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GENERAL
3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
GENERAL [Abstract] 
GENERAL
NOTE 1:-GENERAL
 
 
a.
Pluristem Therapeutics Inc., a Nevada corporation, was incorporated on May 11, 2001. Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. has a wholly owned subsidiary, Pluristem Ltd. (the "Subsidiary"), which is incorporated under the laws of the State of Israel. Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. and the Subsidiary are referred to as the "Company".
 
 
b.
The Company is a bio-therapeutic company developing standardized cell therapy products from human placenta for the treatment of multiple disorders. The Company have sustained operating losses and expects such losses to continue in the foreseeable future. The Company's accumulated losses aggregated to $55,446 through September 30, 2011 and the Company incurred a net loss of $4,493 for the three months ended September 30, 2011. There is no assurance that profitable operations, if ever achieved, could be sustained on a continuing basis.
 
The Company plans to continue to finance its operations with sales of equity securities, entering into licensing technology agreements such as United Therapeutics Corporation ("United Therapeutics"), agreement and from grants to support its R&D activity. In the longer term, the Company plans to finance its operations from revenues from sales of products.
 
The Company was in the development stage from its inception until July 2011 (see 2a below).
 
 
c.
Since December 10, 2007, the Company's shares of common stock have been traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol PSTI. On May 7, 2007, the Company's shares also began trading on Europe's Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol PJT.
 
On December 19, 2010, the Company's shares began trading on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange under the symbol "PLTR".

 
d.
Licence Agreement:
 
On June 19, 2011, the Company entered into an exclusive license agreement, or the License Agreement, with United Therapeutics, for the use of its PLX cells to develop and commercialize a cell-based product for the treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension ("PAH").  The License Agreement provides that United Therapeutics will receive exclusive worldwide license rights for the development and commercialization of the Company's PLX cell-based product to treat PAH.  The License Agreement provides for the following consideration payable to the Company: (i) an upfront payment of $7,000 paid in August 2011, which includes $5,000 non-refundable upfront payment and $2,000 refundable advance payment on the development ; (ii) up to $37,500 upon reaching certain regulatory milestones with respect to the development of a product to treat PAH; (iii) reimbursement of up to $10,000 of certain of the Company expenses if the Company establish a manufacturing facility in North America upon meeting certain milestones; (iv) reimbursement of certain costs in connection with the development of the product; and (v) following commercialization of the product, royalties and the purchase of commercial supplies of the developed product from the Company at a specified margin over the Company cost.
 
On August 2, 2011, the agreement became effective following the consent of the Office of the Chief Scientist of Israel.