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ARCA biopharma Announces 2022 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Update
Company is currently engaged in a strategic review process, evaluating additional development of its assets, collaborations and other strategic options
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[{"type":"text","content":"Company is currently engaged in a strategic review process, evaluating additional development of its assets, collaborations and other strategic options\nWESTMINSTER, Colo., Feb. 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ARCA biopharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: ABIO), a biopharmaceutical company applying a precision medicine approach to developing genetically targeted therapies for cardiovascular diseases, today reported 2022 financial results and provided a corporate update. In May 2022, the Company retained Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. to act as its financial advisor to explore and evaluate strategic options for maximizing stockholder value. Potential strategic alternatives that may be explored or evaluated as part of this process include the potential for an acquisition, merger, business combination or other strategic transaction involving the Company. The Board has not set a timetable for the conclusion of this review, nor has it made any decisions related to any further actions or potential strategic options at this time. There can be no assurance, however, that this process will result in any such transaction. Full Year 2022 Summary Financial Results Cash and cash equivalents were $42.4 million as of December 31, 2022, compared to $53.4 million as of December 31, 2021. ARCA believes that its current cash and cash equivalents, consisting primarily of money market funds, will be sufficient to fund its operations through the middle of 2024. Research and development (R&D) expenses were $4.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared to $13.8 million for 2021. In the third quarter of 2022, ARCA implemented a strategic reduction of the workforce and recorded total restructuring charges of approximately $0.8 million, of which $0.5 million and $0.3 million were recognized in research and development and general and administrative expenses, respectively, in connection with the restructuring, all in the form of one-time termination benefits. The $9.1 million decrease in R&D expenses in 2022 as compared to 2021 was primarily related to the completion of enrollment in the rNAPc2 Phase 2b clinical trial in the fourth quarter of 2021, partially offset by the restructuring charges discussed above. R&D expenses in 2023 are expected to be lower than 2022. General and administrative (G&A) expenses were $5.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2022,...