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Description of Business
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Description of Business
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Description of Business
Delcath Systems, Inc. (“Delcath” or the “Company”) is an interventional oncology company focused on the treatment of primary and metastatic liver cancers. The Company’s lead product candidate, the HEPZATO
KIT (melphalan hydrochloride for injection/hepatic delivery system), or HEPZATO
, is a drug/device combination product. HEPZATO is designed to administer high-dose chemotherapy to the liver while controlling systemic exposure and associated side effects. In Europe, Delcath’s commercial product is a stand-alone medical device having the same device components as the HEPZATO KIT, but without the melphalan hydrochloride, and is approved for sale under the trade name CHEMOSAT
®
Hepatic Delivery System for Melphalan, or CHEMOSAT, where it has been used at major medical centers to treat a wide range of cancers of the liver.
Delcath’s clinical development program (“CDP”) for HEPZATO is comprised of the FOCUS Clinical Trial for Patients with Hepatic Dominant Ocular Melanoma (the “FOCUS Trial”), a global registration clinical trial that is investigating objective response rate in metastatic ocular melanoma, or mOM. The Company is currently reviewing the incidence, unmet need, available efficacy data and development requirements for a broad set of liver cancers in order to select a portfolio of
follow-on
indications which will maximize the value of the HEPZATO platform.
In the United States, HEPZATO is considered a combination drug and device product regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”). Primary jurisdiction for regulation of HEPZATO has been assigned to the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. The FDA has granted Delcath six orphan drug designations (five for melphalan in ocular melanoma, cutaneous melanoma, cholangiocarcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, and neuroendocrine tumor indications and one for doxorubicin in the hepatocellular carcinoma indication). HEPZATO has not been approved for sale in the United States.
Risks and Uncertainties
Due to the global outbreak of
SARS-CoV-2,
a novel strain of coronavirus that causes Coronavirus disease
(COVID-19),
the Company experienced an impact on certain areas of its business. These effects included a slowing of patient recruitment in the FOCUS trial and a reduction in the pace at which the Company can monitor data at its clinical trial sites. The resulting delay in completing enrollment and additional time required to monitor data has caused the Company’s planned announcement for the
top-line
data from its FOCUS Trial to shift to early 2021 and to be modified to a preliminary analysis. The Company now plans to submit a New Drug Application (NDA) to the FDA mid-2022 for the treatment of mOM. The ability to achieve this goal is contingent on the Company’s ability to monitor data at its clinical sites and therefore the timeline may shift as access to the clinical sites changes in response to the rapidly evolving situation. The Company also has experienced a decline in EU commercial product revenue and additional impacts to the business may arise that the Company is not aware of currently. The ultimate impact of the pandemic on the Company’s results of operations, financial position, liquidity, or capital resources cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.
Although Delcath is not aware of any direct impacts of the war between the Ukraine and the Russian Federation on its supply chain, the war could adversely impact Delcath’s ability to obtain components and/or significantly increase the cost of obtaining such components for the Company’s products from its third-party suppliers in a timely manner or at all.
Liquidity and Going Concern
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. As
 
shown in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, during the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company incurred net losses of $25,649 and used $22,554 of cash for its operating activities. These factors among others raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time.
The Company’s existence is dependent upon management’s ability to obtain additional funding sources or to enter into strategic alliances. Adequate additional financing may not be available to the Company on acceptable terms, or at all. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital and/or enter into strategic alliances when needed or on attractive terms, it would be forced to delay, reduce or eliminate its research and development programs or any commercialization efforts. There can be no assurance that the Company’s efforts will result in the resolution of the Company’s liquidity needs. If the Company is not able to continue as a going concern, it is likely that holders of its common stock will lose all of their investment. The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
The Company anticipates incurring additional losses until such time, if ever, that it can generate significant sales. These circumstances raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued. Additional working capital will be required to continue operations. Operations of the Company are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including, among others, uncertainty of product development and clinical trial results; uncertainty regarding regulatory approval; technological uncertainty; uncertainty regarding patents and proprietary rights; comprehensive government regulations; limited commercial manufacturing, marketing or sales experience; and dependence on key personnel.