders and their affiliates will still hold a significant portion of our stock. Accordingly, our officers, directors, principal stockholders and their affiliates control the election of our Board of Directors and the outcome of issues submitted to our stockholders, including any merger, consolidation, or
sale of all or substantially all of our assets. The interests of our executive officers, directors and principal stockholders and their affiliates might not coincide with the interests of other holders of our capital stock. This concentration of ownership may harm the value of our common stock by, among other things: </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of our company; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">impeding a merger, consolidation, takeover or other business combination involving our company; or </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">causing us to enter into transaction or agreements that are not in the best interests of all stockholders. </TD>

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your investment. If we fail to spend the proceeds effectively, our business and financial condition would be harmed and we would need to seek additional financing sooner than expected. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">success or failure of our product candidates; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">results of our clinical trials and other studies; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">actual or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly financial and operating results; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the overall performance of the equity markets; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">changes in interest rates; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">introduction of new products or announcements of significant contracts, acquisitions or capital commitments by us or our competitors; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">legislative, political or regulatory developments; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">issuance of new or changed securities analysts&#146; reports or recommendations, or the announcement of any changes to our credit rating; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">additions or departures of key personnel; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">availability of capital; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">changes in accounting standards, policies, guidance, interpretations or principles; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">threatened or actual litigation and government investigations; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">future sales of our common stock; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">investor perceptions of us and the pharmaceutical industry; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">sale of shares of our common stock by our significant stockholders or members of our management; and </TD>

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could fluctuate based upon factors that have little or nothing to do with our company, and these fluctuations could materially reduce our share price. </P>

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on public companies. As a public company, we will be required to: </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">expand the roles and duties of our board of directors and committees thereof; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">institute more comprehensive financial reporting and disclosure compliance functions; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">involve and retain to a greater degree outside counsel and accountants in the activities listed above; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">enhance our investor relations function; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">establish new internal policies, including those relating to trading in our securities and disclosure controls and procedures; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, in particular Section 404 and Section 302. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We expect these rules and regulations to increase our legal and financial compliance costs and to make some activities more time-consuming and costly, although we are currently unable to estimate these costs with any degree of certainty. A number of those requirements will require us to carry out activities we have not done previously and complying with these requirements might divert management&#146;s attention from other business concerns, which could have a material adverse effect on our prospects, business, and financial condition. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">As a privately held company, we have not maintained internal control over financial reporting in a manner that meets the standards of publicly traded companies required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. We anticipate being required to meet these standards in the course of preparing our financial statements as of and for the year ending December 31, 2011, and our management will be required to report on, and our independent registered public accounting firm to attest to, the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011. The rules governing the standards that must be met for our management to
assess our internal control over financial reporting are complex and require significant documentation, testing and possible remediation. We expect to begin the process of reviewing, documenting and testing our internal control over financial reporting after completion of this offering. We might encounter problems or delays in completing the implementation of any changes necessary to make a favorable assessment of our internal control over financial reporting. In addition, in connection with the attestation process by our independent registered public accounting firm, we might encounter problems or delays in completing the implementation of any requested improvements and receiving a favorable attestation. If we cannot favorably assess the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, or if our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to provide an unqualified attestation report on our internal controls, investors could lose confidence in our financial
information and the price of our common stock could decline. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Holders of a significant number of our shares and/or their designees may be eligible to sell our shares of common stock by means of ordinary brokerage transactions in the open market pursuant to Rule 144, promulgated under the Securities Act, subject to certain limitations. In general, pursuant to Rule 144, a non-affiliate stockholder (or stockholders whose shares are aggregated) who has satisfied a six-month holding period, and provided that there is current public information available, may sell all of its securities. Rule 144 also permits the sale of securities, without any limitations, by a non-affiliate that has satisfied a one-year holding
period. In addition, lock-up agreements that our executive officers and directors and certain of our stockholders entered into in connection with this offering will expire 180 days after the close of this offering, which will allow those shares to be sold. Any substantial sale of common stock after this offering may have an adverse effect on the market price of our common stock. </P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="#tCNRFLS"></a>CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">This prospectus contains estimates and forward-looking statements, principally in &#147;Prospectus Summary,&#148; &#147;Risk Factors,&#148; &#147;Use of Proceeds,&#148; &#147;Dividend Policy,&#148; &#147;Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,&#148; and &#147;Business.&#148; Our estimates and forward-looking statements are mainly based on our current expectations and estimates of future events and trends, which affect or might affect our businesses and operations. Although we believe that these estimates and forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, they are subject to
several risks and uncertainties and are made in light of information currently available to us. Many important factors, in addition to the factors described in this prospectus, might adversely affect our results as indicated in forward-looking statements. You should read this prospectus and the documents that we have filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part completely and with the understanding that our actual future results might be materially different from what we expect. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">our expectations regarding our revenues, expenses, effective tax rates and other results of operations; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">our ability to obtain FDA approval of our product candidates; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">our anticipated capital expenditures and our estimates regarding our capital requirements; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">our liquidity and working capital requirements; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">our need to obtain additional funding and our ability to obtain future funding on acceptable terms; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">our products candidates and plans to promote them; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">anticipated trends and challenges in our business and in the markets in which we operate; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">our ability to retain and hire necessary employees and to staff our operations appropriately; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">our ability to find future acquisition opportunities on favorable terms or at all and to manage any acquisitions; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">our ability to compete in our industry and innovation by our competitors; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">our ability to stay abreast of new or modified laws and regulations that currently apply or become applicable to our business; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">estimates and estimate methodologies used in preparing our financial statements; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the future trading prices of our common stock and the impact of securities analysts&#146; reports on these prices. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Estimates and forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they were made, and, except to the extent required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or to review any estimate and/or forward-looking statement because of new information, future events or other factors. Estimates and forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance. As a result of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including those described above, the estimates and forward-looking statements discussed in this prospectus might not occur and our future results and our performance might differ materially from
those expressed in these forward-looking statements due to, including, but not limited to, the factors mentioned above. Because of these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements when making an investment decision. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We estimate that we will receive net proceeds of approximately $14.5 million from the sale of __ million shares of common stock being offered at an assumed public offering price of $_____ per share, after deducting $_____ for underwriting discounts and commissions and our underwriters&#146; non-accountable expense allowance and other estimated expenses of approximately $460,000, which includes legal, accounting, printing costs, and various fees associated with the registration and listing of our shares. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We are undertaking this offering in order to access the public capital markets and to increase our liquidity. Assuming we receive $14.5 million in net proceeds, we expect to use the net proceeds of this offering for the following purposes: </P>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 24px; text-align: left">&#149;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">conduct Phase III clinical trial of iferanserin (VEN 309) in the treatment of hemorrhoids, and carcinogenicity testing, as well as developing new intellectual property: $8 million; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">payment to S.L.A. Pharma of our licensing obligations for diltiazem cream (VEN 307) and development of an improved formulation for use in Phase III studies in the U.S. on completion of S.L.A. Pharma&#146;s European study and payment to S.L.A. Pharma of our licensing obligations for phenylephrine gel, and preparation of a Phase II clinical trial: $4,200,000; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">general and administrative expenses: $2,300,000. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Our highest priority activity is the Phase III clinical trial of iferanserin. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The above list represents our estimate of the use of the net proceeds of this offering based upon our current plans and current economic and industry conditions, and is subject to reallocation of proceeds between or among the categories listed above or to new and additional areas of use. The actual cost, timing and amount of funds required for such uses cannot be determined precisely at this time and may be based, among other things, on economic, regulatory, competitive or other developments, the rate of our progress in research and development, the results of proposed preclinical studies and clinical trials, the timing of regulatory approvals, if
any, payments under collaborative agreements and the availability of alternative methods of financing, if any. Other future events, including delays, expenses and complications frequently encountered by development-stage companies as well as changes in our planned business, the results of our research and development and testing activities may make shifts in the allocation of funds necessary or desirable. In addition, in the event that we deem it desirable to acquire assets, technologies or other entities in complementary fields, we may apportion proceeds of this offering to such acquisition or development. Accordingly, our management team will have significant flexibility in applying the net proceeds of this offering. Pending the use of the net proceeds of the offering, we intend to invest them in short-term, investment grade, interest bearing securities. </P>

<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="#tDP"></a>DIVIDEND POLICY </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We currently do not plan to declare dividends on shares of our common stock in the foreseeable future. We expect to retain our future earnings, if any, for use in the operation and expansion of our business. The payment of cash dividends in the future, if any, will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend upon such factors as earnings levels, capital requirements, our overall financial condition and any other factors our board deems relevant. </P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="#tDIL"></a>DILUTION </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">If you invest in our common stock, your interest will be diluted to the extent of the difference between the initial public offering price per share of our common stock and the pro forma net tangible book value per share of our common stock after this offering. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Our net tangible book value (deficiency) as of March 31, 2010 was $(13,498,865), or $(2.43) per share of common stock. Net tangible book value (deficiency) per share represents the amount of our total tangible assets less total liabilities, divided by the number of shares of common stock outstanding at that date. After giving effect to the conversion of our outstanding convertible notes, and the issuance and sale of [&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] shares of our common stock in this offering at an initial public offering price of $[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;], and after deducting the underwriting discount and commissions and placement agent fees and estimated offering
expenses that we will pay, our pro forma net tangible book value (deficiency) as of March 31, 2010 would have been approximately $[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;], or $[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] per share of common stock. This represents an immediate increase in net tangible book value of $[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] per share to existing stockholders and an immediate dilution of $[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] per share to new investors purchasing shares of common stock in this offering. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The following table illustrates this dilution: </P>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Assumed initial public offering price per share</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Net tangible book value (deficiency) per share as of March 31, 2010</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(2.43</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Increase per share attributable to this offering</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Increase per share attributable to conversion of convertible notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Pro forma net tangible book value per share after this offering</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Dilution per share to new investors</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The following table summarizes, as of March 31, 2010, on a pro forma basis, and assuming the offering was completed on March 31, 2010, the total number of shares of common stock purchased from us, the total consideration paid to us and the average price per share paid by existing stockholders, by current noteholders whose notes will convert to common stock upon the closing of this offering, and by new investors purchasing shares of common stock in this offering, before deducting the underwriting discount and commissions and estimated offering expenses that we will pay: </P>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=7>Shares Purchased</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=7>Total Consideration</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=2><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=2 COLSPAN=3>Average<BR>Price Per<BR> Share</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left"  ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Number</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Percent</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Amount</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Percent</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Existing stockholders</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>%</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>%</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Existing convertible noteholders<sup>&#040;1&#041;</sup></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Totals</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>100.0</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>100.0</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">%<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Upon the closing of this offering, all of our outstanding convertible notes will convert into common stock at 70% of the initial public offering price. At March 31, 2010, there was $10,648,586 of aggregate principal of, and $1,246,477 of accrued interest on, the convertible notes). This table does not include $1,275,000 of aggregate principal of convertible notes issued after March 31, 2010. </TD>

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giving effect to all shares issuable under all convertible notes, warrants and options outstanding on such date, but excluding shares reserved for grants not issued under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, with an exercise price equal to the initial public offering price of $[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] per share. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">warrants to purchase an aggregate of 140,000 shares of common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $0.62 per share; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">warrants to purchase 530,500 shares of common stock with a weighted average exercise price of $1.00 per share; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">warrants to purchase 123,344 shares of common stock with a weighted average exercise price of $5.36 per share; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">a warrant to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock issued to a consultant that will be adjusted at the closing of this offering to be for a number of shares equal to 1.0% of our outstanding common stock on a fully diluted basis, giving effect to all shares issuable under all convertible notes, warrants and options outstanding on such date, but excluding shares reserved for grants not issued under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, with an exercise price equal to the initial public offering price of $[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] per share. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">To the extent outstanding options or warrants are exercised, there will be further dilution to new investors. If all of these options and warrants were exercised, the percentage of shares sold by us in this offering compared to the total number of shares outstanding would decrease from ____% to ____%, the percentage of consideration paid by investors to us in this offering compared to the total consideration paid by all investors would decrease from ____% to ____% and the dilution per share to new investors would increase from $_______ per share to $______ per share. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">an actual basis; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 24px; text-align: left">&#149;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">on a pro forma basis to reflect the conversion of outstanding convertible notes in the aggregate principal amount of $10,648,586, with accrued interest of $1,246,477, outstanding at March 31, 2010 (but does not include convertible notes in the aggregate principal amount of $1,275,000 issued after March 31, 2010), into [&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] shares common stock upon the closing of this offering, assuming an initial public offering price of $[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;]; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 21px"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 24px; text-align: left">&#149;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">on a pro forma, as adjusted basis to reflect the pro forma adjustments described above and our receipt of the estimated net proceeds from our sale of [&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] shares of common stock in this offering at an assumed initial public offering price of $[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;], after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. </TD>

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<DIV style="text-align: center"><TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="554" STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-indent:0px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: -24pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">

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          <TD><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="282"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="72"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="72"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="80"></TD>

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<TR>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=11>At March 31, 2010</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left"  ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=11><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">(unaudited)</FONT></TD>

</TR>

<TR>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left"  ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Actual</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Pro Forma</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Pro Forma,<BR> as Adjusted</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Cash and cash equivalents</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,067,787</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2007 senior convertible notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,305,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2010 senior convertible notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>3,572,654</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>8% Paramount/Capretti Notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,001,153</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Paramount Capital Partners notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,195,457</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Bank line of credit borrowings</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>320,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>11,394,264</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Stockholders&#146; (deficiency) equity:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -0pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Preferred stock, $0.001 par value: 5,000,000 shares authorized, actual, pro forma and pro forma, as adjusted; no shares issued and outstanding, actual, pro forma and pro forma, as adjusted</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -0pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Common stock, $0.001 par value: 25,000,000 shares authorized, actual, pro forma and pro forma, as adjusted; 5,547,101 shares issued and outstanding, actual, and [&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] shares issued and outstanding, pro forma and [&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] shares issued and outstanding pro forma, as adjusted</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,547</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Additional paid-in capital</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>6,409,604</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Deficit accumulated during the development stage</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(19,914,016</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Total stockholders&#146; (deficiency) equity</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(13,498,865</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Total capitalization</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(2,104,601</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">25,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of an option granted on May 11, 2010 with an exercise price equal to the initial public offering price of $[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] per share; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of an option we are committed to issue to our Chief Executive Officer at the close of this offering and a warrant we have issued to a consultant that will be adjusted at the close of this offering, which, assuming the sale of [&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] shares in this offering, would result in [&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] shares issuable under the option and [&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] shares issuable under the warrant (the option and the warrant will have an exercise price equal to the initial public offering price of $[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] per share); </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">140,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants with an exercise price of $0.62 per share; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 24px; text-align: left">&#149;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">530,500 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants with a weighted average exercise price of $1.00 per share; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">123,344 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants with a weighted average exercise price of $5.36 per share; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 24px; text-align: left">&#149;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants issued to noteholders and placement agents, which, assuming an initial public offering price of $[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] per share, would result in an aggregate of [&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] shares issuable under the warrants (the noteholder warrants will have an exercise price equal to the initial public offering price of $[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] per share and the placement agent warrants will have an exercise price equal to 110% of the initial public offering price of $[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] per share); </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">5,975,000 shares of common stock reserved for future grants under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] shares of our common stock that will be reserved for issuance under the warrant we will grant to the underwriter upon completion of this offering with an exercise price of 120% of the initial public offering price of $[&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;] per share. </TD>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="#tMDAFCRO"></a>MANAGEMENT&#146;S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL<BR> CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><I>You should read the following discussion and analysis together with our financial statements and the notes to those statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. As a result of many factors, such as those set forth under &#147;Risk Factors&#148; and elsewhere in this prospectus, our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements.</I> </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Overview </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We are a pharmaceutical company that seeks to develop and commercialize therapeutic products for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, specifically hemorrhoids, anal fissures and fecal incontinence. We have in-licensed all of the products in our current pipeline. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We have several proprietary product candidates in clinical development that address large market opportunities, including our most advanced product candidates, VEN 309 (iferanserin) and VEN 307 (diltiazem cream). VEN 309, a topical form of iferanserin which blocks peripheral (outside the central nervous system) serotonin receptors, is being developed for the topical treatment of hemorrhoids, where it can reduce the bleeding, itchiness, and pain associated with the condition. Thirteen million people in the U.S. suffer from hemorrhoids and we are not aware of any FDA approved prescription drugs for this condition. VEN 307 is a proprietary topical
formulation of the drug diltiazem which we are developing for the treatment of anal fissures. Over 4 million people in the U.S. suffer from anal fissures and even though most gastroenterology specialists will prescribe a pharmacy-prepared cream (made for each patient) of diltiazem or glyceryl trinitrate (a heart drug), to our knowledge, there are no drugs with FDA approval for this condition. Diltiazem is a drug that has been used in millions of patients orally for hypertension and angina, and our formulation, applied peri-anally, reduces the pain associated with the reduced blood supply in this disease, at a dose substantially below its usual oral dosage in hypertension and angina patients. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We have met with the FDA regarding our plans for the development of VEN 309 and VEN 307. We intend to initiate and conduct a Phase III clinical trial in the U.S. with VEN 309 beginning in the first half of 2011 and initiate a long term carcinogenicity study. Depending on our assessment of the data generated by the Phase III trial as well as on other factors, including our access to capital, clinical and regulatory considerations, and our assessment of the then-current state of our intellectual property estate, we intend to initiate and conduct the second Phase III trial, which, together with the first study, other small pharmacology studies, and the
carcinogenicity study (which we plan to complete after the second trial) will comprise the data needed to be able to submit a NDA to the FDA, which we anticipate could occur in 2014. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Our partner for VEN 307, S.L.A. Pharma, expects to conduct the first Phase III clinical trial with VEN 307 in Europe in 2010 and 2011. At the same time we intend to conduct a formulation program to create a new, improved formulation of topical diltiazem, with new intellectual property protections. We expect to receive the data from the first Phase III trial in the second half of 2011 and aim to have completed our formulation program by that time. Depending on our assessment of the data generated by this study and on whether the new formulation is superior to the existing version, as well as on other factors, including our access to capital, clinical
and regulatory considerations, and our assessment of the then-current state of our intellectual property estate, we intend to initiate either one additional Phase III study in the U.S. with the existing formulation or two additional Phase III clinical trials in the U.S. with the new formulation, to be run in parallel. We anticipate that both program options could provide sufficient data for a NDA submission to the FDA in 2013. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Since our inception, we have had no revenue from product sales, and have funded our operations principally through debt financings. Our operations to date have been primarily limited to organizing and staffing our company, licensing our product candidates, developing clinical trials for our product candidates, establishing manufacturing for our product candidates and maintaining and improving our patent portfolio. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We have generated significant losses to date, and we expect to continue to generate losses as we progress towards the commercialization of our product candidates, including VEN 307 and VEN 309. As of March 31, 2010, we had a deficit accumulated during the development stage of $19,914,016. Because we do not generate revenue from any of our product candidates, our losses will continue as we advance our product candidates </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">towards regulatory approval and eventual commercialization. As a result, our operating losses are likely to be substantial over the next several years. We are unable to predict the extent of any future losses or when we will become profitable, if at all. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We believe that the net proceeds from this offering and existing cash will be sufficient to fund our projected operating requirements until data are available from the key clinical trials with VEN 307 and VEN 309. Until we can generate a sufficient amount of product revenue, if ever, we expect to finance future cash needs through public or private equity offerings, debt financings or corporate collaborations and licensing arrangements. </P>

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<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Critical Accounting Policies </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Our management&#146;s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP. Our significant accounting policies are more fully described in Note 1 to the financial statements included in this prospectus. The following accounting policies are critical to fully understanding and evaluating our financial results. </P>

<H3 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Use of Estimates </H3>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires our management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements as well as the reported revenue, if any, and expenses during the reporting periods. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates their estimates and judgments. Management bases estimates on historical experience and on various other factors that they believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets
and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results might differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We account for stock options granted to employees according to the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification No. 718 (ASC 718), Compensation&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Stock Compensation. Under ASC 718, share-based compensation cost is measured at grant date, based on the estimated fair value of the award, and is recognized as expense over the employee&#146;s requisite service period on a straight-line basis. We account for stock options and warrants granted to non-employees on a fair value basis in accordance with ASC 718 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The initial non-cash charge to operations for non-employee
options and warrants with vesting are revalued at the end of each reporting period based upon the change in the fair value of the options and recognized as consulting expense over the related vesting period. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">For the purpose of valuing options and warrants granted to employees and non-employees, we use the Black-Scholes option pricing model. To determine the risk-free interest rate, we utilize the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant with a term consistent with the expected term of the awards. We estimated the expected life of the options granted based on anticipated exercises in the future periods assuming the success of our business model as currently forecasted. For warrants and non-employee options, we use the contractual term of the warrant, the length of the note or option as the expected term. The expected dividend yield
reflects our current and expected future policy for dividends on our common stock. The expected stock price volatility for our stock options will be calculated by examining historical volatilities for publicly traded industry peers as we do not now and for the near future will not have any trading history for our common stock. Forfeiture rates will be calculated based on the expected service period for our employees. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">When the convertible feature of conventional convertible debt provides for a rate of conversion that is below market value, this feature is characterized as a beneficial conversion feature, or BCF. Prior to the determination of the BCF, the proceeds from the debt instrument are first allocated between the convertible debt and any detachable free-standing instruments that are included, such as common stock warrants. We have disclosed the contingent nature of our BCFs but we have not recorded them as such. We will record a BCF if and when a conversion takes place. </P>

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<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Recent Accounting Pronouncements </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In March 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ratified the consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force included in EITF Issue No. 08-9, &#147;Milestone Method of Revenue Recognition&#148; (ASC Topic 605-28; ASU No. 2010-17). The milestone method is optional by arrangement and generally provides that upon achievement of a substantially uncertain milestone, the related milestone payment may be recognized in income in its entirety. We have not yet evaluated the effects of this consensus and, accordingly, have not yet made an accounting policy decision for future arrangements. When the consensus becomes effective (years beginning on or after
June 15, 2010; first quarter of 2011 for us), we will consider application of the consensus on a prospective or retrospective basis. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Since our inception, we have not engaged in any off-balance sheet arrangements, including the use of structured finance, special purpose entities or variable interest entities. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We have not generated any revenue since our inception and we do not expect to generate revenue within the foreseeable future. None of our existing product candidates is expected to be commercially available until 2012 at the earliest, if at all. To date, we have funded our operations primarily through debt financings. If our product development efforts result in clinical success, regulatory approval and successful commercialization of any of our products, we could generate revenue from sales or licenses of any such products. </P>

<H3 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Research and Development Expense </H3>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Research and development expenses consist primarily of costs associated with (i) internal costs associated with our development activities; (ii) payments we make to third party contract research organizations, contract manufacturers, and consultants; (iii) technology and intellectual property license costs; (iv) patent reimbursements. All research and development is expensed as incurred. License fees and pre-approved milestone payments due under each research and development arrangement that are paid prior to regulatory approval are expensed when the license is entered into or the milestone is achieved. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Conducting a significant amount of research and development is central to our business model. Through March 31, 2010, we incurred approximately $12,815,000 in research and development expenses since our inception in October 2005. Product candidates in later-stage clinical development generally have higher development costs than those in earlier stages of development, primarily due to the significantly increased size and duration of the clinical trials. We plan to increase our research and development expenses for the foreseeable future in order to complete development of our two most advanced product candidates, VEN 309 and VEN 307. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The following table summarizes the research and development payments related to our two most advanced product candidates and other projects. The table reflects payments directly attributable to each development candidate, which are tracked on a project basis. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>YE 2007</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>YE 2008</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>YE 2009</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Q1-2010</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>VEN307</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2,265,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>475,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>240,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>VEN309</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2,300,478</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>3,123,714</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2,734,147</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>281,600</TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The process of conducting pre-clinical studies and clinical trials necessary to obtain FDA approval is costly and time consuming. The probability of success for each product candidate and clinical trial may be affected by a variety of factors, including, among others, the quality of the product candidate&#146;s early clinical data, investment in the program, competition, manufacturing capabilities and commercial viability. As a result of the uncertainties discussed above, the uncertainty associated with clinical trial enrollments and the risks inherent in the development process, we are unable to determine the duration and completion costs of current
or future clinical stages of our product candidates or when, or to what extent, we will generate revenues from the commercialization and sale of any of our product candidates. Development timelines, probability of success and development costs vary widely. We will need to raise additional funds following the completion of this offering in order to fully complete the development of VEN 307 and VEN 309. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">General and administrative expense consists primarily of salaries and other related costs, professional fees for legal services and accounting services, insurance and travel expenses. We expect that our general and administrative expenses will increase as we add personnel and become subject to the reporting obligations applicable to public companies. From our inception in October 2005 through March 31, 2010, we spent $2,641,632 on general and administrative expense. </P>

<H3 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Interest Income and Interest Expense </H3>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Interest income consists of interest earned on our cash. Interest expense consists of interest incurred on the 5% related parties&#146; promissory notes from October 2005 to June 2008, the 8% related parties&#146; promissory notes from July 2008 to March 2010, the 10% Paramount Credit Partners notes from January 2009 to March 2010, the 8% senior convertible notes from December 2007 to December 2008, the 10% senior convertible notes from December 2008 to March 2010, the 8% 2010 senior convertible notes from February 2010 to March 2010, our letter of credit borrowings and interest due on our license fee payments. </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Results of Operations </H2>

<H3 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Comparison of the Years Ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 </H3>

<H4 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Research and Development Expense </H4>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Research and development expense was $2,942,992 for the year ended December 31, 2009, a decrease of $3,035,731, or 51%, from $5,978,723 for the year ended December 31, 2008. The decrease was primarily attributable to our expense in 2008 of an initial licensing fee of $2,050,000 to Sam Amer and our initial license payment to S.L.A. Pharma of $300,000. We expect to incur higher development costs in the future due to initiation of the Phase III clinical trial as well as product development and manufacturing costs to support the clinical study. </P>

<H4 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">General and Administrative Expense </H4>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">General and administrative expense was $397,238 for the year ended December 31, 2009, a decrease of $788,349, or 66%, from $1,185,587 for the year ended December 31, 2008. The decrease was primarily due to the departure of a key employee and our termination of various consulting arrangements in 2009. </P>

<H4 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Interest Income and Interest Expense </H4>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Interest income was $140 for the year ended December 31, 2009, a decrease of $12,951, or 99%, from $13,091 for the year ended December 31, 2008. The decrease was primarily due to lower cash balances during 2009 compared to 2008. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Interest expense was $1,199,315 for the year ended December 31, 2009, a decrease of $435,896, or 27%, from $1,635,211 for the year ended December 31, 2008. The decrease was primarily due to our expensing in 2008 $340,860 which resulted from our issuing warrants issued relating to the conversion of a 2008 promissory note and a decrease in amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discount of $575,955 in 2009. The aforementioned decreases in interest expense were offset by the increase in the interest rate on the Paramount BioSciences and Capretti Grandi notes from 8% to 10% and our paying interest in 2009 relating to the Sam Amer license
agreement of $320,000. </P>

<H3 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Comparison of the Period Ended March 31, 2010 and March 31, 2009 </H3>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Research and development expense was $413,746 for the period ended March 31, 2010, a decrease of $614,095, or 60%, from $1,027,841 for the period ended March 31, 2009. The decrease was primarily due to the completion, in 2009, of our initial clinical development activities. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">General and administrative expense was $36,554 for the period ended March 31, 2010, a decrease of $116,549, or 76%, from $153,093 for the period ended March 31, 2009. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in headcount and travel expenses. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Interest income was $6 for the period ended March 31, 2010, a decrease of $132, or 96%, from $138 for the period ended March 31, 2010. The decrease was primarily due to lower average cash balances and interest rates in 2010. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Interest expense was $1,570,003 for the period ended March 31, 2010, an increase of $1,355,830, or 633%, from $214,173 for the period ended March 31, 2009. The increase was primarily due to a charge of $942,000, which represents the value assigned to the warrants received by Paramount Biosciences as part of the conversion of related party notes into 2010 senior convertible notes, interest accrued relating to license agreements of $135,000 and an increase in charges related to the amortization of our deferred financing costs and debt discount and our issuance of additional notes in 2010. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">As a result of our significant research and development expenditures and the lack of any approved products to generate product sales revenue, we have not been profitable and have generated operating losses since we were incorporated in October 2005. We have funded our operations through March 31, 2010 principally with $10,648,586 in convertible notes, $1,573,000 in non-convertible notes and $934,141 in equity financing. The following table summarizes our funding sources as of March 31, 2010: </P>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Source</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Amount<BR> Raised</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Principal<sup>&#040;1&#041;</sup></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Accrued<BR> Interest</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Convertible</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Paramount Credit Partners</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,573,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,573,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>147,165</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>No</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Paramount Biosciences/Capretti</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,001,153</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,001,153</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>72,444</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Yes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2010 Senior Convertible Notes<sup>&#040;2&#041;</sup><sup>&#040;3&#041;</sup></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2,150,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>4,342,433</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>33,902</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Yes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2007 Senior Convertible Notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,305,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,305,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,140,131</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Yes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2008 Equity Offering, net</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>929,457</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Founder/employee shares</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>4,684</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Excludes debt discount. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Additional 2010 senior convertible notes were issued in the aggregate principal amounts of $575,000 in April 2010 and $700,000 in May 2010. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Includes $2,192,433 of debt owed to Paramount BioSciences, LLC that converted to a 2010 senior convertible note on February 26, 2010. </TD>

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<H5 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Notes Payable </H5>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">On October 7, 2005, we issued a 5% promissory note payable to Paramount BioSciences, LLC, an affiliate of Lindsay A. Rosenwald, a significant stockholder of our company. This note and all accrued interest were to mature on October 7, 2008, or earlier if certain events occurred. The note was amended to extend the maturity date to October 7, 2009. On June 16, 2008, this note was voluntarily converted into shares of our common stock and a warrant to purchase shares of our common stock (together, a &#147;unit&#148;) at a price of $4.87 per unit, the price of a concurrent financing. At the time of the conversion, the outstanding balance due under this
note was $1,396,672 which was converted into 286,791 shares of our common stock and a warrant to purchase 59,578 shares of our common stock for which we recorded charge of $266,243. Upon conversion, the note was automatically cancelled. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">On July 12, 2007, we issued an 8% promissory note payable to Paramount Biosciences. This note and all accrued interest mature on July 12, 2010, or earlier if certain events occur. On June 16, 2008, this note was voluntarily converted into shares of our common stock and a warrant to purchase shares of our common stock at a price of $4.87 per unit, the price of a concurrent financing. At the time of the conversion, the outstanding balance due under this note was $406,561 which was converted into 83,483 shares of our common stock and a warrant to purchase 16,697 shares of our common stock for which we recorded a charge of $74,617. Upon conversion, the
note was automatically cancelled. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold"><a href="#TOC">TABLE OF CONTENTS</a></P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">On July 23, 2008, we issued an 8% promissory note payable to Paramount Biosciences and on April 24, 2008, we issued an 8% promissory note payable to Capretti Grandi, LLC, an entity affiliated with Lindsay A. Rosenwald. Other than the maturity date, these notes have identical terms. All amounts outstanding under these notes mature and are payable on September 10, 2010 and April 24, 2012, respectively. All loans (including principal and accrued interest thereon) made by Paramount Biosciences or Capretti Grandi to us under these notes on or after September 30, 2009 shall immediately and automatically be converted into the same equity or derivative
securities as are issued in any equity or derivative equity financing consummated by us on or after September 30, 2009 (that does not otherwise constitute a Qualified Financing, on the same terms and conditions that such equity securities are offered in such non-Qualified Financing. A &#147;Qualified Financing&#148; means the closing of an equity financing or series of related equity financings by us resulting in aggregate gross cash proceeds (before brokers&#146; fees or other transaction expenses) of at least $10,000,000. As of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the principal amount outstanding under these notes is $1,001,153 and $2,025,591, respectively. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">During 2009, we issued four separate 10% promissory notes (collectively, the &#147;PCP Notes&#148;) to Paramount Credit Partners, LLC, an entity whose managing member is Lindsay A. Rosenwald. Specifically, the PCP Notes consist of a note in the principal amount of $1,100,000 issued on January 23, 2009, a note in the principal amount of $100,000 issued on March 25, 2009, a note in the principal amount of $250,000 issued on June 1, 2009 and a note in the principal amount of $123,000 issued on June 24, 2009. Interest on the PCP Notes is payable quarterly, in arrears, and the principal matures on the earlier of (i) December 31, 2013, (ii) the completion
of a Qualified Financing (as defined above), or (iii) the completion of a Reverse Merger. For purposes of the PCP Notes, &#147;Reverse Merger&#148; means a merger, share exchange or other transaction or series of related transactions in which (a) we merge into or otherwise become a wholly owned subsidiary of a company subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (b) the aggregate consideration payable to us or our stockholders in such transaction(s) is greater than or equal to $10,000,000. Paramount Credit Partners has agreed verbally to waive the repayment obligation upon the close of this offering. In addition, Paramount Credit Partners received five-year warrants (&#147;PCP Warrants&#148;) to purchase, at an exercise price of 110% of the lowest price paid for securities in a Qualified Financing, a number of shares of our common stock equal to 40% of the principal amount of each PCP Note purchased divided by the lowest price paid for
securities in a Qualified Financing prior to the two-year anniversary of such PCP Note. If the Qualified Financing does not occur on or before the two-year anniversary of a PCP Note, then the associated PCP Warrants will be exercisable for a number of shares of our common stock equal to 40% of the principal amount of such PCP Note purchased divided by $1.00, at a per share exercise price of $1.00. As of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the principal amount outstanding under these notes is $1,573,000. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We have paid interest owed to Paramount Credit Partners for the first quarters of 2010 and 2009. For the second, third and fourth quarters of 2009, we had insufficient funds to pay the quarterly interest amount owed to Paramount Credit Partners. Interest amounts for these three quarterly periods were paid directly by Lindsay A. Rosenwald to Paramount Credit Partners, pursuant to certain guarantee obligations owed by Dr. Rosenwald under Paramount Credit Partners&#146; operating agreement. </P>

<H5 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">2007 Senior Convertible Notes </H5>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">During 2007 and 2008, we issued 8% senior convertible notes in connection with a private placement in the aggregate principal amount of $5,305,000 (the &#147;Bridge Notes&#148;). The Bridge Notes were originally scheduled to mature on December 20, 2008, but we exercised our option to extend the maturity date to December 20, 2009, at an increased interest rate of 10%. We subsequently solicited the consent of the noteholders to an additional extension of the maturity date of the Bridge Notes to September 10, 2010. After giving effect to such consent, the Bridge Notes, plus all accrued interest thereon, will automatically convert into the same
securities issued in our next Qualified Financing (as defined below), at a conversion price equal to 70% of the lowest per unit price paid for such securities in cash by investors in such Qualified Financing, and upon such other terms, conditions and agreements as may be applicable in such Qualified Financing. The Bridge Notes will also automatically convert into equity securities of ours immediately prior to a sale or merger of our company, as defined in the Bridge Notes. In the event that the Bridge Notes become due and payable (whether on the due date or earlier) prior to the consummation by us of a Qualified Financing, or a </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">sale or merger of our company which converts the Bridge Notes into equity securities of our company, then, in connection with the repayment of the Bridge Notes, in addition to the payment of the unpaid principal amount and all accrued but unpaid interest on the Bridge Notes, we will be obligated to pay to the Noteholders, as a repayment premium, an amount in cash equal to 42.8571% of the aggregate principal amount plus all accrued and unpaid interest on the Bridge Notes. For purposes of the Bridge Notes, &#147;Qualified Financing&#148; means the sale of our equity securities in an equity financing or series of related equity financings in which we
receive (minus the amount of aggregate gross cash proceeds to us from our arm&#146;s length sale of equity or debt securities, or incurrence of new loans, after December 21, 2009) aggregate gross proceeds of at least $10,000,000 (before brokers&#146; fees or other transaction related expenses, and excluding any such proceeds resulting from any conversion of the Bridge Notes). </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In connection with the offering of the Bridge Notes, Paramount BioCapital and third party agents received warrants (the &#147;Placement Warrants&#148;) to purchase, at an exercise price of 110% of the lowest price paid for securities in a Qualified Financing, a number of shares of our common stock equal to 10% of the principal amount of the notes purchased, less any amount used to repay the related party notes, or amounts due to Paramount Biosciences or its affiliates or employees as finder&#146;s fees, payments under the consulting services agreement with Paramount Corporate Development LLC, an affiliate of Dr. Rosenwald or other similar payments,
divided by the lowest price paid for securities in a Qualified Financing prior to December 21, 2009. If the Qualified Financing did not occur on or before December 21, 2009, the Placement Warrants will be exercisable for a number of shares of our common stock equal to 10% of the principal amount of the Notes purchased, less any amount used to repay the related party notes, or amounts due to Paramount Biosciences or its affiliates or employees as finder&#146;s fees, payments under the services agreement or other similar payments, divided by $1.00, at a per share exercise price of $1.00 and are exercisable for seven years. Since the Qualified Financing did not occur by such date, the Placement Warrants are now exercisable into 530,500 shares of our common stock, at a per share exercise price of $1.00. </P>

<H5 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">2010 Senior Convertible Notes </H5>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In February, March, April and May 2010, we issued 8% senior convertible notes in connection with a private placement in the aggregate principal amount of $3,425,000. These notes mature on September 10, 2010. Upon the closing of a Qualified IPO (as defined below), the 2010 Notes plus any accrued but unpaid interest thereon will convert automatically into shares of our common stock at 70% of the price at which shares of common stock are sold in the Qualified IPO (the &#147;IPO Price&#148;), upon the terms and conditions on which such securities are issued in the Qualified IPO. For purposes hereof, &#147;Qualified IPO&#148; means the consummation of an
initial public offering by us of units consisting of shares of common stock and warrants to purchase common stock resulting in aggregate gross cash proceeds (before commissions or other expenses) to us of at least $10,000,000. Each noteholder also holds a warrant to purchase a number of shares of our common stock equal to 50% of the principal amount of the notes purchased by it divided by the IPO Price at a per share exercise price equal to 100% of the IPO Price, subject to adjustment. Each of these warrants will expire and no longer be exercisable after March 31, 2015. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Qualified IPO does not occur on or before March 31, 2012, then each warrant will be exercisable for that number of shares of our common stock equal to 50% of the principal amount of the 2010 Note purchased by the original holder divided by $1.00, at a per share exercise price of $1.00. In the event of a sale of our company (whether my merger, consolidation, sale or transfer of our
capital stock or assets or otherwise) prior to, but not in connection with, a Qualified IPO, each of these warrants will terminate 90 days following such sale and the warrants shall continue to be exercisable pursuant to its terms during such 90-day period. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Lindsay A. Rosenwald purchased $500,000 in aggregate principal amount of the notes and related warrants in this offering. In addition, on February 26, 2010, a note similar to those discussed above in the aggregate principal amount of $2,192,433 and related warrant were issued to Paramount Biosciences for the cancellation of a portion of the debt outstanding under the 8% promissory note issued to Paramount BioSciences on July 23, 2008, which is not included in the $3,425,000 of aggregate principal amount of notes issued in the 2010 senior convertible note private placement. Including such converted debt, the total aggregate principal amount of 2010
senior convertible notes is $5,617,433. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Net cash used in operations was $3,483,919 for the year ended December 31, 2009. The net loss for the year ended December 31, 2009 was higher than cash used in operating activities by $1,055,486. The primary reasons for the difference are adjustments for non-cash charges such as a $123,758 expense for warrants granted to consultants as compensation, amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discount of $116,952, an increase in interest payable of $737,389, stock issued in connection with license agreements and vendor of $30,000 and a net increase in operating assets and liabilities of $39,876. The increase in net operating liabilities
resulted from a decrease of prepaid research and development and other assets of $802,649 and a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $762,773. </P>

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operating liabilities resulted from an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $3,375,368 and an increase of prepaid research and development and other assets of $797,447. </P>

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by financing activities was also reduced by repayment of loans to related parties of $1,500,000. </P>

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regulatory approvals, the costs involved in preparing, filing, prosecuting, maintaining, defending, and enforcing patent claims and other intellectual property rights, the acquisition of licenses to new products or compounds, the status of competitive products, the availability of financing, and our success in developing markets for our product candidates. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">conduct a Phase III clinical trial of iferanserin (VEN 309) in the treatment of hemorrhoids, carcinogenicity testing and developing new intellectual property: $8,000,000; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">payment to S.L.A. Pharma of our licensing obligations for diltiazem cream (VEN 307) and development of an improved formulation for use in Phase III studies in the U.S. on completion of S.L.A. Pharma&#146;s European study, payment to S.L.A. Pharma of our licensing obligations for phenylephrine gel and preparation of a Phase II clinical trial: $4,200,000; and </TD>

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sale of additional equity or debt securities, if convertible, could result in dilution to our stockholders. The incurrence of indebtedness would result in increased fixed obligations and could also result in covenants that would restrict our operations. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We are a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of late-stage prescription drugs for gastrointestinal disorders, specifically hemorrhoids, anal fissures and fecal incontinence. We are not aware of any FDA approved prescription treatments for these conditions, yet there are approximately 13 million Americans suffering from hemorrhoids, 9 million from fecal incontinence and over 4 million from anal fissures and total global prescription sales of drugs for all gastrointestinal disorders exceed $31 billion worldwide. Our product candidate portfolio consists of three late-stage drugs intended to treat these
conditions: one new chemical entity, or NCE, and two previously approved molecules that will have market exclusivity for new and patentable topical gastrointestinal indications. Our meetings with the FDA have established that VEN 309, our NCE for the topical treatment of hemorrhoids, and VEN 307, for the topical treatment of anal fissures, are essentially ready for Phase III studies. In addition, VEN 308, for the topical treatment of fecal incontinence, is ready to begin Phase IIb trials. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><B>Iferanserin ointment (VEN 309) for the topical treatment of hemorrhoids.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Hemorrhoids, which are characterized by the inflammation and swelling of veins around the anus or lower rectum, can cause bleeding, itching, pain and difficulty defecating. As reported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases, hemorrhoids affect nearly half of all men and women by age 50. Despite such a high prevalence, there are currently no FDA approved prescription drugs for the treatment of hemorrhoids. As a result, we have developed iferanserin ointment (VEN 309), which we believe to be more efficacious and/or less invasive than conventional hemorrhoid therapies. Iferanserin has selective, antagonistic activity against peripheral 5-HT<sub>2</sub> receptors involved in clotting and the contraction of arteries and veins, two events believed to be associated with hemorrhoid formation. By limiting 5-HT<sub>2</sub> receptor
activity, VEN 309 improves the flow of blood out of the dilated veins that comprise the hemorrhoid, thereby reducing bleeding, itchiness and pain. The potential for side effects is limited because iferanserin is topically applied. In multiple clinical trials, iferanserin ointment significantly reduced bleeding, pain and itchiness compared to placebo with minimal adverse effects. The development of iferanserin ointment has been completed up to the end of Phase II where the FDA has concluded that the product is ready to enter Phase III development. We also have filed a special protocol assessment, or SPA, with the FDA to ensure their explicit agreement with our Phase III clinical plan for VEN 309. We expect completion of the SPA process to occur in the fourth quarter of 2010 and to initiate Phase III trials by the first half of 2011. We expect data from the first pivotal Phase III trial to be available in the first half of 2012.</U> </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><B>Diltiazem cream (VEN 307), a topical treatment for the relief of pain associated with anal fissures.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Anal fissures, or small tears or cuts in the skin that lines the anus, are quite common, affecting nearly 2% of the U.S. adult population. They can be extremely painful, cause bleeding and often require surgery, which itself can have unsatisfactory outcomes. At present, we are not aware of any FDA approved drugs for the treatment of anal fissures. However, diltiazem cream is currently used as the preferred treatment by many gastroenterologists across the U.S. in a version that must be specially mixed for each patient in the pharmacy. We expect to capture immediate market share if VEN 307 is approved due to its efficacy and ease of prescription, with no need for custom mixing necessary at the pharmacy. When applied topically for the treatment of anal fissures, diltiazem, a drug that has been used for decades for hypertension and
angina, dilates the blood vessels supplying the region, reduces anal sphincter tone, and thereby substantially decreases pain. In multiple clinical trials conducted against placebo or another commonly used (but not FDA approved) treatment, topical nitroglycerine, diltiazem cream significantly reduced the pain associated with anal fissures. Applied topically in our proprietary formulation, diltiazem is only minimally absorbed, at one-tenth the amount of the lowest dose used for cardiovascular treatment, thereby improving its safety profile and lowering the risk of side effects. VEN 307 has progressed through early-stage clinical trials, toxicology studies and manufacturing up to the end of Phase II. During a pre-IND meeting with the FDA in 2007, the FDA agreed on the design of our Phase III clinical program as well as the other requirements necessary to obtain approval of a NDA in the U.S. We expect to begin a Phase III trial </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">of VEN 307 in the European Union in the fourth quarter of 2010, and we anticipate results from this study in the second half of 2011. Depending on the progress of that trial, we plan to file an Investigational New Drug Application, or IND, with the FDA for VEN 307 in 2011 and to initiate Phase III trials in the U.S. We have licensed the exclusive North American rights to VEN 307 for the topical treatment of anal fissures from S.L.A. Pharma, who is conducting the development program in Europe.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><B>Phenylephrine gel (VEN 308) for the treatment of fecal incontinence associated with ileal pouch anal anastomosis, or IPAA, an FDA orphan indication.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Ileal pouch anal anastomosis is a surgical procedure used as part of a colectomy, which is a treatment for patients with ulcerative colitis. Fecal incontinence resulting from dysfunctional sphincter tone is a common consequence of this procedure. Currently, there are few options, including no FDA approved drugs, available to treat this problem. Therefore, we have developed VEN 308, a phenylephrine gel we believe to have significant advantages over the limited treatment options currently available including, but not limited to, increased efficacy and/or reduced invasiveness. Phenylephrine has been used by millions of patients as a common ingredient of cough and cold medications. Applied topically, phenylephrine gel increases anal sphincter tone, thereby improving fecal incontinence
in patients where sphincter tone is the major cause of their symptoms (such as post IPAA surgery). In multiple clinical trials with patients suffering from IPAA-associated fecal incontinence, topical phenylephrine significantly (and in some patients, dramatically) improved patient bowel control. In clinical trials with other forms of incontinence, improvements were also observed following application of topical phenylephrine, depending on the cause of the incontinence. We plan to submit an IND to the FDA for VEN 308 as treatment for fecal incontinence associated with IPAA and to initiate a U.S. Phase IIb dose-ranging study in 2012. IPAA-related fecal incontinence has been designated by the FDA as an orphan indication, which means that VEN 308, if approved by the FDA, will enjoy seven years of market exclusivity in the U.S. If the FDA approves VEN 308 for the treatment of fecal incontinence associated with IPAA, we intend to investigate additional fecal incontinence indications. We have
licensed the exclusive North American rights for VEN 308 as a topical treatment for fecal incontinence from S.L.A. Pharma, who expects to conduct the European development program. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In 2009, total global sales of gastrointestinal pharmaceuticals were valued at over $31 billion and are expected to grow at a rate of 0.7% per year. Prescription sales account for the largest percentage of total sales and are valued at nearly $14 billion in the U.S. alone. There are approximately 9,000 active gastroenterologists in the U.S., who directly account for more than $3 billion in annual prescription sales. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Major pharmaceutical progress has been made in the gastrointestinal therapeutic areas of gastroesophageal reflux and peptic ulcer disease. However, many major gastrointestinal disorders still lack medical treatments. Ventrus is pursuing treatments for three of the ten most prevalent gastrointestinal disorders in the U.S. The estimated combined patient population of these three disorders exceeds 26 million adults in the U.S. In the market segments of fecal incontinence and anal fissure, we are not aware of any FDA-approved pharmaceutical treatment. In the market segment of hemorrhoids, we are not aware of any FDA-approved prescription drug. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Hemorrhoids are a common anal disorder, characterized by bleeding, itching, pain, swelling, tenderness and difficulty defecating. Based on information from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the prevalence of hemorrhoids in the U.S. adult population is approximately 5.7%, representing approximately 12.7 million cases based on 2009 population data published by the U.S. Census Bureau. The prevalence of hemorrhoids peaks in adults aged 45 to 65 years. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Hemorrhoids are symptomatic abnormalities of normal vascular structures in the anal canal that are manifested by dilation of the local arteries and veins due to constriction and partial obstruction of the exiting colonic veins. Although the exact mechanism for hemorrhoid formation is not clear, the progressive occlusion of venous exit vessels (e.g., as seen in straining during defecation, heavy lifting and pregnancy) is thought to produce stretching of the vessels in the hemorrhoidal plexus combined with vascular stasis. This stasis causes platelet clumping with the release of the platelet&#146;s artery and vein constricting contents:
platelet-releasing factor and serotonin, resulting in localized constriction of the exit arteries and veins, where most of the vascular smooth muscles are, and a cascade effect producing clot formation. These events result in additional stasis of the blood, perpetuating and further worsening the situation. As hemorrhoids worsen, the trapped blood forms piles (protruding skin folds filled with static and thrombosed blood), initially above the pectinate line (internal hemorrhoids) and then below the pectinate line (external hemorrhoids). </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The classification of internal hemorrhoid grades by Banov is accepted by most specialists. This system consists of four grades and symptoms: first degree (grade I): hemorrhoids bleed but do not protrude; second degree (grade II): hemorrhoids protrude but reduce on their own; third degree (grade III): hemorrhoids protrude and require manual re-insertion; and fourth degree (grade IV): hemorrhoids protrude and cannot be manually re-inserted. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The cardinal symptom and most common manifestation of internal hemorrhoids is bleeding. Bleeding is often the only sign in grade I hemorrhoids, but it can also be accompanied by other symptoms as the hemorrhoids further enlarge, such as discomfort, itching, prolapse, and fecal soilage. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We are not aware of any prescription products approved for the treatment of hemorrhoids. Products currently used to treat hemorrhoids, in our estimation, do not affect the underlying causes, have little efficacy data to support their use, are old &#147;grandfathered&#148; products and are utilized because the only other alternatives include invasive procedures and/or surgery. Most physicians start with conservative therapy consisting of diet modification, fiber, sitz baths and stool softeners. In addition to conservative therapy, physicians might prescribe topical steroids. Because of the lack of effective prescription products, most hemorrhoid
patients will use over-the-counter preparations. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">On February 5, 2008, Ventrus held an End of Phase II meeting with the FDA, to confirm the U.S. regulatory status and pathway to a NDA for iferanserin ointment where it was agreed that the product may enter late-stage Phase III development. In March 2008, Ventrus licensed exclusive worldwide rights to develop and market iferanserin ointment for the treatment of anorectal disorders from Sam Amer &amp; Company, or Amer. We have also filed a special protocol assessment, or SPA, with the FDA to ensure their explicit agreement with VEN 309&#146;s Phase III clinical plan. Completion of the SPA process is expected for the fourth quarter of 2010 and
initiation of Phase III trials is planned for the first quarter of 2011. Furthermore, we plan to begin a long term carcinogenicity study in 2011. We anticipate data from the first pivotal Phase III trial to be available by the end of the first half of 2011. Depending on our assessment of the data generated by the first Phase III trial and other factors, including our access to capital, clinical and regulatory considerations and assessment of the then-current state of our intellectual property estate, we will conduct the second Phase III trial, which, together with the first study, other small pharmacology studies and the carcinogenicity study (which will be complete after the second trial) will comprise the data required to submit a New Drug Application (NDA) to the FDA, which we anticipate could occur in 2014. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Prior to the Ventrus license agreement, iferanserin was licensed to Novartis Pharmaceuticals as part of their gastroenterology portfolio strategy. During their ownership, Novartis improved iferanserin manufacturing processes and completed important toxicology and metabolite studies. In 2005, Novartis&#146; lead gastroenterology product, Zelnorm&reg; was experiencing increased FDA scrutiny on the safety of the product, which lead to its eventual withdrawal from the market. With the impending loss of their lead product, Novartis dissolved the gastrointestinal franchise and returned the asset to Amer. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Iferanserin has selective antagonistic activity against peripheral (i.e., outside the central nervous system) 5-HT<sub>2</sub> receptors, especially against those involved in contraction of vascular smooth muscle and platelet aggregation (clotting). </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Studies conducted by Amer in rats addressed the potential effects of iferanserin on impaired rectal mucosal blood flow and increased peripheral vascular resistance after administration of serotonin or thrombin. At doses of 3 mg/kg and above administered intrarectally, iferanserin improved rectal mucosal blood flow and normalized the peripheral vascular resistance. Iferanserin had minimal effects on arterial blood pressure. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Iferanserin has been extensively tested in multiple preclinical models. The iferanserin exposure from dosing in human ranges from 1/17<sup>th</sup> to 1/88<sup>th</sup> of the exposure that produces toxicity and from 1/45<sup>th</sup> to 1/85<sup>th</sup> of the exposure that produces cardiovascular effects in animal toxicology studies. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">A total of seven clinical trials have been completed with iferanserin. One Phase 1 study and one Phase II study were completed using the racemic mixture of iferanserin. After the successful Phase II proof-of-principle study, the licensor, Amer, separated the R- and S-isomers (the two active components of most small molecule pharmaceuticals) and determined that the primary activity was focused in the S-isomer. After the development of the S-isomer in the mid 1990s, the remaining studies&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;two Phase I studies, two Phase II studies, and one Phase III study&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;were all conducted with the S-isomer product. This development
progression (racemic to S-isomer) is a common pharmaceutical practice, enabling companies to use the purest form of the molecule in late-stage clinical trials. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">A double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 26 patients conducted by Amer was the first clinical trial to test the activity of the racemic mixture of iferanserin. Topical 1% iferanserin ointment was applied three times daily for five days to calculate the effect on bleeding and other symptoms in patients with grade I to III external hemorrhoids. Treatment produced statistically significant improvements in ease of defecation, throbbing, fullness, bleeding and tenderness. Itchiness and pain were also reduced following treatment. These positive treatment effects started immediately after treatment and were maintained throughout the study. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Topical iferanserin ointment, in twice-a-day doses of three different concentrations was provided to 72 patients for 14 days to treat symptomatic internal and mixed internal/external hemorrhoids in a study conducted by Tsumura Company. A total of 68 patients were evaluable for analysis of ease of defecation, pain, bleeding and swelling. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">There was a significant change in ease of defecation between dose groups by day 7 but no other differences in improvements of symptoms among the three dose groups. Anal discomfort and pain persistence improved with increasing dose on a visual analog scale, or VAS, of pain. For the symptom of bleeding, a significant difference between dose levels (P=0.016) was observed. By day 14, hemorrhoidal swelling was reduced in the two higher dose groups. A review of patient diaries revealed that all symptoms started improving on day 1, with improvement peaking at day 7 and being maintained to day 14. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">There were 45 adverse events, but only five (11%) were judged as related to iferanserin ointment. These iferanserin-related adverse events were mostly mild diarrhea or lower abdominal discomfort, which required no medical treatment. Laboratory tests were generally normal, with the exception of one case of mild elevation of total bilirubin one month after trial completion, which required no therapy. Further evaluation of metabolites revealed no relationship to adverse events. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was conducted by Tsumura Company with three different concentrations of iferanserin ointment administered twice daily for four weeks for treatment of 104 patients with grade I to III internal hemorrhoids. Inclusion criteria required a minimal degree of either bleeding or prolapse. The primary endpoint was physician-rated size reduction of the hemorrhoids; secondary endpoints included subjective symptoms as assessed by patient diaries and VAS. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">By day 28, compared with placebo, the high dose of iferanserin concentration showed the most consistent improvements across groups for secondary symptoms, such as bleeding, pain severity and duration, and ease of defecation. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Based on the results of the two Tsumura Phase II trials, a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study was conducted by Amer to compare 0.5% iferanserin ointment with placebo when administered twice daily for 14 days for treatment of 121 patients with symptomatic grade I to III internal hemorrhoids. Among inclusion criteria was the requirement that patients have &#147;bleeding episodes at least every other day for two weeks prior to trial entry.&#148; Daily patient diaries for bleeding, itching and pain/discomfort were recorded for 14 days, and patient assessments were recorded at days 7 and 14 based on a 10-point scale. A physician evaluation
for prolapse and size occurred at baseline and day 14. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Fifty-six patients, each in the active and placebo treatment groups, were evaluable for the primary endpoint, which was bleeding. Not all patients had each of the other symptoms, but sufficient numbers were available for statistical analyses to be performed for bleeding, pain, itching and dyschezia, which is extensive straining with stools. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Compared with placebo, iferanserin ointment significantly reduced bleeding (<I>P</I> &lt; 0.05) by day 3, a reduction maintained to day 14 (<B>Figure 1</B>). Total cessation of bleeding occurred in 89% of the iferanserin-treated patients versus 68% of the placebo-treated patients. Compared with placebo, iferanserin ointment also significantly reduced itching (<I>P</I> &lt; 0.05) by day 3. Total elimination of itching by day 14 was achieved in 90% of the iferanserin-treated patients versus 62% of the placebo-treated patients. Finally, compared with placebo, iferanserin ointment significantly reduced pain (<I>P</I> &lt; 0.05) by day 3, effecting a
total cure of 78% of patients versus a total cure of 46% of patients in the placebo group. There were also no clinically significant adverse findings for either iferanserin or placebo. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">During the 14-day study period, 83% of the inferanserin-treated patients had complete cessation of symptoms (defined as three consecutive days without bleeding) versus 52% of the placebo-treated patients. The median time to complete cessation of bleeding was 4.5 days for inferanserin-treated patients versus 10.5 days for placebo-treated patients (<I>P</I> &lt; 0.01) (<B>Figure 2</B>). In our Phase II trials of iferanserin ointment, the median time to complete cessation of bleeding has been approved by the FDA as a primary endpoint. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>Figure 2.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;In a Phase III double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study of 121 patients with grades I to III internal hemorrhoids, the median time to complete cessation of bleeding was 4.5 days for iferanserin ointment versus 10.5 days for placebo (p 0.01). </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In this Phase III double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study of 121 patients with grades I to III internal hemorrhoids, iferanserin provided rapid and sustained improvements of the main symptoms of this disorder: bleeding, itching and pain. Maximal improvements of symptoms occurred by day 7 and were maintained to day 14 at the end of the trial. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Based on the End of Phase II meeting and comments provided by the FDA, we have resubmitted the special protocol assessment, or SPA, to the FDA. We plan to initiate the first Phase III trial for iferanserin ointment in the first quarter of 2011 and will also begin other critical-path studies for iferanserin ointment, such as those for animal carcinogenicity, in mid-2011. The overall development strategy is to complete development on the current formulation so that we will receive a minimum of five years market exclusivity. Additional patents will be concurrently pursued utilizing the extensive pre-clinical and clinical data package which contains new
and unexpected relevant outcomes. New patents could potentially extend market exclusivity beyond 2030 but are dependant on the U.S. Patent Office review. Between five and 10 years after initial approval and depending on several factors, including our access to capital, clinical and regulatory considerations and our assessment of the then-current state of our intellectual property estate, we intend to convert the original formulation to OTC status as we introduce the next generation product, which will be based on one or more of the available lifecycle options. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Market research conducted to date by Sam Amer &amp; Company with both patients and physicians shows a significant dissatisfaction with current treatment options and the need for a product that relieves multiple hemorrhoidal symptoms. In a survey conducted with 57 hemorrhoid patients, average satisfaction with current prescription treatment was rated at 6.0 on a 10-point scale. The most desired treatment effects of a new hemorrhoidal medication that patients described would be &#147;fast onset,&#148; and &#147;bleeding cessation.&#148; The most frequent hemorrhoidal symptoms these patients reported experiencing were itching (79%), bleeding (77%) and
pain (68%). </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">A research study conducted by Sam Amer of 40 physicians (30 primary-care physicians, five gastroenterologists, and five colon and rectal surgeons) evaluated their satisfaction with current treatment for hemorrhoidal treatment on a 10-point scale. The level of satisfaction with current treatment for reducing bleeding was 6.4; for relieving itch, 7.1; and for reducing pain, 6.8. The physicians indicated that the most desirable treatment effects of new hemorrhoidal medication would be &#147;fast onset (2 to 3 days)&#148; and &#147;multi-symptom relief.&#148; Another research study of 98 physicians showed that most physicians would replace their current
first line therapy with iferanserin ointment, if it is approved. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Anal fissure, which is a crack in the skin of the anal canal, is a common anal disorder characterized by severe anal pain and bleeding with or after bowel movements. Because there are no approved pharmacological treatments for anal fissure, many cases progress to surgery. There are no formal epidemiology studies for anal fissure, but its prevalence has been estimated indirectly. When 1,500 unselected neurological inpatients were screened in a 1999 study, the prevalence of anal fissure was estimated at 1.6% in males and 2.2% in females. By extrapolation to the 2009 U.S. population of 227 million adults, we estimate that the general prevalence rate is
1.9%, with approximately 4.3 million current cases. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Although hypertonia, or an increase in tightness of muscle tone, of the internal anal sphincter, or IAS, is associated with anal fissure, its contribution to the cause of anal fissure remains unclear. Hypertonia of the IAS does, however, contribute to chronic anal fissure. Anatomical, angiographic, and blood-flow studies have shown that the vascular supply of the anal epithelium, or tissue lining the anus, is very poor in the posterior midline, the anal area most commonly affected by fissures. Thus, it is possible that decreased anodermal blood supply to this area contributes to the pain and ischemia, or decrease in the blood supply, of traumatized
anal epithelium, perpetuating ulceration and preventing healing. Whether the primary event for anal fissure is hypertonia of the IAS or decreased blood supply, hypertonia itself reduces vascular perfusion in the anal area. This reduction of vascular perfusion has been compared with that associated with ischemic pain in the lower limbs. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Presently, there are no FDA approved products of which we are aware for the treatment of anal fissure in the U.S. The clinical goal in treating anal fissures is to reduce the pain associated with the fissure long enough for it to heal naturally and prevent the patient from having to resort to surgery. Currently, most physicians start treatment with diet modification, fiber, sitz baths and stool softeners. If these conservative treatments fail, physicians proceed to pharmacologic therapy, prescribing topical steroids, compounded topical nitroglycerin or by directing special pharmacies to mix raw diltiazem into a cream for topical use by fissure
patients. If these pharmacologic treatments fail to manage the pain, physicians consider, and often perform, surgery. In some instances, physicians initially prescribe pharmacologic therapy in addition to conservative treatments; in other instances because of the severe pain, they initially perform surgery. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The purpose of surgery is to reduce hypertonia of the IAS by either manual dilatation or lateral sphincterotomy. Both procedures are highly successful in relieving the pain and promoting healing of fissures. Although a relatively simple and effective surgical procedure, lateral sphincterotomy is also associated with short-term mild-to-moderate fecal incontinence. This not insignificant adverse effect can become permanent in up to 8% of patients. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Over the last decades, a drug developer attempted to gain FDA approval for the topical treatment of anal fissures with nitroglycerin, an agent that reduces IAS and anal fissure pain. Early attempts to develop nitroglycerin utilizing a healing endpoint failed as it was discovered most fissures will heal naturally if the patient can endure the pain for the first several weeks of the disorder. However, it was discovered during development that lowering IAS hypertonia did have a significant benefit in reducing the pain associated with anal fissures. The subsequent pivotal studies with pain as a primary endpoint demonstrated a 33% reduction in pain scores
in patients with baseline pain score &gt;48 (1&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;100 mm on the visual analog scale, or VAS). However because the developer did not use minimum pain scores as an inclusion criteria, the overall effect was diluted to 22%. In addition, 64% of subjects reported headaches, which is a known systemic side effect of nitroglycerin. The FDA denied its approval, concluding that the risk benefit ratio for nitroglycerin as topical treatment for anal fissure pain was not favorable due to the modest overall effect and high incidence of systemic side effects. We have planned a clinical program that focuses on pain as the primary endpoint and includes only patients who have adequate pain scores on entry into the studies, which we believe will avoid the modest effects seen in the earlier study. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Diltiazem was first approved in 1982 in oral form for the treatment of angina and high blood pressure. It has been prescribed in the U.S. for millions of patients in oral dosages typically from 240 mg to 360 mg per day. In contrast, daily doses of VEN 307 for treatment of anal fissures will range from 15 to 45 mg. Because of the extensive patient exposure to diltiazem as a cardiovascular agent and the wide safety margin as a low dose topical therapy, we intend to develop the topical formulation as a Section 505(b)(2) NDA, as agreed with the FDA at our pre- IND meeting in August 2007. A special NDA procedure, known as a &#147;section 505(b)(2)
application&#148; or a &#147;paper NDA,&#148; allows an applicant to seek approval on the basis of a combination of a prior approval of a similar product or published literature, and some new clinical studies conducted or sponsored by the applicant. Section 505(b)(2) applications are often used for changes in a drug that require clinical investigations and thus cannot be handled through the generic drug process, such as a new indication or change in dosage form. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Compounded diltiazem (prepared by the pharmacist, for each patient, using a general cream base and diltiazem from oral formulations) is currently listed in the U.S. and E.U. anal fissure treatment guidelines as a preferred agent prior to attempting surgery. Compounded diltiazem is utilized by thousands of colorectal and gastroenterology specialists each year for the treatment of anal fissures and, according to experts in the field, has greatly reduced the number of surgeries required. As a result, awareness and utilization of diltiazem as an effective treatment for anal fissures is high among physicians that treat this disorder. We believe that if
our product is approved, prescribing doctors will discontinue use of compounded products and instead prescribe VEN 307, giving us immediate market share. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In August 2007, Ventrus acquired North American rights from Paramount Biosciences, LLC, or PBS, which previously acquired rights from S.L.A. Pharma in the United Kingdom for developing and marketing a proprietary diltiazem cream for relief of pain associated with anal fissures. S.L.A. Pharma is developing diltiazem cream for the European market, and it is anticipated that S.L.A. Pharma will begin a Phase III clinical trial in the E.U. during the fourth quarter of 2010. In August 2007, Ventrus concluded a pre-IND meeting with the FDA in anticipation of our IND submission, which will allow us to initiate Phase III trials in the U.S. as well as afforded
an opportunity to gain agreement on the key design issues of the studies (including the one which S.L.A. Pharma is implementing) and additional information required for an approval of an NDA. We anticipate the availability of data from the S.L.A Phase III study in the second half of 2011 and, if the E.U. trial is successful, we plan to initiate the U.S. pivotal program by the first half of 2012. We expect to collaborate closely with S.L.A. Pharma in order to leverage clinical data for different regulatory agencies and to rationalize manufacturing capacity. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Prior to licensing diltiazem cream to Ventrus, the rights were licensed to Solvay Pharmaceuticals, SA. During the time that Solvay held the rights, they improved the manufacturing processes and formulation and conducted important pharmacokinetic studies. In 2004, the new CEO of Solvay Pharmaceuticals refocused the R&amp;D strategy on CNS and cardio-metabolic programs, discontinuing gastroenterology and women&#146;s health projects. Consequently, in 2005, the license rights to diltiazem cream were returned to S.L.A. Pharma. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The mechanism of action for topical diltiazem cream was demonstrated in human pharmacodynamic studies that showed an anal maximal resting pressure, or MRP, reduction of 28% that was sustained for 3&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;5 hours. This MRP reduction is believed to decrease the pain associated with anal fissures by normalizing internal anal sphincter pressure, which improves vascular blood supply and reduces ischemic pain. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Studies have been conducted in rabbits and guinea pigs to assess the topical safety of diltiazem cream. Clinicians treated rabbits in and around the anus with 2% diltiazem or placebo cream twice daily for 90 days to evaluate the chronic safety of the product. Although exterior anal tissue showed an increase in erythema, or redness of the skin, and edema, or accumulation of fluid beneath the skin, the clinicians concluded that these effects were due to the application procedure, to a possible reaction to latex gloves or to both. There were no histological findings. In this study, topical 2% diltiazem cream had no other adverse effects. Clinicians used
guinea pigs to assess the potential for 2% diltiazem cream to elicit contact sensitization, or skin reaction to the application. This study did not demonstrate any sensitization potential of the diltiazem cream in guinea pigs. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The investigator studies conducted with diltiazem cream applied topically in the perianal area in normal subjects and in patients with anal fissures are summarized in <B>Table 1.</B> </P>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Study</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Condition, treatment, dosage</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Study design, endpoints</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: -0pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Carapeti, E.A., et al, Gut, 45:719&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;<BR>722, 1999</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">10 normal subjects; placebo (PBO) or diltiazem (DTZ) gel (0.1%, 0.5%, 1%, 2%, 5%, and 10%)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">DTZ or PBO gel applied once to anal margin; maximum resting anal pressure (MRP) and anodermal blood flow measured starting 1 hour after treatment</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">DTZ decreased MRP at concentrations of 1% and higher, maximum decrease of 28% at 2% gel, no further effect of 5% or 10%; effect at 2% lasted 3&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;5 hours; no change in blood flow</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">No local or systemic adverse events (AEs) reported</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: -0pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Carapeti, E.A., et al, Dis Colon rectum, 43:1359&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;<BR>1362, 2000</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">15 patients with chronic anal fissures (CAF); 2% DTZ gel, three times-<BR>per-day (TID) for 8 weeks</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">DTZ gel applied to anal margin; MRP, anodermal blood flow and healing rate monitored every 2 weeks, daily diary cards for worst pain (scale of 0&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;10) of the day</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Fissures healed in 67% of subjects; significant decrease in MRP and pain (decreased from 5.5 pretreatment to 1 post-treatment); no effect on blood flow</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">No AEs </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Condition, treatment, dosage</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: -0pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Bhardwaj,<BR> R., et al, Annual Meeting of British Association of Colon proctologists, Brighton, United Kingdom, 2000</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">44 patients with CAF, 2% DTZ gel, TID for 8 weeks</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">27 patients assessed at 2 months, 15 patients evaluated at 4 months (included 9 who had healed at 2 months and remained healed); assessed for healing, pain, rectal bleeding, MRP</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Fissures healed in 56% of subjects at 2 months, 73% at 4 months; pain abolished in 88%, bleeding in 92%; MRP decreased by 24% at 2 months</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">1 patient had minor incontinence to flatus</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: -0pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Jonas, M., et al, Dis Colon rectum, 44:1074&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;<BR>1078, 2001</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">50 patients with CAF, 24 treated with oral DTZ (60 mg), 26 with topical DTZ (2% gel), twice per day (BID) for 8 weeks</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">DTZ gel applied 1cm inside anus and to anal margin; pain, bleeding, perianal irritation (all 3 measured on a scale of 1&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;100 mm), MRP, healing monitored every 2 weeks</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Fissures healed in 38% of subjects (oral) vs. 65% (topical) (9 in each group had previously failed on glyceryl trinitrate (GTN); 7 of these healed on topical vs. 1 on oral DTZ); both oral and topical DTZ decreased MRP; pain, bleeding and irritation reduced by both formulations (pain went from 70 to 7 after 8 weeks on oral, from 68 to 3 on topical)</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">No AEs in topical group; AEs reported in 8 patients on oral DTZ (headaches, nausea and/or vomiting, rash, decreased sense of taste and smell)</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: -0pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Knight, J,S., et al, Br J Surg,<BR> 88:553&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;556, 2001</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">71 patients with CAF, 2% DTZ gel, BID, additional 8&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;12 weeks for subjects who did not heal on original regimen</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">DTZ applied perianally; healing monitored;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">75% healed after 2&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;3 months, a total of 89% healed after a median duration of 9 weeks (range of 2&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;16 weeks); after a median of 32 weeks follow-up (range 14&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;67 weeks) 66% symptom-free, 17% had mild symptoms, and 7% had reoccurrence</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">3 patients reported perianal dermatitis, 1 reported headache</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: -0pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Griffin, N.,<BR> et al, Colorectal Dir, 4:430&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;<BR>435, 2002</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">47 patients with CAF who failed topical GTN, 2% DTZ cream, BID for 8 weeks</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Treatment administered in anal verge; daily diary for pain, bleeding and itching (scale of 0&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;100); healing monitored</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Fissures healed in 48% of subjects; pain and bleeding decreased after 8 weeks, no effect on itching; 2 patients relapsed after median duration of follow-up 45 weeks (range 23&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;54)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">1 patient developed a local perianal rash; up to 25% reported increased perianal itch</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: -0pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>DasGupta,<BR> R., et al, Colorectal Dir, 4:20&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;<BR>22, 2002</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">23 patients with CAF, 2% DTZ gel, TID for up to 12 weeks</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">DTZ applied to lower half of anal canal, healing monitored</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Fissures healed in 48% of subjects, in a median of 8 weeks (range 1&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;12 weeks); of 8 who had previously failed GTN, 6 (75%) healed; no recurrences at 3 months</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">No AEs </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Study</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Condition, treatment, dosage</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Study design, endpoints</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: -0pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Kocher, H.M., et al, Br J Surg, 89:413&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;417, 2002</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">60 patients with CAF, 0.2% GTN ointment (29 patients) or 2% DTZ cream (31 patients), BID for 6&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;8 weeks</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">DTZ or GTN applied to anal verge, monitored every 3 weeks for healing; pain recorded on VAS (0&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;100) scale</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">At 8 weeks fissures healed or improved in 12 and 13 patients, respectively, after GTN (86%) vs. 8 (healed) and 16 (improved) after DTZ (77%); both decreased pain to approximately same extent; at 12 weeks 2 GTN patients had recurred vs. none in the DTZ group</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">21/29 GTN subjects (72%) reported AEs vs. 13/31 (42%) in DTZ group; 17/29 in GTN group had headaches, vs. 8/31 of DTZ patients</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: -0pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Bielecki, K., et al, Colorectal Dir, 5:256&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;<BR>257, 2003</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">43 patients with CAF, 0.5% GTN ointment (21 patients) or 2% DTZ ointment (22 patients), BID for 8 weeks</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Patients monitored 3 times during treatment</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Fissures healed in 86% of GTN, 86% of subjects with DTZ, 3 failures in each group</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Mainly headache in 7 GTN patients (33%), no AEs reported in DTZ patients</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: -0pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Shrivastava, U.K., et al, Surg Today, 37:482&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;485, 2007</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">90 patients with CAF; 2% DTZ ointment (30 patients), 0.2% GTN ointment (30 patients), BID; no treatment (30 patients)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Treatments applied BID to anus, patients monitored for healing and pain (VAS) twice 2 per week then every 2 weeks</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Fissures healed in 80%, 73% and 33% for DTZ, GTN and control subjects, respectively; mean time for healing 6.6 weeks, 7.0 weeks and 7.6 weeks for DTZ, GTN and controls, respectively; pain decreased by 75% for DTZ, 59% for GTN and 29% for controls at 6 weeks; recurrence rate 12.5%, 32% and 50% for DTZ, GTN and controls, respectively</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">No AEs in DTZ patients, 67% of GTN patients had headaches</TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">DTZ = diltiazem; GTN = glyceryltrinitrate (nitroglycerin) </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><U>Clinical trials of diltiazem cream sponsored by S.L.A. Pharma</U> </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In 2004 and 2005, S.L.A. Pharma assessed the pharmacokinetic profile of topical diltiazem cream over a four-day period in subjects with anal fissure. Clinicians treated patients with eight doses of either 2%, 4%, or 8% diltiazem cream. Clinicians administered a single dose perianally on day 1, followed by doses three times a day on days 2 and 3, followed by another single dose on day 4. The clinicians collected blood over 24 hours on days 1 and 4. Maximum blood levels and area under the curve increased with the dose, and there appeared to be accumulation of diltiazem in blood on day 4 after multiple dosing. The time to maximum blood levels was five
to seven hours, and the plasma half-life was less than 12 hours. However, the maximum amount of diltiazem that was absorbed was much less (at least five-fold less) than observed after oral dosing. Side effects, such as anal irritation, headache, and nausea, were mild. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Blood pressure was measured at the following times after the single dose on days 1 and 4: predose, 15, 30 and 45 minutes and 1, 1.5, 2, 4 and 8 hours after dosing. The relatively small maximum mean decreases (mmHg) in blood pressure in patients receiving 2%, 4% and 8% cream (3&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;4 patients per group) by day 4 ranged from 4 to 8mmHg systolic blood pressure, or SBP, and 4 to 6 mmHg diastolic blood pressure, or DBP. The changes were, in general, transient and asymptomatic and blood pressure had returned to at or near baseline by the next reading. There was no clear dose-related effect among the 2%, 4% and 8% creams with </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">respect to decreases in blood pressure. In clinical trials with oral diltiazem for hypertension, the patients receiving placebo had mean decreases of blood pressure from 2 to 4 mmHg. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">S.L.A. Pharma compared the effect of 2% diltiazem cream with 0.2% glyceryltrinitrate cream in subjects with chronic anal fissure.<sup>33</sup> Clinicians applied the preparations in and around the anus twice daily for six weeks. Nine of the 31 patients treated with diltiazem and three of the 29 patients treated with glyceryltrinitrate withdrew from the study by eight weeks. In the diltiazem group, 26% of the patients experienced healed fissures and 52% of patients experienced improved fissures. In the glyceryltrinitrate group, 41% of patients experienced healed fissures and 45% of patients experienced improved fissures. There was no significant
difference in the healing rates between the groups. Both treatments resulted in a significant decrease in pain. Four weeks after the end of treatment, no fissures recurred in patients treated with diltiazem, but fissures recurred in two patients treated with glyceryltrinitrate. Compared with 18 treatment-emergent adverse events reported by 13 patients (42%) receiving diltiazem, there were 33 adverse events reported by 21 patients (72%) receiving glyceryltrinitrate. Eight patients receiving diltiazem complained of nine headaches, 17 patients receiving glyceryltrinitrate complained of 20 headaches. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Similar to the early glyceryltrinitrate, or GTN, development program that found healing to be a difficult and inappropriate endpoint for registration trials, S.L.A. Pharma also pursued a healing endpoint strategy in early development. In this exploratory trial sponsored by S.L.A. Pharma, the effects of 2% diltiazem cream on healing rates were compared with placebo cream in patients with severe chronic anal fissure.<sup>34</sup> Thirty one patients were randomized to each treatment group. Creams were applied twice daily for eight weeks. At the end of eight weeks, there was no difference in the healing rates between patients receiving diltiazem (10%)
and patients receiving placebo (19%). Fifteen patients receiving diltiazem reported 28 adverse events and 12 patients receiving placebo received 18 adverse events. Seven patients receiving diltiazem and three patients receiving placebo reported a rash or pruritus, or itchiness. Headaches were reported in the same number of patients in both treatment groups. It is possible that the inclusion criteria of severe chronic anal fissure contributed to the low healing rate in this study and the lack of an apparent effect of diltiazem </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><U>Summary of studies to date</U> </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The topical application of diltiazem cream provides pain relief associated with anal fissure and has also been found to be associated with healing. The effects of diltiazem cream are comparable to those observed for treatment of anal fissure with topical application of GTN, but diltiazem cream is much better tolerated. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Based on currently available data and discussion with the FDA, we think it is clear that relief of pain associated with anal fissures is the preferred clinical endpoint. This is further supported by market research that identified clinicians&#146; primary treatment goal as pain relief. Importantly, the diltiazem mechanism of action for pain relief is to reduce IAS pressure which addresses the underlying cause of anal fissure pain. </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><U>Diltiazem cream (VEN 307) development plan</U> </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We plan to employ a two-pronged development strategy for VEN 307. While S.L.A. Pharma is conducting the first Phase III clinical trial in the E.U. which is anticipated to be complete by the second half of 2011, we intend to initiate development of a superior formulation with new intellectual property (the patents for the existing formulation that S.L.A. Pharma is using have not yet been issued, but S.L.A. Pharma is appealing the U.S. Patent Office actions). If there is successful completion of the E.U. trial, we will make the final decision on which formulation to pursue depending on several factors, including whether the new formulation is
clinically superior, our access to capital, clinical and regulatory considerations, and our assessment of the then-current state of our intellectual property estate. If the new U.S. developed formulation is superior and the other factors are met, we plan to initiate two pivotal trials in parallel in order to complete the NDA for an estimated 2013 FDA submission. If the new formulation is not superior, we plan to finish clinical development utilizing the current formulation and expect to continue to pursue other lifecycle options. Both development paths could result in an early 2013 NDA submission. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Eidetics, a Boston-based research company, conducted quantitative market research in 2003 and reported that on average primary-care physicians see 23 anal fissure patients per month, gastroenterologists see 17 anal fissure patients per month, and colon and rectal surgeons see 31 anal fissure patients per month. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Physicians in all three medical specialties indicated that there is a significant unmet need for therapeutic choices for anal fissure. Only 8% of primary-care physicians, 5% of gastroenterologists, and 27% of colon and rectal surgeons reported being &#147;very satisfied&#148; with current treatment options. All three medical specialties reported failure rates exceeding 50% for current first-line therapy in patients with anal fissure. Given this unmet medical need and the absence of other approved products in the U.S., we believe that up to two million patients per year could benefit from treatment with VEN 307. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">An average of four of the most comprehensive studies on fecal incontinence, conducted in the U.S., United Kingdom, Australia and Germany, respectively, suggests a prevalence for fecal incontinence in adults in the U.S. over 18 years of age of approximately 4.0%, or 9 million cases. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Patients with an ileal pouch anal anastomosis, or IPAA, secondary to a total colectomy tend to have a high incidence of fecal incontinence, approaching 30%, according to a 1987 study. The surgery associated with IPAA can weaken sphincters and muscles necessary for continence and therefore can result in incontinence. Nearly all patients who suffer from familial adenoma polyposis, or FAP, an inherited condition in which polyps form in the epithelium, undergo colon resection surgery, as do 25% to 40% of patients with ulcerative colitis, a form of inflammatory bowel disease. IPAA-related fecal incontinence is considered an orphan indication by the FDA
and the European Medicines Agency, or EMEA. Patients who undergo ileal pouch anal anastomosis are prone to fecal incontinence. In 2006, the total population of patients with IPAA-related fecal incontinence in the U.S. was estimated to be 50,000 to 100,000, according to IMS Health, Inc. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Continence is a complex physiological action that requires the presence of a series of anatomical barriers preventing the movement of feces through the anus. The puborectalis muscle works with the internal and external anal sphincters to control continence. If any of these three barriers are dysfunctional, incontinence can occur in a wide range of severity. Specifically, anal sphincter weakness has long been associated with fecal incontinence. Abnormal fibrosis, reduced elasticity, insensitivity to norepinephrine and spontaneous relaxation are associated with anal sphincter weakness. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">To our knowledge, there are no FDA approved products for the treatment of fecal incontinence. Most physicians start with conservative therapy, which consists of diet modification, sitz baths and over-the-counter antidiarrheal medication. In addition to conservative therapy, physicians might prescribe antidiarrheal medication or recommend surgery. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Phenylephrine has been available since the early 1940s in oral and nasal form for the treatment of nasal congestion. It has also been approved for ophthalmic use since 1982. Phenylephrine is prescribed more than 17 million times per year in the United States, with 99% of the prescriptions being for cough/cold oral preparations. The typical oral dosing is 40 mg to 60 mg per day. Because of the extensive patient exposure to phenylephrine, we intend to develop the topical formulation as a Section 505(b)(2) NDA. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In March 2007, Ventrus acquired North American rights from S.L.A. Pharma to develop and market a proprietary phenylephrine gel for the treatment of fecal incontinence. As with diltiazem cream, phenylephrine gel has been developed almost exclusively in the U.K. Ventrus concluded a pre-IND meeting with the FDA in June 2007 in anticipation of an IND submission, after which we expect to initiate a Phase IIb dose-ranging trial. Ventrus expects to collaborate closely with S.L.A. Pharma to leverage clinical data for different regulatory agencies and to rationalize manufacturing capacity. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Prior to licensing phenylephrine gel to Ventrus, rights were licensed to Solvay Pharmaceuticals, SA. During the time that Solvay held the rights they improved the manufacturing processes and formulation and conducted important pharmacokinetic studies. In 2004, the new CEO of Solvay Pharmaceuticals focused the R&amp;D strategy on central nervous system and cardio-metabolic programs and discontinued gastroenterology and women&#146;s health projects. Consequently in 2005 the license rights to phenylephrine gel were returned to S.L.A. Pharma. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The MOA for topical phenylephrine gel is to increase resting anal sphincter pressure, thus increasing patient bowel control. Phenylephrine gel&#146;s MOA makes it an attractive candidate for any patient population that suffers from incontinence characterized as leaking/seeping fecal incontinence. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">A mouse lymph node assay conducted by S.L.A. Pharma did not show phenylephrine hydrochloride to be a sensitizer (meaning a chemical that induces an allergic reaction after repeated exposure) because the drug was not associated with any type of delayed hypersensitization. In another S.L.A. Pharma study, contact sensitization potential, as measured in guinea pigs, demonstrated that a 20% gel was a strong sensitizer, but the response may have been due to an interaction of the drug with the occlusive dressing. A 28-day study by S.L.A. Pharma in rabbits, in which 10% and 20% phenylephrine gel (900 mg) was applied three times each day to the dorsum,
demonstrated mild inflammation which may have been exacerbated by animals biting the site of application. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">A number of investigator studies have been conducted with phenylephrine applied topically for the treatment of fecal incontinence, and one has been conducted in patients with IPAA-related fecal incontinence (<B>Table 2</B>). In one specific randomized controlled trial, phenylephrine significantly reduced the incontinence score (<I>P</I> = 0.015) and improved subjective measures (<I>P</I> = 0.04) compared with placebo. For some patients in this study, phenylephrine totally eliminated nocturnal episodes of fecal incontinence. No patient discontinued treatment during the study due to side effects. Studies in patients whose incontinence was more related
to factors other than anal sphincter tone (many patients in the passive fecal incontinence studies) showed less response. As a result, our development plan will initially focus on the orphan IPAA indication. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: -0pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Carapeti, E.A., et al, Br J Surg. 86:267&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;270, 1999</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Normal subjects, phenylephrine gel (5%, 10%, 20%, 30%) applied once to anal verge</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Resting anal pressure increased by 8% to 33%, effect lasted for median of 7 hours, no change in pulse</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: -0pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Carapeti, E.A., et al, Dis Colon rectum, 43:1059&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;<BR>1063, 2000</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">IPAA-related FI, 10% phenylephrine or placebo gel, 2 times/day for 4 weeks</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">50% (6/12) of phenylephrine subjects improved vs 8% (1/12) placebo, 33% had cessation of FI on phenylephrine, 0% on placebo, phenylephrine increased anal pressure. No reported side effects. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: -0pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Carapeti, E.A., et al, Br J Surg, 87:35&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;42, 2000</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Passive FI, 10% phenylephrine vs placebo cream, 2 times/day for 4 weeks</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">No effect of phenylephrine or placebo on incontinence or anal pressure, 17% of phenylephrine and 6% of placebo patients had &gt;75% improvement</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: -0pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Cheetham, M.J., et al, 2000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Passive FI, 30% phenylephrine or placebo gel, 2 times/day for 4 weeks</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Anal pressure increased in 80% (4/5) phenylephrine subjects, local skin irritation</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: -0pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Cheetham, M.J., et al, 2000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Passive FI, 20% phenylephrine or placebo gel, 2 times/day for 4 weeks</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">No effect of phenylephrine or placebo on incontinence, anal pressure, blood pressure, or pulse rate</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: -0pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Sasse, K.L., et al, Dis Colon rectum, 43:A2, 2000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">FI, 10% phenylephrine cream, 24 weeks</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Increased anal pressure, improved incontinence</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: -0pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Cheetham, M.J., et al, Gut, 43:356&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;<BR>359, 2001</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Passive FI, placebo or phenylephrine gel (10%, 20%, 30%, or 40%) as single application</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Anal pressure increased in dose-related manner after phenylephrine, no effect on pulse, transient perianal burning</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: -0pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Mutch, M.G., et al, 2002</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Passive FI, 10% phenylephrine cream, 3 times/day for 30 days</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Phenylephrine improved incontinence score, anal pressure, and anal sphincter length</TD>

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<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><U>Company-sponsored clinical trials</U> </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Solvay Pharmaceuticals assessed the safety and pharmacokinetic profile of intra-anal and perianal application of phenylephrine gel in healthy volunteers in 2004. The phenylephrine gel was applied as a single dose either intra-anally at doses of 5, 10, 25, 50, or 100 mg, or perianally at doses of 100, 200, or 400 mg. Blood samples were collected out to 24 hours after dosing. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Perianal application of phenylephrine gel resulted in much less absorption than intra-anal application: at a perianal dose of 400 mg, blood levels were comparable to what was seen after intra-anal treatment with 10 mg to 25 mg. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Intra-anal application of phenylephrine was associated with increased blood pressure that lasted for approximately three hours, whereas these effects were not seen with perianal treatment. The most frequent side effects were headache and goosebumps after intra-anal application of phenylephrine gel which were not seen with perianal application, and anal/rectal pain after perianal application of phenylephrine gel. </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><U>Summary of studies to date</U> </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Topical phenylephrine gel has demonstrated efficacy for the treatment of fecal incontinence associated with IPAA. Pharmacokinetic studies have shown a superiority of perianal dosing which yielded low systemic absorption while still providing the desired local therapeutic effect. No hemodynamic effects where observed when phenylephrine gel was administered perianally at up to 8 times the therapeutic dose. Therefore, further development of the drug will focus solely on perianal application. </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><U>Phenylephrine gel (VEN 308) development plan</U> </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Based on pre-IND meetings with the FDA in 2007, we are planning to initiate the U.S. Phase IIb dose ranging study in support of the orphan indication of IPAA-related fecal incontinence. We plan to start this study in 2012 to finalize the dose and clinical endpoints. We expect to conclude VEN 308 development and submit the orphan NDA in 2015. Orphan status provides seven years exclusivity from the date of approval during which time we will pursue several potential lifecycle opportunities. </P>

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<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><U>Commercial summary for phenylephrine gel (VEN 308)</U> </H2>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Quantitative market research conducted in 2003 by Eidetics reported that, on average, primary-care physicians see 23 fecal incontinence patients per month, gastroenterologists see 20 fecal incontinence patients per month, and colon and rectal surgeons see 14 fecal incontinence patients per month. Physicians categorize fecal incontinence according to its underlying cause. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Physicians in all three medical specialties indicated that there is a significant unmet need for therapeutic choices for fecal incontinence. Only 4% of primary-care physicians, 3% of gastroenterologists, and 7% of colon and rectal surgeons reported being &#147;very satisfied&#148; with current treatment options. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The production, distribution, and marketing of products employing our technology, and its development activities, are subject to extensive governmental regulation in the U.S. and in other countries. In the U.S., our products are regulated as drugs and are subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended, and the regulations of the FDA, as well as to other federal, state, and local statutes and regulations. These laws, and similar laws outside the U.S., govern the clinical and preclinical testing, manufacture, safety, effectiveness, approval, labeling, distribution, sale, import, export, storage, recordkeeping, reporting, advertising,
and promotion of our products. Product development and approval within this regulatory framework, if successful, will take many years and involve the expenditure of substantial resources. Violations of regulatory requirements at any stage may result in various adverse consequences, including the FDA&#146;s and other health authorities&#146; delay in approving or refusal to approve a product. Violations of regulatory requirements also may result in enforcement actions. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The research, development, and approval process in the U.S. and elsewhere is intensive and rigorous and generally takes many years to complete. The typical process the FDA requires before a therapeutic drug may be marketed in the U.S. includes: </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">preclinical laboratory and animal tests performed under the FDA&#146;s Good Laboratory Practices regulations, or GLPs; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">submission to the FDA of an application for an IND, which must become effective before human clinical trials may commence; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">preliminary human clinical studies to evaluate the drug and its manner of use; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">adequate and well-controlled human clinical trials to establish whether the drug is safe and effective for its intended uses; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">FDA review of whether the facility in which the drug is manufactured, processed, packed, or held meets standards designed to assure the product&#146;s continued quality; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">submission of a marketing application to the FDA, and review and approval of the application by the FDA. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">During preclinical testing, studies are performed with respect to the chemical and physical properties of candidate formulations. These studies are subject to GLP requirements. Biological testing is typically done in animal models to demonstrate the activity of the compound against the targeted disease or condition and to assess the apparent effects of the new product candidate on various organ systems, as well as its relative therapeutic effectiveness and safety. An IND must be submitted to the FDA and become effective before studies in humans may commence. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Phase I studies are conducted to determine the metabolic and pharmacological action of the product candidate in humans and the side effects associated with increasing doses, and, if possible, to gain early evidence of effectiveness. In Phase II, studies are generally conducted in larger groups of patients having the target disease or condition in order to validate clinical endpoints, and to obtain preliminary data on the effectiveness of the product candidate and optimal dosing. This phase also helps determine further the safety profile of the product candidate. In Phase III, large-scale clinical trials are generally conducted in patients having the
target disease or condition to provide sufficient data for the statistical proof of effectiveness and safety of the product candidate as required by U.S. and foreign regulatory agencies. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Before proceeding with a study, sponsors may seek a written agreement from the FDA regarding the design, size, and conduct of a clinical trial. This is known as a Special Protocol Assessment, or SPA. Among other things, SPAs can cover clinical studies for pivotal trials whose data will form the primary basis to establish a product&#146;s efficacy. SPAs help establish up-front agreement with the FDA about the adequacy of a clinical trial design to support a regulatory approval, but the agreement is not binding if new circumstances arise. There is no guarantee that a study will ultimately be adequate to support an approval even if the study is subject
to an SPA. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">United States law requires that studies conducted to support approval for product marketing be &#147;adequate and well controlled.&#148; In general, this means that either a placebo or a product already approved for the treatment of the disease or condition under study must be used as a reference control. Studies must also be conducted in compliance with good clinical practice requirements, and informed consent must be obtained from all study subjects. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The clinical trial process for a new compound can take 10 years or more to complete. The FDA may prevent clinical trials from beginning or may place clinical trials on hold at any point in this process if, among other reasons, it concludes that study subjects are being exposed to an unacceptable health risk. Trials may also be prevented from the beginning or may be terminated by institutional review boards, which must review and approve all research involving human subjects. Side effects or adverse events that are reported during clinical trials can delay, impede, or prevent marketing authorization. Similarly, adverse events that are reported after
marketing authorization can result in additional limitations being placed on a product&#146;s use and, potentially, withdrawal of the product from the market. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Following the completion of clinical trials, the data are analyzed to determine whether the trials successfully demonstrated safety and effectiveness and whether a product approval application may be submitted. In the U.S., if the product is regulated as a drug, a new drug application, or NDA, must be submitted and approved before commercial marketing may begin. The NDA must include a substantial amount of data and other information concerning the safety and effectiveness of the compound from laboratory, animal, and human clinical testing, as well as data and information on manufacturing, product quality and stability, and proposed product labeling.
A special NDA procedure, known as a &#147;section 505(b)(2) application&#148; or a &#147;paper NDA,&#148; allows an applicant to seek approval on the basis of a combination of a prior approval of a similar product or published literature, and some new clinical studies conducted or sponsored by the applicant. Section 505(b)(2) applications are often used for changes in a drug that require clinical investigations and thus cannot be handled through the generic drug process, such as a new indication or change in dosage form. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Each domestic and foreign manufacturing establishment, including any contract manufacturers we may decide to use, must be listed in the NDA and must be registered with the FDA. The application generally will not be approved until the FDA conducts a manufacturing inspection, approves the applicable manufacturing process for the drug product, and determines that the facility is in compliance with cGMP requirements. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Each NDA submitted for FDA approval is usually reviewed for administrative completeness and reviewability within 45 to 60 days following submission of the application. If deemed complete, the FDA will &#147;file&#148; the NDA, thereby triggering substantive review of the application. The FDA can refuse to file any NDA that it deems incomplete or not properly reviewable. The FDA has established performance goals for the review of NDAs&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;6 months for priority applications and 10 months for standard applications. However, the FDA is not legally required to complete its review within these periods, and these performance goals may change
over time. Moreover, the outcome of the review, even if generally favorable, typically is not an actual </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">approval but an &#147;action letter&#148; that describes additional work that must be done before the application can be approved. The FDA&#146;s review of an application may involve review and recommendations by an independent FDA advisory committee. Even if the FDA approves a product, it may limit the approved therapeutic uses for the product as described in the product labeling, require that warning statements be included in the product labeling, require that additional studies be conducted following approval as a condition of the approval, impose restrictions and conditions on product distribution, prescribing, or dispensing in the form of a risk
management plan, or otherwise limit the scope of any approval. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Significant legal and regulatory requirements also apply after FDA approval to market under an NDA. These include, among other things, requirements related to adverse event and other reporting, product advertising and promotion and ongoing adherence to cGMPs, as well as the need to submit appropriate new or supplemental applications and obtain FDA approval for certain changes to the approved product, product labeling, or manufacturing process. The FDA also enforces the requirements of the Prescription Drug Marketing Act which, among other things, imposes various requirements in connection with the distribution of product samples to physicians. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The regulatory framework applicable to the production, distribution, marketing, and/or sale, of our products may change significantly from the current descriptions provided herein in the time that it may take for any of our products to reach a point at which an NDA is approved. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Overall research, development, and approval times depend on a number of factors, including the period of review at FDA, the number of questions posed by the FDA during review, how long it takes to respond to the FDA&#146;s questions, the severity or life-threatening nature of the disease in question, the availability of alternative treatments, the availability of clinical investigators and eligible patients, the rate of enrollment of patients in clinical trials, and the risks and benefits demonstrated in the clinical trials. </P>

<H4 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 24px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Orphan Drugs </H4>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Under the Orphan Drug Act, special incentives exist for companies to develop products for rare diseases or conditions, which are defined to include those diseases or conditions that affect fewer than 200,000 people in the U.S. Companies may request that the FDA grant a drug orphan designation prior to approval. Products designated as orphan drugs are eligible for special grant funding for research and development, FDA assistance with the review of clinical trial protocols, potential tax credits for research, reduced filing fees for marketing applications, and a special seven-year period of market exclusivity after marketing approval. Orphan drug
exclusivity prevents FDA approval of applications by others for the same drug and the designated orphan disease or condition. The FDA may approve a subsequent application from another entity if the FDA determines that the application is for a different drug or different use, or if the FDA determines that the subsequent product is clinically superior, or that the holder of the initial orphan drug approval cannot assure the availability of sufficient quantities of the drug to meet the public&#146;s need. A grant of an orphan designation is not a guarantee that a product will be approved. If a sponsor receives orphan drug exclusivity upon approval, there can be no assurance that the exclusivity will prevent another entity or a similar drug from receiving approval for the same or other uses. </P>

<H4 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 24px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Other United States Regulatory Requirements </H4>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In the U.S., the research, manufacturing, distribution, sale, and promotion of drug and biological products are potentially subject to regulation by various federal, state, and local authorities in addition to the FDA, including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, other divisions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (for example, the U.S. Department of Justice and individual U.S. Attorney offices within the Department of Justice, and state and local governments. For example, sales, marketing, and scientific/educational grant programs must comply with the anti-fraud and abuse provisions of the Social Security Act, the False
Claims Act, the privacy provision of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and similar state laws, each as amended. Pricing and rebate programs must comply with the Medicaid rebate requirements of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 and the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992, each as amended. If products are made available to authorized users of the Federal Supply Schedule of the General Services Administration, additional laws and requirements apply. All of these activities are also potentially subject to federal and state consumer protection, unfair competition, and other laws. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Moreover, we are now, and in the future may become subject to, additional federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and policies relating to safe working conditions, laboratory practices, the experimental use of animals, and/or the use, storage, handling, transportation, and disposal of human tissue, waste, and hazardous substances, including radioactive and toxic materials and infectious disease agents used in conjunction with our research work. </P>

<H4 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 24px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Foreign Regulatory Requirements </H4>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Ventrus and its collaborative partners may be subject to widely varying foreign regulations, which may be quite different from those of the FDA, governing clinical trials, manufacture, product registration and approval, and pharmaceutical sales. Whether or not FDA approval has been obtained, Ventrus or its collaboration partners must obtain a separate approval for a product by the comparable regulatory authorities of foreign countries prior to the commencement of product marketing in these countries. In certain countries, regulatory authorities also establish pricing and reimbursement criteria. The approval process varies from country to country, and
the time may be longer or shorter than that required for FDA approval. In addition, under current U.S. law, there are restrictions on the export of products not approved by the FDA, depending on the country involved and the status of the product in that country. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In many of the markets where Ventrus or its collaborative partners would commercialize a product following regulatory approval, the prices of pharmaceutical products are subject, by law, to direct price controls and to drug reimbursement programs with varying price control mechanisms. Public and private health care payors control costs and influence drug pricing through a variety of mechanisms, including through negotiating discounts with the manufacturers and through the use of tiered formularies and other mechanisms that provide preferential access to certain drugs over others within a therapeutic class. Payors also set other criteria to govern the
uses of a drug that will be deemed medically appropriate and therefore reimbursed or otherwise covered. In particular, many public and private health care payors limit reimbursement and coverage to the uses of a drug that are either approved by the FDA or that are supported by other appropriate evidence (for example, published medical literature) and appear in a recognized drug compendium. Drug compendia are publications that summarize the available medical evidence for particular drug products and identify which uses of a drug are supported or not supported by the available evidence and whether or not such uses have been approved by the FDA. For example, in the case of Medicare coverage for physician-administered oncology drugs, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, with certain exceptions, prohibits Medicare carriers from refusing to cover unapproved uses of an FDA-approved drug if the unapproved use is supported by one or more citations in the American Hospital Formulary
Service Drug Information, the American Medical Association Drug Evaluations, or the U.S. Pharmacopoeia Drug Information. Another commonly cited compendium, for example under Medicaid, is the DRUGDEX Information System. </P>

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<H4 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 24px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">General </H4>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Our goal is to obtain, maintain and enforce patent protection for our products, formulations, processes, methods and other proprietary technologies, preserve our trade secrets and operate without infringing on the proprietary rights of other parties, both in the U.S. and in other countries. Our policy is to actively seek to obtain, where appropriate, the broadest intellectual property protection possible for our current product candidates and any future product candidates, proprietary information and proprietary technology through a combination of contractual arrangements and patents, both in the U.S. and abroad. However, patent protection may not
afford us with complete protection against competitors who seek to circumvent our patents. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We also depend upon the skills, knowledge, experience and know-how of our management and research and development personnel, as well as that of our advisors, consultants and other contractors. To help protect our proprietary know-how, which is not patentable, and for inventions for which patents may be difficult to enforce, we currently rely and will in the future rely on trade secret protection and confidentiality agreements to protect our interests. To this end, we require all of our employees, consultants, advisors and other </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">contractors to enter into confidentiality 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. </P>

<H4 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 24px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">License Agreements </H4>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In March 2007, pursuant to an Exclusive License Agreement, S.L.A. Pharma granted Paramount an exclusive, royalty-bearing license to sell, make and use diltiazem for treatment, through topical administration, of anal fissures and phenylepherine for treatment, through topical administration, of fecal incontinence in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Pursuant to the Exclusive License Agreement, PBS was obligated to form a company to develop the technologies referenced in the Exclusive License Agreement and issue that number of shares equal to 5% of such company&#146;s outstanding common stock as of the effective date of the Exclusive License Agreement. PBS
licensed the technologies referenced in the Exclusive License Agreement to us for development. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In August 2007, pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption Agreement, PBS sold all of its rights in and arising out of the Exclusive License Agreement with S.L.A. Pharma to us for $1,087,876. The corresponding U.S. and foreign patents and applications for the two compounds have been licensed to us under the Assignment and Assumption Agreement (the technology referred to collectively as the Compound Technology). As consideration in part for the rights to the Compound Technology, an initial licensing fee of $250,000 was paid to S.L.A. Pharma (this amount was paid by PBS and was included in the consideration paid by us to PBS in connection with the
Assignment and Assumption Agreement). In addition, we are required to make payments to S.L.A. Pharma upon the achievement of certain clinical and regulatory-based milestones. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Pursuant to certain amendments to the Exclusive License Agreement, we have deferred certain payment requirements that had come due under the Exclusive License Agreement. Commencing January 31, 2010 and continuing until September 30, 2010, we are obligated to pay S.L.A. Pharma $41,500 per month and accrue $41,500 per month in development costs, which will increase to $83,000 per month thereafter. Beginning October 1, 2010 and continuing until S.L.A. is no longer managing the development program for either VEN 307 or VEN 308, we must pay S.L.A. Pharma $41,500 per month in development costs for each of VEN 307 and VEN 308. The accrued development costs
of $373,500 are payable upon the earlier of September 30, 2010 or the date we consummate a &#147;Qualifying Event,&#148; or financing or series of related financings resulting in net proceeds of at least $10 million. This offering will qualify for a &#147;Qualifying Event&#148; if we raise net proceeds of at least $10 million. In addition, (i) on January 31, 2010, we paid S.L.A. Pharma $350,000 for reimbursement of certain development costs, (ii) on June 30, 2010, we paid S.L.A. Pharma $600,000, (iii) on October 31, 2010, we must pay S.L.A. Pharma $600,000 and (iv) on February 28, 2011, we must pay S.L.A. Pharma $800,000. This total amount of $2,350,000 represents past development costs. The Exclusive License Agreement is terminable by S.L.A. Pharma if we do not consummate a Qualifying Event by September 30, 2010, and S.L.A. Pharma may terminate the Exclusive License Agreement, upon one month&#146;s prior notice, in the event that a third party wishes to enter into a license agreement
for the underlying technology and has entered into a binding agreement with S.L.A. Pharma to that end (provided, however, that upon receipt of such notice of termination, we have the option of paying all moneys invoiced and unpaid as of such notice and all unpaid portions of the above-referenced $2,350,000, at which time the termination notice will be automatically rescinded and of no further force and effect). Finally, we issued an additional 25,000 shares of our common stock to S.L.A. Pharma pursuant to the terms of the fourth amendment to the license agreement entered into in December 2009. In the event that the Compound Technology is commercialized, we are obligated to pay to S.L.A. Pharma annual royalties based upon net sales of the product. Should we make any improvements regarding the Compound Technology, we are required to grant S.L.A. Pharma licenses to use such improvements. The Exclusive License Agreement is terminable by us for any reason upon 90 days&#146; written notice,
and by either party in the event of a material breach or default of the Exclusive License Agreement or either party becomes bankrupt or insolvent. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">As of June 30, 2010, we had no employees. Russsell Ellison, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer, and David Barrett, our Chief Financial Officer, are serving under consulting agreements. Effective upon the completion of this offering, Dr. Ellison will begin serving under an employment agreement. Subject to satisfactory performance, we expect to enter into an employment agreement with Mr. Barrett prior to the expiration of his consulting agreement. We will need to hire additional employees to manage the development of our current product candidates. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In June 2010, we were sued for non-payment of approximately $123,000 that we owed to a company with whom we had contracted to provide drug development services. We are in negotiation with the service provider and expect to reach a settlement with the service provider and have the suit terminated. We have accrued $123,000 for this settlement. This is the only legal proceeding to which we have been a party. In the future, we might from time to time become involved in litigation relating to claims arising from our ordinary course of business. Except as discussed above, we are not aware of any claims or actions pending or threatened against us. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Our Board of Directors has determined to apply the NASDAQ Capital Market&#146;s test for director independence to all of our directors. Using that test, the Board has determined that directors Joseph Felder, Richard Cohen and Myron Z. Holubiak are independent under NASDAQ&#146;s rules, as of the date of this prospectus. Thomas Rowland is not deemed independent because he was our Chief Executive Officer from April 2007 through May 2009. Russell Ellison is not independent because he is our Chief Executive Officer. As part of such determination of independence, our Board has affirmatively determined that each of Dr. Felder, Mr. Cohen and Mr. Holubiak
does not have a relationship with our company that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out his responsibilities as a director. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Russell H. Ellison, M.D.</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Director and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Thomas Rowland</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Joseph Felder, M.D.</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: center">48</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Richard M. Cohen</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Myron Z. Holubiak</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: center">63</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>David J. Barrett</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Chief Financial Officer</TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>Russell H. Ellison, M.D., M.Sc.&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Director, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Medical Officer.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp; Dr. Ellison joined us as a director, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer in June 2010. From July 2007, to January 2010, Dr. Ellison has served as Executive Vice President of Paramount Biosciences LLC, a global pharmaceutical development and healthcare investment firm. From October 2005 until June 2007, Dr. Ellison served as the Vice President of Clinical Development of Fibrogen, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company. From August 2002 to December 2004, Dr. Ellison served as Vice President of Medical Affairs
and Chief Medical Officer of Sanofi-Synthelabo, USA, a pharmaceutical company. From May 1997 to August 2002, Dr. Ellison served as Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer of Hoffman-La Roche, Inc., a pharmaceutical company. Dr. Ellison also serves as a director of CorMedix, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, and several privately held development stage biotechnology companies. Dr. Ellison holds an M.D. from the University of British Columbia and an M.Sc. (with distinction) from The London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Among other experience, qualifications, attributes and skills, Dr. Ellison&#146;s medical training, extensive management experience in the pharmaceutical industry and experience in the capital markets, as well as his experience serving on the board of directors of a public pharmaceutical company and on the boards of several private pharmaceutical companies, led to the conclusion of our Board that he should serve as a director of our company in
light of our business and structure. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>Thomas Rowland&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Director.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr. Rowland served as the company&#146;s Acting President from May to June, 2010. He originally joined Ventrus Biosciences in April 2007, and was employed through May 2009 as its Chief Executive Officer. Prior to Ventrus, Mr. Rowland was Founder and Principal of his own consulting firm, consulting to various pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in the areas of business development, marketing and launch preparation. Mr. Rowland started consulting in 2006 after serving as Vice President of the Gastroenterology and Women&#146;s Health Business Unit at Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where
he oversaw all commercial operations for the over $250 million and 250 person unit. Prior to being named Vice President, Rowland successfully led the turnaround of the Gastrointestinal franchise, returning the franchise to positive sales growth, record sales and profitability. Rowland&#146;s initial work in the gastroenterology therapeutic area started when he joined Scandipharm, Inc. in 1998 as Director of Marketing to assist in the company turnaround which resulted in the sale of the company to Axcan Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Rowland started his career in 1990 at UCB Pharma, Inc. where he spent over eight years in various positions of increasing responsibility including sales, market research and product management. Throughout his career, Mr. Rowland has participated in numerous successful new product and line extension launches. In addition, in senior management roles, he has contributed to several product, franchise and company turnarounds. Mr. Rowland earned his B.S. in Finance from
Metropolitan State University in Denver, Colorado in 1989. Among other experience, qualifications, attributes and skills, Mr. Rowland&#146;s extensive experience in managing </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">pharmaceutical companies, including his prior employment with our company, led to the conclusion of our Board that he should serve as a director of our company in light of our business and structure. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>Joseph Felder, M.D.&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Director&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;</B>Dr. Felder has been a gastroenterologist since 1992 after having completed his post-doctoral training and fellowship at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. He is currently in private practice in Manhattan. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the City University of New York and his Medical Degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1987. He practices out of Lenox Hill Hospital, a major teaching affiliate of the New York University School of Medicine, where he is an adjunct and attending physician in the departments of Medicine and Gastroenterology. His
responsibilities there include extensive teaching obligations. He has done significant clinical research in gastroenterology, specifically in the subject of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and is published in this field in various international journals as well as textbooks. He lectures on this subject matter as well. He is a co-chairman of the medical advisory board of the Crohn&#146;s and Colitis Foundation of America in New York. His interests are in ongoing clinical research and product development. Among other experience, qualifications, attributes and skills, Dr. Felder&#146;s knowledge and experience in the medical industry and in senior leadership roles in research and teaching organizations led to the conclusion of our Board that he should serve as a director of our company in light of our business and structure. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>Richard M. Cohen&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Director&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;</B>Since 2002, Mr. Cohen has served as a Managing Director of Encore/Novation, a company that purchases and securitizes settlement assets. He also served as Chief Financial Officer of Dune Energy, an oil and gas exploration and production company, from 2003 to 2005. Mr. Cohen is a member of the Board of Directors of Dune Energy, an energy exploration and development company, a member of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee of Rodman &amp; Renshaw, a public investment bank and a member of the Board of Directors of CorMedix, Inc., a public pharmaceutical company. Mr. Cohen holds
a C.P.A. from the State of New York, received his M.B.A. from Stanford University, and received his B.S. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Among other experience, qualifications, attributes and skills, Mr. Cohen&#146;s extensive financial experience, his expertise as a certified public accountant and his experience as a director of several public companies, led to the conclusion of our Board that he should serve as a director of our company in light of our business and structure. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>Myron Z. Holubiak&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Director&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;</B>Mr. Holubiak currently serves as President of 1-800-DOCTORS, Inc., a position he has held since May, 2007. Mr. Holubiak is the former President of Roche Laboratories, Inc., USA, a major research-based pharmaceutical company, a position he held from December 1998 to August 2001. He held many sales and marketing positions at Roche Laboratories in his 19 year tenure. Mr. Holubiak was a director and the President and Chief Operating Officer of HealthSTAR Communications, Inc, the largest, private health care marketing communications company in the U.S. from November 2003 to April 2007,
and he served as HealthSTAR Group&#146;s President, Field Level Marketing Group, from August 2002 to October 2003. Mr. Holubiak served on the Board of Trustees of the Robert Wood Johnson Hospital Foundation in 2000 and 2001. Since September 2002 he has served on the Board of Directors of BioScrip, Inc., a specialty pharmacy company. Mr. Holubiak previously served on the Board of Directors of Nastech, Inc., a biotechnology based pharmaceutical company now called mdRNA, Inc. Mr. Holubiak is also on the Board of Directors of the Children of Chernobyl Relief and Development Foundation. Mr. Holubiak received his B.S. in Molecular Biology and Biophysics from the University of Pittsburgh. Among other experience, qualifications, attributes and skills, Mr. Holubiak&#146;s medical training and his extensive experience managing pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, led to the conclusion of our Board that he should serve as a director of our company in light of our business and structure. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>David J. Barrett&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;</B>From April 2006 to September 2009, Mr. Barrett served as Chief Financial Officer of Neuro-Hitech, Inc., a company focused on developing, marketing and distributing branded and generic pharmaceutical products. From September 2003 to April 2006, Mr. Barrett was the Chief Financial Officer/Vice President of Finance of Overture Asset Managers and Overture Financial Services, which, at the time, was a start-up asset management firm that assembled investment products and platforms to distribute turnkey and unbundled investment solutions to financial intermediaries and
institutional investors. From July 1999 to September 2003, Mr. Barrett was employed as a Manager at Deloitte &amp; Touche, LLP. Mr. Barrett received his B.S. in Accounting and Economics in May of 1998 and his M.S. in Accounting in May of 1999 from the University of Florida. He is a certified public accountant. </P>

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          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="32"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Name and Principal Position</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Year</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Salary<BR>($)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Bonus<BR> ($)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Option Awards<BR>($)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>All Other<BR>Compensation<BR> ($)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Total</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-top" ROWSPAN=2 COLSPAN=1>Thomas Rowland<sup>&#040;1&#041;</sup>,<BR> Acting President</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2009</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>112,500</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>112,500</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-top" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2008</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>237,500</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>45,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>282,500</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-top" ROWSPAN=3 COLSPAN=1>Terrance Coyne, M.D.<BR> Senior Vice President; Chief Medical Officer<sup>&#040;2&#041;</sup></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2009</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>108,750</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>108,750</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-top" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2008</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>229,583</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>30,146</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>259,729</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-top" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-top" ROWSPAN=3 COLSPAN=1>John Dietrich, Ph.D.<BR> Vice President of Clinical Operations<sup>&#040;3&#041;</sup></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2009</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>69,375</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>69,375</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-top" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2008</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>142,500</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>16,291</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>158,791</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-top" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 1px"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 20px; text-align: left">(1)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Mr. Rowland resigned on February 28, 2009. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 1px"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 20px; text-align: left">(2)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Dr. Coyne resigned on February 28, 2009. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 1px"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 20px; text-align: left">(3)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Dr. Dietrich resigned on February 28, 2009. </TD>

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<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><U>Option Holdings and Fiscal Year-End Option Values</U> </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The following table shows information concerning unexercised options outstanding as of December 31, 2009 for each of our named executive officers. </P>

<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 2009 </H1>

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          <TD><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="232"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="76"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="76"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="76"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=15>Option Awards</TD>

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<TR>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black"  ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Name</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Number of<BR> Securities<BR> Underlying<BR> Unexercised<BR> Options (#)<BR> Exercisable</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Number of<BR> Securities<BR> Underlying<BR> Unexercised<BR> Options (#)<BR> Unexercisable</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Option<BR> Exercise<BR> Price<BR> ($)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Option<BR> Expiration<BR> Date</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Thomas Rowland</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Terrance Coyne</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>John Dietrich</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><U>Employment and Change in Control Agreements</U> </H2>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Chief Executive Officer </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Dr. Ellison currently serves as our Chief Executive Officer pursuant to an amended and restated consulting agreement dated July 19, 2010. The agreement provides for a term of six months with the option to extend the agreement for an additional year. Dr. Ellison receives a consulting fee of $30,000 per month. In addition, if we complete a partnership or licensing transaction or we or any of our assets are acquired by another entity prior to completing a financing resulting in gross proceeds of at least $8 million, then he will receive a fee equal to 4% of the gross proceeds of such transaction. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We also have executed an amended and restated employment agreement with Dr. Ellison, which will become effective upon the closing of this offering and has a term of three years. The employment agreement provides for a base salary of $375,000 per year, a guaranteed bonus of $75,000 per year and an annual performance-based bonus of up to 50% of his base salary. The agreement also provides a first incentive bonus of $250,000 in the event that our market capitalization exceeds $100 million for a period of 30 consecutive </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">trading days with an average trading volume of the common stock during such period of at least 100,000 shares per trading day and a second incentive bonus of $500,000 in the event that our market capitalization exceeds $250 million for a period of 30 consecutive trading days with an average trading volume of the common stock during such period of at least 100,000 shares per trading day. Dr. Ellison will also receive a grant of options to purchase our common stock at the initial public offering price in an amount equal to 7.5% of our fully diluted capitalization on the date the employment agreement becomes effective, giving effect to all shares
issuable under all convertible notes, warrants and options outstanding on such date, but excluding shares reserved for grants not issued under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Under the employment agreement, Dr. Ellison is prohibited for six months after termination from (a) engaging in any business within a restricted territory that develops or commercializes prescription drugs for the specific disease treatment of hemorrhoids, anal fissures, and fecal incontinence or other products that compete with products we are developing or selling at the time of his termination, (b) soliciting or working within a restricted territory with our competitors or any other entity that could benefit from Dr. Ellison&#146;s use of our confidential information, (c) becoming financially interested with one of our competitors within a
restricted territory, (d) soliciting or accepting business from our competitors, and (e) inducing any employee or consultant of ours to terminate employment or a contractual relationship with us. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">If Dr. Ellison&#146;s employment is terminated as a result of his death, disability or change of control, we must pay him or his estate, as applicable, his then current base salary for a period of six months following the date of termination and any earned but unpaid incentive bonus and expense reimbursement through the date of his death or disability. All stock options that are scheduled to vest on the next succeeding anniversary of the effective date of the agreement will be accelerated and deemed to have vested as of the termination date. All stock options that have not vested or been deemed to have vested as of the date of termination will be
forfeited. Stock options that have vested as of Dr. Ellison&#146;s termination will remain exercisable for 360 days following his termination. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">If we terminate Dr. Ellison for cause (as defined in the agreement), we must pay his then current base salary through the date of his termination and any expense reimbursement amounts owed through the date of termination. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">If Dr. Ellison&#146;s employment is terminated (i) by us other than for cause or (ii) by Dr. Ellison for good reason (as defined in the agreement), then we must (1) continue to pay Dr. Ellison his then current base salary and all fringe benefits for a period of six months following such termination, (2) any expense reimbursement amounts owed through the date of termination, (3) pay any accrued but unpaid bonus and (4) all stock options granted to Dr. Ellison that are scheduled to vest by the end of the term of the employment agreement shall be accelerated and deemed to have vested as of the termination date. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In the agreement, the term &#147;change in control&#148; is defined generally as the acquisition by any person of more than 50% of the voting power of our then outstanding securities; and/or the merger or consolidation of our company or the sale of any or substantially all of our assets. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In the agreement, the term &#147;cause&#148; is defined generally as follows: (i) willful failure, disregard or continuing refusal by Dr. Ellison to perform his duties; (ii) willful, intentional or grossly negligent act by Dr. Ellison that injures, in a material way, our business or reputation; (iii) insubordination by Dr. Ellison with respect to lawful directions received from our Board of Directors; (iv) indictment for any felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; (v) Dr. Ellison engaging in some form of harassment prohibited by law; (vi) any misappropriation or embezzlement of our property; (vii) willful violation of the noncompetition,
nonsolicitation and confidentiality provisions of the agreement; and/or (viii) breach by Dr. Ellison of any other provision of the agreement that, if capable of being cured, is not cured by him within 30 days. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In the agreement, the term &#147;good reason&#148; is defined generally as: (i) the assignment to Dr. Ellison of duties materially inconsistent with his position and duties as chief executive officer; (ii) any reduction by us of Dr. Ellison&#146;s compensation or benefits; and/or (iii) any requirement that he relocate outside a 30 mile radius of New York, New York. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Mr. Barrett currently serves as our Chief Financial Officer pursuant to an amended and restated consulting agreement dated July 19, 2010. The agreement provides for a term of six months with the option to extend the agreement for an additional year. Mr. Barrett receives a consulting fee of $15,000 per month. Subject to satisfactory performance and prior to the expiration of his consulting agreement, we expect to enter into an employment agreement with Mr. Barrett to serve as our Chief Financial Officer. </P>

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<H4 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 24px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">2007 Stock Incentive Plan </H4>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In October 2007 our stockholders adopted the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. The 2007 stock plan authorizes us to issue equity incentive awards in the form of shares, options or other awards based on our common stock as part of an overall compensation package to provide performance-based compensation to attract and retain qualified personnel. The plan reserves up to 6 million shares of our common stock. In May 2010, we granted an option to purchase 25,000 shares of our common stock to Dr. Felder. As of June 30, 2010, we had issued only the one option to purchase 25,000 shares and 5,975,000 shares of our common stock remained available for issuance under
the 2007 plan. We have an obligation to issue options to Dr. Ellison for shares in an amount equal to 7.5% of our fully diluted capitalization upon the closing date of this offering, giving effect to all shares issuable under all convertible notes, warrants and options outstanding on such date, but excluding shares reserved for grants not issued under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We intend in the near future to adopt a new stock plan more suitable for a public company. If we do so, we would terminate the 2007 plan although all awards under the 2007 plan would remain intact and subject to the terms of the 2007 plan. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The following table shows the compensation earned by each of our non-employee directors for the year ended December 31, 2009. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Joseph Felder, M.D.<sup>&#040;1&#041;</sup></TD>

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          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">At December 31, 2009, Dr. Felder had no options outstanding and no options had been granted to any director. In May 2010, we granted an option to purchase 25,000 shares of our common stock to Dr. Felder under the 2007 plan. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We have not established any compensation structure for our non-employee directors although we intend to do so in the future. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Our Board has established the following three standing committees: Audit Committee; Compensation Committee; and Nominating and Governance Committee. Directors Cohen, Ellison and Holubiak are the members of the Audit Committee and Mr. Cohen qualifies as an &#147;audit committee financial expert&#148; as that term is defined in Item 407(d) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC. Pursuant to rules of the NASDAQ Capital Market, Dr. Ellison, who is not an independent director, may serve on the Audit Committee for up to one year from the completion of this offering. At that time, all members of the Audit Committee must be independent. Directors Cohen and
Holubiak are the members of the Compensation Committee. Directors Cohen and Felder are the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Hiring the independent registered public accounting firm to conduct the annual audit of our financial statements and monitoring their independence and performance; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Reviewing and approving the planned scope of the annual audit and the results of the annual audit; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Pre-approving all audit services and permissible non-audit services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Reviewing the accounting and reporting principles we apply in preparing our financial statements; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Reviewing our internal financial, operating and accounting controls with management and our independent registered public accounting firm; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Reviewing with management and our independent registered public accounting firm, as appropriate, our financial reports and our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Reviewing and approving any transaction that may present potential for conflict of interest pertaining to accounting, internal control or auditing, such as with our officers, directors or significant shareholders. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Our Audit Committee will be responsible for reviewing and approving all related person transactions, including transactions with executive officers and directors, for potential conflicts of interests or other improprieties. Under SEC rules, related person transactions are those transactions to which we are or may be a party in which the amount involved exceeds $120,000, and in which any of our directors or executive officers or any other related person had or will have a direct or indirect material interest, excluding, among other things, compensation arrangements with respect to employment and Board membership. Our Audit Committee could approve a
related party transaction if it determined that the transaction is in our best interests. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The primary purpose of our Compensation Committee will be to discharge our Board&#146;s responsibilities relating to compensation of our executive officers and employees and to administer our equity compensation and other benefit plans. In carrying out these responsibilities, our Compensation Committee will review all components of executive officer and employee compensation for consistency with our Compensation Committee&#146;s compensation philosophy, as in effect from time to time. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Designing and implementing competitive compensation policies to attract and retain key personnel; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Reviewing and formulating policy and determining the compensation of our executive officers and employees; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Reviewing and recommending to the Board the compensation of our directors; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Administering our equity incentive plans and granting equity awards to our employees and directors under these plans. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Our principal executive officer will not participate in the determination of her own compensation or the compensation of directors. However, it is intended that he or she would make recommendations to our Compensation Committee regarding the amount and composition of the compensation of our other officers and participate in the Compensation Committee&#146;s deliberations about these other officers&#146; compensation. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Assistance in selecting a peer group of companies for executive compensation comparison purposes; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Comparative market data on officer and board of director compensation practices and programs of peer companies and competitors; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Guidance on industry best practices and emerging trends and developments in officer and board director compensation; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Advice on determining the total compensation of each of our officers and the material elements of total compensation, including (1) annual base salaries, (2) target cash bonus amounts, (3) stock option awards and (4) restricted stock awards. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Identify and evaluate individuals for possible Board members; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Select, and recommend to our Board, director nominees for each election of directors; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Develop and recommend to our Board criteria for selecting qualified director candidates; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Recommend any corporate governance guidelines it deems appropriate; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the perceived needs of our Board for particular skills, background and business experience; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the skills, background, reputation, and business experience of nominees compared to the skills, background, reputation, and business experience already possessed by other Board members; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">nominees&#146; independence from management; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">applicable regulatory and listing requirements, including independence requirements and legal considerations. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The goal of our Nominating and Governance Committee will be to assemble a Board that brings to Ventrus a variety of perspectives and skills derived from high quality business and professional experience. Directors should possess high personal and professional ethics, integrity and values, and be committed to representing the best interests of our shareholders. They must also have an inquisitive and objective perspective and mature judgment. Director candidates, in the judgment of our Nominating and Governance Committee, must also have sufficient time available to perform all Board and committee responsibilities. Board members are expected to prepare
for, attend and participate in all Board and applicable committee meetings. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Candidates for nomination as director may come to the attention of our Nominating and Governance Committee from time to time through incumbent directors, management, shareholders or third parties. These candidates may be considered at meetings of our Nominating and Governance Committee at any point during the year. Such candidates will be evaluated against the criteria set forth above. If our Nominating and Governance Committee believes at any time that it is desirable that our Board consider additional candidates for nomination, the Committee may poll directors and management for suggestions or conduct research to identify possible candidates and
may, if our Nominating and Governance Committee believes it is appropriate, engage a third-party search firm to assist in identifying qualified candidates. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the name and address of the shareholder who intends to make the nomination and any shareholder associated with such shareholder, and the name and residence address of the person or persons to be nominated; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the class and number of shares that are beneficially owned by the shareholder and any associated shareholder; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">a representation that the shareholder is a holder of record of stock entitled to vote at the meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">a description of all arrangements or understandings between the shareholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the shareholder; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">such other information regarding each nominee proposed by such shareholder as would be required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or as would otherwise be required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act including any information that would be required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to Regulation 14A had the nominee been nominated by the board of directors; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the written consent of each nominee to be named in a proxy statement and to serve as director of the corporation if so elected; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares) has been made, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to or manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or to increase or decrease the voting power of, such shareholder of any associated shareholder with respect to any share of our common stock; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">to the extent known by the shareholder giving the notice, the name and address of any other shareholder supporting the nominee for election or reelection as a director or the proposal of other business on the date of such shareholder&#146;s notice. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">each of our named executive officers; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">each of our directors; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">all our current executive officers and directors as a group; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">each person, or group of affiliated persons, known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding shares of common stock. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">For purposes of the table below, the percentage ownership calculations for beneficial ownership prior to this offering are based on 5,547,101 shares of our common stock outstanding as of June 30, 2010. The table does not give effect to the conversion of notes that will convert in this offering that are held by any of our named executive officers, directors or 5% stockholders. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and includes voting or investment power with respect to the securities. Shares of common stock that may be acquired by an individual or group within 60 days of June 30, 2010, pursuant to the exercise of options, warrants or other rights, are deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of such individual or group, but are not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person shown in the table. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Except as indicated in footnotes to this table, we believe that the stockholders named in this table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown to be beneficially owned by them, based on information provided to us by such stockholders. The address for each director and executive officer listed is: c/o Ventrus Biosciences, Inc., 787 7<sup>th</sup> Avenue, 48<sup>th</sup> Floor, New York, New York 10019. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=7>Shares Beneficially Owned</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black"  ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Name</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Number</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Named Executive Officers and Directors:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Russell H. Ellison</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>100,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><sup>&#040;1&#041;</sup><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1.8</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">%<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Thomas Rowland</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>227,995</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>4.1</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">%<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Joseph Felder, M.D.</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>25,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><sup>&#040;2&#041;</sup><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>*</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Richard M. Cohen</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Myron Z. Holubiak</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>David J. Barrett</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>All executive officers and directors as a group (six persons)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>352,995</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>6.2</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">%<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5% Stockholders:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D.<BR> c/o Paramount Biosciences, LLC<BR> 787 7<sup>th</sup> Avenue, 48<sup>th</sup> Floor<BR> New York, New York 10019</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2,316,201</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><sup>&#040;3&#041;</sup><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>37.7</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">%<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Lester E. Lipschutz<BR> c/o WolfBlock LLP<BR> 1650 Arch Street, 22<sup>nd</sup> Floor<BR> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>810,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><sup>&#040;4&#041;</sup><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>14.6</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">%<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Jeffrey Serbin<BR> c/o Roswell Park Cancer Institute<BR> Elm and Carlton Streets<BR> Carlton House A-320<BR> Buffalo, New York 14226</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>320,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5.8</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">%<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Consists of a warrant to purchase shares of our common stock. Does not include shares issuable pursuant to an option that we are obligated to issue to Russell Ellison, our Chief Executive Officer, upon the closing date of this offering, which amount of shares will be equal to 7.5% of the fully-diluted shares of our company outstanding immediately after this offering, giving effect to all shares issuable under all convertible notes, warrants and options outstanding on such date, but excluding shares reserved for grants not issued under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Consists of an option to purchase common stock. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Includes 286,791 shares of common stock and 59,578 shares of common stock underlying warrants held by Paramount Biosciences, LLC, of which Dr. Rosenwald is the sole member. Also includes 530,500 shares of common stock underlying warrants granted to Paramount BioCapital, Inc. as part compensation for its placement agent services for us in connection with our 2008 common stock and warrant financing. Dr. Rosenwald is Chairman, CEO and the sole stockholder of Paramount BioCapital, Inc. Does not include shares issuable upon the conversion of convertible promissory notes for which the amount issuable upon conversion is, or shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants held by Paramount Credit Partners, LLC for which the number of shares is, indeterminable until the closing of this offering. Does not include 83,483 shares of common stock and 16,697 shares of common stock underlying warrants held by a trust established for the benefit of Dr.
Rosenwald&#146;s children, or 800,000 shares of common stock held by four trusts established for the benefit of Dr. Rosenwald and his family because Dr. Rosenwald disclaims beneficial ownership of all of these shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Lester Lipschutz is the trustee of the four trusts established for the benefit of Dr. Rosenwald and his family, which own 800,000 shares of our common stock in the aggregate. Mr. Lipschutz might be deemed to beneficially own the shares held by these trusts because he has sole voting and dispositive control over all shares held by these trusts. Includes 10,000 shares of common stock owned individually by Mr. Lipschutz. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Our authorized capital stock consists of 25,000,000 shares of common stock and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock. As of June 30, 2010, we had outstanding 5,547,101 shares of common stock, held of record by 120 stockholders, and no shares of preferred stock. Assuming the automatic conversion of all outstanding convertible promissory notes into common stock immediately prior to the closing of this offering at an assumed initial public offering price of $[___] per share, we will issue an additional [___________] shares. In addition, as of June 30, 2010, we also had outstanding options to acquire 25,000 shares of common stock and warrants to acquire
[___________] shares of common stock. On the closing date of this offering, we are obligated to issue options to Russell Ellison, our Chief Executive Officer, to acquire a number of shares equal to 7.5% of the fully-diluted shares of our company outstanding immediately after this offering, giving effect to all shares issuable under all convertible notes, warrants and options outstanding on such date, but excluding shares reserved for grants not issued under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. In addition on the closing date of this offering, a warrant we issued in May 2010 to a consultant for the purchase of 100,000 shares will automatically adjust so that the amount of shares covered by the warrant will be an amount equal to 1% of the fully-diluted shares of our company outstanding immediately after the offering, giving effect to all shares issuable under all convertible notes, warrants and options outstanding on such date, but excluding shares reserved for grants not issued under our 2007
Stock Incentive Plan. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In addition to our authorized common stock, we have authorized 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock. Our board of directors does not have the authority to establish the rights and preferences of shares of preferred stoic without the approval of our stockholders. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could, among other things, have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in our control and may adversely affect the market price of the common stock and the voting and other rights of the holders of common stock. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">As of June 30, 2010, we had two warrants outstanding to purchase an aggregate of 140,000 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $0.62 per share issued to Russell Ellison, prior to his becoming our Chief Executive Officer, and another individual for consulting services. Each warrant has a net exercise provision under which the holder in lieu of payment of the exercise price in cash can surrender the warrant and receive a net number of shares of common stock based on the fair market value of such stock at the time of exercise of the warrant after deduction of the aggregate exercise price. Unless earlier exercised, these warrants will
expire on November 8, 2014. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">As of June 30, 2010, we had one warrant outstanding to purchase 530,500 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $1.00 per share issued to Paramount BioCapital, Inc. as part of its compensation for acting as placement agent in our 2008 common stock and warrant financing. This warrant has a net exercise provision under which the holder in lieu of payment of the exercise price in cash can surrender the warrant and receive a net number of shares of common stock based on the fair market value of such stock at the time of exercise of the warrant after deduction of the aggregate exercise price. Unless earlier exercised, this warrant will expire
on December 21, 2014. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">As of June 30, 2010, we had 44 warrants outstanding to purchase an aggregate of 123,344 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $5.36 per share issued to investors in our 2008 common stock and warrant financing. Unless earlier exercised, these warrants will expire between June and August 2015. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">As of June 30, 2010, we had four warrants outstanding to purchase an aggregate number of shares of common stock equal to $629,200 divided by the public purchase price in this offering with an exercise price of 110% of the public purchase price per share. These warrants were issued to Paramount Credit Partners, LLC in connection with loans made to us under promissory notes we issued to Paramount Credit Partners. Each of these warrants is redeemable at a price of $0.001 per share at any time after trading in our common stock begins on an exchange or the over-the-counter bulletin board and the closing price of our common stock is at least twice the
exercise price for a period of 30 consecutive days, provided the common stock underlying such warrants are registered for resale. Unless earlier exercised, these warrants will expire between January and June 2014. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">As of June 30, 2010, we had 53 warrants to purchase an aggregate number of shares of common stock equal to 50% of $5,617,433 divided by the public purchase price in this offering with an exercise price of 110% of the initial public offering price per share. These warrants were issued to investors in our 2010 senior convertible note financing. Each of these warrants is redeemable at a price of $0.001 per share at any time after trading in the common stock begins on an exchange or the over-the-counter bulletin board and the closing price of the common stock is at least twice the exercise price for a period of 30 consecutive days, provided that the
shares of common stock underlying these warrants have been registered for resale under the Securities Act or are otherwise freely tradable. Unless earlier exercised, these warrants will expire on February 26, 2015. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">As of June 30, 2010, we had one warrant outstanding to purchase 100,000 shares of our common stock with an exercise price equal of the initial public offering price in this offering, provided that if the offering is not consummated by January 31, 2011, then the exercise price per share shall equal the fair market value of a share of our common stock on such date. This warrant was issued to a consultant, Timothy Hofer. This warrant has an anti-dilution provision which provides that upon completion of this offering the number of shares for which it is exercisable will be automatically adjusted to equal 1% of our then-current capitalization on a fully
diluted basis, giving effect to all shares issuable under all convertible notes, warrants and options outstanding on such date, but excluding shares reserved for grants not issued under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. This warrant also has a net exercise provision under which the holder in lieu of payment of the exercise price in cash can surrender the warrant and receive a net number of shares of common preferred stock based on the fair market value of such stock at the time of exercise of the warrant after deduction of the aggregate exercise price. Unless earlier exercised, this warrant will expire on September 10, 2020. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">National Securities Corporation as part of its compensation for acting as placement agent in our 2010 senior convertible note financing. Each of these warrants is redeemable at a price of $0.001 per share at any time after trading in our common stock begins on an exchange or the over-the-counter bulletin board and the closing price of our common stock is at least twice the exercise price for a period of 30 consecutive days, provided that the shares of common stock underlying these warrants have been registered for resale under the Securities Act or are otherwise freely tradable. This warrant also has a net exercise provision under which the holder in
lieu of payment of the exercise price in cash can surrender the warrant and receive a net number of shares of common preferred stock based on the fair market value of such stock at the time of exercise of the warrant after deduction of the aggregate exercise price. Unless earlier exercised, this warrant will expire on February 26, 2015. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Upon completion of this offering, and after the expiration of the customary 180-day lock-up agreements, holders of the substantial majority of our common stock will be entitled to rights to register the shares held by them under the Securities Act pursuant to registration rights granted to such holders of these securities. If we propose to register any of our securities under the Securities Act, either for our own account or for the account of others, the holders of these shares are entitled to notice of the registration and are entitled to include, at our expense, their shares of common stock in the registration and any related underwriting,
provided, among other conditions and limitations, that the underwriters may limit the number of shares to be included in the registration and in some cases exclude these shares entirely. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">acquisition of us by means of a tender offer; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">acquisition of us by means of a proxy contest or otherwise; or </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">removal of our incumbent officers and directors. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">prior to such time, the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the shareholder becoming an interested shareholder; or </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the shareholder becoming an interested shareholder, the interested shareholder owned at least 85.0% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding specified shares; or </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">at or subsequent to such time, the business combination is approved by the board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of shareholders, by the affirmative vote of at least 66&nbsp;2/3% of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested shareholder. The shareholders cannot authorize the business combination by written consent. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">any merger or consolidation involving the corporation and the interested shareholder; or </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition of 10.0% or more of the assets of the corporation to or with the interested shareholder; or </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">subject to certain exceptions, any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any of its stock to the interested shareholder; or </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">any transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the corporation beneficially owned by the interested shareholder; or </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the receipt by the interested shareholder of the benefit of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits provided by or through the corporation. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation; or </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">an affiliate or associate of the corporation who was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation at any time within three years immediately prior to the relevant date; or </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the affiliates and associates of the above. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Dr. Rosenwald is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and sole stockholder of Paramount BioCapital, Inc., or Paramount, and is the sole member of Paramount Biosciences, LLC. As of June 30, 2010, Dr. Rosenwald beneficially owned approximately 36.4% of our issued and outstanding common stock, including shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants, but excluding shares issuable upon the conversion of convertible promissory notes. As of June 30, 2010, trusts established for the benefit of Dr. Rosenwald and his family owned approximately 14.6% of our issued and outstanding common stock, including shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants, but Dr.
Rosenwald disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares. Moreover, Dr. Rosenwald has the right to purchase additional shares of our common stock pursuant to purchase right agreements with certain employees of PBS or its affiliate. As well, Dr. Ellison, a director and our chief executive officer, was employed by Paramount Biosciences until December 31, 2009. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Effective August 2007, we began accruing monthly fees for consulting services at a rate of $25,000 per month to Paramount Corporate Development, LLC, an affiliate of Dr. Rosenwald. This agreement was terminated as of August 31, 2008, but as of March 31, 2010 there was an unpaid balance under this agreement of $100,000. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">On July 23, 2008, we issued an 8% promissory note payable to Paramount Biosciences LLC, and on April 24, 2008, we issued an 8% promissory note payable to Capretti Grandi, LLC, an entity affiliated with Lindsay A. Rosenwald. Other than the maturity date, these notes have identical terms. All amounts outstanding under these notes mature and are payable on September 10, 2010 and April 24, 2012, respectively. All loans (including principal and accrued interest thereon) made by Paramount Biosciences or Capretti Grandi to us under these notes on or after September 30, 2009 shall immediately and automatically be converted into the same equity or derivative
securities as are issued in any equity or derivative equity financing consummated by us on or after September 30, 2009 (that does not otherwise constitute a Qualified Financing, as defined below), on the same terms and conditions that such equity securities are offered in such non-Qualified Financing. A &#147;Qualified Financing&#148; means the closing of an equity financing or series of related equity financings by us resulting in aggregate gross cash proceeds (before brokers&#146; fees or other transaction expenses) of at least $10,000,000. On February 26, 2010, $2,192,433 outstanding under the Paramount BioSciences note was converted into 2010 convertible promissory notes. As of March 31, 2010, the aggregate principal amount outstanding under these notes was $1,001,153 and accrued interest was $72,444. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">During 2009, we issued four separate 10% promissory notes, referred to collectively as the PCP Notes, to Paramount Credit Partners, LLC, or PCP, an entity whose managing member is Dr. Rosenwald. Specifically, the PCP Notes consist of a note in the principal amount of $1,100,000 issued on January 23, 2009, a note in the principal amount of $100,000 issued on March 25, 2009, a note in the principal amount of $250,000 issued on June 1, 2009 and a note in the principal amount of $123,000 issued on June 24, 2009. Interest on the PCP Notes is payable quarterly, in arrears, and the principal matures on the earliest of December 31, 2013; (ii) the
consummation by us of an equity financing where we receive at least $10 million in aggregate gross proceeds; and (iii) the consummation of a merger, share exchange or other similar transaction. Paramount Credit Partners has agreed verbally to waive the repayment obligation upon the close of this offering. In addition, Paramount Credit Partners received five-year warrants to purchase, at an exercise price of 110% of the issue price in this offering, a number of shares of our common stock equal to 40% of the principal amount of each PCP Note purchased divided by the issue price in this offering. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">On December 3, 2008, we, Paramount Biosciences and various other private pharmaceutical companies in which Dr. Rosenwald is a significant investor and stockholder, entered into a loan agreement with Bank of America, N.A. for a line of credit of $2,000,000. Paramount Biosciences pledged certain of its assets as collateral to secure our and the other borrowers&#146; obligations to Bank of America under the loan agreement. Interest on amounts borrowed under the line of credit accrues and is payable on a monthly basis at an annual rate equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus 1%. On November 10, 2009, the parties entered into Amendment No.
1 to the Loan Agreement, which extended the initial one-year term for an additional year, such that it currently matures on November 5, 2010, and reduced the aggregate amount available under the line of credit to $1,000,000. Under the loan agreement, our liability under the line of credit is several, not joint, with respect to the payment of all obligations thereunder. As of March 31, 2010, the amounts borrowed by us that were outstanding under this line of credit were $320,000. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Effective May 11, 2010, we entered into a consulting agreement with Timothy Hofer, pursuant to which Mr. Hofer provides us with general consulting services focused on general business and company development. Mr. Hofer is also an employee of Paramount Biosciences. This consulting agreement is for a period of one year, subject to renewal for such longer period as we may agree in writing with Mr. Hofer, and may be terminated by either party upon 30 days&#146; prior written notice. As compensation for his services under the agreement, we granted Mr. Hofer a ten-year warrant to purchase 100,000 shares of our common stock, subject to adjustment as
described below. The warrant will have an exercise price per share equal to the price at which shares of our common stock are issued in a Qualified Financing. If a Qualified Financing does not occur on or before September 10, 2010, then the exercise price per share of the warrant will be equal to the fair market value of our common stock, as determined pursuant to a valuation performed by an independent appraisal firm. Under the terms of the warrant, if we consummate a Qualified Financing, the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrant will be automatically adjusted so that such number of shares is equal to 1.0% of our outstanding common stock on a fully diluted basis, ,giving effect to all shares issuable under all convertible notes, warrants and options outstanding on such date, but excluding shares reserved for grants not issued under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. For purposes of the warrant, a &#147;Qualified Financing&#148; means our next equity
financing (or series of related equity financings) sufficient to trigger conversion of all amounts then outstanding under our convertible bridge notes issued in 2007 and 2008. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Prior to this offering, there has been no market for our common stock, and a liquid trading market for our common stock may not develop or be sustained after this offering. Future sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that such sales could occur, could adversely affect market prices prevailing from time to time and could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of our equity securities. Furthermore, because only a limited number of shares will be available for sale shortly after this offering due to existing contractual and legal restrictions on resale as described below, there may be
sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market after the restrictions lapse. This may adversely affect the prevailing market price and our ability to raise equity capital in the future. Although we intend to apply to have our common stock approved for listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol &#147;VTUS,&#148; we cannot assure you that there will be an active public market for our common stock. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The remaining [<IMG SRC="line.gif" STYLE="width: 48px; height: 1pt">] shares of common stock will be &#147;restricted securities&#148; under Rule 144. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Subject to the lock-up agreements described below and the provisions of Rule 144 and 701 under the Securities Act, these restricted securities will be available for sale in the public market as follows: </P>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Date of Prospectus</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Shares sold in the offering and shares saleable under Rule 144 that are not subject to a lock-up</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>90 Days after Date of Prospectus</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>180 Days after Date of Prospectus</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: center">[__________________]</TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In addition, [___________] of the [__________] shares of our common stock that were issuable upon the exercise of stock options outstanding as of March 31, 2010, and upon exercise these shares will be eligible for sale subject to the lock-up agreements described below and Rules 144 and 701 under the Securities Act. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In general, under Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as in effect on the date of this prospectus, a person who is not one of our affiliates at any time during the three months preceding a sale, and who has beneficially owned the shares of our common stock to be sold for at least six months, would be entitled to sell an unlimited number of shares of our common stock, provided current public information about us is available. In addition, under Rule 144, a person who is not one of our affiliates at any time during the three months preceding a sale, and who has beneficially owned the shares of our common stock proposed to be sold for at least one year,
would be entitled to sell an unlimited number of shares beginning one year after this offering without regard to whether current public information about us is available. Our affiliates who have beneficially owned shares of our common stock for at least six months are entitled to sell within any three-month period a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of: </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">1% of the number of shares of our common stock then outstanding, which will equal approximately [<IMG SRC="line.gif" STYLE="width: 108px; height: 1pt">] shares immediately after this offering, and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the average weekly trading volume in our common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market during the four calendar weeks preceding the date of filing of a Notice of Proposed Sale of Securities Pursuant to Rule 144 with respect to the sale. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Sales by affiliates under Rule 144 are also subject to manner of sale provisions and notice requirements and to the availability of current public information about us. Rule 144 also provides that affiliates relying on Rule 144 to sell shares of our common stock that are not restricted shares must nonetheless comply with the same restrictions applicable to restricted shares, other than the holding period requirement. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In general, under Rule 701 under the Securities Act, any of our employees, consultants or advisors who purchased shares from us in connection with a qualified compensatory stock plan or other written agreement is eligible to resell those shares 90 days after the effective date of this offering in reliance on Rule 144, but without compliance with the various restrictions, including the holding period, contained in Rule 144. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In connection with this offering, we, our officers and directors, and certain stockholders have each entered into a lock-up agreement with the underwriter of this offering that restricts the sale of shares of our common stock by those parties for a period of 180 days after the date of this prospectus, subject to extension in certain circumstances. The underwriter, may, in its sole discretion, choose to release any or all of the shares of our common stock subject to these lock-up agreements at any time prior to the expiration of the lock-up period without notice. For more information, see &#147;Underwriting.&#148; </P>

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description of these registration rights, see &#147;Description of Capital Stock&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Registration Rights.&#148; </P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="#tUPD"></a>UNDERWRITING AND PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Subject to the terms and conditions of an underwriting agreement, dated &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2010, we have agreed to sell to the underwriter National Securities Corporation, and the underwriter has agreed to purchase, on a firm commitment basis the number of shares offered in this offering set forth below, at the public offering price, less the underwriting discount set forth on the cover page of this prospectus. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The underwriting agreement provides that the underwriter is committed to purchase all shares offered in this offering, other than those covered by the over-allotment option described below, if the underwriter purchases any of these securities. The underwriting agreement provides that the obligations of the underwriter to purchase the shares offered hereby are conditional and may be terminated at its discretion based on its assessment of the state of the financial markets. The obligations of the underwriter may also be terminated upon the occurrence of other events specified in the underwriting agreement. Furthermore, pursuant to the underwriting
agreement, the underwriter&#146;s obligations are subject to the authorization and the validity of the shares being accepted for listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market and to various other customary conditions, representations and warranties contained in the underwriting agreement, such as receipt by the underwriter of officers&#146; certificates and legal opinions of our counsel. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Other than as underwriter in this offering and acting as our placement agent in our 2010 senior convertible promissory note offering, neither National Securities Corporation nor any of its affiliates have provided services to us or our affiliates in the past. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The underwriter has advised us that it proposes to offer the shares directly to the public at the public offering price set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and to certain dealers that are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, at such price less a concession not in excess of $____ per share. The underwriter may allow, and the selected dealers may reallow, a concession not in excess of $[____] per share to certain brokers and dealers. After this offering, the offering price and concessions and discounts to brokers and dealers and other selling terms may from time to time be changed by the underwriter. These
prices should not be considered an indication of the actual value of our shares and are subject to change as a result of market conditions and other factors. No variation in those terms will change the amount of proceeds to be received by us as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the information in this prospectus and otherwise available to the underwriter; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the history and the prospects for the industry in which we will compete; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the valuation of our company based on, among other factors, the offering prices of our recent private offerings; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">our current financial condition and the prospects for our future cash flows and earnings; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the general condition of the economy and the securities markets at the time of this offering; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the recent market prices of, and the demand for, publicly-traded securities of generally comparable companies; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the public demand for our securities in this offering; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">other factors as were deemed relevant. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We intend to apply to list our common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol &#147;VTUS&#148;. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left"  ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Without<BR>Over-Allotment</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>With<BR>Over-Allotment</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Public offering price</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Underwriting discount<sup>&#040;1&#041;</sup></TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Non-accountable expense allowance<sup>&#040;2&#041;</sup></TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Proceeds, before expenses, to us<sup>&#040;3&#041;</sup></TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">The expense allowance of 3% is not payable with respect to the shares sold upon exercise of the underwriter&#146;s over-allotment option. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">We estimate that the total expenses of this offering, excluding the underwriter&#146;s discount and expense allowance, are approximately $460,000. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We have granted the underwriter an option, exercisable for 45 days after the closing date of this offering, to purchase up to 15% of the shares of common stock sold in the offering ([___] additional shares) solely to cover over-allotments, if any, at the same price as the initial shares offered. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">All of our officers and directors have agreed that, for a period of six months from the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, they will not sell, contract to sell, grant any option for the sale or otherwise dispose of any of our equity securities, or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for our equity securities, except securities acquired after the closing of this offering, without the consent of the underwriter except for exercise or conversion of currently outstanding warrants, options and convertible notes, as applicable; and exercise of options under an acceptable stock
incentive plan. It is expressly agreed that the holder is expressly precluded from engaging in any hedging or other transaction with respect to their securities during the lock-up period which is designed to or which reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in a sale or disposition of their securities, even if such securities would be disposed of by someone other than the holder. Such prohibited hedging or other transactions would include without limitation any short sale or any purchase, sale or grant of any put or call option or other right. The underwriter may consent to an early release from the lock-up period if, in its opinion, the market for the common stock would not be adversely impacted by sales and in cases of a financial emergency of an officer, director or other stockholder. We are unaware of any officer or director who intends to ask for consent to dispose of any of our equity securities during the lock-up period. </P>

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<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><U>Underwriter&#146;s Warrant</U> </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We have agreed to issue to National Securities Corporation a warrant to purchase up to a total of [________] shares of common stock (10% of the shares of common stock sold). This warrant is exercisable at $[___] per share (120% of the per share price of the common stock sold in this offering), commencing on a date which is one year from the effective date of the registration statement and expiring five years from the effective date of the registration statement. The warrant and the [________] shares of common stock underlying the warrant have been deemed compensation by the FINRA and are therefore subject to a 180-day lock-up pursuant to Rule
5110(g)(1) of the FINRA. National Securities Corporation (or permitted assignees under the Rule) will not sell, transfer, assign, pledge, or hypothecate this warrant or the securities underlying this warrant, nor will it engage in any hedging, short sale, derivative, put, or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of this warrant or the underlying securities for a period of 180 days from the date of this prospectus. Additionally, the warrant may not be sold transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated for a one-year period (including the foregoing 180-day period) following the effective date of the registration statement except to any underwriter and selected dealer participating in this offering and their bona fide officers or partners. The warrant grants the holder a one time demand registration right, as well as &#147;piggy back&#148; registration rights. These rights apply to all of the securities directly and indirectly issuable upon exercise of
the warrant. We will bear all fees and expenses attendant to registering the securities issuable on exercise of the warrant, other than underwriting commissions incurred and payable by the holder. The exercise price and number of shares issuable upon exercise of the warrant may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, extraordinary cash dividend or our recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, the warrant exercise price or underlying shares will not be adjusted for issuances of common stock at a price below the warrant exercise price. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">This warrant will be valued based on the underlying shares of common stock obtainable and valuation factors appropriate at the time it is issued. We currently estimate that value to be approximately $[________], based on the number of shares of common stock subject to this warrant, a offering price of the shares of $[________], the resulting exercise prices related to the warrant on the shares of common stock, the five-year term of the warrant, a risk-free interest rate of [___]% currently commensurate with that term, an expected dividend yield of [___]% and estimated volatility of [___]%, based on a review of our historical volatility. The initial
value of this warrant will be charged to additional paid-in capital as part of costs of this offering. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In connection with this offering, the underwriter or certain of the securities dealers may distribute prospectuses electronically. No forms of prospectus other than printed prospectuses and electronically distributed prospectuses that are printable in Adobe&reg; PDF format will be used in connection with this offering. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The underwriter has informed us that it does not expect to confirm sales of shares of common stock by this prospectus to accounts over which they exercise discretionary authority without obtaining the specific approval of the account holder. </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><U>Stabilization</U> </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Until the distribution of the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus is completed, rules of the SEC may limit the ability of the underwriter to bid for and to purchase our securities. As an exception to these rules, the underwriter may engage in transactions effected in accordance with Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are intended to stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of our common stock. The underwriter may engage in over-allotment sales, syndicate covering transactions, stabilizing transactions, and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 24px; text-align: left">&#149;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Stabilizing transactions permit bids or purchases for the purpose of pegging, fixing or maintaining the price of the common stock, so long as stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 24px; text-align: left">&#149;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Over-allotment involves sales by the underwriter of shares in excess of the number of shares the underwriter is obligated to purchase, which creates a short position. The short position may be either a covered short position or a naked short position. In a covered short position, the number of shares over-allotted by the underwriter is not greater than the number of shares that it may purchase in the </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">over-allotment option. In a naked short position, the number of shares involved is greater than the number of shares in the over-allotment option. The underwriter may close out any covered short position by either exercising its over-allotment option or purchasing shares in the open market. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Covering transactions involve the purchase of securities in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover short positions. In determining the source of securities to close out the short position, the underwriter will consider, among other things, the price of securities available for purchase in the open market as compared to the price at which it may purchase securities through the over-allotment option. If the underwriter sells more shares of common stock than could be covered by the over-allotment option, creating a naked short position, the position can only be closed out by buying securities in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriter is concerned that there could be downward pressure on the price of the securities in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in this offering. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Penalty bids permit the underwriter to reclaim a selling concession from a selected dealer when the shares of common stock originally sold by the selected dealer are purchased in a stabilizing or syndicate covering transaction. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">These stabilizing transactions, covering transactions, and penalty bids may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of our common stock or preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of our common stock. As a result, the price of our common stock may be higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the open market. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Neither we nor the underwriter make any representation or prediction as to the effect that the transactions described above may have on the prices of our securities. These transactions may occur on the NASDAQ Capital Market, in the over-the-counter market, or on any other trading market. If any of these transactions are commenced, they may be discontinued without notice at any time. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We have not taken any action to permit a public offering of the share outside the United Sates or to permit the possession or distribution of this prospectus outside the United States. Persons outside the United States who come into possession of this prospectus must inform themselves about and observe any restrictions relating to this offering and the distribution of the prospectus outside the United States. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">No offer of shares has been made or will be made to the public in the United Kingdom within the meaning of Section 102B of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended, or FSMA, except to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities or otherwise in circumstances which do not require the publication by us of a prospectus pursuant to the Prospectus Rules of the Financial Services Authority, or FSA. The underwriter: (i) has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to
be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of FSMA) to persons who have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In relation to each member state of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive, which we refer to as a Relevant Member State, with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State, which we refer to as the Relevant Implementation Date, no offer of shares has been made and or will be made to the public in that Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the shares which has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member State and notified to
the competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive, except that, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, an offer of shares may be made to the public in that Relevant Member State at any time: (a) to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities; (b) to any legal entity which has two or more of (i) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year; (ii) a total balance sheet of more than &#8364;43 million; and (iii) an annual net turnover of more than &#8364;50 million, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts; or (c) in any other circumstances which do not require the publication by us of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this provision, the expression an &#147;offer of ordinary shares to the
public&#148; in relation to any shares in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the shares to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the shares, as the same may be varied in that Relevant Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Relevant Member State and the expression Prospectus Directive means Directive 2003/71/ EC and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Any offer or solicitation of shares within Germany must be in full compliance with the German Securities Prospectus Act (Wertpapierprospektgesetz&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;WpPG). The offer and solicitation of securities to the public in Germany requires the approval of the prospectus by the German Federal Financial Services Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt f&uuml;r Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;BaFin). This prospectus has not been and will not be submitted for approval to the BaFin. This prospectus does not constitute a public offer under the German Securities Prospectus Act (Wertpapierprospektgesetz). This prospectus and any other
document relating to the shares, as well as any information contained therein, must therefore not be supplied to the public in Germany or used in connection with any offer for subscription of the shares to the public in Germany, any public marketing of the shares or any public solicitation for offers to subscribe for or otherwise acquire the shares. The prospectus and other offering materials relating to the offer of the shares are strictly confidential and may not be distributed to any person or entity other than the designated recipients hereof. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">This prospectus has not been approved by the Hellenic Capital Markets Commission or another E.U. equivalent authority and consequently is not addressed to or intended for use, in any way whatsoever, by Greek residents. The shares have not been offered or sold and will not be offered, sold or delivered directly or indirectly in Greece, except (i) to &#147;qualified investors&#148; (as defined in article 2(f) of Greek Law 3401/2005); and/or (ii) to less than 100 individuals or legal entities, who are not qualified investors (article 3, paragraph 2(b) of Greek Law 3401/2005), or otherwise in circumstances which will not result in the offer of the new
shares being subject to the Greek Prospectus requirements of preparing a filing a prospectus (under articles 3 and 4 of Greek Law 3401/2005). </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">are exempted from the rules on solicitation of investments pursuant to Decree No. 58 and Article 33, first paragraph, of Consob Regulation No. 11971 of May 14, 1999, as amended. Any offer, sale or delivery of the shares or distribution of copies of this prospectus or any other document relating to the shares in Italy under (1) or (2) above must be (i) made by an investment firm, bank or financial intermediary permitted to conduct such activities in Italy in accordance with the Decree No. 58 and Legislative Decree No. 385 of September 1, 1993, or the Banking Act; (ii) in compliance with Article 129 of the Banking Act and the implementing guidelines of
the Bank of Italy, as amended from time to time, pursuant to which the issue or the offer of securities in Italy may need to be preceded and followed by an appropriate notice to be filed with the Bank of Italy depending, inter alia, on the aggregate value of the securities issued or offered in Italy and their characteristics; and (iii) in compliance with any other applicable laws and regulations. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The underwriter has agreed that (i) it will not be providing from or within Cyprus any &#147;Investment Services&#148;, &#147;Investment Activities&#148; and &#147;Non-Core Services&#148; (as such terms are defined in the Investment Firms Law 144(I) of 2007 (the &#147;IFL&#148;), in relation to the shares, or will be otherwise providing Investment Services, Investment Activities and Non-Core Services to residents or persons domiciled in Cyprus. The underwriter has agreed that it will not be concluding in Cyprus any transaction relating to such Investment Services, Investment Activities and Non-Core Services in contravention of the IFL and/or
applicable regulations adopted pursuant thereto or in relation thereto; and (ii) it has not and will not offer any of the shares other than in compliance with the provisions of the Public Offer and Prospectus Law, Law 114(I)/2005. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">This document does not constitute a prospectus within the meaning of Art. 652a of the Swiss Code of Obligations. The shares may not be sold directly or indirectly in or into Switzerland except in a manner which will not result in a public offering within the meaning of the Swiss Code of Obligations. Neither this document nor any other offering materials relating to the shares may be distributed, published or otherwise made available in Switzerland except in a manner which will not constitute a public offer of the shares of in Switzerland. </P>

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possession of any person for the purpose of issue (in each case whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere), which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to shares which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to &#147;professional investors&#148; within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap.571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made thereunder. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">This prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, this prospectus and any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the shares may not be circulated or distributed, nor may the shares be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore, or the SFA, (ii) to a relevant person, or any person pursuant to Section
275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. Where the shares are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 by a relevant person which is: (a) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (b) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary is an accredited investor, shares, debentures and shares of shares and debentures of that corporation or the beneficiaries&#146; rights and interest in that trust shall not be transferable for six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the shares under Section 275 except: (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the SFA or
to a relevant person, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is given for the transfer; or (iii) by operation of law. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">This prospectus has not been and will not be circulated or distributed in the PRC, and shares may not be offered or sold, and will not be offered or sold to any person for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, to any resident of the PRC except pursuant to applicable laws and regulations of the PRC. For the purpose of this paragraph only, the PRC does not include Taiwan and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell the shares to the public in Israel or a prospectus under the Israeli Securities Law, 5728-1968 and the regulations promulgated thereunder, or the Israeli Securities Law, and has not been filed with or approved by the Israel Securities Authority. In Israel, pursuant to an exemption afforded under the Israeli Securities Law, this prospectus may be distributed only to, and may be directed only at, investors listed in the first addendum to the Israeli Securities Law, or the Addendum, consisting primarily of certain mutual trust and provident funds, or management companies thereto, banks, as defined
under the Banking (Licensing) Law, 5741-1981, except for joint service companies purchasing for their own account or for clients listed in the Addendum, insurers, as defined under the Supervision of Financial Services Law (Insurance), 5741-1981, portfolio managers purchasing for their own account or for clients listed in the Addendum, investment advisers purchasing for their own account, Tel Aviv Stock Exchange members purchasing for their own account or for clients listed in the Addendum, underwriters purchasing for their own account, venture capital funds, certain corporations which primarily engage in the capital market and fully-owned by investors listed in the Addendum and corporations whose equity exceeds NIS250 Million, collectively referred to as institutional investors. Institutional investors may be required to submit written confirmation that they fall within the scope of the Addendum. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">This document has not been reviewed, approved or licensed by the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates, or UAE, Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority or any other relevant licensing authority in the UAE including any licensing authority incorporated under the laws and regulations of any of the free zones established and operating in the territory of the UAE, in particular the Dubai International Financial Services Authority (the &#147;DFSA&#148;), a regulatory authority of the Dubai International Financial Centre, referred to as the DIFC. The issue of shares does not constitute a public offer of securities in the UAE, DIFC and/or any other
free zone in accordance with the Commercial Companies Law, Federal Law No. 8 of 1984 (as amended), DFSA Offered Securities Rules and the Dubai International Financial Exchange Listing Rules, accordingly, or otherwise. The shares may not be offered to the public in the UAE and/or any of the free </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">zones including, in particular, the DIFC. The shares may be offered and this document may be issued, only to a limited number of investors in the UAE or any of its free zones (including, in particular, the DIFC) who qualify as sophisticated investors under the relevant laws and regulations of the UAE or the free zone concerned. Our company&#146;s&#146; management and the underwriter represent and warrant that the shares will not be offered, sold, transferred or delivered to the public in the UAE or any of its free zones including, in particular, the DIFC. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">For the attention of the residents of Oman: </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The information contained in this memorandum neither constitutes a public offer of securities in the Sultanate of Oman (&#147;Oman&#148;) as contemplated by the Commercial Companies Law of Oman (Sultani Decree 4/74) or the Capital Market Law of Oman (Sultani Decree 80/98), nor does it constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of any offer to buy non-Omani securities in Oman as contemplated by Article 6 of the Executive Regulations to the Capital Market Law of Oman (issued vide Ministerial Decision No 4/2001), and nor does it constitute a distribution of non-Omani securities in Oman as contemplated under the Rules for Distribution of Non-Omani
Securities in Oman issued by the Capital Market Authority of Oman (&#147;CMA&#148;). Additionally, this memorandum is not intended to lead to the conclusion of any contract of whatsoever nature within the territory of Oman. This memorandum has been sent at the request of the investor in Oman, and by receiving this memorandum, the person or entity to whom it has been issued and sent understands, acknowledges and agrees that this memorandum has not been approved by the CMA or any other regulatory body or authority in Oman, nor has any authorization, license or approval been received from the CMA or any other regulatory authority in Oman, to market, offer, sell, or distribute the shares within Oman. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">No marketing, offering, selling or distribution of any financial or investment products or services has been or will be made from within Oman and no subscription to any securities, products or financial services may or will be consummated within Oman. The underwriter is not a company licensed by the CMA to provide investment advisory, brokerage, or portfolio management services in Oman, nor banks licensed by the Central Bank of Oman to provide investment banking services in Oman. The underwriter does not advise persons or entities resident or based in Oman as to the appropriateness of investing in or purchasing or selling securities or other
financial products. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Nothing contained in this memorandum is intended to constitute Omani investment, legal, tax, accounting or other professional advice. This memorandum is for your information only, and nothing herein is intended to endorse or recommend a particular course of action. You should consult with an appropriate professional for specific advice on the basis of your situation. Any recipient of this memorandum and any purchaser of the shares pursuant to this memorandum shall not market, distribute, resell, or offer to resell the shares within Oman without complying with the requirements of applicable Omani law, nor copy or otherwise distribute this memorandum
to others. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The distribution of our securities in Canada is being made only on a private placement basis exempt from the requirement that we prepare and file a prospectus with the securities regulatory authorities in each province where trades of our securities are made. Any resale of our securities in Canada must be made under applicable securities laws that will vary depending on the relevant jurisdiction, and which may require resales to be made under available statutory exemptions or under a discretionary exemption granted by the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authority. Purchasers are advised to seek legal advice prior to any resale of our
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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the purchaser is entitled under applicable provincial securities laws to purchase our securities without the benefit of a prospectus qualified under those securities laws; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">where required by law, that the purchaser is purchasing as principal and not as agent; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the purchaser has reviewed the text above under Resale Restrictions; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the purchaser acknowledges and consents to the provision of specified information concerning its purchase of our securities to the regulatory authority that by law is entitled to collect the information. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Further details concerning the legal authority for this information are available on request. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Under Ontario securities legislation, certain purchasers who purchase a security offered by this prospectus during the period of distribution will have a statutory right of action for damages, or while still the owner of our securities, for rescission against us in the event that this prospectus contains a misrepresentation without regard to whether the purchaser relied on the misrepresentation. The right of action for damages is exercisable not later than the earlier of 180 days from the date the purchaser first had knowledge of the facts giving rise to the cause of action and three years from the date on which payment is made for our securities.
The right of action for rescission is exercisable not later than 180 days from the date on which payment is made for our securities. If a purchaser elects to exercise the right of action for rescission, the purchaser will have no right of action for damages against us. In no case will the amount recoverable in any action exceed the price at which our securities were offered to the purchaser and if the purchaser is shown to have purchased the securities with knowledge of the misrepresentation, we will have no liability. In the case of an action for damages, we will not be liable for all or any portion of the damages that are proven to not represent the depreciation in value of our securities as a result of the misrepresentation relied upon. These rights are in addition to, and without derogation from, any other rights or remedies available at law to an Ontario purchaser. The foregoing is a summary of the rights available to an Ontario purchaser. Ontario purchasers should refer to the
complete text of the relevant statutory provisions. </P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="#tLM"></a>LEGAL MATTERS </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The legality of the securities being offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Wyrick Robbins Yates &amp; Ponton, LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina. Littman Krooks LLP, New York, New York, is acting as counsel for the underwriters in connection with this offering. </P>

<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="#tEXP"></a>EXPERTS </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">J.H. Cohn LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, has audited our balance sheets as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related statements of operations, changes in stockholders&#146; deficiency and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 and the period from October 7, 2005 (inception) to December 31, 2009, as set forth in their report, which includes an explanatory paragraph relating to our ability to continue as a going concern. We have included our financial statements in this prospectus and in this registration statement in reliance on J.H. Cohn LLP&#146;s report given on their authority as experts in
accounting and auditing. </P>

<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="#tWYCFMI"></a>WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the shares of our common stock offered hereby. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules thereto. Some items are omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. For further information with respect to us and the common stock offered hereby, we refer you to the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules filed therewith. Statements contained in this prospectus as to the contents of any contract, agreement or any other
document are summaries of the material terms of this contract, agreement or other document. With respect to each of these contracts, agreements or other documents filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, reference is made to the exhibits for a more complete description of the matter involved. A copy of the registration statement, and the exhibits and schedules thereto, may be inspected without charge at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at 100 F. Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Copies of these materials may be obtained by writing to the Public Reference Section of the SEC at 100 F. Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the public reference facility. The SEC maintains a web site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC. The address of the SEC&#146;s website is
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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="#tDPI"></a>DISCLOSURE OF SEC POSITION ON INDEMNIFICATION FOR SECURITIES LAW VIOLATIONS </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Our amended and restated bylaws provide for indemnification of our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL. However, insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors and officers pursuant to the bylaws or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment of expenses incurred or paid by a director or officer
in a successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director or officer in connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to the court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#ftRIRPAF">Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#ftRIRPAF">F-2</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#ftBS">Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2009 and 2008</a></TD>

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<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#ftBS">F-3</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#ftSO">Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 and the period from October 7, 2005 (Inception) to December 31, 2009</a></TD>

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<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#ftSO">F-4</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#ftSCSD">F-5</a></TD>

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<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#ftSCF">F-6</a></TD>

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<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#ftCSO">F-21</a></TD>

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<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#ftCSCSD">F-22</a></TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#ftCSCF">Condensed Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 and the period from October 7, 2005 (Inception) to March 31, 2010</a></TD>

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<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#ftCSCF">F-23</a></TD>

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<TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#ftNUCFSE">F-24&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;F-34</a></TD>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="#ftRIRPAF"></a>REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM </H1>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of VentrusBioSciences, Inc. (A Development Stage Company) as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related statements of operations, changes in stockholders&#146; deficiency and cash flows for the years then ended and the period from October 7, 2005 (Inception) to December 31, 2009. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company&#146;s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of VentrusBioSciences, Inc. as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and its results of operations and cash flows for the years then ended and the period from October 7, 2005 (Inception) to December 31, 2009, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company incurred a net loss of $4,539,405 for the year ended December 31, 2009 and, as of that date, had a deficit accumulated during the development stage of $17,893,729 and a working capital deficiency of $12,273,641. These matters, among others, raise substantial doubt about the Company&#146;s ability to continue as a going concern. Management&#146;s plans concerning these matters are also described in Note 1. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that
might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="72"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>December 31,<BR> 2009</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>December 31,<BR> 2008</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>ASSETS<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Current assets:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Cash</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>81,288</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 15,851</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Prepaid research and development</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>&#151;</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>800,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Other current assets</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>2,519</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,167</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Total current assets</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>83,807</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>821,018</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Office equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $14,734 and $7,223</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>12,525</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>17,463</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Other assets</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>69,922</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>31,910</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Total assets</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>166,254</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 870,391</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS&#146; DEFICIENCY<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Current liabilities:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Accounts payable and accrued expenses</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>3,362,460</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 4,125,233</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2007 Senior convertible notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>5,305,000</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Interest payable&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;2007 senior convertible notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>986,838</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>413,130</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Notes payable&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;related parties PBS</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>2,215,591</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Interest payable&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;related parties PBS</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>59,719</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>3,877</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Borrowings under line of credit</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>320,000</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>170,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Interest payable&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;Paramount Credit Partners, LLC</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>107,840</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Total current liabilities</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>12,357,448</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>4,712,240</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Notes payable&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;Paramount Credit Partners, LLC (net of discount of $401,546)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>1,171,454</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2007 Senior convertible notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,305,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Notes payable&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;related parties</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>310,201</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Total liabilities</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>13,528,902</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>10,327,441</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Commitments<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Stockholders&#146; deficiency:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Preferred stock, $.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized, none issued</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>&#151;</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Common stock, $.001 par value; 25,000,000 shares authorized; 5,547,101 and 5,517,101 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2009 and 2008</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>5,547</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,517</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Additional paid-in capital</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>4,525,534</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>3,891,757</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Deficit accumulated during the development stage</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>(17,893,729)</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(13,354,324</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Total stockholders&#146; deficiency</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>(13,362,648)</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(9,457,050</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Total liabilities and stockholders&#146; deficiency</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>166,254</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 870,391</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="#ftSO"></a>VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.<BR> (A Development Stage Company)<BR> &nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>Statements of Operations </H2>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="72"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Year Ended<BR> December 31,<BR> 2009</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Year Ended<BR> December 31,<BR> 2008</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Period from<BR> October 7, 2005<BR> (Inception) to<BR> December 31,<BR> 2009</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Operating expenses:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Research and development</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>2,942,992</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,978,723</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>12,400,894</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>General and administrative</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>397,238</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,185,587</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2,605,088</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Loss from operations</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>(3,340,230)</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(7,164,310</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(15,005,982</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Interest income</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>140</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>13,091</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>13,989</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Interest expense, including amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs and charge related to conversion of related party notes </TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>(1,199,315)</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(1,635,211</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(2,901,736</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Net loss</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>(4,539,405)</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(8,786,430</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> (17,893,729</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Basic and diluted net loss per common share</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B> (0.82)</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> (1.68</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Weighted average common shares outstanding&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;basic and diluted </TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>5,518,498</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,229,342</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="192"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="64"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="64"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="64"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="72"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="72"></TD>

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<TR>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=7><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>Common Stock</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=2><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=2 COLSPAN=3>Additional<BR> Paid-in<BR> Capital</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=2><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=2 COLSPAN=3>Deficit<BR> Accumulated<BR> <BR>During the<BR> Development<BR> <BR>Stage</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=2><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=2 COLSPAN=3>Total</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left"  ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Shares</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Amount</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Issuance of common stock to founders and employees at $.001 per share in March and April 2007</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>4,563,346</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 4,564</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 4,564</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Issuance of common stock to employees at $.001 per share in May and June 2007</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>120,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>120</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>120</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Issuance of common stock to licensor at $.001 per share in August 2007</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>228,167</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>228</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>228</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Stock-based compensation</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 16,655</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>16,655</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Warrants issued in connection with senior convertible notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>164,284</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>164,284</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Net loss</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(4,567,894</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(4,567,894</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Balance at December 31, 2007</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>4,911,513</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>4,912</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>180,939</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(4,567,894</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(4,382,043</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Warrants issued in connection with senior convertible notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>177,050</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>177,050</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Issuance of common stock in financing at $4.87 per share in June and September 2008 (net of expenses of $216,567)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>235,314</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>235</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>929,222</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>929,457</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Conversion of related party notes and interest payable at $4.87 per share</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>370,274</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>370</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,802,864</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,803,234</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Warrants issued in connection with related party note conversion</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>340,860</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>340,860</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Stock-based compensation</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>460,822</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>460,822</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Net loss</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(8,786,430</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(8,786,430</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Balance at December 31, 2008</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,517,101</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,517</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>3,891,757</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(13,354,324</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(9,457,050</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Stock-based compensation</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>123,758</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>123,758</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Warrants issued in connection with Paramount Credit Partners notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>480,049</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>480,049</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Common Stock issue to licensor in December 2009 at $1 per share</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>25,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>25</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>24,975</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>25,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Common Stock issue to vendor in December 2009 at $1 per share</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>4,995</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Net loss</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(4,539,405</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(4,539,405</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Balance at December 31, 2009</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,547,101</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 5,547</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>4,525,534</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(17,893,729</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(13,362,648</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

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<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="#ftSCF"></a>VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.<BR> (A Development Stage Company)<BR> &nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>Statements of Cash Flows </H2>

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<DIV style="text-align: center"><TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="608" STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-indent:0px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: -24pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">

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          <TD><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="328"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="72"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="72"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="88"></TD>

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<TR>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Year ended<BR> December 31,<BR> 2009</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Year ended<BR> December 31,<BR> 2008</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Period from<BR> October 7, 2005<BR> (Inception) to<BR> December 31,<BR> 2009</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Cash flows from operating activities:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Net loss</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>(4,539,405)</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(8,786,430</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> (17,893,729</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Stock-based compensation</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>123,758</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>460,822</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>601,235</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Stock issued in connection with license agreement</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>25,000</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>25,228</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Stock issued to vendor</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>5,000</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Warrants issued in connection with related party note conversion</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>&#151;</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>340,860</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>340,860</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discount</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>116,952</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>692,907</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>809,859</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Non-cash research and development</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>&#151;</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,087,876</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Interest payable&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;senior convertible notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>573,708</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>407,530</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>986,838</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Expenses paid on behalf of the Company satisfied through the issuance of notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>&#151;</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>100,620</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>227,910</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Interest payable&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;related parties PBC</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>55,841</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>53,916</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>171,367</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Interest payable&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;Paramount Credit Partners, LLC</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>107,840</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>107,840</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Depreciation</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>7,511</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>4,650</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>14,734</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Changes in operating assets and liabilities:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 40pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Prepaid research and development</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>800,000</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(800,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 40pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Other current assets</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>2,649</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(1,507</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(2,518</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 40pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Other assets</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>&#151;</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>4,060</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 40pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Accounts payable and accrued expenses</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>(762,773)</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>3,375,368</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>3,362,460</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 50pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Net cash used in operating activities</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>(3,483,919)</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(4,147,204</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(10,155,040</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Cash flows from investing activities:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Purchase of office and computer equipment</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>(2,573)</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(2,876</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(27,259</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Cash flows from financing activities:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Proceeds from notes payable to Paramount Credit Partners, LLC</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>1,573,000</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,573,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Proceeds from notes payable to related party PBC</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>1,905,390</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>210,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>4,091,390</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Proceeds from 2007 senior convertible notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>&#151;</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2,785,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,305,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Proceeds from private placements</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>&#151;</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,146,024</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,146,024</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Payments for deferred financing costs</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>(76,461)</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(312,853</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(676,511</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Proceeds from utilization of line of credit</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>150,000</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>170,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>320,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Repayment of amounts loaned under related party notes<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>&#151;</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(1,500,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(1,500,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Proceeds from receipt of stock issuances</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>&#151;</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>4,684</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 50pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Net cash provided by financing activities</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>3,551,929</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2,498,171</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>10,263,587</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Net (decrease) / increase in cash</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>65,437</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(1,651,909</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>81,288</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Beginning of period</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>15,851</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,667,760</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>End of period</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B> 81,288</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 15,851</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 81,288</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Supplemental schedule of non-cash financing activities:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Warrants issued to placement agent</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>&#151;</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 177,050</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 341,334</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Debt discount on Paramount Credit Partners, LLC notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B> 480,049</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 480,049</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Related party notes conversion to common stock</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>&#151;</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 1,803,234</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 1,803,234</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Supplemental disclosure&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;cash paid for interest</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B> 344,974</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 139,998</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 484,972</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.<BR> (A Development Stage Company)<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR> Notes to Financial Statements </H1>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 1&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Organization, Business and Basis of Presentation: </H2>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Organization and business: </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="#ftNFSS"></a>VentrusBioSciences, Inc., formerly known as South Island BioSciences, Inc. (&#147;Ventrus&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) was incorporated in the State of Delaware on October 7, 2005. The Company changed its name from South Island BioSciences, Inc. to VentrusBioSciences, Inc. on April 5, 2007. Ventrusis a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the late-stage development and commercialization of gastrointestinal products. </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Basis of presentation: </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The Company&#146;s primary activities since incorporation have been organizational activities, including recruiting personnel, establishing office facilities, acquiring licenses for its pharmaceutical compound pipeline, performing business and financial planning, performing research and development and raising funds through the issuance of debt and common stock. The Company&#146;s planned principal operations have not yet commenced; accordingly, the Company is considered to be in the development stage. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The Company&#146;s financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments through the normal course of business. For the year ended December 31, 2009 and the period from October 7, 2005 (inception) to December 31, 2009, the Company incurred net losses of $4,539,405 and $17,893,729, respectively. The Company has a working capital deficiency as of December 31, 2009 of $12,273,641. Management believes that the Company will continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future and will need additional equity or debt financing or will need to generate
revenue from the licensing of its products or by entering into strategic alliances to be able to sustain its operations until it can achieve profitability and positive cash flows, if ever. Management plans to seek additional debt and/or equity financing for the Company, but cannot assure that such financing will be available on acceptable terms, or at all. These matters raise substantial doubt about the Company&#146;s ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 2&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Summary of Significant Accounting Policies: </H2>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Cash: </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash. The Company maintains its cash in bank deposit and other accounts, the balances of which, at times, may exceed Federally insured limits. </P>

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<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 2&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Summary of Significant Accounting Policies: &nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;(continued)</H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">estimated fair value of the award, and is recognized as expense over the employee&#146;s requisite service period on a straight-line basis. The Company accounts for stock options and warrants granted to non-employees on a fair value basis in accordance with ASC 718 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The initial non-cash charge to operations for non-employee options and warrants with vesting are revalued at the end of each reporting period based upon the change in the fair value of the options and recognized as consulting expense over the related vesting period. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">For the purpose of valuing options and warrants granted to employees and non-employees, the Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model. To determine the risk-free interest rate, the Company utilized the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant with a term consistent with the expected term of the Company&#146;s awards. The Company estimated the expected life of the options granted based on anticipated exercises in the future periods assuming the success of its business model as currently forecasted. For warrants and non-employee options, the Company used the contractual term of the warrant, the length of the note or option as
the expected term. The expected dividend yield reflects the Company&#146;s current and expected future policy for dividends on its common stock. The expected stock price volatility for the Company&#146;s stock options was calculated by examining historical volatilities for publicly traded industry peers as the Company does not have any trading history for its common stock. Given the limited service period for its employees and the senior nature of the roles of those employees, the Company currently estimates that it will experience no forfeitures for those options currently outstanding. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Conventional Convertible Debt&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;When the convertible feature of conventional convertible debt provides for a rate of conversion that is below market value, this feature is characterized as a beneficial conversion feature (&#147;BCF&#148;). Prior to the determination of the BCF, the proceeds from the debt instrument are first allocated between the convertible debt and any detachable free standing instruments that are included, such as common stock warrants. The Company has disclosed the contingent nature of its BCFs but the Company has not recorded as such pursuant to ASC Topic 470-20. The Company will record a BCF if and when the
conversion takes place. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification No. 740 (&#147;ASC 740&#148;), &#147;Income Taxes&#148;, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. Under ASC 740, the effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax
rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established when it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Basic earnings (loss) per common share excludes dilution and is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per common share reflect the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock or resulted in the issuance of common stock that then shared in the earnings of the entity. Since the Company has only incurred losses, basic and diluted loss per share is the same. The amount of potentially dilutive securities excluded at December 31, 2009 and 2008 was 1,375,975 and 530,500.
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<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 2&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Summary of Significant Accounting Policies: &nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;(continued)</H2>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The carrying value of the senior convertible notes, related party notes, and Paramount Credit Partners, LLC notes approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these notes and the related interest rates approximate market rates. </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Recent Accounting Pronouncements: </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In March 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ratified the consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force included in EITF Issue No. 08-9, &#147;Milestone Method of Revenue Recognition&#148; (ASC Topic 605.28; ASU No. 2010-17). The milestone method is optional by arrangement and generally provides that upon achievement of a substantially uncertain milestone, the related milestone payment may be recognized in income in its entirety. The Company has not yet evaluated the effects of this consensus and, accordingly, has not yet made an accounting policy decision for future arrangements. When the consensus becomes effective (years beginning on or
after June 15, 2010; first quarter of 2011 for the Company), the Company will consider application of the consensus on a prospective or retrospective basis. </P>

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<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Consulting services: </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Effective August 2007, the Company began accruing monthly fees for consulting services at a rate of $25,000 per month to Paramount Corporate Development, LLC (&#147;Paramount&#148;), which was an affiliate of Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., a significant investor in and stockholder of the Company. Consulting services expense was $0, $200,000 and $425,000 for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 and the period from October 7, 2005 (inception) to December 31, 2009, respectively. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had $100,000 outstanding under this arrangement which is included in accrued expenses as of December 31, 2009. This agreement was
terminated as of August 31, 2008. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">On October 7, 2005, the Company issued a 5% promissory note payable to Paramount BioSciences, LLC (&#147;PBS&#148;), an affiliate of a significant stockholder of the Company. This note and all accrued interest were to mature on October 7, 2008, or earlier if certain events occurred. The note was amended to extend the maturity date to October 7, 2009. On June 16, 2008, this note was voluntarily converted into one common stock share and one warrant of the Company at a price of $4.87 per unit, the price of a concurrent financing (see Note 6). At the time of the conversion, the outstanding balance due under this note was $1,396,672 which was converted
into 286,791 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock and a warrant to purchase 59,578 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock for which the Company recorded charge of $266,243. Upon conversion, the note was automatically cancelled. Each warrant has a seven-year term and an exercise price of $5.36. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">On July 12, 2007, the Company issued an 8% promissory note payable to an entity related to the sole member of PBS. This note and all accrued interest mature on July 12, 2010, or earlier if certain events occur. On June 16, 2008, this note was voluntarily converted into common stock shares and warrants of the Company at a price of $4.87 per unit, the price of a concurrent financing. At the time of the conversion, the outstanding balance due under this note was $406,562 which was converted into 83,483 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock and a warrant to purchase 16,697 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock for which the Company recorded
charge of $74,617. Upon conversion, the note was automatically cancelled. Each warrant has a seven-year term and an exercise price of $5.36. Each warrant has a seven-year term and an exercise price of $5.36. </P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.<BR> (A Development Stage Company)<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR> Notes to Financial Statements </H1>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 3&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Related Party Transactions: &nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;(continued)</H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">On July 23, 2008, the Company issued an 8% promissory note payable to PBS. All amounts outstanding under this note mature and are payable on July 23, 2010. On July 23, 2009, this note was amended to provide that all loans (including principal and accrued interest thereon) made by PBS to the Company under this note on or after September 30, 2009 shall immediately and automatically be converted into the same equity or derivative securities as are issued in any equity or derivative equity financing consummated by the Company on or after September 30, 2009 (that does not otherwise constitute a Qualified Financing, as defined below), on the same terms and
conditions that such equity securities are offered in such non-Qualified Financing. A &#147;Qualified Financing&#148; means the closing of an equity financing or series of related equity financings by the Company resulting in aggregate gross cash proceeds (before brokers&#146; fees or other transaction related expenses) of at least $10,000,000. As of December 31, 2009 and 2008, the principal amount outstanding under this note is $2,025,591 and $310,201, respectively. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">On April 24, 2009, the Company issued an 8% promissory note payable to an entity related to Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., the sole member of PBS and a significant investor in and stockholder of the Company. All unpaid principal and accrued and unpaid interest outstanding under this note matures and is payable on April 24, 2012. Effective December 21, 2009, this note was amended so that it is convertible and repayable prior to its maturity date on the same terms and conditions as the PBS note discussed above. As of December 31, 2009, the principal amount outstanding under this note is $190,000. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">During 2009, the Company issued four separate 10% promissory notes (collectively, the &#147;PCP Notes&#148;) to Paramount Credit Partners, LLC (&#147;PCP&#148;), an entity whose managing member is Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., a significant investor in and stockholder of the Company. Specifically, the PCP Notes consist of a note in the principal amount of $1,100,000 issued on January 23, 2009, a note in the principal amount of $100,000 issued on March 25, 2009, a note in the principal amount of $250,000 issued on June 1, 2009 and a note in the principal amount of $123,000 issued on June 24, 2009. Interest on the PCP Notes is payable quarterly, in
arrears, and the principal matures on the earlier of (i) December 31, 2013, (ii) the completion of a Qualified Financing (as defined above) or (iii) the completion of a Reverse Merger. For purposes of the PCP Notes, &#147;Reverse Merger&#148; means a merger, share exchange or other transaction or series of related transactions in which (a) the Company merges into or otherwise becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of a company subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (b) the aggregate consideration payable to the Company or its stockholders in such transaction(s) (the &#147;Reverse Merger Consideration&#148;) is greater than or equal to $10,000,000. In addition, PCP received five-year warrants (&#147;PCP Warrants&#148;) to purchase, at an exercise price of 110% of the lowest price paid for securities in a Qualified Financing, a number of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock equal to 40% of the principal amount of each PCP Note
purchased divided by the lowest price paid for securities in a Qualified Financing prior to the two-year anniversary of such PCP Note. If the Qualified Financing does not occur on or before the two-year anniversary of a PCP Note, then the associated PCP Warrants will be exercisable for a number of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock equal to 40% of the principal amount of such PCP Note purchased divided by $1.00, at a per share exercise price of $1.00. The Company allocated proceeds of $480,049 from the sale of the PCP Notes to the warrants at the time of issuance, which are recorded as a debt discount and reduced the carrying values of the PCP Notes. Such discount is being amortized to interest expense over the term of the PCP Notes. As of December 31, 2009, the principal amount outstanding under these notes is $1,171,454. </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Subsequent Event (2010 Senior Convertible Notes): </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">On February 26, 2010, $2,192,433 outstanding under the PBS notes was converted into 2010 Notes (the &#147;2010 Notes&#148;) (see Note 9). Effective December 21, 2009, this note was further amended to provide that all remaining amounts outstanding under this note will automatically convert into the Company&#146;s equity securities issued in the Company&#146;s next equity financing (or series of related equity financings), including, without limitation, a firm commitment underwritten initial public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, involving the sale of securities in which the </P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.<BR> (A Development Stage Company)<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR> Notes to Financial Statements </H1>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 3&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Related Party Transactions: &nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;(continued)</H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Company receives in arm&#146;s length non-related party transaction(s) at least $8,853,976 in aggregate gross cash proceeds (before brokers&#146; fees or other transaction related expenses, and excluding any such proceeds resulting from any conversion of the Company&#146;s then-existing convertible bridge notes minus the amount of aggregate gross cash proceeds to the Company from the sale of equity or debt securities of the Company after December 21, 2009 (but not to be reduced below $5,000,000) (a &#147;Qualified Financing&#148;)), at a conversion price equal to 70% of the lowest per unit price paid for such securities in cash by investors in such
Qualified Financing, and upon such other terms, conditions and agreements as may be applicable in such Qualified Financing. The Company valued the beneficial conversion feature of the 2010 Notes at $939,614, which will be recorded as interest expense only if a Qualified Financing is completed. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Each 2010 Noteholder also holds a warrant to purchase a number of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock equal to 50% of the principal amount of the 2010 Notes purchased by it divided by the &#147;IPO Price&#148;(see Note 9) at a per share exercise price equal to 100% of the IPO Price, subject to adjustment. Each of these warrants will expire and no longer be exercisable after March 31, 2015. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Qualified IPO does not occur on or before March 31, 2012, then each warrant will be exercisable for that number of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock equal to 70% of the principal amount of the 2010 Note purchased by
the original holder divided by $1.00, at a per share exercise price of $1.00. In the event of a sale of the Company (whether by merger, consolidation, sale or transfer of the Company&#146;s capital stock or assets or otherwise) prior to, but not in connection with, a Qualified IPO, each of these warrants will terminate 90 days following such sale and the warrants shall continue to be exercisable pursuant to their terms during such 90-day period. The Company valued these warrants at approximately $942,000 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, and the Company expensed the entire amount during the three months ended March 31, 2010 as interest expense. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">This note will also automatically convert into equity securities of the Company immediately prior to a sale or merger of the Company, as defined in the notes. In the event that this note becomes due and payable (whether on the due date or earlier) prior to the consummation by the Company of a Qualified Financing, or a sale or merger of the Company which converts the note into equity securities of the Company, then, in connection with the repayment of the note, in addition to the payment of the unpaid principal amount and all accrued but unpaid interest on the note, the Company will be obligated to pay to the noteholder, as a repayment premium, an
amount in cash equal to 42.8571% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount plus all accrued and unpaid interest on the note. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., a significant investor in and stockholder of the Company, and a related party, purchased $500,000 in aggregate principal amount of 2010 Notes and related warrants in this offering. In addition, a 2010 Note in the aggregate principal amount of $2,192,433 and related warrant were issued to PBS for the cancellation of certain debt (as discussed in Note 3 above), which is not included in the $3,425,000 of aggregate principal amount of 2010 Notes issued in the private placement. Including such converted debt, the total aggregate principal amount of 2010 Notes is $5,617,433. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Starting June 2010, the Company occupies space at the offices of PBS. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">On December 3, 2008, the Company, PBS and various other private pharmaceutical companies in which Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D. is a significant investor and stockholder, entered into a loan agreement with Bank of America, N.A. for a line of credit of $2,000,000. PBS pledged collateral securing the Company&#146;s and the other borrowers&#146; obligations to Bank of America, N.A. under the loan agreement. Interest on amounts borrowed under the line of credit accrues and is payable on a monthly basis at an annual rate equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus 1%. On November 10, 2009, the parties entered into </P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.<BR> (A Development Stage Company)<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR> Notes to Financial Statements </H1>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 3&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Related Party Transactions: &nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;(continued)</H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Amendment No. 1 to the Loan Agreement, which extended the initial one-year term for an additional year, such that it currently matures on November 5, 2010, and reduced the aggregate amount available under the line of credit to $1,000,000. Under the loan agreement, the Company&#146;s liability under the line of credit is several, not joint, with respect to the payment of all obligations thereunder. As of December 31, 2009 and 2008, the amounts borrowed by the Company that were outstanding under this line of credit were $320,000 and $170,000, respectively. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The Company has paid interest owed to PCP for the first quarters of 2010 and 2009. For the second, third and fourth quarters of 2009, the Company had insufficient funds to pay the quarterly interest amount owed to PCP. Interest amounts for these three quarterly periods were paid directly by Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D. to PCP, pursuant to certain guarantee obligations owed by Dr. Rosenwald under PCP&#146;s operating agreement. </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 4&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Income Taxes: </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">There was no net current or deferred income tax provision for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The Company&#146;s deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 consist of the following: </P>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>2009</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>2008</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Net operating loss carryforwards&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;Federal</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 4,931,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 3,414,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Net operating loss carryforwards&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;State</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>870,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>603,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Totals</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,801,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>4,017,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Less valuation allowance</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(5,801,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(4,017,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Deferred tax assets</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> &#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> &#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">At December 31, 2009, the Company had potentially utilizable Federal and state net operating loss tax carryforwards of approximately $14,502,000, expiring through 2029. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The utilization of the Company&#146;s net operating losses may be subject to a substantial limitation due to the &#147;change of ownership provisions&#148; under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code and similar state provisions. Such limitation may result in the expiration of the net operating loss carryforwards before their utilization. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The net change in the total valuation allowance for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 and for the period from October 7, 2005 (inception) to December 31, 2009 was $1,784,000, $2,191,000 and $5,801,000, respectively. The tax benefit assumed the Federal statutory tax rate of 34% and a state tax rate of 6% and has been fully offset by the aforementioned valuation allowance. </P>

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<TR>

          <TD><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="456"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="56"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>2009</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>2008</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Statutory Federal tax rate</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(34.0</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)%<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(34.0</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)%<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Statutory income tax rate (net of Federal)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(6.0</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)%<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(6.0</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)%<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Warrants issued in connection with related party note conversion</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">%<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">%<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Debt discount amortization</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">%<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">%<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Effect of valuation allowance</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>39</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">%<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>38</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">%<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Effective tax rate</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">%<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">%<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.<BR> (A Development Stage Company)<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR> Notes to Financial Statements </H1>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 4&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Income Taxes: &nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;(continued)</H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The Company accounts for uncertain tax positions in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification No. 740 (&#147;ASC 740&#148;), &#147;Income Taxes&#148;. The Company adopted ASC 740 as of January 1, 2007. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Management believes that the Company does not have any tax positions that will result in a material impact on the Company&#146;s financial statements because of the adoption of ASC 740. However, management&#146;s conclusion may be subject to adjustment at a later date based on factors including additional implementation guidance from the Financial Accounting Standards Board and ongoing analyses of tax laws, regulations and related interpretations. </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 5&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Commitments: </H2>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Employment agreements: </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Presently, the Company has no employees and is managed by its Board of Directors, one of whom, Thom Rowland, acts as the Company&#146;s President. Mr. Rowland originally joined the Company in April 2007, and was employed as its Chief Executive Officer from April 2007 through February 2009, at which time his employment agreement was terminated without cause. Pursuant to that employment agreement, during his term of employment, Mr. Rowland received an annual base salary of $300,000, plus an annual bonus of up to 40% of base salary based upon attainment of certain financial, clinical development and business milestones. No bonuses were earned under such
employment agreement. Mr. Rowland received an initial grant of restricted stock under his employment agreement, all of which is currently vested. Pursuant to the termination of his employment, the Company was obligated to make certain severance payments to Mr. Rowland, the receipt of which Mr. Rowland waived in return for his retention as a consultant to the Company. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Terrance Coyne, M.D., joined the Company in June 2007, and served as the Company&#146;s Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer from June 2007 through February 2009, at which time his employment agreement was terminated without cause. Pursuant to that employment agreement, during his term of employment, Dr. Coyne received an annual base salary of $290,000, plus an annual bonus of up to 25% of base salary based upon attainment of certain financial, clinical development and business milestones. No bonuses were earned under suchemployment agreement. Dr. Coyne received an initial grant of restricted stock under his employment agreement, all of
which is currently vested. Pursuant to the termination of his employment, the Company was obligated to make certain severance payments to Dr. Coyne, the receipt of which Dr. Coyne waived in return for his retention as a consultant to the Company. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">John Dietrich, Ph.D. joined the Company in April 2007, and served as the Company&#146;s Vice President, Clinical Operations from April 2007 through February 2009, at which time his employment agreement was terminated without cause. Pursuant to that employment agreement, during his term of employment, Dr. Dietrich received an annual base salary of $185,000, plus an annual bonus of up to 20% of base salary based upon attainment of certain financial, clinical development and business milestones. No bonuses were earned under such employment agreement. Dr. Dietrich received an initial grant of restricted stock under his employment agreement, all of which
is currently vested. Pursuant to the termination of his employment, the Company was obligated to make certain severance payments to Dr. Dietrich, the receipt of which Dr. Dietrich waived in return for his retention as a consultant to the Company. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Dr. Ellison currently serves as the Company&#146;s Chief Executive Officer pursuant to an amended and restated consulting agreement dated July 19, 2010. The agreement provides for a term of six months with the option to extend the agreement for an additional year. Dr. Ellison receives a consulting fee of $30,000 per month. In addition, if the Company completes a partnership or licensing transaction or the Company or any of the Company&#146; assets are acquired by another entity prior to completing a financing resulting in gross proceeds of at least $8,000,000, then he will receive a fee equal to 4% of the gross proceeds of such transaction. </P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.<BR> (A Development Stage Company)<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR> Notes to Financial Statements </H1>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 5&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Commitments: &nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;(continued)</H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The Company also has executed an amended and restated employment agreement with Dr. Ellison, which will become effective upon a financing of $8,000,000 in gross proceeds and has a term of three years. When the employment agreement becomes effective, his consulting agreement will terminate and Dr. Ellison will become President, CEO and Chairman of the Board. The employment agreement provides for a base salary of $375,000 per year, a guaranteed bonus of $75,000 per year and an annual performance-based bonus of up to 50% of his base salary. The agreement also provides a first incentive bonus of $250,000 in the event that the Company&#146;s market
capitalization exceeds $100 million for a period of 30 consecutive trading days with an average trading volume of the common stock during such period of at least 100,000 shares per trading day and a second incentive bonus of $500,000 in the event that the Company&#146;s market capitalization exceeds $250 million for a period of 30 consecutive trading days with an average trading volume of the common stock during such period of at least 100,000 shares per trading day. Dr. Ellison will also receive a grant of options to purchase the Company&#146;s common stock at the offering price of an offering generating a minimum of $8,000,000 in gross proceeds in an amount equal to 7.5% of the Company&#146;s fully diluted capitalization on the date the employment agreement becomes effective. </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Consulting Agreements </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Mr. Barrett currently serves as our Chief Financial Officer pursuant to an amended and restated consulting agreement dated July 19, 2010. The agreement provides for a term of six months with the option to extend the agreement for an additional year. Mr. Barrett receives a consulting fee of $15,000 per month. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Effective May 11, 2010, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Timothy Hofer, pursuant to which Mr. Hofer provides the Company with general consulting services focused on general business and company development. Mr. Hofer is also a employee of Paramount Biosciences, LLC, a related party. This consulting agreement is for a period of one year, subject to renewal for such longer period as the Company may agree in writing with Mr. Hofer, and may be terminated by either party upon 30 days&#146; prior written notice. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Under the terms of the consulting agreement with Mr. Hofer and as compensation for his services thereunder, the Company granted Mr. Hofer a ten-year warrant to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, subject to adjustment as described below (the &#147;Hofer Consultant Warrant&#148;). The Hofer Consultant Warrant will have an exercise price per share equal to the price at which shares of the Company&#146;s common stock are issued in a Qualified Financing. If a Qualified Financing does not occur on or before September 10, 2010, then the exercise price per share of the Hofer Consultant Warrant will be equal to the fair market value
of the Company&#146;s common stock, as determined pursuant to a valuation performed by an independent appraisal firm. Under the terms of the Hofer Consultant Warrant, if the Company consummates a Qualified Financing, the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Hofer Consultant Warrant will be automatically adjusted so that such number of shares is equal to 1.0% of the Company&#146;s outstanding common stock on a fully diluted basis, after givingeffect to such Qualified Financing (including the conversion of any of the Company&#146;s convertible bridge notes issued in 2007&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;2008 triggered by such Qualified Financing). This adjustment provision will terminate once the Company consummates a Qualified Financing. For purposes of the Hofer Consultant Warrant, a &#147;Qualified Financing&#148; means the Company&#146;s next equity financing (or series of related equity financings) sufficient to trigger conversion of all amounts then outstanding under the
Company&#146;s convertible PBS notes issued in 2007 and 2008. </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 6&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Stockholders&#146; Deficiency: </H2>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">During March and April 2007, the Company issued 4,563,346 shares of common stock to its founders for $4,564, or $.001 per share. </P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.<BR> (A Development Stage Company)<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR> Notes to Financial Statements </H1>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 6&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Stockholders&#146; Deficiency: &nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;(continued)</H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">During May and June 2007, the Company issued 120,000 shares of common stock to its employees for $120, or $.001 per share. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">During August 2007, the Company issued 228,167 shares of common stock in accordance with a license agreement at $.001 per share. During 2007, the Company recorded $228 of research and development expense in connection with this license. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">During June and September 2008, the Company issued 235,314 shares of common stock and 47,069 warrants at $4.87 per unit in connection with a private placement financing at $4.87 per share (see Note 3). Each warrant has a seven-year term and an exercise price of $5.36 per share. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">During July 2008, the Company issued 370,274 shares of common stock and 76,275 warrants at $4.87 per unit to related parties in connection with the conversion of amounts outstanding under certain promissory notes (see Note 3). Each warrant has a seven-year term and an exercise price of $5.36. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">During December 2009, the Company issued 25,000 shares of common stock to one of its licensors and 5,000 shares of common stock to a vendor, each at a value of $1.00 per share. </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Common stock options and warrants related to compensation: </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In 2007, the Company established a stock incentive plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) under which incentive stock and/or options may be granted to officers, directors, consultants and key employees of the Company for the purchase of up to 6,000,000 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock. The options have a maximum term of ten years, vest over a period to be determined by the Company&#146;s Board of Directors and have an exercise price at or above fair market value on the date of grant. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">There were no options issued under the Plan for the period from October 7, 2005 to December 31, 2006 or in 2008 or 2009. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">During 2007, the Company granted 160,000 warrants outside the Plan to various consultants with an exercise price of $0.62 per share. Each warrant granted during 2007 vests equally over a three-year period and has a seven-year term. The Company recorded $123,758 and $460,822 of compensation expense during 2009 and 2008, respectively. During 2008, 20,000 of these warrants were forfeited due to the consultant&#146;s relationship with the Company ending prior to the vesting period. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">On May 11, 2010, the Company granted options to purchase 25,000 shares of its common stock to director Joseph Felder under the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan with an exercise price to be determined in the next qualified financing. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">A summary of the Company&#146;s warrant activity and related information is as follows: </P>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=7>2009</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=7>2008</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left"  ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Shares</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Weighted<BR> Average<BR> Exercise<BR> Price</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Shares</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Weighted<BR> Average<BR> Exercise<BR> Price</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Outstanding at beginning of year</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>140,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 0.62</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>160,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 0.62</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Granted</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Forfeited</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(20,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 0.62</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Outstanding at end of year</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>140,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 0.62</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>140,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 0.62</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Warrants exercisable at end of year</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>106,666</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 0.62</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>53,333</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1> 0.62</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.<BR> (A Development Stage Company)<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR> Notes to Financial Statements </H1>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 6&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Stockholders&#146; Deficiency: &nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;(continued)</H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">As of December 31, 2009, the total compensation expense related to non-vested warrants not yet recognized totaled approximately $59,000. The weighted-average vesting period over which the total compensation expense related to non-vested warrants not yet recognized at December 31, 2009 was approximately 0.22 years. </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 7&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;License Agreements: </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In March 2007, pursuant to an &#147;Exclusive License Agreement,&#148; S.L.A. Pharma AG, a Swiss corporation (&#147;S.L.A.&#148;) granted PBS an exclusive, royalty-bearing license to sell, make and use diltiazem for treatment, through topical administration, of anal fissures and phenylepherine for treatment, through topical administration, of fecal incontinence in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Pursuant to the Exclusive License Agreement, PBS was obligated to form a company to develop the technologies referenced in the Exclusive License Agreement and issue that number of shares equal to 5% of such company&#146;s outstanding Common Stock as of
the effective date of the Exclusive License Agreement. PBS licensed the technologies referenced in the Exclusive License Agreement to Ventrus for development. In August 2007, pursuant to an &#147;Assignment and Assumption Agreement&#148;, PBS sold all of its rights in and arising out of the Exclusive License Agreement with S.L.A. to Ventrus for $1,087,876. The amount paid by Ventrus to PBS was for prior direct expenses paid by PBS to SLA as part of the license agreement. The corresponding United States and foreign patents and applications for the two compounds have been licensed to Ventrus under the Assignment and Assumption Agreement (the technology collectively, the &#147;Compound Technology&#148;). As consideration in part for the rights to the Compound Technology, an initial licensing fee of $250,000 was paid to S.L.A. (this amount was paid by PBS and was included in the consideration paid by Ventrus to PBS in connection with the Assignment and Assumption Agreement) and $50,000 for
reimbusement of clinical development costs incurred by SLA. As compensation for SLA participation in the management and the development of the technologies, Ventrus is required to make separate payments to SLA equal to $83,000 per month (&#147;Monthly Payments&#148;). Ventrus&#146; obligation to make these monthly payments shall terminate upon an NDA filing. Ventrus is also required to reimburse SLA for clinical development costs associated with the technology development. Ventrus&#146; total payment obligation under the agreement shall not exceed $5,200,000. Both SLA and Ventrus may agree to add additional services outside the scope of the agreement in which case Ventrus may be subject to additional expenses. In addition, Ventrus is required to make payments to S.L.A. upon the achievement of certain clinical and regulatory-based milestones. Ventrus may be required to make future milestone payments totaling up to $20 million upon the achievement of various milestones related to
regulatory or commercial events. Pursuant to certain amendments to the Exclusive License Agreement, Ventrus has deferred certain payment requirements that had come due under the Exclusive License Agreement. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">From January 31, 2010 and continuing until September 30, 2010, Ventrus&#146; obligation to make monthly payments to S.L.A. of $83,000 per month was suspended for half of the amount due and Ventrus is accruing the $41,500 incurred but not currently payable per month, and such payment amount shall increase to $83,000 per month thereafter. The accrued license costs of $373,500 ($41,500 times 9 months) are payable upon the earlier of September 30, 2010 or the date Ventrus consummates a financing or series of related financings resulting in net proceeds of at least $10 million (a &#147;Qualifying Event&#148;). Ventrus&#146; has accrued the total
development costs and made the accrued payments as follows; (i) January 31, 2010, Ventrus made a $350,000 payment to S.L.A, (ii) on June 30, 2010, Ventruspaid S.L.A. $600,000, (iii) on October 31, 2010, Ventrus is obligated to pay S.L.A. $600,000 and (iv) on February 28, 2011, Ventrus is obligated to pay S.L.A. $800,000. This total amount of $2,350,000 represents past development costs and was fully accrued at December 31, 2009. The Exclusive License Agreement is terminable by S.L.A. if Ventrus does not consummate a Qualifying Event (as defined below) by September 30, 2010, and S.L.A. may terminate the Exclusive License Agreement, upon one month&#146;s prior notice, in the event that a third party wishes to enter into a license agreement for the underlying technology and has entered into a binding agreement with S.L.A. to that end (provided, however, that upon receipt of such notice of termination, Ventrus has the option of </P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.<BR> (A Development Stage Company)<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR> Notes to Financial Statements </H1>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 7&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;License Agreements: &nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;(continued)</H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">paying all moneys invoiced and unpaid as of such notice and all unpaid portions of the above-referenced $2,350,000 at which time the termination notice will be automatically rescinded and of no further force and effect). For purposes hereof, &#147;Qualifying Event&#148; means the consummation a financing (or series of related financings) resulting in net proceeds to it of at least US$10 million. Finally, Ventrus issued an additional 25,000 shares of its Common Stock to S.L.A. pursuant to the terms of the fourth amendment to the license agreement entered into in December 2009. In the event that the Compound Technology is commercialized, Ventrus is
obligated to pay to S.L.A. annual royalties based upon net sales of the product. Ventrus has certain obligations to fund S.L.A.&#146;s development efforts of the Compound Technology in the European Union. Should Ventrus make any improvements regarding the Compound Technology, Ventrus is required to grant S.L.A. certain licenses to use such improvements. The Exclusive License Agreement is terminable by S.L.A for any reason upon ninety (90) days written notice, and by either party in the event of (i) a material breach or default of the Exclusive License Agreement upon sixty (60) days written notice or (ii) either party becomes bankrupt or insolvent upon thirty (30) days written notice. The Exclusive License Agreement contains other customary clauses and terms as are common in similar agreements in the industry. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In March 2008, Ventrus entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement with Sam Amer &amp; Co., Inc., a California company (&#147;Amer&#148;), whereby Ventrus acquired certain patent rights to iferanserin (the &#147;Technology&#148;) for the topical treatment of any anorectal disorders. Ventrus is obligated to pay Amer (i) a monthly consulting fee of $7,500 through May 2010, (ii) a license fee of $2,050,000, (iii) late fees of $7,500 per month starting July 2009 until the successful completion of the Phase 3 trials (iv) interest payments totaling $595,000 ($460,000 of which is accrued at December 31, 2009) and (v) additional late fees of $7,500
per month if an NDA is not submitted by September 2010. In addition, Ventrus may be required to make future milestone payments totaling up to $20 million upon the achievement of various milestones related to regulatory or commercial events. In the event that the Technology is commercialized, Ventrus is obligated to pay to Amer annual royalties based upon sales of the product in the U.S. market and outside the U.S. The license agreement is terminable by either party (i) for cause, subject to a sixty (60) day cure period, (ii) upon either party becoming bankrupt or insolvent or (iii) at any time after the expiration of Royalty Period for any Licensed Product (as such terms are defined in the Exclusive License Agreement) upon ninety (90) days written notice. Ventrus may terminate the license agreement on thirty (30) days&#146; written notice in the event any safety, efficacy or regulatory issues prevent development or commercialization of the Licensed Product. The license agreement for
the Technology contains other customary clauses and terms as are common in similar agreements in the industry. In addition, Paramount Biosciences, LLC has guaranteed to Amer the full and timely payment of all payment obligations of Ventrus under the agreement, until such time as the Technology is sublicensed or Ventrus has completed financings resulting in net proceeds of at least $10 million. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In December 2009, the Company and Amer supplemented the license agreement and added an additional licensing fee of $20,000 for six months. After the fourth month, the Company and Amer agreed that the additional license fee would not be required and therefore the Company did not pay the last two months. </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 8&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Private Placements: </H2>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">2007 Senior convertible notes: </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">During 2007 and 2008, the Company issued 8% senior convertible notes in connection with a private placement in the aggregate principal amount of $5,305,000 (the &#147;Bridge Notes&#148;). The Bridge Notes were originally scheduled to mature on December 20, 2008, but the Company exercised its option to extend the maturity date to December 20, 2009, at an increased interest rate of 10%. The Company subsequently solicited the consent of the Noteholders to an additional extension of the maturity date of the Bridge Notes to September 10, 2010. After giving effect to such consent, the Bridge Notes, plus all accrued interest thereon, will automatically
convert into the same securities issued in the Company&#146;s next Qualified Financing (as </P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.<BR> (A Development Stage Company)<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR> Notes to Financial Statements </H1>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 8&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Private Placements: &nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;(continued)</H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">defined below), at a conversion price equal to 70% of the lowest per unit price paid for such securities in cash by investors in such Qualified Financing, and upon such other terms, conditions and agreements as may be applicable in such Qualified Financing. The Bridge Notes will also automatically convert into equity securities of the Company immediately prior to a sale or merger of the Company, as defined in the Bridge Notes. In the event that the Bridge Notes become due and payable (whether on the due date or earlier) prior to the consummation by the Company of a Qualified Financing, or a sale or merger of the Company which converts the Bridge Notes
into equity securities of the Company, then, in connection with the repayment of the Bridge Notes, in addition to the payment of the unpaid principal amount and all accrued but unpaid interest on the Bridge Notes, the Company will be obligated to pay to the Noteholders, as a repayment premium, an amount in cash equal to 42.8571% of the aggregate principal amount plus all accrued and unpaid interest on the Bridge Notes. For purposes of the Bridge Notes, &#147;Qualified Financing&#148; means the sale of the Company&#146;s equity securities in an equity financing or series of related equity financings in which the Company receives (minus the amount of aggregate gross cash proceeds to the Company from Company&#146;s arm&#146;s length sale of equity or debt securities, or incurrence of new loans, after December 21, 2009) aggregate gross proceeds of at least $10,000,000 (before brokers&#146; fees or other transaction related expenses, and excluding any such proceeds resulting from any
conversion of the Bridge Notes). </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In connection with the offering of the Bridge Notes, Paramount Biocapital, Inc. (&#147;PCI&#148;) and the Company entered into a placement agency agreement dated October 9, 2007, pursuant to which the Company paid PCI and third party agents cash commissions of $243,600 and $19,250, respectively, for its services. The Company also had agreed to pay to PCI a commission on sales by the Company of securities during the 18-month period subsequent to March 11, 2008 to the purchasers of the Bridge Notes who were introduced to the Company by PCI. The Company also granted PCI the right of first refusal to act as exclusive finder, placement agent or other
similar agent in relation to any securities offerings on its behalf during the 18-month period following March 11, 2008. Each of these 18-month periods expired without any further commissions being paid. PCI is a related party to the Company since it is wholly owned by Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., a significant investor in and stockholder of the Company. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In addition, PCI and third party agents received warrants (the &#147;Placement Warrants&#148;) to purchase, at an exercise price of 110% of the lowest price paid for securities in a Qualified Financing, a number of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock equal to 10% of the principal amount of the Notes purchased, less any amount used to repay the related party notes, or amounts due to PBS or their affiliates or employees as finder&#146;s fees, payments under the services agreement or other similar payments, divided by the lowest price paid for securities in a Qualified Financing prior to December 21, 2009. If the Qualified Financing did not occur
on or before December 21, 2009, the Placement Warrants will be exercisable for a number of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock equal to 10% of the principal amount of the Notes purchased, less any amount used to repay the related party notes, or amounts due to PBS or their affiliates or employees as finder&#146;s fees, payments under the services agreement or other similar payments, divided by $1.00, at a per share exercise price of $1.00 and are exercisable for seven years. Since the Qualified Financing did not occur by such date, the Placement Warrants are now exercisable into 530,500 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, at a per share exercise price of $1.00. The Company estimated the value of the warrants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model at approximately $341,000 and recorded them as deferred financing costs, which were amortized to interest expense over the term of the Notes. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">PCI acted as placement agent for the private placement of the Company&#146;s senior convertible notes in the aggregate principal amount of $5,305,000 during 2007 and 2008. </P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.<BR> (A Development Stage Company)<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR> Notes to Financial Statements </H1>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 9&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Subsequent Events: </H2>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In February, March, April and May 2010, the Company issued 8% senior convertible notes in connection with a private placement in the aggregate principal amount of $3,425,000 (the &#147;2010 Notes&#148;). The 2010 Notes mature on September 10, 2010. Upon the closing of a Qualified IPO (as defined below), the 2010 Notes plus any accrued but unpaid interest thereon will convert automatically into shares of the Company&#146;s common stock at 70% of the price at which shares of common stock are sold in the Qualified IPO (the &#147;IPO Price&#148;), upon the terms and conditions on which such securities are issued in the Qualified IPO. For purposes hereof,
&#147;Qualified IPO&#148; means the consummation of an initial public offering by the Company of units consisting of shares of common stock and warrants to purchase common stock resulting in aggregate gross cash proceeds (before commissions or other expenses) to the Company of at least $10,000,000. The Company valued the beneficial conversion feature of the 2010 Notes at $1,468,000, which will be recorded as interest expense only if a Qualified Financing is completed. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Each 2010 Noteholder also holds a warrant to purchase a number of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock equal to 50% of the principal amount of the 2010 Notes purchased by it divided by the IPO Price at a per share exercise price equal to 100% of the IPO Price, subject to adjustment. Each of these warrants will expire and no longer be exercisable after March 31, 2015. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Qualified IPO does not occur on or before March 31, 2012, then each warrant will be exercisable for that number of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock equal to 70% of the principal amount of the 2010 Note purchased by the original holder
divided by $1.00, at a per share exercise price of $1.00. In the event of a sale of the Company (whether by merger, consolidation, sale or transfer of the Company&#146;s capital stock or assets or otherwise) prior to, but not in connection with, a Qualified IPO, each of these warrants will terminate 90 days following such sale and the warrants shall continue to be exercisable pursuant to their terms during such 90-day period.The Company valued these warrants at approximately $1,464,067 using the Black Scholes option pricing model and is amortizing such amount over the term of the Notes to interest expense. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., a significant investor in and stockholder of the Company, and a related party, purchased $500,000 in aggregate principal amount of 2010 Notes and related warrants in this offering. In addition, a 2010 Note in the aggregate principal amount of $2,192,433 and related warrant were issued to PBS for the cancellation of certain debt (as discussed in Note 3 above), which is not included in the $3,425,000 of aggregate principal amount of 2010 Notes issued in the private placement. Including such converted debt, the total aggregate principal amount of 2010 Notes is $5,617,433. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In connection with the offering of the 2010 Notes and related warrants, National Securities Corporation (&#147;National&#148;) and the Company entered into a placement agency agreement dated January 5, 2010, as amended on January 29, 2010, and a placement agency agreement dated April 14, 2010, as amended on April 30, 2010, pursuant to which the Company paid National cash fees of $671,592, which consisted of placement agent commissions of $561,743 and non-accountable expense reimbursements of $109,849. In addition, the Company paid National&#146;s outside counsel $32,500 for its services as placement agent counsel. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The Company also granted National the exclusive right until May 6, 2011 to act as lead placement agent on the next private placement of the Company&#146;s securities, or as lead managing underwriter on the initial public offering of the Company&#146;s securities, with the compensation being paid to National with respect to such financing to be mutually agreed to by the parties in good faith with respect to such financing. </P>

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<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.<BR> (A Development Stage Company)<BR> &nbsp;&nbsp;<BR><a name="#ftCBS"></a>Condensed Balance Sheets </H2>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>March 31,<BR>2010</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>December 31,<BR>2009</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left"  ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>(Unaudited)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">(Note 1)</FONT></TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>ASSETS<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Current Assets:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Cash and cash equivalents</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>1,067,787</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>81,288</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Other current assets</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>1,013</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2,519</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Total current assets</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>1,068,800</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>83,807</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Office equipment, net of accumulated depreciation</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>11,292</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>12,525</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Other assets</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>345,160</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>69,922</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Total Assets</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>1,425,252</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>166,254</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS&#146; DEFICIENCY<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Current Liabilities:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Accounts payable and accrued expenses</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>2,136,211</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>3,362,460</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2007 Senior convertible notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>5,305,000</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,305,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Interest payable&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;2007 Senior convertible notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>1,140,131</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>986,838</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2010 Senior convertible notes&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;(net of discount $769,779 in 2010)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>3,572,654</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Interest payable&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;2010 Senior convertible notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>33,902</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Notes payable&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;related parties</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>1,001,153</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2,215,591</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Interest payable&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;related parties</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>72,444</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>59,719</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Borrowings under line of credit</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>320,000</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>320,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Interest payable&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;Paramount Credit Partners, LLC</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>147,165</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>107,840</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Total current liabilities</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>13,728,660</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>12,357,448</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Notes payable&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;Paramount Credit Partners, LLC (net of discount of $377,543 in 2010 and $401,546 in 2009)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>1,195,457</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,171,454</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Total Liabilities</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>14,924,117</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>13,528,902</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Commitments<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Stockholders&#146; deficiency:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Preferred Stock, $.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, none outstanding</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>&#151;</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Common Stock, $.001 par value, 25,000,000 shares authorized 5,547,101 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>5,547</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,547</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Additional paid-in capital</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>6,409,604</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>4,525,534</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Deficit accumulated during the development stage</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>(19,914,016)</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(17,893,729</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Total stockholders&#146; deficiency</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>(13,498,865)</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(13,362,648</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Total liabilities and stockholders&#146; deficiency</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>1,425,252</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>166,254</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

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<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.<BR> (A Development Stage Company)<BR> &nbsp;&nbsp;<BR><a name="#ftCSO"></a>Condensed Statements of Operations (Unaudited) </H2>

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<DIV style="text-align: center"><TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="608" STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-indent:0px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: -24pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">

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          <TD><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="336"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="72"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="72"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="80"></TD>

</TR>

<TR>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Three Months<BR> Ended<BR> March 31,<BR>2010</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Three Months<BR> Ended<BR> March 31,<BR> 2009</FONT></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Period from<BR> October 7, 2005<BR> (Inception) to<BR> March 31,<BR>2010</FONT></TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Operating expenses:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Research and development</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>413,746</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,027,841</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>12,814,640</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>General and administrative</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>36,544</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>153,093</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2,641,632</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Loss from operations</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>(450,290)</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(1,180,934</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(15,456,272</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Interest income</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>6</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>138</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>13,995</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Interest expense, including amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs and charges related to conversion of related party notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>(1,570,003)</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(214,173</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(4,471,739</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Net loss</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>(2,020,287)</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(1,394,969</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(19,914,016</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Basic and diluted net loss per common share</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>(0.36)</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(0.27</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Weighted average common shares outstanding&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;basic and diluted</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>5,547,101</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,229,342</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

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<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.<BR> (A Development Stage Company)<BR> &nbsp;&nbsp;<BR><a name="#ftCSCSD"></a>Condensed Statement of Changes in Stockholders&#146; Deficiency<BR> Period from January 1, 2010 through March 31, 2010 (Unaudited) </H2>

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<DIV style="text-align: center"><TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="608" STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-indent:0px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: -24pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">

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          <TD><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="196"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="64"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="64"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="80"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="80"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="84"></TD>

</TR>

<TR>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=7><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>Common Stock</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=2><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=2 COLSPAN=3>Additional<BR>Paid-in<BR> Capital</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=2><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=2 COLSPAN=3>Deficit<BR> Accumulated<BR> During the<BR> Development<BR> Stage</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=2><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=2 COLSPAN=3>Total</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left"  ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Shares</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Amount</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Balance at January 1, 2010</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,547,101</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,547</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>4,525,534</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(17,893,729</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(13,362,648</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Stock-based compensation</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>18,370</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>18,370</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Warrant issued to investors in connection with 2010 Senior convertible notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,865,700</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,865,700</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Net loss</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(2,020,287</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(2,020,287</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Balance at March 31, 2010</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,547,101</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,547</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>6,409,604</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(19,914,016</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(13,498,865</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

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          <TD><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="336"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="72"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="72"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="80"></TD>

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<TR>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Three months<BR>ended<BR>March 31,<BR>2010</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Three months<BR>ended<BR>March 31, 2009</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Period from<BR>October 7,<BR> 2005<BR>(Inception) to<BR>March 31,<BR>2010</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Cash flows from operating activities:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Net loss</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>(2,020,287)</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(1,394,969</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(19,914,016</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Stock-based compensation</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>18,370</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>7,709</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>619,605</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Stock issued in connection with license agreement</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>25,228</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Stock issued to vendor</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Warrants issued in connection with related party note conversion</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>941,966</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,282,826</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discount</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>225,604</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>43,791</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,035,463</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Non-cash research and development</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,087,876</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Interest payable&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;2007 Senior convertible notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>153,293</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>142,557</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,140,131</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Interest payable&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;2010 Senior convertible notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>33,902</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>33,902</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Expenses paid on behalf of the Company satisfied through the issuance of notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>227,910</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Interest payable&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;related parties</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>40,158</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>6,204</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>211,526</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Interest payable&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;Paramount Credit Partners, LLC</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>39,325</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>147,165</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Depreciation</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>1,233</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,234</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>15,967</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Changes in operating assets and liabilities:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 40pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Prepaid research and development</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>&#151;</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>800,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 40pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Other current assets</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>1,506</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>3,100</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(1,013</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 40pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Accounts payable and accrued expenses</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>(1,226,249)</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(940,751</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2,136,211</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Net cash used in operating activities</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>(1,791,179)</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(1,331,125</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(11,946,219</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Cash flows from investing activities:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Purchase of office and computer equipment</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>&#151;</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(27,259</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Cash flows from financing activities:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Proceeds from 2010 Senior convertible notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>2,150,000</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2,150,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Proceeds from notes payable to Paramount Credit Partners, LLC</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,200,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,573,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Proceeds from notes payable to related parties</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>950,562</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,041,952</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Proceeds from 2007 Senior convertible notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>&#151;</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,305,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Proceeds from private placement</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,146,024</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Payment for deferred financing costs</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>(322,884)</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(29,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(999,395</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Proceeds from utilization of line of credit</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>&#151;</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>150,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>320,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Repayment of notes payable&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;related party</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>&#151;</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(1,500,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Proceeds from receipt of subscriptions</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>4,684</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Net cash provided by financing activities</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>2,777,678</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,321,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>13,041,265</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Net (decrease)/increase in cash</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>986,499</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(10,125</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,067,787</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Beginning of period</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>81,288</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>15,851</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>End of period</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>1,067,787</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,726</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,067,787</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Supplemental schedule of non-cash financing activities:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Warrants issued to placement agent</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>&#151;</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>&#151;</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>341,334</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Warrants issued to investors in connection with convertible notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>1,166,989</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>&#151;</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>1,166,989</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Debt discount on Paramount Credit Partners, LLC notes</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>480,049</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Related party notes conversion to common stock</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>2,192,433</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>&#151;</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>3,995,667</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Supplemental disclosure&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;cash paid for interest</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>135,755</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>21,621</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ --><B>$</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><B>620,726</B></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.<BR> (A Development Stage Company)<BR> &nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements </H1>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 1&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Organization, Business and Basis of Presentation: </H2>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Organization and business: </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="#ftNUCFSS"></a>VentrusBioSciences, Inc., formerly known as South Island BioSciences, Inc. (&#147;Ventrus&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) was incorporated in the State of Delaware on October 7, 2005. The Company changed its name from South Island BioSciences, Inc. to VentrusBioSciences, Inc. on April 5, 2007. Ventrusisa specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the late-stage development and commercialization of gastrointestinal products. </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Basis of presentation: </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission for interim financial information. Accordingly, the unaudited condensed financial statements do not include all information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete annual financial statements. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments,
considered necessary for a fair presentation. Interim operating results are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2010 or for any subsequent period. These unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto of the Company which are included elsewhere in this registration statement. The accompanying condensed balance sheet as of December 31, 2009 has been derived from the audited financial statements included elsewhere in this registration statement. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The Company&#146;s primary activities since incorporation have been organizational activities, including recruiting personnel, establishing office facilities, acquiring licenses for its pharmaceutical compound pipeline, performing business and financial planning, performing research and development and raising funds through the issuance of debt and common stock. The Company&#146;s planned principal operations have not yet commenced; accordingly, the Company is considered to be in the development stage. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The Company&#146;s financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments through the normal course of business. For the three months ended March 31, 2010 and the period from October 7, 2005 (inception) to March 31, 2010, the Company incurred net losses of $2,020,287 and $19,914,016, respectively. The Company has a working capital deficiency as of March 31, 2010 of $12,659,860. Management believes that the Company will continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future and will need additional equity or debt financing and/or will need to generate
significant revenue from the licensing of its products or by entering into strategic alliances to be able to sustain its operations until it can achieve profitability and positive cash flows, if ever. Management plans to seek additional debt and/or equity financing for the Company, but cannot assure that such financing will be available on acceptable terms, or at all. These matters raise substantial doubt about the Company&#146;s ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 2&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Summary of Significant Accounting Policies: </H2>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Use of estimates: </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. </P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.<BR> (A Development Stage Company)<BR> &nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements </H1>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 2&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Summary of Significant Accounting Policies: &nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;(continued)</H2>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Loss per common share: </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Basic earnings (loss) per common share excludes dilution and is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per common share reflect the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock or resulted in the issuance of common stock that then shared in the earnings of the entity. Since the Company has only incurred losses, basic and diluted loss per share is the same. The amount of potentially dilutive securities at both March 31, 2010 and 2009 was 3,547,191 and 1,375,975. </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Fair value measurements: </H2>

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<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 3&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Related Party Transactions: </H2>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Consulting services: </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Effective August 2007, the Company began accruing monthly fees for consulting services at a rate of $25,000 per month to Paramount Corporate Development, LLC (&#147;Paramount&#148;), which was an affiliate of Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., a significant investor in and stockholder of the Company. Consulting services expense was $0, $0 and $425,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 and the period from October 7, 2005 (inception) to March 31, 2010, respectively. As of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company had $100,000 outstanding under this arrangement which is included in accrued expenses. This agreement was terminated as of
August 31, 2008. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">On October 7, 2005, the Company issued a 5% promissory note payable to Paramount BioSciences, LLC (&#147;PBS&#148;), an affiliate of a significant stockholder of the Company. This note and all accrued interest were to mature on October 7, 2008, or earlier if certain events occurred. The note was amended to extend the maturity date to October 7, 2009. On June 16, 2008, this note was voluntarily converted into one common stock share and one warrant (together, a &#147;unit&#148;) of the Company at a price of $4.87 per unit, the price of a concurrent financing (see Note 6). At the time of the conversion, the outstanding balance due under this note was
$1,396,672 which was converted into 286,791 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock and a warrant to purchase 59,578 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock for which the Company recorded charge of $266,243. Upon conversion, the note was automatically cancelled. Each warrant has a seven-year term and an exercise price of $5.36. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">On July 12, 2007, the Company issued an 8% promissory note payable to an entity related to the sole member of PBS. This note and all accrued interest mature on July 12, 2010, or earlier if certain events occur. On June 16, 2008, this note was voluntarily converted into common stock shares and warrants of the Company at a price of $4.87 per unit, the price of a concurrent financing. At the time of the conversion the outstanding balance due under this note was $406,562 which was converted into 83,483 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock and a warrant to purchase 16,697 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock for which the Company recorded charge
of $74,617. Upon conversion, the note was automatically cancelled. Each warrant has a seven-year term and an exercise price of $5.36. </P>

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<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 3&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Related Party Transactions: &nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;(continued)</H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">on or after September 30, 2009 shall immediately and automatically be converted into the same equity or derivative securities as are issued in any equity or derivative equity financing consummated by the Company on or after September 30, 2009 (that does not otherwise constitute a Qualified Financing, as defined below), on the same terms and conditions that such equity securities are offered in such non-Qualified Financing. A &#147;Qualified Financing&#148; means the closing of an equity financing or series of related equity financings by the Company resulting in aggregate gross cash proceeds (before brokers&#146; fees or other transaction related
expenses) of at least $10,000,000. As of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the principal amount outstanding under this note is $1,001,153 and $2,025,591, respectively. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">On April 24, 2009, the Company issued an 8% promissory note payable to an entity related to Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., the sole member of PBS and a significant investor in and stockholder of the Company. All unpaid principal and accrued and unpaid interest outstanding under this note matures and is payable on April 24, 2012. Effective December 21, 2009, this note was amended so that it is convertible and repayable prior to its maturity date on the same terms and conditions as the PBS note discussed above. As of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the principal amount outstanding under this note is $190,000. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">During 2009, the Company issued four separate 10% promissory notes (collectively, the &#147;PCP Notes&#148;) to Paramount Credit Partners, LLC (&#147;PCP&#148;), an entity whose managing member is Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., a significant investor in and stockholder of the Company. Specifically, the PCP Notes consist of a note in the principal amount of $1,100,000 issued on January 23, 2009, a note in the principal amount of $100,000 issued on March 25, 2009, a note in the principal amount of $250,000 issued on June 1, 2009 and a note in the principal amount of $123,000 issued on June 24, 2009. Interest on the PCP Notes is payable quarterly, in
arrears, and the principal matures on the earlier of (i) December 31, 2013, (ii) the completion of a Qualified Financing (as defined above) or (iii) the completion of a Reverse Merger. For purposes of the PCP Notes, &#147;Reverse Merger&#148; means a merger, share exchange or other transaction or series of related transactions in which (a) the Company merges into or otherwise becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of a company subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (b) the aggregate consideration payable to the Company or its stockholders in such transaction(s) (the &#147;Reverse Merger Consideration&#148;) is greater than or equal to $10,000,000. In addition, PCP received five-year warrants (&#147;PCP Warrants&#148;) to purchase, at an exercise price of 110% of the lowest price paid for securities in a Qualified Financing, a number of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock equal to 40% of the principal amount of each PCP Note
purchased divided by the lowest price paid for securities in a Qualified Financing prior to the two-year anniversary of such PCP Note. If the Qualified Financing does not occur on or before the two-year anniversary of a PCP Note, then the associated PCP Warrants will be exercisable for a number of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock equal to 40% of the principal amount of such PCP Note purchased divided by $1.00, at a per share exercise price of $1.00. The Company allocated proceeds of $480,049 from the sale of the PCP Notes to the warrants at the time of issuance, which are recorded as a debt discount and reduced the carrying values of the PCP Notes. Such discount is being amortized to interest expense over the term of the PCP Notes. As of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the principal amount outstanding under these notes is $1,195,457 and $1,171,454, respectively. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">On February 26, 2010, $2,192,433 outstanding under the PBS notes was converted into 2010 Notes (the &#147;2010 Notes&#148;) (see Note 9). Effective December 21, 2009, this note was further amended to provide that all remaining amounts outstanding under this note will automatically convert into the Company&#146;s equity securities issued in the Company&#146;s next equity financing (or series of related equity financings), including, without limitation, a firm commitment underwritten initial public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, involving the sale of securities in which the Company
receives in arm&#146;s length non-related party transaction(s) at least $8,853,976 in aggregate gross cash proceeds (before brokers&#146; fees or other transaction related expenses, and excluding any such proceeds resulting </P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.<BR> (A Development Stage Company)<BR> &nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements </H1>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 3&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Related Party Transactions: &nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;(continued)</H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">from any conversion of the Company&#146;s then-existing convertible bridge notes minus the amount of aggregate gross cash proceeds to the Company from the sale of equity or debt securities of the Company after December 21, 2009 (but not to be reduced below $5,000,000) (a &#147;Qualified Financing&#148;)), at a conversion price equal to 70% of the lowest per unit price paid for such securities in cash by investors in such Qualified Financing, and upon such other terms, conditions and agreements as may be applicable in such Qualified Financing. The Company valued the beneficial conversion feature of the 2010 Notes at $939,614, which will be recorded as
interest expense only if a Qualified Financing is completed. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Each 2010 Noteholder also holds a warrant to purchase a number of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock equal to 50% of the principal amount of the 2010 Notes purchased by it divided by the &#147;IPO Price&#148; (see Note 9) at a per share exercise price equal to 100% of the IPO Price, subject to adjustment. Each of these warrants will expire and no longer be exercisable after March 31, 2015. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Qualified IPO does not occur on or before March 31, 2012, then each warrant will be exercisable for that number of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock equal to 70% of the principal amount of the 2010 Note purchased
by the original holder divided by $1.00, at a per share exercise price of $1.00. In the event of a sale of the Company (whether by merger, consolidation, sale or transfer of the Company&#146;s capital stock or assets or otherwise) prior to, but not in connection with, a Qualified IPO, each of these warrants will terminate 90 days following such sale and the warrants shall continue to be exercisable pursuant to their terms during such 90-day period. The Company valued these warrants at approximately $942,000 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, and the Company expensed the entire amount during the three months ended March 31, 2010 as interest expense. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">This note will also automatically convert into equity securities of the Company immediately prior to a sale or merger of the Company, as defined in the notes. In the event that this note becomes due and payable (whether on the due date or earlier) prior to the consummation by the Company of a Qualified Financing, or a sale or merger of the Company which converts the note into equity securities of the Company, then, in connection with the repayment of the note, in addition to the payment of the unpaid principal amount and all accrued but unpaid interest on the note, the Company will be obligated to pay to the noteholder, as a repayment premium, an
amount in cash equal to 42.8571% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount plus all accrued and unpaid interest on the note. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., a significant investor in and stockholder of the Company, and a related party, purchased $500,000 in aggregate principal amount of 2010 Notes and related warrants in this offering. In addition, a 2010 Note in the aggregate principal amount of $2,192,433 and related warrant were issued to PBS for the cancellation of certain debt (as discussed in Note 3 above), which is not included in the $3,425,000 of aggregate principal amount of 2010 Notes issued in the private placement. Including such converted debt, the total aggregate principal amount of 2010 Notes is $5,617,433. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">On December 3, 2008, the Company, PBS and various other private pharmaceutical companies in which Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D. is a significant investor and stockholder, entered into a loan agreement with Bank of America, N.A. for a line of credit of $2,000,000. PBS pledged collateral securing the Company&#146;s and the other borrowers&#146; obligations to Bank of America, N.A. under the loan agreement. Interest on amounts borrowed under the line of credit accrues and is payable on a monthly basis at an annual rate equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus 1%. On November 10, 2009, the parties entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Loan
Agreement, which extended the initial one-year term for an additional year, such that it currently matures on November 5, 2010, and reduced the aggregate amount available under the </P>

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<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 3&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Related Party Transactions: &nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;(continued)</H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">line of credit to $1,000,000. Under the loan agreement, the Company&#146;s liability under the line of credit is several, not joint, with respect to the payment of all obligations thereunder. As of both March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2009, the amounts borrowed by the Company that were outstanding under this line of credit were $320,000 and $320,000, respectively. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The Company has paid interest owed to PCP for the first quarters of 2010 and 2009. For the second, third and fourth quarters of 2009, the Company had insufficient funds to pay the quarterly interest amount owed to PCP. Interest amounts for these three quarterly periods were paid directly by Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D. to PCP, pursuant to certain guarantee obligations owed by Dr. Rosenwald under PCP&#146;s operating agreement. </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 4&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Stockholders&#146; Deficiency: </H2>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Common stock options and warrants: </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In 2007, the Company established a stock incentive plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) under which incentive stock and/or options may be granted to officers, directors, consultants and key employees of the Company for the purchase of up to 6,000,000 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock. The options have a maximum term of ten years, vest over a period to be determined by the Company&#146;s Board of Directors and have an exercise price at or above fair market value on the date of grant. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">There were no options issued under the Plan for the period from October 7, 2005 to December 31, 2006 or in 2008 or 2009. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">During 2007, the Company granted 160,000 warrants outside the Plan to various consultants with an exercise price of $0.62 per share. Each warrant granted during 2007 vests equally over a three-year period and has a seven-year term. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">On May 11, 2010, the Company granted options to purchase 25,000 shares of its common stock to director Joseph Felder under the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan with an exercise price to be determined in the next Qualified Financing. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">A summary of the Company&#146;s warrant activity and related information is as follows: </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"></P>

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          <TD><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="226"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="64"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="64"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="64"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=7>Three months ended<BR> March 31, 2010</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=7>Three months ended<BR> March 31, 2009</TD>

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<TR>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left"  ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Shares</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Weighted<BR> Average<BR> Exercise<BR> Price</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Shares</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Weighted<BR> Average<BR> Exercise<BR> Price</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Outstanding at beginning of period</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>140,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>0.62</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>160,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>0.62</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Granted</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Forfeited</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>(20,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white">)<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>0.62</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCFFCC">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Outstanding at end of period</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>140,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>0.62</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>140,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>0.62</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Options exercisable at end of period</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>119,999</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>0.62</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>66,666</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>0.62</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

</TABLE></DIV>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The weighted average remaining contractual life of warrants outstanding at March 31, 2010 is 8 months. The Company expects all outstanding options will vest by November 2010. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">As of March 31, 2010, the total compensation expense related to non-vested warrants not yet recognized totaled approximately $14,000. The weighted-average vesting period over which the total compensation expense related to non-vested options not yet recognized at March 31, 2010 was approximately 1 month. </P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.<BR> (A Development Stage Company)<BR> &nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements </H1>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 5&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;License Agreements: </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In March 2007, pursuant to an &#147;Exclusive License Agreement,&#148; S.L.A. Pharma AG, a Swiss corporation (&#147;S.L.A.&#148;) granted PBS an exclusive, royalty-bearing license to sell, make and use diltiazem for treatment, through topical administration, of anal fissures and phenylepherine for treatment, through topical administration, of fecal incontinence in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Pursuant to the Exclusive License Agreement, PBS was obligated to form a company to develop the technologies referenced in the Exclusive License Agreement and issue that number of shares equal to 5% of such company&#146;s outstanding Common Stock as of
the effective date of the Exclusive License Agreement. PBS licensed the technologies referenced in the Exclusive License Agreement to Ventrus for development. In August 2007, pursuant to an &#147;Assignment and Assumption Agreement&#148;, PBS sold all of its rights in and arising out of the Exclusive License Agreement with S.L.A. to Ventrus for $1,087,876. The amount paid by Ventrus to PBS was for prior direct expenses paid by PBS to SLA as part of the license agreement. The corresponding United States and foreign patents and applications for the two compounds have been licensed to Ventrus under the Assignment and Assumption Agreement (the technology collectively, the &#147;Compound Technology&#148;). As consideration in part for the rights to the Compound Technology, an initial licensing fee of $250,000 was paid to S.L.A. (this amount was paid by PBS and was included in the consideration paid by Ventrus to PBS in connection with the Assignment and Assumption Agreement) and $50,000 for
reimbusement of clinical development costs incurred by SLA. As compensation for SLA participation in the management and the development of the technologies, Ventrus is required to make separate payments to SLA equal to $83,000 per month (&#147;Monthly Payments&#148;). Ventrus&#146; obligation to make these monthly payments shall terminate upon an NDA filing. Ventrus is also required to reimburse SLA for clinical development costs associated with the technology development. Ventrus&#146; total payment obligation under the agreement shall not exceed $5,200,000. Both SLA and Ventrus may agree to add additional services outside the scope of the agreement in which case Ventrus may be subject to additional expenses. In addition, Ventrus is required to make payments to S.L.A. upon the achievement of certain clinical and regulatory-based milestones. Ventrus may be required to make future milestone payments totaling up to $20 million upon the achievement of various milestones related to
regulatory or commercial events. Pursuant to certain amendments to the Exclusive License Agreement, Ventrus has deferred certain payment requirements that had come due under the Exclusive License Agreement. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">From January 31, 2010 and continuing until September 30, 2010, Ventrus&#146; obligation to make monthly payments to S.L.A. of $83,000 per month was suspended for half of the amount due and Ventrus is accruing the $41,500 incurred but not currently payable per month, and such payment amount shall increase to $83,000 per month thereafter. The accrued license costs of $373,500 ($41,500 times 9 months) are payable upon the earlier of September 30, 2010 or the date Ventrus consummates a financing or series of related financings resulting in net proceeds of at least $10 million (a &#147;Qualifying Event&#148;). Ventrus&#146; has accrued the total
development costs and made the accrued payments as follows; (i) January 31, 2010, Ventrus made a $350,000 payment to S.L.A, (ii) on June 30, 2010, Ventrus paid S.L.A. $600,000, (iii) on October 31, 2010, Ventrus is obligated to pay S.L.A. $600,000 and (iv) on February 28, 2011, Ventrus is obligated to pay S.L.A. $800,000. This total amount of $2,350,000 represents past development costs and was fully accrued at March 31, 2009. The Exclusive License Agreement is terminable by S.L.A. if Ventrus does not consummate a Qualifying Event (as defined below) by September 30, 2010, and S.L.A. may terminate the Exclusive License Agreement, upon one month&#146;s prior notice, in the event that a third party wishes to enter into a license agreement for the underlying technology and has entered into a binding agreement with S.L.A. to that end (provided, however, that upon receipt of such notice of termination, Ventrus has the option of paying all moneys invoiced and unpaid as of such notice and all
unpaid portions of the above-referenced $2,350,000 at which time the termination notice will be automatically rescinded and of no further force and effect). For purposes hereof, &#147;Qualifying Event&#148; means the consummation a financing (or series of related financings) resulting in net proceeds to it of at least US$10 million. Finally, Ventrus issued an additional 25,000 shares of its Common Stock to S.L.A. pursuant to the terms of the fourth amendment to the license agreement entered into in December 2009. In the event that the Compound Technology is commercialized, Ventrus is obligated to pay to </P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.<BR> (A Development Stage Company)<BR> &nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements </H1>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 5&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;License Agreements: &nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;(continued)</H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">S.L.A. annual royalties based upon net sales of the product. Ventrus has certain obligations to fund S.L.A.&#146;s development efforts of the Compound Technology in the European Union. Should Ventrus make any improvements regarding the Compound Technology, Ventrus is required to grant S.L.A. certain licenses to use such improvements. The Exclusive License Agreement is terminable by S.L.A for any reason upon ninety (90) days written notice, and by either party in the event of (i) a material breach or default of the Exclusive License Agreement upon sixty (60) days written notice or (ii) either party becomes bankrupt or insolvent upon thirty (30) days
written notice. The Exclusive License Agreement contains other customary clauses and terms as are common in similar agreements in the industry. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In March 2008, Ventrus entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement with Sam Amer &amp; Co., Inc., a California company (&#147;Amer&#148;), whereby Ventrus acquired certain patent rights to iferanserin (the &#147;Technology&#148;) for the topical treatment of any anorectal disorders. Ventrus is obligated to pay Amer (i) a monthly consulting fee of $7,500 through May 2010, (ii) a license fee of $2,050,000, (iii) late fees of $7,500 per month starting July 2009 until the successful completion of the Phase 3 trials (iv) interest payments totaling $595,000 ($460,000 of which is accrued at December 31, 2009) and (v) additional late fees of $7,500
per month if an NDA is not submitted by September 2010. In addition, Ventrus may be required to make future milestone payments totaling up to $20 million upon the achievement of various milestones related to regulatory or commercial events. In the event that the Technology is commercialized, Ventrus is obligated to pay to Amer annual royalties based upon sales of the product in the U.S. market and outside the U.S. The license agreement is terminable by either party (i) for cause, subject to a sixty (60) day cure period, (ii) upon either party becoming bankrupt or insolvent or (iii) at any time after the expiration of Royalty Period for any Licensed Product (as such terms are defined in the Exclusive License Agreement) upon ninety (90) days written notice. Ventrus may terminate the license agreement on thirty (30) days&#146; written notice in the event any safety, efficacy or regulatory issues prevent development or commercialization of the Licensed Product. The license agreement for
the Technology contains other customary clauses and terms as are common in similar agreements in the industry. In addition, Paramount Biosciences, LLC has guaranteed to Amer the full and timely payment of all payment obligations of Ventrus under the agreement, until such time as the Technology is sublicensed or Ventrus has completed financings resulting in net proceeds of at least $10 million. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In December 2009, the Company and Amer supplemented the license agreement and added an additional licensing fee of $20,000 for six months. After the fourth month, the Company and Amer agreed that the additional license would not be needed and therefore the Company did not pay the last two months. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Presently, the Company has no employees and is managed by its Board of Directors, one of whom, Thom Rowland, acts as the Company&#146;s President. Mr. Rowland originally joined the Company in April 2007, and was employed as its Chief Executive Officer from April 2007 through February 2009, at which time his employment agreement was terminated without cause. Pursuant to that employment agreement, during his term of employment, Mr. Rowland received an annual base salary of $300,000, plus an annual bonus of up to 40% of base salary based upon attainment of certain financial, clinical development and business milestones. No bonuses were earned under such
employment agreement. Mr. Rowland received an initial grant of restricted stock under his employment agreement, all of which is currently vested. Pursuant to the termination of his employment, the Company was obligated to make certain severance payments to Mr. Rowland, the receipt of which Mr. Rowland waived in return for his retention as a consultant to the Company. </P>

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<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 6&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Commitments: &nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;(continued)</H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">employment, Dr. Coyne received an annual base salary of $290,000, plus an annual bonus of up to 25% of base salary based upon attainment of certain financial, clinical development and business milestones. No bonuses were earned under such employment agreement. Dr. Coyne received an initial grant of restricted stock under his employment agreement, all of which is currently vested. Pursuant to the termination of his employment, the Company was obligated to make certain severance payments to Dr. Coyne, the receipt of which Dr. Coyne waived in return for his retention as a consultant to the Company. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">John Dietrich, Ph.D. joined the Company in April 2007, and served as the Company&#146;s Vice President, Clinical Operations from April 2007 through February 2009, at which time his employment agreement was terminated without cause. Pursuant to that employment agreement, during his term of employment, Dr. Dietrich received an annual base salary of $185,000, plus an annual bonus of up to 20% of base salary based upon attainment of certain financial, clinical development and business milestones. No bonuses were earned under such employment agreement. Dr. Dietrich received an initial grant of restricted stock under his employment agreement, all of which
is currently vested. Pursuant to the termination of his employment, the Company was obligated to make certain severance payments to Dr. Dietrich, the receipt of which Dr. Dietrich waived in return for his retention as a consultant to the Company. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Dr. Ellison currently serves as the Company&#146;s Chief Executive Officer pursuant to an amended and restated consulting agreement dated July 19, 2010. The agreement provides for a term of six months with the option to extend the agreement for an additional year. Dr. Ellison receives a consulting fee of $30,000 per month. In addition, if the Company completes a partnership or licensing transaction or the Company or any of the Company&#146; assets are acquired by another entity prior to completing a financing resulting in gross proceeds of at least $8 million, then he will receive a fee equal to 4% of the gross proceeds of such transaction. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The Company also has executed an amended and restated employment agreement with Dr. Ellison, which will become effective upon a financing of $8,000,000 in gross proceeds and has a term of three years. When the employment agreement becomes effective, his consulting agreement will terminate and Dr. Ellison will become President, CEO and Chairman of the Board. The employment agreement provides for a base salary of $375,000 per year, a guaranteed bonus of $75,000 per year and an annual performance-based bonus of up to 50% of his base salary. The agreement also provides a first incentive bonus of $250,000 in the event that the Company&#146;s market
capitalization exceeds $100 million for a period of 30 consecutive trading days with an average trading volume of the common stock during such period of at least 100,000 shares per trading day and a second incentive bonus of $500,000 in the event that the Company&#146;s market capitalization exceeds $250 million for a period of 30 consecutive trading days with an average trading volume of the common stock during such period of at least 100,000 shares per trading day. Dr. Ellison will also receive a grant of options to purchase the Company&#146;s common stock at the offering price of an offering generating a minimum of $8,000,000 in gross proceeds in an amount equal to 7.5% of the Company&#146;s fully diluted capitalization on the date the employment agreement becomes effective. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Mr. Barrett currently serves as our Chief Financial Officer pursuant to an amended and restated consulting agreement dated July 19, 2010. The agreement provides for a term of six months with the option to extend the agreement for an additional year. Mr. Barrett receives a consulting fee of $15,000 per month. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Effective May 11, 2010, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Timothy Hofer, pursuant to which Mr. Hofer provides the Company with general consulting services focused on general business and company development. Mr. Hofer is also a employee of Paramount Biosciences, LLC, a related party. This consulting agreement is for a period of one year, subject to renewal for such longer period as the Company may agree in writing with Mr. Hofer, and may be terminated by either party upon 30 days&#146; prior written notice. </P>

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<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 6&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Commitments: &nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;(continued)</H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Under the terms of the consulting agreement with Mr. Hofer and as compensation for his services thereunder, the Company granted Mr. Hofer a ten-year warrant to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, subject to adjustment as described below (the &#147;Hofer Consultant Warrant&#148;). The Hofer Consultant Warrant will have an exercise price per share equal to the price at which shares of the Company&#146;s common stock are issued in a Qualified Financing. If a Qualified Financing does not occur on or before September 10, 2010, then the exercise price per share of the Hofer Consultant Warrant will be equal to the fair market value
of the Company&#146;s common stock, as determined pursuant to a valuation performed by an independent appraisal firm. Under the terms of the Hofer Consultant Warrant, if the Company consummates a Qualified Financing, the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Hofer Consultant Warrant will be automatically adjusted so that such number of shares is equal to 1.0% of the Company&#146;s outstanding common stock on a fully diluted basis, after giving effect to such Qualified Financing (including the conversion of any of the Company&#146;s convertible bridge notes issued in 2007&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;2008 triggered by such Qualified Financing). This adjustment provision will terminate once the Company consummates a Qualified Financing. For purposes of the Hofer Consultant Warrant, a &#147;Qualified Financing&#148; means the Company&#146;s next equity financing (or series of related equity financings) sufficient to trigger conversion of all amounts then outstanding under the
Company&#146;s convertible PBS notes issued in 2007 and 2008. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">During 2007 and 2008, the Company issued 8% senior convertible notes in connection with a private placement in the aggregate principal amount of $5,305,000 (the &#147;Bridge Notes&#148;). The Bridge Notes were originally scheduled to mature on December 20, 2008, but the Company exercised its option to extend the maturity date to December 20, 2009, at an increased interest rate of 10%. The Company subsequently solicited the consent of the Noteholders to an additional extension of the maturity date of the Bridge Notes to September 10, 2010. After giving effect to such consent, the Bridge Notes, plus all accrued interest thereon, will automatically
convert into the same securities issued in the Company&#146;s next Qualified Financing (as defined below), at a conversion price equal to 70% of the lowest per unit price paid for such securities in cash by investors in such Qualified Financing, and upon such other terms, conditions and agreements as may be applicable in such Qualified Financing. The Bridge Notes will also automatically convert into equity securities of the Company immediately prior to a sale or merger of the Company, as defined in the Bridge Notes. In the event that the Bridge Notes become due and payable (whether on the due date or earlier) prior to the consummation by the Company of a Qualified Financing, or a sale or merger of the Company which converts the Bridge Notes into equity securities of the Company, then, in connection with the repayment of the Bridge Notes, in addition to the payment of the unpaid principal amount and all accrued but unpaid interest on the Bridge Notes, the Company will be obligated to
pay to the Noteholders, as a repayment premium, an amount in cash equal to 42.8571% of the aggregate principal amount plus all accrued and unpaid interest on the Bridge Notes. For purposes of the Bridge Notes, &#147;Qualified Financing&#148; means the sale of the Company&#146;s equity securities in an equity financing or series of related equity financings in which the Company receives (minus the amount of aggregate gross cash proceeds to the Company from Company&#146;s arm&#146;s length sale of equity or debt securities, or incurrence of new loans, after December 21, 2009) aggregate gross proceeds of at least $10,000,000 (before brokers&#146; fees or other transaction related expenses, and excluding any such proceeds resulting from any conversion of the Bridge Notes). </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In connection with the offering of the Bridge Notes, Paramount Biocapital, Inc. (&#147;PCI&#148;) and the Company entered into a placement agency agreement dated October 9, 2007, pursuant to which the Company paid PCI and third party agents cash commissions of $243,600 and $19,250, respectively, for its services. The Company also had agreed to pay to PCI a commission on sales by the Company of securities during the 18-month period subsequent to March 11, 2008 to the purchasers of the Bridge Notes who were introduced to the Company by PCI. The Company also granted PCI the right of first refusal to act as exclusive finder, </P>

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<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Note 7&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Private Placements: &nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;(continued)</H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">placement agent or other similar agent in relation to any securities offerings on its behalf during the 18-month period following March 11, 2008. Each of these 18-month periods expired without any further commissions being paid. PCI is a related party to the Company since it is wholly owned by Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., a significant investor in and stockholder of the Company. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In addition, PCI and third party agents received warrants (the &#147;Placement Warrants&#148;) to purchase, at an exercise price of 110% of the lowest price paid for securities in a Qualified Financing, a number of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock equal to 10% of the principal amount of the Notes purchased, less any amount used to repay the related party notes, or amounts due to PBS or their affiliates or employees as finder&#146;s fees, payments under the services agreement or other similar payments, divided by the lowest price paid for securities in a Qualified Financing prior to December 21, 2009. If the Qualified Financing did not occur
on or before December 21, 2009, the Placement Warrants will be exercisable for a number of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock equal to 10% of the principal amount of the Notes purchased, less any amount used to repay the related party notes, or amounts due to PBS or their affiliates or employees as finder&#146;s fees, payments under the services agreement or other similar payments, divided by $1.00, at a per share exercise price of $1.00 and are exercisable for seven years. Since the Qualified Financing did not occur by such date, the Placement Warrants are now exercisable into 530,500 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, at a per share exercise price of $1.00. The Company estimated the value of the warrants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model at approximately $341,000 and recorded them as deferred financing costs, which were amortized to interest expense over the term of the Notes. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In February, March, April and May 2010, the Company issued 8% senior convertible notes in connection with a private placement in the aggregate principal amount of $3,425,000 (the &#147;2010 Notes&#148;). The 2010 Notes mature on September 10, 2010. Upon the closing of a Qualified IPO (as defined below), the 2010 Notes plus any accrued but unpaid interest thereon will convert automatically into shares of the Company&#146;s common stock at 70% of the price at which shares of common stock are sold in the Qualified IPO (the &#147;IPO Price&#148;), upon the terms and conditions on which such securities are issued in the Qualified IPO. For purposes hereof,
&#147;Qualified IPO&#148; means the consummation of an initial public offering by the Company of units consisting of shares of common stock and warrants to purchase common stock resulting in aggregate gross cash proceeds (before commissions or other expenses) to the Company of at least $10,000,000. The Company valued the beneficial conversion feature of the 2010 Senior convertible notes at $1,468,000. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Each 2010 Noteholder also holds a warrant to purchase a number of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock equal to 50% of the principal amount of the 2010 Notes purchased by it divided by the IPO Price at a per share exercise price equal to 100% of the IPO Price, subject to adjustment. Each of these warrants will expire and no longer be exercisable after March 31, 2015. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Qualified IPO does not occur on or before March 31, 2012, then each warrant will be exercisable for that number of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock equal to 70% of the principal amount of the 2010 Note purchased by the original holder
divided by $1.00, at a per share exercise price of $1.00. In the event of a sale of the Company (whether by merger, consolidation, sale or transfer of the Company&#146;s capital stock or assets or otherwise) prior to, but not in connection with, a Qualified IPO, each of these warrants will terminate 90 days following such sale and the warrants shall continue to be exercisable pursuant to their terms during such 90-day period. The Company valued these warrants at approximately $1,464,067 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and is amortizing such amounts over the term of the Notes to interest expense. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In connection with the offering of the 2010 Notes and related warrants, National Securities Corporation (&#147;National&#148;) and the Company entered into a placement agency agreement dated January 5, 2010, as amended on January 29, 2010, and a placement agency agreement dated April 14, 2010, as amended on April 30, 2010, pursuant to which the Company paid National cash fees of $671,592, which consisted of placement agent commissions of $561,743 and non-accountable expense reimbursements of $109,849. In addition, the Company paid National&#146;s outside counsel $32,500 for its services as placement agent counsel. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The following table sets forth the costs and expenses payable by the registrant in connection with the sale of the securities being registered, other than fees payable to the placement agent. All amounts are estimates. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>SEC Filing Fee</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,394</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>NASDAQ Capital Market listing fee</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>55,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>FINRA filing fee</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2,455</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Blue sky fees and expenses</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>*</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Printing expenses</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>25,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Legal fees and expenses</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>125,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Accounting fees and expenses</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>125,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Transfer agent fees</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>10,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Miscellaneous</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>116,151</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Total</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>460,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL, permits a corporation, under specified circumstances, to indemnify its directors, officers, employees or agents against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlements actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought by third parties by reason of the fact that they were or are directors, officers, employees or agents of the corporation, if such directors, officers, employees or agents acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reason to believe their conduct was unlawful. In a derivative action, that is one by or in the right of the corporation, indemnification may be made only for expenses actually and reasonably incurred by directors, officers, employees or agents in connection with the defense or settlement of an action or suit, and only with respect to a matter as to which they will have acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification will be made if such person will have been adjudged liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought will determine upon application that the defendant directors, officers, employees or agents are fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses despite such adjudication of liability. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Pursuant to the DGCL, our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that no director will be personally liable to our company or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to our company or our stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. Our amended and restated bylaws provide that we will generally
indemnify our directors, officers, employees or agents to the fullest extent permitted by the law against all losses, claims, damages or similar events. We have obtained liability insurance for each director and officer for certain losses arising from claims or charges made against them while acting in their capacities as directors or officers of our company. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">All of the financings discussed below were private placements conducted pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">From December 2007 through March 2008 we raised $5,305,000 through the sale of convertible promissory notes to approximately 28 accredited investors. The notes accrue annual interest at 8% during the term (one year from the date of the initial closing); 10% during the extended term (one additional year); and 12% upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the note). Two previously existing notes in favor of Paramount BioSciences, LLC and trusts established for the benefit of family members of Dr. Lindsay A. Rosenwald, a significant stockholder, in the aggregate amount of $2,912,196 were converted into notes in this financing. These
notes will convert to common stock upon the closing of a qualified financing in which we raise gross cash proceeds of at least $10 million. In connection with this financing, we issued Paramount BioCapital, Inc., the placement agent, a warrant outstanding to purchase 530,500 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $1.00 per share. This warrant has a net exercise provision under which the holder in lieu of payment of the exercise price in cash can surrender the warrant and receive a net number of shares of common preferred stock based on the fair market value of such stock at the time of exercise of the warrant after deduction of the aggregate exercise price. Unless earlier exercised, this warrant will expire on December 21, 2014. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Between June 2008 and September 2008, we raised $1,146,024 through the sale of common stock and warrants to approximately 42 accredited investors. The offering price per share of common stock was $4.87. We also issued each investor a warrant that entitles him to purchase an additional number of shares of common stock equal to up to 20% of the number of shares of common stock that each such holder purchased in this financing. The warrant exercise price is $5.36 per share. The warrants expire between June and September 2015. We agreed with Dr. Rosenwald and Lester Lipschutz, as trustee of the Rosenwald Family Trusts, to convert previously existing
notes into shares of common stock upon our acceptance of subscriptions in the minimum amount. Stock certificates were issued to Paramount BioSciences, LLC in the amount of 286,791 shares and The Lindsay Rosenwald 2000 Family Trusts Dated December 15, 2000 in the amount of 83,483 shares. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We issued a promissory note to Paramount Biosciences, LLC in July 2008, which at March 31, 2010, had an aggregate principal amount of $811,153. We issued a promissory note to Capretti Grandi, LLC in April 2009 in the aggregate principal amount of $190,000. The terms of these two notes are identical other than the maturity dates. We entered into an Amendment Agreement on December 21, 2009, which eliminated the maturity dates and provides that each note will automatically convert into equity securities issued in our next equity financing (or series of related financing) including a Qualified IPO (as defined in the Amendment Agreement), under certain
circumstances. This offering, if consummated, will trigger conversion of these notes. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In January 2009, we entered into a Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement with Paramount Credit Partners, LLC for the sale of a $1,100,000 senior promissory note and warrant. The interest rate on the Note is 10% and is due and payable on the earliest of (i) December 31, 2013; (ii) the consummation by us of an equity financing where we receive at least $10 million in aggregate gross proceeds; and (iii) the consummation of a merger, share exchange or other similar transaction. This offering, if consummated, will cause these notes to become due, however, Paramount Credit Partners has agreed verbally to waive the repayment obligation upon the close of this
offering. The warrant entitles Paramount to purchase shares of our common stock equal to (i) 40% of the principal amount of senior convertible promissory note divided by (ii) the lowest price at which we sell equity securities in the first Qualified Financing (as defined in the note). </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In March 2009 and twice in June 2009 we issued 10% Senior Promissory Notes and Warrants to Paramount Credit Partners, LLC in the amounts of $100,000, $250,000 and $123,000, respectively, under the same terms discussed above. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Between February 2010 and April 2010, we raised $2,725,000 through the sale of units to approximately 52 accredited investors. Each unit was sold for $25,000 and consists of (i) an 8% convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $25,000, and (ii) a warrant to purchase a number of shares of our common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing $12,500 by the IPO Price (as defined in the unit purchase agreement) at an exercise price equal to 110% of the IPO Price. The notes mature on September 10, 2010. If there is an Event of Default (as defined in notes) the interest rate on the notes increases to 12%. National Securities Corporation
acted as our placement agent in this financing. In connection with the financing, we issued the placement agent two warrants to purchase an aggregate number of shares of common stock equal to $272,500 divided by 70% of the public purchase price in this offering with an exercise price of 110% of the initial public offering price per share. Each of these warrants is redeemable at a price of $0.001 per share at any time after trading in our common stock begins on an exchange or the over-the-counter bulletin board and the closing price of our common stock is at least twice the exercise price for a period of 30 consecutive days, provided that the shares of common stock underlying these warrants have been registered for resale under the Securities Act or are otherwise freely tradable. This warrant also has a net exercise provision under which the holder in lieu of payment of the exercise price in cash can surrender the warrant and receive a net number of shares of common preferred stock
based on the fair market value of such stock at the time of exercise of the warrant after deduction of the aggregate exercise price. Unless earlier exercised, these warrants will expire on February 26, 2015. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In connection with the February 2010 financing, on February 26, 2010, we issued a convertible promissory note to Paramount BioSciences, LLC in the amount of $2,192,433 in satisfaction of a portion of the indebtedness owed under an 8% promissory note issued on July 23, 2008 to Paramount BioSciences. This note has identical terms to the other 2010 convertible notes. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In May 2010 we raised $700,000 through the sale of units to approximately eight accredited investors. Each unit was sold for $25,000 and consists of (i) an 8% convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $25,000, and (ii) a warrant to purchase a number of shares of our common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing $12,500 by the IPO Price (as defined in unit purchase agreement) at an exercise price equal to 110% of the IPO price. The notes mature on September 10, 2010. If there is an Event of Default (defined in Notes) the interest rate on the notes is 12%. National Securities Corporation acted as our placement agent in this
financing. In connection with the financing, we issued the placement agent one warrant to purchase an aggregate number of shares of common stock equal to $70,000 divided by 70% of the public purchase price in this offering with an exercise price of 110% of the initial public offering price per share. This warrant is redeemable at a price of $0.001 per share at any time after trading in our common stock begins on an exchange or the over-the-counter bulletin board and the closing price of our common stock is at least twice the exercise price for a period of 30 consecutive days, provided that the shares of common stock underlying these warrant have been registered for resale under the Securities Act or are otherwise freely tradable. This warrant also has a net exercise provision under which the holder in lieu of payment of the exercise price in cash can surrender the warrant and receive a net number of shares of common preferred stock based on the fair market value of such stock at the
time of exercise of the warrant after deduction of the aggregate exercise price. Unless earlier exercised, this warrant will expire on February 26, 2015. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Exhibit<BR>No.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Description</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;1.1*&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Form of Underwriting Agreement.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;3.1&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated April 5, 2007.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;3.2&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Amended and Restated Bylaws dated July 12, 2010.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;4.1*&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Specimen of Common Stock Certificate.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;4.2&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Form of Convertible Promissory Note issued to investors between December 2007 and March 2008, as amended in December 14, 2009.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;4.3&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Form of Warrant issued to investors between June and September 2008.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;4.4&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Form of Convertible Promissory Note issued to Paramount BioSciences, LLC and Capretti Grandi, LLC in 2008 and 2009, as amended on December 21, 2009.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;4.5&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Form of Warrant issued to Paramount Credit Partners, LLC in 2009.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;4.6&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Form of Convertible Promissory Note issued to investors and Paramount BioCapital, Inc. in February, March and April 2010.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;4.7&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Form of Convertible Promissory Note issued to investors in May 2010.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;4.8&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Form of Warrant issued to investors in February and March, 2010.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;4.9&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Form of Warrant issued to investors in May 2010.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;4.10&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Form of Placement Agent Warrant issued to Paramount BioCapital, Inc. on March 11, 2008.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;4.11&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Form of Placement Agent Warrant issued to National Securities Corporation in 2010.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;5.1*&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Opinion of Wyrick Robbins Yates &amp; Ponton LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>10.1**</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Exclusive License Agreement dated March 23, 2007 by and between S.L.A. Pharma AG, and Paramount Biosciences, LLC, as amended on July 24, 2008, November 20, 2008, June 1, 2009, December 18, 2009 and June 24, 2010 and letter agreements dated October 27, 2008, November 20, 2008 and January 22, 2009.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>10.2&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated August 2, 2007, by and between Paramount Biosciences LLC and Ventrus Biosciences, Inc.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>10.3**</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">License Agreement dated March 10, 2008 by and between Sam Amer &amp; Co., Inc. and Ventrus Biosciences, Inc., as amended on July 31, 2008, September 29, 2008, November 17, 2008, and letter agreements dated March 13, 2009, August 18, 2009, May 13, 2009 and December 15, 2009.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>10.4&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Amended and Restated Consulting Agreement dated July 19, 2010 between Russell H. Ellison and Ventrus Biosciences, Inc.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>10.5&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated July 19, 2010 between Russell H. Ellison and Ventrus Biosciences, Inc.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>10.6&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Amended and Restated Consulting Agreement dated July 19, 2010 between David J. Barrett and Ventrus Biosciences, Inc.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>10.7&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">2007 Stock Incentive Plan.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>23.1&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: text-bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Consent of J.H. Cohn LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>23.2*&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Consent of Wyrick Robbins Yates &amp; Ponton LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).</TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 24px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;Act&#148;); (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information in this registration statement; and (iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement; </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 24px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 24px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 24px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser: </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 44px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">(i) Each prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 44px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person
that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 24px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities: </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 44px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 64px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 64px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant; </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 64px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 64px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">(b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">(c) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be delivered with the prospectus, to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest annual report to security holders that is incorporated by reference in the prospectus and furnished pursuant to and meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and, where interim financial information required to be presented by Article 3 of Regulation S-X are not set forth in the prospectus, to deliver, or cause to be delivered to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest quarterly report that is
specifically incorporated by reference in the prospectus to provide such interim financial information. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 24px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective; and </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 24px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">(2) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left"><B>VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.</B></TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Date: July 20, 2010</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left"><P STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -20pt; margin-bottom: -12pt">By:</P><P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; padding-left: 20pt">/s/ Russell H. Ellison<BR><IMG SRC="line.gif" STYLE="width: 100%; height: 1pt">Name: Russell H. Ellison<BR>Title: Chief Executive Officer</P></TD></TR>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the persons whose signatures appear below each severally constitutes and appoints Russell H. Ellison and David J. Barrett, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all which said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do, or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: -0pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>/s/ Russell H. Ellison<BR><IMG SRC="line.gif" STYLE="width: 100%; height: 1pt">Russell H. Ellison</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: center">July 20, 2010</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: -0pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>/s/ David J. Barrett<BR><IMG SRC="line.gif" STYLE="width: 100%; height: 1pt">David J. Barrett</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: center">July 20, 2010</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: -0pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>/s/ Richard M. Cohen<BR><IMG SRC="line.gif" STYLE="width: 100%; height: 1pt">Richard M. Cohen</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Director</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: center">July 20, 2010</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: -0pt" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>/s/ Joseph Felder<BR><IMG SRC="line.gif" STYLE="width: 100%; height: 1pt">Joseph Felder</TD>

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 20, 2010
Registration No. 333-________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
2834
20-8729264
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
(I. R. S. Employer
Identification No.)
787 7
th
Avenue, 48
th
Floor
New York, New York 10019
(212) 554-4300
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Russell H. Ellison, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Ventrus Biosciences, Inc.
787 7
th
Avenue, 48
th
Floor
New York, New York 10019
(212) 554-4300
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Alexander M. Donaldson, Esq.
W. David Mannheim, Esq.
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP
4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 300
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
Telephone: (919) 781-4000
Facsimile: (919) 781-4865
Steven D. Uslaner, Esq.
Mark F. Coldwell, Esq.
Littman Krooks LLP
655 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Telephone: (212) 490-2020
Facsimile: (212) 490-2990
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
As promptly as practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, check the following box.
o
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.
o
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.
o
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.
o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
x
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class of securities to be registered
Amount to be registered
Proposed maximum
aggregate
offering price
(1)
Amount of
registration fee
(3)
Common stock, $0.001 par value per share
(2)
$
19,550,000
$
1,393.92
Shares of common stock underlying underwriter's common stock purchase warrant
(3)
(4)
$
—
$
—
Total
$
19,550,000
$
1,393.92
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(2)
Includes
shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant to the exercise of a 45-day option granted by the registrant to the underwriter cover over-allotments, if any.
(3)
No registration fee required pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act of 1933.
(4)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement shall be deemed to cover the additional securities (i) to be offered or issued in connection with any provision of any securities purported to be registered hereby to be offered pursuant to terms which provide for a change in the amount of securities being offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions and (ii) of the same class as the securities covered by this registration statement issued or issuable prior to completion of the distribution of the securities covered by this registration statement as a result of a split of, or a stock dividend on, the registered securities.
The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale is not permitted.
PROSPECTUS
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION — DATED JULY 20, 2010
Common Stock
This is an initial public offering of [
] shares of our common stock.
Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for our common stock. We expect the initial public offering price per share will be between $
and $
. We intend to apply for listing of our common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "VTUS", which listing we expect to occur immediately prior to the date of this prospectus.
Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. Please read our "Risk Factors" beginning on page
7
.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined whether this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Per Share
Total
Initial public offering price
$
$
Underwriting discounts and commissions
(1)
$
$
Proceeds, before expenses, to us
(2)
$
$
(1)
Does not include a non-accountable expense allowance equal to 3% of the gross proceeds of this offering payable to National Securities Corporation, as lead underwriter. Non-accountable expenses are estimated to be $
. See "Underwriting" for a description of compensation payable to the underwriter.
(2)
We estimate that the total expenses of this offering will be approximately $
, consisting of $
for the underwriter's non-accountable expense allowance (equal to 3% of the gross proceeds) and approximately $460,000 for legal, accounting, printing costs and various fees associated with the registration and listing of our shares.
We have granted a 45-day option to National Securities Corporation, as lead underwriter, to purchase up to [
] additional shares of our common stock (15% of the shares sold) solely to cover over-allotments, if any. The shares issuable upon exercise of the underwriter over-allotment option are identical to those offered by this prospectus and have been registered under the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.
In connection with this offering, we have also agreed to issue to National Securities Corporation a warrant to purchase up to 10% of the shares sold in this offering (excluding the over-allotment shares). If National Securities Corporation exercises this warrant, each share of our common stock may be purchased at $
per share (120% of the price of the shares sold in the offering).
We are offering the shares of common stock on a firm commitment basis. The underwriter expects to deliver our shares to purchasers in the offering on or about
, 2010.
The date of this prospectus is [•  ], 2010.
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
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Page
About This Prospectus
1
Industry and Market Data
1
Prospectus Summary
2
Risk Factors
7
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
26
Use of Proceeds
27
Dividend Policy
27
Dilution
28
Capitalization
30
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
32
Business
41
Management
63
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
72
Description of Capital Stock
74
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
79
Shares Eligible for Future Sale
81
Underwriting and Plan of Distribution
83
Legal Matters
92
Experts
92
Where You Can Find More Information
92
Disclosure of SEC Position on Indemnification for Securities Law Violations
92
Financial Statements
F-1
Ventrus Biosciences, Inc. and other trademarks or service marks of Ventrus Biosciences appearing in this prospectus are the property of Ventrus Biosciences. This prospectus may refer to brand names, trademarks, service marks or trade names of other companies and organizations, and those brand names, trademarks, service marks and trade names are the property of their respective holders.
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC. This prospectus does not contain all of the information included in the registration statement. For a more complete understanding of the offering of the securities, you should refer to the registration statement, including its exhibits. This prospectus includes all material information relating to this offering. You should carefully read this prospectus and the additional information under the heading "Where You Can Find More Information" before making an investment decision.
You should rely only on the information we have provided in this prospectus and any free writing prospectus we provide you. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information different from that contained in this prospectus. No dealer, salesperson or other person is authorized to give any information or to represent anything not contained herein. You must not rely on any unauthorized information or representation. This prospectus is an offer to sell only the securities offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. You should assume that the information in this prospectus is accurate only as
of the date on the front of the document, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of a security.
Unless the context otherwise requires, "Ventrus," "the company," "we," "us," "our" and similar names refer to Ventrus Biosciences, Inc.
INDUSTRY AND MARKET DATA
We obtained the industry and market data in this prospectus from our own research as well as from industry and general publications, surveys and studies conducted by third parties. Industry and general publications, studies and surveys generally state that they have been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, although they do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of such information. While we believe that these publications, studies and surveys are reliable, we have not independently verified the data contained in them. In addition, while we believe that the results and estimates from our internal research are reliable, such results and
estimates have not been verified by any independent source.
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
This summary highlights information contained in other parts of this prospectus. Because it is a summary, it does not contain all of the information that is important to you. You should carefully read the more detailed information contained in this prospectus, including the section entitled "Risk Factors" beginning on page
7
and our financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2009 and the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2010, and related notes, which are included in this prospectus. We refer to Ventrus Biosciences, Inc. as "Ventrus", the "company", "we",
"our", and "us".
Company Overview
We are a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of late-stage prescription drugs for gastrointestinal disorders, specifically hemorrhoids, anal fissures and fecal incontinence. We are not aware of any U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, approved prescription treatments for these conditions, yet there are approximately 13 million Americans suffering from hemorrhoids, 9 million from fecal incontinence and over 4 million from anal fissures and total global prescription sales of drugs for all gastrointestinal disorders exceed $31 billion worldwide. Our product candidate portfolio consists of three
late-stage drugs intended to treat these conditions: one new chemical entity, or NCE, and two previously approved molecules that will have market exclusivity for new and patentable topical gastrointestinal indications. Our meetings with the FDA have established that VEN 309, our NCE for the topical treatment of hemorrhoids, and VEN 307, for the topical treatment of anal fissures, are essentially ready for Phase III studies. In addition, VEN 308, for the topical treatment of fecal incontinence, is ready to begin Phase IIb trials.
Our three late-stage product candidates are:
•
Iferanserin ointment (VEN 309) for the topical treatment of hemorrhoids.
Hemorrhoids, which are characterized by the inflammation and swelling of veins around the anus or lower rectum, can cause bleeding, itching, pain and difficulty defecating. As reported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases, hemorrhoids affect nearly half of all men and women by age 50. Despite such a high prevalence, we are not aware of any FDA approved prescription drugs for the treatment of hemorrhoids. As a result, we have developed iferanserin ointment (VEN 309), which we believe to be more efficacious and/or less invasive than conventional hemorrhoid therapies. Iferanserin has selective, antagonistic activity against peripheral 5-HT
2
receptors involved in clotting and the contraction of arteries and veins, two events believed to be associated with hemorrhoid formation. By limiting 5-HT
2
receptor
activity, VEN 309 improves the flow of blood out of the dilated veins that comprise the hemorrhoid, thereby reducing bleeding, itchiness and pain. The potential for side effects is limited because iferanserin is topically applied. In multiple clinical trials, iferanserin ointment significantly reduced bleeding, pain and itchiness compared to placebo with minimal adverse effects. The development of iferanserin ointment has been completed up to the end of Phase II where the FDA has concluded that the product is ready to enter Phase III development. We also have filed a special protocol assessment, or SPA, with the FDA to ensure their explicit agreement with our Phase III clinical plan for VEN 309. We expect completion of the SPA process to occur in the fourth quarter of 2010 and to initiate Phase III trials by the first half of 2011. We expect data from the first pivotal Phase III trial to be available in the first half of 2012.
•
Diltiazem cream (VEN 307), a topical treatment for the relief of pain associated with anal fissures.
Anal fissures, or small tears or cuts in the skin that lines the anus, are quite common, affecting nearly 2% of the U.S. adult population. They can be extremely painful, cause bleeding and often require surgery, which itself can have unsatisfactory outcomes. At present, we are not aware of any FDA approved drugs for the treatment of anal fissures. However, diltiazem cream is currently used as the preferred treatment by many gastroenterologists across the U.S. in a version that must be specially mixed for each patient in the pharmacy. We expect to capture immediate market share if VEN 307 is approved due to its efficacy and ease of prescription, with no need for custom mixing necessary at the pharmacy. When applied topically for the treatment of anal fissures, diltiazem, a drug that has been used for decades for hypertension and
angina, dilates the blood vessels supplying the region, reduces anal sphincter tone, and thereby substantially decreases pain. In multiple clinical
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trials conducted against placebo or another commonly used (but not FDA approved) treatment, topical nitroglycerine, diltiazem cream significantly reduced the pain associated with anal fissures. Applied topically in our proprietary formulation, diltiazem is only minimally absorbed, at one-tenth the amount of the lowest dose used for cardiovascular treatment, thereby improving its safety profile and lowering the risk of side effects. VEN 307 has progressed through early-stage clinical trials, toxicology studies and manufacturing up to the end of Phase II. During a pre-IND meeting with the FDA in 2007, the FDA greed on the design of our Phase III clinical program as well as the other requirements necessary to obtain approval of a New Drug Application, or NDA, in the U.S. We expect to begin a Phase III trial of VEN 307 in the European Union, or E.U., in the fourth quarter of 2010, and we anticipate results from this study in the second half of
2011. Depending on the progress of that trial, we plan to file an Investigational New Drug Application, or IND, with the FDA for VEN 307 in 2011 and to initiate Phase III trials in the U.S. We have licensed the exclusive North American rights to VEN 307 for the topical treatment of anal fissures from S.L.A. Pharma AG, who is conducting the development program in Europe.
•
Phenylephrine gel (VEN 308) for the treatment of fecal incontinence associated with ileal pouch anal anastomosis, or IPAA, an FDA orphan indication.
Ileal pouch anal anastomosis is a surgical procedure used as part of a colectomy, which is a treatment for patients with ulcerative colitis. Fecal incontinence resulting from dysfunctional sphincter tone is a common consequence of this procedure. Currently, there are few options, including, to our knowledge, no FDA approved drugs, available to treat this problem. Therefore, we have developed VEN 308, a phenylephrine gel we believe to have significant advantages over the limited treatment options currently available including, but not limited to, increased efficacy and/or reduced invasiveness. Phenylephrine has been used by millions of patients as a common ingredient of cough and cold medications. Applied topically, phenylephrine gel increases anal sphincter tone, thereby improving
fecal incontinence in patients where sphincter tone is the major cause of their symptoms (such as post IPAA surgery). In multiple clinical trials with patients suffering from IPAA-associated fecal incontinence, topical phenylephrine significantly (and in some patients, dramatically) improved patient bowel control. In clinical trials with other forms of incontinence, improvements were also observed following application of topical phenylephrine, depending on the cause of the incontinence. We plan to submit an IND to the FDA for VEN 308 as treatment for fecal incontinence associated with IPAA and to initiate a U.S. Phase IIb dose-ranging study in 2012. IPAA-related fecal incontinence has been designated by the FDA as an orphan indication, which means that VEN 308, if approved by the FDA, will enjoy seven years of market exclusivity in the U.S. If the FDA approves VEN 308 for the treatment of fecal incontinence associated with IPAA, we intend to investigate additional fecal incontinence
indications. We have licensed the exclusive North American rights for VEN 308 as a topical treatment for fecal incontinence from S.L.A Pharma, who expects to conduct the European development program.
Corporate Information
We were incorporated in Delaware in October 2005 under the name South Island Biosciences, Inc. and changed our name to Ventrus Biosciences, Inc. in April 2007. Our executive offices are located at 787 7
th
Avenue, 48
th
Floor, New York, New York 10019. Our telephone number is (212) 554-4300. Our website address is
www.ventrusbio.com
. Information contained in, or accessible through, our website does not constitute part of this prospectus.
Risk Factors
Investing in our common stock involves substantial risks, which are described under "Risk Factors" beginning on page
7
.
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THE OFFERING
Common stock offered
[•  ] shares of common stock
Common stock to be outstanding after this offering
[•  ] shares of common stock
(1)
Use of proceeds
[•  ] We expect to use the net proceeds from this offering, which we expect to be approximately $14.5 million, to increase our liquidity, conduct clinical trials for our product candidates and pay our licensing obligations for our product candidates. See "Use of Proceeds" beginning on page
27
.
Proposed NASDAQ Capital Market symbol
"VTUS"
(1)
The number of shares of common stock to be outstanding after this offering, assuming the offering was completed on June 30, 2010, is based on 5,547,101 shares outstanding as of June 30, 2010 and excludes:
•
25,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of an option granted on May 11, 2010 with an exercise price equal to the initial public offering price of $[•  ] per share;
•
shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of an option we are committed to issue to our Chief Executive Officer at the closing of this offering and a warrant we have issued to a consultant that will be adjusted at the closing of this offering, which, assuming the sale of [•  ] shares in this offering, would result in [•  ] shares issuable under the option and [•  ] shares issuable under the warrant (the option and the warrant will have an exercise price equal to the initial public offering price of $[•  ] per share);
•
140,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants at an exercise price of $0.62 per share;
•
530,500 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants with a weighted average exercise price of $1.00 per share;
•
123,344 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants with a weighted average exercise price of $5.36 per share;
•
shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants issued to noteholders and placement agents, which, assuming an initial public offering price of $[•  ] per share, would result in an aggregate of [•  ] shares issuable under the warrants (the noteholder warrants will have an exercise price equal to the initial public offering price of $[•  ] per share and the placement agent warrants will have an exercise price equal to 110% of the initial public offering price of $[•  ] per share);
•
5,975,000 shares of our common stock reserved for future issuance under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan; and
•
[•  ] shares of our common stock that will be reserved for issuance under the warrant we will grant to the underwriter upon completion of this offering with an exercise price of 120% of the initial public offering price of $[•  ] per share.
Except as otherwise indicated, all information in this prospectus assumes:
•
the conversion of all outstanding convertible notes with a principal balance of $11,923,586 and accrued interest thereon of $1,526,983 (assuming a closing date of June 30, 2010), into
[•  ]
shares of common stock upon the closing of this offering, which, assuming an initial public offering price of $[•  ], which would result in the issuance of [•  ] shares.
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Summary Financial Data
The following table presents summary financial data for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and 2009, the period from October 7, 2005 (inception) to December 31, 2009 and the period October 7, 2005 (inception) to March 31, 2010. We derived the summary statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2009 and the period from October 7, 2005 (inception) to December 31, 2009 from our audited financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. We derived the summary statement of operations data for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2010 and the period from October 7, 2005 (inception) to March 31, 2010 from our
unaudited financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. We have prepared this unaudited information on the same basis as the audited financial statements. You should read this data together with our financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus and the information under "Selected Financial Data" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations." The historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any future periods.
Statement of Operations Data:
Year Ended
December 31,
Period from October 7, 2005
(inception) to
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2009
2008
March 31,
2010
December 31,
2009
2010
2009
Operating expenses:
Research and development
$
2,942,992
$
5,978,723
$
12,814,640
$
12,400,894
$
413,746
$
1,027,841
General and administrative
397,238
1,185,587
2,641,632
2,605,088
36,544
153,093
Loss from operations
(3,340,230
)
(7,164,310
)
(15,456,272
)
(15,005,982
)
(450,290
)
(1,180,934
)
Interest income
140
13,091
13,995
13,989
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138
Interest expense, including amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs and charge related to conversion of related party notes
(1,199,315
)
(1,635,211
)
(4,471,739
)
(2,901,736
)
(1,570,003
)
(214,173
)
Net loss
$
(4,539,405
)
$
(8,786,430
)
$
(19,914,016
)
$
(17,893,729
)
$
(2,020,287
)
$
(1,394,969
)
Basic and diluted net loss per common share
$
(0.82
)
$
(1.68
)
$
(0.36
)
$
(0.27
)
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding
5,518,498
5,229,342
5,547,101
5,229,342
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The following table presents a summary of our unaudited balance sheet data at March 31, 2010:
•
on an actual basis;
•
on a pro forma basis to reflect the conversion of all outstanding convertible notes with a principal balance of $10,648,586, plus accrued interest of $1,246,477 as of March 31, 2010, into
[•  ]
shares of common stock upon the closing of this offering
(1)
; and
•
on a pro forma, as adjusted basis to reflect the pro forma adjustments described above and our receipt of an estimated $14.5 million net proceeds from our sale of
[•  ]
shares of our common stock in this offering at an assumed initial public offering price of $
[•  ]
per share, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.
At March 31, 2010
(unaudited)
Actual
Pro Forma
Pro Forma,
as Adjusted
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
Cash and cash equivalents
$
1,067,787
$
$
Working capital (deficiency)
(12,659,860
)
Total assets
1,425,252
Total liabilities
14,924,117
Deficit accumulated during the development stage
(19,914,016
)
Total stockholders' equity (deficiency)
(13,498,865
)
(1)
This table does not include $1,275,000 in principal balance of convertible notes issued after March 31, 2010.
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RISK FACTORS
An investment in shares of our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should consider carefully the following information about these risks, together with the other information in this prospectus, before you decide whether to buy our common stock. The occurrence of any of the following risks could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In that case, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you might lose all or part of your investment.
Risks Related to Our Financial Condition
We have had negative cash flows from operations and might not be able to generate sufficient cash to service our existing indebtedness under notes payable and a bank line of credit, the level of which indebtedness could have a material adverse effect on our financial health.
Our ability to make payments on our indebtedness depends on our ability to generate cash in the future. We expect to experience negative cash flow for the foreseeable future as we fund our operating losses and capital expenditures. Assuming conversion of $11,923,586 of principal amount of convertible notes into shares of our common stock upon the closing of this offering, we will be obligated to pay an aggregate of $1,573,000 in principal under promissory notes, with varying maturity dates, $320,000 under a bank line of credit, which is due in November 2010, and $100,000 for services previously rendered by Paramount Corporate Development, LLC. There
can be no assurance that we will be in a position to pay the principal and accrued interest when due or obtain extensions of the maturity dates. We anticipate that we will need to secure additional funding in order for us to be able to pay our obligations when due.
Moreover, this level of debt could have important consequences to you as an investor in our securities. For example, it could:
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make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to our outstanding notes and our other indebtedness and obligations, including payments owed to our licensors;
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limit our flexibility in planning for the development, clinical testing, approval and marketing of our products;
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place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to any of our competitors that are less leveraged than we are;
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increase our vulnerability to both general and industry-specific adverse economic conditions; and
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limit our ability to obtain additional funds.
The addition of further debt to our current debt levels could make it more difficult for us to repay our indebtedness and meet our other obligations and would intensify the leverage-related risks that we now face.
We have issued convertible notes that have a maturity date of September 10, 2010, which maturity date might not be extended.
As of June 30, 2010, we had outstanding convertible notes in the principal amount of $11,923,586, which have a maturity date of September 10, 2010. After the filing of this registration statement, we intend to begin the process to obtain the consent of the holders of the notes to extend the maturity date to December 31, 2010. We might not receive the consent of any of these note holders in which event we would not be able to repay all of the notes upon their maturity, given our current cash position. The failure to repay these notes upon their maturity could subject us to lawsuits and deplete our cash reserves prior to the completion of this
offering. This would have an adverse impact on our financial condition in the event the offering were to close, which could in turn have an adverse affect on the price of our stock that you purchase in this offering.
We have an aggregate of $1,720,165 in principal and accrued interest on notes that are currently scheduled to mature on the completion of this offering, assuming we raise net proceeds of at least $10 million, the payment of which would reduce available funds from the net proceeds of this offering and materially and adversely affect our business plan.
As of March 31, 2010, we had outstanding promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $1,573,000, with accrued interest of $147,165, which have a maturity date of the earlier of December 31,
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2013 or the completion of this offering, provided we raise net proceeds of at least $10 million. These notes are held by Paramount Credit Partners, LLC. The repayment of any of this indebtedness would materially and adversely impact our intended uses for proceeds from this offering (see "Use of Proceeds"). Alternatively, the failure to repay these notes upon their maturity could subject us to lawsuits, which would further deplete our cash reserves. All of this would have an adverse impact on our financial condition, which could in turn have an adverse affect on the price of our stock that you purchase in this offering. Paramount Credit
Partners has agreed verbally to waive the repayment obligation upon the close of this offering. We expect to execute an amendment to the notes to that effect prior to the closing of this offering, but there can be no assurance that the extension will be agreed to in writing or that Paramount Credit Partners will not demand payment on the completion of this offering.
Our failure to meet our substantial obligations to our licensors could result in the termination of our licenses or put substantial burdens on our financial position.
We have in-licensed all of our product candidates. Our licenses require us to make substantial up-front, milestone, and royalty payments. If we fail to make these payments, the licensors might terminate the licenses on relatively short notice, in which event we would not be able to commercialize drug candidates that were covered by the licenses.
We owe substantial amounts of money to S.L.A. Pharma, a Swiss corporation, from which we licensed two of our product candidates, VEN 307 and VEN 308, and have obligations to fund S.L.A. Pharma's development efforts of the product candidate in the E.U. From January 31, 2010 until September 30, 2010, we are obligated to pay S.L.A. Pharma $41,500 per month, and have been current in such obligations, and to accrue an additional $41,500 per month towards our obligations to S.L.A Pharma's development costs. Beginning October 1, 2010 and continuing until S.L.A. is no longer managing the development program for either VEN 307 or VEN 308, we must
pay S.L.A. Pharma $41,500 per month in development costs for each of VEN 307 and VEN 308. This accrued amount of $373,500 is payable upon the earlier of September 30, 2010 or the date we consummate a "Qualifying Event," or financing or series of related financings resulting in net proceeds of at least $10 million. If completed, this offering would qualify as a "Qualifying Event", assuming we raised at least $10 million in net proceeds. In addition, (i) on October 31, 2010, we must pay S.L.A. Pharma $600,000 and (ii) on February 28, 2011, we must pay S.L.A. Pharma $800,000. If we commercialize a product candidate, we must pay S.L.A. Pharma annual royalties based upon net sales of the product. In the event we breach these obligations, we could lose our rights to VEN 307 and VEN 308, which would have a material adverse effect on our business and prospects.
We have also entered into a license agreement with Sam Amer & Co., Inc., or Amer, a California company, whereby we acquired patent rights to iferanserin, VEN 309, for the topical treatment of anorectal disorders. We are required to make future milestone payments totaling up to $20 million upon the achievement of various milestones related to regulatory or commercial events. If we commercialize iferanserin, we will be obligated to pay to Amer annual royalties based upon sales of the product. In the event we breach these obligations, we could lose rights to VEN 309, which would have a material adverse effect on our business and prospects.
Risks Related to Our Business
We have a limited operating history and a history of operating losses, and expect to incur significant additional operating losses.
We were established in October 2005 and have only a limited operating history. Therefore, there is limited historical financial information upon which to base an evaluation of our performance. Our prospects must be considered in light of the uncertainties, risks, expenses, and difficulties frequently encountered by companies in their early stages of operations. We have generated operating losses since we began operations and, as of March 31, 2010, we had a deficit accumulated during the development stage of $19,914,016. We expect to incur substantial additional operating expenses over the next several years as our research, development, pre-clinical
testing, and clinical trial activities increase. The amount of future losses and when, if ever, we will achieve profitability are uncertain. We have no products that have generated any commercial revenue, do not expect to generate revenues from the commercial sale of products unless and until our product candidates are approved by the FDA for sale, and might never generate revenues from the sale of products.
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We are not currently profitable and might never become profitable.
We have a history of losses and expect to incur substantial losses and negative operating cash flow for the foreseeable future, and we might never achieve or maintain profitability. Even if we succeed in developing and commercializing one or more product candidates, we expect to incur substantial losses for the foreseeable future. We also expect to continue to incur significant operating and capital expenditures and anticipate that our expenses will increase substantially in the foreseeable future as we:
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continue to undertake development and clinical trials for product candidates;
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seek regulatory approvals for product candidates;
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implement additional internal systems and infrastructure; and
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hire additional personnel.
Our ability to generate revenue and achieve profitability will depend on, among other things,
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successful completion of animal tests, which are referred to as pre-clinical studies, as well as human tests, which are referred to as clinical trials, for our product candidates;
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obtaining necessary regulatory approvals from the FDA and international regulatory agencies;
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establishing manufacturing, sales, and marketing arrangements with third parties; and
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raising sufficient funds to finance our activities.
We might not succeed at any of these undertakings. If we are unsuccessful at some or all of these undertakings, our business, prospects, and results of operations might be materially adversely affected.
We expect 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 and maintain profitability. We might not be able to generate these revenues or achieve profitability in the future. Our failure to achieve or maintain profitability would negatively impact the value of our common stock.
Our independent registered public accounting firm, in their audit report related to our financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
As a result of our continued losses, our independent auditors have included an explanatory paragraph in their report on our financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, expressing substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern. The inclusion of a going concern explanatory paragraph in the report of our independent auditors will make it more difficult for us to secure additional financing or enter into strategic relationships with distributors on terms acceptable to us, if at all, and likely will materially and adversely affect the terms of any financing that we might obtain. If revenues grow slower
than we anticipate, assuming we begin to generate revenue at some future time, or if operating expenses exceed our expectations or cannot be adjusted accordingly, the value of your investment could decline significantly.
We have no approved products.
To date, we have no approved product on the market and have generated no product revenues. Unless and until we receive approval from the FDA and other regulatory authorities for our product 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 this offering, cash on hand, licensing fees and grants and future securities offerings.
We are a development-stage company and might not be able to commercialize any product candidates.
We are a development-stage company and have not demonstrated our ability to perform the functions necessary for the successful commercialization of any product candidates. The successful commercialization of any product candidates will require us to perform a variety of functions, including:
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continuing to undertake preclinical development and clinical trials;
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participating in regulatory approval processes;
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formulating and manufacturing products; and
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conducting sales, marketing and distribution activities.
Our development of current and future product candidates is subject to the risks of failure and delay inherent in the development of new pharmaceutical products and products based on new technologies, including:
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delays in product development, clinical testing, or manufacturing;
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unplanned expenditures in product development, clinical testing, or manufacturing;
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failure of a product candidate to demonstrate acceptable safety and efficacy;
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failure to receive regulatory approvals;
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emergence of superior or equivalent products;
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inability to manufacture on our own, or through any others, product candidates on a commercial scale or at a financially viable cost; and
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failure to achieve market acceptance.
Because of these risks, our research and development efforts might not result in any commercially viable products. If we do not successfully complete a significant portion of these development efforts, obtain required regulatory approvals, or have commercial success with any approved products, our business, financial condition and results of operations will be materially harmed.
We will need additional financing to fund our activities in the future.
We anticipate that we will incur operating losses for the foreseeable future. Assuming we raise $14.5 million in net proceeds in this offering, we expect that the net proceeds of this offering will provide us with sufficient capital to fund our operations through the second quarter of 2012. However, we might consume our available capital before that time if, for example, we are not efficient in developing our product candidates and conducting clinical trials or if regulatory requirements change.
Moreover, we believe we will require substantial funds in addition to the proceeds from this offering to support our operations. We anticipate that to complete the clinical trial process and commercialize our product candidates will cost approximately $15 million for VEN 307, $15 million for VEN 308 and $40 million for VEN 309. We might seek equity or debt financings in the future to fund our operations. However, there is no assurance that we will be successful in raising the additional capital we need to fund our business plan on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all. If we do not succeed in raising additional funds on acceptable terms, we
might be unable to initiate or complete clinical trials or obtain approval of any product candidate from the FDA and other regulatory authorities. In addition, we could be forced to discontinue product development, forego sales and marketing efforts, sacrifice attractive business opportunities, cease operations entirely and sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of our remaining assets.
We are dependent on license relationships.
We have acquired by license technology that is critical to our business, and we might enter into additional licenses in the future. Licenses to which we are a party contain, and we expect that any future licenses will contain, provisions requiring up-front, milestone, and royalty payments to licensors. If we fail to comply with these obligations to a licensor, that licensor might have the right to terminate the license on relatively short notice, in which event we would not be able to commercialize drug candidates or technologies that were covered by the license. Also, the milestone and other payments associated with these licenses will make it less
profitable for us to develop our drug candidates.
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Our independent registered public accounting firm has identified material weaknesses in our financial reporting process.
Our independent registered public accounting firm has identified material weaknesses in our financial reporting process with respect to lack of segregation of duties and lack of independent review over financial reporting. Our independent registered public accounting firm also identified numerous errors in the accounting for non-routine, complex transactions during their audits of our financial statements, including with respect to the valuation of derivative securities, the recording of debt discount and related amortization for warrants issued in connection with debt financings and calculation of deferred tax assets. The material weaknesses
identified with respect to lack of segregation of duties relate to the policies and procedures that:
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pertain to the maintenance of records that accurately and fairly reflect our transactions and dispositions of our assets;
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provide reasonable assurance that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and
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provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
We intend to take the following measures to address the material weaknesses identified by our independent registered public accounting firm and improve our periodic financial statement reporting process:
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hire a permanent Chief Financial Officer (our current Chief Financial Officer is serving pursuant to a six-month consulting agreement) to strengthen our internal staffing and technical expertise in financial accounting and reporting;
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limit access to the accounting and information systems and related data to strengthen segregation of duties;
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upgrade our accounting software system; and
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implement procedures and controls in the financial statement close process to improve the accuracy and timeliness of the preparation of quarterly and annual financial statements.
There can be no assurance that we will be able to successfully implement our plans to remediate the material weaknesses in our financial reporting process. Our failure to successfully implement our plans to remediate these material weaknesses could cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations, to produce timely and reliable financial information, and to effectively prevent fraud. Additionally, such failure could cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could have a negative impact on our financial condition and stock price.
Corporate and academic collaborators might take actions to delay, prevent, or undermine the success of our products.
Our operating and financial strategy for the development, clinical testing, manufacture, and commercialization of drug candidates heavily depends on collaborating with corporations, academic institutions, licensors, licensees, and other parties. However, there can be no assurance that we will successfully establish these collaborations. In addition, should a collaboration be terminated, replacement collaborators might not be available on attractive terms, or at all. The activities of any collaborator will not be within our control and might not be within our power to influence. There can be no assurance that any collaborator will perform its
obligations to our satisfaction or at all, that we will derive any revenue or profits from these collaborations, or that any collaborator will not compete with us. If any collaboration is not successful, we might require substantially greater capital to undertake development and marketing of our proposed products and might not be able to develop and market these products effectively, if at all. In addition, a lack of development and marketing collaborations might lead to significant delays in introducing proposed products into certain markets and/or reduced sales of proposed products in such markets.
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We rely on data provided by our collaborators and others that has not been independently verified and could prove to be false, misleading, or incomplete.
We rely on third-party vendors, scientists, and collaborators to provide us with significant data and other information related to our projects, clinical trials, and our business. If these third parties provide inaccurate, misleading, or incomplete data, our business, prospects, and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.
We rely exclusively on third parties to formulate and manufacture our product candidates.
We have no experience in drug formulation or manufacturing and do not intend to establish our own manufacturing facilities. We lack the resources and expertise to formulate or manufacture our own product candidates, which are currently being manufactured entirely by commercial third parties. If any product candidate we might develop or acquire in the future receives FDA approval, we will rely on one or more third-party contractors to manufacture our products. Our anticipated future reliance on a limited number of third-party manufacturers exposes us to the following risks:
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We might 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 generally require new testing and compliance inspections. In addition, a new manufacturer would have to be educated in, or develop substantially equivalent processes for, 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 and commercial needs, if any.
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Our future contract manufacturers might not perform as agreed or might 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 and corresponding state agencies to ensure strict compliance with the FDA's Current Good Manufacturing Practices, or cGMP, and other government regulations and corresponding foreign standards. We do not have control over third-party manufacturers' compliance with these regulations and standards.
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If any third-party manufacturer makes improvements in the manufacturing process for our products, we might not own, or might have to share, the intellectual property rights to the innovation with our licensors.
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We might compete with other companies for access to these manufacturers' facilities and might be subject to manufacturing delays if the manufacturers give other clients higher priority than us.
Each of these risks could delay our clinical trials or the approval, if any, of our product candidates by the FDA or the commercialization of our product candidates and could result in higher costs or deprive us of potential product revenues. As a result, our business, financial condition, and results of operations might be materially harmed.
If we or our collaborators are unable to manufacture our products in sufficient quantities or are unable to obtain regulatory approvals for the manufacturing facility, we might be unable to meet demand for our product, and we might lose potential revenues.
We require access to, or development of, facilities to manufacture a sufficient supply of our product candidates in order to complete our clinical trials and commercialize our product candidates. We currently contract with an outside source to manufacture our compounds for our clinical needs. If, for any reason, we become unable to rely on our current source or any future source to manufacture our product candidates, either for clinical trials or, at some future date, for commercial quantities, then we would need to identify and contract with additional or replacement third-party manufacturers to manufacture compounds for preclinical, clinical and
commercial purposes. We might not be successful in identifying additional or replacement third-party manufacturers, or in negotiating acceptable terms with any that we do identify. Such third-party
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manufacturers must receive FDA approval before they can produce clinical material or commercial product, and any that we identify might not receive such approval. If we are unable to secure and maintain third-party manufacturing capacity, the development and sales of our products and our financial performance might be materially affected.
Before we can begin to commercially manufacture our product candidates, we must obtain regulatory approval of the manufacturing facility and process. Manufacturing of drugs for clinical and commercial purposes must comply with cGMPs and applicable non-U.S. regulatory requirements. The cGMP requirements govern quality control and documentation policies and procedures. Complying with cGMP and non-U.S. regulatory requirements will require that we expend time, money, and effort in production, recordkeeping, and quality control to assure that the product meets applicable specifications and other requirements. We, or our contracted manufacturing facility,
must also pass a pre-approval inspection prior to FDA approval. Failure to pass a pre-approval inspection might significantly delay FDA approval of our products. If we fail to comply with these requirements, we would be subject to possible regulatory action and might be limited in the jurisdictions in which we are permitted to sell our products. As a result, our business, financial condition, and results of operations might be materially harmed.
Preclinical and clinical trials required for our product candidates are expensive and time-consuming, and their outcome is uncertain.
In order to obtain FDA approval to market a new drug product, we must demonstrate safety and effectiveness in humans. To meet these requirements, we must conduct extensive preclinical testing and adequate and well-controlled clinical trials. Conducting clinical trials is a lengthy, time consuming, and expensive process. The length of time might vary substantially according to the type, complexity, novelty, and intended use of the product candidate, and often can be several years or more per trial. Delays associated with products for which we are directly conducting preclinical or clinical trials might cause us to incur additional operating expenses.
The commencement and rate of completion of clinical trials might be delayed by many factors, including, for example:
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inability to manufacture sufficient quantities of qualified materials under cGMP for use in clinical trials;
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slower than expected rates of patient recruitment;
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failure to recruit a sufficient number of patients;
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modification of clinical trial protocols;
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changes in regulatory requirements for clinical trials;
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the lack of effectiveness during clinical trials;
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the emergence of unforeseen safety issues;
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delays, suspension, or termination of clinical trials by the institutional review board responsible for overseeing the study at a particular study site; and
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government, institutional review board or other regulatory delays or clinical holds requiring suspension or termination of the trials.
The results from preclinical testing and early clinical trials are not necessarily predictive of results obtained in later clinical trials. Accordingly, even if we obtain or have obtained positive results from preclinical or early clinical trials, we might not achieve the same success in future clinical trials. Clinical trials might not provide statistically significant data supporting a product candidate's safety and effectiveness to meet the requisite regulatory approvals.
The failure of clinical trials to demonstrate safety and effectiveness for the desired indications could harm the development of that product candidate and other product candidates. This failure could cause us to abandon a product candidate and could delay development of other product candidates. Any delay in, or termination of, our clinical trials would delay the filing of our New Drug Applications, or NDAs, with the
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FDA and, ultimately, our ability to commercialize our product candidates and generate product revenues. Any change in, or termination of, our clinical trials could materially harm our business, financial condition, and results of operation.
If we cannot compete successfully for market share against other drug companies, we might not achieve sufficient product revenues and our business will suffer.
If our product candidates receive FDA approval, they will compete with a number of existing and future drugs and therapies developed, manufactured and marketed by others. Existing or future competing products might provide greater therapeutic convenience or clinical or other benefits for a specific indication than our products, or might offer comparable performance at a lower cost. If our products fail to capture and maintain market share, we might not achieve sufficient product revenues and our business will suffer.
We might 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. 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 significantly greater 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.
We might not obtain the same resources and experience as our competitors. If we are unable to perform these tasks effectively and efficiently, our results of operations might be materially adversely affected.
Developments by competitors might render our products or technologies obsolete or non-competitive.
The pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries are intensely competitive. We might compete with organizations that are developing treatments for the indications that our products target.
To our knowledge, there are currently no approved products for treatment of anal fissures, though ProStrakan Group plc is currently developing a topical nitroglycerin for such treatment. For the treatment of fecal incontinence, to our knowledge there are currently no products approved or in development. For the treatment of hemorrhoids, some physicians are known to prescribe topical steroids, although such treatment has not been approved by the FDA for this indication. Further, many hemorrhoid sufferers use Wyeth's Preparation H® or similar products for symptomatic relief (active ingredients can vary by country but generally include
glycerin, phenylephrine HCl, pramoxine HCl, and white petrolatum). No data is publicly available regarding the clinical efficacy of this or other over-the-counter symptomatic treatments for hemorrhoids. If our competitors develop effective treatments for anal fissure, fecal incontinence or hemorrhoids and successfully commercialize those treatments, our business and prospects might be materially harmed.
If we are not able to develop collaborative marketing relationships with licensees or partners, or create an effective internal sales, marketing, and distribution capability, we might be unable to market our products successfully.
To market our products, we will have to establish our own marketing and sales force or out-license our product candidates to, or collaborate with, larger firms with experience in marketing and selling pharmaceutical products. There can be no assurance that we will be able to successfully establish our own marketing capabilities or establish marketing, sales, or distribution relationships with third parties; that such relationships, if established, will be successful; or that we will be successful in gaining market acceptance for our products. To the extent that we enter into any marketing, sales, or distribution arrangements with third parties, our
product revenues will be lower than if we marketed and sold our products directly, and any revenues we receive will depend upon the efforts of such third parties. If we are unable to establish such
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third-party sales and marketing relationships, or choose not to do so, we will have to establish our own in-house capabilities. We, as a company, have no experience in marketing or selling pharmaceutical products and currently have no sales, marketing, or distribution infrastructure. To market any of our products directly, we would need to develop a marketing, sales, and distribution force that both has technical expertise and the ability to support a distribution capability. To establish our own marketing, sales, and distribution capacity would significantly increase our costs, and require substantial additional capital. In addition, there is intense
competition for proficient sales and marketing personnel, and we might not be able to attract individuals who have the qualifications necessary to market, sell, and distribute our products. There can be no assurance that we will be able to establish internal marketing, sales, or distribution capabilities.
Physicians and patients might not accept and use our drugs.
Even if the FDA approves one of our product candidates, physicians and patients might not accept and use it. Acceptance and use of our products will depend upon a number of factors, including:
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perceptions by members of the health care community, including physicians, about the safety and effectiveness of our product;
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cost-effectiveness of our product relative to competing product or therapies;
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availability of reimbursement for our product from government or other healthcare payors; and
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effective marketing and distribution efforts by us and our licensees and distributors, if any.
If our current product candidates are approved, we expect sales to generate substantially all of our revenues for the foreseeable future, and as a result, the failure of these products to find market acceptance would harm our business and would require us to seek additional financing.
Our ability to generate product revenues will be diminished if our products sell for inadequate prices or patients are unable to obtain adequate levels of reimbursement.
Our ability to commercialize our products, alone or with collaborators, will depend in part on the extent to which reimbursement will be available from:
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government and health administration authorities;
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private health maintenance organizations and health insurers; and
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other healthcare payors.
Significant uncertainty exists as to the reimbursement status of newly approved healthcare products. Healthcare payors, including Medicare, are challenging the prices charged for medical products and services. Government and other healthcare payors increasingly attempt to contain healthcare costs by limiting both coverage and the level of reimbursement for drugs. Even if our product candidates are approved by the FDA, insurance coverage might not be available, and reimbursement levels might be inadequate, to cover our products. If government and other healthcare payors do not provide adequate coverage and reimbursement levels for our products, once
approved, market acceptance of such products could be reduced.
Proposals to modify the current health care system in the United States to improve access to health care and control its costs are continually being considered by the federal and state governments. In March 2010, the U.S. Congress passed landmark healthcare legislation. We cannot predict what impact on federal reimbursement policies this legislation will have in general or on our business specifically. We anticipate that the U.S. Congress and state legislatures will continue to review and assess this legislation and possibly alternative health care reform proposals. We cannot predict whether new proposals will be made or adopted, when they may be
adopted or what impact they may have on us if they are adopted.
Health administration authorities in countries other than the United States may not provide reimbursement for our products at rates sufficient for us to achieve profitability, or at all. Like the United States, these countries have considered health care reform proposals and could materially alter their government-sponsored health care programs by reducing reimbursement rates.
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Any reduction in reimbursement rates under Medicare or foreign health care programs could negatively affect the pricing of our products. If we are not able to charge a sufficient amount for our products, then our margins and our profitability will be adversely affected.
If we lose key management or scientific personnel, cannot recruit qualified employees, directors, officers, or other significant personnel or experience increases in our compensation costs, our business might materially suffer.
We are highly dependent on the services of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Russell H. Ellison. The employment agreement we intend to enter into with Dr. Ellison upon the completion of this offering will not ensure the retention of Dr. Ellison. This will also be true for the future management team members, all of whom we will need to hire. Furthermore, our future success also depends, in part, on our ability to identify, hire, and retain those additional management team members. We expect to experience intense competition for qualified personnel and might be unable to attract and retain the personnel necessary for the
development of our business. Finally, we do not currently maintain, nor do we intend to obtain in the future, "key man" life insurance that would compensate us in the event of the death or disability of any of the members of our management team.
If we are unable to hire additional qualified personnel, our ability to grow our business might be harmed.
At June 30, 2010, we had only two employees to carry out our business plan. We will need to hire additional qualified personnel with expertise in preclinical testing, clinical research and testing, government regulation, formulation and manufacturing and sales and marketing. We compete for qualified individuals with numerous biopharmaceutical companies, universities and other research institutions. Competition for these individuals is intense, and we cannot be certain that our search for such personnel will be successful. Attracting and retaining qualified personnel will be critical to our success.
We might not successfully manage our growth.
Our success will depend upon the expansion of our operations and the effective management of our growth, which will place a significant strain on our current and future management and other administrative and operational resources. To manage this growth, we must expand our facilities, augment our operational, financial and management systems and hire and train additional qualified personnel. If we are unable to manage our growth effectively, our business would be harmed.
We might seek to develop our business through acquisitions of or investment in new or complementary businesses, products or technologies, and the failure to manage these acquisitions or investments, or the failure to integrate them with our existing business, could have a material adverse effect on us.
We might consider opportunities to acquire or invest in other technologies, products and businesses that might enhance our capabilities or complement our current product candidates. Potential and completed acquisitions and strategic investments involve numerous risks, including potential problems or issues associated with the following:
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assimilating the purchased technologies, products or business operations;
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maintaining uniform standards, procedures, controls and policies;
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unanticipated costs associated with the acquisition or investment;
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diversion of our management's attention from our preexisting business;
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maintaining or obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals or complying with regulatory standards; and
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adverse effects on existing business operations.
We have no current commitments with respect to any acquisition or investment. We do not know if we will identify suitable acquisitions, whether we will be able to successfully complete any acquisitions, or whether we will be able to successfully integrate any acquired product, technology or business into our business or retain key personnel, suppliers or collaborators.
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Our ability to successfully develop our business through acquisitions would depend on our ability to identify, negotiate, complete and integrate suitable target businesses or technologies and obtain any necessary financing. These efforts could be expensive and time consuming and might disrupt our ongoing operations. If we are unable to integrate efficiently any acquired business, technology or product into our business, our business and financial condition might be adversely affected.
Risks Related to Our Regulatory and Legal Environment
We are subject to extensive and costly government regulation.
Product candidates employing our technology are subject to extensive and rigorous domestic government regulation including regulation by the FDA, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, other divisions of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the United States Department of Justice, state and local governments, and their respective foreign equivalents. The FDA regulates the research, development, preclinical and clinical testing, manufacture, safety, effectiveness, record-keeping, reporting, labeling, storage, approval, advertising, promotion, sale, distribution, import, and export of pharmaceutical products. The FDA
regulates small molecule chemical entities, whether administered orally, topically or by injection, as drugs, subject to an NDA, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. If products employing our technologies are marketed abroad, they will also be subject to extensive regulation by foreign governments, whether or not they have obtained FDA approval for a given product and its uses. Such foreign regulation might be equally or more demanding than corresponding United States regulation.
Government regulation substantially increases the cost and risk of researching, developing, manufacturing, and selling our products. The regulatory review and approval process, which includes preclinical testing and clinical trials of each product candidate, is lengthy, expensive, and uncertain. We or our collaborators must obtain and maintain regulatory authorization to conduct clinical trials and approval for each product we intend to market, and the manufacturing facilities used for the products must be inspected and meet legal requirements. Securing regulatory approval requires submitting extensive preclinical and clinical data and other
supporting information for each proposed therapeutic indication in order to establish the product's safety and efficacy for each intended use. The development and approval process might take many years, requires substantial resources, and might never lead to the approval of a product.
Even if we are able to obtain regulatory approval for a particular product, the approval might limit the indicated medical uses for the product, limit our ability to promote, sell, and distribute the product, require that we conduct costly post-marketing surveillance, and/or require that we conduct ongoing post-marketing studies. Material changes to an approved product, such as, for example, manufacturing changes or revised labeling, might require further regulatory review and approval. Once obtained, any approvals might be withdrawn, including, for example, if there is a later discovery of previously unknown problems with the product, such as a
previously unknown safety issue.
If we, our collaborators, or our contract manufacturers fail to comply with applicable regulatory requirements at any stage during the regulatory process, such noncompliance could result in, among other things, delays in the approval of applications or supplements to approved applications; refusal of a regulatory authority, including the FDA, to review pending market approval applications or supplements to approved applications; warning letters; fines; import and export restrictions; product recalls or seizures; injunctions; total or partial suspension of production; civil penalties; withdrawals of previously approved marketing applications or
licenses; recommendations by the FDA or other regulatory authorities against governmental contracts; and/or criminal prosecutions.
We might not obtain the necessary U.S. or worldwide regulatory approvals to commercialize any product candidate.
We cannot assure you that we will receive the approvals necessary to commercialize for sale any of our product candidates, or any product candidate we acquire or develop in the future. We will need FDA approval to commercialize our product candidates in the U.S. and approvals from the FDA-equivalent regulatory authorities in foreign jurisdictions to commercialize our product candidates in those jurisdictions. In order to obtain FDA approval of any product candidate, we must submit to the FDA an NDA demonstrating that the product candidate is safe for humans and effective for its intended use. This demonstration requires significant
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research, pre-clinical studies, and clinical trials. Satisfaction of the FDA's regulatory requirements typically takes many years, depends upon the type, complexity and novelty of the product 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 their indicated uses. The FDA has substantial discretion in the drug approval process and might require us to conduct additional pre-clinical and clinical testing, perform post-marketing studies, or otherwise limit or impose conditions
on any approval we obtain. The approval process might also be delayed by changes in government regulation, future legislation or administrative action or changes in FDA policy that occur prior to or during our regulatory review. Delays in obtaining regulatory approvals might:
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delay commercialization of, and our ability to derive product revenues from, our product candidates;
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impose costly procedures on us; and
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diminish any competitive advantages that we might otherwise enjoy.
Even if we comply with all FDA requests, the FDA might ultimately reject one or more of our NDAs. We cannot be sure that we will ever obtain regulatory clearance for our product candidates. Failure to obtain FDA approval of our product candidates will severely undermine our business by leaving us without a saleable product, and therefore without any source of revenues, until another product candidate can be developed or obtained. There is no guarantee that we will ever be able to develop or acquire another product candidate.
In foreign jurisdictions, we must receive approval from the appropriate regulatory authorities before we can commercialize any drugs. The risks associated with foreign regulatory approval processes are similar to the risks associated with the FDA approval procedures described above. We cannot assure you that we will receive the approvals necessary to commercialize our product candidates for sale outside the U.S.
Even if approved, our products will be subject to extensive post-approval regulation.
Once a product is approved, numerous post-approval requirements apply. Among other things, the holder of an approved NDA is subject to periodic and other FDA monitoring and reporting obligations, including obligations to monitor and report adverse events and instances of the failure of a product to meet the specifications in the NDA. Application holders must submit new or supplemental applications and obtain FDA approval for changes to the approved product, product labeling, or manufacturing process. Application holders also must submit advertising and other promotional material to the FDA and report on ongoing clinical trials. The FDA also has the
authority to require changes in the labeling of approved drug products and to require post-marketing studies.
Advertising and promotional materials must comply with FDA rules in addition to other applicable federal and state laws. The distribution of product samples to physicians must comply with the requirements of the Prescription Drug Marketing Act. Manufacturing facilities remain subject to FDA inspection and must continue to adhere to the FDA's cGMP requirements. Application holders must obtain FDA approval for product, manufacturing, and labeling changes, depending on the nature of the change. Sales, marketing, and scientific/educational grant programs must comply with the anti-fraud and abuse provisions of the Social Security Act, the False
Claims Act, and similar state laws, each as amended. Pricing and rebate programs must comply with the Medicaid rebate requirements of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 and the Veteran's Health Care Act of 1992, each as amended. If products are made available to authorized users of the Federal Supply Schedule of the General Services Administration, additional laws and requirements apply. All of these activities are also potentially subject to federal and state consumer protection and unfair competition laws.
Depending on the circumstances, failure to meet these post-approval requirements can result in criminal prosecution, fines, injunctions, recall or seizure of products, total or partial suspension of production, denial or withdrawal of pre-marketing product approvals, or refusal to allow us to enter into supply contracts, including government contracts. In addition, even if we comply with FDA and other requirements, new information regarding the safety or effectiveness of a product could lead the FDA to modify or withdraw product approval.
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We face the risk of product liability claims and might not be able to obtain insurance.
Our business exposes us to the risk of product liability claims that are inherent in the development of drugs. If the use of one or more of our or our collaborators' drugs harms people, we might be subject to costly and damaging product liability claims brought against us by clinical trial participants, consumers, health care providers, pharmaceutical companies or others selling 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. We currently do not carry
clinical trial insurance or product liability insurance. We intend to obtain such insurance in the future. We cannot predict all of the possible harms or side effects that might result and, therefore, the amount of insurance coverage we hold now or in the future might not be adequate to cover all liabilities we might incur. We intend to expand our insurance coverage to include the sale of commercial products if we obtain marketing approval for our drug candidates in development, but we might be unable to obtain commercially reasonable product liability insurance for any products approved for marketing. If we are unable to obtain insurance at an acceptable cost or otherwise protect against potential product liability claims, we will be exposed to significant liabilities, which might materially and adversely affect our business and financial position. If we are sued for any injury allegedly caused by our or our collaborators' products, our liability could exceed our total assets and
our ability to pay the liability. A successful product liability claim or series of claims brought against us would decrease our cash and could cause the value of our common stock to decrease.
We might be exposed to liability claims associated with the use of hazardous materials and chemicals.
Our research, development and manufacturing activities and/or those of our third-party contractors might involve the controlled use of hazardous materials and chemicals. Although we will strive to have our safety procedures for using, storing, handling and disposing of these materials comply with federal, state and local laws and regulations, we cannot completely eliminate the risk of accidental injury or contamination from these materials. In the event of such an accident, we could be held liable for any resulting damages, and any liability could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition,
the federal, state and local laws and regulations governing the use, manufacture, storage, handling and disposal of hazardous or radioactive materials and waste products might require us to incur substantial compliance costs that could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property
Our license agreement with S.L.A. Pharma is subject to termination if this offering is not completed by September 30, 2010 or if a third party wishes to license VEN 307 and VEN 308 in certain events.
We have in-licensed the rights to VEN 307 and VEN 308 from S.L.A. Pharma. Pursuant to a December 18, 2009 amendment to the license agreement between us, in the event we do not complete this offering by September 30, 2010 with net proceeds of at least $10 million, S.L.A. Pharma may terminate the license agreement immediately. In addition, S.L.A. Pharma may terminate the license agreement with one month's notice in the event that a third party wishes to enter into a license agreement for VEN 307 and VEN 308, provided that within that 30-day period we have not paid all then required payments under the agreement and provided further that S.L.A.
Pharma and the third party execute an agreement at the end of such 30-day period. If the license agreement were terminated, our business would be materially harmed.
A patent has not been issued for VEN 307 and might never be issued.
No patent has been issued for VEN 307. We have a pending application in the United States that includes claims that cover topical treatment for the relief of pain associated with anal fissures. However, the application is currently in the appeal process before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and our appeal could be unsuccessful. If the appeal is unsuccessful there is the opportunity for review by the Federal Circuit of the United States. If the patent does not issue, we will not have the exclusive rights to the intellectual property behind VEN 307. Competitors would be able to use the technology without having to pay us to do so, which
would greatly diminish the value of the technology to us. In such event, our business will be materially harmed.
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Our business depends on protecting our intellectual property.
If we and our licensors do not obtain protection for our respective intellectual property rights, our competitors might be able to take advantage of our research and development efforts to develop competing drugs.
Our success, competitive position and future revenues, if any, 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. To date, we hold some exclusive patent rights, including rights under U.S. patents and patent applications as well as rights under foreign patents and patent applications. We anticipate filing additional patent applications both in the U.S. and in other
countries, as appropriate. However, the patent process is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, and there can be no assurance that we will be successful in protecting our products by obtaining and defending patents. These risks and uncertainties include the following:
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Our patent rights might be challenged, invalidated, or circumvented, or otherwise might not provide any competitive advantage;
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Our competitors, many of which have substantially greater resources than we do and many of which might make significant investments in competing technologies, might seek, or might already have obtained, patents that will limit, interfere with, or eliminate our ability to make, use, and sell our potential products either in the United States or in international markets;
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As a matter of public policy regarding worldwide health concerns, there might be significant pressure on the U.S. government and other international governmental bodies to limit the scope of patent protection both inside and outside the U.S. for disease treatments that prove successful; and
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Countries other than the U.S. might have less restrictive patent laws than those upheld by U.S. courts, allowing foreign competitors the ability to exploit these laws to create, develop, and market competing products.
In addition, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and patent offices in other jurisdictions have often required that patent applications concerning pharmaceutical and/or biotechnology-related inventions be limited or narrowed substantially to cover only the specific innovations exemplified in the patent application, thereby limiting the scope of protection against competitive challenges. Thus, even if we or our licensors are able to obtain patents, the patents might be substantially narrower than anticipated.
In addition to patents, we also rely on trade secrets and proprietary know-how. Although we take measures to protect this information by entering into confidentiality and inventions agreements with our employees, scientific advisors, consultants, and collaborators, we cannot provide any assurances that these agreements will not be breached, that we will be able to protect ourselves from the harmful effects of disclosure if they are breached, or that our trade secrets will not otherwise become known or be independently discovered by competitors. If any of these events occurs, or we otherwise lose protection for our trade secrets or proprietary
know-how, the value of this information may be greatly reduced.
Patent and other intellectual property protection is crucial to the success of our business and prospects, and there is a substantial risk that such protections will prove inadequate. Our business and prospects will be harmed if these protections prove insufficient.
We rely on trade secret protections through confidentiality agreements with our employees, customers and other parties, and the breach of these agreements could adversely affect our business and prospects.
We rely on trade secrets, which we seek to protect, in part, through confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements with our employees, collaborators, supplies, and other parties. There can be no assurance that these agreements will not be breached, that we would have adequate remedies for any such breach or that our trade secrets will not otherwise become known to or independently developed by our competitors. We might be involved from time to time in litigation to determine the enforceability, scope and validity of our proprietary rights. Any such litigation could result in substantial cost and divert management's attention from our operations.
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If we infringe the rights of third parties we might have to forgo selling our future products, pay damages, or defend against litigation.
If our product candidates, methods, processes and other technologies infringe the proprietary rights of other parties, we could incur substantial costs and we might have to:
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obtain licenses, which might not be available on commercially reasonable terms, if at all;
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abandon an infringing product candidate;
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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;
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pay damages; and/or
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defend litigation or administrative proceedings which might be costly whether we win or lose, and which could result in a substantial diversion of our financial and management resources.
Any of these events could substantially harm our earnings, financial condition and operations.
Risks Related to this Offering
The purchase price of our common stock might not reflect the value of the common stock, and purchasers of our common stock will experience dilution as a result of this offering and future equity issuances.
Based on the initial public offering price of $[_____] per share (the midpoint of the price range shown on the cover page of this prospectus), purchasers of our common stock in this offering will experience an immediate dilution in the net tangible book value per share of common stock of $[_____] from the offering price. Investors purchasing common stock in this offering will contribute approximately [_____]% of the total amount invested by stockholders since inception (gross of estimated expenses of this offering), but will only own approximately [_____]% of the shares of common stock outstanding. Additionally, the exercise of outstanding options or
warrants and future equity issuances, including future public offerings or future private placements of equity securities, any additional shares issued in connection with acquisitions and the conversion of outstanding promissory notes into equity will result in further dilution to investors.
There are interlocking relationships among us and certain affiliates of Paramount Biosciences, LLC, which might present potential conflicts of interest.
Dr. Lindsay Rosenwald is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and sole stockholder of Paramount BioCapital, Inc., or Paramount, and is the sole member of Paramount Biosciences, LLC. We acquired the rights to VEN 307 and VEN 308 from Paramount Biosciences who had licensed them from S.L.A. Pharma. Dr. Rosenwald individually and through entities he controls and trusts established for his family beneficially owned as of June 30, 2010 approximately 45.5% of our issued and outstanding common stock, excluding any shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants and the conversion of convertible promissory notes. Moreover, Dr. Rosenwald has the right to
purchase additional shares of our common stock pursuant to purchase right agreements with certain employees of Paramount Biosciences or its affiliates. In addition, we have issued Paramount Credit Partners, LLC, an affiliate of Dr. Rosenwald, warrants to purchase 629,200 shares of our common stock. As of March 31, 2010, we have borrowed from Paramount Biosciences, its affiliates and trusts established for the benefit of Dr. Rosenwald's family members an aggregate principal amount of $1,001,153, plus accrued and unpaid interest of $72,444. At June 30, 2010, we also have borrowed from Paramount Credit Partners, an entity whose managing member is Dr. Rosenwald, an aggregate principal amount of $1,573,000. Paramount Biosciences has also guaranteed a bank line of credit on which we have drawn $320,000, and we owe Paramount Corporate Development, LLC, an affiliate of Dr. Rosenwald's, $100,000 for services previously rendered.
Generally, Delaware corporate law, under which we are governed, requires that any transactions between us and any of our affiliates be on terms that, when taken as a whole, are substantially as favorable to us as those then reasonably obtainable from a person who is not an affiliate in an arms-length transaction. We believe that the terms of our relationships with Paramount Biosciences and its affiliates satisfy the requirement
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of Delaware law, but in the event that one or more parties challenges the fairness of such terms, we might have to expend substantial resources in resolving the challenge, and we can make no guarantees as to the result.
None of our affiliates, Paramount Biosciences, its affiliates or Dr. Rosenwald is obligated pursuant to any agreement or understanding with us to make any additional products or technologies available to us, nor can there be any assurance, and we do not expect and purchasers of our common stock should not expect, that any biomedical or pharmaceutical product or technology identified by such affiliates, Paramount Biosciences, its affiliates or Dr. Rosenwald in the future will be made available to us. In addition, certain of our current officers and directors or certain of any officers or directors hereafter appointed or elected might from time to time
serve as officers or directors of other biopharmaceutical or biotechnology companies. There can be no assurance that such other companies will not have interests in conflict with our own.
We are controlled by our current officers, directors and principal stockholders.
As of June 30, 2010, our directors, officers, principal stockholders and their affiliates beneficially own approximately 46.3% of our issued and outstanding capital stock, excluding any shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants or the conversion of convertible promissory notes. Following this offering, our directors, officers, principal stockholders and their affiliates will still hold a significant portion of our stock. Accordingly, our officers, directors, principal stockholders and their affiliates control the election of our Board of Directors and the outcome of issues submitted to our stockholders, including any merger, consolidation, or
sale of all or substantially all of our assets. The interests of our executive officers, directors and principal stockholders and their affiliates might not coincide with the interests of other holders of our capital stock. This concentration of ownership may harm the value of our common stock by, among other things:
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delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of our company;
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impeding a merger, consolidation, takeover or other business combination involving our company; or
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causing us to enter into transaction or agreements that are not in the best interests of all stockholders.
We have broad discretion on how we use any proceeds we receive from this offering.
Our management has broad discretion on how to use and spend any proceeds we receive from this offering and may use the proceeds in ways that differ from the proposed uses discussed in this prospectus. Investors in this offering will need to rely upon the judgment of our management with respect to the use of proceeds with only limited information concerning management's specific intentions. It is possible that we may decide in the future not to use the proceeds of this offering in the manner in which we currently expect. Our stockholders may not agree with our decision on how to use such proceeds and our actual uses may not increase the value of
your investment. If we fail to spend the proceeds effectively, our business and financial condition would be harmed and we would need to seek additional financing sooner than expected.
There is not now, and there may not ever be, an active market for our common stock.
There is no active market for our common stock, and there is a possibility that no active market for our common stock will develop. Even if this offering is successful and our common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market, we might not be able to maintain the listing standards of that exchange. If we fail to maintain the listing requirements, our common stock might trade on the OTC Bulletin Board or in the "pink sheets" maintained by Pink OTC Markets, Inc. These alternative markets are generally considered to be markets that are less efficient and less broad than the NASDAQ Capital Market. Accordingly, investors must be prepared to
bear the economic risk of an investment in our common stock for an indefinite period of time.
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The price of our common stock might fluctuate significantly, and you could lose all or part of your investment.
Volatility in the market price of our common stock might prevent you from being able to sell your shares of our common stock at or above the price you paid for such shares. The trading price of our common stock might be volatile and subject to wide price fluctuations in response to various factors, including:
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success or failure of our product candidates;
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results of our clinical trials and other studies;
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actual or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly financial and operating results;
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the overall performance of the equity markets;
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changes in interest rates;
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introduction of new products or announcements of significant contracts, acquisitions or capital commitments by us or our competitors;
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legislative, political or regulatory developments;
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issuance of new or changed securities analysts' reports or recommendations, or the announcement of any changes to our credit rating;
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additions or departures of key personnel;
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availability of capital;
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changes in accounting standards, policies, guidance, interpretations or principles;
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threatened or actual litigation and government investigations;
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future sales of our common stock;
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investor perceptions of us and the pharmaceutical industry;
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sale of shares of our common stock by our significant stockholders or members of our management; and
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general economic conditions.
These and other factors might cause the market price of our common stock to fluctuate substantially, which might limit or prevent investors from readily selling their shares of our common stock and might otherwise negatively affect the liquidity of our common stock. In addition, in recent years, the stock market has experienced significant price and volume fluctuations. This volatility has had a significant impact on the market price of securities issued by many companies across many industries. The changes frequently appear to occur without regard to the operating performance of the affected companies. Accordingly, the price of our common stock
could fluctuate based upon factors that have little or nothing to do with our company, and these fluctuations could materially reduce our share price.
The requirements of being a public company will increase our costs and might strain our resources and distract our management.
We have historically operated our business as a private company. As a public company, we will face increased legal, accounting, administrative and other costs and expenses that we do not incur as a private company. After the consummation of this offering, we will be subject to the following: the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which requires that we file annual, quarterly and current reports with respect to our business and financial condition, the rules and regulations implemented by the SEC, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and the NASDAQ Capital Market, each of which imposes additional reporting and other obligations
on public companies. As a public company, we will be required to:
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prepare and distribute periodic public reports and other stockholder communications in compliance with federal securities laws and the NASDAQ Capital Market rules;
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expand the roles and duties of our board of directors and committees thereof;
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institute more comprehensive financial reporting and disclosure compliance functions;
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involve and retain to a greater degree outside counsel and accountants in the activities listed above;
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enhance our investor relations function;
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establish new internal policies, including those relating to trading in our securities and disclosure controls and procedures; and
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comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, in particular Section 404 and Section 302.
We expect these rules and regulations to increase our legal and financial compliance costs and to make some activities more time-consuming and costly, although we are currently unable to estimate these costs with any degree of certainty. A number of those requirements will require us to carry out activities we have not done previously and complying with these requirements might divert management's attention from other business concerns, which could have a material adverse effect on our prospects, business, and financial condition.
Additionally, the expenses incurred by public companies generally for reporting and corporate governance purposes have been increasing. These increased costs will require us to divert a significant amount of money that we could otherwise use to develop our product candidates or otherwise expand our business. If we are unable to satisfy our obligations as a public company, we could be subject to delisting of our common stock, fines, sanctions and other regulatory action and potentially civil litigation.
Our internal control over financial reporting does not currently meet the standards required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and failure to achieve and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act could have a material adverse effect on our business and stock price.
As a privately held company, we have not maintained internal control over financial reporting in a manner that meets the standards of publicly traded companies required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. We anticipate being required to meet these standards in the course of preparing our financial statements as of and for the year ending December 31, 2011, and our management will be required to report on, and our independent registered public accounting firm to attest to, the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011. The rules governing the standards that must be met for our management to
assess our internal control over financial reporting are complex and require significant documentation, testing and possible remediation. We expect to begin the process of reviewing, documenting and testing our internal control over financial reporting after completion of this offering. We might encounter problems or delays in completing the implementation of any changes necessary to make a favorable assessment of our internal control over financial reporting. In addition, in connection with the attestation process by our independent registered public accounting firm, we might encounter problems or delays in completing the implementation of any requested improvements and receiving a favorable attestation. If we cannot favorably assess the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, or if our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to provide an unqualified attestation report on our internal controls, investors could lose confidence in our financial
information and the price of our common stock could decline.
We do not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable future and our stock may not appreciate in value.
We currently intend to retain our future earnings, if any, to finance the operation and growth of our business and do not expect to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. As a result, the success of an investment in shares of our common stock will depend upon any future appreciation in its value. There is no guarantee that shares of our common stock will appreciate in value or that the price at which our stockholders have purchased their shares will be able to be maintained.
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Shares eligible for future sale may adversely affect the market price of our common stock, as the future market sale of a substantial amount of outstanding stock in the public marketplace could reduce the price of our common stock.
Holders of a significant number of our shares and/or their designees may be eligible to sell our shares of common stock by means of ordinary brokerage transactions in the open market pursuant to Rule 144, promulgated under the Securities Act, subject to certain limitations. In general, pursuant to Rule 144, a non-affiliate stockholder (or stockholders whose shares are aggregated) who has satisfied a six-month holding period, and provided that there is current public information available, may sell all of its securities. Rule 144 also permits the sale of securities, without any limitations, by a non-affiliate that has satisfied a one-year holding
period. In addition, lock-up agreements that our executive officers and directors and certain of our stockholders entered into in connection with this offering will expire 180 days after the close of this offering, which will allow those shares to be sold. Any substantial sale of common stock after this offering may have an adverse effect on the market price of our common stock.
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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus contains estimates and forward-looking statements, principally in "Prospectus Summary," "Risk Factors," "Use of Proceeds," "Dividend Policy," "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," and "Business." Our estimates and forward-looking statements are mainly based on our current expectations and estimates of future events and trends, which affect or might affect our businesses and operations. Although we believe that these estimates and forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, they are subject to
several risks and uncertainties and are made in light of information currently available to us. Many important factors, in addition to the factors described in this prospectus, might adversely affect our results as indicated in forward-looking statements. You should read this prospectus and the documents that we have filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part completely and with the understanding that our actual future results might be materially different from what we expect.
Our estimates and forward-looking statements may be influenced by the following factors, among others:
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our expectations regarding our revenues, expenses, effective tax rates and other results of operations;
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our ability to obtain FDA approval of our product candidates;
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our anticipated capital expenditures and our estimates regarding our capital requirements;
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our liquidity and working capital requirements;
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our need to obtain additional funding and our ability to obtain future funding on acceptable terms;
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our products candidates and plans to promote them;
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anticipated trends and challenges in our business and in the markets in which we operate;
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our ability to retain and hire necessary employees and to staff our operations appropriately;
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our ability to find future acquisition opportunities on favorable terms or at all and to manage any acquisitions;
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our ability to compete in our industry and innovation by our competitors;
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our ability to stay abreast of new or modified laws and regulations that currently apply or become applicable to our business;
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estimates and estimate methodologies used in preparing our financial statements; and
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the future trading prices of our common stock and the impact of securities analysts' reports on these prices.
The words "believe," "may," "might," "will," "aim," "estimate," "continue," "would," "anticipate," "intend," "expect," "plan" and similar words are intended to identify estimates and forward-looking statements.
Estimates and forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they were made, and, except to the extent required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or to review any estimate and/or forward-looking statement because of new information, future events or other factors. Estimates and forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance. As a result of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including those described above, the estimates and forward-looking statements discussed in this prospectus might not occur and our future results and our performance might differ materially from
those expressed in these forward-looking statements due to, including, but not limited to, the factors mentioned above. Because of these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements when making an investment decision.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
We estimate the gross proceeds from the offering, prior to deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and the estimated offering expenses payable by us, will be approximately $________, assuming the sale of [•  ] shares in this offering. This estimate is based on an assumed offering price of $__ per share, which is the midpoint of our expected offering range of $__ to $__.
We estimate that we will receive net proceeds of approximately $14.5 million from the sale of __ million shares of common stock being offered at an assumed public offering price of $_____ per share, after deducting $_____ for underwriting discounts and commissions and our underwriters' non-accountable expense allowance and other estimated expenses of approximately $460,000, which includes legal, accounting, printing costs, and various fees associated with the registration and listing of our shares.
We are undertaking this offering in order to access the public capital markets and to increase our liquidity. Assuming we receive $14.5 million in net proceeds, we expect to use the net proceeds of this offering for the following purposes:
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conduct Phase III clinical trial of iferanserin (VEN 309) in the treatment of hemorrhoids, and carcinogenicity testing, as well as developing new intellectual property: $8 million;
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payment to S.L.A. Pharma of our licensing obligations for diltiazem cream (VEN 307) and development of an improved formulation for use in Phase III studies in the U.S. on completion of S.L.A. Pharma's European study and payment to S.L.A. Pharma of our licensing obligations for phenylephrine gel, and preparation of a Phase II clinical trial: $4,200,000; and
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general and administrative expenses: $2,300,000.
Our highest priority activity is the Phase III clinical trial of iferanserin.
The above list represents our estimate of the use of the net proceeds of this offering based upon our current plans and current economic and industry conditions, and is subject to reallocation of proceeds between or among the categories listed above or to new and additional areas of use. The actual cost, timing and amount of funds required for such uses cannot be determined precisely at this time and may be based, among other things, on economic, regulatory, competitive or other developments, the rate of our progress in research and development, the results of proposed preclinical studies and clinical trials, the timing of regulatory approvals, if
any, payments under collaborative agreements and the availability of alternative methods of financing, if any. Other future events, including delays, expenses and complications frequently encountered by development-stage companies as well as changes in our planned business, the results of our research and development and testing activities may make shifts in the allocation of funds necessary or desirable. In addition, in the event that we deem it desirable to acquire assets, technologies or other entities in complementary fields, we may apportion proceeds of this offering to such acquisition or development. Accordingly, our management team will have significant flexibility in applying the net proceeds of this offering. Pending the use of the net proceeds of the offering, we intend to invest them in short-term, investment grade, interest bearing securities.
DIVIDEND POLICY
We currently do not plan to declare dividends on shares of our common stock in the foreseeable future. We expect to retain our future earnings, if any, for use in the operation and expansion of our business. The payment of cash dividends in the future, if any, will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend upon such factors as earnings levels, capital requirements, our overall financial condition and any other factors our board deems relevant.
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DILUTION
If you invest in our common stock, your interest will be diluted to the extent of the difference between the initial public offering price per share of our common stock and the pro forma net tangible book value per share of our common stock after this offering.
Our net tangible book value (deficiency) as of March 31, 2010 was $(13,498,865), or $(2.43) per share of common stock. Net tangible book value (deficiency) per share represents the amount of our total tangible assets less total liabilities, divided by the number of shares of common stock outstanding at that date. After giving effect to the conversion of our outstanding convertible notes, and the issuance and sale of [•  ] shares of our common stock in this offering at an initial public offering price of $[•  ], and after deducting the underwriting discount and commissions and placement agent fees and estimated offering
expenses that we will pay, our pro forma net tangible book value (deficiency) as of March 31, 2010 would have been approximately $[•  ], or $[•  ] per share of common stock. This represents an immediate increase in net tangible book value of $[•  ] per share to existing stockholders and an immediate dilution of $[•  ] per share to new investors purchasing shares of common stock in this offering.
The following table illustrates this dilution:
Assumed initial public offering price per share
$
Net tangible book value (deficiency) per share as of March 31, 2010
$
(2.43
)
Increase per share attributable to this offering
$
Increase per share attributable to conversion of convertible notes
$
Pro forma net tangible book value per share after this offering
$
Dilution per share to new investors
$
The following table summarizes, as of March 31, 2010, on a pro forma basis, and assuming the offering was completed on March 31, 2010, the total number of shares of common stock purchased from us, the total consideration paid to us and the average price per share paid by existing stockholders, by current noteholders whose notes will convert to common stock upon the closing of this offering, and by new investors purchasing shares of common stock in this offering, before deducting the underwriting discount and commissions and estimated offering expenses that we will pay:
Shares Purchased
Total Consideration
Average
Price Per
Share
Number
Percent
Amount
Percent
Existing stockholders
%
$
%
$
Existing convertible noteholders
(1)
New investors
Totals
100.0
%
$
100.0
%
$
(1)
Upon the closing of this offering, all of our outstanding convertible notes will convert into common stock at 70% of the initial public offering price. At March 31, 2010, there was $10,648,586 of aggregate principal of, and $1,246,477 of accrued interest on, the convertible notes). This table does not include $1,275,000 of aggregate principal of convertible notes issued after March 31, 2010.
As of March 31, 2010, there were no awards outstanding under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. An option to purchase 25,000 shares of common stock was issued on May 11, 2010 with an exercise price to be equal to the initial public offering price of $[•  ] per share. We have an aggregate of 5,975,000 shares of our common stock reserved for future issuance under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. We are committed to issue to our Chief Executive Officer at the close of this offering an option to purchase shares of common stock in an amount equal to 7.5% of our fully diluted capitalization on the date the employment agreement becomes effective,
giving effect to all shares issuable under all convertible notes, warrants and options outstanding on such date, but excluding shares reserved for grants not issued under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, with an exercise price equal to the initial public offering price of $[•  ] per share.
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As of March 31, 2010, we had issued the following warrants:
•
warrants to purchase an aggregate of 140,000 shares of common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $0.62 per share;
•
warrants to purchase 530,500 shares of common stock with a weighted average exercise price of $1.00 per share;
•
warrants to purchase 123,344 shares of common stock with a weighted average exercise price of $5.36 per share; and
•
a warrant to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock issued to a consultant that will be adjusted at the closing of this offering to be for a number of shares equal to 1.0% of our outstanding common stock on a fully diluted basis, giving effect to all shares issuable under all convertible notes, warrants and options outstanding on such date, but excluding shares reserved for grants not issued under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, with an exercise price equal to the initial public offering price of $[•  ] per share.
We also have issued and outstanding warrants issued to noteholders and placement agents, which, assuming an initial public offering price of $[•  ] per share, would result in an aggregate of [•  ] shares issuable under the warrants (the noteholder warrants will have an exercise price equal to the initial public offering price of $[•  ] per share and the placement agent warrants will have an exercise price equal to 110% of the initial public offering price of $[•  ] per share).
We also will grant to the underwriter upon completion of this offering a warrant to purchase [•  ] shares of our common stock with at exercise price of 120% of the initial offering price of $[•  ] per share.
To the extent outstanding options or warrants are exercised, there will be further dilution to new investors. If all of these options and warrants were exercised, the percentage of shares sold by us in this offering compared to the total number of shares outstanding would decrease from ____% to ____%, the percentage of consideration paid by investors to us in this offering compared to the total consideration paid by all investors would decrease from ____% to ____% and the dilution per share to new investors would increase from $_______ per share to $______ per share.
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CAPITALIZATION
The following table sets forth our capitalization as of March 31, 2010 on:
•
an actual basis;
•
on a pro forma basis to reflect the conversion of outstanding convertible notes in the aggregate principal amount of $10,648,586, with accrued interest of $1,246,477, outstanding at March 31, 2010 (but does not include convertible notes in the aggregate principal amount of $1,275,000 issued after March 31, 2010), into [•  ] shares common stock upon the closing of this offering, assuming an initial public offering price of $[•  ]; and
•
on a pro forma, as adjusted basis to reflect the pro forma adjustments described above and our receipt of the estimated net proceeds from our sale of [•  ] shares of common stock in this offering at an assumed initial public offering price of $[•  ], after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.
At March 31, 2010
(unaudited)
Actual
Pro Forma
Pro Forma,
as Adjusted
Cash and cash equivalents
$
1,067,787
$
$
2007 senior convertible notes
$
5,305,000
2010 senior convertible notes
3,572,654
8% Paramount/Capretti Notes
1,001,153
Paramount Capital Partners notes
1,195,457
Bank line of credit borrowings
320,000
11,394,264
Stockholders' (deficiency) equity:
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value: 5,000,000 shares authorized, actual, pro forma and pro forma, as adjusted; no shares issued and outstanding, actual, pro forma and pro forma, as adjusted
—
Common stock, $0.001 par value: 25,000,000 shares authorized, actual, pro forma and pro forma, as adjusted; 5,547,101 shares issued and outstanding, actual, and [•  ] shares issued and outstanding, pro forma and [•  ] shares issued and outstanding pro forma, as adjusted
5,547
Additional paid-in capital
6,409,604
Deficit accumulated during the development stage
(19,914,016
)
(      )
(      )
Total stockholders' (deficiency) equity
(13,498,865
)
Total capitalization
$
(2,104,601
)
$
$
The pro forma, as adjusted number of shares to be outstanding immediately after this offering as shown above assumes the offering was completed on March 31, 2010 and is based on 5,547,101 shares outstanding as of March 31, 2010 and excludes:
•
25,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of an option granted on May 11, 2010 with an exercise price equal to the initial public offering price of $[•  ] per share;
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•
shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of an option we are committed to issue to our Chief Executive Officer at the close of this offering and a warrant we have issued to a consultant that will be adjusted at the close of this offering, which, assuming the sale of [•  ] shares in this offering, would result in [•  ] shares issuable under the option and [•  ] shares issuable under the warrant (the option and the warrant will have an exercise price equal to the initial public offering price of $[•  ] per share);
•
140,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants with an exercise price of $0.62 per share;
•
530,500 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants with a weighted average exercise price of $1.00 per share;
•
123,344 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants with a weighted average exercise price of $5.36 per share;
•
shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants issued to noteholders and placement agents, which, assuming an initial public offering price of $[•  ] per share, would result in an aggregate of [•  ] shares issuable under the warrants (the noteholder warrants will have an exercise price equal to the initial public offering price of $[•  ] per share and the placement agent warrants will have an exercise price equal to 110% of the initial public offering price of $[•  ] per share);
•
5,975,000 shares of common stock reserved for future grants under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan; and
•
[•  ] shares of our common stock that will be reserved for issuance under the warrant we will grant to the underwriter upon completion of this offering with an exercise price of 120% of the initial public offering price of $[•  ] per share.
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
You should read the following discussion and analysis together with our financial statements and the notes to those statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. As a result of many factors, such as those set forth under "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in this prospectus, our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements.
Overview
We are a pharmaceutical company that seeks to develop and commercialize therapeutic products for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, specifically hemorrhoids, anal fissures and fecal incontinence. We have in-licensed all of the products in our current pipeline.
We have several proprietary product candidates in clinical development that address large market opportunities, including our most advanced product candidates, VEN 309 (iferanserin) and VEN 307 (diltiazem cream). VEN 309, a topical form of iferanserin which blocks peripheral (outside the central nervous system) serotonin receptors, is being developed for the topical treatment of hemorrhoids, where it can reduce the bleeding, itchiness, and pain associated with the condition. Thirteen million people in the U.S. suffer from hemorrhoids and we are not aware of any FDA approved prescription drugs for this condition. VEN 307 is a proprietary topical
formulation of the drug diltiazem which we are developing for the treatment of anal fissures. Over 4 million people in the U.S. suffer from anal fissures and even though most gastroenterology specialists will prescribe a pharmacy-prepared cream (made for each patient) of diltiazem or glyceryl trinitrate (a heart drug), to our knowledge, there are no drugs with FDA approval for this condition. Diltiazem is a drug that has been used in millions of patients orally for hypertension and angina, and our formulation, applied peri-anally, reduces the pain associated with the reduced blood supply in this disease, at a dose substantially below its usual oral dosage in hypertension and angina patients.
We have met with the FDA regarding our plans for the development of VEN 309 and VEN 307. We intend to initiate and conduct a Phase III clinical trial in the U.S. with VEN 309 beginning in the first half of 2011 and initiate a long term carcinogenicity study. Depending on our assessment of the data generated by the Phase III trial as well as on other factors, including our access to capital, clinical and regulatory considerations, and our assessment of the then-current state of our intellectual property estate, we intend to initiate and conduct the second Phase III trial, which, together with the first study, other small pharmacology studies, and the
carcinogenicity study (which we plan to complete after the second trial) will comprise the data needed to be able to submit a NDA to the FDA, which we anticipate could occur in 2014.
Our partner for VEN 307, S.L.A. Pharma, expects to conduct the first Phase III clinical trial with VEN 307 in Europe in 2010 and 2011. At the same time we intend to conduct a formulation program to create a new, improved formulation of topical diltiazem, with new intellectual property protections. We expect to receive the data from the first Phase III trial in the second half of 2011 and aim to have completed our formulation program by that time. Depending on our assessment of the data generated by this study and on whether the new formulation is superior to the existing version, as well as on other factors, including our access to capital, clinical
and regulatory considerations, and our assessment of the then-current state of our intellectual property estate, we intend to initiate either one additional Phase III study in the U.S. with the existing formulation or two additional Phase III clinical trials in the U.S. with the new formulation, to be run in parallel. We anticipate that both program options could provide sufficient data for a NDA submission to the FDA in 2013.
Since our inception, we have had no revenue from product sales, and have funded our operations principally through debt financings. Our operations to date have been primarily limited to organizing and staffing our company, licensing our product candidates, developing clinical trials for our product candidates, establishing manufacturing for our product candidates and maintaining and improving our patent portfolio.
We have generated significant losses to date, and we expect to continue to generate losses as we progress towards the commercialization of our product candidates, including VEN 307 and VEN 309. As of March 31, 2010, we had a deficit accumulated during the development stage of $19,914,016. Because we do not generate revenue from any of our product candidates, our losses will continue as we advance our product candidates
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towards regulatory approval and eventual commercialization. As a result, our operating losses are likely to be substantial over the next several years. We are unable to predict the extent of any future losses or when we will become profitable, if at all.
We believe that the net proceeds from this offering and existing cash will be sufficient to fund our projected operating requirements until data are available from the key clinical trials with VEN 307 and VEN 309. Until we can generate a sufficient amount of product revenue, if ever, we expect to finance future cash needs through public or private equity offerings, debt financings or corporate collaborations and licensing arrangements.
Financial Operations Overview
Critical Accounting Policies
Our management's discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP. Our significant accounting policies are more fully described in Note 1 to the financial statements included in this prospectus. The following accounting policies are critical to fully understanding and evaluating our financial results.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires our management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements as well as the reported revenue, if any, and expenses during the reporting periods. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates their estimates and judgments. Management bases estimates on historical experience and on various other factors that they believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets
and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results might differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
Stock-Based Compensation
We account for stock options granted to employees according to the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification No. 718 (ASC 718), Compensation — Stock Compensation. Under ASC 718, share-based compensation cost is measured at grant date, based on the estimated fair value of the award, and is recognized as expense over the employee's requisite service period on a straight-line basis. We account for stock options and warrants granted to non-employees on a fair value basis in accordance with ASC 718 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The initial non-cash charge to operations for non-employee
options and warrants with vesting are revalued at the end of each reporting period based upon the change in the fair value of the options and recognized as consulting expense over the related vesting period.
For the purpose of valuing options and warrants granted to employees and non-employees, we use the Black-Scholes option pricing model. To determine the risk-free interest rate, we utilize the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant with a term consistent with the expected term of the awards. We estimated the expected life of the options granted based on anticipated exercises in the future periods assuming the success of our business model as currently forecasted. For warrants and non-employee options, we use the contractual term of the warrant, the length of the note or option as the expected term. The expected dividend yield
reflects our current and expected future policy for dividends on our common stock. The expected stock price volatility for our stock options will be calculated by examining historical volatilities for publicly traded industry peers as we do not now and for the near future will not have any trading history for our common stock. Forfeiture rates will be calculated based on the expected service period for our employees.
When the convertible feature of conventional convertible debt provides for a rate of conversion that is below market value, this feature is characterized as a beneficial conversion feature, or BCF. Prior to the determination of the BCF, the proceeds from the debt instrument are first allocated between the convertible debt and any detachable free-standing instruments that are included, such as common stock warrants. We have disclosed the contingent nature of our BCFs but we have not recorded them as such. We will record a BCF if and when a conversion takes place.
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In March 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ratified the consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force included in EITF Issue No. 08-9, "Milestone Method of Revenue Recognition" (ASC Topic 605-28; ASU No. 2010-17). The milestone method is optional by arrangement and generally provides that upon achievement of a substantially uncertain milestone, the related milestone payment may be recognized in income in its entirety. We have not yet evaluated the effects of this consensus and, accordingly, have not yet made an accounting policy decision for future arrangements. When the consensus becomes effective (years beginning on or after
June 15, 2010; first quarter of 2011 for us), we will consider application of the consensus on a prospective or retrospective basis.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
Since our inception, we have not engaged in any off-balance sheet arrangements, including the use of structured finance, special purpose entities or variable interest entities.
Revenue
We have not generated any revenue since our inception and we do not expect to generate revenue within the foreseeable future. None of our existing product candidates is expected to be commercially available until 2012 at the earliest, if at all. To date, we have funded our operations primarily through debt financings. If our product development efforts result in clinical success, regulatory approval and successful commercialization of any of our products, we could generate revenue from sales or licenses of any such products.
Research and Development Expense
Research and development expenses consist primarily of costs associated with (i) internal costs associated with our development activities; (ii) payments we make to third party contract research organizations, contract manufacturers, and consultants; (iii) technology and intellectual property license costs; (iv) patent reimbursements. All research and development is expensed as incurred. License fees and pre-approved milestone payments due under each research and development arrangement that are paid prior to regulatory approval are expensed when the license is entered into or the milestone is achieved.
Conducting a significant amount of research and development is central to our business model. Through March 31, 2010, we incurred approximately $12,815,000 in research and development expenses since our inception in October 2005. Product candidates in later-stage clinical development generally have higher development costs than those in earlier stages of development, primarily due to the significantly increased size and duration of the clinical trials. We plan to increase our research and development expenses for the foreseeable future in order to complete development of our two most advanced product candidates, VEN 309 and VEN 307.
The following table summarizes the research and development payments related to our two most advanced product candidates and other projects. The table reflects payments directly attributable to each development candidate, which are tracked on a project basis.
YE 2007
YE 2008
YE 2009
Q1-2010
VEN307
$
—
$
2,265,000
$
475,000
$
240,000
VEN309
$
2,300,478
$
3,123,714
$
2,734,147
$
281,600
The process of conducting pre-clinical studies and clinical trials necessary to obtain FDA approval is costly and time consuming. The probability of success for each product candidate and clinical trial may be affected by a variety of factors, including, among others, the quality of the product candidate's early clinical data, investment in the program, competition, manufacturing capabilities and commercial viability. As a result of the uncertainties discussed above, the uncertainty associated with clinical trial enrollments and the risks inherent in the development process, we are unable to determine the duration and completion costs of current
or future clinical stages of our product candidates or when, or to what extent, we will generate revenues from the commercialization and sale of any of our product candidates. Development timelines, probability of success and development costs vary widely. We will need to raise additional funds following the completion of this offering in order to fully complete the development of VEN 307 and VEN 309.
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General and Administrative Expense
General and administrative expense consists primarily of salaries and other related costs, professional fees for legal services and accounting services, insurance and travel expenses. We expect that our general and administrative expenses will increase as we add personnel and become subject to the reporting obligations applicable to public companies. From our inception in October 2005 through March 31, 2010, we spent $2,641,632 on general and administrative expense.
Interest Income and Interest Expense
Interest income consists of interest earned on our cash. Interest expense consists of interest incurred on the 5% related parties' promissory notes from October 2005 to June 2008, the 8% related parties' promissory notes from July 2008 to March 2010, the 10% Paramount Credit Partners notes from January 2009 to March 2010, the 8% senior convertible notes from December 2007 to December 2008, the 10% senior convertible notes from December 2008 to March 2010, the 8% 2010 senior convertible notes from February 2010 to March 2010, our letter of credit borrowings and interest due on our license fee payments.
Results of Operations
Comparison of the Years Ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008
Research and Development Expense
Research and development expense was $2,942,992 for the year ended December 31, 2009, a decrease of $3,035,731, or 51%, from $5,978,723 for the year ended December 31, 2008. The decrease was primarily attributable to our expense in 2008 of an initial licensing fee of $2,050,000 to Sam Amer and our initial license payment to S.L.A. Pharma of $300,000. We expect to incur higher development costs in the future due to initiation of the Phase III clinical trial as well as product development and manufacturing costs to support the clinical study.
General and Administrative Expense
General and administrative expense was $397,238 for the year ended December 31, 2009, a decrease of $788,349, or 66%, from $1,185,587 for the year ended December 31, 2008. The decrease was primarily due to the departure of a key employee and our termination of various consulting arrangements in 2009.
Interest Income and Interest Expense
Interest income was $140 for the year ended December 31, 2009, a decrease of $12,951, or 99%, from $13,091 for the year ended December 31, 2008. The decrease was primarily due to lower cash balances during 2009 compared to 2008.
Interest expense was $1,199,315 for the year ended December 31, 2009, a decrease of $435,896, or 27%, from $1,635,211 for the year ended December 31, 2008. The decrease was primarily due to our expensing in 2008 $340,860 which resulted from our issuing warrants issued relating to the conversion of a 2008 promissory note and a decrease in amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discount of $575,955 in 2009. The aforementioned decreases in interest expense were offset by the increase in the interest rate on the Paramount BioSciences and Capretti Grandi notes from 8% to 10% and our paying interest in 2009 relating to the Sam Amer license
agreement of $320,000.
Comparison of the Period Ended March 31, 2010 and March 31, 2009
Research and Development Expense
Research and development expense was $413,746 for the period ended March 31, 2010, a decrease of $614,095, or 60%, from $1,027,841 for the period ended March 31, 2009. The decrease was primarily due to the completion, in 2009, of our initial clinical development activities.
General and Administrative Expense
General and administrative expense was $36,554 for the period ended March 31, 2010, a decrease of $116,549, or 76%, from $153,093 for the period ended March 31, 2009. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in headcount and travel expenses.
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Interest Income and Interest Expense
Interest income was $6 for the period ended March 31, 2010, a decrease of $132, or 96%, from $138 for the period ended March 31, 2010. The decrease was primarily due to lower average cash balances and interest rates in 2010.
Interest expense was $1,570,003 for the period ended March 31, 2010, an increase of $1,355,830, or 633%, from $214,173 for the period ended March 31, 2009. The increase was primarily due to a charge of $942,000, which represents the value assigned to the warrants received by Paramount Biosciences as part of the conversion of related party notes into 2010 senior convertible notes, interest accrued relating to license agreements of $135,000 and an increase in charges related to the amortization of our deferred financing costs and debt discount and our issuance of additional notes in 2010.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Sources of Liquidity
As a result of our significant research and development expenditures and the lack of any approved products to generate product sales revenue, we have not been profitable and have generated operating losses since we were incorporated in October 2005. We have funded our operations through March 31, 2010 principally with $10,648,586 in convertible notes, $1,573,000 in non-convertible notes and $934,141 in equity financing. The following table summarizes our funding sources as of March 31, 2010:
Source
Amount
Raised
Principal
(1)
Accrued
Interest
Convertible
Paramount Credit Partners
$
1,573,000
$
1,573,000
$
147,165
No
Paramount Biosciences/Capretti
$
1,001,153
1,001,153
$
72,444
Yes
2010 Senior Convertible Notes
(2)
(3)
$
2,150,000
$
4,342,433
$
33,902
Yes
2007 Senior Convertible Notes
$
5,305,000
$
5,305,000
$
1,140,131
Yes
2008 Equity Offering, net
$
929,457
Founder/employee shares
$
4,684
(1)
Excludes debt discount.
(2)
Additional 2010 senior convertible notes were issued in the aggregate principal amounts of $575,000 in April 2010 and $700,000 in May 2010.
(3)
Includes $2,192,433 of debt owed to Paramount BioSciences, LLC that converted to a 2010 senior convertible note on February 26, 2010.
Notes Payable
On October 7, 2005, we issued a 5% promissory note payable to Paramount BioSciences, LLC, an affiliate of Lindsay A. Rosenwald, a significant stockholder of our company. This note and all accrued interest were to mature on October 7, 2008, or earlier if certain events occurred. The note was amended to extend the maturity date to October 7, 2009. On June 16, 2008, this note was voluntarily converted into shares of our common stock and a warrant to purchase shares of our common stock (together, a "unit") at a price of $4.87 per unit, the price of a concurrent financing. At the time of the conversion, the outstanding balance due under this
note was $1,396,672 which was converted into 286,791 shares of our common stock and a warrant to purchase 59,578 shares of our common stock for which we recorded charge of $266,243. Upon conversion, the note was automatically cancelled.
On July 12, 2007, we issued an 8% promissory note payable to Paramount Biosciences. This note and all accrued interest mature on July 12, 2010, or earlier if certain events occur. On June 16, 2008, this note was voluntarily converted into shares of our common stock and a warrant to purchase shares of our common stock at a price of $4.87 per unit, the price of a concurrent financing. At the time of the conversion, the outstanding balance due under this note was $406,561 which was converted into 83,483 shares of our common stock and a warrant to purchase 16,697 shares of our common stock for which we recorded a charge of $74,617. Upon conversion, the
note was automatically cancelled.
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On July 23, 2008, we issued an 8% promissory note payable to Paramount Biosciences and on April 24, 2008, we issued an 8% promissory note payable to Capretti Grandi, LLC, an entity affiliated with Lindsay A. Rosenwald. Other than the maturity date, these notes have identical terms. All amounts outstanding under these notes mature and are payable on September 10, 2010 and April 24, 2012, respectively. All loans (including principal and accrued interest thereon) made by Paramount Biosciences or Capretti Grandi to us under these notes on or after September 30, 2009 shall immediately and automatically be converted into the same equity or derivative
securities as are issued in any equity or derivative equity financing consummated by us on or after September 30, 2009 (that does not otherwise constitute a Qualified Financing, on the same terms and conditions that such equity securities are offered in such non-Qualified Financing. A "Qualified Financing" means the closing of an equity financing or series of related equity financings by us resulting in aggregate gross cash proceeds (before brokers' fees or other transaction expenses) of at least $10,000,000. As of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the principal amount outstanding under these notes is $1,001,153 and $2,025,591, respectively.
During 2009, we issued four separate 10% promissory notes (collectively, the "PCP Notes") to Paramount Credit Partners, LLC, an entity whose managing member is Lindsay A. Rosenwald. Specifically, the PCP Notes consist of a note in the principal amount of $1,100,000 issued on January 23, 2009, a note in the principal amount of $100,000 issued on March 25, 2009, a note in the principal amount of $250,000 issued on June 1, 2009 and a note in the principal amount of $123,000 issued on June 24, 2009. Interest on the PCP Notes is payable quarterly, in arrears, and the principal matures on the earlier of (i) December 31, 2013, (ii) the completion
of a Qualified Financing (as defined above), or (iii) the completion of a Reverse Merger. For purposes of the PCP Notes, "Reverse Merger" means a merger, share exchange or other transaction or series of related transactions in which (a) we merge into or otherwise become a wholly owned subsidiary of a company subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (b) the aggregate consideration payable to us or our stockholders in such transaction(s) is greater than or equal to $10,000,000. Paramount Credit Partners has agreed verbally to waive the repayment obligation upon the close of this offering. In addition, Paramount Credit Partners received five-year warrants ("PCP Warrants") to purchase, at an exercise price of 110% of the lowest price paid for securities in a Qualified Financing, a number of shares of our common stock equal to 40% of the principal amount of each PCP Note purchased divided by the lowest price paid for
securities in a Qualified Financing prior to the two-year anniversary of such PCP Note. If the Qualified Financing does not occur on or before the two-year anniversary of a PCP Note, then the associated PCP Warrants will be exercisable for a number of shares of our common stock equal to 40% of the principal amount of such PCP Note purchased divided by $1.00, at a per share exercise price of $1.00. As of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the principal amount outstanding under these notes is $1,573,000.
We have paid interest owed to Paramount Credit Partners for the first quarters of 2010 and 2009. For the second, third and fourth quarters of 2009, we had insufficient funds to pay the quarterly interest amount owed to Paramount Credit Partners. Interest amounts for these three quarterly periods were paid directly by Lindsay A. Rosenwald to Paramount Credit Partners, pursuant to certain guarantee obligations owed by Dr. Rosenwald under Paramount Credit Partners' operating agreement.
2007 Senior Convertible Notes
During 2007 and 2008, we issued 8% senior convertible notes in connection with a private placement in the aggregate principal amount of $5,305,000 (the "Bridge Notes"). The Bridge Notes were originally scheduled to mature on December 20, 2008, but we exercised our option to extend the maturity date to December 20, 2009, at an increased interest rate of 10%. We subsequently solicited the consent of the noteholders to an additional extension of the maturity date of the Bridge Notes to September 10, 2010. After giving effect to such consent, the Bridge Notes, plus all accrued interest thereon, will automatically convert into the same
securities issued in our next Qualified Financing (as defined below), at a conversion price equal to 70% of the lowest per unit price paid for such securities in cash by investors in such Qualified Financing, and upon such other terms, conditions and agreements as may be applicable in such Qualified Financing. The Bridge Notes will also automatically convert into equity securities of ours immediately prior to a sale or merger of our company, as defined in the Bridge Notes. In the event that the Bridge Notes become due and payable (whether on the due date or earlier) prior to the consummation by us of a Qualified Financing, or a
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sale or merger of our company which converts the Bridge Notes into equity securities of our company, then, in connection with the repayment of the Bridge Notes, in addition to the payment of the unpaid principal amount and all accrued but unpaid interest on the Bridge Notes, we will be obligated to pay to the Noteholders, as a repayment premium, an amount in cash equal to 42.8571% of the aggregate principal amount plus all accrued and unpaid interest on the Bridge Notes. For purposes of the Bridge Notes, "Qualified Financing" means the sale of our equity securities in an equity financing or series of related equity financings in which we
receive (minus the amount of aggregate gross cash proceeds to us from our arm's length sale of equity or debt securities, or incurrence of new loans, after December 21, 2009) aggregate gross proceeds of at least $10,000,000 (before brokers' fees or other transaction related expenses, and excluding any such proceeds resulting from any conversion of the Bridge Notes).
In connection with the offering of the Bridge Notes, Paramount BioCapital and third party agents received warrants (the "Placement Warrants") to purchase, at an exercise price of 110% of the lowest price paid for securities in a Qualified Financing, a number of shares of our common stock equal to 10% of the principal amount of the notes purchased, less any amount used to repay the related party notes, or amounts due to Paramount Biosciences or its affiliates or employees as finder's fees, payments under the consulting services agreement with Paramount Corporate Development LLC, an affiliate of Dr. Rosenwald or other similar payments,
divided by the lowest price paid for securities in a Qualified Financing prior to December 21, 2009. If the Qualified Financing did not occur on or before December 21, 2009, the Placement Warrants will be exercisable for a number of shares of our common stock equal to 10% of the principal amount of the Notes purchased, less any amount used to repay the related party notes, or amounts due to Paramount Biosciences or its affiliates or employees as finder's fees, payments under the services agreement or other similar payments, divided by $1.00, at a per share exercise price of $1.00 and are exercisable for seven years. Since the Qualified Financing did not occur by such date, the Placement Warrants are now exercisable into 530,500 shares of our common stock, at a per share exercise price of $1.00.
2010 Senior Convertible Notes
In February, March, April and May 2010, we issued 8% senior convertible notes in connection with a private placement in the aggregate principal amount of $3,425,000. These notes mature on September 10, 2010. Upon the closing of a Qualified IPO (as defined below), the 2010 Notes plus any accrued but unpaid interest thereon will convert automatically into shares of our common stock at 70% of the price at which shares of common stock are sold in the Qualified IPO (the "IPO Price"), upon the terms and conditions on which such securities are issued in the Qualified IPO. For purposes hereof, "Qualified IPO" means the consummation of an
initial public offering by us of units consisting of shares of common stock and warrants to purchase common stock resulting in aggregate gross cash proceeds (before commissions or other expenses) to us of at least $10,000,000. Each noteholder also holds a warrant to purchase a number of shares of our common stock equal to 50% of the principal amount of the notes purchased by it divided by the IPO Price at a per share exercise price equal to 100% of the IPO Price, subject to adjustment. Each of these warrants will expire and no longer be exercisable after March 31, 2015. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Qualified IPO does not occur on or before March 31, 2012, then each warrant will be exercisable for that number of shares of our common stock equal to 50% of the principal amount of the 2010 Note purchased by the original holder divided by $1.00, at a per share exercise price of $1.00. In the event of a sale of our company (whether my merger, consolidation, sale or transfer of our
capital stock or assets or otherwise) prior to, but not in connection with, a Qualified IPO, each of these warrants will terminate 90 days following such sale and the warrants shall continue to be exercisable pursuant to its terms during such 90-day period.
Lindsay A. Rosenwald purchased $500,000 in aggregate principal amount of the notes and related warrants in this offering. In addition, on February 26, 2010, a note similar to those discussed above in the aggregate principal amount of $2,192,433 and related warrant were issued to Paramount Biosciences for the cancellation of a portion of the debt outstanding under the 8% promissory note issued to Paramount BioSciences on July 23, 2008, which is not included in the $3,425,000 of aggregate principal amount of notes issued in the 2010 senior convertible note private placement. Including such converted debt, the total aggregate principal amount of 2010
senior convertible notes is $5,617,433.
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Net Cash Used in Operating Activities
Net cash used in operations was $3,483,919 for the year ended December 31, 2009. The net loss for the year ended December 31, 2009 was higher than cash used in operating activities by $1,055,486. The primary reasons for the difference are adjustments for non-cash charges such as a $123,758 expense for warrants granted to consultants as compensation, amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discount of $116,952, an increase in interest payable of $737,389, stock issued in connection with license agreements and vendor of $30,000 and a net increase in operating assets and liabilities of $39,876. The increase in net operating liabilities
resulted from a decrease of prepaid research and development and other assets of $802,649 and a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $762,773.
Net cash used in operations was $4,147,204 for the year ended December 31, 2008. The net loss for the year ended December 31, 2008 is higher than cash used in operating activities by $4,639,226. The primary reasons for the difference are adjustments for non-cash charges such as a $460,822 expense for warrants granted to consultants as compensation, a $340,860 expense for warrants issued in connection with a conversion of notes into equity, amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discount of $692,907, an increase in interest payable of $412,180, and an increase in changes in net operating liabilities of $2,577,921. The increase in net
operating liabilities resulted from an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $3,375,368 and an increase of prepaid research and development and other assets of $797,447.
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities
No significant cash was used in investing activities for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008.
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities was $3,551,929 for the year ended December 31, 2009. Net cash provided by financing activities consisted primarily of proceeds from notes of $3,478,390, which were offset by cash paid for financing costs of $76,461, and proceeds from a line of credit of $150,000. Net cash provided by financing activities was $2,498,171 for the year ended December 31, 2008. Net cash provided by financing activities consisted primarily of notes through which we received gross proceeds of $4,141,024, which were offset by cash paid for financing costs of $312,853, and proceeds from a line of credit of $170,000. The cash provided
by financing activities was also reduced by repayment of loans to related parties of $1,500,000.
Funding Requirements
We expect to incur losses for the foreseeable future. We expect to incur increasing research and development expenses, including expenses related to the hiring of personnel and additional clinical trials. We expect that our general and administrative expenses will also increase as we expand our finance and administrative staff, add infrastructure, and incur additional costs related to being a public company, including directors' and officers' insurance, investor relations programs, and increased professional fees. Our future capital requirements will depend on a number of factors, including the timing and outcome of clinical trials and
regulatory approvals, the costs involved in preparing, filing, prosecuting, maintaining, defending, and enforcing patent claims and other intellectual property rights, the acquisition of licenses to new products or compounds, the status of competitive products, the availability of financing, and our success in developing markets for our product candidates.
Our expected future expenditures related to product development are as follows:
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conduct a Phase III clinical trial of iferanserin (VEN 309) in the treatment of hemorrhoids, carcinogenicity testing and developing new intellectual property: $8,000,000;
•
payment to S.L.A. Pharma of our licensing obligations for diltiazem cream (VEN 307) and development of an improved formulation for use in Phase III studies in the U.S. on completion of S.L.A. Pharma's European study, payment to S.L.A. Pharma of our licensing obligations for phenylephrine gel and preparation of a Phase II clinical trial: $4,200,000; and
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general and administrative expenses: $2,300,000.
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We believe that the net proceeds from this offering, together with our existing cash, will be sufficient to enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements through the second quarter of 2012. We believe that if we raise less than $14.5 million in net proceeds in this offering, the resultant reduction in proceeds we receive from the offering would cause us to require additional capital earlier. We have based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could use our available capital resources sooner than we currently expect. Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with the
development and commercialization of our product candidates, we are unable to estimate the amounts of increased capital outlays and operating expenditures associated with our current and anticipated clinical trials.
We do not anticipate that we will generate product revenue for at least the next several years. In the absence of additional funding, we expect our continuing operating losses to result in increases in our cash used in operations over the next several quarters and years.
We may need to finance our future cash needs through public or private equity offerings, debt financings or corporate collaboration and licensing arrangements. We do not currently have any commitments for future external funding. We may need to raise additional funds more quickly if one or more of our assumptions prove to be incorrect or if we choose to expand our product development efforts more rapidly than we presently anticipate, and we may decide to raise additional funds even before we need them if the conditions for raising capital are favorable. We may seek to sell additional equity or debt securities or obtain a bank credit facility. The
sale of additional equity or debt securities, if convertible, could result in dilution to our stockholders. The incurrence of indebtedness would result in increased fixed obligations and could also result in covenants that would restrict our operations.
Additional equity or debt financing, grants, or corporate collaboration and licensing arrangements may not be available on acceptable terms, if at all. If adequate funds are not available, we may be required to delay, reduce the scope of or eliminate our research and development programs, reduce our planned commercialization efforts or obtain funds through arrangements with collaborators or others that may require us to relinquish rights to certain product candidates that we might otherwise seek to develop or commercialize independently.
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BUSINESS
Overview
We are a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of late-stage prescription drugs for gastrointestinal disorders, specifically hemorrhoids, anal fissures and fecal incontinence. We are not aware of any FDA approved prescription treatments for these conditions, yet there are approximately 13 million Americans suffering from hemorrhoids, 9 million from fecal incontinence and over 4 million from anal fissures and total global prescription sales of drugs for all gastrointestinal disorders exceed $31 billion worldwide. Our product candidate portfolio consists of three late-stage drugs intended to treat these
conditions: one new chemical entity, or NCE, and two previously approved molecules that will have market exclusivity for new and patentable topical gastrointestinal indications. Our meetings with the FDA have established that VEN 309, our NCE for the topical treatment of hemorrhoids, and VEN 307, for the topical treatment of anal fissures, are essentially ready for Phase III studies. In addition, VEN 308, for the topical treatment of fecal incontinence, is ready to begin Phase IIb trials.
Our three late-stage product candidates are:
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Iferanserin ointment (VEN 309) for the topical treatment of hemorrhoids.
Hemorrhoids, which are characterized by the inflammation and swelling of veins around the anus or lower rectum, can cause bleeding, itching, pain and difficulty defecating. As reported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases, hemorrhoids affect nearly half of all men and women by age 50. Despite such a high prevalence, there are currently no FDA approved prescription drugs for the treatment of hemorrhoids. As a result, we have developed iferanserin ointment (VEN 309), which we believe to be more efficacious and/or less invasive than conventional hemorrhoid therapies. Iferanserin has selective, antagonistic activity against peripheral 5-HT
2
receptors involved in clotting and the contraction of arteries and veins, two events believed to be associated with hemorrhoid formation. By limiting 5-HT
2
receptor
activity, VEN 309 improves the flow of blood out of the dilated veins that comprise the hemorrhoid, thereby reducing bleeding, itchiness and pain. The potential for side effects is limited because iferanserin is topically applied. In multiple clinical trials, iferanserin ointment significantly reduced bleeding, pain and itchiness compared to placebo with minimal adverse effects. The development of iferanserin ointment has been completed up to the end of Phase II where the FDA has concluded that the product is ready to enter Phase III development. We also have filed a special protocol assessment, or SPA, with the FDA to ensure their explicit agreement with our Phase III clinical plan for VEN 309. We expect completion of the SPA process to occur in the fourth quarter of 2010 and to initiate Phase III trials by the first half of 2011. We expect data from the first pivotal Phase III trial to be available in the first half of 2012.
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Diltiazem cream (VEN 307), a topical treatment for the relief of pain associated with anal fissures.
Anal fissures, or small tears or cuts in the skin that lines the anus, are quite common, affecting nearly 2% of the U.S. adult population. They can be extremely painful, cause bleeding and often require surgery, which itself can have unsatisfactory outcomes. At present, we are not aware of any FDA approved drugs for the treatment of anal fissures. However, diltiazem cream is currently used as the preferred treatment by many gastroenterologists across the U.S. in a version that must be specially mixed for each patient in the pharmacy. We expect to capture immediate market share if VEN 307 is approved due to its efficacy and ease of prescription, with no need for custom mixing necessary at the pharmacy. When applied topically for the treatment of anal fissures, diltiazem, a drug that has been used for decades for hypertension and
angina, dilates the blood vessels supplying the region, reduces anal sphincter tone, and thereby substantially decreases pain. In multiple clinical trials conducted against placebo or another commonly used (but not FDA approved) treatment, topical nitroglycerine, diltiazem cream significantly reduced the pain associated with anal fissures. Applied topically in our proprietary formulation, diltiazem is only minimally absorbed, at one-tenth the amount of the lowest dose used for cardiovascular treatment, thereby improving its safety profile and lowering the risk of side effects. VEN 307 has progressed through early-stage clinical trials, toxicology studies and manufacturing up to the end of Phase II. During a pre-IND meeting with the FDA in 2007, the FDA agreed on the design of our Phase III clinical program as well as the other requirements necessary to obtain approval of a NDA in the U.S. We expect to begin a Phase III trial
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of VEN 307 in the European Union in the fourth quarter of 2010, and we anticipate results from this study in the second half of 2011. Depending on the progress of that trial, we plan to file an Investigational New Drug Application, or IND, with the FDA for VEN 307 in 2011 and to initiate Phase III trials in the U.S. We have licensed the exclusive North American rights to VEN 307 for the topical treatment of anal fissures from S.L.A. Pharma, who is conducting the development program in Europe.
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Phenylephrine gel (VEN 308) for the treatment of fecal incontinence associated with ileal pouch anal anastomosis, or IPAA, an FDA orphan indication.
Ileal pouch anal anastomosis is a surgical procedure used as part of a colectomy, which is a treatment for patients with ulcerative colitis. Fecal incontinence resulting from dysfunctional sphincter tone is a common consequence of this procedure. Currently, there are few options, including no FDA approved drugs, available to treat this problem. Therefore, we have developed VEN 308, a phenylephrine gel we believe to have significant advantages over the limited treatment options currently available including, but not limited to, increased efficacy and/or reduced invasiveness. Phenylephrine has been used by millions of patients as a common ingredient of cough and cold medications. Applied topically, phenylephrine gel increases anal sphincter tone, thereby improving fecal incontinence
in patients where sphincter tone is the major cause of their symptoms (such as post IPAA surgery). In multiple clinical trials with patients suffering from IPAA-associated fecal incontinence, topical phenylephrine significantly (and in some patients, dramatically) improved patient bowel control. In clinical trials with other forms of incontinence, improvements were also observed following application of topical phenylephrine, depending on the cause of the incontinence. We plan to submit an IND to the FDA for VEN 308 as treatment for fecal incontinence associated with IPAA and to initiate a U.S. Phase IIb dose-ranging study in 2012. IPAA-related fecal incontinence has been designated by the FDA as an orphan indication, which means that VEN 308, if approved by the FDA, will enjoy seven years of market exclusivity in the U.S. If the FDA approves VEN 308 for the treatment of fecal incontinence associated with IPAA, we intend to investigate additional fecal incontinence indications. We have
licensed the exclusive North American rights for VEN 308 as a topical treatment for fecal incontinence from S.L.A. Pharma, who expects to conduct the European development program.
Overview of the gastroenterology marketplace
In 2009, total global sales of gastrointestinal pharmaceuticals were valued at over $31 billion and are expected to grow at a rate of 0.7% per year. Prescription sales account for the largest percentage of total sales and are valued at nearly $14 billion in the U.S. alone. There are approximately 9,000 active gastroenterologists in the U.S., who directly account for more than $3 billion in annual prescription sales.
Major pharmaceutical progress has been made in the gastrointestinal therapeutic areas of gastroesophageal reflux and peptic ulcer disease. However, many major gastrointestinal disorders still lack medical treatments. Ventrus is pursuing treatments for three of the ten most prevalent gastrointestinal disorders in the U.S. The estimated combined patient population of these three disorders exceeds 26 million adults in the U.S. In the market segments of fecal incontinence and anal fissure, we are not aware of any FDA-approved pharmaceutical treatment. In the market segment of hemorrhoids, we are not aware of any FDA-approved prescription drug.
IFERANSERIN OINTMENT (VEN 309)
Background on hemorrhoids
Incidence and prevalence
Hemorrhoids are a common anal disorder, characterized by bleeding, itching, pain, swelling, tenderness and difficulty defecating. Based on information from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the prevalence of hemorrhoids in the U.S. adult population is approximately 5.7%, representing approximately 12.7 million cases based on 2009 population data published by the U.S. Census Bureau. The prevalence of hemorrhoids peaks in adults aged 45 to 65 years.
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Patho-physiology of hemorrhoids
Hemorrhoids are symptomatic abnormalities of normal vascular structures in the anal canal that are manifested by dilation of the local arteries and veins due to constriction and partial obstruction of the exiting colonic veins. Although the exact mechanism for hemorrhoid formation is not clear, the progressive occlusion of venous exit vessels (e.g., as seen in straining during defecation, heavy lifting and pregnancy) is thought to produce stretching of the vessels in the hemorrhoidal plexus combined with vascular stasis. This stasis causes platelet clumping with the release of the platelet's artery and vein constricting contents:
platelet-releasing factor and serotonin, resulting in localized constriction of the exit arteries and veins, where most of the vascular smooth muscles are, and a cascade effect producing clot formation. These events result in additional stasis of the blood, perpetuating and further worsening the situation. As hemorrhoids worsen, the trapped blood forms piles (protruding skin folds filled with static and thrombosed blood), initially above the pectinate line (internal hemorrhoids) and then below the pectinate line (external hemorrhoids).
The classification of internal hemorrhoid grades by Banov is accepted by most specialists. This system consists of four grades and symptoms: first degree (grade I): hemorrhoids bleed but do not protrude; second degree (grade II): hemorrhoids protrude but reduce on their own; third degree (grade III): hemorrhoids protrude and require manual re-insertion; and fourth degree (grade IV): hemorrhoids protrude and cannot be manually re-inserted.
The cardinal symptom and most common manifestation of internal hemorrhoids is bleeding. Bleeding is often the only sign in grade I hemorrhoids, but it can also be accompanied by other symptoms as the hemorrhoids further enlarge, such as discomfort, itching, prolapse, and fecal soilage.
Current treatments
We are not aware of any prescription products approved for the treatment of hemorrhoids. Products currently used to treat hemorrhoids, in our estimation, do not affect the underlying causes, have little efficacy data to support their use, are old "grandfathered" products and are utilized because the only other alternatives include invasive procedures and/or surgery. Most physicians start with conservative therapy consisting of diet modification, fiber, sitz baths and stool softeners. In addition to conservative therapy, physicians might prescribe topical steroids. Because of the lack of effective prescription products, most hemorrhoid
patients will use over-the-counter preparations.
Patients with persistent symptoms, especially bleeding, usually require an invasive procedure. The most common is rubber band ligation, which involves banding the internal hemorrhoid for four to seven days. Other procedures are the injection of a sclerosing agent, electrocoagulation, light therapy and hemorrhoidectomy.
INFERANSERIN OINTMENT (VEN 309) DEVELOPMENT
Background on Iferanserin
On February 5, 2008, Ventrus held an End of Phase II meeting with the FDA, to confirm the U.S. regulatory status and pathway to a NDA for iferanserin ointment where it was agreed that the product may enter late-stage Phase III development. In March 2008, Ventrus licensed exclusive worldwide rights to develop and market iferanserin ointment for the treatment of anorectal disorders from Sam Amer & Company, or Amer. We have also filed a special protocol assessment, or SPA, with the FDA to ensure their explicit agreement with VEN 309's Phase III clinical plan. Completion of the SPA process is expected for the fourth quarter of 2010 and
initiation of Phase III trials is planned for the first quarter of 2011. Furthermore, we plan to begin a long term carcinogenicity study in 2011. We anticipate data from the first pivotal Phase III trial to be available by the end of the first half of 2011. Depending on our assessment of the data generated by the first Phase III trial and other factors, including our access to capital, clinical and regulatory considerations and assessment of the then-current state of our intellectual property estate, we will conduct the second Phase III trial, which, together with the first study, other small pharmacology studies and the carcinogenicity study (which will be complete after the second trial) will comprise the data required to submit a New Drug Application (NDA) to the FDA, which we anticipate could occur in 2014.
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Prior to the Ventrus license agreement, iferanserin was licensed to Novartis Pharmaceuticals as part of their gastroenterology portfolio strategy. During their ownership, Novartis improved iferanserin manufacturing processes and completed important toxicology and metabolite studies. In 2005, Novartis' lead gastroenterology product, Zelnorm® was experiencing increased FDA scrutiny on the safety of the product, which lead to its eventual withdrawal from the market. With the impending loss of their lead product, Novartis dissolved the gastrointestinal franchise and returned the asset to Amer.
Mechanism of action on iferanserin
Iferanserin has selective antagonistic activity against peripheral (i.e., outside the central nervous system) 5-HT
2
receptors, especially against those involved in contraction of vascular smooth muscle and platelet aggregation (clotting).
Studies conducted by Amer in rats addressed the potential effects of iferanserin on impaired rectal mucosal blood flow and increased peripheral vascular resistance after administration of serotonin or thrombin. At doses of 3 mg/kg and above administered intrarectally, iferanserin improved rectal mucosal blood flow and normalized the peripheral vascular resistance. Iferanserin had minimal effects on arterial blood pressure.
Preclinical safety
Iferanserin has been extensively tested in multiple preclinical models. The iferanserin exposure from dosing in human ranges from 1/17
th
to 1/88
th
of the exposure that produces toxicity and from 1/45
th
to 1/85
th
of the exposure that produces cardiovascular effects in animal toxicology studies.
Company-sponsored clinical trials
A total of seven clinical trials have been completed with iferanserin. One Phase 1 study and one Phase II study were completed using the racemic mixture of iferanserin. After the successful Phase II proof-of-principle study, the licensor, Amer, separated the R- and S-isomers (the two active components of most small molecule pharmaceuticals) and determined that the primary activity was focused in the S-isomer. After the development of the S-isomer in the mid 1990s, the remaining studies — two Phase I studies, two Phase II studies, and one Phase III study — were all conducted with the S-isomer product. This development
progression (racemic to S-isomer) is a common pharmaceutical practice, enabling companies to use the purest form of the molecule in late-stage clinical trials.
Proof-of-concept study (U.S.)
A double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 26 patients conducted by Amer was the first clinical trial to test the activity of the racemic mixture of iferanserin. Topical 1% iferanserin ointment was applied three times daily for five days to calculate the effect on bleeding and other symptoms in patients with grade I to III external hemorrhoids. Treatment produced statistically significant improvements in ease of defecation, throbbing, fullness, bleeding and tenderness. Itchiness and pain were also reduced following treatment. These positive treatment effects started immediately after treatment and were maintained throughout the study.
Early Phase II dose-ranging study (Japan)
Topical iferanserin ointment, in twice-a-day doses of three different concentrations was provided to 72 patients for 14 days to treat symptomatic internal and mixed internal/external hemorrhoids in a study conducted by Tsumura Company. A total of 68 patients were evaluable for analysis of ease of defecation, pain, bleeding and swelling.
There was a significant change in ease of defecation between dose groups by day 7 but no other differences in improvements of symptoms among the three dose groups. Anal discomfort and pain persistence improved with increasing dose on a visual analog scale, or VAS, of pain. For the symptom of bleeding, a significant difference between dose levels (P=0.016) was observed. By day 14, hemorrhoidal swelling was reduced in the two higher dose groups. A review of patient diaries revealed that all symptoms started improving on day 1, with improvement peaking at day 7 and being maintained to day 14.
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There were 45 adverse events, but only five (11%) were judged as related to iferanserin ointment. These iferanserin-related adverse events were mostly mild diarrhea or lower abdominal discomfort, which required no medical treatment. Laboratory tests were generally normal, with the exception of one case of mild elevation of total bilirubin one month after trial completion, which required no therapy. Further evaluation of metabolites revealed no relationship to adverse events.
Late Phase II study (Japan)
A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was conducted by Tsumura Company with three different concentrations of iferanserin ointment administered twice daily for four weeks for treatment of 104 patients with grade I to III internal hemorrhoids. Inclusion criteria required a minimal degree of either bleeding or prolapse. The primary endpoint was physician-rated size reduction of the hemorrhoids; secondary endpoints included subjective symptoms as assessed by patient diaries and VAS.
By day 28, compared with placebo, the high dose of iferanserin concentration showed the most consistent improvements across groups for secondary symptoms, such as bleeding, pain severity and duration, and ease of defecation.
Phase III study (E.U.)
Based on the results of the two Tsumura Phase II trials, a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study was conducted by Amer to compare 0.5% iferanserin ointment with placebo when administered twice daily for 14 days for treatment of 121 patients with symptomatic grade I to III internal hemorrhoids. Among inclusion criteria was the requirement that patients have "bleeding episodes at least every other day for two weeks prior to trial entry." Daily patient diaries for bleeding, itching and pain/discomfort were recorded for 14 days, and patient assessments were recorded at days 7 and 14 based on a 10-point scale. A physician evaluation
for prolapse and size occurred at baseline and day 14.
Fifty-six patients, each in the active and placebo treatment groups, were evaluable for the primary endpoint, which was bleeding. Not all patients had each of the other symptoms, but sufficient numbers were available for statistical analyses to be performed for bleeding, pain, itching and dyschezia, which is extensive straining with stools.
Compared with placebo, iferanserin ointment significantly reduced bleeding (
P
< 0.05) by day 3, a reduction maintained to day 14 (
Figure 1
). Total cessation of bleeding occurred in 89% of the iferanserin-treated patients versus 68% of the placebo-treated patients. Compared with placebo, iferanserin ointment also significantly reduced itching (
P
< 0.05) by day 3. Total elimination of itching by day 14 was achieved in 90% of the iferanserin-treated patients versus 62% of the placebo-treated patients. Finally, compared with placebo, iferanserin ointment significantly reduced pain (
P
< 0.05) by day 3, effecting a
total cure of 78% of patients versus a total cure of 46% of patients in the placebo group. There were also no clinically significant adverse findings for either iferanserin or placebo.
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Figure 1.
In a Phase III double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study of 121 patients with grades I to III internal hemorrhoids, iferanserin ointment significantly improved bleeding, itching, and pain.
During the 14-day study period, 83% of the inferanserin-treated patients had complete cessation of symptoms (defined as three consecutive days without bleeding) versus 52% of the placebo-treated patients. The median time to complete cessation of bleeding was 4.5 days for inferanserin-treated patients versus 10.5 days for placebo-treated patients (
P
< 0.01) (
Figure 2
). In our Phase II trials of iferanserin ointment, the median time to complete cessation of bleeding has been approved by the FDA as a primary endpoint.
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Figure 2.
In a Phase III double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study of 121 patients with grades I to III internal hemorrhoids, the median time to complete cessation of bleeding was 4.5 days for iferanserin ointment versus 10.5 days for placebo (p 0.01).
In this Phase III double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study of 121 patients with grades I to III internal hemorrhoids, iferanserin provided rapid and sustained improvements of the main symptoms of this disorder: bleeding, itching and pain. Maximal improvements of symptoms occurred by day 7 and were maintained to day 14 at the end of the trial.
Iferanserin ointment (VEN 309) development plan
Based on the End of Phase II meeting and comments provided by the FDA, we have resubmitted the special protocol assessment, or SPA, to the FDA. We plan to initiate the first Phase III trial for iferanserin ointment in the first quarter of 2011 and will also begin other critical-path studies for iferanserin ointment, such as those for animal carcinogenicity, in mid-2011. The overall development strategy is to complete development on the current formulation so that we will receive a minimum of five years market exclusivity. Additional patents will be concurrently pursued utilizing the extensive pre-clinical and clinical data package which contains new
and unexpected relevant outcomes. New patents could potentially extend market exclusivity beyond 2030 but are dependant on the U.S. Patent Office review. Between five and 10 years after initial approval and depending on several factors, including our access to capital, clinical and regulatory considerations and our assessment of the then-current state of our intellectual property estate, we intend to convert the original formulation to OTC status as we introduce the next generation product, which will be based on one or more of the available lifecycle options.
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Commercial summary for iferanserin (VEN 309)
Market research regarding hemorrhoids
Market research conducted to date by Sam Amer & Company with both patients and physicians shows a significant dissatisfaction with current treatment options and the need for a product that relieves multiple hemorrhoidal symptoms. In a survey conducted with 57 hemorrhoid patients, average satisfaction with current prescription treatment was rated at 6.0 on a 10-point scale. The most desired treatment effects of a new hemorrhoidal medication that patients described would be "fast onset," and "bleeding cessation." The most frequent hemorrhoidal symptoms these patients reported experiencing were itching (79%), bleeding (77%) and
pain (68%).
A research study conducted by Sam Amer of 40 physicians (30 primary-care physicians, five gastroenterologists, and five colon and rectal surgeons) evaluated their satisfaction with current treatment for hemorrhoidal treatment on a 10-point scale. The level of satisfaction with current treatment for reducing bleeding was 6.4; for relieving itch, 7.1; and for reducing pain, 6.8. The physicians indicated that the most desirable treatment effects of new hemorrhoidal medication would be "fast onset (2 to 3 days)" and "multi-symptom relief." Another research study of 98 physicians showed that most physicians would replace their current
first line therapy with iferanserin ointment, if it is approved.
DILTIAZEM CREAM (VEN 307)
Background on anal fissure
Incidence and prevalence
Anal fissure, which is a crack in the skin of the anal canal, is a common anal disorder characterized by severe anal pain and bleeding with or after bowel movements. Because there are no approved pharmacological treatments for anal fissure, many cases progress to surgery. There are no formal epidemiology studies for anal fissure, but its prevalence has been estimated indirectly. When 1,500 unselected neurological inpatients were screened in a 1999 study, the prevalence of anal fissure was estimated at 1.6% in males and 2.2% in females. By extrapolation to the 2009 U.S. population of 227 million adults, we estimate that the general prevalence rate is
1.9%, with approximately 4.3 million current cases.
Physiology of anal fissure
Although hypertonia, or an increase in tightness of muscle tone, of the internal anal sphincter, or IAS, is associated with anal fissure, its contribution to the cause of anal fissure remains unclear. Hypertonia of the IAS does, however, contribute to chronic anal fissure. Anatomical, angiographic, and blood-flow studies have shown that the vascular supply of the anal epithelium, or tissue lining the anus, is very poor in the posterior midline, the anal area most commonly affected by fissures. Thus, it is possible that decreased anodermal blood supply to this area contributes to the pain and ischemia, or decrease in the blood supply, of traumatized
anal epithelium, perpetuating ulceration and preventing healing. Whether the primary event for anal fissure is hypertonia of the IAS or decreased blood supply, hypertonia itself reduces vascular perfusion in the anal area. This reduction of vascular perfusion has been compared with that associated with ischemic pain in the lower limbs.
Current treatments
Presently, there are no FDA approved products of which we are aware for the treatment of anal fissure in the U.S. The clinical goal in treating anal fissures is to reduce the pain associated with the fissure long enough for it to heal naturally and prevent the patient from having to resort to surgery. Currently, most physicians start treatment with diet modification, fiber, sitz baths and stool softeners. If these conservative treatments fail, physicians proceed to pharmacologic therapy, prescribing topical steroids, compounded topical nitroglycerin or by directing special pharmacies to mix raw diltiazem into a cream for topical use by fissure
patients. If these pharmacologic treatments fail to manage the pain, physicians consider, and often perform, surgery. In some instances, physicians initially prescribe pharmacologic therapy in addition to conservative treatments; in other instances because of the severe pain, they initially perform surgery.
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The purpose of surgery is to reduce hypertonia of the IAS by either manual dilatation or lateral sphincterotomy. Both procedures are highly successful in relieving the pain and promoting healing of fissures. Although a relatively simple and effective surgical procedure, lateral sphincterotomy is also associated with short-term mild-to-moderate fecal incontinence. This not insignificant adverse effect can become permanent in up to 8% of patients.
Over the last decades, a drug developer attempted to gain FDA approval for the topical treatment of anal fissures with nitroglycerin, an agent that reduces IAS and anal fissure pain. Early attempts to develop nitroglycerin utilizing a healing endpoint failed as it was discovered most fissures will heal naturally if the patient can endure the pain for the first several weeks of the disorder. However, it was discovered during development that lowering IAS hypertonia did have a significant benefit in reducing the pain associated with anal fissures. The subsequent pivotal studies with pain as a primary endpoint demonstrated a 33% reduction in pain scores
in patients with baseline pain score >48 (1 – 100 mm on the visual analog scale, or VAS). However because the developer did not use minimum pain scores as an inclusion criteria, the overall effect was diluted to 22%. In addition, 64% of subjects reported headaches, which is a known systemic side effect of nitroglycerin. The FDA denied its approval, concluding that the risk benefit ratio for nitroglycerin as topical treatment for anal fissure pain was not favorable due to the modest overall effect and high incidence of systemic side effects. We have planned a clinical program that focuses on pain as the primary endpoint and includes only patients who have adequate pain scores on entry into the studies, which we believe will avoid the modest effects seen in the earlier study.
DILTIAZEM CREAM (VEN 307) DEVELOPMENT
Background on diltiazem
Diltiazem was first approved in 1982 in oral form for the treatment of angina and high blood pressure. It has been prescribed in the U.S. for millions of patients in oral dosages typically from 240 mg to 360 mg per day. In contrast, daily doses of VEN 307 for treatment of anal fissures will range from 15 to 45 mg. Because of the extensive patient exposure to diltiazem as a cardiovascular agent and the wide safety margin as a low dose topical therapy, we intend to develop the topical formulation as a Section 505(b)(2) NDA, as agreed with the FDA at our pre- IND meeting in August 2007. A special NDA procedure, known as a "section 505(b)(2)
application" or a "paper NDA," allows an applicant to seek approval on the basis of a combination of a prior approval of a similar product or published literature, and some new clinical studies conducted or sponsored by the applicant. Section 505(b)(2) applications are often used for changes in a drug that require clinical investigations and thus cannot be handled through the generic drug process, such as a new indication or change in dosage form.
Compounded diltiazem (prepared by the pharmacist, for each patient, using a general cream base and diltiazem from oral formulations) is currently listed in the U.S. and E.U. anal fissure treatment guidelines as a preferred agent prior to attempting surgery. Compounded diltiazem is utilized by thousands of colorectal and gastroenterology specialists each year for the treatment of anal fissures and, according to experts in the field, has greatly reduced the number of surgeries required. As a result, awareness and utilization of diltiazem as an effective treatment for anal fissures is high among physicians that treat this disorder. We believe that if
our product is approved, prescribing doctors will discontinue use of compounded products and instead prescribe VEN 307, giving us immediate market share.
In August 2007, Ventrus acquired North American rights from Paramount Biosciences, LLC, or PBS, which previously acquired rights from S.L.A. Pharma in the United Kingdom for developing and marketing a proprietary diltiazem cream for relief of pain associated with anal fissures. S.L.A. Pharma is developing diltiazem cream for the European market, and it is anticipated that S.L.A. Pharma will begin a Phase III clinical trial in the E.U. during the fourth quarter of 2010. In August 2007, Ventrus concluded a pre-IND meeting with the FDA in anticipation of our IND submission, which will allow us to initiate Phase III trials in the U.S. as well as afforded
an opportunity to gain agreement on the key design issues of the studies (including the one which S.L.A. Pharma is implementing) and additional information required for an approval of an NDA. We anticipate the availability of data from the S.L.A Phase III study in the second half of 2011 and, if the E.U. trial is successful, we plan to initiate the U.S. pivotal program by the first half of 2012. We expect to collaborate closely with S.L.A. Pharma in order to leverage clinical data for different regulatory agencies and to rationalize manufacturing capacity.
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Prior to licensing diltiazem cream to Ventrus, the rights were licensed to Solvay Pharmaceuticals, SA. During the time that Solvay held the rights, they improved the manufacturing processes and formulation and conducted important pharmacokinetic studies. In 2004, the new CEO of Solvay Pharmaceuticals refocused the R&D strategy on CNS and cardio-metabolic programs, discontinuing gastroenterology and women's health projects. Consequently, in 2005, the license rights to diltiazem cream were returned to S.L.A. Pharma.
Mechanism of action
The mechanism of action for topical diltiazem cream was demonstrated in human pharmacodynamic studies that showed an anal maximal resting pressure, or MRP, reduction of 28% that was sustained for 3 – 5 hours. This MRP reduction is believed to decrease the pain associated with anal fissures by normalizing internal anal sphincter pressure, which improves vascular blood supply and reduces ischemic pain.
Preclinical safety
Studies have been conducted in rabbits and guinea pigs to assess the topical safety of diltiazem cream. Clinicians treated rabbits in and around the anus with 2% diltiazem or placebo cream twice daily for 90 days to evaluate the chronic safety of the product. Although exterior anal tissue showed an increase in erythema, or redness of the skin, and edema, or accumulation of fluid beneath the skin, the clinicians concluded that these effects were due to the application procedure, to a possible reaction to latex gloves or to both. There were no histological findings. In this study, topical 2% diltiazem cream had no other adverse effects. Clinicians used
guinea pigs to assess the potential for 2% diltiazem cream to elicit contact sensitization, or skin reaction to the application. This study did not demonstrate any sensitization potential of the diltiazem cream in guinea pigs.
Investigator-initiated clinical studies
(studies sponsored by individual clinicians)
The investigator studies conducted with diltiazem cream applied topically in the perianal area in normal subjects and in patients with anal fissures are summarized in
Table 1.
Table 1. Summary of Investigator-initiated clinical studies.
Study
Condition, treatment, dosage
Study design, endpoints
Efficacy
Adverse events
Carapeti, E.A., et al, Gut, 45:719 –
722, 1999
10 normal subjects; placebo (PBO) or diltiazem (DTZ) gel (0.1%, 0.5%, 1%, 2%, 5%, and 10%)
DTZ or PBO gel applied once to anal margin; maximum resting anal pressure (MRP) and anodermal blood flow measured starting 1 hour after treatment
DTZ decreased MRP at concentrations of 1% and higher, maximum decrease of 28% at 2% gel, no further effect of 5% or 10%; effect at 2% lasted 3 – 5 hours; no change in blood flow
No local or systemic adverse events (AEs) reported
Carapeti, E.A., et al, Dis Colon rectum, 43:1359 –
1362, 2000
15 patients with chronic anal fissures (CAF); 2% DTZ gel, three times-
per-day (TID) for 8 weeks
DTZ gel applied to anal margin; MRP, anodermal blood flow and healing rate monitored every 2 weeks, daily diary cards for worst pain (scale of 0 – 10) of the day
Fissures healed in 67% of subjects; significant decrease in MRP and pain (decreased from 5.5 pretreatment to 1 post-treatment); no effect on blood flow
No AEs
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Study
Condition, treatment, dosage
Study design, endpoints
Efficacy
Adverse events
Bhardwaj,
R., et al, Annual Meeting of British Association of Colon proctologists, Brighton, United Kingdom, 2000
44 patients with CAF, 2% DTZ gel, TID for 8 weeks
27 patients assessed at 2 months, 15 patients evaluated at 4 months (included 9 who had healed at 2 months and remained healed); assessed for healing, pain, rectal bleeding, MRP
Fissures healed in 56% of subjects at 2 months, 73% at 4 months; pain abolished in 88%, bleeding in 92%; MRP decreased by 24% at 2 months
1 patient had minor incontinence to flatus
Jonas, M., et al, Dis Colon rectum, 44:1074 –
1078, 2001
50 patients with CAF, 24 treated with oral DTZ (60 mg), 26 with topical DTZ (2% gel), twice per day (BID) for 8 weeks
DTZ gel applied 1cm inside anus and to anal margin; pain, bleeding, perianal irritation (all 3 measured on a scale of 1 – 100 mm), MRP, healing monitored every 2 weeks
Fissures healed in 38% of subjects (oral) vs. 65% (topical) (9 in each group had previously failed on glyceryl trinitrate (GTN); 7 of these healed on topical vs. 1 on oral DTZ); both oral and topical DTZ decreased MRP; pain, bleeding and irritation reduced by both formulations (pain went from 70 to 7 after 8 weeks on oral, from 68 to 3 on topical)
No AEs in topical group; AEs reported in 8 patients on oral DTZ (headaches, nausea and/or vomiting, rash, decreased sense of taste and smell)
Knight, J,S., et al, Br J Surg,
88:553 – 556, 2001
71 patients with CAF, 2% DTZ gel, BID, additional 8 – 12 weeks for subjects who did not heal on original regimen
DTZ applied perianally; healing monitored;
75% healed after 2 – 3 months, a total of 89% healed after a median duration of 9 weeks (range of 2 – 16 weeks); after a median of 32 weeks follow-up (range 14 – 67 weeks) 66% symptom-free, 17% had mild symptoms, and 7% had reoccurrence
3 patients reported perianal dermatitis, 1 reported headache
Griffin, N.,
et al, Colorectal Dir, 4:430 –
435, 2002
47 patients with CAF who failed topical GTN, 2% DTZ cream, BID for 8 weeks
Treatment administered in anal verge; daily diary for pain, bleeding and itching (scale of 0 – 100); healing monitored
Fissures healed in 48% of subjects; pain and bleeding decreased after 8 weeks, no effect on itching; 2 patients relapsed after median duration of follow-up 45 weeks (range 23 – 54)
1 patient developed a local perianal rash; up to 25% reported increased perianal itch
DasGupta,
R., et al, Colorectal Dir, 4:20 –
22, 2002
23 patients with CAF, 2% DTZ gel, TID for up to 12 weeks
DTZ applied to lower half of anal canal, healing monitored
Fissures healed in 48% of subjects, in a median of 8 weeks (range 1 – 12 weeks); of 8 who had previously failed GTN, 6 (75%) healed; no recurrences at 3 months
No AEs
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Study
Condition, treatment, dosage
Study design, endpoints
Efficacy
Adverse events
Kocher, H.M., et al, Br J Surg, 89:413 – 417, 2002
60 patients with CAF, 0.2% GTN ointment (29 patients) or 2% DTZ cream (31 patients), BID for 6 – 8 weeks
DTZ or GTN applied to anal verge, monitored every 3 weeks for healing; pain recorded on VAS (0 – 100) scale
At 8 weeks fissures healed or improved in 12 and 13 patients, respectively, after GTN (86%) vs. 8 (healed) and 16 (improved) after DTZ (77%); both decreased pain to approximately same extent; at 12 weeks 2 GTN patients had recurred vs. none in the DTZ group
21/29 GTN subjects (72%) reported AEs vs. 13/31 (42%) in DTZ group; 17/29 in GTN group had headaches, vs. 8/31 of DTZ patients
Bielecki, K., et al, Colorectal Dir, 5:256 –
257, 2003
43 patients with CAF, 0.5% GTN ointment (21 patients) or 2% DTZ ointment (22 patients), BID for 8 weeks
Patients monitored 3 times during treatment
Fissures healed in 86% of GTN, 86% of subjects with DTZ, 3 failures in each group
Mainly headache in 7 GTN patients (33%), no AEs reported in DTZ patients
Shrivastava, U.K., et al, Surg Today, 37:482 – 485, 2007
90 patients with CAF; 2% DTZ ointment (30 patients), 0.2% GTN ointment (30 patients), BID; no treatment (30 patients)
Treatments applied BID to anus, patients monitored for healing and pain (VAS) twice 2 per week then every 2 weeks
Fissures healed in 80%, 73% and 33% for DTZ, GTN and control subjects, respectively; mean time for healing 6.6 weeks, 7.0 weeks and 7.6 weeks for DTZ, GTN and controls, respectively; pain decreased by 75% for DTZ, 59% for GTN and 29% for controls at 6 weeks; recurrence rate 12.5%, 32% and 50% for DTZ, GTN and controls, respectively
No AEs in DTZ patients, 67% of GTN patients had headaches
DTZ = diltiazem; GTN = glyceryltrinitrate (nitroglycerin)
Clinical trials of diltiazem cream sponsored by S.L.A. Pharma
In 2004 and 2005, S.L.A. Pharma assessed the pharmacokinetic profile of topical diltiazem cream over a four-day period in subjects with anal fissure. Clinicians treated patients with eight doses of either 2%, 4%, or 8% diltiazem cream. Clinicians administered a single dose perianally on day 1, followed by doses three times a day on days 2 and 3, followed by another single dose on day 4. The clinicians collected blood over 24 hours on days 1 and 4. Maximum blood levels and area under the curve increased with the dose, and there appeared to be accumulation of diltiazem in blood on day 4 after multiple dosing. The time to maximum blood levels was five
to seven hours, and the plasma half-life was less than 12 hours. However, the maximum amount of diltiazem that was absorbed was much less (at least five-fold less) than observed after oral dosing. Side effects, such as anal irritation, headache, and nausea, were mild.
Blood pressure was measured at the following times after the single dose on days 1 and 4: predose, 15, 30 and 45 minutes and 1, 1.5, 2, 4 and 8 hours after dosing. The relatively small maximum mean decreases (mmHg) in blood pressure in patients receiving 2%, 4% and 8% cream (3 – 4 patients per group) by day 4 ranged from 4 to 8mmHg systolic blood pressure, or SBP, and 4 to 6 mmHg diastolic blood pressure, or DBP. The changes were, in general, transient and asymptomatic and blood pressure had returned to at or near baseline by the next reading. There was no clear dose-related effect among the 2%, 4% and 8% creams with
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respect to decreases in blood pressure. In clinical trials with oral diltiazem for hypertension, the patients receiving placebo had mean decreases of blood pressure from 2 to 4 mmHg.
S.L.A. Pharma compared the effect of 2% diltiazem cream with 0.2% glyceryltrinitrate cream in subjects with chronic anal fissure.
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Clinicians applied the preparations in and around the anus twice daily for six weeks. Nine of the 31 patients treated with diltiazem and three of the 29 patients treated with glyceryltrinitrate withdrew from the study by eight weeks. In the diltiazem group, 26% of the patients experienced healed fissures and 52% of patients experienced improved fissures. In the glyceryltrinitrate group, 41% of patients experienced healed fissures and 45% of patients experienced improved fissures. There was no significant
difference in the healing rates between the groups. Both treatments resulted in a significant decrease in pain. Four weeks after the end of treatment, no fissures recurred in patients treated with diltiazem, but fissures recurred in two patients treated with glyceryltrinitrate. Compared with 18 treatment-emergent adverse events reported by 13 patients (42%) receiving diltiazem, there were 33 adverse events reported by 21 patients (72%) receiving glyceryltrinitrate. Eight patients receiving diltiazem complained of nine headaches, 17 patients receiving glyceryltrinitrate complained of 20 headaches.
Similar to the early glyceryltrinitrate, or GTN, development program that found healing to be a difficult and inappropriate endpoint for registration trials, S.L.A. Pharma also pursued a healing endpoint strategy in early development. In this exploratory trial sponsored by S.L.A. Pharma, the effects of 2% diltiazem cream on healing rates were compared with placebo cream in patients with severe chronic anal fissure.
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Thirty one patients were randomized to each treatment group. Creams were applied twice daily for eight weeks. At the end of eight weeks, there was no difference in the healing rates between patients receiving diltiazem (10%)
and patients receiving placebo (19%). Fifteen patients receiving diltiazem reported 28 adverse events and 12 patients receiving placebo received 18 adverse events. Seven patients receiving diltiazem and three patients receiving placebo reported a rash or pruritus, or itchiness. Headaches were reported in the same number of patients in both treatment groups. It is possible that the inclusion criteria of severe chronic anal fissure contributed to the low healing rate in this study and the lack of an apparent effect of diltiazem
Summary of studies to date
The topical application of diltiazem cream provides pain relief associated with anal fissure and has also been found to be associated with healing. The effects of diltiazem cream are comparable to those observed for treatment of anal fissure with topical application of GTN, but diltiazem cream is much better tolerated.
Based on currently available data and discussion with the FDA, we think it is clear that relief of pain associated with anal fissures is the preferred clinical endpoint. This is further supported by market research that identified clinicians' primary treatment goal as pain relief. Importantly, the diltiazem mechanism of action for pain relief is to reduce IAS pressure which addresses the underlying cause of anal fissure pain.
Diltiazem cream (VEN 307) development plan
We plan to employ a two-pronged development strategy for VEN 307. While S.L.A. Pharma is conducting the first Phase III clinical trial in the E.U. which is anticipated to be complete by the second half of 2011, we intend to initiate development of a superior formulation with new intellectual property (the patents for the existing formulation that S.L.A. Pharma is using have not yet been issued, but S.L.A. Pharma is appealing the U.S. Patent Office actions). If there is successful completion of the E.U. trial, we will make the final decision on which formulation to pursue depending on several factors, including whether the new formulation is
clinically superior, our access to capital, clinical and regulatory considerations, and our assessment of the then-current state of our intellectual property estate. If the new U.S. developed formulation is superior and the other factors are met, we plan to initiate two pivotal trials in parallel in order to complete the NDA for an estimated 2013 FDA submission. If the new formulation is not superior, we plan to finish clinical development utilizing the current formulation and expect to continue to pursue other lifecycle options. Both development paths could result in an early 2013 NDA submission.
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Commercial summary for diltiazem cream (VEN 307)
Market research regarding anal fissure
Eidetics, a Boston-based research company, conducted quantitative market research in 2003 and reported that on average primary-care physicians see 23 anal fissure patients per month, gastroenterologists see 17 anal fissure patients per month, and colon and rectal surgeons see 31 anal fissure patients per month.
Physicians in all three medical specialties indicated that there is a significant unmet need for therapeutic choices for anal fissure. Only 8% of primary-care physicians, 5% of gastroenterologists, and 27% of colon and rectal surgeons reported being "very satisfied" with current treatment options. All three medical specialties reported failure rates exceeding 50% for current first-line therapy in patients with anal fissure. Given this unmet medical need and the absence of other approved products in the U.S., we believe that up to two million patients per year could benefit from treatment with VEN 307.
PHENYLEPHRINE GEL (VEN 308)
Background on fecal incontinence
Incidence and prevalence
An average of four of the most comprehensive studies on fecal incontinence, conducted in the U.S., United Kingdom, Australia and Germany, respectively, suggests a prevalence for fecal incontinence in adults in the U.S. over 18 years of age of approximately 4.0%, or 9 million cases.
The IPAA orphan population
Patients with an ileal pouch anal anastomosis, or IPAA, secondary to a total colectomy tend to have a high incidence of fecal incontinence, approaching 30%, according to a 1987 study. The surgery associated with IPAA can weaken sphincters and muscles necessary for continence and therefore can result in incontinence. Nearly all patients who suffer from familial adenoma polyposis, or FAP, an inherited condition in which polyps form in the epithelium, undergo colon resection surgery, as do 25% to 40% of patients with ulcerative colitis, a form of inflammatory bowel disease. IPAA-related fecal incontinence is considered an orphan indication by the FDA
and the European Medicines Agency, or EMEA. Patients who undergo ileal pouch anal anastomosis are prone to fecal incontinence. In 2006, the total population of patients with IPAA-related fecal incontinence in the U.S. was estimated to be 50,000 to 100,000, according to IMS Health, Inc.
Physiology of fecal incontinence
Continence is a complex physiological action that requires the presence of a series of anatomical barriers preventing the movement of feces through the anus. The puborectalis muscle works with the internal and external anal sphincters to control continence. If any of these three barriers are dysfunctional, incontinence can occur in a wide range of severity. Specifically, anal sphincter weakness has long been associated with fecal incontinence. Abnormal fibrosis, reduced elasticity, insensitivity to norepinephrine and spontaneous relaxation are associated with anal sphincter weakness.
Current treatments
To our knowledge, there are no FDA approved products for the treatment of fecal incontinence. Most physicians start with conservative therapy, which consists of diet modification, sitz baths and over-the-counter antidiarrheal medication. In addition to conservative therapy, physicians might prescribe antidiarrheal medication or recommend surgery.
The most common surgical procedure is sphincteroplasty for patients with physical injury to the anal sphincter. Success rates for this type of surgery are low and most of the benefit decreases with time.
Background on phenylephrine
Phenylephrine has been available since the early 1940s in oral and nasal form for the treatment of nasal congestion. It has also been approved for ophthalmic use since 1982. Phenylephrine is prescribed more than 17 million times per year in the United States, with 99% of the prescriptions being for cough/cold oral preparations. The typical oral dosing is 40 mg to 60 mg per day. Because of the extensive patient exposure to phenylephrine, we intend to develop the topical formulation as a Section 505(b)(2) NDA.
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In March 2007, Ventrus acquired North American rights from S.L.A. Pharma to develop and market a proprietary phenylephrine gel for the treatment of fecal incontinence. As with diltiazem cream, phenylephrine gel has been developed almost exclusively in the U.K. Ventrus concluded a pre-IND meeting with the FDA in June 2007 in anticipation of an IND submission, after which we expect to initiate a Phase IIb dose-ranging trial. Ventrus expects to collaborate closely with S.L.A. Pharma to leverage clinical data for different regulatory agencies and to rationalize manufacturing capacity.
Prior to licensing phenylephrine gel to Ventrus, rights were licensed to Solvay Pharmaceuticals, SA. During the time that Solvay held the rights they improved the manufacturing processes and formulation and conducted important pharmacokinetic studies. In 2004, the new CEO of Solvay Pharmaceuticals focused the R&D strategy on central nervous system and cardio-metabolic programs and discontinued gastroenterology and women's health projects. Consequently in 2005 the license rights to phenylephrine gel were returned to S.L.A. Pharma.
Mechanism of action (MOA)
The MOA for topical phenylephrine gel is to increase resting anal sphincter pressure, thus increasing patient bowel control. Phenylephrine gel's MOA makes it an attractive candidate for any patient population that suffers from incontinence characterized as leaking/seeping fecal incontinence.
Preclinical safety
A mouse lymph node assay conducted by S.L.A. Pharma did not show phenylephrine hydrochloride to be a sensitizer (meaning a chemical that induces an allergic reaction after repeated exposure) because the drug was not associated with any type of delayed hypersensitization. In another S.L.A. Pharma study, contact sensitization potential, as measured in guinea pigs, demonstrated that a 20% gel was a strong sensitizer, but the response may have been due to an interaction of the drug with the occlusive dressing. A 28-day study by S.L.A. Pharma in rabbits, in which 10% and 20% phenylephrine gel (900 mg) was applied three times each day to the dorsum,
demonstrated mild inflammation which may have been exacerbated by animals biting the site of application.
Investigator-initiated clinical studies
A number of investigator studies have been conducted with phenylephrine applied topically for the treatment of fecal incontinence, and one has been conducted in patients with IPAA-related fecal incontinence (
Table 2
). In one specific randomized controlled trial, phenylephrine significantly reduced the incontinence score (
P
= 0.015) and improved subjective measures (
P
= 0.04) compared with placebo. For some patients in this study, phenylephrine totally eliminated nocturnal episodes of fecal incontinence. No patient discontinued treatment during the study due to side effects. Studies in patients whose incontinence was more related
to factors other than anal sphincter tone (many patients in the passive fecal incontinence studies) showed less response. As a result, our development plan will initially focus on the orphan IPAA indication.
Table 2. Investigator-initiated studies of topical phenylephrine gel for treatment of fecal incontinence.
Study
Condition, treatment, dosage
Summary of results
Carapeti, E.A., et al, Br J Surg. 86:267 – 270, 1999
Normal subjects, phenylephrine gel (5%, 10%, 20%, 30%) applied once to anal verge
Resting anal pressure increased by 8% to 33%, effect lasted for median of 7 hours, no change in pulse
Carapeti, E.A., et al, Dis Colon rectum, 43:1059 –
1063, 2000
IPAA-related FI, 10% phenylephrine or placebo gel, 2 times/day for 4 weeks
50% (6/12) of phenylephrine subjects improved vs 8% (1/12) placebo, 33% had cessation of FI on phenylephrine, 0% on placebo, phenylephrine increased anal pressure. No reported side effects.
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Study
Condition, treatment, dosage
Summary of results
Carapeti, E.A., et al, Br J Surg, 87:35 – 42, 2000
Passive FI, 10% phenylephrine vs placebo cream, 2 times/day for 4 weeks
No effect of phenylephrine or placebo on incontinence or anal pressure, 17% of phenylephrine and 6% of placebo patients had >75% improvement
Cheetham, M.J., et al, 2000
Passive FI, 30% phenylephrine or placebo gel, 2 times/day for 4 weeks
Anal pressure increased in 80% (4/5) phenylephrine subjects, local skin irritation
Cheetham, M.J., et al, 2000
Passive FI, 20% phenylephrine or placebo gel, 2 times/day for 4 weeks
No effect of phenylephrine or placebo on incontinence, anal pressure, blood pressure, or pulse rate
Sasse, K.L., et al, Dis Colon rectum, 43:A2, 2000
FI, 10% phenylephrine cream, 24 weeks
Increased anal pressure, improved incontinence
Cheetham, M.J., et al, Gut, 43:356 –
359, 2001
Passive FI, placebo or phenylephrine gel (10%, 20%, 30%, or 40%) as single application
Anal pressure increased in dose-related manner after phenylephrine, no effect on pulse, transient perianal burning
Mutch, M.G., et al, 2002
Passive FI, 10% phenylephrine cream, 3 times/day for 30 days
Phenylephrine improved incontinence score, anal pressure, and anal sphincter length
FI = fecal incontinence; IPAA = ileal pouch anal anastomosis
Company-sponsored clinical trials
Solvay Pharmaceuticals assessed the safety and pharmacokinetic profile of intra-anal and perianal application of phenylephrine gel in healthy volunteers in 2004. The phenylephrine gel was applied as a single dose either intra-anally at doses of 5, 10, 25, 50, or 100 mg, or perianally at doses of 100, 200, or 400 mg. Blood samples were collected out to 24 hours after dosing.
Perianal application of phenylephrine gel resulted in much less absorption than intra-anal application: at a perianal dose of 400 mg, blood levels were comparable to what was seen after intra-anal treatment with 10 mg to 25 mg.
Intra-anal application of phenylephrine was associated with increased blood pressure that lasted for approximately three hours, whereas these effects were not seen with perianal treatment. The most frequent side effects were headache and goosebumps after intra-anal application of phenylephrine gel which were not seen with perianal application, and anal/rectal pain after perianal application of phenylephrine gel.
Summary of studies to date
Topical phenylephrine gel has demonstrated efficacy for the treatment of fecal incontinence associated with IPAA. Pharmacokinetic studies have shown a superiority of perianal dosing which yielded low systemic absorption while still providing the desired local therapeutic effect. No hemodynamic effects where observed when phenylephrine gel was administered perianally at up to 8 times the therapeutic dose. Therefore, further development of the drug will focus solely on perianal application.
Phenylephrine gel (VEN 308) development plan
Based on pre-IND meetings with the FDA in 2007, we are planning to initiate the U.S. Phase IIb dose ranging study in support of the orphan indication of IPAA-related fecal incontinence. We plan to start this study in 2012 to finalize the dose and clinical endpoints. We expect to conclude VEN 308 development and submit the orphan NDA in 2015. Orphan status provides seven years exclusivity from the date of approval during which time we will pursue several potential lifecycle opportunities.
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Commercial summary for phenylephrine gel (VEN 308)
Market research regarding fecal incontinence
Quantitative market research conducted in 2003 by Eidetics reported that, on average, primary-care physicians see 23 fecal incontinence patients per month, gastroenterologists see 20 fecal incontinence patients per month, and colon and rectal surgeons see 14 fecal incontinence patients per month. Physicians categorize fecal incontinence according to its underlying cause.
Physicians in all three medical specialties indicated that there is a significant unmet need for therapeutic choices for fecal incontinence. Only 4% of primary-care physicians, 3% of gastroenterologists, and 7% of colon and rectal surgeons reported being "very satisfied" with current treatment options.
Government Regulation
General
The production, distribution, and marketing of products employing our technology, and its development activities, are subject to extensive governmental regulation in the U.S. and in other countries. In the U.S., our products are regulated as drugs and are subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended, and the regulations of the FDA, as well as to other federal, state, and local statutes and regulations. These laws, and similar laws outside the U.S., govern the clinical and preclinical testing, manufacture, safety, effectiveness, approval, labeling, distribution, sale, import, export, storage, recordkeeping, reporting, advertising,
and promotion of our products. Product development and approval within this regulatory framework, if successful, will take many years and involve the expenditure of substantial resources. Violations of regulatory requirements at any stage may result in various adverse consequences, including the FDA's and other health authorities' delay in approving or refusal to approve a product. Violations of regulatory requirements also may result in enforcement actions.
The following provides further information on legal and regulatory matters that have the potential to affect our operations or future marketing of products.
Research, Development and Product Approval Process
The research, development, and approval process in the U.S. and elsewhere is intensive and rigorous and generally takes many years to complete. The typical process the FDA requires before a therapeutic drug may be marketed in the U.S. includes:
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preclinical laboratory and animal tests performed under the FDA's Good Laboratory Practices regulations, or GLPs;
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submission to the FDA of an application for an IND, which must become effective before human clinical trials may commence;
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preliminary human clinical studies to evaluate the drug and its manner of use;
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adequate and well-controlled human clinical trials to establish whether the drug is safe and effective for its intended uses;
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FDA review of whether the facility in which the drug is manufactured, processed, packed, or held meets standards designed to assure the product's continued quality; and
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submission of a marketing application to the FDA, and review and approval of the application by the FDA.
During preclinical testing, studies are performed with respect to the chemical and physical properties of candidate formulations. These studies are subject to GLP requirements. Biological testing is typically done in animal models to demonstrate the activity of the compound against the targeted disease or condition and to assess the apparent effects of the new product candidate on various organ systems, as well as its relative therapeutic effectiveness and safety. An IND must be submitted to the FDA and become effective before studies in humans may commence.
Clinical trial programs in humans generally follow a three-phase process. Typically, Phase I studies are conducted in small numbers of healthy volunteers or, on occasion, in patients afflicted with the target disease.
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Phase I studies are conducted to determine the metabolic and pharmacological action of the product candidate in humans and the side effects associated with increasing doses, and, if possible, to gain early evidence of effectiveness. In Phase II, studies are generally conducted in larger groups of patients having the target disease or condition in order to validate clinical endpoints, and to obtain preliminary data on the effectiveness of the product candidate and optimal dosing. This phase also helps determine further the safety profile of the product candidate. In Phase III, large-scale clinical trials are generally conducted in patients having the
target disease or condition to provide sufficient data for the statistical proof of effectiveness and safety of the product candidate as required by U.S. and foreign regulatory agencies.
Before proceeding with a study, sponsors may seek a written agreement from the FDA regarding the design, size, and conduct of a clinical trial. This is known as a Special Protocol Assessment, or SPA. Among other things, SPAs can cover clinical studies for pivotal trials whose data will form the primary basis to establish a product's efficacy. SPAs help establish up-front agreement with the FDA about the adequacy of a clinical trial design to support a regulatory approval, but the agreement is not binding if new circumstances arise. There is no guarantee that a study will ultimately be adequate to support an approval even if the study is subject
to an SPA.
United States law requires that studies conducted to support approval for product marketing be "adequate and well controlled." In general, this means that either a placebo or a product already approved for the treatment of the disease or condition under study must be used as a reference control. Studies must also be conducted in compliance with good clinical practice requirements, and informed consent must be obtained from all study subjects.
The clinical trial process for a new compound can take 10 years or more to complete. The FDA may prevent clinical trials from beginning or may place clinical trials on hold at any point in this process if, among other reasons, it concludes that study subjects are being exposed to an unacceptable health risk. Trials may also be prevented from the beginning or may be terminated by institutional review boards, which must review and approve all research involving human subjects. Side effects or adverse events that are reported during clinical trials can delay, impede, or prevent marketing authorization. Similarly, adverse events that are reported after
marketing authorization can result in additional limitations being placed on a product's use and, potentially, withdrawal of the product from the market.
Following the completion of clinical trials, the data are analyzed to determine whether the trials successfully demonstrated safety and effectiveness and whether a product approval application may be submitted. In the U.S., if the product is regulated as a drug, a new drug application, or NDA, must be submitted and approved before commercial marketing may begin. The NDA must include a substantial amount of data and other information concerning the safety and effectiveness of the compound from laboratory, animal, and human clinical testing, as well as data and information on manufacturing, product quality and stability, and proposed product labeling.
A special NDA procedure, known as a "section 505(b)(2) application" or a "paper NDA," allows an applicant to seek approval on the basis of a combination of a prior approval of a similar product or published literature, and some new clinical studies conducted or sponsored by the applicant. Section 505(b)(2) applications are often used for changes in a drug that require clinical investigations and thus cannot be handled through the generic drug process, such as a new indication or change in dosage form.
Each domestic and foreign manufacturing establishment, including any contract manufacturers we may decide to use, must be listed in the NDA and must be registered with the FDA. The application generally will not be approved until the FDA conducts a manufacturing inspection, approves the applicable manufacturing process for the drug product, and determines that the facility is in compliance with cGMP requirements.
Each NDA submitted for FDA approval is usually reviewed for administrative completeness and reviewability within 45 to 60 days following submission of the application. If deemed complete, the FDA will "file" the NDA, thereby triggering substantive review of the application. The FDA can refuse to file any NDA that it deems incomplete or not properly reviewable. The FDA has established performance goals for the review of NDAs — 6 months for priority applications and 10 months for standard applications. However, the FDA is not legally required to complete its review within these periods, and these performance goals may change
over time. Moreover, the outcome of the review, even if generally favorable, typically is not an actual
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approval but an "action letter" that describes additional work that must be done before the application can be approved. The FDA's review of an application may involve review and recommendations by an independent FDA advisory committee. Even if the FDA approves a product, it may limit the approved therapeutic uses for the product as described in the product labeling, require that warning statements be included in the product labeling, require that additional studies be conducted following approval as a condition of the approval, impose restrictions and conditions on product distribution, prescribing, or dispensing in the form of a risk
management plan, or otherwise limit the scope of any approval.
Significant legal and regulatory requirements also apply after FDA approval to market under an NDA. These include, among other things, requirements related to adverse event and other reporting, product advertising and promotion and ongoing adherence to cGMPs, as well as the need to submit appropriate new or supplemental applications and obtain FDA approval for certain changes to the approved product, product labeling, or manufacturing process. The FDA also enforces the requirements of the Prescription Drug Marketing Act which, among other things, imposes various requirements in connection with the distribution of product samples to physicians.
The regulatory framework applicable to the production, distribution, marketing, and/or sale, of our products may change significantly from the current descriptions provided herein in the time that it may take for any of our products to reach a point at which an NDA is approved.
Overall research, development, and approval times depend on a number of factors, including the period of review at FDA, the number of questions posed by the FDA during review, how long it takes to respond to the FDA's questions, the severity or life-threatening nature of the disease in question, the availability of alternative treatments, the availability of clinical investigators and eligible patients, the rate of enrollment of patients in clinical trials, and the risks and benefits demonstrated in the clinical trials.
Orphan Drugs
Under the Orphan Drug Act, special incentives exist for companies to develop products for rare diseases or conditions, which are defined to include those diseases or conditions that affect fewer than 200,000 people in the U.S. Companies may request that the FDA grant a drug orphan designation prior to approval. Products designated as orphan drugs are eligible for special grant funding for research and development, FDA assistance with the review of clinical trial protocols, potential tax credits for research, reduced filing fees for marketing applications, and a special seven-year period of market exclusivity after marketing approval. Orphan drug
exclusivity prevents FDA approval of applications by others for the same drug and the designated orphan disease or condition. The FDA may approve a subsequent application from another entity if the FDA determines that the application is for a different drug or different use, or if the FDA determines that the subsequent product is clinically superior, or that the holder of the initial orphan drug approval cannot assure the availability of sufficient quantities of the drug to meet the public's need. A grant of an orphan designation is not a guarantee that a product will be approved. If a sponsor receives orphan drug exclusivity upon approval, there can be no assurance that the exclusivity will prevent another entity or a similar drug from receiving approval for the same or other uses.
Other United States Regulatory Requirements
In the U.S., the research, manufacturing, distribution, sale, and promotion of drug and biological products are potentially subject to regulation by various federal, state, and local authorities in addition to the FDA, including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, other divisions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (for example, the U.S. Department of Justice and individual U.S. Attorney offices within the Department of Justice, and state and local governments. For example, sales, marketing, and scientific/educational grant programs must comply with the anti-fraud and abuse provisions of the Social Security Act, the False
Claims Act, the privacy provision of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and similar state laws, each as amended. Pricing and rebate programs must comply with the Medicaid rebate requirements of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 and the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992, each as amended. If products are made available to authorized users of the Federal Supply Schedule of the General Services Administration, additional laws and requirements apply. All of these activities are also potentially subject to federal and state consumer protection, unfair competition, and other laws.
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Moreover, we are now, and in the future may become subject to, additional federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and policies relating to safe working conditions, laboratory practices, the experimental use of animals, and/or the use, storage, handling, transportation, and disposal of human tissue, waste, and hazardous substances, including radioactive and toxic materials and infectious disease agents used in conjunction with our research work.
Foreign Regulatory Requirements
Ventrus and its collaborative partners may be subject to widely varying foreign regulations, which may be quite different from those of the FDA, governing clinical trials, manufacture, product registration and approval, and pharmaceutical sales. Whether or not FDA approval has been obtained, Ventrus or its collaboration partners must obtain a separate approval for a product by the comparable regulatory authorities of foreign countries prior to the commencement of product marketing in these countries. In certain countries, regulatory authorities also establish pricing and reimbursement criteria. The approval process varies from country to country, and
the time may be longer or shorter than that required for FDA approval. In addition, under current U.S. law, there are restrictions on the export of products not approved by the FDA, depending on the country involved and the status of the product in that country.
Reimbursement and Pricing Controls
In many of the markets where Ventrus or its collaborative partners would commercialize a product following regulatory approval, the prices of pharmaceutical products are subject, by law, to direct price controls and to drug reimbursement programs with varying price control mechanisms. Public and private health care payors control costs and influence drug pricing through a variety of mechanisms, including through negotiating discounts with the manufacturers and through the use of tiered formularies and other mechanisms that provide preferential access to certain drugs over others within a therapeutic class. Payors also set other criteria to govern the
uses of a drug that will be deemed medically appropriate and therefore reimbursed or otherwise covered. In particular, many public and private health care payors limit reimbursement and coverage to the uses of a drug that are either approved by the FDA or that are supported by other appropriate evidence (for example, published medical literature) and appear in a recognized drug compendium. Drug compendia are publications that summarize the available medical evidence for particular drug products and identify which uses of a drug are supported or not supported by the available evidence and whether or not such uses have been approved by the FDA. For example, in the case of Medicare coverage for physician-administered oncology drugs, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, with certain exceptions, prohibits Medicare carriers from refusing to cover unapproved uses of an FDA-approved drug if the unapproved use is supported by one or more citations in the American Hospital Formulary
Service Drug Information, the American Medical Association Drug Evaluations, or the U.S. Pharmacopoeia Drug Information. Another commonly cited compendium, for example under Medicaid, is the DRUGDEX Information System.
License Agreements & Intellectual Property
General
Our goal is to obtain, maintain and enforce patent protection for our products, formulations, processes, methods and other proprietary technologies, preserve our trade secrets and operate without infringing on the proprietary rights of other parties, both in the U.S. and in other countries. Our policy is to actively seek to obtain, where appropriate, the broadest intellectual property protection possible for our current product candidates and any future product candidates, proprietary information and proprietary technology through a combination of contractual arrangements and patents, both in the U.S. and abroad. However, patent protection may not
afford us with complete protection against competitors who seek to circumvent our patents.
We also depend upon the skills, knowledge, experience and know-how of our management and research and development personnel, as well as that of our advisors, consultants and other contractors. To help protect our proprietary know-how, which is not patentable, and for inventions for which patents may be difficult to enforce, we currently rely and will in the future rely on trade secret protection and confidentiality agreements to protect our interests. To this end, we require all of our employees, consultants, advisors and other
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contractors to enter into confidentiality 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.
License Agreements
In March 2007, pursuant to an Exclusive License Agreement, S.L.A. Pharma granted Paramount an exclusive, royalty-bearing license to sell, make and use diltiazem for treatment, through topical administration, of anal fissures and phenylepherine for treatment, through topical administration, of fecal incontinence in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Pursuant to the Exclusive License Agreement, PBS was obligated to form a company to develop the technologies referenced in the Exclusive License Agreement and issue that number of shares equal to 5% of such company's outstanding common stock as of the effective date of the Exclusive License Agreement. PBS
licensed the technologies referenced in the Exclusive License Agreement to us for development.
In August 2007, pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption Agreement, PBS sold all of its rights in and arising out of the Exclusive License Agreement with S.L.A. Pharma to us for $1,087,876. The corresponding U.S. and foreign patents and applications for the two compounds have been licensed to us under the Assignment and Assumption Agreement (the technology referred to collectively as the Compound Technology). As consideration in part for the rights to the Compound Technology, an initial licensing fee of $250,000 was paid to S.L.A. Pharma (this amount was paid by PBS and was included in the consideration paid by us to PBS in connection with the
Assignment and Assumption Agreement). In addition, we are required to make payments to S.L.A. Pharma upon the achievement of certain clinical and regulatory-based milestones.
Pursuant to certain amendments to the Exclusive License Agreement, we have deferred certain payment requirements that had come due under the Exclusive License Agreement. Commencing January 31, 2010 and continuing until September 30, 2010, we are obligated to pay S.L.A. Pharma $41,500 per month and accrue $41,500 per month in development costs, which will increase to $83,000 per month thereafter. Beginning October 1, 2010 and continuing until S.L.A. is no longer managing the development program for either VEN 307 or VEN 308, we must pay S.L.A. Pharma $41,500 per month in development costs for each of VEN 307 and VEN 308. The accrued development costs
of $373,500 are payable upon the earlier of September 30, 2010 or the date we consummate a "Qualifying Event," or financing or series of related financings resulting in net proceeds of at least $10 million. This offering will qualify for a "Qualifying Event" if we raise net proceeds of at least $10 million. In addition, (i) on January 31, 2010, we paid S.L.A. Pharma $350,000 for reimbursement of certain development costs, (ii) on June 30, 2010, we paid S.L.A. Pharma $600,000, (iii) on October 31, 2010, we must pay S.L.A. Pharma $600,000 and (iv) on February 28, 2011, we must pay S.L.A. Pharma $800,000. This total amount of $2,350,000 represents past development costs. The Exclusive License Agreement is terminable by S.L.A. Pharma if we do not consummate a Qualifying Event by September 30, 2010, and S.L.A. Pharma may terminate the Exclusive License Agreement, upon one month's prior notice, in the event that a third party wishes to enter into a license agreement
for the underlying technology and has entered into a binding agreement with S.L.A. Pharma to that end (provided, however, that upon receipt of such notice of termination, we have the option of paying all moneys invoiced and unpaid as of such notice and all unpaid portions of the above-referenced $2,350,000, at which time the termination notice will be automatically rescinded and of no further force and effect). Finally, we issued an additional 25,000 shares of our common stock to S.L.A. Pharma pursuant to the terms of the fourth amendment to the license agreement entered into in December 2009. In the event that the Compound Technology is commercialized, we are obligated to pay to S.L.A. Pharma annual royalties based upon net sales of the product. Should we make any improvements regarding the Compound Technology, we are required to grant S.L.A. Pharma licenses to use such improvements. The Exclusive License Agreement is terminable by us for any reason upon 90 days' written notice,
and by either party in the event of a material breach or default of the Exclusive License Agreement or either party becomes bankrupt or insolvent.
In March 2008, we entered into a license agreement with Amer whereby we acquired patent rights to iferanserin (the Amer Technology) for the topical treatment of any anorectal disorders. We may be required to make future milestone payments totaling up to $20 million upon the achievement of various milestones related to regulatory or commercial events. In the event that the Amer Technology is commercialized, we are
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obligated to pay to Amer annual royalties based upon sales of the product in the U.S. market and outside the U.S. The license agreement is terminable by either party for cause, upon 30 days notice and subject to a 60-day cure period, upon notice if either party becomes bankrupt or insolvent or at any time after the expiration of the Royalty Period for any Licensed Product (as such terms are defined in the Exclusive License Agreement) upon 90 days' written notice. We may terminate the license agreement upon 30 days' written notice in the event any safety, efficacy or regulatory issues prevent development or commercialization of the Amer
Technology.
Employees
As of June 30, 2010, we had no employees. Russsell Ellison, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer, and David Barrett, our Chief Financial Officer, are serving under consulting agreements. Effective upon the completion of this offering, Dr. Ellison will begin serving under an employment agreement. Subject to satisfactory performance, we expect to enter into an employment agreement with Mr. Barrett prior to the expiration of his consulting agreement. We will need to hire additional employees to manage the development of our current product candidates.
Properties
We occupy space at no charge on the 48
th
floor at 787 7
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Avenue, New York, New York 10019, which are the offices of Paramount BioSciences, LLC.
Legal Proceedings
In June 2010, we were sued for non-payment of approximately $123,000 that we owed to a company with whom we had contracted to provide drug development services. We are in negotiation with the service provider and expect to reach a settlement with the service provider and have the suit terminated. We have accrued $123,000 for this settlement. This is the only legal proceeding to which we have been a party. In the future, we might from time to time become involved in litigation relating to claims arising from our ordinary course of business. Except as discussed above, we are not aware of any claims or actions pending or threatened against us.
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MANAGEMENT
Our Board of Directors has determined to apply the NASDAQ Capital Market's test for director independence to all of our directors. Using that test, the Board has determined that directors Joseph Felder, Richard Cohen and Myron Z. Holubiak are independent under NASDAQ's rules, as of the date of this prospectus. Thomas Rowland is not deemed independent because he was our Chief Executive Officer from April 2007 through May 2009. Russell Ellison is not independent because he is our Chief Executive Officer. As part of such determination of independence, our Board has affirmatively determined that each of Dr. Felder, Mr. Cohen and Mr. Holubiak
does not have a relationship with our company that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out his responsibilities as a director.
The following table sets forth the names, ages and positions of each of our directors and executive officers.
Name
Age
Positions
Russell H. Ellison, M.D.
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Director and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer
Thomas Rowland
44
Director
Joseph Felder, M.D.
48
Director
Richard M. Cohen
59
Director
Myron Z. Holubiak
63
Director
David J. Barrett
34
Chief Financial Officer
Officers & Directors
Russell H. Ellison, M.D., M.Sc. — Director, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Medical Officer.
Dr. Ellison joined us as a director, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer in June 2010. From July 2007, to January 2010, Dr. Ellison has served as Executive Vice President of Paramount Biosciences LLC, a global pharmaceutical development and healthcare investment firm. From October 2005 until June 2007, Dr. Ellison served as the Vice President of Clinical Development of Fibrogen, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company. From August 2002 to December 2004, Dr. Ellison served as Vice President of Medical Affairs
and Chief Medical Officer of Sanofi-Synthelabo, USA, a pharmaceutical company. From May 1997 to August 2002, Dr. Ellison served as Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer of Hoffman-La Roche, Inc., a pharmaceutical company. Dr. Ellison also serves as a director of CorMedix, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, and several privately held development stage biotechnology companies. Dr. Ellison holds an M.D. from the University of British Columbia and an M.Sc. (with distinction) from The London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Among other experience, qualifications, attributes and skills, Dr. Ellison's medical training, extensive management experience in the pharmaceutical industry and experience in the capital markets, as well as his experience serving on the board of directors of a public pharmaceutical company and on the boards of several private pharmaceutical companies, led to the conclusion of our Board that he should serve as a director of our company in
light of our business and structure.
Thomas Rowland — Director.
Mr. Rowland served as the company's Acting President from May to June, 2010. He originally joined Ventrus Biosciences in April 2007, and was employed through May 2009 as its Chief Executive Officer. Prior to Ventrus, Mr. Rowland was Founder and Principal of his own consulting firm, consulting to various pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in the areas of business development, marketing and launch preparation. Mr. Rowland started consulting in 2006 after serving as Vice President of the Gastroenterology and Women's Health Business Unit at Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where
he oversaw all commercial operations for the over $250 million and 250 person unit. Prior to being named Vice President, Rowland successfully led the turnaround of the Gastrointestinal franchise, returning the franchise to positive sales growth, record sales and profitability. Rowland's initial work in the gastroenterology therapeutic area started when he joined Scandipharm, Inc. in 1998 as Director of Marketing to assist in the company turnaround which resulted in the sale of the company to Axcan Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Rowland started his career in 1990 at UCB Pharma, Inc. where he spent over eight years in various positions of increasing responsibility including sales, market research and product management. Throughout his career, Mr. Rowland has participated in numerous successful new product and line extension launches. In addition, in senior management roles, he has contributed to several product, franchise and company turnarounds. Mr. Rowland earned his B.S. in Finance from
Metropolitan State University in Denver, Colorado in 1989. Among other experience, qualifications, attributes and skills, Mr. Rowland's extensive experience in managing
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pharmaceutical companies, including his prior employment with our company, led to the conclusion of our Board that he should serve as a director of our company in light of our business and structure.
Joseph Felder, M.D. — Director —
Dr. Felder has been a gastroenterologist since 1992 after having completed his post-doctoral training and fellowship at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. He is currently in private practice in Manhattan. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the City University of New York and his Medical Degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1987. He practices out of Lenox Hill Hospital, a major teaching affiliate of the New York University School of Medicine, where he is an adjunct and attending physician in the departments of Medicine and Gastroenterology. His
responsibilities there include extensive teaching obligations. He has done significant clinical research in gastroenterology, specifically in the subject of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and is published in this field in various international journals as well as textbooks. He lectures on this subject matter as well. He is a co-chairman of the medical advisory board of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America in New York. His interests are in ongoing clinical research and product development. Among other experience, qualifications, attributes and skills, Dr. Felder's knowledge and experience in the medical industry and in senior leadership roles in research and teaching organizations led to the conclusion of our Board that he should serve as a director of our company in light of our business and structure.
Richard M. Cohen — Director —
Since 2002, Mr. Cohen has served as a Managing Director of Encore/Novation, a company that purchases and securitizes settlement assets. He also served as Chief Financial Officer of Dune Energy, an oil and gas exploration and production company, from 2003 to 2005. Mr. Cohen is a member of the Board of Directors of Dune Energy, an energy exploration and development company, a member of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee of Rodman & Renshaw, a public investment bank and a member of the Board of Directors of CorMedix, Inc., a public pharmaceutical company. Mr. Cohen holds
a C.P.A. from the State of New York, received his M.B.A. from Stanford University, and received his B.S. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Among other experience, qualifications, attributes and skills, Mr. Cohen's extensive financial experience, his expertise as a certified public accountant and his experience as a director of several public companies, led to the conclusion of our Board that he should serve as a director of our company in light of our business and structure.
Myron Z. Holubiak — Director —
Mr. Holubiak currently serves as President of 1-800-DOCTORS, Inc., a position he has held since May, 2007. Mr. Holubiak is the former President of Roche Laboratories, Inc., USA, a major research-based pharmaceutical company, a position he held from December 1998 to August 2001. He held many sales and marketing positions at Roche Laboratories in his 19 year tenure. Mr. Holubiak was a director and the President and Chief Operating Officer of HealthSTAR Communications, Inc, the largest, private health care marketing communications company in the U.S. from November 2003 to April 2007,
and he served as HealthSTAR Group's President, Field Level Marketing Group, from August 2002 to October 2003. Mr. Holubiak served on the Board of Trustees of the Robert Wood Johnson Hospital Foundation in 2000 and 2001. Since September 2002 he has served on the Board of Directors of BioScrip, Inc., a specialty pharmacy company. Mr. Holubiak previously served on the Board of Directors of Nastech, Inc., a biotechnology based pharmaceutical company now called mdRNA, Inc. Mr. Holubiak is also on the Board of Directors of the Children of Chernobyl Relief and Development Foundation. Mr. Holubiak received his B.S. in Molecular Biology and Biophysics from the University of Pittsburgh. Among other experience, qualifications, attributes and skills, Mr. Holubiak's medical training and his extensive experience managing pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, led to the conclusion of our Board that he should serve as a director of our company in light of our business and structure.
David J. Barrett — Chief Financial Officer —
From April 2006 to September 2009, Mr. Barrett served as Chief Financial Officer of Neuro-Hitech, Inc., a company focused on developing, marketing and distributing branded and generic pharmaceutical products. From September 2003 to April 2006, Mr. Barrett was the Chief Financial Officer/Vice President of Finance of Overture Asset Managers and Overture Financial Services, which, at the time, was a start-up asset management firm that assembled investment products and platforms to distribute turnkey and unbundled investment solutions to financial intermediaries and
institutional investors. From July 1999 to September 2003, Mr. Barrett was employed as a Manager at Deloitte & Touche, LLP. Mr. Barrett received his B.S. in Accounting and Economics in May of 1998 and his M.S. in Accounting in May of 1999 from the University of Florida. He is a certified public accountant.
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Summary Compensation Table
The following table sets forth all compensation we paid in the fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 to our named executive officers.
Summary Compensation Table
Name and Principal Position
Year
Salary
($)
Bonus
($)
Option Awards
($)
All Other
Compensation
($)
Total
Thomas Rowland
(1)
,
Acting President
2009
112,500
—
—
—
112,500
2008
237,500
45,000
—
—
282,500
Terrance Coyne, M.D.
Senior Vice President; Chief Medical Officer
(2)
2009
108,750
—
—
—
108,750
2008
229,583
30,146
—
—
259,729
John Dietrich, Ph.D.
Vice President of Clinical Operations
(3)
2009
69,375
—
—
—
69,375
2008
142,500
16,291
—
—
158,791
(1)
Mr. Rowland resigned on February 28, 2009.
(2)
Dr. Coyne resigned on February 28, 2009.
(3)
Dr. Dietrich resigned on February 28, 2009.
Option Holdings and Fiscal Year-End Option Values
The following table shows information concerning unexercised options outstanding as of December 31, 2009 for each of our named executive officers.
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 2009
Option Awards
Name
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options (#)
Exercisable
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options (#)
Unexercisable
Option
Exercise
Price
($)
Option
Expiration
Date
Thomas Rowland
—
—
—
—
Terrance Coyne
—
—
—
—
John Dietrich
—
—
—
—
Employment and Change in Control Agreements
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Ellison currently serves as our Chief Executive Officer pursuant to an amended and restated consulting agreement dated July 19, 2010. The agreement provides for a term of six months with the option to extend the agreement for an additional year. Dr. Ellison receives a consulting fee of $30,000 per month. In addition, if we complete a partnership or licensing transaction or we or any of our assets are acquired by another entity prior to completing a financing resulting in gross proceeds of at least $8 million, then he will receive a fee equal to 4% of the gross proceeds of such transaction.
We also have executed an amended and restated employment agreement with Dr. Ellison, which will become effective upon the closing of this offering and has a term of three years. The employment agreement provides for a base salary of $375,000 per year, a guaranteed bonus of $75,000 per year and an annual performance-based bonus of up to 50% of his base salary. The agreement also provides a first incentive bonus of $250,000 in the event that our market capitalization exceeds $100 million for a period of 30 consecutive
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trading days with an average trading volume of the common stock during such period of at least 100,000 shares per trading day and a second incentive bonus of $500,000 in the event that our market capitalization exceeds $250 million for a period of 30 consecutive trading days with an average trading volume of the common stock during such period of at least 100,000 shares per trading day. Dr. Ellison will also receive a grant of options to purchase our common stock at the initial public offering price in an amount equal to 7.5% of our fully diluted capitalization on the date the employment agreement becomes effective, giving effect to all shares
issuable under all convertible notes, warrants and options outstanding on such date, but excluding shares reserved for grants not issued under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.
Under the employment agreement, Dr. Ellison is prohibited for six months after termination from (a) engaging in any business within a restricted territory that develops or commercializes prescription drugs for the specific disease treatment of hemorrhoids, anal fissures, and fecal incontinence or other products that compete with products we are developing or selling at the time of his termination, (b) soliciting or working within a restricted territory with our competitors or any other entity that could benefit from Dr. Ellison's use of our confidential information, (c) becoming financially interested with one of our competitors within a
restricted territory, (d) soliciting or accepting business from our competitors, and (e) inducing any employee or consultant of ours to terminate employment or a contractual relationship with us.
Set forth below is a description of the potential payments we will need to make upon termination of Dr. Ellison's employment or upon a change in control of our company.
Termination due to Death, Disability or Change of Control
If Dr. Ellison's employment is terminated as a result of his death, disability or change of control, we must pay him or his estate, as applicable, his then current base salary for a period of six months following the date of termination and any earned but unpaid incentive bonus and expense reimbursement through the date of his death or disability. All stock options that are scheduled to vest on the next succeeding anniversary of the effective date of the agreement will be accelerated and deemed to have vested as of the termination date. All stock options that have not vested or been deemed to have vested as of the date of termination will be
forfeited. Stock options that have vested as of Dr. Ellison's termination will remain exercisable for 360 days following his termination.
Termination by us For Cause
If we terminate Dr. Ellison for cause (as defined in the agreement), we must pay his then current base salary through the date of his termination and any expense reimbursement amounts owed through the date of termination.
Termination by us for other than Cause or by Dr. Ellison for Good Reason
If Dr. Ellison's employment is terminated (i) by us other than for cause or (ii) by Dr. Ellison for good reason (as defined in the agreement), then we must (1) continue to pay Dr. Ellison his then current base salary and all fringe benefits for a period of six months following such termination, (2) any expense reimbursement amounts owed through the date of termination, (3) pay any accrued but unpaid bonus and (4) all stock options granted to Dr. Ellison that are scheduled to vest by the end of the term of the employment agreement shall be accelerated and deemed to have vested as of the termination date.
In the agreement, the term "change in control" is defined generally as the acquisition by any person of more than 50% of the voting power of our then outstanding securities; and/or the merger or consolidation of our company or the sale of any or substantially all of our assets.
In the agreement, the term "cause" is defined generally as follows: (i) willful failure, disregard or continuing refusal by Dr. Ellison to perform his duties; (ii) willful, intentional or grossly negligent act by Dr. Ellison that injures, in a material way, our business or reputation; (iii) insubordination by Dr. Ellison with respect to lawful directions received from our Board of Directors; (iv) indictment for any felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; (v) Dr. Ellison engaging in some form of harassment prohibited by law; (vi) any misappropriation or embezzlement of our property; (vii) willful violation of the noncompetition,
nonsolicitation and confidentiality provisions of the agreement; and/or (viii) breach by Dr. Ellison of any other provision of the agreement that, if capable of being cured, is not cured by him within 30 days.
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In the agreement, the term "good reason" is defined generally as: (i) the assignment to Dr. Ellison of duties materially inconsistent with his position and duties as chief executive officer; (ii) any reduction by us of Dr. Ellison's compensation or benefits; and/or (iii) any requirement that he relocate outside a 30 mile radius of New York, New York.
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Barrett currently serves as our Chief Financial Officer pursuant to an amended and restated consulting agreement dated July 19, 2010. The agreement provides for a term of six months with the option to extend the agreement for an additional year. Mr. Barrett receives a consulting fee of $15,000 per month. Subject to satisfactory performance and prior to the expiration of his consulting agreement, we expect to enter into an employment agreement with Mr. Barrett to serve as our Chief Financial Officer.
Equity Compensation Plan Information
2007 Stock Incentive Plan
In October 2007 our stockholders adopted the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. The 2007 stock plan authorizes us to issue equity incentive awards in the form of shares, options or other awards based on our common stock as part of an overall compensation package to provide performance-based compensation to attract and retain qualified personnel. The plan reserves up to 6 million shares of our common stock. In May 2010, we granted an option to purchase 25,000 shares of our common stock to Dr. Felder. As of June 30, 2010, we had issued only the one option to purchase 25,000 shares and 5,975,000 shares of our common stock remained available for issuance under
the 2007 plan. We have an obligation to issue options to Dr. Ellison for shares in an amount equal to 7.5% of our fully diluted capitalization upon the closing date of this offering, giving effect to all shares issuable under all convertible notes, warrants and options outstanding on such date, but excluding shares reserved for grants not issued under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.
2010 Equity Incentive Plan
We intend in the near future to adopt a new stock plan more suitable for a public company. If we do so, we would terminate the 2007 plan although all awards under the 2007 plan would remain intact and subject to the terms of the 2007 plan.
Director Compensation
The following table shows the compensation earned by each of our non-employee directors for the year ended December 31, 2009.
Non-Employee Director Compensation in Fiscal 2009
Name
Fees
Earned or
Paid in Cash
Option
Awards
Total
($)
Joseph Felder, M.D.
(1)
—
$
—
$
—
(1)
At December 31, 2009, Dr. Felder had no options outstanding and no options had been granted to any director. In May 2010, we granted an option to purchase 25,000 shares of our common stock to Dr. Felder under the 2007 plan.
We have not established any compensation structure for our non-employee directors although we intend to do so in the future.
Corporate Governance
Independence of Directors
All of our directors, other than Dr. Ellison and Mr. Rowland, qualify as independent directors as defined in Rule 4200 of the NASDAQ Marketplace rules for listed companies.
Each expected member of each of our Compensation, Nominating and Governance and Audit Committees is also expected to qualify as independent under NASDAQ's Marketplace rules for listed companies.
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Board Committees
Our Board has established the following three standing committees: Audit Committee; Compensation Committee; and Nominating and Governance Committee. Directors Cohen, Ellison and Holubiak are the members of the Audit Committee and Mr. Cohen qualifies as an "audit committee financial expert" as that term is defined in Item 407(d) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC. Pursuant to rules of the NASDAQ Capital Market, Dr. Ellison, who is not an independent director, may serve on the Audit Committee for up to one year from the completion of this offering. At that time, all members of the Audit Committee must be independent. Directors Cohen and
Holubiak are the members of the Compensation Committee. Directors Cohen and Felder are the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee
Audit Committee
The primary purpose of our Audit Committee will be to oversee our accounting and financial reporting process and the audits of our combined financial statements, and on our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
The functions of our Audit Committee will include:
•
Hiring the independent registered public accounting firm to conduct the annual audit of our financial statements and monitoring their independence and performance;
•
Reviewing and approving the planned scope of the annual audit and the results of the annual audit;
•
Pre-approving all audit services and permissible non-audit services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm;
•
Reviewing the accounting and reporting principles we apply in preparing our financial statements;
•
Reviewing our internal financial, operating and accounting controls with management and our independent registered public accounting firm;
•
Reviewing with management and our independent registered public accounting firm, as appropriate, our financial reports and our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; and
•
Reviewing and approving any transaction that may present potential for conflict of interest pertaining to accounting, internal control or auditing, such as with our officers, directors or significant shareholders.
Our Audit Committee will be responsible for reviewing and approving all related person transactions, including transactions with executive officers and directors, for potential conflicts of interests or other improprieties. Under SEC rules, related person transactions are those transactions to which we are or may be a party in which the amount involved exceeds $120,000, and in which any of our directors or executive officers or any other related person had or will have a direct or indirect material interest, excluding, among other things, compensation arrangements with respect to employment and Board membership. Our Audit Committee could approve a
related party transaction if it determined that the transaction is in our best interests.
Our directors will be required to disclose to this committee or the full Board any potential conflict of interest, or personal interest in a transaction that our Board is considering. Our executive officers will be required to disclose any related person transaction to the Audit Committee. We also plan to poll our directors on an annual basis with respect to related person transactions and their service as an officer or director of other entities.
Any director involved in a related person transaction that is being reviewed or approved must recuse himself or herself from participation in any related deliberation or decision. Whenever possible, the transaction should be approved in advance and if not approved in advance, must be submitted for ratification as promptly as practical.
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Compensation Committee
The primary purpose of our Compensation Committee will be to discharge our Board's responsibilities relating to compensation of our executive officers and employees and to administer our equity compensation and other benefit plans. In carrying out these responsibilities, our Compensation Committee will review all components of executive officer and employee compensation for consistency with our Compensation Committee's compensation philosophy, as in effect from time to time.
The functions of our Compensation Committee will include:
•
Designing and implementing competitive compensation policies to attract and retain key personnel;
•
Reviewing and formulating policy and determining the compensation of our executive officers and employees;
•
Reviewing and recommending to the Board the compensation of our directors; and
•
Administering our equity incentive plans and granting equity awards to our employees and directors under these plans.
Our principal executive officer will not participate in the determination of her own compensation or the compensation of directors. However, it is intended that he or she would make recommendations to our Compensation Committee regarding the amount and composition of the compensation of our other officers and participate in the Compensation Committee's deliberations about these other officers' compensation.
The Compensation Committee will have the authority to engage compensation consultants or other advisors that it deems appropriate to assist it with its duties.
Our Compensation Committee may engage independent compensation consultants to provide:
•
Assistance in selecting a peer group of companies for executive compensation comparison purposes;
•
Comparative market data on officer and board of director compensation practices and programs of peer companies and competitors;
•
Guidance on industry best practices and emerging trends and developments in officer and board director compensation; and
•
Advice on determining the total compensation of each of our officers and the material elements of total compensation, including (1) annual base salaries, (2) target cash bonus amounts, (3) stock option awards and (4) restricted stock awards.
Nominating and Governance Committee
The primary purpose of our Nominating and Governance Committee will be to:
•
Identify and evaluate individuals for possible Board members;
•
Select, and recommend to our Board, director nominees for each election of directors;
•
Develop and recommend to our Board criteria for selecting qualified director candidates;
•
Recommend any corporate governance guidelines it deems appropriate; and
•
Provide oversight in the evaluation of our Board and each committee of our Board.
Our Nominating and Governance Committee will regularly assess the optimum size of our Board and its committees and the needs of our Board for various skills, background and business experience in determining whether it is advisable to consider additional candidates for nomination.
In fulfilling its responsibilities to select, and recommend to our Board, director nominees for each election of directors, our Nominating and Governance Committee will consider the following factors:
•
the appropriate size of our Board and its committees;
•
the perceived needs of our Board for particular skills, background and business experience;
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the skills, background, reputation, and business experience of nominees compared to the skills, background, reputation, and business experience already possessed by other Board members;
•
nominees' independence from management; and
•
applicable regulatory and listing requirements, including independence requirements and legal considerations.
The goal of our Nominating and Governance Committee will be to assemble a Board that brings to Ventrus a variety of perspectives and skills derived from high quality business and professional experience. Directors should possess high personal and professional ethics, integrity and values, and be committed to representing the best interests of our shareholders. They must also have an inquisitive and objective perspective and mature judgment. Director candidates, in the judgment of our Nominating and Governance Committee, must also have sufficient time available to perform all Board and committee responsibilities. Board members are expected to prepare
for, attend and participate in all Board and applicable committee meetings.
Other than the foregoing, there are no stated minimum criteria for director nominees, although our Nominating and Governance Committee may also consider such other factors as it may deem, from time to time, to be in the best interests of the company and our shareholders.
Our Nominating and Governance Committee will annually evaluate our Board members who are willing to continue in service against the criteria set forth above in determining whether to recommend these directors for re-election.
Candidates for nomination as director may come to the attention of our Nominating and Governance Committee from time to time through incumbent directors, management, shareholders or third parties. These candidates may be considered at meetings of our Nominating and Governance Committee at any point during the year. Such candidates will be evaluated against the criteria set forth above. If our Nominating and Governance Committee believes at any time that it is desirable that our Board consider additional candidates for nomination, the Committee may poll directors and management for suggestions or conduct research to identify possible candidates and
may, if our Nominating and Governance Committee believes it is appropriate, engage a third-party search firm to assist in identifying qualified candidates.
Our Nominating and Governance Committee's policy will be to evaluate any recommendation for director nominee proposed by a shareholder and our bylaws also permit shareholders to nominate directors for consideration at an annual meeting, subject to certain conditions. Any recommendation for director nominee must be submitted in writing to:
Ventrus Biosciences, Inc.
Attention: Corporate Secretary
787 7
th
Avenue, 48
th
Floor
New York, New York 10019
Our bylaws require that any director nomination made by a shareholder for consideration at an annual meeting must be received in writing not more than 90 days nor less than 60 days in advance of the meeting, and at a special meeting called for the purpose of the election of directors not later than the close of business on the 10
th
business day following the date on which notice of such meeting is first given to our shareholders.
Each written notice containing a shareholder nomination of a director at an annual or special meeting must include:
•
the name and address of the shareholder who intends to make the nomination and any shareholder associated with such shareholder, and the name and residence address of the person or persons to be nominated;
•
the class and number of shares that are beneficially owned by the shareholder and any associated shareholder;
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a representation that the shareholder is a holder of record of stock entitled to vote at the meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice;
•
a description of all arrangements or understandings between the shareholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the shareholder;
•
such other information regarding each nominee proposed by such shareholder as would be required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or as would otherwise be required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act including any information that would be required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to Regulation 14A had the nominee been nominated by the board of directors;
•
the written consent of each nominee to be named in a proxy statement and to serve as director of the corporation if so elected;
•
whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares) has been made, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to or manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or to increase or decrease the voting power of, such shareholder of any associated shareholder with respect to any share of our common stock; and
•
to the extent known by the shareholder giving the notice, the name and address of any other shareholder supporting the nominee for election or reelection as a director or the proposal of other business on the date of such shareholder's notice.
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our common stock, as of June 30, 2010, for:
•
each of our named executive officers;
•
each of our directors;
•
all our current executive officers and directors as a group; and
•
each person, or group of affiliated persons, known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding shares of common stock.
For purposes of the table below, the percentage ownership calculations for beneficial ownership prior to this offering are based on 5,547,101 shares of our common stock outstanding as of June 30, 2010. The table does not give effect to the conversion of notes that will convert in this offering that are held by any of our named executive officers, directors or 5% stockholders.
Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and includes voting or investment power with respect to the securities. Shares of common stock that may be acquired by an individual or group within 60 days of June 30, 2010, pursuant to the exercise of options, warrants or other rights, are deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of such individual or group, but are not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person shown in the table.
Except as indicated in footnotes to this table, we believe that the stockholders named in this table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown to be beneficially owned by them, based on information provided to us by such stockholders. The address for each director and executive officer listed is: c/o Ventrus Biosciences, Inc., 787 7
th
Avenue, 48
th
Floor, New York, New York 10019.
Shares Beneficially Owned
Name
Number
Percentage
(1)
Named Executive Officers and Directors:
Russell H. Ellison
100,000
(1)
1.8
%
Thomas Rowland
227,995
4.1
%
Joseph Felder, M.D.
25,000
(2)
*
Richard M. Cohen
—
—
Myron Z. Holubiak
—
—
David J. Barrett
—
—
All executive officers and directors as a group (six persons)
352,995
6.2
%
5% Stockholders:
Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D.
c/o Paramount Biosciences, LLC
787 7
th
Avenue, 48
th
Floor
New York, New York 10019
2,316,201
(3)
37.7
%
Lester E. Lipschutz
c/o WolfBlock LLP
1650 Arch Street, 22
nd
Floor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
810,000
(4)
14.6
%
Jeffrey Serbin
c/o Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Elm and Carlton Streets
Carlton House A-320
Buffalo, New York 14226
320,000
5.8
%
*
Represents less than 1%
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(1)
Consists of a warrant to purchase shares of our common stock. Does not include shares issuable pursuant to an option that we are obligated to issue to Russell Ellison, our Chief Executive Officer, upon the closing date of this offering, which amount of shares will be equal to 7.5% of the fully-diluted shares of our company outstanding immediately after this offering, giving effect to all shares issuable under all convertible notes, warrants and options outstanding on such date, but excluding shares reserved for grants not issued under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.
(2)
Consists of an option to purchase common stock.
(3)
Includes 286,791 shares of common stock and 59,578 shares of common stock underlying warrants held by Paramount Biosciences, LLC, of which Dr. Rosenwald is the sole member. Also includes 530,500 shares of common stock underlying warrants granted to Paramount BioCapital, Inc. as part compensation for its placement agent services for us in connection with our 2008 common stock and warrant financing. Dr. Rosenwald is Chairman, CEO and the sole stockholder of Paramount BioCapital, Inc. Does not include shares issuable upon the conversion of convertible promissory notes for which the amount issuable upon conversion is, or shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants held by Paramount Credit Partners, LLC for which the number of shares is, indeterminable until the closing of this offering. Does not include 83,483 shares of common stock and 16,697 shares of common stock underlying warrants held by a trust established for the benefit of Dr.
Rosenwald's children, or 800,000 shares of common stock held by four trusts established for the benefit of Dr. Rosenwald and his family because Dr. Rosenwald disclaims beneficial ownership of all of these shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(4)
Lester Lipschutz is the trustee of the four trusts established for the benefit of Dr. Rosenwald and his family, which own 800,000 shares of our common stock in the aggregate. Mr. Lipschutz might be deemed to beneficially own the shares held by these trusts because he has sole voting and dispositive control over all shares held by these trusts. Includes 10,000 shares of common stock owned individually by Mr. Lipschutz.
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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
Common Stock
Our authorized capital stock consists of 25,000,000 shares of common stock and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock. As of June 30, 2010, we had outstanding 5,547,101 shares of common stock, held of record by 120 stockholders, and no shares of preferred stock. Assuming the automatic conversion of all outstanding convertible promissory notes into common stock immediately prior to the closing of this offering at an assumed initial public offering price of $[___] per share, we will issue an additional [___________] shares. In addition, as of June 30, 2010, we also had outstanding options to acquire 25,000 shares of common stock and warrants to acquire
[___________] shares of common stock. On the closing date of this offering, we are obligated to issue options to Russell Ellison, our Chief Executive Officer, to acquire a number of shares equal to 7.5% of the fully-diluted shares of our company outstanding immediately after this offering, giving effect to all shares issuable under all convertible notes, warrants and options outstanding on such date, but excluding shares reserved for grants not issued under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. In addition on the closing date of this offering, a warrant we issued in May 2010 to a consultant for the purchase of 100,000 shares will automatically adjust so that the amount of shares covered by the warrant will be an amount equal to 1% of the fully-diluted shares of our company outstanding immediately after the offering, giving effect to all shares issuable under all convertible notes, warrants and options outstanding on such date, but excluding shares reserved for grants not issued under our 2007
Stock Incentive Plan.
Voting.
Holders of the common stock are entitled to one vote for each outstanding share common stock owned by that stockholder on every matter properly submitted to the stockholders for their vote. Stockholders are not entitled to vote cumulatively for the election of directors.
Dividend Rights
.  Subject to the dividend rights of the holders of any outstanding series of preferred stock, holders of the common stock are entitled to receive ratably such dividends and other distributions of cash or any other right or property as may be declared by our board of directors out of our assets or funds legally available for such dividends or distributions.
Liquidation Rights
.  In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our company's affairs, holders of the common stock would be entitled to share ratably in our assets that are legally available for distribution to stockholders after payment of liabilities. If we have any preferred stock outstanding at such time, holders of the preferred stock may be entitled to distribution and/or liquidation preferences. In either such case, we must pay the applicable distribution to the holders of our preferred stock (if any) before we may pay distributions to the holders of common stock.
Conversion, Redemption and Preemptive Rights
.  Holders of our common stock have no conversion, redemption, preemptive, subscription or similar rights.
Preferred Stock
In addition to our authorized common stock, we have authorized 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock. Our board of directors does not have the authority to establish the rights and preferences of shares of preferred stoic without the approval of our stockholders. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could, among other things, have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in our control and may adversely affect the market price of the common stock and the voting and other rights of the holders of common stock.
Options
As of June 30, 2010, one option to purchase 25,000 shares of common stock was outstanding under the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan and 5,975,000 shares of common stock are available for future issuance under the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. At June 30, 2010 we had an obligation under the employment agreement with Dr. Ellison to issue an option on the closing date of this offering to purchase a number of shares equal to 7.5% of our fully diluted capitalization, giving effect to all shares issuable under all convertible notes, warrants and options outstanding on such date, but excluding shares reserved for grants not issued under our 2007 Stock Incentive
Plan.
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Warrants
As of June 30, 2010, we had two warrants outstanding to purchase an aggregate of 140,000 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $0.62 per share issued to Russell Ellison, prior to his becoming our Chief Executive Officer, and another individual for consulting services. Each warrant has a net exercise provision under which the holder in lieu of payment of the exercise price in cash can surrender the warrant and receive a net number of shares of common stock based on the fair market value of such stock at the time of exercise of the warrant after deduction of the aggregate exercise price. Unless earlier exercised, these warrants will
expire on November 8, 2014.
As of June 30, 2010, we had one warrant outstanding to purchase 530,500 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $1.00 per share issued to Paramount BioCapital, Inc. as part of its compensation for acting as placement agent in our 2008 common stock and warrant financing. This warrant has a net exercise provision under which the holder in lieu of payment of the exercise price in cash can surrender the warrant and receive a net number of shares of common stock based on the fair market value of such stock at the time of exercise of the warrant after deduction of the aggregate exercise price. Unless earlier exercised, this warrant will expire
on December 21, 2014.
As of June 30, 2010, we had 44 warrants outstanding to purchase an aggregate of 123,344 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $5.36 per share issued to investors in our 2008 common stock and warrant financing. Unless earlier exercised, these warrants will expire between June and August 2015.
As of June 30, 2010, we had four warrants outstanding to purchase an aggregate number of shares of common stock equal to $629,200 divided by the public purchase price in this offering with an exercise price of 110% of the public purchase price per share. These warrants were issued to Paramount Credit Partners, LLC in connection with loans made to us under promissory notes we issued to Paramount Credit Partners. Each of these warrants is redeemable at a price of $0.001 per share at any time after trading in our common stock begins on an exchange or the over-the-counter bulletin board and the closing price of our common stock is at least twice the
exercise price for a period of 30 consecutive days, provided the common stock underlying such warrants are registered for resale. Unless earlier exercised, these warrants will expire between January and June 2014.
As of June 30, 2010, we had 53 warrants to purchase an aggregate number of shares of common stock equal to 50% of $5,617,433 divided by the public purchase price in this offering with an exercise price of 110% of the initial public offering price per share. These warrants were issued to investors in our 2010 senior convertible note financing. Each of these warrants is redeemable at a price of $0.001 per share at any time after trading in the common stock begins on an exchange or the over-the-counter bulletin board and the closing price of the common stock is at least twice the exercise price for a period of 30 consecutive days, provided that the
shares of common stock underlying these warrants have been registered for resale under the Securities Act or are otherwise freely tradable. Unless earlier exercised, these warrants will expire on February 26, 2015.
As of June 30, 2010, we had one warrant outstanding to purchase 100,000 shares of our common stock with an exercise price equal of the initial public offering price in this offering, provided that if the offering is not consummated by January 31, 2011, then the exercise price per share shall equal the fair market value of a share of our common stock on such date. This warrant was issued to a consultant, Timothy Hofer. This warrant has an anti-dilution provision which provides that upon completion of this offering the number of shares for which it is exercisable will be automatically adjusted to equal 1% of our then-current capitalization on a fully
diluted basis, giving effect to all shares issuable under all convertible notes, warrants and options outstanding on such date, but excluding shares reserved for grants not issued under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. This warrant also has a net exercise provision under which the holder in lieu of payment of the exercise price in cash can surrender the warrant and receive a net number of shares of common preferred stock based on the fair market value of such stock at the time of exercise of the warrant after deduction of the aggregate exercise price. Unless earlier exercised, this warrant will expire on September 10, 2020.
As of June 30, 2010, we had three warrants outstanding to purchase an aggregate number of shares of common stock equal to $561,743 divided by 70% of the initial public offering price per share in this offering with an exercise price of 110% of the initial public offering price per share. These warrants were issued to
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National Securities Corporation as part of its compensation for acting as placement agent in our 2010 senior convertible note financing. Each of these warrants is redeemable at a price of $0.001 per share at any time after trading in our common stock begins on an exchange or the over-the-counter bulletin board and the closing price of our common stock is at least twice the exercise price for a period of 30 consecutive days, provided that the shares of common stock underlying these warrants have been registered for resale under the Securities Act or are otherwise freely tradable. This warrant also has a net exercise provision under which the holder in
lieu of payment of the exercise price in cash can surrender the warrant and receive a net number of shares of common preferred stock based on the fair market value of such stock at the time of exercise of the warrant after deduction of the aggregate exercise price. Unless earlier exercised, this warrant will expire on February 26, 2015.
Registration Rights
Upon completion of this offering, and after the expiration of the customary 180-day lock-up agreements, holders of the substantial majority of our common stock will be entitled to rights to register the shares held by them under the Securities Act pursuant to registration rights granted to such holders of these securities. If we propose to register any of our securities under the Securities Act, either for our own account or for the account of others, the holders of these shares are entitled to notice of the registration and are entitled to include, at our expense, their shares of common stock in the registration and any related underwriting,
provided, among other conditions and limitations, that the underwriters may limit the number of shares to be included in the registration and in some cases exclude these shares entirely.
In addition, the holders of these shares may require us to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to their shares of common stock, and we will be required to use our best efforts to effect the registration.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
We expect that the transfer agent and registrar for the common stock will be Onyx Stock Transfer, LLC. The transfer agent's address is 2672 Bayshore Parkway, Suite 1055, Mountain View, California 94043 and its telephone number is (650) 215-4880.
NASDAQ Capital Market
We intend to apply to list our common stock on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "VTUS."
Anti-takeover Effects of our Bylaws and Delaware Law
Provisions of our bylaws and of Delaware law could make the following more difficult:
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acquisition of us by means of a tender offer;
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acquisition of us by means of a proxy contest or otherwise; or
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removal of our incumbent officers and directors.
These provisions, which are summarized below, are expected to discourage coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover bids. These provisions are also designed to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to first negotiate with our Board. We believe that the benefits of increased protection give us the potential ability to negotiate with the proponent of an unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure us and outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging those proposals because negotiation of the proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.
Exclusive Rights to Fix Size of Board of Directors and to Fill Vacancies
Our bylaws provide that the number of directors in our Board, which may range from three to nine directors, shall be exclusively fixed by our Board, which has set the number of directors at five. Newly created directorships resulting from any increase in our authorized number of directors and any vacancies in our Board resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or other cause (including removal from office by a vote of the shareholders) will be filled by a majority of our Board then in office.
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Elimination of Shareholder Action by Written Consent
Upon successful completion of this offering, our bylaws will expressly eliminate the right of our shareholders to act by written consent. Shareholder action must take place at the annual or special meeting of our shareholders.
Special Shareholder Meetings
Our bylaws provide that only our Board or such person or persons designated by our Board may call special meetings of our shareholders.
Requirements for Advance Notification of Shareholder Nominations and Proposals
Upon successful completion of this offering, our bylaws will have advance notice procedures with respect to shareholder proposals and nominations of candidates for election as directors, other than nominations made by or at the direction of our Board or a committee of our Board. The business to be conducted at a meeting will be limited to business properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of our Board or a duly authorized committee thereof or by a shareholder of record who has given timely written notice to our secretary of that shareholder's intention to bring such business before such meeting.
Delaware Anti-takeover Law
Upon the distribution, we will be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL Section 203, subject to certain exceptions, prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in any business combination with any interested shareholder for a period of three years following the time that such shareholder became an interested shareholder, unless:
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prior to such time, the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the shareholder becoming an interested shareholder; or
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upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the shareholder becoming an interested shareholder, the interested shareholder owned at least 85.0% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding specified shares; or
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at or subsequent to such time, the business combination is approved by the board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of shareholders, by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested shareholder. The shareholders cannot authorize the business combination by written consent.
The application of Section 203 may limit the ability of shareholders to approve a transaction that they may deem to be in their best interests.
In general, Section 203 defines "business combination" to include:
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any merger or consolidation involving the corporation and the interested shareholder; or
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any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition of 10.0% or more of the assets of the corporation to or with the interested shareholder; or
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subject to certain exceptions, any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any of its stock to the interested shareholder; or
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any transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the corporation beneficially owned by the interested shareholder; or
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the receipt by the interested shareholder of the benefit of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits provided by or through the corporation.
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In general, Section 203 defines an "interested shareholder" as any person that is:
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the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation; or
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an affiliate or associate of the corporation who was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation at any time within three years immediately prior to the relevant date; or
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the affiliates and associates of the above.
Under specific circumstances, Section 203 makes it more difficult for an "interested shareholder" to effect various business combinations with a corporation for a three-year period, although the shareholders may, by adopting an amendment to the corporation's certificate of incorporation or bylaws, elect not to be governed by this section, effective 12 months after adoption.
Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws do not exclude us from the restrictions imposed under Section 203. We anticipate that the provisions of Section 203 might encourage companies interested in acquiring us to negotiate in advance with our Board since the shareholder approval requirement would be avoided if a majority of the directors then in office approve either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the shareholder becoming an interested shareholder.
No Cumulative Voting
Our bylaws do not provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors.
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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Dr. Rosenwald is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and sole stockholder of Paramount BioCapital, Inc., or Paramount, and is the sole member of Paramount Biosciences, LLC. As of June 30, 2010, Dr. Rosenwald beneficially owned approximately 36.4% of our issued and outstanding common stock, including shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants, but excluding shares issuable upon the conversion of convertible promissory notes. As of June 30, 2010, trusts established for the benefit of Dr. Rosenwald and his family owned approximately 14.6% of our issued and outstanding common stock, including shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants, but Dr.
Rosenwald disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares. Moreover, Dr. Rosenwald has the right to purchase additional shares of our common stock pursuant to purchase right agreements with certain employees of PBS or its affiliate. As well, Dr. Ellison, a director and our chief executive officer, was employed by Paramount Biosciences until December 31, 2009.
Effective August 2007, we began accruing monthly fees for consulting services at a rate of $25,000 per month to Paramount Corporate Development, LLC, an affiliate of Dr. Rosenwald. This agreement was terminated as of August 31, 2008, but as of March 31, 2010 there was an unpaid balance under this agreement of $100,000.
On July 23, 2008, we issued an 8% promissory note payable to Paramount Biosciences LLC, and on April 24, 2008, we issued an 8% promissory note payable to Capretti Grandi, LLC, an entity affiliated with Lindsay A. Rosenwald. Other than the maturity date, these notes have identical terms. All amounts outstanding under these notes mature and are payable on September 10, 2010 and April 24, 2012, respectively. All loans (including principal and accrued interest thereon) made by Paramount Biosciences or Capretti Grandi to us under these notes on or after September 30, 2009 shall immediately and automatically be converted into the same equity or derivative
securities as are issued in any equity or derivative equity financing consummated by us on or after September 30, 2009 (that does not otherwise constitute a Qualified Financing, as defined below), on the same terms and conditions that such equity securities are offered in such non-Qualified Financing. A "Qualified Financing" means the closing of an equity financing or series of related equity financings by us resulting in aggregate gross cash proceeds (before brokers' fees or other transaction expenses) of at least $10,000,000. On February 26, 2010, $2,192,433 outstanding under the Paramount BioSciences note was converted into 2010 convertible promissory notes. As of March 31, 2010, the aggregate principal amount outstanding under these notes was $1,001,153 and accrued interest was $72,444.
During 2009, we issued four separate 10% promissory notes, referred to collectively as the PCP Notes, to Paramount Credit Partners, LLC, or PCP, an entity whose managing member is Dr. Rosenwald. Specifically, the PCP Notes consist of a note in the principal amount of $1,100,000 issued on January 23, 2009, a note in the principal amount of $100,000 issued on March 25, 2009, a note in the principal amount of $250,000 issued on June 1, 2009 and a note in the principal amount of $123,000 issued on June 24, 2009. Interest on the PCP Notes is payable quarterly, in arrears, and the principal matures on the earliest of December 31, 2013; (ii) the
consummation by us of an equity financing where we receive at least $10 million in aggregate gross proceeds; and (iii) the consummation of a merger, share exchange or other similar transaction. Paramount Credit Partners has agreed verbally to waive the repayment obligation upon the close of this offering. In addition, Paramount Credit Partners received five-year warrants to purchase, at an exercise price of 110% of the issue price in this offering, a number of shares of our common stock equal to 40% of the principal amount of each PCP Note purchased divided by the issue price in this offering.
On December 3, 2008, we, Paramount Biosciences and various other private pharmaceutical companies in which Dr. Rosenwald is a significant investor and stockholder, entered into a loan agreement with Bank of America, N.A. for a line of credit of $2,000,000. Paramount Biosciences pledged certain of its assets as collateral to secure our and the other borrowers' obligations to Bank of America under the loan agreement. Interest on amounts borrowed under the line of credit accrues and is payable on a monthly basis at an annual rate equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus 1%. On November 10, 2009, the parties entered into Amendment No.
1 to the Loan Agreement, which extended the initial one-year term for an additional year, such that it currently matures on November 5, 2010, and reduced the aggregate amount available under the line of credit to $1,000,000. Under the loan agreement, our liability under the line of credit is several, not joint, with respect to the payment of all obligations thereunder. As of March 31, 2010, the amounts borrowed by us that were outstanding under this line of credit were $320,000.
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In addition, Paramount acted as lead placement agent or co-placement agent on certain of our prior financings. Pursuant to the placement agency agreements we entered into, the company has agreed to indemnify Paramount against liabilities arising out of such financings.
Effective May 11, 2010, we entered into a consulting agreement with Timothy Hofer, pursuant to which Mr. Hofer provides us with general consulting services focused on general business and company development. Mr. Hofer is also an employee of Paramount Biosciences. This consulting agreement is for a period of one year, subject to renewal for such longer period as we may agree in writing with Mr. Hofer, and may be terminated by either party upon 30 days' prior written notice. As compensation for his services under the agreement, we granted Mr. Hofer a ten-year warrant to purchase 100,000 shares of our common stock, subject to adjustment as
described below. The warrant will have an exercise price per share equal to the price at which shares of our common stock are issued in a Qualified Financing. If a Qualified Financing does not occur on or before September 10, 2010, then the exercise price per share of the warrant will be equal to the fair market value of our common stock, as determined pursuant to a valuation performed by an independent appraisal firm. Under the terms of the warrant, if we consummate a Qualified Financing, the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrant will be automatically adjusted so that such number of shares is equal to 1.0% of our outstanding common stock on a fully diluted basis, ,giving effect to all shares issuable under all convertible notes, warrants and options outstanding on such date, but excluding shares reserved for grants not issued under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. For purposes of the warrant, a "Qualified Financing" means our next equity
financing (or series of related equity financings) sufficient to trigger conversion of all amounts then outstanding under our convertible bridge notes issued in 2007 and 2008.
We occupy space at no charge on the 48
th
floor at 787 7
th
Avenue, New York, New York 10019, which are the offices of Paramount BioSciences. There is no written agreement for this arrangement between us and Paramount BioSciences. Our occupancy began in June 2010.
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SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
Prior to this offering, there has been no market for our common stock, and a liquid trading market for our common stock may not develop or be sustained after this offering. Future sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that such sales could occur, could adversely affect market prices prevailing from time to time and could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of our equity securities. Furthermore, because only a limited number of shares will be available for sale shortly after this offering due to existing contractual and legal restrictions on resale as described below, there may be
sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market after the restrictions lapse. This may adversely affect the prevailing market price and our ability to raise equity capital in the future. Although we intend to apply to have our common stock approved for listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "VTUS," we cannot assure you that there will be an active public market for our common stock.
Based on the number of shares outstanding as of June 30, 2010, upon completion of this offering, [
] shares of common stock will be outstanding, assuming no exercise of the underwriters' overallotment option. Of the shares to be outstanding immediately after the closing of this offering, [
] shares of common stock to be sold in this offering will be freely tradable without restriction under the Securities Act unless purchased by our "affiliates," as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
The remaining [
] shares of common stock will be "restricted securities" under Rule 144.
Subject to the lock-up agreements described below and the provisions of Rule 144 and 701 under the Securities Act, these restricted securities will be available for sale in the public market as follows:
Date Available for Sale
Shares Eligible for Sale
Description
Date of Prospectus
[_________________]
Shares sold in the offering and shares saleable under Rule 144 that are not subject to a lock-up
90 Days after Date of Prospectus
[__________________]
Shares saleable under Rules 144 and 701 that are not subject to a lock-up
180 Days after Date of Prospectus
[__________________]
Lock-up released; shares saleable under Rules 144 and 701
In addition, [___________] of the [__________] shares of our common stock that were issuable upon the exercise of stock options outstanding as of March 31, 2010, and upon exercise these shares will be eligible for sale subject to the lock-up agreements described below and Rules 144 and 701 under the Securities Act.
Rule 144
In general, under Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as in effect on the date of this prospectus, a person who is not one of our affiliates at any time during the three months preceding a sale, and who has beneficially owned the shares of our common stock to be sold for at least six months, would be entitled to sell an unlimited number of shares of our common stock, provided current public information about us is available. In addition, under Rule 144, a person who is not one of our affiliates at any time during the three months preceding a sale, and who has beneficially owned the shares of our common stock proposed to be sold for at least one year,
would be entitled to sell an unlimited number of shares beginning one year after this offering without regard to whether current public information about us is available. Our affiliates who have beneficially owned shares of our common stock for at least six months are entitled to sell within any three-month period a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of:
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1% of the number of shares of our common stock then outstanding, which will equal approximately [
] shares immediately after this offering, and
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the average weekly trading volume in our common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market during the four calendar weeks preceding the date of filing of a Notice of Proposed Sale of Securities Pursuant to Rule 144 with respect to the sale.
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Sales by affiliates under Rule 144 are also subject to manner of sale provisions and notice requirements and to the availability of current public information about us. Rule 144 also provides that affiliates relying on Rule 144 to sell shares of our common stock that are not restricted shares must nonetheless comply with the same restrictions applicable to restricted shares, other than the holding period requirement.
Rule 701
In general, under Rule 701 under the Securities Act, any of our employees, consultants or advisors who purchased shares from us in connection with a qualified compensatory stock plan or other written agreement is eligible to resell those shares 90 days after the effective date of this offering in reliance on Rule 144, but without compliance with the various restrictions, including the holding period, contained in Rule 144.
Lock-up Agreements
In connection with this offering, we, our officers and directors, and certain stockholders have each entered into a lock-up agreement with the underwriter of this offering that restricts the sale of shares of our common stock by those parties for a period of 180 days after the date of this prospectus, subject to extension in certain circumstances. The underwriter, may, in its sole discretion, choose to release any or all of the shares of our common stock subject to these lock-up agreements at any time prior to the expiration of the lock-up period without notice. For more information, see "Underwriting."
Registration Rights
Following the completion of this offering, and assuming an initial public offering price of $[•  ], stockholders holding approximately [__________] shares of our common stock, including shares issued upon conversion of our convertible notes, will have the right, subject to various conditions and limitations, to include their shares in registration statements relating to our securities. Pursuant to the lock-up agreements described above, certain of our stockholders have agreed not to exercise those rights during the lock-up period without the prior written consent of the representatives of the underwriter of this offering. For a
description of these registration rights, see "Description of Capital Stock — Registration Rights."
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UNDERWRITING AND PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Subject to the terms and conditions of an underwriting agreement, dated         , 2010, we have agreed to sell to the underwriter National Securities Corporation, and the underwriter has agreed to purchase, on a firm commitment basis the number of shares offered in this offering set forth below, at the public offering price, less the underwriting discount set forth on the cover page of this prospectus.
Name
Number of
Shares
National Securities Corporation
Nature of Underwriting Commitment
The underwriting agreement provides that the underwriter is committed to purchase all shares offered in this offering, other than those covered by the over-allotment option described below, if the underwriter purchases any of these securities. The underwriting agreement provides that the obligations of the underwriter to purchase the shares offered hereby are conditional and may be terminated at its discretion based on its assessment of the state of the financial markets. The obligations of the underwriter may also be terminated upon the occurrence of other events specified in the underwriting agreement. Furthermore, pursuant to the underwriting
agreement, the underwriter's obligations are subject to the authorization and the validity of the shares being accepted for listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market and to various other customary conditions, representations and warranties contained in the underwriting agreement, such as receipt by the underwriter of officers' certificates and legal opinions of our counsel.
Other than as underwriter in this offering and acting as our placement agent in our 2010 senior convertible promissory note offering, neither National Securities Corporation nor any of its affiliates have provided services to us or our affiliates in the past.
State Blue Sky Information
We intend to offer and sell the shares offered hereby to retail customers and institutional investors in all 50 states. However, we will not make any offer of these securities in any jurisdiction where an offer is not permitted.
Pricing of Securities
The underwriter has advised us that it proposes to offer the shares directly to the public at the public offering price set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and to certain dealers that are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, at such price less a concession not in excess of $____ per share. The underwriter may allow, and the selected dealers may reallow, a concession not in excess of $[____] per share to certain brokers and dealers. After this offering, the offering price and concessions and discounts to brokers and dealers and other selling terms may from time to time be changed by the underwriter. These
prices should not be considered an indication of the actual value of our shares and are subject to change as a result of market conditions and other factors. No variation in those terms will change the amount of proceeds to be received by us as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus.
Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for the shares. The public offering price for the shares was determined by negotiation between us and the underwriter.
The principal factors considered in determining the public offering price of the shares included:
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the information in this prospectus and otherwise available to the underwriter;
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the history and the prospects for the industry in which we will compete;
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the valuation of our company based on, among other factors, the offering prices of our recent private offerings;
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our current financial condition and the prospects for our future cash flows and earnings;
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the general condition of the economy and the securities markets at the time of this offering;
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the recent market prices of, and the demand for, publicly-traded securities of generally comparable companies;
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the public demand for our securities in this offering; and
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other factors as were deemed relevant.
We cannot be sure that the public offering price will correspond to the price at which our shares will trade in the public market following this offering or that an active trading market for our shares will develop and continue after this offering.
We intend to apply to list our common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "VTUS".
Commissions and Discounts
The following table summarizes the compensation to be paid to our underwriter by us and the proceeds, before expenses, payable to us, assuming a $________ offering price. The information assumes either no exercise or full exercise by the underwriter of the over-allotment option.
Total
Per
Share
Without
Over-Allotment
With
Over-Allotment
Public offering price
$
$
$
Underwriting discount
(1)
$
$
$
Non-accountable expense allowance
(2)
$
$
$
Proceeds, before expenses, to us
(3)
$
$
$
(1)
Underwriting discount is $________ per share.
(2)
The expense allowance of 3% is not payable with respect to the shares sold upon exercise of the underwriter's over-allotment option.
(3)
We estimate that the total expenses of this offering, excluding the underwriter's discount and expense allowance, are approximately $460,000.
Over-allotment Option
We have granted the underwriter an option, exercisable for 45 days after the closing date of this offering, to purchase up to 15% of the shares of common stock sold in the offering ([___] additional shares) solely to cover over-allotments, if any, at the same price as the initial shares offered.
Lock-ups
All of our officers and directors have agreed that, for a period of six months from the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, they will not sell, contract to sell, grant any option for the sale or otherwise dispose of any of our equity securities, or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for our equity securities, except securities acquired after the closing of this offering, without the consent of the underwriter except for exercise or conversion of currently outstanding warrants, options and convertible notes, as applicable; and exercise of options under an acceptable stock
incentive plan. It is expressly agreed that the holder is expressly precluded from engaging in any hedging or other transaction with respect to their securities during the lock-up period which is designed to or which reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in a sale or disposition of their securities, even if such securities would be disposed of by someone other than the holder. Such prohibited hedging or other transactions would include without limitation any short sale or any purchase, sale or grant of any put or call option or other right. The underwriter may consent to an early release from the lock-up period if, in its opinion, the market for the common stock would not be adversely impacted by sales and in cases of a financial emergency of an officer, director or other stockholder. We are unaware of any officer or director who intends to ask for consent to dispose of any of our equity securities during the lock-up period.
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Underwriter's Warrant
We have agreed to issue to National Securities Corporation a warrant to purchase up to a total of [________] shares of common stock (10% of the shares of common stock sold). This warrant is exercisable at $[___] per share (120% of the per share price of the common stock sold in this offering), commencing on a date which is one year from the effective date of the registration statement and expiring five years from the effective date of the registration statement. The warrant and the [________] shares of common stock underlying the warrant have been deemed compensation by the FINRA and are therefore subject to a 180-day lock-up pursuant to Rule
5110(g)(1) of the FINRA. National Securities Corporation (or permitted assignees under the Rule) will not sell, transfer, assign, pledge, or hypothecate this warrant or the securities underlying this warrant, nor will it engage in any hedging, short sale, derivative, put, or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of this warrant or the underlying securities for a period of 180 days from the date of this prospectus. Additionally, the warrant may not be sold transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated for a one-year period (including the foregoing 180-day period) following the effective date of the registration statement except to any underwriter and selected dealer participating in this offering and their bona fide officers or partners. The warrant grants the holder a one time demand registration right, as well as "piggy back" registration rights. These rights apply to all of the securities directly and indirectly issuable upon exercise of
the warrant. We will bear all fees and expenses attendant to registering the securities issuable on exercise of the warrant, other than underwriting commissions incurred and payable by the holder. The exercise price and number of shares issuable upon exercise of the warrant may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, extraordinary cash dividend or our recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, the warrant exercise price or underlying shares will not be adjusted for issuances of common stock at a price below the warrant exercise price.
This warrant will be valued based on the underlying shares of common stock obtainable and valuation factors appropriate at the time it is issued. We currently estimate that value to be approximately $[________], based on the number of shares of common stock subject to this warrant, a offering price of the shares of $[________], the resulting exercise prices related to the warrant on the shares of common stock, the five-year term of the warrant, a risk-free interest rate of [___]% currently commensurate with that term, an expected dividend yield of [___]% and estimated volatility of [___]%, based on a review of our historical volatility. The initial
value of this warrant will be charged to additional paid-in capital as part of costs of this offering.
Other Terms
In connection with this offering, the underwriter or certain of the securities dealers may distribute prospectuses electronically. No forms of prospectus other than printed prospectuses and electronically distributed prospectuses that are printable in Adobe® PDF format will be used in connection with this offering.
The underwriter has informed us that it does not expect to confirm sales of shares of common stock by this prospectus to accounts over which they exercise discretionary authority without obtaining the specific approval of the account holder.
Stabilization
Until the distribution of the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus is completed, rules of the SEC may limit the ability of the underwriter to bid for and to purchase our securities. As an exception to these rules, the underwriter may engage in transactions effected in accordance with Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are intended to stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of our common stock. The underwriter may engage in over-allotment sales, syndicate covering transactions, stabilizing transactions, and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M.
•
Stabilizing transactions permit bids or purchases for the purpose of pegging, fixing or maintaining the price of the common stock, so long as stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum.
•
Over-allotment involves sales by the underwriter of shares in excess of the number of shares the underwriter is obligated to purchase, which creates a short position. The short position may be either a covered short position or a naked short position. In a covered short position, the number of shares over-allotted by the underwriter is not greater than the number of shares that it may purchase in the
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over-allotment option. In a naked short position, the number of shares involved is greater than the number of shares in the over-allotment option. The underwriter may close out any covered short position by either exercising its over-allotment option or purchasing shares in the open market.
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Covering transactions involve the purchase of securities in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover short positions. In determining the source of securities to close out the short position, the underwriter will consider, among other things, the price of securities available for purchase in the open market as compared to the price at which it may purchase securities through the over-allotment option. If the underwriter sells more shares of common stock than could be covered by the over-allotment option, creating a naked short position, the position can only be closed out by buying securities in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriter is concerned that there could be downward pressure on the price of the securities in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in this offering.
•
Penalty bids permit the underwriter to reclaim a selling concession from a selected dealer when the shares of common stock originally sold by the selected dealer are purchased in a stabilizing or syndicate covering transaction.
These stabilizing transactions, covering transactions, and penalty bids may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of our common stock or preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of our common stock. As a result, the price of our common stock may be higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the open market.
Neither we nor the underwriter make any representation or prediction as to the effect that the transactions described above may have on the prices of our securities. These transactions may occur on the NASDAQ Capital Market, in the over-the-counter market, or on any other trading market. If any of these transactions are commenced, they may be discontinued without notice at any time.
Indemnification
The underwriting agreement provides for indemnification between us and the underwriter against specified liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and for contribution by us and the underwriter to payments that may be required to be made with respect to those liabilities. We have been advised that, in the opinion of the SEC, indemnification for liabilities under the Securities Act is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and is therefore, unenforceable.
Electronic Delivery of Prospectus
In connection with this offering, the underwriter or securities dealers may distribute prospectuses by electronic means, such as e-mail.
Foreign Regulatory Restrictions on Purchase of the Common Stock
We have not taken any action to permit a public offering of the share outside the United Sates or to permit the possession or distribution of this prospectus outside the United States. Persons outside the United States who come into possession of this prospectus must inform themselves about and observe any restrictions relating to this offering and the distribution of the prospectus outside the United States.
United Kingdom
No offer of shares has been made or will be made to the public in the United Kingdom within the meaning of Section 102B of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended, or FSMA, except to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities or otherwise in circumstances which do not require the publication by us of a prospectus pursuant to the Prospectus Rules of the Financial Services Authority, or FSA. The underwriter: (i) has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to
be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of FSMA) to persons who have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial
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Promotion) Order 2005 or in circumstances in which Section 21 of FSMA does not apply to us; and (ii) has complied with, and will comply with all applicable provisions of FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the shares in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
European Economic Area
In relation to each member state of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive, which we refer to as a Relevant Member State, with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State, which we refer to as the Relevant Implementation Date, no offer of shares has been made and or will be made to the public in that Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the shares which has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member State and notified to
the competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive, except that, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, an offer of shares may be made to the public in that Relevant Member State at any time: (a) to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities; (b) to any legal entity which has two or more of (i) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year; (ii) a total balance sheet of more than €43 million; and (iii) an annual net turnover of more than €50 million, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts; or (c) in any other circumstances which do not require the publication by us of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this provision, the expression an "offer of ordinary shares to the
public" in relation to any shares in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the shares to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the shares, as the same may be varied in that Relevant Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Relevant Member State and the expression Prospectus Directive means Directive 2003/71/ EC and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
Germany
Any offer or solicitation of shares within Germany must be in full compliance with the German Securities Prospectus Act (Wertpapierprospektgesetz — WpPG). The offer and solicitation of securities to the public in Germany requires the approval of the prospectus by the German Federal Financial Services Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht — BaFin). This prospectus has not been and will not be submitted for approval to the BaFin. This prospectus does not constitute a public offer under the German Securities Prospectus Act (Wertpapierprospektgesetz). This prospectus and any other
document relating to the shares, as well as any information contained therein, must therefore not be supplied to the public in Germany or used in connection with any offer for subscription of the shares to the public in Germany, any public marketing of the shares or any public solicitation for offers to subscribe for or otherwise acquire the shares. The prospectus and other offering materials relating to the offer of the shares are strictly confidential and may not be distributed to any person or entity other than the designated recipients hereof.
Greece
This prospectus has not been approved by the Hellenic Capital Markets Commission or another E.U. equivalent authority and consequently is not addressed to or intended for use, in any way whatsoever, by Greek residents. The shares have not been offered or sold and will not be offered, sold or delivered directly or indirectly in Greece, except (i) to "qualified investors" (as defined in article 2(f) of Greek Law 3401/2005); and/or (ii) to less than 100 individuals or legal entities, who are not qualified investors (article 3, paragraph 2(b) of Greek Law 3401/2005), or otherwise in circumstances which will not result in the offer of the new
shares being subject to the Greek Prospectus requirements of preparing a filing a prospectus (under articles 3 and 4 of Greek Law 3401/2005).
Italy
This offering of the shares has not been cleared by Consob, the Italian Stock Exchanges regulatory agency of public companies, pursuant to Italian securities legislation and, accordingly, no shares may be offered, sold or delivered, nor may copies of this prospectus or of any other document relating to the shares be distributed in Italy, except (1) to professional investors (operatori qualificati); or (2) in circumstances which
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are exempted from the rules on solicitation of investments pursuant to Decree No. 58 and Article 33, first paragraph, of Consob Regulation No. 11971 of May 14, 1999, as amended. Any offer, sale or delivery of the shares or distribution of copies of this prospectus or any other document relating to the shares in Italy under (1) or (2) above must be (i) made by an investment firm, bank or financial intermediary permitted to conduct such activities in Italy in accordance with the Decree No. 58 and Legislative Decree No. 385 of September 1, 1993, or the Banking Act; (ii) in compliance with Article 129 of the Banking Act and the implementing guidelines of
the Bank of Italy, as amended from time to time, pursuant to which the issue or the offer of securities in Italy may need to be preceded and followed by an appropriate notice to be filed with the Bank of Italy depending, inter alia, on the aggregate value of the securities issued or offered in Italy and their characteristics; and (iii) in compliance with any other applicable laws and regulations.
Cyprus
The underwriter has agreed that (i) it will not be providing from or within Cyprus any "Investment Services", "Investment Activities" and "Non-Core Services" (as such terms are defined in the Investment Firms Law 144(I) of 2007 (the "IFL"), in relation to the shares, or will be otherwise providing Investment Services, Investment Activities and Non-Core Services to residents or persons domiciled in Cyprus. The underwriter has agreed that it will not be concluding in Cyprus any transaction relating to such Investment Services, Investment Activities and Non-Core Services in contravention of the IFL and/or
applicable regulations adopted pursuant thereto or in relation thereto; and (ii) it has not and will not offer any of the shares other than in compliance with the provisions of the Public Offer and Prospectus Law, Law 114(I)/2005.
Switzerland
This document does not constitute a prospectus within the meaning of Art. 652a of the Swiss Code of Obligations. The shares may not be sold directly or indirectly in or into Switzerland except in a manner which will not result in a public offering within the meaning of the Swiss Code of Obligations. Neither this document nor any other offering materials relating to the shares may be distributed, published or otherwise made available in Switzerland except in a manner which will not constitute a public offer of the shares of in Switzerland.
Norway
This prospectus has not been approved or disapproved by, or registered with, the Oslo Stock Exchange, the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority (Kredittilsynet) nor the Norwegian Registry of Business Enterprises, and the shares are marketed and sold in Norway on a private placement basis and under other applicable exceptions from this offering prospectus requirements as provided for pursuant to the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
Botswana
We hereby represent and warrant that we have not offered for sale or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly the shares to the public in the Republic of Botswana, and confirms that this offering will not be subject to any registration requirements as a prospectus pursuant to the requirements and/or provisions of the Companies Act, 2003 or the Listing Requirements of the Botswana Stock Exchange.
Hong Kong
The shares may not be offered or sold by means of any document other than (i) in circumstances which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.32, Laws of Hong Kong), (ii) to "professional investors" within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap.571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made thereunder, or (iii) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a "prospectus" within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.32, Laws of Hong Kong), and no advertisement, invitation or document relating to the shares may be issued or may be in the
possession of any person for the purpose of issue (in each case whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere), which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to shares which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to "professional investors" within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap.571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made thereunder.
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Singapore
This prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, this prospectus and any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the shares may not be circulated or distributed, nor may the shares be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore, or the SFA, (ii) to a relevant person, or any person pursuant to Section
275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. Where the shares are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 by a relevant person which is: (a) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (b) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary is an accredited investor, shares, debentures and shares of shares and debentures of that corporation or the beneficiaries' rights and interest in that trust shall not be transferable for six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the shares under Section 275 except: (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the SFA or
to a relevant person, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is given for the transfer; or (iii) by operation of law.
People's Republic of China
This prospectus has not been and will not be circulated or distributed in the PRC, and shares may not be offered or sold, and will not be offered or sold to any person for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, to any resident of the PRC except pursuant to applicable laws and regulations of the PRC. For the purpose of this paragraph only, the PRC does not include Taiwan and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
Israel
This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell the shares to the public in Israel or a prospectus under the Israeli Securities Law, 5728-1968 and the regulations promulgated thereunder, or the Israeli Securities Law, and has not been filed with or approved by the Israel Securities Authority. In Israel, pursuant to an exemption afforded under the Israeli Securities Law, this prospectus may be distributed only to, and may be directed only at, investors listed in the first addendum to the Israeli Securities Law, or the Addendum, consisting primarily of certain mutual trust and provident funds, or management companies thereto, banks, as defined
under the Banking (Licensing) Law, 5741-1981, except for joint service companies purchasing for their own account or for clients listed in the Addendum, insurers, as defined under the Supervision of Financial Services Law (Insurance), 5741-1981, portfolio managers purchasing for their own account or for clients listed in the Addendum, investment advisers purchasing for their own account, Tel Aviv Stock Exchange members purchasing for their own account or for clients listed in the Addendum, underwriters purchasing for their own account, venture capital funds, certain corporations which primarily engage in the capital market and fully-owned by investors listed in the Addendum and corporations whose equity exceeds NIS250 Million, collectively referred to as institutional investors. Institutional investors may be required to submit written confirmation that they fall within the scope of the Addendum.
United Arab Emirates
This document has not been reviewed, approved or licensed by the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates, or UAE, Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority or any other relevant licensing authority in the UAE including any licensing authority incorporated under the laws and regulations of any of the free zones established and operating in the territory of the UAE, in particular the Dubai International Financial Services Authority (the "DFSA"), a regulatory authority of the Dubai International Financial Centre, referred to as the DIFC. The issue of shares does not constitute a public offer of securities in the UAE, DIFC and/or any other
free zone in accordance with the Commercial Companies Law, Federal Law No. 8 of 1984 (as amended), DFSA Offered Securities Rules and the Dubai International Financial Exchange Listing Rules, accordingly, or otherwise. The shares may not be offered to the public in the UAE and/or any of the free
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zones including, in particular, the DIFC. The shares may be offered and this document may be issued, only to a limited number of investors in the UAE or any of its free zones (including, in particular, the DIFC) who qualify as sophisticated investors under the relevant laws and regulations of the UAE or the free zone concerned. Our company's' management and the underwriter represent and warrant that the shares will not be offered, sold, transferred or delivered to the public in the UAE or any of its free zones including, in particular, the DIFC.
Oman
For the attention of the residents of Oman:
The information contained in this memorandum neither constitutes a public offer of securities in the Sultanate of Oman ("Oman") as contemplated by the Commercial Companies Law of Oman (Sultani Decree 4/74) or the Capital Market Law of Oman (Sultani Decree 80/98), nor does it constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of any offer to buy non-Omani securities in Oman as contemplated by Article 6 of the Executive Regulations to the Capital Market Law of Oman (issued vide Ministerial Decision No 4/2001), and nor does it constitute a distribution of non-Omani securities in Oman as contemplated under the Rules for Distribution of Non-Omani
Securities in Oman issued by the Capital Market Authority of Oman ("CMA"). Additionally, this memorandum is not intended to lead to the conclusion of any contract of whatsoever nature within the territory of Oman. This memorandum has been sent at the request of the investor in Oman, and by receiving this memorandum, the person or entity to whom it has been issued and sent understands, acknowledges and agrees that this memorandum has not been approved by the CMA or any other regulatory body or authority in Oman, nor has any authorization, license or approval been received from the CMA or any other regulatory authority in Oman, to market, offer, sell, or distribute the shares within Oman.
No marketing, offering, selling or distribution of any financial or investment products or services has been or will be made from within Oman and no subscription to any securities, products or financial services may or will be consummated within Oman. The underwriter is not a company licensed by the CMA to provide investment advisory, brokerage, or portfolio management services in Oman, nor banks licensed by the Central Bank of Oman to provide investment banking services in Oman. The underwriter does not advise persons or entities resident or based in Oman as to the appropriateness of investing in or purchasing or selling securities or other
financial products.
Nothing contained in this memorandum is intended to constitute Omani investment, legal, tax, accounting or other professional advice. This memorandum is for your information only, and nothing herein is intended to endorse or recommend a particular course of action. You should consult with an appropriate professional for specific advice on the basis of your situation. Any recipient of this memorandum and any purchaser of the shares pursuant to this memorandum shall not market, distribute, resell, or offer to resell the shares within Oman without complying with the requirements of applicable Omani law, nor copy or otherwise distribute this memorandum
to others.
Canada
Resale Restrictions
The distribution of our securities in Canada is being made only on a private placement basis exempt from the requirement that we prepare and file a prospectus with the securities regulatory authorities in each province where trades of our securities are made. Any resale of our securities in Canada must be made under applicable securities laws that will vary depending on the relevant jurisdiction, and which may require resales to be made under available statutory exemptions or under a discretionary exemption granted by the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authority. Purchasers are advised to seek legal advice prior to any resale of our
securities.
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Representations of Purchasers
By purchasing our securities in Canada and accepting a purchase confirmation a purchaser is representing to us and the dealer from whom the purchase confirmation is received that:
•
the purchaser is entitled under applicable provincial securities laws to purchase our securities without the benefit of a prospectus qualified under those securities laws;
•
where required by law, that the purchaser is purchasing as principal and not as agent;
•
the purchaser has reviewed the text above under Resale Restrictions; and
•
the purchaser acknowledges and consents to the provision of specified information concerning its purchase of our securities to the regulatory authority that by law is entitled to collect the information.
Further details concerning the legal authority for this information are available on request.
Rights of Action — Ontario Purchasers Only
Under Ontario securities legislation, certain purchasers who purchase a security offered by this prospectus during the period of distribution will have a statutory right of action for damages, or while still the owner of our securities, for rescission against us in the event that this prospectus contains a misrepresentation without regard to whether the purchaser relied on the misrepresentation. The right of action for damages is exercisable not later than the earlier of 180 days from the date the purchaser first had knowledge of the facts giving rise to the cause of action and three years from the date on which payment is made for our securities.
The right of action for rescission is exercisable not later than 180 days from the date on which payment is made for our securities. If a purchaser elects to exercise the right of action for rescission, the purchaser will have no right of action for damages against us. In no case will the amount recoverable in any action exceed the price at which our securities were offered to the purchaser and if the purchaser is shown to have purchased the securities with knowledge of the misrepresentation, we will have no liability. In the case of an action for damages, we will not be liable for all or any portion of the damages that are proven to not represent the depreciation in value of our securities as a result of the misrepresentation relied upon. These rights are in addition to, and without derogation from, any other rights or remedies available at law to an Ontario purchaser. The foregoing is a summary of the rights available to an Ontario purchaser. Ontario purchasers should refer to the
complete text of the relevant statutory provisions.
Enforcement of Legal Rights
All of our directors and officers as well as the experts named herein may be located outside of Canada and, as a result, it may not be possible for Canadian purchasers to effect service of process within Canada upon us or those persons. All or a substantial portion of our assets and the assets of those persons may be located outside of Canada and, as a result, it may not be possible to satisfy a judgment against us or those persons in Canada or to enforce a judgment obtained in Canadian courts against us or those persons outside of Canada.
Taxation and Eligibility for Investment
Canadian purchasers of our securities should consult their own legal and tax advisors with respect to the tax consequences of an investment in our securities in their particular circumstances and about the eligibility of our securities for investment by the purchaser under relevant Canadian legislation.
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LEGAL MATTERS
The legality of the securities being offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton, LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina. Littman Krooks LLP, New York, New York, is acting as counsel for the underwriters in connection with this offering.
EXPERTS
J.H. Cohn LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, has audited our balance sheets as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related statements of operations, changes in stockholders' deficiency and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 and the period from October 7, 2005 (inception) to December 31, 2009, as set forth in their report, which includes an explanatory paragraph relating to our ability to continue as a going concern. We have included our financial statements in this prospectus and in this registration statement in reliance on J.H. Cohn LLP's report given on their authority as experts in
accounting and auditing.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the shares of our common stock offered hereby. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules thereto. Some items are omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. For further information with respect to us and the common stock offered hereby, we refer you to the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules filed therewith. Statements contained in this prospectus as to the contents of any contract, agreement or any other
document are summaries of the material terms of this contract, agreement or other document. With respect to each of these contracts, agreements or other documents filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, reference is made to the exhibits for a more complete description of the matter involved. A copy of the registration statement, and the exhibits and schedules thereto, may be inspected without charge at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at 100 F. Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Copies of these materials may be obtained by writing to the Public Reference Section of the SEC at 100 F. Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the public reference facility. The SEC maintains a web site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC. The address of the SEC's website is
http://www.sec.gov.
DISCLOSURE OF SEC POSITION ON INDEMNIFICATION FOR SECURITIES LAW VIOLATIONS
Our amended and restated bylaws provide for indemnification of our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL. However, insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors and officers pursuant to the bylaws or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment of expenses incurred or paid by a director or officer
in a successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director or officer in connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to the court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Page
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
F-2
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2009 and 2008
F-3
Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 and the period from October 7, 2005 (Inception) to December 31, 2009
F-4
Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Deficiency for the period from October 7, 2005 (Inception) to December 31, 2009
F-5
Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 and the period from October 7, 2005 (Inception) to December 31, 2009
F-6
Notes to Financial Statements
F-7 – F-19
Condensed Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2010 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2009
F-20
Condensed Statements of Operations (Unaudited) for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 and the period from October 7, 2005 (Inception) to March 31, 2010
F-21
Condensed Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Deficiency (Unaudited) for the period from January 1, 2010 to March 31, 2010
F-22
Condensed Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 and the period from October 7, 2005 (Inception) to March 31, 2010
F-23
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements
F-24 – F-34
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
VentrusBioSciences, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of VentrusBioSciences, Inc. (A Development Stage Company) as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related statements of operations, changes in stockholders' deficiency and cash flows for the years then ended and the period from October 7, 2005 (Inception) to December 31, 2009. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of VentrusBioSciences, Inc. as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and its results of operations and cash flows for the years then ended and the period from October 7, 2005 (Inception) to December 31, 2009, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company incurred a net loss of $4,539,405 for the year ended December 31, 2009 and, as of that date, had a deficit accumulated during the development stage of $17,893,729 and a working capital deficiency of $12,273,641. These matters, among others, raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans concerning these matters are also described in Note 1. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that
might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
/s/ J.H. Cohn LLP
Roseland, New Jersey
July 19, 2010
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Balance Sheets
December 31,
2009
December 31,
2008
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash
$
81,288
$
15,851
Prepaid research and development
—
800,000
Other current assets
2,519
5,167
Total current assets
83,807
821,018
Office equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $14,734 and $7,223
12,525
17,463
Other assets
69,922
31,910
Total assets
$
166,254
$
870,391
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
$
3,362,460
$
4,125,233
2007 Senior convertible notes
5,305,000
—
Interest payable – 2007 senior convertible notes
986,838
413,130
Notes payable – related parties PBS
2,215,591
—
Interest payable – related parties PBS
59,719
3,877
Borrowings under line of credit
320,000
170,000
Interest payable – Paramount Credit Partners, LLC
107,840
—
Total current liabilities
12,357,448
4,712,240
Notes payable – Paramount Credit Partners, LLC (net of discount of $401,546)
1,171,454
—
2007 Senior convertible notes
—
5,305,000
Notes payable – related parties
—
310,201
Total liabilities
13,528,902
10,327,441
Commitments
Stockholders' deficiency:
Preferred stock, $.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized, none issued
—
—
Common stock, $.001 par value; 25,000,000 shares authorized; 5,547,101 and 5,517,101 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2009 and 2008
5,547
5,517
Additional paid-in capital
4,525,534
3,891,757
Deficit accumulated during the development stage
(17,893,729)
(13,354,324
)
Total stockholders' deficiency
(13,362,648)
(9,457,050
)
Total liabilities and stockholders' deficiency
$
166,254
$
870,391
See Notes to Financial Statements
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Statements of Operations
Year Ended
December 31,
2009
Year Ended
December 31,
2008
Period from
October 7, 2005
(Inception) to
December 31,
2009
Operating expenses:
Research and development
$
2,942,992
$
5,978,723
12,400,894
General and administrative
397,238
1,185,587
2,605,088
Loss from operations
(3,340,230)
(7,164,310
)
(15,005,982
)
Interest income
140
13,091
13,989
Interest expense, including amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs and charge related to conversion of related party notes
(1,199,315)
(1,635,211
)
(2,901,736
)
Net loss
$
(4,539,405)
$
(8,786,430
)
$
(17,893,729
)
Basic and diluted net loss per common share
$
(0.82)
$
(1.68
)
Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic and diluted
5,518,498
5,229,342
See Notes to Financial Statements
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Deficiency
Period from October 7, 2005 (Inception) to December 31, 2009
Common Stock
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
Deficit
Accumulated
During the
Development
Stage
Total
Shares
Amount
Issuance of common stock to founders and employees at $.001 per share in March and April 2007
4,563,346
$
4,564
$
4,564
Issuance of common stock to employees at $.001 per share in May and June 2007
120,000
120
120
Issuance of common stock to licensor at $.001 per share in August 2007
228,167
228
228
Stock-based compensation
$
16,655
16,655
Warrants issued in connection with senior convertible notes
164,284
164,284
Net loss
$
(4,567,894
)
(4,567,894
)
Balance at December 31, 2007
4,911,513
4,912
180,939
(4,567,894
)
(4,382,043
)
Warrants issued in connection with senior convertible notes
177,050
177,050
Issuance of common stock in financing at $4.87 per share in June and September 2008 (net of expenses of $216,567)
235,314
235
929,222
929,457
Conversion of related party notes and interest payable at $4.87 per share
370,274
370
1,802,864
1,803,234
Warrants issued in connection with related party note conversion
340,860
340,860
Stock-based compensation
460,822
460,822
Net loss
(8,786,430
)
(8,786,430
)
Balance at December 31, 2008
5,517,101
5,517
3,891,757
(13,354,324
)
(9,457,050
)
Stock-based compensation
123,758
123,758
Warrants issued in connection with Paramount Credit Partners notes
480,049
480,049
Common Stock issue to licensor in December 2009 at $1 per share
25,000
25
24,975
25,000
Common Stock issue to vendor in December 2009 at $1 per share
5,000
5
4,995
5,000
Net loss
(4,539,405
)
(4,539,405
)
Balance at December 31, 2009
5,547,101
$
5,547
$
4,525,534
$
(17,893,729
)
$
(13,362,648
)
See Notes to Financial Statements
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Statements of Cash Flows
Year ended
December 31,
2009
Year ended
December 31,
2008
Period from
October 7, 2005
(Inception) to
December 31,
2009
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss
$
(4,539,405)
$
(8,786,430
)
$
(17,893,729
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Stock-based compensation
123,758
460,822
601,235
Stock issued in connection with license agreement
25,000
—
25,228
Stock issued to vendor
5,000
—
5,000
Warrants issued in connection with related party note conversion
—
340,860
340,860
Amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discount
116,952
692,907
809,859
Non-cash research and development
—
—
1,087,876
Interest payable – senior convertible notes
573,708
407,530
986,838
Expenses paid on behalf of the Company satisfied through the issuance of notes
—
100,620
227,910
Interest payable – related parties PBC
55,841
53,916
171,367
Interest payable – Paramount Credit Partners, LLC
107,840
—
107,840
Depreciation
7,511
4,650
14,734
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid research and development
800,000
(800,000
)
—
Other current assets
2,649
(1,507
)
(2,518
)
Other assets
—
4,060
—
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
(762,773)
3,375,368
3,362,460
Net cash used in operating activities
(3,483,919)
(4,147,204
)
(10,155,040
)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of office and computer equipment
(2,573)
(2,876
)
(27,259
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from notes payable to Paramount Credit Partners, LLC
1,573,000
—
1,573,000
Proceeds from notes payable to related party PBC
1,905,390
210,000
4,091,390
Proceeds from 2007 senior convertible notes
—
2,785,000
5,305,000
Proceeds from private placements
—
1,146,024
1,146,024
Payments for deferred financing costs
(76,461)
(312,853
)
(676,511
)
Proceeds from utilization of line of credit
150,000
170,000
320,000
Repayment of amounts loaned under related party notes
—
(1,500,000
)
(1,500,000
)
Proceeds from receipt of stock issuances
—
—
4,684
Net cash provided by financing activities
3,551,929
2,498,171
10,263,587
Net (decrease) / increase in cash
65,437
(1,651,909
)
81,288
Beginning of period
15,851
1,667,760
—
End of period
$
81,288
$
15,851
$
81,288
Supplemental schedule of non-cash financing activities:
Warrants issued to placement agent
$
—
$
177,050
$
341,334
Debt discount on Paramount Credit Partners, LLC notes
$
480,049
$
—
$
480,049
Related party notes conversion to common stock
$
—
$
1,803,234
$
1,803,234
Supplemental disclosure – cash paid for interest
$
344,974
$
139,998
$
484,972
See Notes to Financial Statements
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
Note 1 — Organization, Business and Basis of Presentation:
Organization and business:
VentrusBioSciences, Inc., formerly known as South Island BioSciences, Inc. ("Ventrus" or the "Company") was incorporated in the State of Delaware on October 7, 2005. The Company changed its name from South Island BioSciences, Inc. to VentrusBioSciences, Inc. on April 5, 2007. Ventrusis a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the late-stage development and commercialization of gastrointestinal products.
Basis of presentation:
The Company's primary activities since incorporation have been organizational activities, including recruiting personnel, establishing office facilities, acquiring licenses for its pharmaceutical compound pipeline, performing business and financial planning, performing research and development and raising funds through the issuance of debt and common stock. The Company's planned principal operations have not yet commenced; accordingly, the Company is considered to be in the development stage.
The Company's financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments through the normal course of business. For the year ended December 31, 2009 and the period from October 7, 2005 (inception) to December 31, 2009, the Company incurred net losses of $4,539,405 and $17,893,729, respectively. The Company has a working capital deficiency as of December 31, 2009 of $12,273,641. Management believes that the Company will continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future and will need additional equity or debt financing or will need to generate
revenue from the licensing of its products or by entering into strategic alliances to be able to sustain its operations until it can achieve profitability and positive cash flows, if ever. Management plans to seek additional debt and/or equity financing for the Company, but cannot assure that such financing will be available on acceptable terms, or at all. These matters raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:
Cash:
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash. The Company maintains its cash in bank deposit and other accounts, the balances of which, at times, may exceed Federally insured limits.
Use of estimates:
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Office equipment:
Office equipment is stated at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the related assets of five years.
Stock based compensation:
The Company accounts for stock options granted to employees according to the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification No. 718 ("ASC 718"), "Compensation — Stock Compensation". Under ASC 718, share-based compensation cost is measured at grant date, based on the
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:  – (continued)
estimated fair value of the award, and is recognized as expense over the employee's requisite service period on a straight-line basis. The Company accounts for stock options and warrants granted to non-employees on a fair value basis in accordance with ASC 718 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The initial non-cash charge to operations for non-employee options and warrants with vesting are revalued at the end of each reporting period based upon the change in the fair value of the options and recognized as consulting expense over the related vesting period.
For the purpose of valuing options and warrants granted to employees and non-employees, the Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model. To determine the risk-free interest rate, the Company utilized the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant with a term consistent with the expected term of the Company's awards. The Company estimated the expected life of the options granted based on anticipated exercises in the future periods assuming the success of its business model as currently forecasted. For warrants and non-employee options, the Company used the contractual term of the warrant, the length of the note or option as
the expected term. The expected dividend yield reflects the Company's current and expected future policy for dividends on its common stock. The expected stock price volatility for the Company's stock options was calculated by examining historical volatilities for publicly traded industry peers as the Company does not have any trading history for its common stock. Given the limited service period for its employees and the senior nature of the roles of those employees, the Company currently estimates that it will experience no forfeitures for those options currently outstanding.
Conventional Convertible Debt — When the convertible feature of conventional convertible debt provides for a rate of conversion that is below market value, this feature is characterized as a beneficial conversion feature ("BCF"). Prior to the determination of the BCF, the proceeds from the debt instrument are first allocated between the convertible debt and any detachable free standing instruments that are included, such as common stock warrants. The Company has disclosed the contingent nature of its BCFs but the Company has not recorded as such pursuant to ASC Topic 470-20. The Company will record a BCF if and when the
conversion takes place.
Research and development:
Research and development costs, including license fees, are expensed as incurred.
Income taxes:
Under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification No. 740 ("ASC 740"), "Income Taxes", deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. Under ASC 740, the effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax
rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established when it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
Loss per common share:
Basic earnings (loss) per common share excludes dilution and is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per common share reflect the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock or resulted in the issuance of common stock that then shared in the earnings of the entity. Since the Company has only incurred losses, basic and diluted loss per share is the same. The amount of potentially dilutive securities excluded at December 31, 2009 and 2008 was 1,375,975 and 530,500.
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:  – (continued)
Fair value measurements:
The carrying value of the senior convertible notes, related party notes, and Paramount Credit Partners, LLC notes approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these notes and the related interest rates approximate market rates.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements:
In March 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ratified the consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force included in EITF Issue No. 08-9, "Milestone Method of Revenue Recognition" (ASC Topic 605.28; ASU No. 2010-17). The milestone method is optional by arrangement and generally provides that upon achievement of a substantially uncertain milestone, the related milestone payment may be recognized in income in its entirety. The Company has not yet evaluated the effects of this consensus and, accordingly, has not yet made an accounting policy decision for future arrangements. When the consensus becomes effective (years beginning on or
after June 15, 2010; first quarter of 2011 for the Company), the Company will consider application of the consensus on a prospective or retrospective basis.
Note 3 — Related Party Transactions:
Consulting services:
Effective August 2007, the Company began accruing monthly fees for consulting services at a rate of $25,000 per month to Paramount Corporate Development, LLC ("Paramount"), which was an affiliate of Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., a significant investor in and stockholder of the Company. Consulting services expense was $0, $200,000 and $425,000 for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 and the period from October 7, 2005 (inception) to December 31, 2009, respectively. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had $100,000 outstanding under this arrangement which is included in accrued expenses as of December 31, 2009. This agreement was
terminated as of August 31, 2008.
Notes payable:
On October 7, 2005, the Company issued a 5% promissory note payable to Paramount BioSciences, LLC ("PBS"), an affiliate of a significant stockholder of the Company. This note and all accrued interest were to mature on October 7, 2008, or earlier if certain events occurred. The note was amended to extend the maturity date to October 7, 2009. On June 16, 2008, this note was voluntarily converted into one common stock share and one warrant of the Company at a price of $4.87 per unit, the price of a concurrent financing (see Note 6). At the time of the conversion, the outstanding balance due under this note was $1,396,672 which was converted
into 286,791 shares of the Company's common stock and a warrant to purchase 59,578 shares of the Company's common stock for which the Company recorded charge of $266,243. Upon conversion, the note was automatically cancelled. Each warrant has a seven-year term and an exercise price of $5.36.
On July 12, 2007, the Company issued an 8% promissory note payable to an entity related to the sole member of PBS. This note and all accrued interest mature on July 12, 2010, or earlier if certain events occur. On June 16, 2008, this note was voluntarily converted into common stock shares and warrants of the Company at a price of $4.87 per unit, the price of a concurrent financing. At the time of the conversion, the outstanding balance due under this note was $406,562 which was converted into 83,483 shares of the Company's common stock and a warrant to purchase 16,697 shares of the Company's common stock for which the Company recorded
charge of $74,617. Upon conversion, the note was automatically cancelled. Each warrant has a seven-year term and an exercise price of $5.36. Each warrant has a seven-year term and an exercise price of $5.36.
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
Note 3 — Related Party Transactions:  – (continued)
On July 23, 2008, the Company issued an 8% promissory note payable to PBS. All amounts outstanding under this note mature and are payable on July 23, 2010. On July 23, 2009, this note was amended to provide that all loans (including principal and accrued interest thereon) made by PBS to the Company under this note on or after September 30, 2009 shall immediately and automatically be converted into the same equity or derivative securities as are issued in any equity or derivative equity financing consummated by the Company on or after September 30, 2009 (that does not otherwise constitute a Qualified Financing, as defined below), on the same terms and
conditions that such equity securities are offered in such non-Qualified Financing. A "Qualified Financing" means the closing of an equity financing or series of related equity financings by the Company resulting in aggregate gross cash proceeds (before brokers' fees or other transaction related expenses) of at least $10,000,000. As of December 31, 2009 and 2008, the principal amount outstanding under this note is $2,025,591 and $310,201, respectively.
On April 24, 2009, the Company issued an 8% promissory note payable to an entity related to Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., the sole member of PBS and a significant investor in and stockholder of the Company. All unpaid principal and accrued and unpaid interest outstanding under this note matures and is payable on April 24, 2012. Effective December 21, 2009, this note was amended so that it is convertible and repayable prior to its maturity date on the same terms and conditions as the PBS note discussed above. As of December 31, 2009, the principal amount outstanding under this note is $190,000.
During 2009, the Company issued four separate 10% promissory notes (collectively, the "PCP Notes") to Paramount Credit Partners, LLC ("PCP"), an entity whose managing member is Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., a significant investor in and stockholder of the Company. Specifically, the PCP Notes consist of a note in the principal amount of $1,100,000 issued on January 23, 2009, a note in the principal amount of $100,000 issued on March 25, 2009, a note in the principal amount of $250,000 issued on June 1, 2009 and a note in the principal amount of $123,000 issued on June 24, 2009. Interest on the PCP Notes is payable quarterly, in
arrears, and the principal matures on the earlier of (i) December 31, 2013, (ii) the completion of a Qualified Financing (as defined above) or (iii) the completion of a Reverse Merger. For purposes of the PCP Notes, "Reverse Merger" means a merger, share exchange or other transaction or series of related transactions in which (a) the Company merges into or otherwise becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of a company subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (b) the aggregate consideration payable to the Company or its stockholders in such transaction(s) (the "Reverse Merger Consideration") is greater than or equal to $10,000,000. In addition, PCP received five-year warrants ("PCP Warrants") to purchase, at an exercise price of 110% of the lowest price paid for securities in a Qualified Financing, a number of shares of the Company's common stock equal to 40% of the principal amount of each PCP Note
purchased divided by the lowest price paid for securities in a Qualified Financing prior to the two-year anniversary of such PCP Note. If the Qualified Financing does not occur on or before the two-year anniversary of a PCP Note, then the associated PCP Warrants will be exercisable for a number of shares of the Company's common stock equal to 40% of the principal amount of such PCP Note purchased divided by $1.00, at a per share exercise price of $1.00. The Company allocated proceeds of $480,049 from the sale of the PCP Notes to the warrants at the time of issuance, which are recorded as a debt discount and reduced the carrying values of the PCP Notes. Such discount is being amortized to interest expense over the term of the PCP Notes. As of December 31, 2009, the principal amount outstanding under these notes is $1,171,454.
Subsequent Event (2010 Senior Convertible Notes):
On February 26, 2010, $2,192,433 outstanding under the PBS notes was converted into 2010 Notes (the "2010 Notes") (see Note 9). Effective December 21, 2009, this note was further amended to provide that all remaining amounts outstanding under this note will automatically convert into the Company's equity securities issued in the Company's next equity financing (or series of related equity financings), including, without limitation, a firm commitment underwritten initial public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, involving the sale of securities in which the
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
Note 3 — Related Party Transactions:  – (continued)
Company receives in arm's length non-related party transaction(s) at least $8,853,976 in aggregate gross cash proceeds (before brokers' fees or other transaction related expenses, and excluding any such proceeds resulting from any conversion of the Company's then-existing convertible bridge notes minus the amount of aggregate gross cash proceeds to the Company from the sale of equity or debt securities of the Company after December 21, 2009 (but not to be reduced below $5,000,000) (a "Qualified Financing")), at a conversion price equal to 70% of the lowest per unit price paid for such securities in cash by investors in such
Qualified Financing, and upon such other terms, conditions and agreements as may be applicable in such Qualified Financing. The Company valued the beneficial conversion feature of the 2010 Notes at $939,614, which will be recorded as interest expense only if a Qualified Financing is completed.
Each 2010 Noteholder also holds a warrant to purchase a number of shares of the Company's common stock equal to 50% of the principal amount of the 2010 Notes purchased by it divided by the "IPO Price"(see Note 9) at a per share exercise price equal to 100% of the IPO Price, subject to adjustment. Each of these warrants will expire and no longer be exercisable after March 31, 2015. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Qualified IPO does not occur on or before March 31, 2012, then each warrant will be exercisable for that number of shares of the Company's common stock equal to 70% of the principal amount of the 2010 Note purchased by
the original holder divided by $1.00, at a per share exercise price of $1.00. In the event of a sale of the Company (whether by merger, consolidation, sale or transfer of the Company's capital stock or assets or otherwise) prior to, but not in connection with, a Qualified IPO, each of these warrants will terminate 90 days following such sale and the warrants shall continue to be exercisable pursuant to their terms during such 90-day period. The Company valued these warrants at approximately $942,000 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, and the Company expensed the entire amount during the three months ended March 31, 2010 as interest expense.
This note will also automatically convert into equity securities of the Company immediately prior to a sale or merger of the Company, as defined in the notes. In the event that this note becomes due and payable (whether on the due date or earlier) prior to the consummation by the Company of a Qualified Financing, or a sale or merger of the Company which converts the note into equity securities of the Company, then, in connection with the repayment of the note, in addition to the payment of the unpaid principal amount and all accrued but unpaid interest on the note, the Company will be obligated to pay to the noteholder, as a repayment premium, an
amount in cash equal to 42.8571% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount plus all accrued and unpaid interest on the note.
Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., a significant investor in and stockholder of the Company, and a related party, purchased $500,000 in aggregate principal amount of 2010 Notes and related warrants in this offering. In addition, a 2010 Note in the aggregate principal amount of $2,192,433 and related warrant were issued to PBS for the cancellation of certain debt (as discussed in Note 3 above), which is not included in the $3,425,000 of aggregate principal amount of 2010 Notes issued in the private placement. Including such converted debt, the total aggregate principal amount of 2010 Notes is $5,617,433.
Properties:
Starting June 2010, the Company occupies space at the offices of PBS.
Line of Credit:
On December 3, 2008, the Company, PBS and various other private pharmaceutical companies in which Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D. is a significant investor and stockholder, entered into a loan agreement with Bank of America, N.A. for a line of credit of $2,000,000. PBS pledged collateral securing the Company's and the other borrowers' obligations to Bank of America, N.A. under the loan agreement. Interest on amounts borrowed under the line of credit accrues and is payable on a monthly basis at an annual rate equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus 1%. On November 10, 2009, the parties entered into
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
Note 3 — Related Party Transactions:  – (continued)
Amendment No. 1 to the Loan Agreement, which extended the initial one-year term for an additional year, such that it currently matures on November 5, 2010, and reduced the aggregate amount available under the line of credit to $1,000,000. Under the loan agreement, the Company's liability under the line of credit is several, not joint, with respect to the payment of all obligations thereunder. As of December 31, 2009 and 2008, the amounts borrowed by the Company that were outstanding under this line of credit were $320,000 and $170,000, respectively.
The Company has paid interest owed to PCP for the first quarters of 2010 and 2009. For the second, third and fourth quarters of 2009, the Company had insufficient funds to pay the quarterly interest amount owed to PCP. Interest amounts for these three quarterly periods were paid directly by Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D. to PCP, pursuant to certain guarantee obligations owed by Dr. Rosenwald under PCP's operating agreement.
Note 4 — Income Taxes:
There was no net current or deferred income tax provision for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008.
The Company's deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 consist of the following:
2009
2008
Net operating loss carryforwards – Federal
$
4,931,000
$
3,414,000
Net operating loss carryforwards – State
870,000
603,000
Totals
5,801,000
4,017,000
Less valuation allowance
(5,801,000
)
(4,017,000
)
Deferred tax assets
$
—
$
—
At December 31, 2009, the Company had potentially utilizable Federal and state net operating loss tax carryforwards of approximately $14,502,000, expiring through 2029.
The utilization of the Company's net operating losses may be subject to a substantial limitation due to the "change of ownership provisions" under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code and similar state provisions. Such limitation may result in the expiration of the net operating loss carryforwards before their utilization.
A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The net change in the total valuation allowance for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 and for the period from October 7, 2005 (inception) to December 31, 2009 was $1,784,000, $2,191,000 and $5,801,000, respectively. The tax benefit assumed the Federal statutory tax rate of 34% and a state tax rate of 6% and has been fully offset by the aforementioned valuation allowance.
2009
2008
Statutory Federal tax rate
(34.0
)%
(34.0
)%
Statutory income tax rate (net of Federal)
(6.0
)%
(6.0
)%
Warrants issued in connection with related party note conversion
—
%
2
%
Debt discount amortization
1
%
—
%
Effect of valuation allowance
39
%
38
%
Effective tax rate
—
%
—
%
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
Note 4 — Income Taxes:  – (continued)
The Company accounts for uncertain tax positions in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification No. 740 ("ASC 740"), "Income Taxes". The Company adopted ASC 740 as of January 1, 2007.
Management believes that the Company does not have any tax positions that will result in a material impact on the Company's financial statements because of the adoption of ASC 740. However, management's conclusion may be subject to adjustment at a later date based on factors including additional implementation guidance from the Financial Accounting Standards Board and ongoing analyses of tax laws, regulations and related interpretations.
Note 5 — Commitments:
Employment agreements:
Presently, the Company has no employees and is managed by its Board of Directors, one of whom, Thom Rowland, acts as the Company's President. Mr. Rowland originally joined the Company in April 2007, and was employed as its Chief Executive Officer from April 2007 through February 2009, at which time his employment agreement was terminated without cause. Pursuant to that employment agreement, during his term of employment, Mr. Rowland received an annual base salary of $300,000, plus an annual bonus of up to 40% of base salary based upon attainment of certain financial, clinical development and business milestones. No bonuses were earned under such
employment agreement. Mr. Rowland received an initial grant of restricted stock under his employment agreement, all of which is currently vested. Pursuant to the termination of his employment, the Company was obligated to make certain severance payments to Mr. Rowland, the receipt of which Mr. Rowland waived in return for his retention as a consultant to the Company.
Terrance Coyne, M.D., joined the Company in June 2007, and served as the Company's Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer from June 2007 through February 2009, at which time his employment agreement was terminated without cause. Pursuant to that employment agreement, during his term of employment, Dr. Coyne received an annual base salary of $290,000, plus an annual bonus of up to 25% of base salary based upon attainment of certain financial, clinical development and business milestones. No bonuses were earned under suchemployment agreement. Dr. Coyne received an initial grant of restricted stock under his employment agreement, all of
which is currently vested. Pursuant to the termination of his employment, the Company was obligated to make certain severance payments to Dr. Coyne, the receipt of which Dr. Coyne waived in return for his retention as a consultant to the Company.
John Dietrich, Ph.D. joined the Company in April 2007, and served as the Company's Vice President, Clinical Operations from April 2007 through February 2009, at which time his employment agreement was terminated without cause. Pursuant to that employment agreement, during his term of employment, Dr. Dietrich received an annual base salary of $185,000, plus an annual bonus of up to 20% of base salary based upon attainment of certain financial, clinical development and business milestones. No bonuses were earned under such employment agreement. Dr. Dietrich received an initial grant of restricted stock under his employment agreement, all of which
is currently vested. Pursuant to the termination of his employment, the Company was obligated to make certain severance payments to Dr. Dietrich, the receipt of which Dr. Dietrich waived in return for his retention as a consultant to the Company.
Dr. Ellison currently serves as the Company's Chief Executive Officer pursuant to an amended and restated consulting agreement dated July 19, 2010. The agreement provides for a term of six months with the option to extend the agreement for an additional year. Dr. Ellison receives a consulting fee of $30,000 per month. In addition, if the Company completes a partnership or licensing transaction or the Company or any of the Company' assets are acquired by another entity prior to completing a financing resulting in gross proceeds of at least $8,000,000, then he will receive a fee equal to 4% of the gross proceeds of such transaction.
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
Note 5 — Commitments:  – (continued)
The Company also has executed an amended and restated employment agreement with Dr. Ellison, which will become effective upon a financing of $8,000,000 in gross proceeds and has a term of three years. When the employment agreement becomes effective, his consulting agreement will terminate and Dr. Ellison will become President, CEO and Chairman of the Board. The employment agreement provides for a base salary of $375,000 per year, a guaranteed bonus of $75,000 per year and an annual performance-based bonus of up to 50% of his base salary. The agreement also provides a first incentive bonus of $250,000 in the event that the Company's market
capitalization exceeds $100 million for a period of 30 consecutive trading days with an average trading volume of the common stock during such period of at least 100,000 shares per trading day and a second incentive bonus of $500,000 in the event that the Company's market capitalization exceeds $250 million for a period of 30 consecutive trading days with an average trading volume of the common stock during such period of at least 100,000 shares per trading day. Dr. Ellison will also receive a grant of options to purchase the Company's common stock at the offering price of an offering generating a minimum of $8,000,000 in gross proceeds in an amount equal to 7.5% of the Company's fully diluted capitalization on the date the employment agreement becomes effective.
Consulting Agreements
Mr. Barrett currently serves as our Chief Financial Officer pursuant to an amended and restated consulting agreement dated July 19, 2010. The agreement provides for a term of six months with the option to extend the agreement for an additional year. Mr. Barrett receives a consulting fee of $15,000 per month.
Effective May 11, 2010, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Timothy Hofer, pursuant to which Mr. Hofer provides the Company with general consulting services focused on general business and company development. Mr. Hofer is also a employee of Paramount Biosciences, LLC, a related party. This consulting agreement is for a period of one year, subject to renewal for such longer period as the Company may agree in writing with Mr. Hofer, and may be terminated by either party upon 30 days' prior written notice.
Under the terms of the consulting agreement with Mr. Hofer and as compensation for his services thereunder, the Company granted Mr. Hofer a ten-year warrant to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company's common stock, subject to adjustment as described below (the "Hofer Consultant Warrant"). The Hofer Consultant Warrant will have an exercise price per share equal to the price at which shares of the Company's common stock are issued in a Qualified Financing. If a Qualified Financing does not occur on or before September 10, 2010, then the exercise price per share of the Hofer Consultant Warrant will be equal to the fair market value
of the Company's common stock, as determined pursuant to a valuation performed by an independent appraisal firm. Under the terms of the Hofer Consultant Warrant, if the Company consummates a Qualified Financing, the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Hofer Consultant Warrant will be automatically adjusted so that such number of shares is equal to 1.0% of the Company's outstanding common stock on a fully diluted basis, after givingeffect to such Qualified Financing (including the conversion of any of the Company's convertible bridge notes issued in 2007 – 2008 triggered by such Qualified Financing). This adjustment provision will terminate once the Company consummates a Qualified Financing. For purposes of the Hofer Consultant Warrant, a "Qualified Financing" means the Company's next equity financing (or series of related equity financings) sufficient to trigger conversion of all amounts then outstanding under the
Company's convertible PBS notes issued in 2007 and 2008.
Note 6 — Stockholders' Deficiency:
Common Stock:
During March and April 2007, the Company issued 4,563,346 shares of common stock to its founders for $4,564, or $.001 per share.
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
Note 6 — Stockholders' Deficiency:  – (continued)
During May and June 2007, the Company issued 120,000 shares of common stock to its employees for $120, or $.001 per share.
During August 2007, the Company issued 228,167 shares of common stock in accordance with a license agreement at $.001 per share. During 2007, the Company recorded $228 of research and development expense in connection with this license.
During June and September 2008, the Company issued 235,314 shares of common stock and 47,069 warrants at $4.87 per unit in connection with a private placement financing at $4.87 per share (see Note 3). Each warrant has a seven-year term and an exercise price of $5.36 per share.
During July 2008, the Company issued 370,274 shares of common stock and 76,275 warrants at $4.87 per unit to related parties in connection with the conversion of amounts outstanding under certain promissory notes (see Note 3). Each warrant has a seven-year term and an exercise price of $5.36.
During December 2009, the Company issued 25,000 shares of common stock to one of its licensors and 5,000 shares of common stock to a vendor, each at a value of $1.00 per share.
Common stock options and warrants related to compensation:
In 2007, the Company established a stock incentive plan (the "Plan") under which incentive stock and/or options may be granted to officers, directors, consultants and key employees of the Company for the purchase of up to 6,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock. The options have a maximum term of ten years, vest over a period to be determined by the Company's Board of Directors and have an exercise price at or above fair market value on the date of grant.
There were no options issued under the Plan for the period from October 7, 2005 to December 31, 2006 or in 2008 or 2009.
During 2007, the Company granted 160,000 warrants outside the Plan to various consultants with an exercise price of $0.62 per share. Each warrant granted during 2007 vests equally over a three-year period and has a seven-year term. The Company recorded $123,758 and $460,822 of compensation expense during 2009 and 2008, respectively. During 2008, 20,000 of these warrants were forfeited due to the consultant's relationship with the Company ending prior to the vesting period.
On May 11, 2010, the Company granted options to purchase 25,000 shares of its common stock to director Joseph Felder under the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan with an exercise price to be determined in the next qualified financing.
A summary of the Company's warrant activity and related information is as follows:
2009
2008
Shares
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Shares
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Outstanding at beginning of year
140,000
$
0.62
160,000
$
0.62
Granted
—
—
Forfeited
—
(20,000
)
$
0.62
Outstanding at end of year
140,000
$
0.62
140,000
$
0.62
Warrants exercisable at end of year
106,666
$
0.62
53,333
$
0.62
The weighted average remaining contractual life of warrants outstanding at December 31, 2009 is 4.9 years. The Company expects all outstanding options will vest by November 2010.
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
Note 6 — Stockholders' Deficiency:  – (continued)
As of December 31, 2009, the total compensation expense related to non-vested warrants not yet recognized totaled approximately $59,000. The weighted-average vesting period over which the total compensation expense related to non-vested warrants not yet recognized at December 31, 2009 was approximately 0.22 years.
Note 7 — License Agreements:
In March 2007, pursuant to an "Exclusive License Agreement," S.L.A. Pharma AG, a Swiss corporation ("S.L.A.") granted PBS an exclusive, royalty-bearing license to sell, make and use diltiazem for treatment, through topical administration, of anal fissures and phenylepherine for treatment, through topical administration, of fecal incontinence in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Pursuant to the Exclusive License Agreement, PBS was obligated to form a company to develop the technologies referenced in the Exclusive License Agreement and issue that number of shares equal to 5% of such company's outstanding Common Stock as of
the effective date of the Exclusive License Agreement. PBS licensed the technologies referenced in the Exclusive License Agreement to Ventrus for development. In August 2007, pursuant to an "Assignment and Assumption Agreement", PBS sold all of its rights in and arising out of the Exclusive License Agreement with S.L.A. to Ventrus for $1,087,876. The amount paid by Ventrus to PBS was for prior direct expenses paid by PBS to SLA as part of the license agreement. The corresponding United States and foreign patents and applications for the two compounds have been licensed to Ventrus under the Assignment and Assumption Agreement (the technology collectively, the "Compound Technology"). As consideration in part for the rights to the Compound Technology, an initial licensing fee of $250,000 was paid to S.L.A. (this amount was paid by PBS and was included in the consideration paid by Ventrus to PBS in connection with the Assignment and Assumption Agreement) and $50,000 for
reimbusement of clinical development costs incurred by SLA. As compensation for SLA participation in the management and the development of the technologies, Ventrus is required to make separate payments to SLA equal to $83,000 per month ("Monthly Payments"). Ventrus' obligation to make these monthly payments shall terminate upon an NDA filing. Ventrus is also required to reimburse SLA for clinical development costs associated with the technology development. Ventrus' total payment obligation under the agreement shall not exceed $5,200,000. Both SLA and Ventrus may agree to add additional services outside the scope of the agreement in which case Ventrus may be subject to additional expenses. In addition, Ventrus is required to make payments to S.L.A. upon the achievement of certain clinical and regulatory-based milestones. Ventrus may be required to make future milestone payments totaling up to $20 million upon the achievement of various milestones related to
regulatory or commercial events. Pursuant to certain amendments to the Exclusive License Agreement, Ventrus has deferred certain payment requirements that had come due under the Exclusive License Agreement.
From January 31, 2010 and continuing until September 30, 2010, Ventrus' obligation to make monthly payments to S.L.A. of $83,000 per month was suspended for half of the amount due and Ventrus is accruing the $41,500 incurred but not currently payable per month, and such payment amount shall increase to $83,000 per month thereafter. The accrued license costs of $373,500 ($41,500 times 9 months) are payable upon the earlier of September 30, 2010 or the date Ventrus consummates a financing or series of related financings resulting in net proceeds of at least $10 million (a "Qualifying Event"). Ventrus' has accrued the total
development costs and made the accrued payments as follows; (i) January 31, 2010, Ventrus made a $350,000 payment to S.L.A, (ii) on June 30, 2010, Ventruspaid S.L.A. $600,000, (iii) on October 31, 2010, Ventrus is obligated to pay S.L.A. $600,000 and (iv) on February 28, 2011, Ventrus is obligated to pay S.L.A. $800,000. This total amount of $2,350,000 represents past development costs and was fully accrued at December 31, 2009. The Exclusive License Agreement is terminable by S.L.A. if Ventrus does not consummate a Qualifying Event (as defined below) by September 30, 2010, and S.L.A. may terminate the Exclusive License Agreement, upon one month's prior notice, in the event that a third party wishes to enter into a license agreement for the underlying technology and has entered into a binding agreement with S.L.A. to that end (provided, however, that upon receipt of such notice of termination, Ventrus has the option of
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
Note 7 — License Agreements:  – (continued)
paying all moneys invoiced and unpaid as of such notice and all unpaid portions of the above-referenced $2,350,000 at which time the termination notice will be automatically rescinded and of no further force and effect). For purposes hereof, "Qualifying Event" means the consummation a financing (or series of related financings) resulting in net proceeds to it of at least US$10 million. Finally, Ventrus issued an additional 25,000 shares of its Common Stock to S.L.A. pursuant to the terms of the fourth amendment to the license agreement entered into in December 2009. In the event that the Compound Technology is commercialized, Ventrus is
obligated to pay to S.L.A. annual royalties based upon net sales of the product. Ventrus has certain obligations to fund S.L.A.'s development efforts of the Compound Technology in the European Union. Should Ventrus make any improvements regarding the Compound Technology, Ventrus is required to grant S.L.A. certain licenses to use such improvements. The Exclusive License Agreement is terminable by S.L.A for any reason upon ninety (90) days written notice, and by either party in the event of (i) a material breach or default of the Exclusive License Agreement upon sixty (60) days written notice or (ii) either party becomes bankrupt or insolvent upon thirty (30) days written notice. The Exclusive License Agreement contains other customary clauses and terms as are common in similar agreements in the industry.
In March 2008, Ventrus entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement with Sam Amer & Co., Inc., a California company ("Amer"), whereby Ventrus acquired certain patent rights to iferanserin (the "Technology") for the topical treatment of any anorectal disorders. Ventrus is obligated to pay Amer (i) a monthly consulting fee of $7,500 through May 2010, (ii) a license fee of $2,050,000, (iii) late fees of $7,500 per month starting July 2009 until the successful completion of the Phase 3 trials (iv) interest payments totaling $595,000 ($460,000 of which is accrued at December 31, 2009) and (v) additional late fees of $7,500
per month if an NDA is not submitted by September 2010. In addition, Ventrus may be required to make future milestone payments totaling up to $20 million upon the achievement of various milestones related to regulatory or commercial events. In the event that the Technology is commercialized, Ventrus is obligated to pay to Amer annual royalties based upon sales of the product in the U.S. market and outside the U.S. The license agreement is terminable by either party (i) for cause, subject to a sixty (60) day cure period, (ii) upon either party becoming bankrupt or insolvent or (iii) at any time after the expiration of Royalty Period for any Licensed Product (as such terms are defined in the Exclusive License Agreement) upon ninety (90) days written notice. Ventrus may terminate the license agreement on thirty (30) days' written notice in the event any safety, efficacy or regulatory issues prevent development or commercialization of the Licensed Product. The license agreement for
the Technology contains other customary clauses and terms as are common in similar agreements in the industry. In addition, Paramount Biosciences, LLC has guaranteed to Amer the full and timely payment of all payment obligations of Ventrus under the agreement, until such time as the Technology is sublicensed or Ventrus has completed financings resulting in net proceeds of at least $10 million.
In December 2009, the Company and Amer supplemented the license agreement and added an additional licensing fee of $20,000 for six months. After the fourth month, the Company and Amer agreed that the additional license fee would not be required and therefore the Company did not pay the last two months.
Note 8 — Private Placements:
2007 Senior convertible notes:
During 2007 and 2008, the Company issued 8% senior convertible notes in connection with a private placement in the aggregate principal amount of $5,305,000 (the "Bridge Notes"). The Bridge Notes were originally scheduled to mature on December 20, 2008, but the Company exercised its option to extend the maturity date to December 20, 2009, at an increased interest rate of 10%. The Company subsequently solicited the consent of the Noteholders to an additional extension of the maturity date of the Bridge Notes to September 10, 2010. After giving effect to such consent, the Bridge Notes, plus all accrued interest thereon, will automatically
convert into the same securities issued in the Company's next Qualified Financing (as
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
Note 8 — Private Placements:  – (continued)
defined below), at a conversion price equal to 70% of the lowest per unit price paid for such securities in cash by investors in such Qualified Financing, and upon such other terms, conditions and agreements as may be applicable in such Qualified Financing. The Bridge Notes will also automatically convert into equity securities of the Company immediately prior to a sale or merger of the Company, as defined in the Bridge Notes. In the event that the Bridge Notes become due and payable (whether on the due date or earlier) prior to the consummation by the Company of a Qualified Financing, or a sale or merger of the Company which converts the Bridge Notes
into equity securities of the Company, then, in connection with the repayment of the Bridge Notes, in addition to the payment of the unpaid principal amount and all accrued but unpaid interest on the Bridge Notes, the Company will be obligated to pay to the Noteholders, as a repayment premium, an amount in cash equal to 42.8571% of the aggregate principal amount plus all accrued and unpaid interest on the Bridge Notes. For purposes of the Bridge Notes, "Qualified Financing" means the sale of the Company's equity securities in an equity financing or series of related equity financings in which the Company receives (minus the amount of aggregate gross cash proceeds to the Company from Company's arm's length sale of equity or debt securities, or incurrence of new loans, after December 21, 2009) aggregate gross proceeds of at least $10,000,000 (before brokers' fees or other transaction related expenses, and excluding any such proceeds resulting from any
conversion of the Bridge Notes).
In connection with the offering of the Bridge Notes, Paramount Biocapital, Inc. ("PCI") and the Company entered into a placement agency agreement dated October 9, 2007, pursuant to which the Company paid PCI and third party agents cash commissions of $243,600 and $19,250, respectively, for its services. The Company also had agreed to pay to PCI a commission on sales by the Company of securities during the 18-month period subsequent to March 11, 2008 to the purchasers of the Bridge Notes who were introduced to the Company by PCI. The Company also granted PCI the right of first refusal to act as exclusive finder, placement agent or other
similar agent in relation to any securities offerings on its behalf during the 18-month period following March 11, 2008. Each of these 18-month periods expired without any further commissions being paid. PCI is a related party to the Company since it is wholly owned by Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., a significant investor in and stockholder of the Company.
In addition, PCI and third party agents received warrants (the "Placement Warrants") to purchase, at an exercise price of 110% of the lowest price paid for securities in a Qualified Financing, a number of shares of the Company's common stock equal to 10% of the principal amount of the Notes purchased, less any amount used to repay the related party notes, or amounts due to PBS or their affiliates or employees as finder's fees, payments under the services agreement or other similar payments, divided by the lowest price paid for securities in a Qualified Financing prior to December 21, 2009. If the Qualified Financing did not occur
on or before December 21, 2009, the Placement Warrants will be exercisable for a number of shares of the Company's common stock equal to 10% of the principal amount of the Notes purchased, less any amount used to repay the related party notes, or amounts due to PBS or their affiliates or employees as finder's fees, payments under the services agreement or other similar payments, divided by $1.00, at a per share exercise price of $1.00 and are exercisable for seven years. Since the Qualified Financing did not occur by such date, the Placement Warrants are now exercisable into 530,500 shares of the Company's common stock, at a per share exercise price of $1.00. The Company estimated the value of the warrants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model at approximately $341,000 and recorded them as deferred financing costs, which were amortized to interest expense over the term of the Notes.
PCI acted as placement agent for the private placement of the Company's senior convertible notes in the aggregate principal amount of $5,305,000 during 2007 and 2008.
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
Note 9 — Subsequent Events:
2010 Senior convertible notes:
In February, March, April and May 2010, the Company issued 8% senior convertible notes in connection with a private placement in the aggregate principal amount of $3,425,000 (the "2010 Notes"). The 2010 Notes mature on September 10, 2010. Upon the closing of a Qualified IPO (as defined below), the 2010 Notes plus any accrued but unpaid interest thereon will convert automatically into shares of the Company's common stock at 70% of the price at which shares of common stock are sold in the Qualified IPO (the "IPO Price"), upon the terms and conditions on which such securities are issued in the Qualified IPO. For purposes hereof,
"Qualified IPO" means the consummation of an initial public offering by the Company of units consisting of shares of common stock and warrants to purchase common stock resulting in aggregate gross cash proceeds (before commissions or other expenses) to the Company of at least $10,000,000. The Company valued the beneficial conversion feature of the 2010 Notes at $1,468,000, which will be recorded as interest expense only if a Qualified Financing is completed.
Each 2010 Noteholder also holds a warrant to purchase a number of shares of the Company's common stock equal to 50% of the principal amount of the 2010 Notes purchased by it divided by the IPO Price at a per share exercise price equal to 100% of the IPO Price, subject to adjustment. Each of these warrants will expire and no longer be exercisable after March 31, 2015. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Qualified IPO does not occur on or before March 31, 2012, then each warrant will be exercisable for that number of shares of the Company's common stock equal to 70% of the principal amount of the 2010 Note purchased by the original holder
divided by $1.00, at a per share exercise price of $1.00. In the event of a sale of the Company (whether by merger, consolidation, sale or transfer of the Company's capital stock or assets or otherwise) prior to, but not in connection with, a Qualified IPO, each of these warrants will terminate 90 days following such sale and the warrants shall continue to be exercisable pursuant to their terms during such 90-day period.The Company valued these warrants at approximately $1,464,067 using the Black Scholes option pricing model and is amortizing such amount over the term of the Notes to interest expense.
Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., a significant investor in and stockholder of the Company, and a related party, purchased $500,000 in aggregate principal amount of 2010 Notes and related warrants in this offering. In addition, a 2010 Note in the aggregate principal amount of $2,192,433 and related warrant were issued to PBS for the cancellation of certain debt (as discussed in Note 3 above), which is not included in the $3,425,000 of aggregate principal amount of 2010 Notes issued in the private placement. Including such converted debt, the total aggregate principal amount of 2010 Notes is $5,617,433.
In connection with the offering of the 2010 Notes and related warrants, National Securities Corporation ("National") and the Company entered into a placement agency agreement dated January 5, 2010, as amended on January 29, 2010, and a placement agency agreement dated April 14, 2010, as amended on April 30, 2010, pursuant to which the Company paid National cash fees of $671,592, which consisted of placement agent commissions of $561,743 and non-accountable expense reimbursements of $109,849. In addition, the Company paid National's outside counsel $32,500 for its services as placement agent counsel.
The Company also granted National the exclusive right until May 6, 2011 to act as lead placement agent on the next private placement of the Company's securities, or as lead managing underwriter on the initial public offering of the Company's securities, with the compensation being paid to National with respect to such financing to be mutually agreed to by the parties in good faith with respect to such financing.
Legal Proceedings:
In June 2010, the Company was sued for non-payment of approximately $123,000 that it owed to a company with whom it had contracted to provide drug development services. The Company is in negotiations with the service provider to reach a settlement with the service provider and have the suit terminated and has accrued the amount in question.
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Condensed Balance Sheets
March 31,
2010
December 31,
2009
(Unaudited)
(Note 1)
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$
1,067,787
$
81,288
Other current assets
1,013
2,519
Total current assets
1,068,800
83,807
Office equipment, net of accumulated depreciation
11,292
12,525
Other assets
345,160
69,922
Total Assets
$
1,425,252
$
166,254
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
$
2,136,211
$
3,362,460
2007 Senior convertible notes
5,305,000
5,305,000
Interest payable – 2007 Senior convertible notes
1,140,131
986,838
2010 Senior convertible notes – (net of discount $769,779 in 2010)
3,572,654
—
Interest payable – 2010 Senior convertible notes
33,902
—
Notes payable – related parties
1,001,153
2,215,591
Interest payable – related parties
72,444
59,719
Borrowings under line of credit
320,000
320,000
Interest payable – Paramount Credit Partners, LLC
147,165
107,840
Total current liabilities
13,728,660
12,357,448
Notes payable – Paramount Credit Partners, LLC (net of discount of $377,543 in 2010 and $401,546 in 2009)
1,195,457
1,171,454
Total Liabilities
14,924,117
13,528,902
Commitments
Stockholders' deficiency:
Preferred Stock, $.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, none outstanding
—
—
Common Stock, $.001 par value, 25,000,000 shares authorized 5,547,101 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009
5,547
5,547
Additional paid-in capital
6,409,604
4,525,534
Deficit accumulated during the development stage
(19,914,016)
(17,893,729
)
Total stockholders' deficiency
(13,498,865)
(13,362,648
)
Total liabilities and stockholders' deficiency
$
1,425,252
$
166,254
See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Condensed Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2010
Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2009
Period from
October 7, 2005
(Inception) to
March 31,
2010
Operating expenses:
Research and development
$
413,746
$
1,027,841
$
12,814,640
General and administrative
36,544
153,093
2,641,632
Loss from operations
(450,290)
(1,180,934
)
(15,456,272
)
Interest income
6
138
13,995
Interest expense, including amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs and charges related to conversion of related party notes
(1,570,003)
(214,173
)
(4,471,739
)
Net loss
$
(2,020,287)
$
(1,394,969
)
$
(19,914,016
)
Basic and diluted net loss per common share
$
(0.36)
$
(0.27
)
Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic and diluted
5,547,101
5,229,342
See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Condensed Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Deficiency
Period from January 1, 2010 through March 31, 2010 (Unaudited)
Common Stock
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
Deficit
Accumulated
During the
Development
Stage
Total
Shares
Amount
Balance at January 1, 2010
5,547,101
$
5,547
$
4,525,534
$
(17,893,729
)
$
(13,362,648
)
Stock-based compensation
18,370
18,370
Warrant issued to investors in connection with 2010 Senior convertible notes
1,865,700
1,865,700
Net loss
(2,020,287
)
(2,020,287
)
Balance at March 31, 2010
5,547,101
$
5,547
$
6,409,604
$
(19,914,016
)
$
(13,498,865
)
See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Condensed Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
Three months
ended
March 31,
2010
Three months
ended
March 31, 2009
Period from
October 7,
2005
(Inception) to
March 31,
2010
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss
$
(2,020,287)
$
(1,394,969
)
(19,914,016
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Stock-based compensation
18,370
7,709
619,605
Stock issued in connection with license agreement
25,228
Stock issued to vendor
5,000
Warrants issued in connection with related party note conversion
941,966
1,282,826
Amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discount
225,604
43,791
1,035,463
Non-cash research and development
1,087,876
Interest payable – 2007 Senior convertible notes
153,293
142,557
1,140,131
Interest payable – 2010 Senior convertible notes
33,902
33,902
Expenses paid on behalf of the Company satisfied through the issuance of notes
227,910
Interest payable – related parties
40,158
6,204
211,526
Interest payable – Paramount Credit Partners, LLC
39,325
—
147,165
Depreciation
1,233
1,234
15,967
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid research and development
—
800,000
—
Other current assets
1,506
3,100
(1,013
)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
(1,226,249)
(940,751
)
2,136,211
Net cash used in operating activities
(1,791,179)
(1,331,125
)
(11,946,219
)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of office and computer equipment
—
—
(27,259
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from 2010 Senior convertible notes
2,150,000
—
2,150,000
Proceeds from notes payable to Paramount Credit Partners, LLC
1,200,000
1,573,000
Proceeds from notes payable to related parties
950,562
—
5,041,952
Proceeds from 2007 Senior convertible notes
—
—
5,305,000
Proceeds from private placement
1,146,024
Payment for deferred financing costs
(322,884)
(29,000
)
(999,395
)
Proceeds from utilization of line of credit
—
150,000
320,000
Repayment of notes payable – related party
—
—
(1,500,000
)
Proceeds from receipt of subscriptions
4,684
Net cash provided by financing activities
2,777,678
1,321,000
13,041,265
Net (decrease)/increase in cash
986,499
(10,125
)
1,067,787
Beginning of period
81,288
15,851
—
End of period
$
1,067,787
$
5,726
$
1,067,787
Supplemental schedule of non-cash financing activities:
Warrants issued to placement agent
$
—
$
—
$
341,334
Warrants issued to investors in connection with convertible notes
$
1,166,989
$
—
$
1,166,989
Debt discount on Paramount Credit Partners, LLC notes
$
480,049
Related party notes conversion to common stock
$
2,192,433
$
—
$
3,995,667
Supplemental disclosure – cash paid for interest
$
135,755
$
21,621
$
620,726
See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements
Note 1 — Organization, Business and Basis of Presentation:
Organization and business:
VentrusBioSciences, Inc., formerly known as South Island BioSciences, Inc. ("Ventrus" or the "Company") was incorporated in the State of Delaware on October 7, 2005. The Company changed its name from South Island BioSciences, Inc. to VentrusBioSciences, Inc. on April 5, 2007. Ventrusisa specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the late-stage development and commercialization of gastrointestinal products.
Basis of presentation:
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission for interim financial information. Accordingly, the unaudited condensed financial statements do not include all information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete annual financial statements. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments,
considered necessary for a fair presentation. Interim operating results are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2010 or for any subsequent period. These unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto of the Company which are included elsewhere in this registration statement. The accompanying condensed balance sheet as of December 31, 2009 has been derived from the audited financial statements included elsewhere in this registration statement.
The Company's primary activities since incorporation have been organizational activities, including recruiting personnel, establishing office facilities, acquiring licenses for its pharmaceutical compound pipeline, performing business and financial planning, performing research and development and raising funds through the issuance of debt and common stock. The Company's planned principal operations have not yet commenced; accordingly, the Company is considered to be in the development stage.
The Company's financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments through the normal course of business. For the three months ended March 31, 2010 and the period from October 7, 2005 (inception) to March 31, 2010, the Company incurred net losses of $2,020,287 and $19,914,016, respectively. The Company has a working capital deficiency as of March 31, 2010 of $12,659,860. Management believes that the Company will continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future and will need additional equity or debt financing and/or will need to generate
significant revenue from the licensing of its products or by entering into strategic alliances to be able to sustain its operations until it can achieve profitability and positive cash flows, if ever. Management plans to seek additional debt and/or equity financing for the Company, but cannot assure that such financing will be available on acceptable terms, or at all. These matters raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:
Use of estimates:
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements
Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:  – (continued)
Loss per common share:
Basic earnings (loss) per common share excludes dilution and is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per common share reflect the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock or resulted in the issuance of common stock that then shared in the earnings of the entity. Since the Company has only incurred losses, basic and diluted loss per share is the same. The amount of potentially dilutive securities at both March 31, 2010 and 2009 was 3,547,191 and 1,375,975.
Fair value measurements:
The carrying value of the senior convertible notes, related party notes, and Paramount Credit Partners, LLC notes approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these notes and the related interest rates approximate market rates.
Note 3 — Related Party Transactions:
Consulting services:
Effective August 2007, the Company began accruing monthly fees for consulting services at a rate of $25,000 per month to Paramount Corporate Development, LLC ("Paramount"), which was an affiliate of Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., a significant investor in and stockholder of the Company. Consulting services expense was $0, $0 and $425,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 and the period from October 7, 2005 (inception) to March 31, 2010, respectively. As of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company had $100,000 outstanding under this arrangement which is included in accrued expenses. This agreement was terminated as of
August 31, 2008.
Notes payable:
On October 7, 2005, the Company issued a 5% promissory note payable to Paramount BioSciences, LLC ("PBS"), an affiliate of a significant stockholder of the Company. This note and all accrued interest were to mature on October 7, 2008, or earlier if certain events occurred. The note was amended to extend the maturity date to October 7, 2009. On June 16, 2008, this note was voluntarily converted into one common stock share and one warrant (together, a "unit") of the Company at a price of $4.87 per unit, the price of a concurrent financing (see Note 6). At the time of the conversion, the outstanding balance due under this note was
$1,396,672 which was converted into 286,791 shares of the Company's common stock and a warrant to purchase 59,578 shares of the Company's common stock for which the Company recorded charge of $266,243. Upon conversion, the note was automatically cancelled. Each warrant has a seven-year term and an exercise price of $5.36.
On July 12, 2007, the Company issued an 8% promissory note payable to an entity related to the sole member of PBS. This note and all accrued interest mature on July 12, 2010, or earlier if certain events occur. On June 16, 2008, this note was voluntarily converted into common stock shares and warrants of the Company at a price of $4.87 per unit, the price of a concurrent financing. At the time of the conversion the outstanding balance due under this note was $406,562 which was converted into 83,483 shares of the Company's common stock and a warrant to purchase 16,697 shares of the Company's common stock for which the Company recorded charge
of $74,617. Upon conversion, the note was automatically cancelled. Each warrant has a seven-year term and an exercise price of $5.36.
On July 23, 2008, the Company issued an 8% promissory note payable to PBS. All amounts outstanding under this note mature and are payable on July 23, 2010. On July 23, 2009, this note was amended to provide that all loans (including principal and accrued interest thereon) made by PBS to the Company under this note
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements
Note 3 — Related Party Transactions:  – (continued)
on or after September 30, 2009 shall immediately and automatically be converted into the same equity or derivative securities as are issued in any equity or derivative equity financing consummated by the Company on or after September 30, 2009 (that does not otherwise constitute a Qualified Financing, as defined below), on the same terms and conditions that such equity securities are offered in such non-Qualified Financing. A "Qualified Financing" means the closing of an equity financing or series of related equity financings by the Company resulting in aggregate gross cash proceeds (before brokers' fees or other transaction related
expenses) of at least $10,000,000. As of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the principal amount outstanding under this note is $1,001,153 and $2,025,591, respectively.
On April 24, 2009, the Company issued an 8% promissory note payable to an entity related to Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., the sole member of PBS and a significant investor in and stockholder of the Company. All unpaid principal and accrued and unpaid interest outstanding under this note matures and is payable on April 24, 2012. Effective December 21, 2009, this note was amended so that it is convertible and repayable prior to its maturity date on the same terms and conditions as the PBS note discussed above. As of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the principal amount outstanding under this note is $190,000.
During 2009, the Company issued four separate 10% promissory notes (collectively, the "PCP Notes") to Paramount Credit Partners, LLC ("PCP"), an entity whose managing member is Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., a significant investor in and stockholder of the Company. Specifically, the PCP Notes consist of a note in the principal amount of $1,100,000 issued on January 23, 2009, a note in the principal amount of $100,000 issued on March 25, 2009, a note in the principal amount of $250,000 issued on June 1, 2009 and a note in the principal amount of $123,000 issued on June 24, 2009. Interest on the PCP Notes is payable quarterly, in
arrears, and the principal matures on the earlier of (i) December 31, 2013, (ii) the completion of a Qualified Financing (as defined above) or (iii) the completion of a Reverse Merger. For purposes of the PCP Notes, "Reverse Merger" means a merger, share exchange or other transaction or series of related transactions in which (a) the Company merges into or otherwise becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of a company subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (b) the aggregate consideration payable to the Company or its stockholders in such transaction(s) (the "Reverse Merger Consideration") is greater than or equal to $10,000,000. In addition, PCP received five-year warrants ("PCP Warrants") to purchase, at an exercise price of 110% of the lowest price paid for securities in a Qualified Financing, a number of shares of the Company's common stock equal to 40% of the principal amount of each PCP Note
purchased divided by the lowest price paid for securities in a Qualified Financing prior to the two-year anniversary of such PCP Note. If the Qualified Financing does not occur on or before the two-year anniversary of a PCP Note, then the associated PCP Warrants will be exercisable for a number of shares of the Company's common stock equal to 40% of the principal amount of such PCP Note purchased divided by $1.00, at a per share exercise price of $1.00. The Company allocated proceeds of $480,049 from the sale of the PCP Notes to the warrants at the time of issuance, which are recorded as a debt discount and reduced the carrying values of the PCP Notes. Such discount is being amortized to interest expense over the term of the PCP Notes. As of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the principal amount outstanding under these notes is $1,195,457 and $1,171,454, respectively.
Subsequent Event (2010 Senior Convertible Notes):
On February 26, 2010, $2,192,433 outstanding under the PBS notes was converted into 2010 Notes (the "2010 Notes") (see Note 9). Effective December 21, 2009, this note was further amended to provide that all remaining amounts outstanding under this note will automatically convert into the Company's equity securities issued in the Company's next equity financing (or series of related equity financings), including, without limitation, a firm commitment underwritten initial public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, involving the sale of securities in which the Company
receives in arm's length non-related party transaction(s) at least $8,853,976 in aggregate gross cash proceeds (before brokers' fees or other transaction related expenses, and excluding any such proceeds resulting
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements
Note 3 — Related Party Transactions:  – (continued)
from any conversion of the Company's then-existing convertible bridge notes minus the amount of aggregate gross cash proceeds to the Company from the sale of equity or debt securities of the Company after December 21, 2009 (but not to be reduced below $5,000,000) (a "Qualified Financing")), at a conversion price equal to 70% of the lowest per unit price paid for such securities in cash by investors in such Qualified Financing, and upon such other terms, conditions and agreements as may be applicable in such Qualified Financing. The Company valued the beneficial conversion feature of the 2010 Notes at $939,614, which will be recorded as
interest expense only if a Qualified Financing is completed.
Each 2010 Noteholder also holds a warrant to purchase a number of shares of the Company's common stock equal to 50% of the principal amount of the 2010 Notes purchased by it divided by the "IPO Price" (see Note 9) at a per share exercise price equal to 100% of the IPO Price, subject to adjustment. Each of these warrants will expire and no longer be exercisable after March 31, 2015. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Qualified IPO does not occur on or before March 31, 2012, then each warrant will be exercisable for that number of shares of the Company's common stock equal to 70% of the principal amount of the 2010 Note purchased
by the original holder divided by $1.00, at a per share exercise price of $1.00. In the event of a sale of the Company (whether by merger, consolidation, sale or transfer of the Company's capital stock or assets or otherwise) prior to, but not in connection with, a Qualified IPO, each of these warrants will terminate 90 days following such sale and the warrants shall continue to be exercisable pursuant to their terms during such 90-day period. The Company valued these warrants at approximately $942,000 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, and the Company expensed the entire amount during the three months ended March 31, 2010 as interest expense.
This note will also automatically convert into equity securities of the Company immediately prior to a sale or merger of the Company, as defined in the notes. In the event that this note becomes due and payable (whether on the due date or earlier) prior to the consummation by the Company of a Qualified Financing, or a sale or merger of the Company which converts the note into equity securities of the Company, then, in connection with the repayment of the note, in addition to the payment of the unpaid principal amount and all accrued but unpaid interest on the note, the Company will be obligated to pay to the noteholder, as a repayment premium, an
amount in cash equal to 42.8571% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount plus all accrued and unpaid interest on the note.
Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., a significant investor in and stockholder of the Company, and a related party, purchased $500,000 in aggregate principal amount of 2010 Notes and related warrants in this offering. In addition, a 2010 Note in the aggregate principal amount of $2,192,433 and related warrant were issued to PBS for the cancellation of certain debt (as discussed in Note 3 above), which is not included in the $3,425,000 of aggregate principal amount of 2010 Notes issued in the private placement. Including such converted debt, the total aggregate principal amount of 2010 Notes is $5,617,433.
Properties:
Starting June 2010, the Company occupies space at the offices of PBS.
Line of Credit:
On December 3, 2008, the Company, PBS and various other private pharmaceutical companies in which Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D. is a significant investor and stockholder, entered into a loan agreement with Bank of America, N.A. for a line of credit of $2,000,000. PBS pledged collateral securing the Company's and the other borrowers' obligations to Bank of America, N.A. under the loan agreement. Interest on amounts borrowed under the line of credit accrues and is payable on a monthly basis at an annual rate equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus 1%. On November 10, 2009, the parties entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Loan
Agreement, which extended the initial one-year term for an additional year, such that it currently matures on November 5, 2010, and reduced the aggregate amount available under the
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements
Note 3 — Related Party Transactions:  – (continued)
line of credit to $1,000,000. Under the loan agreement, the Company's liability under the line of credit is several, not joint, with respect to the payment of all obligations thereunder. As of both March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2009, the amounts borrowed by the Company that were outstanding under this line of credit were $320,000 and $320,000, respectively.
The Company has paid interest owed to PCP for the first quarters of 2010 and 2009. For the second, third and fourth quarters of 2009, the Company had insufficient funds to pay the quarterly interest amount owed to PCP. Interest amounts for these three quarterly periods were paid directly by Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D. to PCP, pursuant to certain guarantee obligations owed by Dr. Rosenwald under PCP's operating agreement.
Note 4 — Stockholders' Deficiency:
Common stock options and warrants:
In 2007, the Company established a stock incentive plan (the "Plan") under which incentive stock and/or options may be granted to officers, directors, consultants and key employees of the Company for the purchase of up to 6,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock. The options have a maximum term of ten years, vest over a period to be determined by the Company's Board of Directors and have an exercise price at or above fair market value on the date of grant.
There were no options issued under the Plan for the period from October 7, 2005 to December 31, 2006 or in 2008 or 2009.
During 2007, the Company granted 160,000 warrants outside the Plan to various consultants with an exercise price of $0.62 per share. Each warrant granted during 2007 vests equally over a three-year period and has a seven-year term.
On May 11, 2010, the Company granted options to purchase 25,000 shares of its common stock to director Joseph Felder under the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan with an exercise price to be determined in the next Qualified Financing.
A summary of the Company's warrant activity and related information is as follows:
Three months ended
March 31, 2010
Three months ended
March 31, 2009
Shares
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Shares
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Outstanding at beginning of period
140,000
$
0.62
160,000
$
0.62
Granted
—
—
Forfeited
—
(20,000
)
$
0.62
Outstanding at end of period
140,000
$
0.62
140,000
$
0.62
Options exercisable at end of period
119,999
$
0.62
66,666
$
0.62
The weighted average remaining contractual life of warrants outstanding at March 31, 2010 is 8 months. The Company expects all outstanding options will vest by November 2010.
As of March 31, 2010, the total compensation expense related to non-vested warrants not yet recognized totaled approximately $14,000. The weighted-average vesting period over which the total compensation expense related to non-vested options not yet recognized at March 31, 2010 was approximately 1 month.
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements
Note 5 — License Agreements:
In March 2007, pursuant to an "Exclusive License Agreement," S.L.A. Pharma AG, a Swiss corporation ("S.L.A.") granted PBS an exclusive, royalty-bearing license to sell, make and use diltiazem for treatment, through topical administration, of anal fissures and phenylepherine for treatment, through topical administration, of fecal incontinence in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Pursuant to the Exclusive License Agreement, PBS was obligated to form a company to develop the technologies referenced in the Exclusive License Agreement and issue that number of shares equal to 5% of such company's outstanding Common Stock as of
the effective date of the Exclusive License Agreement. PBS licensed the technologies referenced in the Exclusive License Agreement to Ventrus for development. In August 2007, pursuant to an "Assignment and Assumption Agreement", PBS sold all of its rights in and arising out of the Exclusive License Agreement with S.L.A. to Ventrus for $1,087,876. The amount paid by Ventrus to PBS was for prior direct expenses paid by PBS to SLA as part of the license agreement. The corresponding United States and foreign patents and applications for the two compounds have been licensed to Ventrus under the Assignment and Assumption Agreement (the technology collectively, the "Compound Technology"). As consideration in part for the rights to the Compound Technology, an initial licensing fee of $250,000 was paid to S.L.A. (this amount was paid by PBS and was included in the consideration paid by Ventrus to PBS in connection with the Assignment and Assumption Agreement) and $50,000 for
reimbusement of clinical development costs incurred by SLA. As compensation for SLA participation in the management and the development of the technologies, Ventrus is required to make separate payments to SLA equal to $83,000 per month ("Monthly Payments"). Ventrus' obligation to make these monthly payments shall terminate upon an NDA filing. Ventrus is also required to reimburse SLA for clinical development costs associated with the technology development. Ventrus' total payment obligation under the agreement shall not exceed $5,200,000. Both SLA and Ventrus may agree to add additional services outside the scope of the agreement in which case Ventrus may be subject to additional expenses. In addition, Ventrus is required to make payments to S.L.A. upon the achievement of certain clinical and regulatory-based milestones. Ventrus may be required to make future milestone payments totaling up to $20 million upon the achievement of various milestones related to
regulatory or commercial events. Pursuant to certain amendments to the Exclusive License Agreement, Ventrus has deferred certain payment requirements that had come due under the Exclusive License Agreement.
From January 31, 2010 and continuing until September 30, 2010, Ventrus' obligation to make monthly payments to S.L.A. of $83,000 per month was suspended for half of the amount due and Ventrus is accruing the $41,500 incurred but not currently payable per month, and such payment amount shall increase to $83,000 per month thereafter. The accrued license costs of $373,500 ($41,500 times 9 months) are payable upon the earlier of September 30, 2010 or the date Ventrus consummates a financing or series of related financings resulting in net proceeds of at least $10 million (a "Qualifying Event"). Ventrus' has accrued the total
development costs and made the accrued payments as follows; (i) January 31, 2010, Ventrus made a $350,000 payment to S.L.A, (ii) on June 30, 2010, Ventrus paid S.L.A. $600,000, (iii) on October 31, 2010, Ventrus is obligated to pay S.L.A. $600,000 and (iv) on February 28, 2011, Ventrus is obligated to pay S.L.A. $800,000. This total amount of $2,350,000 represents past development costs and was fully accrued at March 31, 2009. The Exclusive License Agreement is terminable by S.L.A. if Ventrus does not consummate a Qualifying Event (as defined below) by September 30, 2010, and S.L.A. may terminate the Exclusive License Agreement, upon one month's prior notice, in the event that a third party wishes to enter into a license agreement for the underlying technology and has entered into a binding agreement with S.L.A. to that end (provided, however, that upon receipt of such notice of termination, Ventrus has the option of paying all moneys invoiced and unpaid as of such notice and all
unpaid portions of the above-referenced $2,350,000 at which time the termination notice will be automatically rescinded and of no further force and effect). For purposes hereof, "Qualifying Event" means the consummation a financing (or series of related financings) resulting in net proceeds to it of at least US$10 million. Finally, Ventrus issued an additional 25,000 shares of its Common Stock to S.L.A. pursuant to the terms of the fourth amendment to the license agreement entered into in December 2009. In the event that the Compound Technology is commercialized, Ventrus is obligated to pay to
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements
Note 5 — License Agreements:  – (continued)
S.L.A. annual royalties based upon net sales of the product. Ventrus has certain obligations to fund S.L.A.'s development efforts of the Compound Technology in the European Union. Should Ventrus make any improvements regarding the Compound Technology, Ventrus is required to grant S.L.A. certain licenses to use such improvements. The Exclusive License Agreement is terminable by S.L.A for any reason upon ninety (90) days written notice, and by either party in the event of (i) a material breach or default of the Exclusive License Agreement upon sixty (60) days written notice or (ii) either party becomes bankrupt or insolvent upon thirty (30) days
written notice. The Exclusive License Agreement contains other customary clauses and terms as are common in similar agreements in the industry.
In March 2008, Ventrus entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement with Sam Amer & Co., Inc., a California company ("Amer"), whereby Ventrus acquired certain patent rights to iferanserin (the "Technology") for the topical treatment of any anorectal disorders. Ventrus is obligated to pay Amer (i) a monthly consulting fee of $7,500 through May 2010, (ii) a license fee of $2,050,000, (iii) late fees of $7,500 per month starting July 2009 until the successful completion of the Phase 3 trials (iv) interest payments totaling $595,000 ($460,000 of which is accrued at December 31, 2009) and (v) additional late fees of $7,500
per month if an NDA is not submitted by September 2010. In addition, Ventrus may be required to make future milestone payments totaling up to $20 million upon the achievement of various milestones related to regulatory or commercial events. In the event that the Technology is commercialized, Ventrus is obligated to pay to Amer annual royalties based upon sales of the product in the U.S. market and outside the U.S. The license agreement is terminable by either party (i) for cause, subject to a sixty (60) day cure period, (ii) upon either party becoming bankrupt or insolvent or (iii) at any time after the expiration of Royalty Period for any Licensed Product (as such terms are defined in the Exclusive License Agreement) upon ninety (90) days written notice. Ventrus may terminate the license agreement on thirty (30) days' written notice in the event any safety, efficacy or regulatory issues prevent development or commercialization of the Licensed Product. The license agreement for
the Technology contains other customary clauses and terms as are common in similar agreements in the industry. In addition, Paramount Biosciences, LLC has guaranteed to Amer the full and timely payment of all payment obligations of Ventrus under the agreement, until such time as the Technology is sublicensed or Ventrus has completed financings resulting in net proceeds of at least $10 million.
In December 2009, the Company and Amer supplemented the license agreement and added an additional licensing fee of $20,000 for six months. After the fourth month, the Company and Amer agreed that the additional license would not be needed and therefore the Company did not pay the last two months.
Note 6 — Commitments:
Employment agreements:
Presently, the Company has no employees and is managed by its Board of Directors, one of whom, Thom Rowland, acts as the Company's President. Mr. Rowland originally joined the Company in April 2007, and was employed as its Chief Executive Officer from April 2007 through February 2009, at which time his employment agreement was terminated without cause. Pursuant to that employment agreement, during his term of employment, Mr. Rowland received an annual base salary of $300,000, plus an annual bonus of up to 40% of base salary based upon attainment of certain financial, clinical development and business milestones. No bonuses were earned under such
employment agreement. Mr. Rowland received an initial grant of restricted stock under his employment agreement, all of which is currently vested. Pursuant to the termination of his employment, the Company was obligated to make certain severance payments to Mr. Rowland, the receipt of which Mr. Rowland waived in return for his retention as a consultant to the Company.
Terrance Coyne, M.D., joined the Company in June 2007, and served as the Company's Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer from June 2007 through February 2009, at which time his employment agreement was terminated without cause. Pursuant to that employment agreement, during his term of
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements
Note 6 — Commitments:  – (continued)
employment, Dr. Coyne received an annual base salary of $290,000, plus an annual bonus of up to 25% of base salary based upon attainment of certain financial, clinical development and business milestones. No bonuses were earned under such employment agreement. Dr. Coyne received an initial grant of restricted stock under his employment agreement, all of which is currently vested. Pursuant to the termination of his employment, the Company was obligated to make certain severance payments to Dr. Coyne, the receipt of which Dr. Coyne waived in return for his retention as a consultant to the Company.
John Dietrich, Ph.D. joined the Company in April 2007, and served as the Company's Vice President, Clinical Operations from April 2007 through February 2009, at which time his employment agreement was terminated without cause. Pursuant to that employment agreement, during his term of employment, Dr. Dietrich received an annual base salary of $185,000, plus an annual bonus of up to 20% of base salary based upon attainment of certain financial, clinical development and business milestones. No bonuses were earned under such employment agreement. Dr. Dietrich received an initial grant of restricted stock under his employment agreement, all of which
is currently vested. Pursuant to the termination of his employment, the Company was obligated to make certain severance payments to Dr. Dietrich, the receipt of which Dr. Dietrich waived in return for his retention as a consultant to the Company.
Dr. Ellison currently serves as the Company's Chief Executive Officer pursuant to an amended and restated consulting agreement dated July 19, 2010. The agreement provides for a term of six months with the option to extend the agreement for an additional year. Dr. Ellison receives a consulting fee of $30,000 per month. In addition, if the Company completes a partnership or licensing transaction or the Company or any of the Company' assets are acquired by another entity prior to completing a financing resulting in gross proceeds of at least $8 million, then he will receive a fee equal to 4% of the gross proceeds of such transaction.
The Company also has executed an amended and restated employment agreement with Dr. Ellison, which will become effective upon a financing of $8,000,000 in gross proceeds and has a term of three years. When the employment agreement becomes effective, his consulting agreement will terminate and Dr. Ellison will become President, CEO and Chairman of the Board. The employment agreement provides for a base salary of $375,000 per year, a guaranteed bonus of $75,000 per year and an annual performance-based bonus of up to 50% of his base salary. The agreement also provides a first incentive bonus of $250,000 in the event that the Company's market
capitalization exceeds $100 million for a period of 30 consecutive trading days with an average trading volume of the common stock during such period of at least 100,000 shares per trading day and a second incentive bonus of $500,000 in the event that the Company's market capitalization exceeds $250 million for a period of 30 consecutive trading days with an average trading volume of the common stock during such period of at least 100,000 shares per trading day. Dr. Ellison will also receive a grant of options to purchase the Company's common stock at the offering price of an offering generating a minimum of $8,000,000 in gross proceeds in an amount equal to 7.5% of the Company's fully diluted capitalization on the date the employment agreement becomes effective.
Consulting Agreements
Mr. Barrett currently serves as our Chief Financial Officer pursuant to an amended and restated consulting agreement dated July 19, 2010. The agreement provides for a term of six months with the option to extend the agreement for an additional year. Mr. Barrett receives a consulting fee of $15,000 per month.
Effective May 11, 2010, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Timothy Hofer, pursuant to which Mr. Hofer provides the Company with general consulting services focused on general business and company development. Mr. Hofer is also a employee of Paramount Biosciences, LLC, a related party. This consulting agreement is for a period of one year, subject to renewal for such longer period as the Company may agree in writing with Mr. Hofer, and may be terminated by either party upon 30 days' prior written notice.
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements
Note 6 — Commitments:  – (continued)
Under the terms of the consulting agreement with Mr. Hofer and as compensation for his services thereunder, the Company granted Mr. Hofer a ten-year warrant to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company's common stock, subject to adjustment as described below (the "Hofer Consultant Warrant"). The Hofer Consultant Warrant will have an exercise price per share equal to the price at which shares of the Company's common stock are issued in a Qualified Financing. If a Qualified Financing does not occur on or before September 10, 2010, then the exercise price per share of the Hofer Consultant Warrant will be equal to the fair market value
of the Company's common stock, as determined pursuant to a valuation performed by an independent appraisal firm. Under the terms of the Hofer Consultant Warrant, if the Company consummates a Qualified Financing, the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Hofer Consultant Warrant will be automatically adjusted so that such number of shares is equal to 1.0% of the Company's outstanding common stock on a fully diluted basis, after giving effect to such Qualified Financing (including the conversion of any of the Company's convertible bridge notes issued in 2007 – 2008 triggered by such Qualified Financing). This adjustment provision will terminate once the Company consummates a Qualified Financing. For purposes of the Hofer Consultant Warrant, a "Qualified Financing" means the Company's next equity financing (or series of related equity financings) sufficient to trigger conversion of all amounts then outstanding under the
Company's convertible PBS notes issued in 2007 and 2008.
Note 7 — Private Placements:
2007 Senior convertible notes:
During 2007 and 2008, the Company issued 8% senior convertible notes in connection with a private placement in the aggregate principal amount of $5,305,000 (the "Bridge Notes"). The Bridge Notes were originally scheduled to mature on December 20, 2008, but the Company exercised its option to extend the maturity date to December 20, 2009, at an increased interest rate of 10%. The Company subsequently solicited the consent of the Noteholders to an additional extension of the maturity date of the Bridge Notes to September 10, 2010. After giving effect to such consent, the Bridge Notes, plus all accrued interest thereon, will automatically
convert into the same securities issued in the Company's next Qualified Financing (as defined below), at a conversion price equal to 70% of the lowest per unit price paid for such securities in cash by investors in such Qualified Financing, and upon such other terms, conditions and agreements as may be applicable in such Qualified Financing. The Bridge Notes will also automatically convert into equity securities of the Company immediately prior to a sale or merger of the Company, as defined in the Bridge Notes. In the event that the Bridge Notes become due and payable (whether on the due date or earlier) prior to the consummation by the Company of a Qualified Financing, or a sale or merger of the Company which converts the Bridge Notes into equity securities of the Company, then, in connection with the repayment of the Bridge Notes, in addition to the payment of the unpaid principal amount and all accrued but unpaid interest on the Bridge Notes, the Company will be obligated to
pay to the Noteholders, as a repayment premium, an amount in cash equal to 42.8571% of the aggregate principal amount plus all accrued and unpaid interest on the Bridge Notes. For purposes of the Bridge Notes, "Qualified Financing" means the sale of the Company's equity securities in an equity financing or series of related equity financings in which the Company receives (minus the amount of aggregate gross cash proceeds to the Company from Company's arm's length sale of equity or debt securities, or incurrence of new loans, after December 21, 2009) aggregate gross proceeds of at least $10,000,000 (before brokers' fees or other transaction related expenses, and excluding any such proceeds resulting from any conversion of the Bridge Notes).
In connection with the offering of the Bridge Notes, Paramount Biocapital, Inc. ("PCI") and the Company entered into a placement agency agreement dated October 9, 2007, pursuant to which the Company paid PCI and third party agents cash commissions of $243,600 and $19,250, respectively, for its services. The Company also had agreed to pay to PCI a commission on sales by the Company of securities during the 18-month period subsequent to March 11, 2008 to the purchasers of the Bridge Notes who were introduced to the Company by PCI. The Company also granted PCI the right of first refusal to act as exclusive finder,
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements
Note 7 — Private Placements:  – (continued)
placement agent or other similar agent in relation to any securities offerings on its behalf during the 18-month period following March 11, 2008. Each of these 18-month periods expired without any further commissions being paid. PCI is a related party to the Company since it is wholly owned by Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., a significant investor in and stockholder of the Company.
In addition, PCI and third party agents received warrants (the "Placement Warrants") to purchase, at an exercise price of 110% of the lowest price paid for securities in a Qualified Financing, a number of shares of the Company's common stock equal to 10% of the principal amount of the Notes purchased, less any amount used to repay the related party notes, or amounts due to PBS or their affiliates or employees as finder's fees, payments under the services agreement or other similar payments, divided by the lowest price paid for securities in a Qualified Financing prior to December 21, 2009. If the Qualified Financing did not occur
on or before December 21, 2009, the Placement Warrants will be exercisable for a number of shares of the Company's common stock equal to 10% of the principal amount of the Notes purchased, less any amount used to repay the related party notes, or amounts due to PBS or their affiliates or employees as finder's fees, payments under the services agreement or other similar payments, divided by $1.00, at a per share exercise price of $1.00 and are exercisable for seven years. Since the Qualified Financing did not occur by such date, the Placement Warrants are now exercisable into 530,500 shares of the Company's common stock, at a per share exercise price of $1.00. The Company estimated the value of the warrants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model at approximately $341,000 and recorded them as deferred financing costs, which were amortized to interest expense over the term of the Notes.
PCI acted as placement agent for the private placement of the Company's senior convertible notes in the aggregate principal amount of $5,305,000 during 2007 and 2008.
2010 Senior convertible notes:
In February, March, April and May 2010, the Company issued 8% senior convertible notes in connection with a private placement in the aggregate principal amount of $3,425,000 (the "2010 Notes"). The 2010 Notes mature on September 10, 2010. Upon the closing of a Qualified IPO (as defined below), the 2010 Notes plus any accrued but unpaid interest thereon will convert automatically into shares of the Company's common stock at 70% of the price at which shares of common stock are sold in the Qualified IPO (the "IPO Price"), upon the terms and conditions on which such securities are issued in the Qualified IPO. For purposes hereof,
"Qualified IPO" means the consummation of an initial public offering by the Company of units consisting of shares of common stock and warrants to purchase common stock resulting in aggregate gross cash proceeds (before commissions or other expenses) to the Company of at least $10,000,000. The Company valued the beneficial conversion feature of the 2010 Senior convertible notes at $1,468,000.
Each 2010 Noteholder also holds a warrant to purchase a number of shares of the Company's common stock equal to 50% of the principal amount of the 2010 Notes purchased by it divided by the IPO Price at a per share exercise price equal to 100% of the IPO Price, subject to adjustment. Each of these warrants will expire and no longer be exercisable after March 31, 2015. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Qualified IPO does not occur on or before March 31, 2012, then each warrant will be exercisable for that number of shares of the Company's common stock equal to 70% of the principal amount of the 2010 Note purchased by the original holder
divided by $1.00, at a per share exercise price of $1.00. In the event of a sale of the Company (whether by merger, consolidation, sale or transfer of the Company's capital stock or assets or otherwise) prior to, but not in connection with, a Qualified IPO, each of these warrants will terminate 90 days following such sale and the warrants shall continue to be exercisable pursuant to their terms during such 90-day period. The Company valued these warrants at approximately $1,464,067 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and is amortizing such amounts over the term of the Notes to interest expense.
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VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements
Note 7 — Private Placements:  – (continued)
Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., a significant investor in and stockholder of the Company, and a related party, purchased $500,000 in aggregate principal amount of 2010 Notes and related warrants in this offering. In addition, a 2010 Note in the aggregate principal amount of $2,192,433 and related warrant were issued to PBS for the cancellation of certain debt (as discussed in Note 3 above), which is not included in the $3,425,000 of aggregate principal amount of 2010 Notes issued in the private placement. Including such converted debt, the total aggregate principal amount of 2010 Notes is $5,617,433.
In connection with the offering of the 2010 Notes and related warrants, National Securities Corporation ("National") and the Company entered into a placement agency agreement dated January 5, 2010, as amended on January 29, 2010, and a placement agency agreement dated April 14, 2010, as amended on April 30, 2010, pursuant to which the Company paid National cash fees of $671,592, which consisted of placement agent commissions of $561,743 and non-accountable expense reimbursements of $109,849. In addition, the Company paid National's outside counsel $32,500 for its services as placement agent counsel.
The Company also granted National the exclusive right until May 6, 2011 to act as lead placement agent on the next private placement of the Company's securities, or as lead managing underwriter on the initial public offering of the Company's securities, with the compensation being paid to National with respect to such financing to be mutually agreed to by the parties in good faith with respect to such financing.
Note 8 — Legal Proceedings:
In June 2010, the Company was sued for non-payment of approximately $123,000 that it owed to a company with whom it had contracted to provide drug development services. The Company is in negotiations with the service provider to reach a settlement with the service provider and have the suit terminated and has accrued the amount in question.
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Shares
Common Stock
$
per share
PROSPECTUS
Until [•  ], [20
], all dealers that effect transactions in these securities, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers' obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions.
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INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
The following table sets forth the costs and expenses payable by the registrant in connection with the sale of the securities being registered, other than fees payable to the placement agent. All amounts are estimates.
SEC Filing Fee
$
1,394
NASDAQ Capital Market listing fee
$
55,000
FINRA filing fee
$
2,455
Blue sky fees and expenses
$
*
Printing expenses
$
25,000
Legal fees and expenses
$
125,000
Accounting fees and expenses
$
125,000
Transfer agent fees
$
10,000
Miscellaneous
$
116,151
Total
$
460,000
*
To be provided by amendment.
Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL, permits a corporation, under specified circumstances, to indemnify its directors, officers, employees or agents against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlements actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought by third parties by reason of the fact that they were or are directors, officers, employees or agents of the corporation, if such directors, officers, employees or agents acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reason to believe their conduct was unlawful. In a derivative action, that is one by or in the right of the corporation, indemnification may be made only for expenses actually and reasonably incurred by directors, officers, employees or agents in connection with the defense or settlement of an action or suit, and only with respect to a matter as to which they will have acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification will be made if such person will have been adjudged liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought will determine upon application that the defendant directors, officers, employees or agents are fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses despite such adjudication of liability.
Pursuant to the DGCL, our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that no director will be personally liable to our company or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to our company or our stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. Our amended and restated bylaws provide that we will generally
indemnify our directors, officers, employees or agents to the fullest extent permitted by the law against all losses, claims, damages or similar events. We have obtained liability insurance for each director and officer for certain losses arising from claims or charges made against them while acting in their capacities as directors or officers of our company.
Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.
All of the financings discussed below were private placements conducted pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder.
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2007 Convertible Note Financing
From December 2007 through March 2008 we raised $5,305,000 through the sale of convertible promissory notes to approximately 28 accredited investors. The notes accrue annual interest at 8% during the term (one year from the date of the initial closing); 10% during the extended term (one additional year); and 12% upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the note). Two previously existing notes in favor of Paramount BioSciences, LLC and trusts established for the benefit of family members of Dr. Lindsay A. Rosenwald, a significant stockholder, in the aggregate amount of $2,912,196 were converted into notes in this financing. These
notes will convert to common stock upon the closing of a qualified financing in which we raise gross cash proceeds of at least $10 million. In connection with this financing, we issued Paramount BioCapital, Inc., the placement agent, a warrant outstanding to purchase 530,500 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $1.00 per share. This warrant has a net exercise provision under which the holder in lieu of payment of the exercise price in cash can surrender the warrant and receive a net number of shares of common preferred stock based on the fair market value of such stock at the time of exercise of the warrant after deduction of the aggregate exercise price. Unless earlier exercised, this warrant will expire on December 21, 2014.
2008 Common Stock and Warrant Financing
Between June 2008 and September 2008, we raised $1,146,024 through the sale of common stock and warrants to approximately 42 accredited investors. The offering price per share of common stock was $4.87. We also issued each investor a warrant that entitles him to purchase an additional number of shares of common stock equal to up to 20% of the number of shares of common stock that each such holder purchased in this financing. The warrant exercise price is $5.36 per share. The warrants expire between June and September 2015. We agreed with Dr. Rosenwald and Lester Lipschutz, as trustee of the Rosenwald Family Trusts, to convert previously existing
notes into shares of common stock upon our acceptance of subscriptions in the minimum amount. Stock certificates were issued to Paramount BioSciences, LLC in the amount of 286,791 shares and The Lindsay Rosenwald 2000 Family Trusts Dated December 15, 2000 in the amount of 83,483 shares.
Promissory Notes issued to Paramount Biosciences, LLC and Capretti Grandi, LLC
We issued a promissory note to Paramount Biosciences, LLC in July 2008, which at March 31, 2010, had an aggregate principal amount of $811,153. We issued a promissory note to Capretti Grandi, LLC in April 2009 in the aggregate principal amount of $190,000. The terms of these two notes are identical other than the maturity dates. We entered into an Amendment Agreement on December 21, 2009, which eliminated the maturity dates and provides that each note will automatically convert into equity securities issued in our next equity financing (or series of related financing) including a Qualified IPO (as defined in the Amendment Agreement), under certain
circumstances. This offering, if consummated, will trigger conversion of these notes.
Paramount Credit Partners, LLC — Note and Warrant Purchase Agreements
In January 2009, we entered into a Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement with Paramount Credit Partners, LLC for the sale of a $1,100,000 senior promissory note and warrant. The interest rate on the Note is 10% and is due and payable on the earliest of (i) December 31, 2013; (ii) the consummation by us of an equity financing where we receive at least $10 million in aggregate gross proceeds; and (iii) the consummation of a merger, share exchange or other similar transaction. This offering, if consummated, will cause these notes to become due, however, Paramount Credit Partners has agreed verbally to waive the repayment obligation upon the close of this
offering. The warrant entitles Paramount to purchase shares of our common stock equal to (i) 40% of the principal amount of senior convertible promissory note divided by (ii) the lowest price at which we sell equity securities in the first Qualified Financing (as defined in the note).
In March 2009 and twice in June 2009 we issued 10% Senior Promissory Notes and Warrants to Paramount Credit Partners, LLC in the amounts of $100,000, $250,000 and $123,000, respectively, under the same terms discussed above.
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Shares Issued to Licensor
On December 18, 2009, we issued 25,000 shares of our common stock to S.L.A. Pharma AG, the licensor of certain of our drug candidates, as consideration for amending the license agreement.
2010 Convertible Promissory Note and Warrant Financing
Between February 2010 and April 2010, we raised $2,725,000 through the sale of units to approximately 52 accredited investors. Each unit was sold for $25,000 and consists of (i) an 8% convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $25,000, and (ii) a warrant to purchase a number of shares of our common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing $12,500 by the IPO Price (as defined in the unit purchase agreement) at an exercise price equal to 110% of the IPO Price. The notes mature on September 10, 2010. If there is an Event of Default (as defined in notes) the interest rate on the notes increases to 12%. National Securities Corporation
acted as our placement agent in this financing. In connection with the financing, we issued the placement agent two warrants to purchase an aggregate number of shares of common stock equal to $272,500 divided by 70% of the public purchase price in this offering with an exercise price of 110% of the initial public offering price per share. Each of these warrants is redeemable at a price of $0.001 per share at any time after trading in our common stock begins on an exchange or the over-the-counter bulletin board and the closing price of our common stock is at least twice the exercise price for a period of 30 consecutive days, provided that the shares of common stock underlying these warrants have been registered for resale under the Securities Act or are otherwise freely tradable. This warrant also has a net exercise provision under which the holder in lieu of payment of the exercise price in cash can surrender the warrant and receive a net number of shares of common preferred stock
based on the fair market value of such stock at the time of exercise of the warrant after deduction of the aggregate exercise price. Unless earlier exercised, these warrants will expire on February 26, 2015.
In connection with the February 2010 financing, on February 26, 2010, we issued a convertible promissory note to Paramount BioSciences, LLC in the amount of $2,192,433 in satisfaction of a portion of the indebtedness owed under an 8% promissory note issued on July 23, 2008 to Paramount BioSciences. This note has identical terms to the other 2010 convertible notes.
Additional 2010 Convertible Promissory Note and Warrant Financing
In May 2010 we raised $700,000 through the sale of units to approximately eight accredited investors. Each unit was sold for $25,000 and consists of (i) an 8% convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $25,000, and (ii) a warrant to purchase a number of shares of our common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing $12,500 by the IPO Price (as defined in unit purchase agreement) at an exercise price equal to 110% of the IPO price. The notes mature on September 10, 2010. If there is an Event of Default (defined in Notes) the interest rate on the notes is 12%. National Securities Corporation acted as our placement agent in this
financing. In connection with the financing, we issued the placement agent one warrant to purchase an aggregate number of shares of common stock equal to $70,000 divided by 70% of the public purchase price in this offering with an exercise price of 110% of the initial public offering price per share. This warrant is redeemable at a price of $0.001 per share at any time after trading in our common stock begins on an exchange or the over-the-counter bulletin board and the closing price of our common stock is at least twice the exercise price for a period of 30 consecutive days, provided that the shares of common stock underlying these warrant have been registered for resale under the Securities Act or are otherwise freely tradable. This warrant also has a net exercise provision under which the holder in lieu of payment of the exercise price in cash can surrender the warrant and receive a net number of shares of common preferred stock based on the fair market value of such stock at the
time of exercise of the warrant after deduction of the aggregate exercise price. Unless earlier exercised, this warrant will expire on February 26, 2015.
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Item 16. Exhibits
(a)
Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this registration statement:
Exhibit
No.
Description
1.1*
Form of Underwriting Agreement.
3.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated April 5, 2007.
3.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws dated July 12, 2010.
4.1*
Specimen of Common Stock Certificate.
4.2
Form of Convertible Promissory Note issued to investors between December 2007 and March 2008, as amended in December 14, 2009.
4.3
Form of Warrant issued to investors between June and September 2008.
4.4
Form of Convertible Promissory Note issued to Paramount BioSciences, LLC and Capretti Grandi, LLC in 2008 and 2009, as amended on December 21, 2009.
4.5
Form of Warrant issued to Paramount Credit Partners, LLC in 2009.
4.6
Form of Convertible Promissory Note issued to investors and Paramount BioCapital, Inc. in February, March and April 2010.
4.7
Form of Convertible Promissory Note issued to investors in May 2010.
4.8
Form of Warrant issued to investors in February and March, 2010.
4.9
Form of Warrant issued to investors in May 2010.
4.10
Form of Placement Agent Warrant issued to Paramount BioCapital, Inc. on March 11, 2008.
4.11
Form of Placement Agent Warrant issued to National Securities Corporation in 2010.
5.1*
Opinion of Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered.
10.1**
Exclusive License Agreement dated March 23, 2007 by and between S.L.A. Pharma AG, and Paramount Biosciences, LLC, as amended on July 24, 2008, November 20, 2008, June 1, 2009, December 18, 2009 and June 24, 2010 and letter agreements dated October 27, 2008, November 20, 2008 and January 22, 2009.
10.2
Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated August 2, 2007, by and between Paramount Biosciences LLC and Ventrus Biosciences, Inc.
10.3**
License Agreement dated March 10, 2008 by and between Sam Amer & Co., Inc. and Ventrus Biosciences, Inc., as amended on July 31, 2008, September 29, 2008, November 17, 2008, and letter agreements dated March 13, 2009, August 18, 2009, May 13, 2009 and December 15, 2009.
10.4
Amended and Restated Consulting Agreement dated July 19, 2010 between Russell H. Ellison and Ventrus Biosciences, Inc.
10.5
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated July 19, 2010 between Russell H. Ellison and Ventrus Biosciences, Inc.
10.6
Amended and Restated Consulting Agreement dated July 19, 2010 between David J. Barrett and Ventrus Biosciences, Inc.
10.7
2007 Stock Incentive Plan.
23.1
Consent of J.H. Cohn LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2*
Consent of Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
*
To be filed by amendment.
**
Certain information in this exhibit has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatment request.
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Item 17. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"); (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information in this registration statement; and (iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement;
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:
(i) Each prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person
that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:
The undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and
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(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.
(b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
(c) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be delivered with the prospectus, to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest annual report to security holders that is incorporated by reference in the prospectus and furnished pursuant to and meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and, where interim financial information required to be presented by Article 3 of Regulation S-X are not set forth in the prospectus, to deliver, or cause to be delivered to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest quarterly report that is
specifically incorporated by reference in the prospectus to provide such interim financial information.
(d) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that:
(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective; and
(2) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(f) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriter at the closing specified in the underwriting agreements, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriter to permit promote delivery to each purchaser.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of New York, State of New York, on July 20, 2010.
VENTRUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
Date: July 20, 2010
By:
/s/ Russell H. Ellison
Name: Russell H. Ellison
Title: Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the persons whose signatures appear below each severally constitutes and appoints Russell H. Ellison and David J. Barrett, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all which said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do, or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Russell H. Ellison
Russell H. Ellison
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director
July 20, 2010
/s/ David J. Barrett
David J. Barrett
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
July 20, 2010
/s/ Richard M. Cohen
Richard M. Cohen
Director
July 20, 2010
/s/ Joseph Felder
Joseph Felder
Director
July 20, 2010
/s/ Myron Z. Holubiak
Myron Z. Holubiak
Director
July 20, 2010
/s/ Thomas Rowland
Thomas Rowland
Director
July 20, 2010
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