LTRNLantern Pharma Inc.

Is Lantern Pharma struggling financially?

Yes, by its own account. Lantern Pharma told the SEC on 15 May 2026, in Form 10-Q, that there is substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.

Going concern disclosed May 2026

15/100

Critical

Sector
Biotech/Pharma
Market cap
$29.9M
Source filing
10-Q 15 May 2026
Balance sheet
30 Jun 2026

Cash runway

  • 4months

    If the burn speeds up

    Empty by Oct 2026

  • 6months

    If it eases off

    Empty by Dec 2026

Both rows are the same reported burn flexed 15% either way, and neither assumes the company raises a cent.

Out of cashTwo years or more

The runway math

Cash and short-term investments

$6.7M

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Cash burned over the last 12 months

$15.7M

What Lantern Pharma told the SEC

…uncertainties. The forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q include, among other things, statements relating to: the existence of substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern in the absence of obtaining substantial additional funding; our ability to secure sufficient funding and alternative sources of funding to support our existing and proposed…

Lantern Pharma Inc., Form 10-Q, filed 15 May 2026.

Read the filing on SEC.gov

What this means

  • Not a bankruptcy filing, and not a prediction.
  • It is the company’s own statement, agreed with its auditor, that the doubt is material enough to disclose.
  • The runway is arithmetic on two reported numbers, not a forecast. Companies carry this language for years, raise money and keep going.

What else the numbers show

  • Cash burn is narrowing It is spending 49% less cash per year than it was, so the runway above is lengthening rather than shortening.

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