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Note 1 - Nature of the Business and Basis of Preparation
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements  
Nature of Operations [Text Block]
1.
Nature of the business and basis of preparation
 
BeyondSpring Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on
November 21, 2014.
The Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Group”) are principally engaged in clinical stage biopharmaceutical activities focusing on the development of innovative cancer therapies. The Company is under the control of Mr. Linqing Jia and Dr. Lan Huang as a couple (collectively, the “Founders”) since its incorporation.
 
As of
March 31, 2020,
the subsidiaries of the Company are as follows:
 
Name of company
 
Place of incorporation
 
Date of
incorporation
 
Percentage of
ownership by the
Company
 
Principal activities
                 
BeyondSpring  
Delaware,
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmaceuticals Inc.  
United States of America (“U.S.”)
 
June 18, 2013
 
100%
 
Clinical trial activities
                 
BeyondSpring Ltd.  
The British Virgin Islands (“BVI”)
 
December 3, 2014
 
100%
 
Holding company
                 
BeyondSpring (HK) Limited  
Hong Kong
 
January 13, 2015
 
100%
 
Holding company
                 
Wanchun Biotechnology                
Limited  
BVI
 
April 1, 2015
 
100%
 
Holding company
                 
Wanchun Biotechnology  
The People’s Republic of China
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Shenzhen) Ltd.  
(“PRC”)
 
April 23, 2015
 
100%
 
Holding company
                 
Dalian Wanchunbulin                
Pharmaceuticals Ltd.                
(“Wanchunbulin”)  
PRC
 
May 6, 2015
 
57.97%
 
Clinical trial activities
                 
BeyondSpring Pharmaceuticals                
Australia PTY Ltd.                
(“BeyondSpring Australia”)  
Australia
 
March 3, 2016
 
100%
 
Clinical trial activities
                 
Beijing Wanchun Pharmaceutical                
Technology Ltd.                
(“Beijing Wanchun”)  
PRC
 
May 21, 2018
 
57.97%
 
Clinical trial activities
                 
SEED Therapeutics Inc.                
(“SEED”)  
BVI
 
June 25, 2019
 
100%
 
Holding company
                 
SEED Technology Limited                
(“SEED Technology”)  
BVI
 
December 9, 2019
 
57.97%
 
Holding company
 
The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated balance sheet as of
March 31, 2020,
the unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive loss for the
three
months ended
March 31, 2019
and
2020,
the cash flows for the
three
months ended
March 31, 2019
and
2020,
and the related footnote disclosures are unaudited. These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP for interim financial information using accounting policies that are consistent with those used in the preparation of the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended
December 31, 2019.
Accordingly, these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements do
not
include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for annual financial statements.
 
In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements contain all normal recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position, operating results and cash flows of the Group for each of the periods presented. The results of operations for the
three
months ended
March 31, 2020
are
not
necessarily indicative of results to be expected for any other interim period or for the full year of
2020.
The consolidated balance sheet as of
December 31, 2019
was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date but does
not
include all of the disclosures required by U.S. GAAP for annual financial statements. These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended
December 31, 2019.