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GENERAL
12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
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-therapeutics company developing standardized cell therapy products from human placenta for the treatment of multiple disorders. The Company has sustained operating losses and expects such losses to continue in the foreseeable future. The Company's accumulated losses aggregated to $86,902  through June 30, 2013 and incurred a net loss of $21,155  for the year ended June 30, 2013.
 
The Company plans to continue to finance its operations with sales of equity securities, entering into licensing technology agreements such as the United Therapeutics Corporation ("United Therapeutics") and CHA Bio&Diostech ("CHA") agreements, 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.
 
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 December 19, 2010, the Company's shares began trading on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange under the symbol "PLTR".

d.
License Agreements:

On June 19, 2011, the Subsidiary 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 a $5,000 non-refundable upfront payment and a $2,000 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 establishes a manufacturing facility in North America upon meeting certain status; (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's cost.
On August 2, 2011, the License Agreement became effective following the consent of the Office of the Chief Scientist of Israel ("OCS") within the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor (see 2i below).

On June 26, 2013, the Subsidiary entered into an exclusive license and commercialization agreement with CHA Bio&Diostech ("CHA"), for conducting clinical trials and commercialization of Pluristem's PLX-PAD product in South Korea in connection with two indications: the treatment of Critical Limb Ischemia, and Intermediate Claudication (the "Indications"). Under the terms of the agreement, CHA will receive exclusive rights in South Korea for conducting clinical trials with respect to the Indications, at the sole expense of CHA. Commencement of the clinical trials is conditioned upon the receipt of the necessary regulatory approvals.  If Pluristem's products receive regulatory approvals in South Korea for marketing as treatment for the Indications, the parties will form a joint venture in order to sell, distribute and market Pluristem products for treating the Indications in South Korea. The joint venture would be owned equally by CHA and Pluristem. Pluristem would own any and all intellectual property rights to the extent conceived in connection with its products and license such rights to the joint venture.

 
In an event of lifting the clinical hold by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on a study of another indication conducted by Pluristem (see note 1.e), and reaching an agreed upon development plan for conducting the clinical trials, Pluristem has agreed to issue to CHA 2,500,000 shares of its common stock in consideration for the issuance to Pluristem of 1,011,504 common shares of CHA, which reflect total consideration of approximately $10,000 for such Pluristem shares (based on the average closing price of CHA common shares over the last 30 trading days preceding the date of the agreement). Each party has agreed to hold the other party's shares for at least one year before selling any of such shares. The parties also agreed to give an irrevocable proxy to the other party management with respect to the voting power of the shares issued.
 
The Agreement includes non-competition covenants by CHA for a specified period as well as customary termination and indemnification provisions, including in the event the parties do not reach an agreed upon development plan for conducting the clinical trials.

e.
Clinical hold:

In June, 2013, the Company received notification from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") that its United States phase II Intermittent Claudication study has been placed on clinical hold due to a serious allergic reaction in a case which required hospitalization.