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FORM 10-Q SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549
 (Mark One) [ X ]
    
    Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934for the quarterly period ended
June 30, 2004, or
 [   ]
    
    Transition Period Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934for the Transition Period From

to
.
 Commission file number 0-19591 EPIMMUNE INC.  Delaware
    
    33-0245076(State
or other jurisdiction ofincorporation or organization)
    
    (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 5820 Nancy Ridge Drive
San Diego, California 92121
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code) (858) 860-2500
(Registrants telephone number, including area code) Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [  ] Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an accelerated filer as
defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes [  ] No [X] Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuers classes of
common stock, as of the latest practicable date. Common Stock: $.01 par value 16,004,263 shares outstanding as of August 11,
2004.




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EPIMMUNE INC.
QUARTERLY REPORT
FORM 10-Q TABLE OF CONTENTS COVER PAGE
    
    
    1TABLE OF CONTENTS
    
    
    2PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATIONITEM 1. Financial StatementsCondensed Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2004 (unaudited) and December 31, 2003
    
    
    3Condensed Statements of Operations (unaudited) for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2004 and 2003
    
    
    4Condensed Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2004 and 2003
    
    
    5Notes to Condensed Financial Statements (unaudited)
    
    
    6ITEM 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
    
    
    9ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
    
    
    15Risk Factors
    
    
    16ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures
    
    
    29PART II. OTHER INFORMATIONITEM 1. Legal Proceedings
    
    
    30ITEM 2. Changes in Securities, Use of Proceeds and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
    
    
    *ITEM 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities
    
    
    *ITEM 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
    
    
    30ITEM 5. Other Information
    
    
    *ITEM 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
    
    
    31SIGNATURE
    
    
    34
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    No information provided due to inapplicability of item.EXHIBIT 31.1EXHIBIT 31.2EXHIBIT 32.1  2




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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION 
  ITEM I. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS EPIMMUNE INC. 
 CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
 June 30,
    
    December 31,2004
    
    2003(unaudited)ASSETSCurrent assets:Cash and cash equivalents
    
    $
    9,652
    
    
    $
    6,416Accounts Receivable
    
    
    961
    
    
    
    1,012Prepaids and other current assets
    
    
    247
    
    
    
    186Total current assets
    
    
    10,860
    
    
    
    7,614Restricted long-term cash
    
    
    354
    
    
    
    472Property and equipment, net
    
    
    1,079
    
    
    
    1,145Patents and other assets
    
    
    3,574
    
    
    
    3,462TOTAL ASSETS
    
    $
    15,867
    
    
    $
    12,693LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITYCurrent liabilities:Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    
    $
    1,160
    
    
    $
    1,446Deferred contract revenues
    
    
    795
    
    
    
    1,151Accrued payroll and related expenses
    
    
    188
    
    
    
    173Total current liabilities
    
    
    2,143
    
    
    
    2,770Deferred rent
    
    
    213
    
    
    
    212Stockholders equity:Preferred stock, $.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized,
1,409,288 shares issued and outstanding of Series S and S-1 convertible
preferred stock at June 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003. Liquidation
preference of $10,000,000 at June 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003.
    
    
    14
    
    
    
    14Common stock, $.01 par value, 40,000,000 shares and 25,000,000 shares
authorized, 16,004,263 shares and 13,490,618 shares issued and
outstanding, respectively, at June 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003.
    
    
    160
    
    
    
    135Additional paid-in capital
    
    
    172,865
    
    
    
    167,537Deferred compensation
    
    
    (246
    )
    
    
    (50
    )Accumulated deficit
    
    
    (159,282
    )
    
    
    (157,925
    )Total stockholders equity
    
    
    13,511
    
    
    
    9,711TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
    
    $
    15,867
    
    
    $
    12,693
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EPIMMUNE INC. 
 CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(unaudited)
(in thousands, except per share data)
 Three months ended June 30,
    
    Six months ended June 30,2004
    
    2003
    
    2004
    
    2003RevenuesLicense fees and milestones
    
    $
    127
    
    
    $
    246
    
    
    $
    224
    
    
    $
    449Research grants and contract revenue
    
    
    1,736
    
    
    
    519
    
    
    
    3,190
    
    
    
    774Related party revenue
    
    
    
    
    
    
    1,023
    
    
    
    1,026
    
    
    
    1,996Total revenues
    
    
    1,863
    
    
    
    1,788
    
    
    
    4,440
    
    
    
    3,219Costs and expenses:Research and development
    
    
    2,232
    
    
    
    2,835
    
    
    
    4,639
    
    
    
    5,446General and administrative
    
    
    522
    
    
    
    1,042
    
    
    
    1,180
    
    
    
    1,725Total costs and expenses
    
    
    2,754
    
    
    
    3,877
    
    
    
    5,819
    
    
    
    7,171Loss from operations
    
    
    (891
    )
    
    
    (2,089
    )
    
    
    (1,379
    )
    
    
    (3,952
    )Interest income, net
    
    
    22
    
    
    
    58
    
    
    
    26
    
    
    
    123Other expense, net
    
    
    (3
    )
    
    
    (1
    )
    
    
    (4
    )
    
    
    (4
    )Net loss
    
    $
    (872
    )
    
    $
    (2,032
    )
    
    $
    (1,357
    )
    
    $
    (3,833
    )Net loss per
share - basic and diluted
    
    $
    (0.06
    )
    
    $
    (0.17
    )
    
    $
    (0.09
    )
    
    $
    (0.33
    )Shares used in computing net loss per share
    
    
    15,782
    
    
    
    11,742
    
    
    
    14,619
    
    
    
    11,709
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EPIMMUNE INC. 
 CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited)
(in thousands)
 Six months ended June 30,2004
    
    2003OPERATING ACTIVITIESNet loss
    
    $
    (1,357
    )
    
    $
    (3,833
    )Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities:Interest on note held by stockholder
    
    
    
    
    
    
    (82
    )Depreciation and amortization
    
    
    440
    
    
    
    417Stock-based compensation
    
    
    57
    
    
    
    65Deferred rent
    
    
    1
    
    
    
    10Deferred revenue
    
    
    (356
    )
    
    
    429Loss on disposal of assets
    
    
    
    
    
    
    2Write-off of abandoned patents
    
    
    29
    
    
    
    Change in operating assets and liabilities:Prepaids and other current assets
    
    
    (10
    )
    
    
    (491
    )Change in restricted long-term cash
    
    
    118
    
    
    
    Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    
    
    (197
    )
    
    
    75Accrued payroll and related expenses
    
    
    15
    
    
    
    6Net cash used in operating activities
    
    
    (1,260
    )
    
    
    (3,402
    )INVESTING ACTIVITIESPurchase of property and equipment
    
    
    (81
    )
    
    
    (51
    )Patents and other assets
    
    
    (434
    )
    
    
    (398
    )Net cash used in investing activities
    
    
    (515
    )
    
    
    (449
    )FINANCING ACTIVITIESNet proceeds from issuance of common stock
    
    
    5,011
    
    
    
    44Principal payments on notes payable to bank
    
    
    
    
    
    
    (43
    )Net cash provided by financing activities

    
    
    5,011
    
    
    
    1Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    
    
    3,236
    
    
    
    (3,850
    )Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
    
    
    6,416
    
    
    
    9,745Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
    
    $
    9,652
    
    
    $
    5,895SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATIONInterest paid
    
    $
    3
    
    
    $
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EPIMMUNE INC. 
 NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
June 30, 2004
  1.
    
    Basis of Presentation The interim unaudited condensed financial statements contained herein have been
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not
include all of the information and disclosures required by accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial
statements. In managements opinion, the unaudited information includes all
adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a
fair presentation of the financial position, results of operations and cash
flows for the periods presented. Interim results are not necessarily
indicative of results to be expected for the full year. The financial
statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated
financial statements and disclosures thereto included in the Companys Form
10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2003. The Company has an accumulated deficit of $159.3 million as of June 30, 2004.
The Companys ability to attain profitable operations is dependent upon
obtaining sufficient working capital to complete the successful development of
its products, FDA approval of its products, achieving market acceptance of such
products and achievement of sufficient levels of revenue to support the
Companys cost structure. With existing cash and interest earned thereon,
along with receipts from existing grants and contracts, the Company expects to
be able to maintain its current level of operations through 2005, based on
anticipated expenditures for, among other things, outside costs related to
clinical trials and development activities for its new NIH contract for a
preventative HIV vaccine, product formulation and manufacturing of product for
use in clinical trials, medical and clinical consultant costs and preclinical
development costs for additional vaccine candidates. If the Company is unable
to obtain additional funding, it will be required to delay, reduce the scope of
or eliminate one or more of its research and development projects, sell the
Company or certain of its assets or technologies, or dissolve and liquidate all
of its assets. Earnings per share (EPS) is computed in accordance with Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 128, Earnings per Share. SFAS No. 128
requires dual presentation of basic and diluted earnings per share. Basic EPS
includes no dilution and is computed by dividing net income by the weighted
average number of common shares outstanding for the period, excluding owned but
unvested shares. There were 38,779 and 408,493 owned but unvested shares as of
June 30, 2004 and June 30, 2003, respectively that were excluded from the
earnings per share calculation. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution of
securities that could share in our earnings, such as common stock equivalents
that may be issuable upon exercise of outstanding common stock options or
warrants as well as all shares of preferred stock, which may be converted into
common stock. Prior to the application of the treasury stock method, common
stock equivalents of 6,663,708 and 3,538,642 for the three months ended June
30, 2004 and 2003 have been excluded from EPS as the effect is antidilutive.
The following table shows total shares outstanding as of June 30, 2004 and June
30, 2003, respectively, on a fully diluted basis, assuming full vesting and
conversion of all common stock equivalents upon exercise of outstanding common
stock options and warrants as well as conversion of all shares of preferred
stock: 2004
    
    2003Common stock outstanding
    
    
    16,004,263
    
    
    
    12,207,768Preferred shares, as converted
    
    
    1,787,572
    
    
    
    1,608,448Options outstanding
    
    
    2,561,931
    
    
    
    1,516,741Warrants outstanding
    
    
    2,275,426
    
    
    
    4,960Fully diluted shares
    
    
    22,629,192
    
    
    
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As permitted by SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-based Compensation, the
Company elected to follow Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 25,
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related interpretations in
accounting for its employee stock options. Under APB Opinion No. 25, among
other things, when the exercise price of its employee stock options is not less
than the market price of the underlying stock on the date of grant, no
compensation expense is recognized. As required under SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, and
SFAS No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation - Transition and
Disclosure, the pro forma effects of stock-based compensation on net income and
net earnings per common share have been estimated at the date of grant using
the Black-Scholes option pricing model based on the following weighted average
assumptions for June 30, 2004 and June 30, 2003: risk-free interest rates of 4%
and 6%, respectively; dividend yield of 0 for both periods; and a weighted
average expected life for all options of six years. The volatility factor
assumptions of the expected market price of the Companys common stock were 90%
and 123% for June 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. For purposes of adjusted pro forma disclosures, the estimated fair value of the
options is amortized to expense over the options vesting period. The effect of
applying SFAS No. 123 for purposes of providing pro forma disclosures is not
likely to be representative of the effects on the Companys operating results
for future years because changes in the subjective input assumptions can
materially affect future value estimates. Pro forma information for the three
and six months ended June 30, 2004 and 2003 is as follows: Three months ended June 30,
    
    Six months ended June 30,2004
    
    2003
    
    2004
    
    2003Pro forma net loss
    
    
    ($1,354,000
    )
    
    
    ($2,198,000
    )
    
    
    ($2,055,000
    )
    
    
    ($4,165,000
    )Pro forma net loss per share
    
    
    ($0.09
    )
    
    
    ($0.19
    )
    
    
    ($0.14
    )
    
    
    ($0.36
    )
  2.
    
    Genencor International, Inc. and Innogenetics NV In July 2001, the Company entered into a collaboration with Genencor
International, Inc. for vaccines to treat or prevent hepatitis B virus,
hepatitis C virus and human papilloma virus. Pursuant to the agreement,
Epimmune exclusively licensed to Genencor its PADRE® and epitope technologies
for vaccines to treat or prevent hepatitis B, hepatitis C and human papilloma
virus. In connection with this collaboration, the Company received an upfront
license fee, which is being amortized over the collaboration term. In
addition, Genencor made an initial ten percent equity investment in Epimmune
common stock at a premium to the market price. The agreement provided for the
Company to receive up to a total of approximately $60 million in payments,
including the initial equity investment but excluding royalties. In January
2002, Epimmune received a payment from Genencor for achievement of the first
milestone, identification of a product candidate to treat chronic hepatitis B
infection. In February 2004, the Company announced it had earned a milestone
payment from Genencor as a result of Genencor filing an IND for a vaccine to
treat hepatitis B. The milestone payments were recognized as revenue when
received. The collaboration revenues have been recognized as incurred. In
addition, Genencor fully funded Epimmunes research in these specific
indications and was obligated to pay the Company royalties on sales of any
products that may have been developed under the collaboration. All revenues
from Genencor have been included in related party revenue. The initial
collaboration had a term through September 2003, and in October 2002, was
extended to September 2004. In March 2004, Genencor assigned its rights under the collaboration and license
agreements to Innogenetics NV, which does not own an equity position in the
Company and is not a related party. In connection with the assignment to
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Innogenetics through September 2005 and is now amortizing the remaining
unamortized portion of the license fee over the extended term. In addition,
Genencor agreed not to sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Companys common
stock it held, without the Companys prior approval, for a minimum of twelve
months. Innogenetics has the right to terminate the collaboration early, upon
three months written notice, if Epimmune breaches its obligations under the
collaboration agreement or upon certain force majeure events.  3.
    
    National Cancer Institute In March 2004, the Company received a grant from the National Cancer Institute
(NCI), an institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to define and
conduct preclinical testing of a multi-epitope, clinical vaccine candidate for
ovarian and breast cancer. The Company will collaborate with investigators at
the University of Washington on the program with an objective of designing a
vaccine to induce helper T cell (HTL) responses directed against multiple Tumor
Associated Antigens (TAA), in order to prevent or delay disease recurrence
after surgery and chemotherapy. The Phase I grant has a total potential value
of approximately $0.6 million over two years. From the Phase I program, it is
contemplated that a multi-epitope based vaccine will be designated for
development and clinical testing in a potential Phase II program. The Company
will record the revenues from the grant as the services are performed. In May 2004, the Company received a grant from the NCI to support its
continuing and detailed analysis of the immune responsiveness of patients
immunized with the Companys multi-epitope cancer vaccine candidate, EP-2101.
The Company is currently conducting two Phase I/II trials with its EP-2101
vaccine, one in colorectal cancer and one in non-small cell lung cancer
(NSCLC), at various sites in the U.S. The grant has a total potential value of
approximately $0.8 million over two years. The Company will record the
revenues from the grant as the services are performed.  4.
    
    Private Placement In April 2004, the Company completed a private placement of 2,466,379 shares of
common stock and warrants to purchase up to 1,233,188 shares of common stock to
selected institutional and accredited investors, including current
shareholders, for a total purchase price of $5.5 million. The Company received
net proceeds of $5.0 million. Each security issued was the combination of one
share of common stock and, for each two shares of common stock purchased, a
warrant to purchase one share of common stock. Each security was priced at the
market value of $2.2125, which was equal to or greater than the sum of the
closing bid price of Epimmune common stock as quoted on the Nasdaq National
Market on the date of execution of the purchase agreements, and $0.0625, the
imputed value of a warrant to purchase one share of common stock. In addition,
the Company issued warrants to purchase an aggregate of 250,000 shares of its
common stock to a placement agent for services rendered in connection with the
private placement. Each warrant, including the warrant issued to the placement
agent, has a three-year term and an exercise price equal to 120% of $2.2125 or
$2.655 per share. The Companys stockholders equity was $9.3 million and $9.7 million as of
March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively. On April 1, 2004, the
Company received a letter from the Nasdaq National Market notifying the Company
that it was not in compliance with the minimum $10.0 million stockholders
equity requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq National Market. After
receipt of the proceeds from the private placement, the Company believes that
it satisfies the $10.0 million continued listing requirement of the Nasdaq
National Market as of the date of filing of this report. The Companys ongoing
compliance with the minimum stockholders equity requirement will be monitored
by the Nasdaq National Market and, if the Company does not comply with the
minimum stockholders equity requirement at the time of its quarterly report
for the second quarter of 2004 or at any other time in the future, the Company
may be subject to delisting. As of June 30, 2004, the Companys stockholders
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ITEM 2.
    MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS Except for the historical information contained herein, the following
discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed
here. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include,
without limitation, those discussed below and in the section entitled Risk
Factors. Epimmune® and PADRE® are our trademarks and EIS® and ImmunoSense® are our
service marks. Since 1997, we have devoted substantially all of our resources to the discovery
and development of potential therapeutic and prophylactic products. To date, we
have not received any revenues from the sale of products. We began a Phase I/II
clinical trial targeting HIV in September 2002 and a Phase I/II clinical trial
targeting lung and colorectal cancer in February 2003. We have funded our
research and development primarily from equity-derived working capital and
through strategic alliances and collaborations with other companies. We have
not been profitable since our inception and expect to incur substantial
operating losses for at least the next several years. As of June 30, 2004, our
accumulated deficit was approximately $159.3 million. In July 2001, we entered into a collaboration with Genencor International, Inc.
for vaccines to treat or prevent hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and human
papilloma virus. In February 2004, we announced that we had earned a milestone
payment from Genencor as a result of Genencor filing an Investigational New
Drug Application, or IND, for a vaccine to treat hepatitis B, the lead program
in the collaboration. In March 2004, Genencor assigned its rights under our
collaboration to Innogenetics NV. In connection with the assignment by
Genencor, we extended the collaboration term with Innogenetics through
September 2005. Innogenetics has the right to terminate the collaboration
early, upon three months written notice. In April 2004, we completed a private placement of 2,466,379 shares of common
stock and warrants to purchase up to 1,233,188 shares of common stock to
selected institutional and accredited investors, including current
shareholders, for a total purchase price of $5.5 million. We received net
proceeds of $5.0 million. The purchase price of each security, which is the
combination of one share of common stock and, for each two shares of common
stock purchased, a warrant to purchase one share of common stock, was priced at
the market value of $2.2125, which was equal to or greater than the sum of the
closing bid price of our common stock as quoted on the Nasdaq National Market
on the date of execution of the purchase agreements, and $0.0625, the imputed
value of a warrant to purchase one share of common stock. In addition, we
issued warrants to purchase an aggregate of 250,000 shares of our common stock
to a placement agent for services rendered in connection with the private
placement. Each warrant, including the warrant issued to the placement agent,
has a three-year term and an exercise price equal to 120% of $2.2125 or $2.655
per share. Critical Accounting Policies Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of
operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have
been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in
the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to
make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets,
liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets
and liabilities. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including
those related to revenue recognition, patents and income taxes. We base our
estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are
believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form
the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and
liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results
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policies affect the significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation
of our consolidated financial statements (see Note 1 to our financial
statements on page F-7 of the Form 10-K, as amended, filed for the year ended
December 31, 2003). Revenue Recognition We recognize revenues pursuant to Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101, Revenue
Recognition. License fees are earned and recognized in accordance with the
provisions of each agreement. Upfront license fees for perpetual licenses
where we have no performance obligations are recognized when received. License
fees under agreements in which we have ongoing involvement or performance
obligations are recognized over the term of the agreement. Milestone payments
are recognized as revenue upon the completion of the milestone as long as the
milestone event was substantive, and its achievability was not reasonably
assured at inception and our performance obligations after milestone
achievement will continue to be funded at a comparable level before the
milestone achievement. Contract research and development funding is recognized
as revenue in the same period as reimbursable expenses under a contract are
incurred and in an amount or at a rate billable under each contracts terms.
Revenues from grants are recognized on a percentage-of-completion basis as
related costs are incurred. We defer revenue recognition until performance
obligations have been completed and collectibility is reasonably assured. Patents We capitalize the costs incurred to file patent applications when we believe
there is a high likelihood that the patent will issue and there will be future
economic benefit associated with the patent. These costs are amortized over a
ten-year life from the date of patent filing. We expense all costs related to
abandoned patent applications. In addition, we review the carrying value of
patents for indicators of impairment on a periodic basis. If we elect to
abandon any of our currently issued or unissued patents or we determine that
the carrying value is impaired, the related expense could be material to our
results of operations for the period of the abandonment. Investment Policy The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve principal
while at the same time achieving competitive yields, without significantly
increasing risk. To achieve this objective, we primarily invest in cash and
money market accounts as well as A1 or P1 or higher rated debt securities with
maturities of less than two years, with the weighted average maturity not to
exceed eighteen months. We also attempt to minimize our portfolio risk by
placing constraints on how much of our portfolio may be held in a specific type
of investment such as asset-backed securities or collateralized mortgage
obligations as well as limiting our holdings in any one issuer. At June 30,
2004, our investment portfolio included only cash and money market accounts and
had no fixed-income securities. Results of Operations Three months ended June 30, 2004, as compared with three months ended June 30,
2003. We had total revenues of $1.9 million in the three months ended June 30, 2004
compared to $1.8 million in the three months ended June 30, 2003. In the three
months ended June 30, 2004, a $1.2 million increase in research grants and
contract revenue was offset by a $1.0 million decrease in related party revenue
and a $0.1 million decrease in licensing and milestone revenue. The increase
in research grants and contract revenue during the second quarter of 2004 was
primarily due to reimbursement under new grants and contracts received from the
NIH in the second half of 2003 and recognition of reimbursements under our
collaboration agreement with Innogenetics as contract revenue rather than
related party revenue following Genencors assignment of its rights under our
collaboration and license agreements to Innogenetics. Innogenetics does not
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party and reimbursements under our collaboration agreement with them are now
recorded as contract revenue. The decrease in related party revenue during the
three months ended June 30, 2004, compared to the three months ended June 30,
2003, was also a result of the assignment by Genencor to Innogenetics. The
decrease in licensing and milestone revenue during the second quarter of 2004
was a result of previously received evaluation and license option fees being
fully amortized into revenue by the end of 2003. Research and development expenses decreased to $2.2 million in the three months
ended June 30, 2004 from $2.8 million in the three months ended June 30, 2003.
The decrease in the three months ended June 30, 2004 relates primarily to
reductions in labor and associated costs as a result of our work force
reduction in September 2003. Also, the 2003 results included charges for the
manufacture of vaccine for one of our HIV product candidates. General and administrative costs were approximately $0.5 million in the three
months ended June 30, 2004 and $1.0 million in the three months ended June 30,
2003. The decrease in the second quarter of 2004 was primarily due to the
inclusion of a write-off of approximately $0.5 million for legal, investment
banking, accounting and other expenses, during the second quarter of 2003,
related to our previously proposed merger with Anosys, Inc., which was
terminated. Net interest income was negligible in the three months ended June 30, 2004 and
approximately $0.1 million in the three months ended June 30, 2003. The
decrease in interest income was primarily due to the prepayment, in the second
quarter of 2003, of the interest bearing note issued for the purchase of shares
by Dr. Emile Loria, our president and chief executive officer, in January 2001. Six months ended June 30, 2004 as compared with six months ended June 30, 2003. In the six months ended June 30, 2004, we had total revenues of $4.4 million,
as compared to $3.2 million in revenue in the six months ended June 30, 2003.
The increase in the six months ended June 30, 2004 relates primarily to a $2.4
million increase in research grants and contract revenue, offset by a $1.0
million decrease in related party revenue and a $0.2 million decrease in
licensing and milestone revenue. The increase in research grants and contract
revenue during the first six months of 2004 was primarily due to reimbursement
under new grants and contracts received from the NIH in the second half of 2003
and recognition of reimbursements under our collaboration agreement with
Innogenetics as contract revenue rather than related party revenue following
Genencors assignment of its rights under our collaboration and license
agreements to Innogenetics. Innogenetics does not own an equity position in
Epimmune and, therefore, is not a related party and reimbursements under our
collaboration agreement with them are now recorded as contract revenue. The
decrease in related party revenue during the six months ended June 30, 2004,
compared to the six months ended June 30, 2003, was also a result of the
assignment by Genencor to Innogenetics. The decrease in licensing and
milestone revenue during the first six months of 2004 was a result of
previously received evaluation and license option fees being fully amortized
into revenue by the end of 2003. Research and development expenses decreased to $4.6 million in the six months
ended June 30, 2004 from $5.4 million in the six months ended June 30, 2003.
The decrease in the six months ended June 30, 2004 relates primarily to
reductions in labor and associated costs as a result of our work force
reduction in September 2003. Also, the 2003 results included charges for the
manufacture of vaccine for one of our HIV product candidates. We expect to
incur research and development costs in 2004 for, among other things, outside
costs related to clinical trials and development activities for our new NIH
contract for a preventive HIV vaccine, product formulation and manufacturing of
product for use in clinical trials, medical and clinical consultant costs and
preclinical development costs for additional vaccine candidates. General and administrative costs were approximately $1.2 million in the six
months ended June 30, 2004 and $1.7 million in the six months ended June 30,
2003. The decrease in the first six months of 2004 was primarily due to the
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accounting and other expenses, during the 2003 period, related to our
previously proposed merger with Anosys, which was terminated. We expect our
general and administrative expenses to continue to decrease in 2004 over
corresponding 2003 levels due to reductions in labor and associated costs as a
result of our work force reduction in September 2003. Net interest income was negligible in the six months ended June 30, 2004 and
approximately $0.1 million in the six months ended June 30, 2003. The decrease
in interest income was primarily due to the prepayment, in the second quarter
of 2003, of the interest bearing note issued for the purchase of shares by Dr.
Emile Loria, our president and chief executive officer, in January 2001. We expect to incur significant operating losses over the next several years due
to continuing expenses associated with our research and development programs,
including clinical trials, preclinical testing and development activities.
Operating losses may fluctuate from quarter to quarter as a result of
differences in the timing of revenues received and expenses incurred, and such
fluctuations may be substantial. Liquidity and Capital Resources We have financed operations since inception primarily through private
placements of equity securities, two public common stock offerings, revenues
under collaborative research and development agreements, grant revenues,
certain asset divestitures and interest income. Through June 30, 2004, we had
raised approximately $170.1 million from the sale of equity securities. As of
June 30, 2004, we had 17,791,835 shares outstanding on an as-converted to
common stock basis, assuming conversion of preferred shares. As of June 30, 2004, our cash and cash equivalents were $9.7 million compared
to $6.4 million at December 31, 2003. The increase was due to a private
placement in April 2004 in which we raised net proceeds of approximately $5.0
million. The proceeds of the private placement were partially offset by cash
used for operations, primarily to fund three ongoing clinical trials. We
expect to continue to use our cash and cash equivalents to fund our ongoing and
future clinical trials, as well as drug research and development programs. Capital expenditures were approximately $0.1 million in the six months ended
June 30, 2004 and in the six months ended June 30, 2003. In the past, we have
financed our laboratory equipment and research and office facilities primarily
through operating lease arrangements and a note payable. We fully paid off our
note payable as of the end of the first quarter of 2003. During 2004, we
anticipate that payments related to capital expenditures will increase modestly
compared to 2003 levels to a range of approximately $0.3 million to $0.4
million, primarily for the purchase of equipment to support our clinical
trials. We will also pay approximately $0.6 million in rent on our lease
commitments during 2004. The future minimum rental commitment for the lease of
our facility will range from approximately $0.6 million to $0.7 million each
year over six years, based upon pre-established annual rent increases. Payments related to capitalized patent expenses were $0.4 million in the six
months ended June 30, 2004 and in the six months ended June 30, 2003. We
expect payments related to patents to be relatively flat in 2004 compared to
2003 as we anticipate seeing a full year of benefit of our portfolio
consolidation with one outside law firm, and as we continue to perform
administrative tasks in house whenever possible as we pursue filings and claims
in our intellectual property portfolio. Although we expect our use of cash to continue decreasing in 2004, we expect to
incur higher research and development expenditures in 2004 compared to 2003
levels in connection with our ongoing drug research and development programs,
including costs related to clinical trials, research and development activities
on sponsored programs and on grants and contracts, preclinical testing of
product candidates and manufacturing of clinical supplies. We intend to seek
collaborative research and development relationships with suitable corporate
partners and U.S. government agencies. We have in the past and may in the
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ourselves or through our collaborations. Any agreements that may result from
these discussions may not successfully reduce our funding requirements or, if
entered into, may be terminated. We currently anticipate that total revenue for 2004 will be in the range of
$8.5 million to $10.0 million, which includes anticipated grant and contract
revenue, related party revenue and certain license fees. Our estimate assumes
that we recognize revenue from milestone or licensing payments under existing
agreements with third parties related to the licensing of our technology. We
also anticipate that operating expenses for the full year 2004 will be between
approximately $14.0 million and $15.0 million, compared to $14.4 million in
2003. The possible rise in expenses relates to our ongoing Phase I/II clinical
trials targeting HIV, lung cancer and colorectal cancer and an increase in
expenses under funded grants and contracts from the NIH. We also anticipate
using some of our cash in 2004 to fund certain activities in our collaboration
with Bavarian Nordic. We will share equally with Bavarian Nordic in all
research related expenses not covered under our HIV vaccine contract from the
NIH and have included these anticipated expenditures in our operating expense
forecast for 2004. We will also become liable in 2004 for payment of license
fees of up to $0.1 million. With existing cash and interest earned thereon, along with receipts from
existing grants and contracts, we expect to be able to maintain our current
level of operations through 2005, based on anticipated expenditures for, among
other things, outside costs related to clinical trials and development
activities for our new NIH contract for a preventative HIV vaccine, product
formulation and manufacturing of product for use in clinical trials, medical
and clinical consultant costs and preclinical development costs for additional
vaccine candidates.. We will continue to spend substantial amounts on research
and development, including amounts spent for manufacturing clinical supplies,
conducting clinical trials for our product candidates and advancing development
of certain sponsored and partnered programs. Therefore, we will need to obtain
additional funding. We do not have committed external sources of funding and
may not be able to obtain any additional funding, especially if volatile market
conditions persist for biotechnology companies. If we are unable to obtain
additional funding, we will be required to delay, further reduce the scope of
or eliminate one or more of our research and development projects, sell the
Company or certain of its assets or technologies, or dissolve and liquidate all
of its assets. As of June 30, 2004, we had approximately $9.7 million in cash
and cash equivalents. Our future operational and capital requirements will
depend on many factors, including:  
    
    whether we are able to secure additional financing on favorable
terms, or at all;
    
    the costs associated with our clinical trials for our vaccine
targeting HIV, which began in September 2002, including the status of
our contract with the NIH;
    
    the costs associated with our clinical trials for our vaccine
targeting lung and colorectal cancer, which began in February 2003;
    
    progress with other preclinical testing and clinical trials in the
future;
    
    our ability to establish and maintain collaboration and license
agreements and any government contracts and grants;
    
    the actual revenue we receive under our collaboration and license agreements;
    
    the actual costs we incur under our research collaboration with Bavarian Nordic;
    
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    the costs involved in filing, prosecuting, enforcing and defending
patent claims and any other proprietary rights;
    
    competing technological and market developments;
    
    changes in our existing research relationships;
    
    continued scientific progress in our drug discovery programs; and
    
    the magnitude of our drug discovery and development programs. As is typical in the biotechnology industry, our commercial success will depend
in part on not infringing upon the patent or other proprietary rights of others
and maintaining the technology licenses upon which our products might be based.
Our business is also subject to other significant risks, including the
uncertainties associated with our ability to enter into and maintain
collaborations, lengthy regulatory approval processes, and potential
competition from other products. Even if our products appear promising at an
early stage of development, they may not reach the market for a number of
reasons. Such reasons include, but are not limited to, our inability to fund
clinical development of such products, or the possibilities that the potential
products will be found ineffective during clinical trials, fail to receive
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ITEM 3.
    QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK At June 30, 2004, our investment portfolio included only cash and money market
accounts and had no fixed-income securities. There would be no material impact
to our investment portfolio, in the short term, associated with any change in
interest rates and any decline in interest rates over time will reduce our
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RISK FACTORS We wish to caution readers that the following important factors, among others,
in some cases have affected our results and in the future could cause our
actual results and needs to vary materially from forward-looking statements
made from time to time by us on the basis of managements then-current
expectations. The business in which we are engaged is in rapidly changing and
competitive markets and involves a high degree of risk, and accuracy with
respect to forward-looking projections is difficult. Our substantial additional financing requirements and limited access to
financing may adversely affect our ability to develop products and fund our
operations. We will continue to spend substantial amounts on research and development,
including amounts spent for manufacturing clinical supplies, conducting
clinical trials for our product candidates and advancing development of certain
sponsored and partnered programs. Therefore, we will need to raise additional
funding, in addition to the approximately $5.5 million we raised in April 2004.
We do not have committed external sources of funding and may not be able to
obtain any additional funding, especially if volatile market conditions persist
for biotechnology companies. If we are unable to obtain additional funding, we
will be required to delay, further reduce the scope of or eliminate one or more
of our research and development projects, sell the Company or certain of its
assets or technologies, or dissolve and liquidate all of its assets. As of
June 30, 2004, we had approximately $9.7 million in cash and cash equivalents.
Our future operational and capital requirements will depend on many factors,
including:  
    
    whether we are able to secure additional financing on favorable
terms, or at all;
    
    the costs associated with our clinical trials for our vaccine
targeting HIV, which began in September 2002, including the status of
our contract with the NIH;
    
    the costs associated with our clinical trials for our vaccine
targeting lung and colorectal cancer, which began in February 2003;
    
    progress with other preclinical testing and clinical trials in the
future;
    
    our ability to establish and maintain collaboration and license
agreements and any government contracts and grants;
    
    the actual revenue we receive under our collaboration and license agreements;
    
    the actual costs we incur under our research collaboration with Bavarian Nordic;
    
    the actual payment of license fees which may become payable at the option of the licensor;
    
    the time and costs involved in obtaining regulatory approvals;
    
    the costs involved in filing, prosecuting, enforcing and defending
patent claims and any other proprietary rights;
    
    competing technological and market developments;
    
    changes in our existing research relationships;
    
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We intend to seek additional funding through collaboration and license
agreements, government research grants or equity or debt financings. In the
event we are able to obtain financing, it may not be on favorable terms. In
addition, we may not be able to enter into additional collaborations to reduce
our funding requirements. If we acquire funds by issuing securities, dilution
to existing stockholders will result, in addition to the dilution that occurred
as a result of our September 2003 and April 2004 financings. If we raise funds
through additional collaborations and license agreements, we will likely have
to relinquish some or all of the rights to product candidates or technologies
that we may have otherwise developed ourselves. If we are unable to obtain
funding, we may be required to engage in another restructuring, cease
development of some product candidates, further reduce the scope of our
operations, sell the Company or certain of its assets or technologies or cease
operations. We may not meet all of The Nasdaq National Markets continued listing
requirements and we may be delisted, which could reduce the liquidity of our
common stock and adversely affect our ability to raise additional necessary
capital. In order to continue trading on The Nasdaq National Market, we must comply with
The Nasdaq National Markets continued listing requirements, which require that
we maintain a minimum stockholders equity of $10.0 million and a minimum
closing bid price of $1.00 per share. Our stockholders equity was $9.3
million and $9.7 million as of March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003,
respectively, which did not satisfy the $10.0 million continued listing
requirement. As of June 30, 2004, our stockholders equity was $13.5 million
and we satisfy the $10.0 million continued listing requirement as of the date
of filing of this report. The Nasdaq National Market will monitor our ongoing
compliance with listing requirements. If we fail to satisfy The Nasdaq
National Markets continued listing requirements at the time of our next
quarterly report on Form 10-Q or at any other time in the future, our common
stock may be delisted from The Nasdaq National Market. The delisting of our
common stock may result in the trading of the stock on The Nasdaq SmallCap
Market or the OTC Bulletin Board. Consequently, a delisting of our common
stock from The Nasdaq National Market may reduce the liquidity of our common
stock and adversely affect our ability to raise additional necessary capital. The process of developing therapeutic products requires significant research
and development, preclinical testing and clinical trials, all of which are

extremely expensive and time-consuming and may not result in a commercial
product. Except for our HIV and lung and colorectal cancer vaccine candidates, for which
we began clinical trials in September 2002 and February 2003 respectively, all
of our potential vaccine products are in research or preclinical development,
the results of which do not necessarily predict or prove safety or efficacy in
humans. We must demonstrate for each vaccine, safety and efficacy in humans
through extensive clinical testing, which is very expensive, can take many
years, and has an uncertain outcome. We may experience numerous unforeseen
events during or as a result of the testing process that could delay or prevent
testing or commercialization of our products, including the following:  
    
    the results of preclinical studies may be inconclusive, or they may
not be indicative of results that will be obtained in human clinical
trials;
    
    after reviewing test results, we or our collaborators may abandon
projects that we might previously have believed to be promising;
    
    we, our collaborators or regulators may suspend or terminate
clinical trials if the participating subjects or patients are being
exposed to unacceptable health risks;
    
    we may have to delay clinical trials as a result of scheduling
conflicts with participating clinicians and clinical institutions, or
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    safety and efficacy results attained in early human clinical trials
may not be indicative of results that are obtained in later clinical
trials; and
    
    the effects our vaccine candidates have may not be the desired
effects or may include undesirable side effects or other
characteristics that preclude regulatory approval or limit their
commercial use if ever approved. The data collected from clinical trials may not be sufficient to support
regulatory approval of any of our products, and the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration, or FDA may not ultimately approve any of our therapeutic
products for commercial sale, which will adversely affect our revenues and
prospects. If we fail to commence or complete, or experience delays in, any of
our planned clinical trials, our operating income, our stock price and our
ability to conduct our business as currently planned could be harmed. Some of our programs are funded by the government and the government may not
allocate funds for these programs in future fiscal years. We fund certain of our research and development related to our HIV, cancer and
malaria programs pursuant to multi-year grants and contracts from the
government. The government is under no obligation to and may not fund these
programs over their full term which would have a significant impact on our
ability to continue development of our HIV, cancer and malaria programs. Our history of operating losses and our expectations of continuing losses may
hurt our ability to reach profitability or continue operations. We have experienced significant operating losses since our inception in 1987.
As of June 30, 2004, we had an accumulated deficit of $159.3 million. We expect
to continue to incur substantial operating expenses and net operating losses
for the foreseeable future, which may hurt our ability to continue operations.
We have not generated revenues from the commercialization of any product. All
of our revenues to date have consisted of contract research and development
revenues, license and milestone payments, research grants, certain asset
divestitures and interest income. We expect that substantially all of our
revenues for the foreseeable future will result from similar sources. To
achieve profitable operations, we, alone or with collaborators, must
successfully identify, develop, register and market proprietary products. We do
not expect to generate revenues from the commercialization of any product for
at least six years (and this would assume approval of either our HIV or lung
and colorectal product candidates, which may not occur). We may not be able to
generate sufficient product revenue to become profitable. Even if we do achieve
profitability, we may not be able to sustain or increase our profitability on a
quarterly or yearly basis. The subordination of our common stock to our preferred stock could hurt common
stockholders and, upon conversion, our preferred stock will further dilute our
holders of common stock. Our common stock is expressly subordinate to our series S and series S-1
preferred stock in the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up.
With respect to our series S preferred, any merger or sale of substantially all
of our assets shall be considered a deemed liquidation. If we were to cease
operations and liquidate our assets, we would first be required to pay $10
million to our holders of preferred stock and there may not be any remaining
value available for distribution to the holders of common stock after providing
for the series S and series S-1 preferred stock liquidation preference. In
addition, due to adjustments to the conversion price of our series S preferred
stock, in the event our series S preferred stock is converted to common stock,
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We are at an early stage of development, and we may experience delays and other
problems in entering clinical trials. We are an early stage research and development company, and only commenced our
first Phase I/II clinical trials for two of our vaccines within the past two
years. There are many factors outside of our control that may affect the timing
of completion of our current clinical trials, and any future clinical trials
may not commence when planned or be completed within any anticipated time
frame. We have already experienced unexpected delays in filing an investigative
new drug application, or IND for our therapeutic vaccine candidate targeting
HIV, due to additional time necessary to complete all of the animal safety
studies that were contemplated in our pre-IND discussions with the FDA. We may
experience unexpected delays in our research and development efforts that would
require us to postpone the commencement or completion of clinical trials of
other vaccine candidates. The FDA may comment or raise concerns or questions
with respect to any IND that we file and, therefore, clinical trials may not
begin when planned, if at all. Our failure to obtain issued patents and, consequently, to protect our
proprietary technology, could hurt our competitive position. Our success will depend in part on our ability to obtain and enforce claims in
our patents directed to our products, technologies and processes, both in the
United States and other countries. Although we have filed various patent
applications, our patent position is highly uncertain and involves complex
legal and factual questions. Legal standards relating to patentability,
validity and scope of patent claims in epitope identification and other aspects
of our technology field are still evolving. Patents may not issue from any of
the patent applications that we own or license and, if patents do issue, claims
issued in the patents may not be sufficiently broad to protect our vaccines,
technologies and processes. For example, even though our patent portfolio
includes patent applications with claims directed to peptide epitopes and
methods of utilizing sequence motifs to identify peptide epitopes, we cannot
assure you of the breadth of claims that will be allowed or that may issue in
future patents. Other risks and uncertainties that we face with respect to our
patents and patent applications include the following:  
    
    the pending patent applications we have filed or to which we have
exclusive rights may not result in issued patents or may take longer
than we expect to result in issued patents;
    
    the allowed claims of any patents that issue may not provide meaningful protection;
    
    we may be unable to develop additional proprietary technologies that are patentable;
    
    the patents licensed or issued to us may not provide a competitive advantage;
    
    other companies may challenge patents licensed or issued to us;
    
    disputes may arise regarding inventions and corresponding ownership
rights in inventions and know-how resulting from the joint creation or
use of intellectual property by us, our licensors, or collaborators;
and
    
    other companies may design around our patented technologies. Our competitors may develop products that are more effective and that render
our potential products obsolete. The biotechnology industry continues to undergo rapid change, and competition
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therapeutic products that are more effective than any of the products we are
developing, which would render our technology and products obsolete and
noncompetitive. If we are unable to compete effectively in the highly competitive biotechnology
industry, our business will fail. Many companies and institutions compete with us in developing vaccines and
other therapies to activate the bodys immune system or to otherwise treat or
more effectively manage infectious diseases and cancer, including:  
    
    pharmaceutical companies;
    
    chemical companies;
    
    specialized biotechnology companies;
    
    academic institutions; and
    
    research organizations. Many of the companies developing competing technologies and products have
significantly greater financial resources and expertise in research and
development, manufacturing, preclinical and clinical development, obtaining
regulatory approvals and marketing than we do, and we may not be able to
compete effectively against them. Our vaccines under development address a range of cancer and infectious disease
markets. The competition in these markets is extremely formidable. There are 27
drugs currently approved in the United States for HIV and according to a PhRMA
2003 report on pharmaceutical drug development, there were 83 new product
candidates in clinical development for HIV and related conditions, including 15
HIV vaccines. In addition, according to the PhRMA2003 report, there were 395
new product candidates in clinical development for the treatment of cancer, and
at least 30 companies were developing more than 50 vaccines against various
cancers. An important factor in competition may be the timing of market
introduction of our vaccines and competitive products. Accordingly, the
relative speed with which we can develop vaccines, complete the clinical trials
and approval processes and supply commercial quantities of the vaccines to the
market are expected to be important competitive factors. We expect that
competition among products approved for sale will be based, among other things,
on product effectiveness, safety, reliability, availability, price and patent
position. Litigation regarding intellectual property rights owned or used by us may be
costly and time-consuming. Litigation may be necessary to enforce the claims in any patents issued to us,
to defend ourselves against any patents owned by third parties that are
asserted against us, or to determine the scope and validity of others
proprietary rights. In addition, we may have to participate in one or more
interference proceedings declared by the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, which could result in substantial costs to determine the priority of
inventions. If we become involved in litigation or interference proceedings, we may incur
substantial expense, and the proceedings may divert the attention of our
technical and management personnel, even if we ultimately prevail. An adverse
determination in proceedings of this type could subject us to significant
liabilities, allow our competitors to market competitive products without
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that may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. If we
cannot obtain such licenses, we may be restricted or prevented from developing
and commercializing our product candidates. The enforcement, defense and prosecution of intellectual property rights,
United States Patent and Trademark Office interference proceedings and related
legal and administrative proceedings in the United States and elsewhere involve
complex legal and factual questions. As a result, these proceedings are costly
and time-consuming, and their outcome is uncertain. Litigation may be necessary
to:  
    
    assert against others or defend ourselves against claims of infringement;
    
    enforce patents in our portfolio owned by us or licensed from another party;
    
    protect our trade secrets or know-how; or
    
    determine the enforceability, scope and validity of the proprietary rights of ours or others. Unexpected side effects or other characteristics of our technology may delay or
otherwise hurt the development of our vaccine candidates. There may be side effects in our current or future clinical trials that we may
discover, including side effects that become apparent only after long-term
exposure, even though our safety tests may indicate favorable results. We may
also encounter technological challenges relating to these technologies and
applications in our research and development programs that we may not be able
to resolve. Any such unexpected side effects or technological challenges may
delay or otherwise adversely affect the development, regulatory approval or
commercialization of our drug candidates. There are no therapeutic vaccines that have been approved for use by the FDA
and our vaccines may not work, which would prevent us from ever becoming
profitable. Because there are not yet any therapeutic vaccines that have undergone the
complete clinical development process and FDA review, there is still
insufficient evidence that therapeutic vaccines will become products. Our
business is dependent upon the concept of therapeutic vaccines and, therefore,
if therapeutic vaccines were found not to be safe or effective, we would never
commercialize a product candidate and would never make a profit. Adverse publicity regarding the safety or side effects of the technology
approach or products of others could reduce our revenues and cause our stock
price to fall. Despite any favorable safety tests that may be completed with respect to our
product candidates, adverse publicity regarding vaccines or products being
developed or marketed by others could negatively affect us. If other
researchers studies raise or substantiate concerns over the safety or side
effects of vaccines or our technology approach or product development efforts
generally, our reputation and public support for our clinical trials or
products could be harmed, which would harm our business and could cause our
stock price to fall. Our research and development programs may not yield effective product
candidates, which could prevent us from developing our products. We cannot guarantee that our research and development programs will be
successful in identifying vaccine candidates for clinical trials. Even if we do
receive positive data during preclinical testing and during Phase I/II clinical
trials for our therapeutic vaccine candidates targeting HIV, and lung and
colorectal cancer or any other candidates we may develop, this data cannot be
relied upon as evidence that the clinical candidate will be safe and effective
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trials, data from Phase III or other pivotal clinical trials may not be
consistent with earlier data or be sufficient to support regulatory approval. We may not identify the correct epitopes and, therefore, not develop a safe or
effective vaccine. Our strategy involves identifying multiple epitopes in order to create our
vaccines. If we are unable to identify the correct epitopes, or if we are
unable to combine them in the correct manner, to stimulate desired immune
responses we may never develop a vaccine that is safe or effective in any of
the indications that we are pursuing. Our business is based on a novel technology, which has not been used in any
commercial drugs, and may not work. Our vaccine candidates use epitopes to stimulate specific T cell immune
responses, but we are not aware of any commercial drugs that are based on this
technology. Our technology related to T cell stimulation is unproven and may
not produce any commercial vaccines. If we cannot obtain and maintain strategic collaborations on acceptable terms
in the future, we may not be able to develop products in markets where it would
be too costly or complex to do so on our own. We will need to enter into and maintain collaborative arrangements with
pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies or other strategic partners both for
development and commercialization of potential vaccine products in markets
where it would be too costly or complex to do so on our own. Currently, our
only collaborations are with Innogenetics and Bavarian Nordic. If we are not
able to enter into and maintain additional research and development
collaborations or other collaborations in the future on acceptable terms, we
may be forced to abandon development and commercialization of some vaccine
product candidates. If our collaboration or license arrangements are unsuccessful, our revenues and
product development may be limited. Our collaborations and license arrangements generally pose the following risks:  
    
    collaborators and licensees may not pursue further development and
commercialization of potential products resulting from our
collaborations or may elect not to renew research and development
programs;
    
    collaborators and licensees may delay clinical trials, underfund a
clinical trial program, stop a clinical trial or abandon a product
candidate, repeat or conduct new clinical trials or require new
formulation of a product candidate for clinical testing;
    
    expected revenue might not be generated because milestones may not
be achieved and product candidates may not be developed;
    
    collaborators and licensees could independently develop, or develop
with third parties, products that could compete with our future
products;
    
    the terms of our contracts with our current or future collaborators
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
    
    a collaborator or licensee with marketing and distribution rights
to one or more of our products may not commit enough resources to the
marketing and distribution of our products, limiting our potential
revenues from the commercialization of a product;
    
    disputes may arise delaying or terminating the research,
development or commercialization of our product candidates, or result
in significant and costly litigation or arbitration; and
    
    collaborations and licensee arrangements may be terminated and we
will experience increased operating expenses and capital requirements
if we elect to pursue further development of the product candidate. We may not be able to obtain licenses to technology that is necessary for us to
develop products. We may be required to enter into licenses or other collaborations with third
parties in order to access technology that is necessary to successfully develop
certain of our products. We may not successfully negotiate acceptable licenses
or other collaborative arrangements that will allow us to access such
technologies. If we cannot obtain and maintain license rights on acceptable
terms to access necessary technologies, we may be prevented from developing
some product candidates. In addition, any technologies accessed through such
licenses or other collaborations may not help us achieve our product
development goals. We may not be able to commercialize our products under development if they
infringe claims in existing patents or patents that have not yet issued, and
this would materially harm our ability to operate. As is typical in the biotechnology industry, our commercial success will depend
in part on our ability to avoid infringing patents issued to others or
breaching the technology licenses upon which we might base our vaccines or
other products. We are aware of patents issued to others that contain claims
that may cover certain aspects of our or our collaborators technologies,
including cancer vaccine epitopes, HIV vaccine epitopes, and methods for
delivering DNA vaccines to patients. We do not believe that any of these known
patents are likely to require us to obtain a license in order to pursue the
development or commercialization of our vaccine product candidates. However, we
may be required to take a license under one or more of these patents to
practice certain aspects of our vaccine technologies in the United States, and
such a license may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, if at
all. If we fail to obtain a license on acceptable terms to any technology that
we need in order to develop or commercialize our vaccines or other products, or
to develop an alternative vaccine or other product that does not infringe on
the patent rights of others, we would be prevented from commercializing our
vaccine, and our business would be harmed. If we or our collaborators cannot cost-effectively manufacture vaccines in
commercial quantities and for clinical trials in compliance with regulatory
requirements, we or our collaborators may not be able to successfully
commercialize the products. We have not commercialized any products, and we do not have the experience,
resources or facilities to manufacture vaccines on a commercial scale. We will
not be able to commercialize any vaccines and earn product revenues unless we
or our collaborators demonstrate that we can manufacture commercial quantities
of vaccines in accordance with regulatory requirements. Among the other
requirements for regulatory approval is the requirement that prospective
manufacturers conform to the FDAs Good Manufacturing Practices, or GMP,
requirements specifically for biological drugs, as well as for other drugs. In
complying with the FDAs GMP requirements, manufacturers must continue to
expend time, money and effort in production, record keeping and quality control
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We currently rely and intend to continue to rely on third-party contract
manufacturers to produce materials needed for clinical trials and, ultimately,
for product commercialization. Third-party manufacturers may not be able to
meet our needs with respect to timing, quantity or quality. If we are unable to
contract for a sufficient supply of needed materials on acceptable terms, or if
we encounter delays or difficulties in our relationships with manufacturers, it
may delay clinical trials, regulatory approvals and marketing efforts for our
vaccines. Such delays could adversely affect our ability to earn revenues and
our chances of achieving profitability. We cannot be sure that we can
manufacture, either on our own our through contracts with outside parties,
vaccines at a cost or in quantities that are commercially viable. If we do not successfully develop and commercialize our products, we may never
generate significant revenues or become profitable. We have not completed the development of any product and, accordingly, have not
begun to market or generate revenues from the commercialization of any product.
We do not expect to market any of our therapeutic or prophylactic vaccines or
any other products for at least six years (and this would assume approval of
either our HIV or lung and colorectal product candidate, which may not occur).
If we do not successfully develop and commercialize products, we will never
generate revenues that would allow us to become profitable. The lengthy approval process and uncertainty of government regulatory
requirements may impair our ability to develop, manufacture and sell any
vaccines. We and our collaborators cannot commercialize our vaccines or other products if
we do not receive FDA or state regulatory approval to market our products. The
regulatory process for new therapeutic drug products, including the required
preclinical studies and clinical testing, is lengthy, uncertain and expensive.
We and our collaborators may not receive necessary FDA clearances for any of
our vaccines or other potential products in a timely manner, or at all. Once
approved, we are subject to the continuing requirements of the FDA.
Noncompliance with initial or continuing requirements can result in, among
other things:  
    
    fines and penalties;
    
    injunctions;
    
    seizure of products;
    
    total or partial suspension of product marketing;
    
    failure of the government to grant a new drug application;
    
    withdrawal of marketing approvals; and
    
    criminal prosecution. The length of the clinical trial process and the number of patients the FDA
will require to be enrolled in clinical trials in order to establish the safety
and efficacy of our products is uncertain. In addition, our clinical studies
may not provide the FDA with sufficient clinical data to permit approval of a
new drug application, or NDA, or a biologic license application, or BLA, even
though we or our collaborators believe we are doing the right studies based on
the protocol. The FDA or we and our collaborators may decide to discontinue or
suspend clinical trials at any time if the subjects or patients who are
participating in such trials are being exposed to unacceptable health risks or
if the results show no or limited benefit in patients treated with the vaccine
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Regulatory requirements are evolving and uncertain. Future United States or
state legislative or administrative acts could also prevent or delay regulatory
approval of our products. Even if we obtain commercial regulatory approvals,
the approvals may significantly limit the indicated uses for which we may
market our products. The approval process outside the United States is also uncertain and may limit
our ability to develop, manufacture and sell our products internationally. To market any drug products outside of the United States, we and our
collaborators are also subject to numerous and varying foreign regulatory
requirements, implemented by foreign health authorities, governing the design
and conduct of human clinical trials and marketing approval for vaccines or
other drug products. The approval procedure varies among countries and can
involve additional testing, and the time required to obtain approval may differ
from that required to obtain FDA approval. The foreign regulatory approval
process includes all of the risks associated with obtaining FDA approval set
forth above, and approval by the FDA does not ensure approval by the health
authorities of any other country, nor does the approval by foreign health
authorities ensure approval by the FDA. Even if we obtain regulatory approval, we may be required to perform additional
clinical trials or change the labeling of our products if we or others identify
side effects after our products are on the market, which could harm sales of
the affected products. If we or others identify adverse side effects after any of our vaccines or
other drug products are on the market, or if manufacturing problems occur:  
    
    regulatory approval may be withdrawn;
    
    reformulation of our products, additional clinical trials, changes
in labeling of our products or changes to or re-approvals of our
manufacturing facilities may be required;
    
    sales of the affected products may drop significantly;
    
    our reputation in the marketplace may suffer; and
    
    lawsuits, including costly and lengthy class action suits, may be brought against us. Any of the above occurrences could halt or reduce sales of the affected
vaccines or other products or could increase the costs and expenses of
commercializing and marketing these vaccines or other products. If we are unable to protect our trade secrets, we may be unable to protect from
competitors our interests in proprietary know-how that is not patentable or for
which we have elected not to seek patent protection. Our competitive position depends in part on our ability to protect trade
secrets that are not patentable or for which we have elected not to seek patent
protection. To protect our trade secrets, we rely primarily on confidentiality
agreements with our collaborative partners, employees and consultants.
Nevertheless, our collaborative partners, employees and consultants may breach
these agreements and we may be unable to enforce these agreements. In addition,
other companies may develop similar or alternative technologies, methods or
products or duplicate our technologies, methods or vaccines that are not
protected by our patents or otherwise obtain and use information that we regard
as proprietary, and we may not have adequate remedies in such event. Any
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If we lose our key scientific and management personnel or are unable to attract
and retain qualified personnel, it could delay or hurt our epitope
identification and vaccine development efforts. We are highly dependent on the principal members of our scientific and
management staff. We do not maintain key person life insurance on the life of
any employee and, although we have an employment contract with Dr. Emile Loria,
he may terminate his employment at any time. Our ability to identify epitopes,
develop vaccines and achieve our other business objectives also will depend in
part on the continued service of our key scientific and management personnel
and our ability to identify, hire and retain additional qualified personnel.
There is intense competition for qualified personnel in biochemistry, molecular
biology, immunology and other areas of our activities, and we may not be able
to continue to attract and retain such personnel necessary for the development
of our business. Because of the intense competition for qualified personnel
among technology-based businesses, particularly in the San Diego area, we may
not be successful in adding technical personnel as needed to meet the staffing
requirements of additional collaborative relationships. Our failure to attract
and retain key personnel could delay or be significantly detrimental to our
product development programs and could cause our stock price to decline. We out-license technology outside of our core area of focus, and these
licensees may not develop any products using our technology, which may limit
our revenue. We have licensed to third parties some of our technology in markets that we are
not pursuing ourselves or with our collaborators. If these licensees are not
successful in developing and commercializing products using our technology, our
revenues would be limited. Our licensees may pursue alternative technologies or
develop alternative products either on their own or in collaboration with
others in competition with products developed under licenses or collaborations
with us. Some of our programs are funded by the government and, therefore, the
government may have rights to certain of our technology and could require us to
grant licenses of our technology to third parties. We fund certain of our research and development related to our HIV, cancer and
malaria programs pursuant to grants from the government. As a result of these
grants, the government may have rights in the technology, including inventions
developed with government funding. In addition, the government may require us
to grant to a third party an exclusive license to any inventions resulting from
the grant if the government determines that we have not taken adequate steps to
commercialize inventions, or for public health or safety needs. Adverse determinations concerning product pricing, reimbursement and related
matters could prevent us from successfully commercializing products and impair
our ability to generate revenues. Our ability to successfully commercialize our vaccines or other products may
depend in part on the extent to which reimbursement for the cost of such
products and related treatment will be available from government health
administration authorities, private health insurers and other organizations.
Third-party payors are increasingly challenging the price of medical products
and services. Significant uncertainty exists as to the reimbursement status of
newly approved health care products, and adequate third-party coverage may not
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Product liability risks may expose us to significant liability that could cause
us to incur significant costs or cease developing our products. Our business exposes us to potential product liability risks that are inherent
in the testing, manufacturing and marketing of human therapeutic products.
While we currently have product liability insurance for an early stage clinical
trial, we cannot be sure that we can maintain such insurance on acceptable
terms or obtain acceptable insurance as we progress through product development
and commercialization, or that our insurance will provide adequate coverage
against potential liabilities, either in human clinical trials or following
commercialization of any vaccines we may develop. Our use of hazardous materials could expose us to significant costs. Our research and development processes involve the controlled storage, use and
disposal of hazardous materials, chemicals and radioactive compounds. We are
subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations governing the use,
manufacture, storage, handling and disposal of these materials and some waste
products. The risk of accidental contamination or injury from these materials
cannot be completely eliminated. In the event of an accident, we could be held
liable for any damages that result, and any liability could exceed our
resources. We cannot be sure that compliance with environmental laws and
regulations in the future will not entail significant costs, or that our
ability to conduct research and development activities will not be harmed by
current or future environmental laws or regulations. The volatility of the price of our common stock may hurt our stockholders. The market prices for securities of biotechnology companies, including our
common stock, have historically been highly volatile, and the market from time
to time has experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that are not
necessarily related to the operating performance of such companies. From
January 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004, our closing stock price has ranged from
$0.760 to $3.166 and has been and will continue to be influenced by general
market and industry conditions. In addition, the following factors may have a
significant effect on the market price of our common stock:  
    
    whether we are able to secure additional financing on favorable
terms, or at all;
    
    announcements of technological innovations or new commercial
vaccines or other therapeutic products by us or others;
    
    governmental regulation that affects the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries;
    
    developments in patent or other proprietary rights;
    
    receipt of funding under collaboration and license agreements and government grants;
    
    developments in, or termination of, our relationships with our collaborators and licensees;
    
    public concern as to the clinical results and/or the safety of
drugs developed by us or others; and
    
    announcements related to the sale of our stock. Fluctuations in our financial performance from period to period also may have a
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Concentration of ownership among our existing officers, directors and principal
stockholders may prevent other stockholders from influencing significant
corporate decisions and depress our stock price. As of June 30, 2004, our officers, directors and those stockholders owning at
least five percent of our outstanding stock together control approximately
33.3% of our outstanding common stock as converted and Pharmacia, now part of
Pfizer, holds 100% of our preferred stock. If some or all of these officers,
directors and principal stockholders act together, they will be able to exert a
significant degree of influence over our management and affairs and over
matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors and
approval or disapproval of any proposed merger or financing or other business
combination transaction. The interests of this concentration of ownership may
not always coincide with our interests or the interests of other stockholders.
For instance, officers, directors and principal stockholders, acting together,
could cause us to enter into transactions or agreements that we would not
otherwise consider. Similarly, this concentration of ownership may have the
effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of our company otherwise
favored by our other stockholders. This concentration of ownership also could
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ITEM 4.
    CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES  (a)
    
    Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including
our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted
an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our
disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rules
13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the Exchange Act), as of the end of the period covered by this
report. Based on their evaluation, our principal executive officer and
principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and
procedures are effective as of the evaluation date.  (b)
    
    Changes in Internal Controls There have been no changes in our internal controls during the period covered
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PART II.
    OTHER INFORMATION 
  ITEM 1.
    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS From time to time we are involved in certain litigation arising out of our
operations. We are not currently engaged in any legal proceedings. 
  ITEM 4.
    SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS The Companys 2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or the Annual Meeting, was
held on June 15, 2004. The matters voted on at the Annual Meeting were:  1.
    
    To elect the members of the Board of Directors.2.
    
    To approve an amendment to the Epimmune Inc. 2000 Stock Plan, as
amended, to increase the number of shares of the Companys Common Stock
available for issuance under such plan from 1,600,000 to 2,600,000
shares.3.
    
    To ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of the Companys
Board of Directors of Ernst & Young LLP, as independent auditors for
the Company, for the year ending December 31, 2004.4.
    
    To approve an amendment to the Companys Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation to (i) increase the total number of
authorized shares from 35,000,000 to 50,000,000 and (ii) increase the
number of authorized shares of Common Stock from 25,000,000 to
40,000,000. At the Annual Meeting, 13,104,661 shares of Common Stock out of a total of
15,992,001 shares of Common Stock outstanding at the record date were
represented in person or by proxy, 859,666 shares of Series S Preferred Stock
(1,237,950 on an as converted to common stock basis) out of a total of 859,666
shares of Series S Preferred Stock (1,237,950 on an as converted to common
stock basis) outstanding at a record date were represented in person or by
proxy and 549,622 shares of Series S-1 Preferred Stock out of a total of
549,622 shares of Series S-1 Preferred Stock outstanding at the record date
were represented in person or by proxy. The holder of preferred stock votes
its shares on all matters to be voted upon at the Annual Meeting on an
as-converted to common stock basis. The results of the stockholders vote on each matter are set forth below:  1.
    
    Election of the members of the Board of Directors. Nominees
    
    For
    
    WithheldHoward E. Greene, Jr.
    
    
    14,288,162
    
    
    
    604,071William T. Comer, Ph.D.
    
    
    13,610,196
    
    
    
    1,282,037Michael G. Grey
    
    
    13,878,722
    
    
    
    1,013,511Georges Hibon
    
    
    13,878,722
    
    
    
    1,013,511Emile Loria, M.D.
    
    
    14,556,688
    
    
    
    335,545John P. McKearn, Ph.D.
    
    
    14,288,162
    
    
    
    604,071
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2.
    
    Approve an amendment to the Epimmune Inc. 2000 Stock Plan, as
amended, to increase the number of shares of the Companys Common Stock
available for issuance under such plan from 1,600,000 to 2,600,000
shares. VotesFor
    
    
    6,942,800Against
    
    
    1,522,977Abstain
    
    
    143,954Unvoted
    
    
    6,282,502
  3.
    
    Ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of the Companys Board
of Directors of Ernst &Young LLP, as independent auditors for the year
ending December 31, 2003. VotesFor
    
    
    14,850,343Against
    
    
    21,973Abstain
    
    
    19,917
  4.
    
    To approve an amendment to the Companys Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation to (i) increase the total number of
authorized shares from 35,000,000 to 50,000,000 and (ii) increase the
number of authorized shares of Common Stock from 25,000,000 to
40,000,000. VotesFor
    
    
    13,193,652Against
    
    
    1,663,969Abstain
    
    
    34,612
 
  ITEM 6.
    EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K  (a)
    
    Exhibits Exhibit 3.1
    
    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed
with the Secretary of State of Delaware on December 2,
1991.(1)Exhibit 3.2
    
    Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock filed with the Secretary of
State of Delaware on April 2, 1993.(2)Exhibit 3.3
    
    Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State
of Delaware on July 5, 1995.(3)Exhibit 3.4
    
    Certificate of Increase of Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock filed with the Secretary of
State of Delaware on July 5, 1995.Exhibit 3.5
    
    Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State
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Exhibit 3.6
    
    Certificate of Increase of Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock filed with the Secretary of
State of Delaware on July 2, 1998.(4)Exhibit 3.7
    
    Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State
of Delaware on November 12, 1998.(5)Exhibit 3.8
    
    Certificate of Designations of the Series S and Series
S-1 Preferred Stock filed with the Secretary of State of
Delaware on June 29, 1999.(6)Exhibit 3.9
    
    Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State
of Delaware on July 1, 1999.(7)Exhibit 3.10
    
    Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State
of Delaware on September 23, 1999.(8)Exhibit 3.11
    
    Certificate of Decrease of Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock filed with the Secretary of
State of Delaware on September 23, 1999.(8)Exhibit 3.12
    
    Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State
of Delaware on June 17, 2004.(9)Exhibit 3.13
    
    Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant.(10)Exhibit 4.1
    
    Reference is made to Exhibits 3.1 through 3.13.Exhibit 4.2
    
    Specimen certificate of the common stock.(1)Exhibit 31.1
    
    Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant
to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.Exhibit 31.2
    
    Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant
to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.Exhibit 32.1
    
    Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule
15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United
States Code (18 U.S.C. § 1350).
  (1)
    
    Incorporated by reference to the Companys Form
S-1 Registration Statement and Amendments thereto filed with
Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) (File No.
33-43356).(2)
    
    Incorporated by reference to the Companys Form
8-K, filed with the SEC on March 22, 1993.(3)
    
    Incorporated by reference to the Companys Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1994, filed with the SEC on March 31, 1995.(4)
    
    Incorporated by reference to the Companys
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
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(5)
    
    Incorporated by reference to the Companys
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
September 30, 1998, filed with the SEC on November 16, 1998.(6)
    
    Incorporated by reference to the Companys Form
8-K, filed with the SEC on July 16, 1999.(7)
    
    Incorporated by reference to the Companys
Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the SEC on Form DEF 14A
on July 28, 1999.(8)
    
    Incorporated by reference to the Companys
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
September 30, 1999, filed with the SEC on November 15, 1999.(9)
    
    Incorporated by reference to the Companys
Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed with the SEC on July
2, 2004.(10)
    
    Incorporated by reference to the Companys Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2001, filed with the SEC on March 29, 2002.  (b)
    
    Reports on Form 8-K  1.)
    
    The Company filed a Report on Form 8-K on April
13, 2004 announcing the completion of a private placement of
common stock and warrants to purchase common stock.2.)
    
    The Company filed a Report on Form 8-K on May 10,
2004 announcing its financial results for the quarter ended
March 31, 2004.3.)
    
    The Company filed a Report on Form 8-K on June 7,
2004 announcing preliminary data from ongoing Phase I/II
clinical trials.4.)
    
    The Company filed a Report on Form 8-K on July
14, 2004 announcing the presentation of preliminary HIV
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EPIMMUNE INC. 
 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. EPIMMUNE INC.Dated: August 11, 2004
    By:
    /s/ Emile LoriaEmile Loria, M.D.President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer) Dated: August 11, 2004
    By:
    /s/ Robert De VaereRobert De VaereVice President, Finance and Administration,
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) 34