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Nature of the Business
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Nature of the Business  
Nature of the Business

Note 1. Nature of the Business

BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. (“BTI” or the “Company”) is a biopharmaceutical company utilizing artificial intelligence (“AI”) approaches to develop transformative medicines in neuroscience and immuno-oncology. The Company is focused on utilizing cutting-edge technology and innovative research to develop high-value therapeutics aimed at transforming patients’ lives. BTI employs a unique AI platform designed to reduce therapeutic development costs and potentially accelerate timelines. The Company’s approach leverages existing approved drugs and/or clinically evaluated product candidates together with big data and proprietary machine learning algorithms to identify new therapeutic indices. BTI management believes this differentiated approach has the potential to reduce the expense and time associated with drug development in diseases with substantial unmet medical needs.

As used in these condensed consolidated financial statements, unless otherwise specified or the context otherwise requires, the term “BioXcel LLC” refers to the Company’s former parent and current significant stockholder and its predecessor, BioXcel Corporation. “OnkosXcel” refers to BTI’s wholly owned subsidiary for its advanced immuno-oncology assets, OnkosXcel Therapeutics, LLC.

On April 6, 2022, BTI announced that the U.S. FDA approved IGALMI (dexmedetomidine or “Dex”) sublingual film for the acute treatment of agitation associated with schizophrenia or bipolar I or II disorder in adults. IGALMI is approved to be self-administrated by patients under the supervision of a healthcare provider. On July 6, 2022, BTI announced that IGALMI, was commercially available in doses of 120 and 180 micrograms through the Company’s third-party logistics provider and was available for order through wholesalers.

The Company’s most advanced clinical development program is BXCL501, an investigational proprietary, orally dissolving film formulation of Dex for the treatment of agitation associated with psychiatric and neurological disorders.

BTI is conducting clinical trials for the at-home use of BXCL501 for agitation associated with bipolar disorders and schizophrenia. The Company also continues to conduct clinical trials evaluating BXCL501 for the acute treatment of agitation in patients with Alzheimer’s disease in residential care facilities and nursing homes and for adjunctive treatment of patients with Major Depressive Disorder.

The Company’s advanced immuno-oncology asset, BXCL701, is an investigational, orally administered systemic innate immune activator for the treatment of a rare form of prostate cancer and advanced solid tumors that are refractory or treatment naïve to checkpoint inhibitors.

BTI was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on March 29, 2017. The Company’s principal office is in New Haven, Connecticut.

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic and responsive measures have significantly impacted, both directly and indirectly, businesses and commerce.

The Company continues to work closely with clinical sites to monitor the potential impact of the evolving COVID-19 pandemic and the spread of its variants. To date, BTI has not experienced any significant delays in any of its ongoing or planned clinical trials, except for occasional COVID-19 related disruptions, such as to its TRANQUILITY II trial. However, this could change rapidly.