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Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk.
−Removed: You should carefully consider all information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K prior to investing in our common stock.
+Added: You should carefully consider all information in this Annual Rep ort on Form 10-K prior to investing in our common stock.
These risks are discussed more fully in the section titled “Risk Factors.” These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following:
−Removed: ● We may not achieve the anticipated benefits from our acquisition of Novitium Pharma LLC (“Novitium”);
−Removed: ● The obligations and liabilities of Novitium, some of which may be unanticipated or unknown, may be greater than we have anticipated, which may diminish the value of Novitium to us;
−Removed: ● The uncertain impact that novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) will have on our business and results of operations, including the emergence of variants of the virus;
+Added: • Cortrophin Gel is our first rare disease pharmaceutical product.
+Added: To the extent we are not able to continue to achieve commercial success with this product, including expanding the market and gaining market share, our business, financial condition, and results of operations will be negatively impacted;
+Added: • Our approved products, including Cortrophin Gel, may not achieve commercialization at levels of market acceptance that will continue to allow us to achieve profitability;
+Added: • Acquisitions and investments could disrupt our business and harm our financial position and operating results;
+Added: • The limited number of suppliers for our API could result in lengthy delays in production if we need to change suppliers;
+Added: • Several of the products we have acquired cannot be manufactured in our facilities and we must secure and maintain qualified and compliant contract manufacturers.
+Added: Noncompliance by these contract manufacturers or our inability to find qualified contract manufacturers could result in us being unable to commercialize these products;
+Added: Several of our products are manufactured and/or packaged by third parties, which we cannot control and could result in us being unable to market and distribute products;
+Added: • We are subject to United States federal and state laws related to healthcare fraud and abuse and health information privacy and security, and the failure to comply with such laws may adversely affect our business;
• The continuing trend toward consolidation of customer groups that could result in declines in the sales volume and prices of our products, and increased fees charged by customers;
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• Barriers in achieving anticipated revenue growth and profitability could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results;
−Removed: ● Cortrophin Gel is our first rare disease pharmaceutical product.
−Removed: To the extent we are not able to achieve commercial success with this product, including gaining market share, our business, financial condition, and results of operations will be negatively impacted;
−Removed: ● The limited number of suppliers for our active pharmaceutical ingredients (“API”) could result in lengthy delays in production if we need to change suppliers;
−Removed: ● Several of the products we have acquired cannot be manufactured in our facilities and we must secure and maintain qualified and compliant contract manufacturers.
−Removed: Noncompliance by these contract manufacturers or our inability to find qualified contract manufacturers could result in us being unable to commercialize these products;
−Removed: Several of our products are manufactured and/or packaged by third parties, which we cannot control and could result in us being unable to market and distribute products;
+Added: • We may not achieve the anticipated benefits from our acquisition of Novitium Pharma LLC (“Novitium”);
+Added: • The obligations and liabilities of Novitium, some of which may be unanticipated or unknown, may be greater than we have anticipated, which may diminish the value of Novitium to us;
+Added: • Public health outbreaks, epidemics, or pandemics (such as COVID-19) have adversely affected and may in the future adversely affect our business;
• The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) does not provide guidance on safety labeling for products that are marketed without approved New Drug Applications (“NDAs”) or Abbreviated New Drug Applications (“ANDAs”), which could increase our potential liability with respect to failure-to-warn claims for these products;
+Added: • Four of our products are marketed without approved NDAs or ANDAs and we can offer no assurances that the FDA will not require us to either seek approval for these products or withdraw them from the market.
+Added: In either case, our business, financial position, and operating results could be materially adversely affected;
• If the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) does not approve supply of the API we need to manufacture our controlled substances, we may be unable to manufacture controlled substances, which would eliminate our revenue on these products;
−Removed: ● Acquisitions and investments could disrupt our business and harm our financial position and operating results;
• Our Medicaid rebate accruals have increased and continue to increase due to our acquisitions and subsequent sales of branded products and authorized generics of branded products;
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• We face vigorous competition from other pharmaceutical manufacturers that threatens the commercial acceptance and pricing of our products;
−Removed: ● Our approved products, including Cortrophin Gel, may not achieve commercialization at levels of market acceptance that allow us to achieve profitability;
• We expect to spend a significant amount of resources on research and development efforts, and such efforts may not result in marketable products;
−Removed: ● Production at any or all of our four current manufacturing facilities could be interrupted, which could cause us to fail to deliver product on a timely basis;
+Added: • Production at any or all of our three current manufacturing facilities could be interrupted, which could cause us to fail to deliver product on a timely basis;
• We rely on third parties to assist with our clinical studies.
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and foreign countries could negatively affect sales of our branded products;
−Removed: ● We have very limited staffing and are dependent upon key employees, the loss of whom could adversely affect our operations;
+Added: • With the exception of patents on a limited number of products we do not own or license any material patents associated with the majority of our products, and our ability to protect and control unpatented trade secrets, know-how, and other technological innovation is limited;
+Added: • Our success is largely dependent upon certain key employees, including members of our senior management, the loss of whom could adversely affect our operations;
• We rely significantly on information technology and any failure, inadequacy, interruption, or security lapse of that technology could harm our ability to operate the business effectively;
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• Making interest and principal payments under our Credit Agreement with Truist requires a significant amount of cash;
−Removed: ● We identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: If we do not effectively remediate these material weaknesses or if we otherwise fail to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results or prevent fraud;
+Added: • We previously identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, and the failure to maintain an effective system of internal controls and procedures may cause investors to lose confidence in our financial reporting;
• Our Credit Facility contains restrictive and financial covenants and if are not in compliance with these covenants, our outstanding indebtedness under this facility could be accelerated and the lenders could terminate their commitments under the facility;
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Raising additional funds by entering into additional credit or other borrowing facilities or issuing debt may subject us to covenants and other requirements that may restrict our operations;
−Removed: ● Our international operations, including those resulting from our acquisition of Novitium and the global nature of its operations, will subject us to political and economic risks, increase our exposure to potential liability under anti-corruption, trade protection, tax, and other laws and regulations.
+Added: • Our operations in an international market subject us to additional regulatory oversight both in the international market and in the U.S., as well as, social, and political uncertainties, which could cause a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results;
+Added: • Our operations, including those resulting from our acquisition of Novitium and its international operations, will subject us to political and economic risks, increase our exposure to potential liability under anti-corruption, trade protection, tax, and other laws and regulations.
The following are significant factors known to us that could materially harm our business, financial position, or operating results or could cause our actual results to differ materially from our anticipated results or other expectations, including those expressed in any forward-looking statement made in this report.
The risks described are not the only risks facing us.
−Removed: Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us, or that we currently deem to be immaterial,
−Removed: also may adversely affect our business, financial position, and operating results.
+Added: Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us, or that we currently deem to be immaterial, also may adversely affect our business, financial position, and operating results.
If any of these risks actually occur, our business, financial position, and operating results could suffer significantly.
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Risks Related to our Business
−Removed: We may not achieve the anticipated benefits from our acquisition of Novitium, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results.
−Removed: On November 19, 2021, the Company completed its previously announced acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of Novitium pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 8, 2021 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Novitium, Nile Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company , and certain other parties, with Novitium becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of ANI.
−Removed: We may not realize the potential benefits from the Acquisition that we or the market expects.
−Removed: Risks associated with the Acquisition include:
−Removed: • failure to effectively manage our expanded operations, which were materially increased by the Acquisition;
−Removed: • diversion of management’s attention, the disruption or interruption of, or the loss of momentum in, the businesses of ANI and Novitium or inconsistencies in standards, controls, procedures, and policies, any of which could adversely affect our ability to maintain relationships with customers, partners, and employees or our ability to achieve the anticipated benefits of the acquisition ;
−Removed: • loss of key employees;
−Removed: • failure to maintain relationships with third parties, including Novitium’s and our pre-existing customers, which relationships may be affected by customer preferences or public attitudes about the Acquisition.
−Removed: Any adverse changes in these relationships could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
−Removed: The obligations and liabilities of Novitium, some of which may be unanticipated or unknown, may be greater than we have anticipated, which may diminish the value of Novitium to us.
−Removed: Novitium’s obligations and liabilities, some of which may not have been disclosed to us or may not be reflected or reserved for in Novitium’s historical financial statements, may be greater than we have anticipated.
−Removed: The obligations and liabilities of Novitium could have a material adverse effect on Novitium’s business or Novitium’s value to us or on our business, financial condition, or results of operations.
−Removed: Under the Merger Agreement relating to the Novitium acquisition, we have only limited indemnification with respect to obligations or liabilities of Novitium, whether known or unknown.
−Removed: In addition, even in cases where we are able to obtain indemnification, we may discover liabilities greater than the contractual limits or the financial resources of the indemnifying party.
−Removed: In the event that we are responsible for liabilities substantially in excess of any amounts recovered through rights to indemnification or alternative remedies that might be available to us, or any applicable insurance, we could suffer severe consequences that would substantially reduce our earnings and cash flows or otherwise materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, or results of operations.
−Removed: Our anticipated revenue growth and profitability, if achieved, is dependent upon our ability to develop, license or acquire, and commercialize new products on a timely basis in relation to our competitors’ product introductions, and to address all regulatory requirements applicable to the development and commercialization of new products.
−Removed: Our failure to do so successfully could impair our growth strategy and plans and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results.
−Removed: Our future revenues and profitability are dependent upon our ability to successfully develop, license or acquire, and commercialize pharmaceutical products in a timely manner.
−Removed: Product development is inherently risky and time-consuming.
−Removed: Likewise, product licensing involves inherent risks, including uncertainties due to matters that may affect the achievement of milestones, as well as the possibility of contractual disagreements with regard to the supply of
−Removed: product meeting specifications and terms such as license scope or termination rights.
−Removed: The development and commercialization process also requires substantial time, effort, and financial resources.
−Removed: Additionally, we have entered profit-sharing arrangements with third parties in which we sell products under ANDAs or NDAs owned or licenses by these third parties.
−Removed: Under these agreements, we pay these third parties a specified percentage of the gross profit earned on sales of the products, and such percentages in certain cases increase as additional gross profit is earned.
−Removed: Any increases in these percentages would impact our future profitability.
−Removed: We may not be successful in commercializing products on a timely basis, if at all, which could adversely affect our business, financial position, and operating results.
−Removed: The FDA must approve any new prescription product before it can be marketed in the U.S.
−Removed: The process of obtaining regulatory approval to manufacture and market branded and generic pharmaceutical products is rigorous, time consuming, costly, and largely unpredictable.
−Removed: We may be unable to obtain requisite approvals on a timely basis for branded or generic products that we may develop, license, or acquire.
−Removed: Moreover, if we obtain regulatory approval for a drug, we may be limited with respect to the indicated uses and delivery methods for which the drug may be marketed, which in turn could restrict the potential market for the drug.
−Removed: Also, for products pending approval, we may obtain raw materials or produce batches of inventory.
−Removed: In the event that regulatory approval is denied or delayed, we could be exposed to the risk of any such inventory becoming obsolete.
−Removed: The timing and cost of obtaining regulatory approvals could adversely affect our product introduction plans, business, financial position, and operating results.
−Removed: The approval process for generic pharmaceutical products often results in the FDA granting simultaneous final approval to a number of generic pharmaceutical products at the time a patent claim for a corresponding branded product or other market exclusivity expires.
−Removed: This often forces a generic firm to face immediate competition when it introduces a generic product into the market.
−Removed: Additionally, further generic approvals often continue to be granted for a given product subsequent to the initial launch of the generic product.
−Removed: These circumstances generally result in significantly lower prices, as well as reduced margins, for generic products compared to branded products.
−Removed: New generic market entrants generally cause continued price and margin erosion over the generic product life cycle.
−Removed: As a result, we could be unable to grow or maintain market share with respect to our generic pharmaceutical products, which could have a material adverse effect on our ability to market that product profitably and on our business, financial position, and operating results.
−Removed: Furthermore, if we are unable to address all regulatory requirements applicable to the development and commercialization of new products in a timely manner, our product introduction plans, business, financial position, and operating results could be materially adversely affected.
−Removed: The FDA regulates and monitors all promotion and advertising of prescription drugs after approval.
−Removed: All promotion must be consistent with the conditions of approval and submitted to the agency.
−Removed: Failure to adhere to FDA promotional requirements can result in enforcement letters, warning letters, changes to existing promotional material, and corrective notices to healthcare professionals.
−Removed: Promotion of a prescription drug for uses not approved by the FDA can have serious consequences and result in lawsuits by private parties, state governments and the federal government, significant civil and criminal penalties, and compliance agreements that require a company to change current practices and prevent unlawful activity in the future.
Cortrophin Gel is our first rare disease pharmaceutical product.
−Removed: To the extent our efforts to commercialize this product are un successful, our business, financial condition and results of operations will be negatively impacted .
+Added: To the extent our ongoing and continuing efforts to commercialize this product are unsuccessful, our business, financial condition and results of operations will be negatively impacted.
On October 29, 2021, we received approval from the FDA for our Cortrophin Gel product for the treatment of certain chronic autoimmune disorders, including acute exacerbations of multiple sclerosis (“MS”) and rheumatoid arthritis (“RA”), in addition to excess urinary protein due to nephrotic syndrome.
−Removed: We have devoted significant time and money over the past five years to the development of this product since we acquired the rights to the product in 2016.
+Added: We have devoted significant time and money over the past eight years to the development of this product since we acquired the rights to the product in 2016.
We have invested and continue to invest significantly in the commercialization of this product in the U.S, including building out a sales force and developing a patient support program, with a full-scale launch in January 2022.
−Removed: The ability for us to generate significant net product revenues from Cortrophin Gel will depend upon our ability to successfully sell the product and numerous other factors, including:
+Added: In October 2023, we announced FDA approval and commercial availability of a 1-mLvial of Cortrophin Gel, appropriate for adjunctive treatment of certain patients with acute gouty arthritis flares.
+Added: The ability for us to generate significant net product revenues from our Cortrophin Gel products will depend upon our ability to successfully sell the product and numerous other factors, including:
• successfully establishing and maintaining effective sales, marketing, and distribution systems in jurisdictions in which Cortrophin Gel is approved for sale;
−Removed: ● successfully establishing and maintaining manufacturing capabilities and manufacturing adequate commercial quantities of Cortrophin Gel at acceptable cost and quality levels, including maintaining current good manufacturing practice (“cGMP”) and quality systems regulation standards required by various regulatory agencies;
+Added: • successfully establishing and maintaining manufacturing capabilities with our third-party suppliers and CMOs and manufacturing adequate commercial quantities of Cortrophin Gel at acceptable cost and quality levels, including maintaining current good manufacturing practice (“cGMP”) and quality systems regulation standards required by various regulatory agencies;
• broad acceptance of Cortrophin Gel by physicians, patients, and gaining market access share in the healthcare community;
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In addition, sales of Cortrophin Gel could be negatively affected by discovery of previously unknown problems with the product, such as adverse events of unanticipated severity or frequency, problems with the facilities where the product is manufactured, or imposition of restrictions on Cortrophin Gel, including requiring withdrawal of the product from the market, by a regulatory agency if it disagrees with the promotion, marketing, or labeling of the product.
−Removed: We are continuing to develop our marketing and sales organization to support Cortrophin Gel and have no experience in marketing prescription rare disease drug products.
−Removed: If we are unable to successfully establish marketing and sales capabilities for Cortrophin Gel , our business will suffer .
−Removed: We have only recently established rare disease sales, marketing or distribution capabilities and have no institutional experience in marketing rare disease products.
+Added: We are continuing to develop our marketing and sales organization to support Cortrophin Gel and have limited experience in marketing prescription rare disease drug products.
+Added: If we are unable to continue to develop marketing and sales capabilities for Cortrophin Gel, our business will suffer.
+Added: We first established our rare disease sales, marketing or distribution capabilities in 2021 and have limited institutional experience in marketing rare disease products.
We intend to continue to develop an in-house marketing organization and sales force, which will require significant expenditures, management resources and time.
We will have to compete with other pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to recruit, hire, train and retain marketing and sales personnel.
+Added: Future acquisitions and investments could disrupt our business and harm our financial position and operating results.
+Added: Our growth will depend, in part, on our continued ability to develop, commercialize, and expand our products, including in response to changing regulatory and competitive pressures.
+Added: In some circumstances, we have and may continue to grow our business through the acquisition of complementary businesses and technologies rather than through internal development.
+Added: The identification of suitable acquisition candidates or products can be difficult, time-consuming, and costly, and we may not be able to successfully complete or successfully execute strategies for identified acquisitions.
+Added: The risks faced in connection with acquisitions include:
+Added: • diversion of management time and focus from operating our business to addressing acquisition and/or product integration challenges;
+Added: • coordination of research and development and sales and marketing functions;
+Added: • retention of key employees from the acquired company;
+Added: • integration of the acquired company’s accounting information, management, human resources, and other administrative systems;
+Added: • the need to implement or improve controls, procedures, and policies at a business that prior to the acquisition may have lacked effective controls, procedures and policies;
+Added: • difficulties relating to integrating the acquired business;
+Added: • liability for activities of the acquired company and/or products before the acquisition, including patent infringement claims, violations of laws, commercial disputes, tax liabilities and other known and unknown liabilities;
+Added: • unanticipated write-offs or charges;
+Added: • litigation or other claims in connection with the acquired company or product, including claims from product users, former stockholders, or other third parties.
+Added: In any acquisition that we may undertake, our failure to address these risks or other problems encountered in connection with any acquisitions and investments could cause us to fail to realize the anticipated benefits of these acquisitions or investments, cause us to incur unanticipated liabilities, and harm our business generally.
We depend on a limited number of suppliers for API.
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Our ability to manufacture and distribute products is dependent, in part, upon ingredients and components supplied by others, including entities based outside the U.S.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2022, we purchased approximately 19% of our inventory from one supplier.
During the year ended December 31, 2023, no single vendor represented at least 10% of inventory purchases.
During the year ended December 31, 2022, we purchased approximately 19% of our inventory from one supplier.
+Added: During the year ended December 31, 2021, no single vendor represented at least 10% of inventory purchases.
Any disruption in the supply of these ingredients or components or any problems in their quality could materially affect our ability to manufacture and distribute our products and could result in legal liabilities that could materially affect our ability to realize profits or otherwise harm our business, financial, and operating results.
−Removed: Virtually all of our generic contracts for the supply of pharmaceutical products to customers contain "failure to supply"
+Added: Virtually all of our generic contracts for the supply of pharmaceutical products to customers contain "failure to supply" clauses.
Under these clauses, if we are unable to supply the requested quantity of product within a certain period after receipt of a customer’s purchase order, the customer is entitled to procure a substitute product elsewhere and we must reimburse the customer for the difference between our contract price and the price the customer was forced to pay to procure the substitute product.
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Any change in one of our API suppliers must usually be approved through a Prior Approval Supplement (“PAS”) by the FDA.
−Removed: The process of obtaining an approval of such a
−Removed: PAS can require between four and 18 months.
+Added: The process of obtaining an approval of such a PAS can require between four and 18 months.
While we also generally qualify a single source for non-API raw materials, the process required to qualify an alternative source of a non-API raw material is typically much less rigorous.
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From time to time, we have experienced temporary disruptions in the supply of certain of such imported API due to FDA inspections.
−Removed: In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic and associated workforce factors has disrupted certain supply chains and generally led to longer lead times for the procurement of goods that are essential to the manufacture of our products.
Several of the products we have acquired cannot be manufactured in our facilities and are manufactured and/or packaged by third parties, which we cannot control.
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Any delays or difficulties with third-party manufacturers could adversely affect the marketing and distribution of these products, or future products, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results.
+Added: We are subject to United States federal and state laws related to healthcare fraud and abuse and health information privacy and security, and the failure to comply with such laws may adversely affect our business.
+Added: Many of our products are eligible for reimbursement under federal and state health care programs such as Medicaid, Medicare, TRICARE, and/or state pharmaceutical assistance programs, and as a result, certain U.S.
+Added: federal and state healthcare laws and regulations pertaining to fraud and abuse and patients’ rights are, and will be, applicable to our business.
+Added: We could be subject to healthcare fraud and abuse and patient privacy regulation by both the federal government and the states in which we conduct our business.
+Added: The domestic and foreign laws that may affect our ability to operate include, but are not limited to:
+Added: Anti-Kickback Statute, which applies to our marketing and research practices, educational programs, pricing policies and relationships with healthcare providers or other entities, by prohibiting, among other things, soliciting, receiving, offering or paying remuneration, directly or indirectly, as a means of inducing, or in exchange for, either the referral of an individual or the purchase or recommendation of an item or service reimbursable under a federal healthcare program, such as the Medicare and Medicaid programs;
+Added: federal civil and criminal false claims laws and civil monetary penalty laws, which prohibit, among other things, individuals or entities from knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, claims for payment to Medicare, Medicaid or other federal healthcare program payers that are false or fraudulent;
+Added: (iii) new federal criminal statutes that prohibit executing a scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program or making false statements relating to healthcare matters;
+Added: (iv) the U.S.
+Added: Physician Payments Sunshine Act, which among other things, requires certain manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologics and medical supplies for which payment is available under Medicare, Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program to report annually information related to certain “payments or other transfers of value” made to physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses and teaching hospitals, and ownership and investment interests held by physicians and their immediate family members, and similar state laws that require pharmaceutical companies to comply with the pharmaceutical industry’s voluntary compliance guidelines and the relevant compliance guidance promulgated by the federal government and may require drug manufacturers to report information related to payments and other transfers of value to physicians and other healthcare providers or marketing expenditures;
+Added: (v) the government pricing rules applicable to the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the 340B Drug Pricing Program, the U.S.
+Added: Department of Veterans Affairs program, the TRICARE program, and state price transparency reporting laws;
+Added: and (vi) state and foreign law equivalents of each of the above U.S.
+Added: laws, such as anti-kickback and false claims laws which may apply to items or services.
+Added: Defense of litigation claims and government investigations can be costly, time-consuming, and distract management, and it is possible that we could incur judgments, settlements, deferred or non-prosecution agreements, or corporate integrity agreements that would require us to change the way we operate our business.
+Added: We are committed to conducting the sales and marketing of our products in compliance with the healthcare fraud and abuse laws, but certain applicable laws may impose liability even in the absence of specific intent to defraud.
+Added: Furthermore, should there be ambiguity, a governmental authority may take a position contrary to a position we have taken, or should an employee violate these laws without our knowledge, a governmental authority may impose civil and/or criminal sanctions.
+Added: Any adverse outcome in these types of actions, or the imposition of penalties or sanctions for failing to comply with fraud and abuse laws, could adversely affect us and may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
+Added: Some of the statutes and regulations that govern our activities, such as federal and state anti-kickback and false claims laws, are broad in scope, and while exemptions and safe harbors protecting certain common activities exist, they are often narrowly drawn and construed by the courts.
+Added: While we manage our business activities to comply with these statutory provisions, due to their breadth, complexity and, in certain cases, uncertainty of application, it is possible that our activities could be subject to challenge by various government agencies.
+Added: In particular, the FDA, the DOJ, the Office of Inspector General at the U.S.
+Added: Department of Health and Human Services, and other agencies have increased their enforcement activities with respect to the manufacturing, sales, marketing, research and similar activities of pharmaceutical companies in recent years, and many pharmaceutical companies have been subject to government investigations related to these practices.
+Added: A determination that we are in violation of these and/or other government regulations and legal requirements may result in civil damages and penalties, criminal fines and prosecution, administrative remedies, the recall of products, the total or partial suspension of manufacturing and/or distribution activities, seizure of products, injunctions, whistleblower lawsuits, failure to obtain approval of pending product applications, withdrawal of existing product approvals, exclusion from participation in government healthcare programs and other sanctions.
+Added: Any of these types of investigations or enforcement actions could affect our ability to commercially distribute our products and could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
+Added: We are subject to certain privacy laws, information security laws, regulations, policies and contractual obligations related to data privacy and security and changes in such laws, regulations, policies, contractual obligations and failure to comply with such requirements, as well as any breach of unsecured identifiable personal information protected by law, could subject us to significant costs, fines, penalties (civil and criminal), and civil litigation which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
+Added: As regulatory focus on privacy issues continues to increase, and laws and regulations concerning the protection of personal information expand and become more complex, these potential risks to our business could intensify.
+Added: In addition, the interpretation and application of consumer, health-related, and data protection laws are often uncertain, contradictory, and in flux, which complicates compliance efforts.
+Added: Our anticipated revenue growth and profitability, if achieved, is dependent upon our ability to develop, license or acquire, and commercialize new products on a timely basis in relation to our competitors’ product introductions, and to address all regulatory requirements applicable to the development and commercialization of new products.
+Added: Our failure to do so successfully could impair our growth strategy and plans and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results.
+Added: Our future revenues and profitability are dependent upon our ability to successfully develop, license or acquire, and commercialize pharmaceutical products in a timely manner.
+Added: Product development is inherently risky and time-consuming.
+Added: Likewise, product licensing involves inherent risks, including uncertainties due to matters that may affect the achievement of milestones, as well as the possibility of contractual disagreements with regard to the supply of product meeting specifications and terms such as license scope or termination rights.
+Added: The development and commercialization process also requires substantial time, effort, and financial resources.
+Added: Additionally, we have entered profit-sharing or royalty arrangements with third parties in which we sell products under ANDAs or NDAs owned or licensed by these third parties.
+Added: Under these agreements, we pay these third parties a specified percentage of the gross profit earned on sales of the products, and such percentages in certain cases increase as additional gross profit is earned.
+Added: Any increases in these percentages would impact our future profitability.
+Added: We may not be successful in commercializing products on a timely basis, if at all, which could adversely affect our business, financial position, and operating results.
+Added: The FDA must approve any new prescription product before it can be marketed in the U.S.
+Added: The process of obtaining regulatory approval to manufacture and market branded and generic pharmaceutical products is rigorous, time consuming, costly, and largely unpredictable.
+Added: We may be unable to obtain requisite approvals on a timely basis for branded or generic products that we may develop, license, or acquire.
+Added: Moreover, if we obtain regulatory approval for a drug, we may be limited with respect to the indicated uses and delivery methods for which the drug may be marketed, which in turn could restrict the potential market for the drug.
+Added: Also, for products pending approval, we may obtain raw materials or produce batches of inventory.
+Added: In the event that regulatory approval is denied or delayed, we could be exposed to the risk of any such inventory becoming obsolete.
+Added: The timing and cost of obtaining regulatory approvals could adversely affect our product introduction plans, business, financial position, and operating results.
+Added: The approval process for generic pharmaceutical products often results in the FDA granting simultaneous final approval to a number of generic pharmaceutical products at the time a patent claim for a corresponding branded product or other market exclusivity expires.
+Added: This often forces a generic firm to face immediate competition when it introduces a generic product into the market.
+Added: Additionally, further generic approvals often continue to be granted for a given product subsequent to the initial launch of the generic product.
+Added: These circumstances generally result in significantly lower prices, as well as reduced margins, for generic products compared to branded products.
+Added: New generic market entrants generally cause continued price and margin erosion over the generic product life cycle.
+Added: As a result, we could be unable to grow or maintain market share with respect to our generic pharmaceutical products, which could have a material adverse effect on our ability to market that product profitably and on our business, financial position, and operating results.
+Added: Furthermore, if we are unable to address all regulatory requirements applicable to the development and commercialization of new products in a timely manner, our product introduction plans, business, financial position, and operating results could be materially adversely affected.
+Added: The FDA regulates and monitors all promotion and advertising of prescription drugs after approval.
+Added: All promotion must be consistent with the conditions of approval and submitted to the agency.
+Added: Failure to adhere to FDA promotional requirements can result in enforcement letters, warning letters, changes to existing promotional material, and corrective notices to healthcare professionals.
+Added: Promotion of a prescription drug for uses not approved by the FDA can have serious consequences and result in lawsuits by private parties, state governments and the federal government, significant civil and criminal penalties, and compliance agreements that require a company to change current practices and prevent unlawful activity in the future.
Our branded products may become subject to increased generic competition.
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If generic products are substituted for these branded products, our revenue from these products will decrease, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results.
−Removed: Future acquisitions and investments could disrupt our business and harm our financial position and operating results.
−Removed: Our growth will depend, in part, on our continued ability to develop, commercialize, and expand our products, including in response to changing regulatory and competitive pressures.
−Removed: In some circumstances, we have and may continue to grow our business through the acquisition of complementary businesses and technologies rather than through internal development.
−Removed: The identification of suitable acquisition candidates or products can be difficult, time-consuming,
−Removed: and costly, and we may not be able to successfully complete or successfully execute strategies for identified acquisitions.
−Removed: The risks faced in connection with acquisitions include:
−Removed: ● diversion of management time and focus from operating our business to addressing acquisition and/or product integration challenges;
−Removed: ● coordination of research and development and sales and marketing functions;
−Removed: ● retention of key employees from the acquired company;
−Removed: ● integration of the acquired company’s accounting information, management, human resources, and other administrative systems;
−Removed: ● the need to implement or improve controls, procedures, and policies at a business that prior to the acquisition may have lacked effective controls, procedures and policies;
−Removed: ● difficulties relating to integrating the acquired business;
−Removed: ● liability for activities of the acquired company and/or products before the acquisition, including patent infringement claims, violations of laws, commercial disputes, tax liabilities and other known and unknown liabilities;
−Removed: ● unanticipated write-offs or charges;
−Removed: ● litigation or other claims in connection with the acquired company or product, including claims from product users, former stockholders, or other third parties.
−Removed: In any acquisition that we may undertake, our failure to address these risks or other problems encountered in connection with any acquisitions and investments could cause us to fail to realize the anticipated benefits of these acquisitions or investments, cause us to incur unanticipated liabilities, and harm our business generally.
Our Medicaid rebate accruals have increased and continue to increase due to our acquisitions and subsequent sales of branded products and authorized generics of branded products, and the estimates on which our accruals are based are subject to change.
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We have entered into several collaborative arrangements to develop generic products for us to market in the U.S.
−Removed: We can offer no assurances that these arrangements will result in additional approved products, or that we will be able to
−Removed: market the products at a profit.
+Added: We can offer no assurances that these arrangements will result in additional approved products, or that we will be able to market the products at a profit.
In addition, any expenses related to clinical trials, or additional studies required by the FDA, that we may incur in connection with these collaborative arrangements may negatively affect our business, financial position, and operating results.
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Production at any or all of these facilities could be interrupted, which could cause us to fail to deliver sufficient product to customers on a timely basis and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results.
−Removed: Our manufacturing operations are currently based in four facilities.
−Removed: We have transitioned the majority of products manufactured or packaged in Oakville to one of our three U.S.-based manufacturing sites, and we are seeking to find potential buyers for the Oakville site.
+Added: Our internal manufacturing operations are currently based in three fa cilities.
+Added: We have transitioned the products manufactured or packaged in Oakville to one of our three U.S.-based manufacturing sites, and we are seeking to find potential buyers for the Oakville site.
While these three remaining facilities are sufficient for our current needs, the facilities are highly specialized and any damage to or need for replacement of all or any significant function of our facilities could be very costly and time-consuming and could impair or prohibit production and shipping.
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Any of these events could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results.
−Removed: Virtually all our contracts for the supply of generic products to our customers contain "failure to supply"
−Removed: clauses which require us to reimburse the customer for the difference between our contract price and the price the customer was forced to pay to procure the substitute product in the event we failed to deliver the requested quantity within a specified period of time.
+Added: Virtually all our contracts for the supply o f generic products to our customers contain "failure to supply" clauses which require us to reimburse the customer for the difference between our contract price and the price the customer was forced to pay to procure the substitute product in the event we failed to deliver the requested quantity within a specified period of time.
This difference can be substantial because of the much higher spot price at which the customer must cover its requirements and can be far in excess of the revenue that we would otherwise have received on the sale of our own product.
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For our already-approved commercial products, we may be required to audit or redo previously completed trials or recall our products from the market, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results.
−Removed: With the exception of a license of patent technology for Veregen we do not own or license any material patents associated with our products, and our ability to protect and control unpatented trade secrets, know-how, and other technological innovation is limited.
+Added: With the exception of patents or patent applications related to Veregen, baclofen, and hydrochlorothiazide products, we do not own or license any material patents associated with our products, and our ability to protect and control unpatented trade secrets, know-how, and other technological innovation is limited.
Generally, the branded pharmaceutical business relies upon patent protection to ensure market exclusivity for the life of the patent.
−Removed: Except for a license for patent technology for Veregen we do not own or license any material patents associated with our products and therefore do not enjoy the same level of intellectual property protection with respect to such products as would a pharmaceutical manufacturer that markets a patented product.
+Added: Except for licenses for patent technology for Veregen, and ownership of patents and patent applications relating to our baclofen and hydrochlorothiazide products, we do not own or license any material patents associated with our products and therefore do not enjoy the same level of intellectual property protection with respect to such products as would a pharmaceutical manufacturer that markets a patented product.
We have limited ability to protect and control trade secrets, know-how, and other technological innovation, all of which are unpatented.
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and foreign countries could negatively affect sales of our branded products.
−Removed: We own the trademark names for most of our branded products, including, Apexicon, Cortenema, Purified Cortrophin Gel, Cortrophin-Zinc, Inderal LA, Inderal XL, InnoPran XL, Lithobid, Reglan, Vancocin, and Veregen.
+Added: We own the trademark names for most of our branded pro ducts, including, Apexicon, Cortenema, Purified Cortrophin Gel, Cortrophin-Zinc, Inderal LA, Inderal XL, InnoPran XL, Lithobid, Reglan, Vancocin, and Veregen.
We license the trademark names for Atacand, Atacand HCT, Arimidex, Casodex, Oxistat, and Pandel.
−Removed: While we will seek to protect those trademarks through timely renewal in applicable jurisdictions, we may not be able to renew our trademarks in a timely manner or to prevent third parties from using our trademarks, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results.
−Removed: We have very limited staffing and are dependent upon key employees, the loss of whom could adversely affect our operations.
+Added: W hile we will seek to protect those trademarks through timely renewal in applicable jurisdictions, we may not be able to renew our trademarks in a timely manner or to prevent third parties from using our trademarks, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results.
+Added: Our success is largely dependent upon certain key employees, including members of our senior management team, the loss of whom could adversely affect our operations.
Competition for talent is intense, especially in northern Minnesota, where the population is small.
If we cannot attract and retain qualified personnel, the growth and success of our business could be adversely affected.
−Removed: Our success is dependent upon the efforts of a relatively small management team and staff.
+Added: Our success is dependent upon the efforts of certain key employees, including members of our senior management team.
We have employment arrangements in place with our executive and other officers, but none of these executive and other officers are bound legally to remain employed with ANI for any specific term.
We do not have key person life insurance policies covering our executive and other officers or any of our other employees.
−Removed: If key individuals were to leave ANI, our business could
−Removed: be affected adversely if suitable replacement personnel are not recruited quickly.
−Removed: The population in northern Minnesota, where two of our four current manufacturing facilities are located, is small, and as a result, there is a limited number of qualified personnel available in all functional areas, which could make it difficult to retain and attract the qualified personnel necessary for the development and growth of our business.
+Added: If key individuals were to leave ANI, our business could be affected adversely if suitable replacement personnel are not recruited quickly.
+Added: Competition for personnel is intense in certain localities in which we operate, specifically northern Minnesota, where two of our three current manufacturing facilities are located, is small, and as a result, there is a limited number of qualified personnel available in all functional areas, which could make it difficult to retain and attract the qualified personnel necessary for the development and growth of our business.
If we were unable to attract and retain qualified personnel, our business, financial position, and operating results could be materially adversely affected.
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For a description of legal proceedings which are currently pending, see Note 15.
−Removed: Commitments and Contingencies, in the notes to the consolidated financial statements in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: Commitments and Contingencies, in the notes to the consolidated financial statements in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Re port on Form 10-K.
We are susceptible to product liability claims that may not be covered by insurance, which, if successful, could require us to pay substantial sums.
−Removed: Like all pharmaceutical companies, we face of the risk of loss resulting from, and the adverse publicity associated with, product liability lawsuits, whether or not such claims are valid.
+Added: Like all pharmaceutical companies, we face the risk of loss resulting from, and the adverse publicity associated with, product liability lawsuits, whether or not such claims are valid.
We likely cannot avoid such claims.
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A successful product liability claim that is excluded from coverage or exceeds our policy limits could require us to pay substantial sums.
−Removed: Additionally, insurance coverage for product liability may become prohibitively expensive in the future or may not be available at all, and as a result, we may
−Removed: not be able to maintain adequate product liability insurance coverage to mitigate the risk of large claims, or we may be required to maintain a larger self-insured retention that we would otherwise choose.
−Removed: Currency fluctuations and changes in exchange rates could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results.
−Removed: A portion of our transactions are denominated in a foreign currency, the Canadian dollar and the Indian rupee.
+Added: Additionally, insurance coverage for product liability may become prohibitively expensive in the future or may not be available at all, and as a result, we may not be able to maintain adequate product liability insurance coverage to mitigate the risk of large claims, or we may be required to maintain a larger self-insured retention that we would otherwise choose.
+Added: Currency fluctuations and changes in exchange rates could have a material adverse effect on our business, fina ncial position, and operating results.
+Added: A portion of our transactions are denominated in a foreign currency, the Indian rupee.
Because we engage in certain transactions in a foreign currency, we are subject to the effects of exchange rate fluctuations.
−Removed: dollar depreciates against the Canadian dollar and the Indian rupee, the expenses we recognize from Canadian-denominated and Indian-denominated transactions made by our Canadian and Indian subsidiaries could be translated at an unfavorable rate, leading to foreign exchange losses.
−Removed: Foreign exchange gains or losses as a result of exchange rate fluctuations in any given period could harm our operating results and negatively impact our financial position and results of operations.
+Added: dollar depreciates against the Indian rupee, the expenses we recognize from Indian-denominated transactions made by our Indian subsidiary could be translated at an unfavorable rate, leading to foreign exchange losses.
+Added: Foreign exchange gains or losses as a result of exchange rate fluctuations in any given period could harm our operating results and negatively impact our financial position and results of operati ons.
+Added: We may not achieve the anticipated benefits from our acquisition of Novitium, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results.
+Added: On November 19, 2021, the Company completed its previously announced acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of Novitium pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 8, 2021 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Novitium, Nile Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company , and certain other parties, with Novitium becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of ANI.
+Added: We may not realize the potential benefits from the Acquisition that we or the market expects.
+Added: Risks associated with the Acquisition include:
+Added: • failure to effectively manage our expanded operations, which were materially increased by the Acquisition;
+Added: • diversion of management’s attention, the disruption or interruption of, or the loss of momentum in, the businesses of ANI and Novitium or inconsistencies in standards, controls, procedures, and policies, any of which could adversely affect our ability to maintain relationships with customers, partners, and employees or our ability to achieve the anticipated benefits of the acquisition;
+Added: • loss of key employees;
+Added: • failure to maintain relationships with third parties, including Novitium’s and our pre-existing customers, which relationships may be affected by customer preferences or public attitudes about the Acquisition.
+Added: Any adverse changes in these relationships could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
+Added: The obligations and liabilities of Novitium, some of which may be unanticipated or unknown, may be greater than we have anticipated, which may diminish the value of Novitium to us.
+Added: Novitium’s obligations and liabilities, some of which may not have been disclosed to us or may not be reflected or reserved for in Novitium’s historical financial statements, may be greater than we have anticipated.
+Added: The obligations and liabilities of Novitium could have a material adverse effect on Novitium’s business or Novitium’s value to us or on our business, financial condition, or results of operations.
+Added: Under the Merger Agreement relating to the Novitium acquisition, we have only limited indemnification with respect to obligations or liabilities of Novitium, whether known or unknown.
+Added: In addition, even in cases where we are able to obtain indemnification, we may discover liabilities greater than the contractual limits or the financial resources of the indemnifying party.
+Added: In the event that we are responsible for liabilities substantially in excess of any amounts recovered through rights to indemnification or alternative remedies that might be available to us, or any applicable insurance, we could suffer severe consequences that would substantially reduce our earnings and cash flows or otherwise materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, or results of operations.
Risks Related to our Industry
−Removed: The COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing and its impact on the global economy and our operations remains uncertain.
−Removed: A continuation of the pandemic could have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition and on the market price of our common stock.
−Removed: On March 12, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic.
−Removed: In an effort to contain and mitigate the spread of COVID-19, many countries, including the United States and Canada, imposed unprecedented restrictions on travel, and there were business closures and a substantial reduction in economic activity in countries that have had significant outbreaks of COVID-19.
−Removed: While restrictions and impacts eased in 2021, significant uncertainty remains as to the continued potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our operations and on the global economy as a whole.
−Removed: Demand for the products we sell was negatively impacted by COVID-19 during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, as fewer patients visited physicians for conditions treated by our products, fewer elective surgeries occurred and visits to pharmacies declined due to government orders and closures of or restrictions placed on visits to medical offices and facilities.
−Removed: Additionally, we have experienced disruptions to our supply chain, including increased lead times on the procurement of materials.
−Removed: While most government orders, closures and restrictions have now lapsed, this situation could continue or worsen depending on the duration and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, the level of success in implementing mitigation measures, such as vaccines, the continued emergence of new variants of COVID-19, the length of time it takes for normal economic and operating conditions to resume, the impact of the pandemic on inflation, additional governmental actions that may be taken, and numerous other uncertainties.
−Removed: It is currently not possible to predict how long the pandemic will continue, whether new government restrictions will be reinstituted, the effectiveness of mitigation efforts such as vaccines, the emergence of new variants of the virus, and the related impact on economic activity, including inflation.
−Removed: A disruption in the financial markets and volatility, as seen in 2020, 2021, and 2022, could have an adverse effect on our ability to access capital, our pharmaceutical supply chain, our business, results of operations and financial condition, and the market price of our common stock.
+Added: Public health outbreaks, epidemics, or pandemics (such as the COVID-19 pandemic) have adversely affected and may in the future adversely affect our business.
+Added: The COVID-19 pandemic previously adversely affected us in the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the COVID-19 pandemic or other actual or threatened public health outbreaks, epidemics, or pandemics may in the future adversely affect, among other things, the economic and financial markets and labor resources of the countries in which we operate;
+Added: our manufacturing and supply chain operations, research and development efforts, commercial operations and sales force, administrative personnel, third-party service providers, and business partners and customers;
+Added: and the demand for our products.
+Added: Such disruptions in our operations could materially adversely impact our business, prospects, operating results, and financial condition.
+Added: To the extent a public health outbreak, epidemic, or pandemic adversely affects our business, prospects, operating results, or financial condition, it may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in this "Risk Factors" section.
The continuing trend toward consolidation of customer groups could result in declines in the sales volume and prices of our products, and increased fees charged by customers, each of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results.
Consolidation and the formation of strategic partnerships among and between wholesale distributors, chain drug stores, and group purchasing organizations has resulted in a smaller number of companies, each controlling a larger share of pharmaceutical distribution channels.
−Removed: For example, our net revenues are concentrated among three customers representing 26%, 18%, and 15% of net revenues, respectively, during the year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, accounts receivable from these three customers was approximately 82% of our accounts receivable, net.
+Added: For example, our net revenues are concentrated among four customers representing 31%, 13%, 13%, and 12% of net revenues, respectively, during the year ended December 31, 2023.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, accounts receivable from these four customers was approximately 81% of our accounts receivable, net.
Drug wholesalers and retail pharmacy chains, which represent an essential part of the distribution chain for generic pharmaceutical products, have undergone, and are continuing to undergo, significant consolidation.
−Removed: This consolidation may result in declines in our sales volumes if a customer is consolidated into another company that purchases products
−Removed: from a competitor.
+Added: This consolidation may result in declines in our sales volumes if a customer is consolidated into another company that purchases products from a competitor.
In addition, the consolidation of drug wholesalers and retail pharmacy chains could result in these groups gaining additional purchasing leverage and consequently increasing the product pricing pressures facing our business and enabling those groups to charge us increased fees.
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Any determination by governmental agencies that we have failed to comply with our reporting and payment obligations could subject us to penalties and sanctions, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results.
−Removed: Two of our products, which together comprised less than 10% of our total revenue in 2022, are marketed without approved NDAs or Abbreviated New Drug Applications (“ANDAs”) and we can offer no assurances that the U.S.
+Added: Three products, which tog ether comprised less than 10% of ou r total revenue in 2023, are marketed without approved NDAs or Abbreviated New Drug Applications (“ANDAs”) and we can offer no assurances that the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) will not require us to either seek approval for these products or withdraw them from the market.
In either case, our business, financial position, and operating results could be materially adversely affected.
−Removed: Two of our products, Esterified Estrogen with Methyltestosterone (“EEMT”) and Opium Tincture, are marketed without approved NDAs or ANDAs.
+Added: Three products, Esterified Estrogen with Methyltestosterone (“EEMT”), Opium Tincture, and Thyroid Tablets are marketed without approved NDAs or ANDAs.
+Added: The Company obtained the rights to Hyoscyamine, a product without approved NDAs or ANDAs, on of December 27, 2023.
+Added: During 2023 the Company recorded only contract manufacturing revenues for Hyoscyamine (see further discussion in Note 15.
+Added: Commitments and Contingencies, in the notes to the consolidated financial statements in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K).
+Added: We plan to launch Hyoscyamine commercially in early 2024.
The FDA's policy with respect to the continued marketing of unapproved products appears in the FDA's September 2011 Compliance Policy Guide Sec.
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The FDA does not provide guidance on safety labeling for products that are marketed without approved NDAs or ANDAs.
−Removed: As a result, we are dependent on our internal post-approval drug safety surveillance program to identify necessary safety-related changes to the labels for EEMT and Opium Tincture.
+Added: As a result, we are dependent on our internal post-approval drug safety surveillance program to identify necessary safety-related changes to the labels for EEMT, Opium Tincture, and Thyroid Tablets, and Hyoscyamine.
Pharmaceutical product labels contain important safety information including Black Box warnings, contraindications, dosing and administration, adverse reactions, drug interactions, use in specific populations such as pregnant women, pediatric, and geriatric patients, and other warnings and precautions.
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However, the FDA does not provide guidance on labeling for products that are marketed without approved NDAs or ANDAs.
−Removed: As a result, we are dependent on our internal post-approval drug safety surveillance program to identify necessary safety-related changes to the labels for EEMT and Opium Tincture.
+Added: As a result, we are dependent on our internal post-approval drug safety surveillance program to identify necessary safety-related changes to the labels for EEMT, Opium Tincture, Thyroid Tablets, and Hyoscyamine.
Additionally, because the FDA does not review and approve labeling for the products without approved NDAs or ANDAs, it would be difficult to make a claim for preemption due to the FDA’s approval of the labeling and this could increase our potential liability with respect to failure-to-warn claims for these products.
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The DEA continues to closely monitor quotas of certain opioids and as a result there may be a reduction from what was requested;
−Removed: however, firms may file an application for a quota
−Removed: adjustment at any time during the calendar year.
+Added: however, firms may file an application for a quota adjustment at any time during the calendar year.
If the DEA does not approve our requested procurement quotas, we may be unable to obtain sufficient API to manufacture these products at levels required by our customers, which could have an adverse impact on our business, financial position, and operating results.
−Removed: Pharmaceutical product quality standards are steadily increasing and all products, including those already approved, may need to meet current standards or enhanced standards in the future.
+Added: Our products are subject to regulatory and quality standards and guidelines set forth by FDA and other governmental agencies.
+Added: Changes or developments in such standards and guidelines may affect the ability of our products to meet such standards, including with respect to already approved products.
If our products are not able to meet these standards, we may be required to discontinue marketing and/or recall such products from the market.
−Removed: Steadily increasing quality standards are applicable to pharmaceutical products still under development and those already approved and on the market.
−Removed: These standards result from product quality initiatives implemented by the FDA, such as criteria for residual solvents, periodic guidance from the FDA regarding testing for impurities, such as nitrosamines, in our products, and updated U.S.
−Removed: Pharmacopeial Convention (“USP”) Reference Standards.
+Added: Changes or developments in regulatory and quality standards and guidelines set forth by FDA, such as criteria for residual solvents, periodic guidance from the FDA regarding testing for impurities, such as nitrosamines, in our products, and updated U.S.
+Added: Pharmacopeial Convention (“USP”) Reference Standards may impact our ability to sell certain drug products.
The USP is a scientific nonprofit organization that sets standards for the identity, strength, quality, and purity of medicines, food ingredients, and dietary supplements manufactured, distributed, and consumed worldwide.
Pharmaceutical products approved prior to the implementation of new or revised quality standards, including those produced or sold by us, may not meet these standards, which could require us to discontinue marketing and/or recall such products from the market, either of which could adversely affect our business, financial position, and operating results.
−Removed: In addition, results of periodic testing we conduct on our products may indicate the presence of substances at levels greater than those deemed acceptable under FDA or other standards, which will require a recall of the product.
+Added: In addition, results of periodic testing we conduct on our products may indicate the presence of substances at levels greater than those deemed acceptable under FDA or other standards, which could potentially require a recall of the product.
For example, during the fourth quarter of 2019, testing of the API used in our ranitidine drug product, as well as testing of the drug product itself, indicated a level of a nitrosamine impurity called N-nitrosdimethylamine (“NDMA”) above acceptable thresholds.
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Commitments and Contingencies, in the notes to the consolidated financial statements in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
−Removed: Another example of evolving standards occurred in December of 2021, when the FDA issued an information request to manufacturers of propranolol products, including Inderal LA (Propranolol ER) currently being marketed in the United States to evaluate their product for the presence and level of a nitrosamine impurity known as N-nitroso-propranolol (“NNP”), which is distinct from NDMA.
−Removed: and its affiliates (“Pfizer”), our contract manufacturer for both our Inderal LA brand product and our authorized generic product, Propranolol ER, initiated that evaluation and shared its analysis and test results with the Company in February 2022.
−Removed: Pfizer also manufactures and markets Inderal LA in Canada.
−Removed: On March 1, 2022, Pfizer announced that it was recalling all lots and strengths (60 mg, 80 mg, 120 mg, and 160 mg) of Inderal LA in the Canadian market after engagement with Health Canada.
−Removed: We are currently undertaking our own review and analysis of the nitrosamine impurity at issue, working with testing and toxicology experts, and are in active communication with the FDA on the appropriate acceptable daily intake for NNP and the appropriate approach for the product in the U.S.
−Removed: The FDA has not provided public notification for a final NNP acceptable intake.
−Removed: After briefly halting and then resuming further sales of the product to our trade customers, there has been no recall in the United States of Inderal LA and Propranolol ER, and the necessity for any recall has not been determined.
−Removed: The discussion above illustrates the potential risk of a recall of a product due to enhanced standards, at the initiation of the Company and/or the FDA.
−Removed: The loss of sales of this product would have an adverse effect on our results of operations, as revenues from Inderal LA and Propranolol ER are anticipated to contribute approximately 4% of our forecasted total 2023 ex-Cortrophin Net Revenues.
−Removed: In addition, Pfizer’s decision to withdraw the product in Canada creates uncertainties as to the future supply of our product from Pfizer which could have an adverse effect on our operating results if we are unable to supply the product pursuant to existing contracts with our customers.
+Added: In December of 2021, the FDA issued an information request to all manufacturers of propranolol products, including Inderal LA (Propranolol ER) currently being marketed by ANI in the United States to evaluate their product for the presence and level of a nitrosamine impurity known as N-nitroso-propranolol (“NNP”), which is distinct from NDMA.
+Added: We undertook a review and analysis of NNP, working with testing and toxicology experts, and communicated with the FDA on the scientific bases for establishing appropriate acceptable daily intake for NNP and the appropriate approach for propranolol products in the U.S.
+Added: On August 4, 2023, the FDA issued final guidance on acceptable intake limits for nitrosamine drug substance-related impurities (NDSRIs), with recommended limits for propranolol products of 1500 mg/day.
+Added: Based on this guidance, we were able to continue sales of the product to our customers.
We may become subject to federal and state false claims litigation brought by private individuals and the government.
We are subject to state and federal laws that govern the submission of claims for reimbursement.
−Removed: The Federal False Claims Act (“FFCA”), also known as Qui Tam, imposes civil liability and criminal fines on individuals or entities that
−Removed: knowingly submit, or cause to be submitted, false or fraudulent claims for payment to the government.
+Added: The Federal False Claims Act (“FFCA”), also known as Qui Tam, imposes civil liability and criminal fines on individuals or entities that knowingly submit, or cause to be submitted, false or fraudulent claims for payment to the government.
Violations of the FFCA and other similar laws may result in criminal fines, imprisonment, and civil penalties for each false claim submitted and exclusion from federally funded health care programs, including Medicare and Medicaid.
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Actions brought against ANI for violations of these laws, even if successfully defended, could also have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results.
−Removed: The use of legal, regulatory, and legislative strategies by competitors, both branded and generic, including "authorized generics,"
−Removed: citizen’s petitions, and legislative proposals, may increase the costs to develop and market our generic products, could delay or prevent new product introductions, and could significantly reduce our profit potential.
+Added: The use of legal, regulatory, and legislative strategies by competitors, both branded and generic, including "authorized generics," citizen’s petitions, and legislative proposals, may increase the costs to develop and market our generic products, could delay or prevent new product introductions, and could significantly reduce our profit potential.
These factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results.
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• filing suits for patent infringement that may delay regulatory approval of generic products;
−Removed: ● introducing "next-generation"
−Removed: products prior to the expiration of market exclusivity for the reference product, which often materially reduces the demand for the first generic product;
+Added: • introducing "next-generation" products prior to the expiration of market exclusivity for the reference product, which often materially reduces the demand for the first generic product;
• obtaining extensions of market exclusivity by conducting clinical trials of branded drugs in pediatric populations or by other potential methods;
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Third-party payers are increasingly challenging the prices charged for medical products and services.
−Removed: For example, third-party payers may deny coverage, choose to provide coverage for a competitor’s bioequivalent product rather than our product, or offer limited reimbursement if they determine that a prescribed product has not received appropriate
−Removed: clearances from the FDA, is not used in accordance with cost-effective treatment methods as determined by the third-party payer, or is experimental, unnecessary, or inappropriate.
+Added: For example, third-party payers may deny coverage, choose to provide coverage for a competitor’s bioequivalent product rather than our product, or offer limited reimbursement if they determine that a prescribed product has not received appropriate clearances from the FDA, is not used in accordance with cost-effective treatment methods as determined by the third-party payer, or is experimental, unnecessary, or inappropriate.
Prices also could be driven down by health maintenance organizations that control or significantly influence purchases of healthcare services and products.
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If compliance is deemed deficient in any significant way, it could have a material adverse effect on our business.
−Removed: government has enacted the Federal Drug Supply Chain Security Act ("DSCSA") that requires development of an electronic pedigree to track and trace each prescription drug at the salable unit level through the distribution system, which will be effective incrementally over a 10-year period.
+Added: government has enacted the Federal Drug Supply Chain Security Act ("DSCSA") that requires development of an electronic pedigree to track and trace each prescription drug at the salable unit level through the distribution system, which will be effective incrementally over a 10-year period.
All prescription pharmaceutical products distributed in the U.S.
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ANI started manufacturing serialization-compliant products in November 2018.
−Removed: The final requirement for tracking the products will commence on November 27, 2023.
+Added: The DSCSA establishes national traceability standards requiring drugs to be labeled and tracked at the bottle level, preempts state drug pedigree requirements, and requires all supply-chain stakeholders to participate in an electronic, interoperable prescription drug traceability system by November 2023.
+Added: In August 2023, however, the FDA established a one-year stabilization period to allow trading partners to implement, troubleshoot and mature their electronic interoperable systems.
+Added: The FDA expects trading partners to use this stabilization period, which expires on November 27, 2024, to build and validate interoperable systems and processes, manage products and data, and ensure continuity of the supply chain and product availability to patients.
+Added: Additionally, certain of our largest customer are requiring earlier compliance with the DSCSA, despite the stabilization period enacted by the FDA.
Compliance with DSCSA and future U.S.
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Our operations in an international market subject us to additional regulatory oversight both in the international market and in the U.S., as well as, social, and political uncertainties, which could cause a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results.
−Removed: We are subject to certain risks associated with having assets and operations located in a foreign jurisdiction, including our operations in Canada and India.
−Removed: Our Canadian operations are subject to regulation by Health Canada and other federal, provincial, and local regulatory authorities.
−Removed: Health Canada regulates the testing, manufacture, labeling, marketing, and sale of pharmaceutical products manufactured and distributed in Canada.
−Removed: Our operations in Canada and India may be adversely affected by general economic conditions and economic and fiscal policy, including changes in exchange rates and controls, interest rates and taxation policies, and increased government regulation, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results.
+Added: We are subject to certain risks associated with having assets and operations located in a foreign jurisdiction, including our operations in India.
+Added: Our operations in India may be adversely affected by general economic conditions and economic and fiscal policy, including changes in exchange rates and controls, interest rates and taxation policies, and increased government regulation, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results.
Additionally, involvement in a war or other military action or international acts of terrorism may cause significant disruption to commerce throughout the world.
−Removed: To the extent that such disruptions result in (i) delays or cancellations of customer orders, (ii) a general decrease in consumer spending on healthcare technology, (iii) our inability to effectively market and distribute our products globally (iv) our inability to timely engage with and collect payment from our customers or (v) our inability to access capital markets, our business and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.
−Removed: For example, in response to the rapidly developing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the United States has imposed and may further impose, and other countries may additionally impose, broad sanctions or other restrictive actions against governmental and other entities in Russia.
−Removed: Additionally, further escalation of geopolitical tensions could have a broader impact that extends into other markets where we do business.
+Added: To the extent that such disruptions result in (i) delays or cancellations of customer orders, (ii) a general decrease in consumer spending on healthcare technology, (iii) our inability to effectively market and distribute our products internationally (iv) our inability to timely engage with and collect payment from our customers or (v) our inability to access capital markets, our business and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.
+Added: For example, in response to the continued conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the United States has imposed and may further impose, and other countries may additionally impose, broad sanctions or other restrictive actions against governmental and other entities in Russia.
+Added: Additionally, further escalation of geopolitical tensions, such as the conflict in Israel and Gaza and the surrounding areas, and conflicts related to the attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea, could have a broader impact that extends into other markets where we do business.
We are unable to predict whether acts of international terrorism or the involvement in a war or other military actions by the United States and/or the countries in which we sell or distribute our products will result in any long-term commercial disruptions or if such involvement or responses will have any long-term material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.
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To the extent the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services entertains waivers to federal requirements under the Medicaid program to allow states Medicaid programs such flexibility, coverage of and payment for our drugs utilized by Medicaid beneficiaries could be negatively impacted.
−Removed: Significant developments that may adversely affect pricing in the United States include proposed drug pricing and Medicare reforms by Congress and regulatory changes to Medicare Part B (physician administered drugs) and Medicare Part D (prescription drug benefit) could financially impact us.
−Removed: On November 19, 2021, the U.S.
−Removed: House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better Act, which includes several provisions aimed at lowering prescription drug costs and reducing spending by the federal government and private payers by, among other things, allowing the U.S.
−Removed: federal government to negotiate prices for certain high-cost drugs covered under Medicare, imposing rebates on manufacturers of single-source drugs and biologics covered by Medicare Part B and nearly all drugs covered under Part D, if drug prices increase faster than the rate of inflation, based on the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (“CPI-U”).
−Removed: Build Back Better would also re-structure the Part D benefit and replace the existing Coverage Gap Discount Program with another manufacturer-imposed rebate or discount program, which could result in additional rebates to Medicare Part D plans in order to obtain Medicare Part D coverage.
−Removed: These concepts were included in the Inflation Reduction Act, which was signed into law on August 16, 2022.
−Removed: We are actively evaluating how this legislation will impact our business and operations.
+Added: Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act ("IRA") has brought sweeping change to Medicare coverage of and reimbursement for prescription drugs.
+Added: Most notably, CMS is able to directly negotiate the reimbursement for certain prescription drugs reimbursed under Medicare Part D or B to be effective for the 2026 plan year.
+Added: If a manufacturer’s drug is selected for negotiation, the manufacturer must negotiate a Maximum Fair Price with CMS or be liable for an excise tax of 65 to 95 percent of Medicare utilization based on the prior year.
+Added: While no ANI drugs have currently been selected for negotiation, ANI continues to evaluate the implications of direct negotiation on its products in the future and potential repercussions of competitive products being selected for direct negotiation.
+Added: In addition, as previously noted, there are numerous legal challenges to the direct negotiation provisions of the IRA.
+Added: If any of those challenges are successful, this could change the current competitive landscape for manufacturers generally and may change the dynamics of the Medicare Part D marketplace potentially resulting in increased premiums, fewer Part D plans and sponsors and increased pressure on manufacturers to offer formulary placement rebates and additional price concessions.
+Added: In addition, under the IRA the Part D benefit design with be altered and the coverage gap discount program replaced by a new manufacturer discount program pursuant to which manufacturers will provide a 10 percent discount off the negotiated price for applicable drugs (branded drugs and biologics manufactured by companies that have Part D discount agreements) after the deductible is satisfied through the catastrophic phase of the benefit.
+Added: In the catastrophic phase, manufacturers will provide a 20 percent discount off negotiated price.
+Added: Any pharmaceutical product marketed under an NDA, regardless of whether the product is marketed as a “generic,” is subject to the manufacturer discount requirement.
+Added: This could increase discounts due on Medicare Part D utilization of our drug products.
+Added: Lastly, the IRA imposed additional rebates on manufacturers including ANI to the extent certain drug pricing metrics are rising faster than inflation.
+Added: These new inflation rebates are similar to those imposed on manufacturers under Medicaid and could result in additional rebates due from us on Medicare utilization of our products
states have implemented statutes aimed at prescription drug price transparency and some of those laws would permit state run boards or agencies to cap reimbursement for certain prescription drugs in the states.
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Inflationary pressures are currently being experienced and may continue to exist in the U.S.
−Removed: and key worldwide markets.
−Removed: The rate of inflation may significantly increase input costs for our products and, given the competitive nature of the generic markets in which we compete, we may not be able to pass those costs on to our generic customers.
+Added: and key worldwide mark ets.
+Added: The rate of inflation may significantly increase input costs for our products and, given the competitive nature of the generic and rare disease markets in which we compete, we may not be able to pass those costs on to our customers.
Risks Related to Accounting, Tax, and SEC Rules and Regulations
We have increased exposure to tax liabilities, including foreign tax liabilities.
−Removed: As a company based in the U.S.
−Removed: with subsidiaries in Canada and India, we are subject to, or potentially subject to, income taxes as well as non-income based taxes in these jurisdictions as well as the U.S.
+Added: We are subject to, or potentially subject to, income taxes as well as non-income based taxes in various U.S.
+Added: jurisdictions, Canada, and India.
Significant judgment is required in determining our international provision for income taxes and other tax liabilities.
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In addition, we have potential tax exposures resulting from the varying application of statutes, regulations, and interpretations, which include exposures on intercompany terms of cross-border arrangements between our U.S.
−Removed: operations and our Canadian and Indian subsidiaries in relation to various aspects of our business, including research and development services, tech transfers, and contract manufacturing.
+Added: operations and our Indian subsidiary in relation to various aspects of our business, including research and development services, tech transfers, and contract manufacturing.
Tax authorities in various jurisdictions may disagree with, and subsequently challenge, the amount of profits taxed in such jurisdictions;
such challenges may result in increased tax liability, including accrued interest and penalties, which would cause our tax expense to increase and which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position and results of operations and our ability to satisfy our debt obligations.
+Added: Our operations in an international market subject us to additional regulatory oversight both in the international market and in the U.S., as well as, social, and political uncertainties, which could cause a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results.
+Added: We are subject to certain risks associated with having assets and operations located in a foreign jurisdiction, including our operations in India.
+Added: Our operations in India may be adversely affected by general economic conditions and economic and fiscal policy, including changes in exchange rates and controls, interest rates and taxation policies, and increased government regulation, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results.
+Added: Additionally, involvement in a war or other military action or international acts of terrorism may cause significant disruption to commerce throughout the world.
+Added: To the extent that such disruptions result in (i) delays or cancellations of customer orders, (ii) a general decrease in consumer spending on healthcare technology, (iii) our inability to effectively market and distribute our products internationally (iv) our inability to timely engage with and collect payment from our customers or (v) our inability to access capital markets, our business and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.
+Added: For example, in response to the continued conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the United States has imposed and may further impose, and other countries may additionally impose, broad sanctions or other restrictive actions against governmental and other entities in Russia.
+Added: Additionally, further escalation of geopolitical tensions, such as the conflict in Israel and Gaza and the surrounding areas, and conflicts related to the attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea, could have a broader impact that extends into other markets where we do business.
+Added: We are unable to predict whether acts of international terrorism or the involvement in a war or other military actions by the United States and/or the countries in which we sell or distribute our products will result in any long-term commercial disruptions or if such involvement or responses will have any long-term material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.
Our expanded international operations from the Novitium acquisition increased our exposure to potential liability under anti-corruption, trade protection, tax, and other laws and regulations.
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and our compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws.
−Removed: While we devote substantial resources to our global compliance programs and have implemented policies, training, and internal controls designed to reduce the risk of corrupt payments, our employees, vendors or agents may violate our policies and with the acquisition of Novitium, our expanded international operations would significantly increase our exposure to potential liability.
+Added: While we devote substantial resources to our compliance programs and have implemented policies, training, and internal controls designed to reduce the risk of corrupt payments, our employees, vendors or agents may violate our policies and with the acquisition of Novitium, our expanded international operations would significantly increase our exposure to potential liability.
Our failure to comply with Anti-Corruption Laws could result in significant fines and penalties, criminal sanctions against us, our officers or our employees, prohibitions on the conduct of our business, and damage to our reputation.
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Such regulations may not be clear, not consistently applied and subject to sudden change, particularly with regard to international transfer pricing.
−Removed: Our earnings could be reduced by the uncertain and changing nature of such tax regulations.
−Removed: The global nature of Novitium’s operations (including those of its Indian subsidiary Novitium Labs Private Limited) will subject us to political and economic risks that could adversely affect our business, results of operations, or financial condition.
−Removed: The risks presented by global operations include:
+Added: Our earnings could be reduced by changes to such tax regulations or changing interpretation of such tax regulations.
+Added: The international nature of Novitium’s operations (including those of its Indian subsidiary Novitium Labs Private Limited) will subject us to political and economic risks that could adversely affect our business, results of operations, or financial condition.
+Added: The risks presented by international operations include:
• limitations on ownership or participation in local enterprises;
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• the application of additional legal, regulatory and taxation regimes to our operations;
−Removed: • political, social, and economic instability and disruptions in applicable regions, including as a result of war, such as the evolving conflict between Russia and the Ukraine;
+Added: • political, social, and economic instability and disruptions in applicable regions, including as a result of war, such as the conflict between Russia and the Ukraine, the conflict between Israel and Gaza, and conflicts related to the attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea;
• acts of terrorism;
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• limitations on our ability to enforce legal rights and remedies.
−Removed: • the severity and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts where we operate globally.
If we are unable to successfully manage these and other risks associated with managing the expansion of our business to the jurisdictions in which Novitium operates, including India, the risks could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.
Failure to comply with applicable transfer pricing and similar regulations could have a material adverse effect on our financial position and operating results.
−Removed: We are subject to complex transfer pricing and other tax regulations in the United States, Canada, and India designed to ensure that appropriate levels of income are reported as earned and are taxed in the appropriate taxing jurisdictions.
+Added: We are subject to complex transfer pricing and other tax regulations in the United States and India designed to ensure that appropriate levels of income are reported as earned and are taxed in the appropriate taxing jurisdictions.
Although we believe that we are in substantial compliance with all applicable regulations and restrictions, we are subject to the risk that governmental authorities could audit our transfer pricing and related practices and assert that additional taxes are owed.
−Removed: In the event that the audits or assessments are concluded adversely against us, we may or may not be able to offset or mitigate the consolidated effect of any such assessments.
+Added: In the event that such audits or assessments are concluded adversely against us, we may or may not be able to offset or mitigate the consolidated effect of any such assessments.
Changes in estimates regarding the fair value of goodwill or intangible assets may result in an adverse impact to our business, financial position, and operating results.
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Judgment is used in determining when these events and circumstances arise.
−Removed: We perform our review of goodwill based on our one reporting unit.
+Added: We perform our annual assessment of goodwill based on our two reporting units.
If we determine that the carrying value of our assets may not be recoverable, we assess, using judgment and estimates, the fair value of our assets and to determine the amount of any impairment loss, if any.
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An impairment charge could have a material negative impact on our business, financial position, and operating results.
−Removed: We recognized an impairment of $0.1 million in the year ended December 31, 2022, in relation to an ANDA asset, and there can be no assurances that our remaining intangible assets will not be impaired in the future.
+Added: No impairment losses were recognized in the year ended December 31, 2023.
Our management is required to devote substantial time to comply with public company regulations.
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Further, if we identify any material weaknesses or deficiencies that aggregate to a material weakness in our internal controls, we will have to implement appropriate changes to these controls, which may require specific compliance training for our directors, officers and employees, require the hiring of additional finance, accounting, legal and other personnel, entail substantial costs to modify our existing accounting systems and take a significant period of time to complete.
−Removed: Such changes may not, however, be effective in maintaining the adequacy of our internal controls, and any failure to maintain that adequacy, or consequent inability to produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis,
−Removed: could increase our operating costs and could materially impair our ability to operate our business.
+Added: Such changes may not, however, be effective in maintaining the adequacy of our internal controls, and any failure to maintain that adequacy, or consequent inability to produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis, could increase our operating costs and could materially impair our ability to operate our business.
Any of these events could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results.
−Removed: We identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: If we do not effectively remediate these material weaknesses or if we otherwise fail to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results or prevent fraud.
−Removed: Management identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022.
−Removed: See Item 9A, “Controls and Procedures,” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for information regarding the identified material weaknesses and our actions to date to remediate the material weaknesses.
−Removed: If we do not effectively remediate these material weaknesses or if we otherwise fail to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results or prevent fraud.
+Added: We previously identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting and may identify additional material weaknesses in the future or otherwise fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls, any of which may result in material misstatements of our financial statements or cause us to fail to meet our periodic reporting obligations.
+Added: A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
+Added: As of December 31, 2022, we identified material weaknesses related to ineffective control environment at our Novitium subsidiary, subsequent to the acquisition of Novitium in November 2021, and information technology general controls (“ITGCs”) in the areas of user access over certain information technology systems that support our financial reporting processes.
+Added: These material weaknesses continued into 2023 and were fully remediated as of December 31, 2023.
+Added: For a detailed summary of these material weaknesses, including our remediation steps, please refer to Item 9A.
+Added: - Controls and Procedures.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023 management has concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective.
+Added: If we are unable to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting or disclosure controls and procedures, our ability to record, process, and report financial information accurately and to prepare financial statements within required time periods could be adversely affected, which could subject us to litigation, investigations, or penalties;
+Added: negatively affect our liquidity, our access to capital markets, perceptions of our creditworthiness, our ability to complete acquisitions, our ability to maintain compliance with covenants under our debt instruments or derivative arrangements regarding the timely filing of periodic reports, or investor confidence in our financial reporting, any of which may divert management resources or cause our stock price to decline.
+Added: Further, remediation of a material weakness does not provide assurance that our remediation or other controls will continue to operate properly or remain adequate.
Our policies regarding returns, allowances and chargebacks, and marketing programs adopted by wholesalers may reduce revenues in future fiscal periods.
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Making interest and principal payments under our Credit Facility consisting of $300.0 million term loan and a $40.0 million revolving credit facility, requires a significant amount of cash.
−Removed: In connection with the completion of the Novitium acquisition, we entered into a new $300.0 million term loan and a $40.0 million revolving credit facility.
+Added: In connection with the completion of the Novitium acquisition, we entered into a $300.0 million term loan and a $40.0 million revolving credit facility.
The Credit Facility, which is secured by all our assets and the assets of our subsidiaries, was used to finance the cash consideration of the acquisition of Novitium and terminate and repay our previous senior credit facilities.
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Our Credit Agreement contains restrictive and financial covenants and if we are not in compliance with these covenants, our outstanding indebtedness under this facility could be accelerated and the lenders could terminate their commitments under the facility.
−Removed: The Credit Agreement contains customary covenants that require maintenance of a leverage ratio at or below specified thresholds and restricts our ability to make certain distributions with respect to our capital stock, prepay other debt, make certain investments, encumber our assets, incur additional indebtedness, make capital expenditures, engage in certain business combinations, transfer, lease or dispose of our assets, alter the character of our business in any material
−Removed: respect or undertake various other corporate activities.
+Added: The Credit Agreement contains customary covenants that require maintenance of a leverage ratio at or below specified thresholds and restricts our ability to make certain distributions with respect to our capital stock, prepay other debt, make certain investments, encumber our assets, incur additional indebtedness, make capital expenditures, engage in certain business combinations, transfer, lease or dispose of our assets, alter the character of our business in any material respect or undertake various other corporate activities.
Therefore, as a practical matter, these covenants restrict our ability to engage in or benefit from such activities.
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If such an acceleration occurs, we may not be able to repay our debt and we may not be able to borrow sufficient additional funds to refinance our debt, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results.
−Removed: Changes in the method of determining London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR"), or the replacement of LIBOR with an alternative reference rate, may adversely affect interest expense related to outstanding debt.
−Removed: Amounts drawn under the New Credit Facility may bear interest rates in relation to LIBOR, depending on our selection.
−Removed: On July 27, 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) in the United Kingdom announced that it would phase out LIBOR as a benchmark by the end of 2021.
−Removed: Subsequently, recent actions taken by the U.K.
−Removed: Financial Conduct Authority, which regulates LIBOR, indicate that the continuation of LIBOR on the current basis cannot and will not be guaranteed after June 30, 2023.
−Removed: Moreover, it is possible that the U.S.
−Removed: LIBOR will be discontinued or modified prior to June 30, 2023.
−Removed: Federal Reserve, in conjunction with the Alternative Reference Rates Committee, a steering committee comprised of large U.S.
−Removed: financial institutions, is recommending replacing U.S.-dollar LIBOR with the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), a new index calculated by short-term repurchase agreements, backed by Treasury securities.
−Removed: At this time, it is not possible to predict the effect any discontinuance, modification, or other reforms to LIBOR, or the establishment of alternative reference rates such as SOFR, or any other reference rate, will have on the Company or its borrowing costs.
−Removed: Our credit agreement allows for a change to an alternate benchmark rate, including SOFR, as defined in the Credit Agreement, but no change has been made yet.
−Removed: In December 2022, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU 2022-06, which extended the sunset date of the reference rate reform in ASU 848 from December 31, 2022, to December 31, 2024.
−Removed: We have not adopted the guidance and are currently evaluating the impact, if any, that the adoption of this guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements.
+Added: Changes in the method of determining London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR"), or the replacement of LIBOR with an alternative reference rate, such as SOFR, may adversely affect interest expense related to outstanding debt.
+Added: In July 2023, we amended our Credit Agreement to transition from LIBOR to SOFR due to the cessation of LIBOR pursuant to the terms of Amendment No.1 to the Credit Agreement.
+Added: SOFR will be applied to the Credit Facility for the interest period (as defined in the Credit Agreement) beginning on August 1, 2023 and will replace all LIBOR terms.
+Added: We have no other material financing agreements that use LIBOR as an interest index.
+Added: There is no guarantee that the transition from LIBOR to SOFR will not result in financial market disruptions, significant increases in benchmark rates, or borrowing costs to borrowers.
+Added: While we will continue to use SOFR, certain factors may impact SOFR, including factors causing SOFR to cease to exist, new methods of calculating SOFR to be established, or the use of alternative reference rates.
+Added: These consequences are not entirely predictable and could have an adverse impact on our financing costs and our results of operations.
+Added: As such, the future of SOFR at this time remains uncertain.
Risks Related to our Common Stock
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• prohibiting cumulative voting in the election of directors, which would otherwise allow less than a majority of stockholders to elect director candidates;
−Removed: ● advance notice provisions in connection with stockholder proposals and director nominations that may prevent or hinder any attempt by our stockholders to bring business to be considered by our stockholders at a meeting or replace our board of directors;
+Added: • advance notice provisions and information submission requirements in connection with stockholder proposals and director nominations that may prevent or hinder any attempt by our stockholders to bring business to be considered by our stockholders at a meeting or replace our board of directors;
• as a Delaware corporation, we are also subject to provisions of Delaware law, including Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation law, which prevents certain stockholders holding more than 15% of our outstanding common stock from engaging in certain business combinations without approval of the holders of at least two-thirds of our outstanding common stock not held by such 15% or greater stockholder.
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Securities litigation, whether with or without merit, could result in substantial costs and divert management’s attention and resources, which could harm our business, financial position, and operating results, as well as the market price of our common stock.
−Removed: Shares of our common stock are relatively illiquid which may affect the market price of our common stock.
−Removed: For the twelve months ended December 31, 2022, the average daily trading volume of our common stock on the NASDAQ Global Market was approximately 97,535 shares.
−Removed: Because of our relatively small public float, our common stock may be less liquid than the stock of companies with broader public ownership and trading of a relatively small volume of our common stock may have a greater impact on the market price for our shares than would be the case if our public float were larger.
−Removed: Unresolved Staff Comments
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