Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

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12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
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BioZone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly, International Surf Resorts, Inc.; the “Company”, “we”, “our”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada on December 4, 2006. On March 1, 2011, we changed our name from International Surf Resorts, Inc. to BioZone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. On March 24, 2014 pursuant to shareholder approval, the Company converted from a Nevada corporation to a Delaware corporation.

 

On May 16, 2011, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of that date, by and among the Company, Baker Cummins Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Baker Cummins”) and Aero Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Aero”) pursuant to which the Company acquired substantially all of Aero’s assets and assumed all of its liabilities.  Aero markets and distributes a line of dermatological products under the trade name of Baker Cummins Dermatologicals.

 

On June 30, 2011, we acquired: (i) 100% of the outstanding common stock of BioZone Laboratories, Inc. (“BioZone Labs”) in exchange for 19,266,055 shares of our common stock; (ii) 100% of the outstanding membership interests of Equalan, LLC (“Equalan”) and Equachem, LLC (“Equachem”) in exchange for 1,027,523 and 385,321 shares of our common stock, respectively; and (iii) 45% of the outstanding membership interests of BetaZone Laboratories, LLC (“BetaZone”) in exchange for 321,101 shares of our common stock, for a total of 21 million shares. The acquired entities shared substantially common ownership prior to the foregoing acquisition. Since inception, BioZone Labs and its affiliates have been engaged primarily in the business of developing and manufacturing Over the Counter (“OTC”) drug products and cosmetic and beauty products on behalf of third parties.

 

BioZone Labs was incorporated under the laws of the State of California in 1991. Equalan was formed as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of California on January 2, 2007. Equachem was formed as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of California on March 12, 2007 under the name Chemdyn, LLC and changed its name to Equachem, LLC on July 25, 2007. BetaZone was formed as a Florida limited liability company on November 7, 2006.

 

On February 22, 2013 and March 7, 2013, we liquidated Equachem and Equalan, respectively, and transferred their activities to BioZone Labs in an effort to reduce selling and administrative expenses. In June 2013, the members of BetaZone, by unanimous written consent, adopted a plan of liquidation of BetaZone pursuant to which BetaZone’s assets were transferred to its members. BetaZone was liquidated in August 2013.

 

As further described in Note 3, on September 3, 2013, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of that date, by and among the Company, BioZone Labs and Lautus Pharmaceuticals LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company (“Lautus”) pursuant to which Lautus purchased all of the Company’s assets related to the Glyderm brand of skin care products currently manufactured and sold by BioZone Labs. Specifically, we sold all of our interest in (A) the Glyderm trademark, the Glyderm patents, the Glyderm product formulations, the domain names, www.glydermonline.com and www.glydermskincare.com, and the Glyderm internet website; and (B) BioZone Labs’ entire inventory of Glyderm products held for resale.

 

As further described in Note 3, on November 12, 2013, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of that date, by and among the Company, BioZone Labs, Baker Cummins, Brian Keller, MusclePharm Corporation (“Musclepharm”) and Biozone Laboratories, Inc. (“Acquisition Co.”) a newly formed subsidiary of Musclepharm, pursuant to which we agreed to sell to Acquisition Co. substantially all of the operating assets of Biozone Labs and Baker Cummins, including the QuSomes, HyperSorb and EquaSomes drug delivery technologies (excluding certain assets including cash on hand) for 1,200,000 shares of  Musclepharm’s common stock.  The sale of BioZone Labs and Baker Cummins occurred on January 2, 2014 and qualified as a discontinued operation of the Company. Accordingly, the Company has excluded results of BioZone Labs’ and Baker Cummins’ operations from its Consolidated Statements of Operations to present this business in discontinued operations.

 

As further described in Note 11, effective January 2, 2014, the Company, Biozone Acquisitions Co., Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger Sub”) and Cocrystal Discovery, Inc. (“Cocrystal”) entered into and closed an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”).  Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into Cocrystal (the “Merger”) with Cocrystal continuing as the surviving corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Cocrystal is a biotechnology company developing antiviral therapeutics for human diseases, including Hepatitis C virus, Influenza virus, Rhinovirus (common cold) Dengue Virus and Norovirus.