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Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk.
−Removed: You should carefully consider all information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this prospectus and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,”
+Added: You should carefully consider all information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this report and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,”
before purchasing our common stock.
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Our net losses were $95.4 million and $35.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
−Removed: For the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, our net losses were $53.2 million and $49.1 million, respectively.
−Removed: As of June 30, 2022, we had an accumulated deficit of $239.5 million.
+Added: For the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, our net losses were $78.9 million and $72.0 million, respectively.
+Added: As of September 30, 2022, we had an accumulated deficit of $265.3 million.
These losses have resulted primarily from costs incurred in connection with research and development activities and general and administrative costs associated with our operations.
We do not expect to generate meaningful revenue from product sales for the foreseeable future, and we expect to continue to incur significant operating expenses for the foreseeable future due to the cost of research and development, including identifying and designing product candidates and conducting preclinical studies and clinical trials, and the regulatory approval process for our product candidates.
−Removed: We expect our expenses, and the potential for losses, to increase substantially as we conduct clinical trials of our lead product candidates and seek to expand our pipeline.
+Added: We expect our expenses, and the potential for losses, to increase substantially as we conduct clinical trials of our lead product candidates and seek to expand our pipeline, and as a result of macroeconomic factors, including inflation.
+Added: For example, recently, several of our vendors have passed along price increases they have experienced in their own business as a result of inflation.
However, the amount of our future expenses and potential losses is uncertain.
−Removed: Our ability to achieve profitability, if ever, will depend on, among other things, our successfully developing product candidates, obtaining regulatory approvals to market and commercialize product candidates, manufacturing any approved products on commercially reasonable terms and potentially establishing a sales and marketing organization or suitable third-party alternatives to commercialize any approved product.
+Added: Our ability to achieve profitability, if ever, will depend on, among other things, our successfully developing product candidates, obtaining regulatory approvals to market and commercialize product candidates, manufacturing any approved products on commercially reasonable terms and potentially
+Added: establishing a sales and marketing organization or suitable third-party alternatives to commercialize any approved product.
If we, or our existing or future collaborators, are unable to develop and commercialize one or more of our product candidates or if sales revenue from any product candidate that receives approval is insufficient, we will not achieve profitability, which could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
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Accordingly, we will need to obtain substantial additional funding in order to continue our operations.
−Removed: As of June 30, 2022, we had approximately $202.3 million in cash and cash equivalents.
+Added: As of September 30, 2022, we had approximately $178.1 million in cash and cash equivalents.
Based on our current operating plan, our current cash and cash equivalents are expected to be sufficient to fund our ongoing operations into the second half of 2024.
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the progress of the clinical development efforts for BA3071;
−Removed: the progress of our collaboration agreements with whom we have entered or may in the future enter into collaborations and research and development agreements;
+Added: the progress of our collaborators with whom we have entered, or may in the future enter, into collaboration agreements and research and development agreements;
the timing and amount of milestone payments we may receive under our collaboration agreements;
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We cannot assure you that such financing will be available at acceptable terms to us, if at all.
−Removed: Failure to generate sufficient cash flows from operations, raise additional capital, and reduce discretionary spending should additional capital not become available could have a material adverse effect on our ability to achieve our intended business objectives.
+Added: Failure to generate sufficient cash flows from operations, raise additional capital, and reduce discretionary spending should additional capital not become available could have a material adverse effect on our ability to
+Added: achieve our intended business objectives.
To the extent that we raise additional capital through collaborations, strategic alliances or licensing arrangements with third parties, we may have to relinquish valuable rights to our product candidates.
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Our ability to raise additional funds will depend on financial, economic and other factors, many of which are beyond our control.
−Removed: Our financial condition could be adversely affected
−Removed: by general conditions in the global economy and in the global financial markets.
−Removed: For example, the global financial crisis caused extreme volatility and disruptions in the capital and credit markets.
−Removed: A severe or prolonged economic downturn, such as the global financial crisis, could result in a variety of risks to our business, including our ability to raise additional capital when needed on acceptable terms, if at all.
+Added: Our financial condition could be adversely affected by general conditions in the global economy and in the global financial markets.
+Added: For example, global financial crises have caused extreme volatility and disruptions in the capital and credit markets.
+Added: A severe or prolonged economic downturn, such as a global financial crisis, could result in a variety of risks to our business, including our ability to raise additional capital when needed on acceptable terms, if at all.
There can be no assurance that further deterioration in credit and financial markets and confidence in economic conditions will not occur.
If we do raise additional capital through public or private equity or convertible debt offerings, the ownership interest of our existing stockholders will be diluted, and the terms of these securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect our stockholders’
−Removed: If we raise additional capital through debt financing, we may be subject to covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures, acquiring other businesses, products or technology or declaring dividends.
+Added: If we raise additional capital through debt financing, we may be subject to covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures, licensing product rights, entering into product development collaborations, acquiring other businesses, products or technology or declaring dividends.
If we are unable to obtain additional funding from these or other sources, it may be necessary to significantly reduce our rate of spending through reductions in staff and delay, scale back or stop certain research and development programs.
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We are currently conducting Phase 2 clinical trials of mecbotamab vedotin and ozuriftamab vedotin;
−Removed: we expect first patient dosed in our Phase 1 trials of BA3071 in the second half of 2022 and various other product candidates are in earlier stages of development.
+Added: we have begun dosing patients in our Phase 1 trial of BA3071 and various other product candidates are in earlier stages of development.
Our ability to achieve and sustain profitability depends on obtaining regulatory approvals for and, if approved, successfully commercializing our product candidates, either alone or with third parties.
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In addition, the FDA may not agree with our clinical trial plans.
−Removed: For example, we have initiated potentially registration-enabling Phase 2 trials for mecbotamab vedotin in treatment-refractory sarcoma patients and treatment-refractory NSCLC patients.
−Removed: The FDA has reviewed the trial designs but has not opined on whether the Phase 2 clinical trials will in fact be sufficient to support regulatory approval.
−Removed: However, we intend to ask the FDA to consider this further at the planned interim data review point or points.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that the FDA will agree that such data will be sufficient to support approval.
+Added: For example, we have initiated potentially registrational Phase 2 trials for mecbotamab vedotin in treatment-refractory sarcoma patients.
+Added: Based on recent FDA written responses, we are initiating part 2 of our phase 2 trial in undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) and anticipate study enrollment to commence by year end.
+Added: However, we cannot assure you that the FDA will agree that the results from this trial or other trials will be sufficient to support approval of any of our product candidates.
+Added: For example, the objective response rates on our primary endpoints may not be sufficient, or there may be limitations with the total sample size of our studies and dose selection strategy.
Any product candidate can unexpectedly fail at any stage of preclinical or clinical development and the historical failure rate for product candidates is high.
The results from preclinical testing of a product candidate may not predict the results that will be obtained in later clinical trials of the product candidate.
−Removed: We or our existing or future collaborators may experience issues that delay or prevent clinical testing and regulatory approval of, or our ability to commercialize, product candidates, including:
+Added: We or our existing or future collaborators may experience issues that delay or prevent clinical testing and regulatory approval of, or our ability to commercialize, product candidates, including, among others:
delays in our clinical trials resulting from factors including those related to the COVID-19 pandemic;
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For example, we may uncover a previously unknown risk associated with CABs or other issues that may be more problematic than we currently believe, which may prolong the period of observation required for obtaining, necessitate additional clinical testing or result in the failure to obtain, regulatory approval.
−Removed: If our CAB technology is not safe in certain product candidates, we would be required to abandon or redesign all of our current product candidates, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
+Added: If our CAB technology is not safe in certain product candidates, we could be required to abandon or redesign all of our current product candidates, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
We may not be successful in our efforts to use and expand our patented CAB technology platform to continue to build a pipeline of product candidates and develop marketable products.
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We focus our product candidate development on therapeutic CAB antibodies for the treatment of various oncology indications, such as soft tissue and bone sarcoma, NSCLC, melanoma, ovarian cancer, and head and neck cancer among others.
−Removed: Our projections of
−Removed: addressable patient populations that may benefit from treatment with our product candidates are based on our estimates.
+Added: Our projections of addressable patient populations that may benefit from treatment with our product candidates are based on our estimates.
These estimates, which have been derived from a variety of sources, including scientific literature, surveys of clinics, physician interviews, patient foundations and market research, may prove to be incorrect.
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Many companies in the biopharmaceutical industry have suffered significant setbacks in late-stage clinical trials after achieving encouraging or positive results in early-stage development.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that we will not face similar setbacks in our ongoing or planned clinical trials, including in our Phase 2 clinical trials of mecbotamab vedotin for the treatment of soft tissue and bone sarcoma and for the treatment of refractory NSCLC, in our Phase 2 clinical trial of ozuriftamab vedotin for the treatment of refractory melanoma and NSCLC and in any subsequent or post-marketing confirmatory clinical trials.
−Removed: Moreover, preclinical and clinical data are often susceptible to varying interpretations and analyses and many companies that believed their product candidates performed satisfactorily in preclinical studies and clinical trials nonetheless failed to obtain FDA,
−Removed: EMA or comparable foreign regulatory authority approval.
+Added: We cannot assure you that we will not face similar setbacks in our ongoing or planned clinical trials, including in our Phase 2 clinical trials of mecbotamab vedotin for the treatment of soft tissue and bone
+Added: sarcoma and for the treatment of refractory NSCLC, in our Phase 2 clinical trial of ozuriftamab vedotin for the treatment of refractory melanoma and NSCLC and in any subsequent or post-marketing confirmatory clinical trials.
+Added: Moreover, preclinical and clinical data are often susceptible to varying interpretations and analyses and many companies that believed their product candidates performed satisfactorily in preclinical studies and clinical trials nonetheless failed to obtain FDA, EMA or comparable foreign regulatory authority approval.
We cannot guarantee that the FDA will agree with our clinical trial plans.
−Removed: For example, we have initiated potentially registration-enabling Phase 2 trials for mecbotamab vedotin in treatment-refractory sarcoma patients and treatment-refractory NSCLC.
−Removed: The FDA has reviewed the trial designs but has not yet opined on whether the Phase 2 clinical trials will in fact be sufficient to support regulatory approval.
−Removed: However, we intend to ask the FDA to consider this further at the planned interim data review point or points.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that the FDA will agree that such data will be sufficient to support approval.
+Added: For example, we have initiated potentially registrational Phase 2 trials for mecbotamab vedotin in treatment-refractory sarcoma patients.
+Added: Based on recent FDA written responses, we are initiating part 2 of our phase 2 trial in undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) and anticipate study enrollment to commence by year end.
+Added: However, we cannot assure you that the FDA will agree that the results from this trial or other trials will be sufficient to support approval of any of our product candidates.
+Added: For example, the objective response rates on our primary endpoints may not be sufficient, or there may be limitations with the total sample size of our studies and dose selection strategy.
To the extent that the results of the trials are not satisfactory to the FDA or foreign regulatory authorities for support of a marketing application, we may be required to expend significant resources, which may not be available to us, to conduct additional trials in support of potential approval of our product candidates.
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lack of adequate funding to continue the clinical trial;
−Removed: difficulties in manufacturing sufficient quantities of acceptable product candidate for use in clinical trials in a timely manner, or at all;
+Added: difficulties in manufacturing sufficient quantities of product candidate acceptable for use in clinical trials in a timely manner, or at all;
the COVID-19 pandemic, which continues to adversely affect the pace of patient enrollment in clinical trials, also has caused clinical sites to redirect personnel and resources to focus on immediate and often unplanned numbers and needs of COVID-19 patients.
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We are exploring predictive biomarkers to determine patient selection for our clinical trials.
−Removed: Specifically, to help inform which patients may be most suitable for treatment with mecbotamab vedotin and ozuriftamab vedotin, we have developed a quantitative biomarker assay that has been validated in accordance with CLIA requirements, the TmPS, which measures AXL and ROR2
−Removed: expression levels on the tumor membrane.
+Added: Specifically, to help inform which patients may be most suitable for treatment with mecbotamab vedotin and ozuriftamab vedotin, we have developed a quantitative biomarker assay that has been validated in accordance with CLIA requirements, the TmPS, which measures AXL and ROR2 expression levels on the tumor membrane.
We are using both AXL and ROR2 TmPS scores in our ongoing clinical trials and they may be used for patient selection in future clinical trials.
−Removed: If the AXL and ROR2 TmPS scores prove to be a useful method for patient selection, we will incorporate the specific diagnostic test into our registrational studies and partner with the appropriate diagnostic provider to codevelop a companion diagnostic.
+Added: If the AXL and ROR2 TmPS scores prove to be a useful method for patient selection, we will incorporate the specific diagnostic test into our potentially registrational studies and have partnered with a diagnostic provider to codevelop a companion diagnostic.
If use of a companion diagnostic test is essential for the safe and effective use of any of our product candidates, such as mecbotamab vedotin and ozuriftamab vedotin, then the FDA generally will require approval or clearance of that companion diagnostic at the same time that the FDA approves our product candidates, if at all.
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Although we do not believe competing companies have selective CAB technology, there is a wide array of activity in multiple areas of immune-based cellular therapies for oncology including CAR-T and T-cell receptor therapies.
−Removed: Certain companies are also pursuing antibody therapies in immuno-oncology, ADCs and various prodrug biologic products designed to be preferentially activated at tumor sites.
+Added: Certain companies are also
+Added: pursuing antibody therapies in immuno-oncology, ADCs and various prodrug biologic products designed to be preferentially activated at tumor sites.
There are several FDA approved ADC products and several companies in various stages of clinical development of ADCs mostly directed at oncology indications, a key feature of our product candidates mecbotamab vedotin and ozuriftamab vedotin.
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We expect to be exposed to significant product liability risks inherent in the development, testing and manufacturing of our product candidates and products, if approved.
−Removed: Product liability claims could delay or prevent completion of our development programs.
+Added: Product liability claims could delay or prevent completion of our development
If we succeed in marketing products, such claims could result in an FDA investigation of the safety and effectiveness of our products, our third-party manufacturer’s manufacturing processes and facilities or our marketing programs and potentially a recall of our products or more serious enforcement action, including limitations on the approved indications for which our product candidates may be used or suspension or withdrawal of approvals.
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In addition, we may be subject to liability based on the actions of our existing or future collaborators in connection with their development of products using our CAB technology.
−Removed: Furthermore, clinical trial and product liability insurance is becoming
−Removed: increasingly expensive.
+Added: Furthermore, clinical trial and product liability insurance is becoming increasingly expensive.
As a result, we may be unable to maintain sufficient insurance at a reasonable cost to protect us against losses caused by product liability claims that could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
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we may be unable to demonstrate that a product candidate’s clinical and other benefits outweigh its safety risks;
+Added: we may be unable to demonstrate that the dose for the product candidate has been optimized;
we may be unable to demonstrate a sufficient response rate or duration of response for a product candidate;
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Similarly, we cannot assure you that after subsequent FDA feedback we will continue to pursue accelerated approval or any other form of expedited development, review or approval, even if we initially decide to do so.
−Removed: Furthermore, if we decide to submit an application for accelerated approval or receive an expedited regulatory designation (e.g., breakthrough therapy designation) for our product candidates, we cannot assure you that such application will be accepted or that any expedited development, review or approval will be granted on a timely basis, or at all.
+Added: Furthermore, if we decide to submit an application for accelerated approval or receive an expedited regulatory designation (e.g., breakthrough therapy designation) for our product candidates, we cannot assure you that such application will be accepted or that any expedited
+Added: development, review or approval will be granted on a timely basis, or at all.
The FDA or other comparable foreign regulatory authorities could also require us to conduct further studies prior to considering our application or granting approval of any type.
+Added: Recently, the accelerated approval pathway has come under scrutiny within the FDA and by Congress.
+Added: The FDA has put increased focus on ensuring that confirmatory studies are conducted with diligence and, ultimately, that such studies confirm the benefit.
+Added: For example, FDA has convened its Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee to review what the FDA has called dangling or delinquent accelerated approvals where confirmatory studies have not been completed or where results did not confirm benefit.
+Added: In addition, Congress is considering various proposals to potentially make changes to the accelerated approval pathway, including proposals to increase the likelihood of withdrawal of approval in such circumstances.
Even if we receive regulatory approval for any of our product candidates, we will be subject to ongoing regulatory obligations and continued regulatory review, which may result in significant additional expense.
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Furthermore, any regulatory approval to market a product may be subject to limitations on the labeling of the product or may require safety warnings or other restrictions.
−Removed: In addition, the FDA has the authority to require a REMS plan as part of a BLA or after approval, which may impose further requirements or restrictions on the distribution or use of an approved biologic, such as limiting prescribing to certain physicians or medical centers that have undergone specialized training, limiting treatment to patients
−Removed: who meet certain safe-use criteria and requiring treated patients to enroll in a registry.
+Added: In addition, the FDA has the authority to require a REMS plan as part of a BLA or after approval, which may impose further requirements or restrictions on the distribution or use of an approved biologic, such as limiting prescribing to certain physicians or medical centers that have undergone specialized training, limiting treatment to patients who meet certain safe-use criteria and requiring treated patients to enroll in a registry.
These limitations and restrictions may limit the size of the market for the product and affect reimbursement by third-party payors.
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Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS.
−Removed: whether and to what extent a new product will be covered and reimbursed under Medicare, and private third-party payors often follow CMS’s decisions regarding coverage and reimbursement to a substantial degree.
+Added: CMS decides whether and to what extent a new product will be covered and reimbursed under Medicare, and private third-party payors often follow CMS’s decisions regarding coverage and reimbursement to a substantial degree.
However, one third-party payor’s determination to provide coverage for a product candidate does not assure that other payors will also provide coverage for the product candidate.
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Interim reimbursement levels for new drugs or therapeutic biologics, if applicable, may also be insufficient to cover our costs and may not be made permanent.
−Removed: Reimbursement rates may be based on payments allowed for lower-cost drugs or therapeutic biologics that are already reimbursed, may be incorporated into existing payments for other services and may reflect budgetary constraints or imperfections in Medicare data.
+Added: Reimbursement rates may be based on payments allowed for lower-cost drugs or therapeutic biologics that
+Added: are already reimbursed, may be incorporated into existing payments for other services and may reflect budgetary constraints or imperfections in Medicare data.
Net prices for drugs or therapeutic biologics may be reduced by mandatory discounts or rebates required by government healthcare programs or private payors and by any future relaxation of laws that presently restrict imports of drugs or therapeutic biologics from countries where they may be sold at lower prices than in the United States.
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If a prolonged government shutdown occurs, or if global health concerns continue to prevent the FDA or other regulatory authorities from conducting their regular inspections, reviews, or other regulatory activities, it could significantly impact the ability of the FDA to timely review and process our regulatory submissions, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
−Removed: Further, future government shutdowns or delays could impact our ability to access the public markets and obtain necessary capital in order to properly capitalize and continue our operations.
+Added: Further, future government shutdowns or
+Added: delays could impact our ability to access the public markets and obtain necessary capital in order to properly capitalize and continue our operations.
The FDA, EMA and other comparable foreign regulatory authorities may not accept data from trials conducted in locations outside of their jurisdiction.
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Misconduct by these parties could include intentional, reckless and/or negligent conduct or disclosure of unauthorized activities to us that violates:
−Removed: (i) FDA laws and regulations, including those laws
−Removed: that require the reporting of true, complete and accurate information to the FDA, (ii) manufacturing standards, (iii) federal and state healthcare fraud and abuse laws and regulations or (iv) laws that require the true, complete and accurate reporting of financial information or data.
+Added: (i) FDA laws and regulations, including those laws that require the reporting of true, complete and accurate information to the FDA, (ii) manufacturing standards, (iii) federal and state healthcare fraud and abuse laws and regulations or (iv) laws that require the true, complete and accurate reporting of financial information or data.
In particular, sales, marketing and business arrangements in the healthcare industry are subject to extensive laws and regulations intended to prevent fraud, kickbacks, self-dealing and other abusive practices.
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On June 17, 2021, the U.S.
−Removed: Supreme Court dismissed a challenge on procedural grounds that argued the ACA is unconstitutional in its entirety because the “individual mandate”
+Added: Supreme Court dismissed a challenge on
+Added: procedural grounds that argued the ACA is unconstitutional in its entirety because the “individual mandate”
was repealed by Congress.
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Moreover, there has been heightened governmental scrutiny recently over the manner in which drug manufacturers set prices for their marketed products, which has resulted in several Congressional inquiries and proposed and enacted federal and state legislation designed to, among other things, bring more transparency to product pricing, review the relationship between pricing and manufacturer patient programs, and reform government program reimbursement methodologies for drug products.
−Removed: Furthermore, on September 9, 2021, the Biden administration published a wide-ranging list of policy proposals, most of which would need to be carried out by Congress, to reduce drug prices and drug payment.
−Removed: The HHS plan includes, among other reform measures, proposals to lower prescription drug prices, including by allowing Medicare to negotiate prices and disincentivizing price increases, and to support market changes that strengthen supply chains, promote biosimilars and generic drugs, and increase price transparency.
−Removed: Many similar proposals, including the plans to give Medicare Part D authority to negotiate drug prices, require drug manufacturers to pay rebates on drugs whose prices increase greater than the rate of inflation, and cap out-of-pocket costs, have already been included in policy statements and legislation currently being considered by Congress.
−Removed: It is unclear to what extent these and other statutory, regulatory, and administrative initiatives will be enacted and implemented, and to what extent these or any future
−Removed: legislation or regulations by the Biden administration will have on our business, including market acceptance, and sales, of our products and product candidates.
+Added: Furthermore, on September 9, 2021, the Biden administration published a wide-ranging list of policy proposals to lower prescription drug prices, including by allowing Medicare to negotiate prices and disincentivizing price increases, and to support market changes that strengthen supply chains, promote biosimilars and generic drugs, and increase price transparency.
+Added: These initiatives recently culminated in the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, in August 2022, which will, among other things, allow HHS to negotiate the selling price of certain drugs and biologics that CMS reimburses under Medicare Part B and Part D, although only high-expenditure single-source drugs that have been approved for at least 7 years (11 years for biologics) can be selected by CMS for negotiation, with the negotiated price taking effect two years after the selection year.
+Added: The negotiated prices, which will first become effective in 2026, will be capped at a statutory ceiling price beginning in October 2023, penalize drug manufacturers that increase prices of Medicare Part B and Part D drugs at a rate greater than the rate of inflation.
+Added: In addition, the law eliminates the “donut hole”
+Added: under Medicare Part D beginning in 2025 by significantly lowering the beneficiary maximum out-of-pocket cost and requiring manufacturers to subsidize, through a newly established manufacturer discount program, 10% of Part D enrollees’
+Added: prescription costs for brand drugs below the out-of-pocket maximum, and 20% once the out-of-pocket maximum has been reached.
+Added: The IRA permits the Secretary of HHS to implement many of these provisions through guidance, as opposed to regulation, for the initial years.
+Added: Manufacturers that fail to comply with the IRA may be subject to various penalties, including civil monetary penalties.
+Added: The IRA also extends enhanced subsidies for individuals purchasing health insurance coverage in ACA marketplaces through plan year 2025.
+Added: These provisions will take effect progressively starting in 2023, although they may be subject to legal challenges.
+Added: It is unclear to what extent other statutory, regulatory, and administrative initiatives will be enacted and implemented, and to what extent these or any future legislation or regulations by the Biden administration will have on our business, including market acceptance, and sales, of our products and product candidates.
Further, on May 30, 2018, the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Beilina Right to Try Act of 2017, or the Right to Try Act, was signed into law.
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These measures could reduce the ultimate demand for our products, once approved, or put pressure on our product pricing.
−Removed: We expect that additional state and federal healthcare reform measures will be adopted in the future, any of which could limit the amounts that federal and state governments will pay for healthcare products and services, which could result in reduced demand for our current product candidates and any future product candidates or additional pricing pressures.
+Added: We expect that additional state and federal healthcare reform measures will be adopted in the future, any of which could limit the amounts that federal and state governments will pay for healthcare products and services, which could result in reduced demand
+Added: for our current product candidates and any future product candidates or additional pricing pressures.
It is possible that additional governmental action is taken to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: For example, on April 18, 2020, CMS announced that QHP issuers under the ACA may suspend activities related to the collection and reporting of quality data that would have otherwise been reported between May and June 2020 given the challenges healthcare providers are facing responding to the COVID-19 virus.
+Added: For example, on April 18, 2020, CMS announced that QHP issuers under the ACA may suspend activities related to the collection and reporting of quality data that would have otherwise been reported between May and June 2020 given the challenges healthcare providers were facing responding to the COVID-19 virus.
Legislative and regulatory proposals have been made to expand post-approval requirements and restrict sales and promotional activities for biotechnology products.
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federal false claims and civil monetary penalties laws, including the U.S.
−Removed: federal False Claims Act, which imposes criminal and civil penalties, including through civil whistleblower or qui tam actions, against individuals or entities for knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, to the federal government, claims for payment that are false or fraudulent or making a false statement to avoid, decrease or conceal an obligation to pay money to the federal
+Added: federal False Claims Act, which imposes criminal and civil penalties, including through civil whistleblower or qui tam actions, against individuals or entities for knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, to the federal government, claims for payment that are false or fraudulent or making a false statement to avoid, decrease or conceal an obligation to pay money to the federal government.
In addition, the government may assert that a claim including items and services resulting from a violation of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute constitutes a false or fraudulent claim for purposes of the False Claims Act;
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In addition, state laws govern the privacy and security of health information in specified circumstances, many of which differ from each other in significant ways and may not have the same effect, thus complicating compliance efforts.
−Removed: Certain state laws may be more stringent or broader in scope, or offer greater
−Removed: individual rights, with respect to personal information, and such laws may differ from each other, all of which may complicate compliance efforts.
+Added: Certain state laws may be more stringent or broader in scope, or offer greater individual rights, with respect to personal information, and such laws may differ from each other, all of which may complicate compliance efforts.
For example, on June 28, 2018, the State of California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, which went into effect on January 1, 2020.
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The CCPA and CPRA may increase our compliance costs and potential liability, and similar laws have been proposed at the federal level and in other states.
−Removed: Ensuring that our internal operations and future business arrangements with third parties comply with applicable healthcare laws and regulations will involve substantial costs.
−Removed: If our operations are found to be in violation of any of the laws described above or any other governmental laws and regulations that may apply to us, we may be subject to significant penalties, including civil, criminal and administrative penalties, damages, fines, exclusion from participation in government-funded healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid or similar programs in other countries or jurisdictions, disgorgement, imprisonment, reputational harm and diminished profits.
−Removed: Defending against any such actions can be costly, time-consuming and may require significant financial and personnel resources.
+Added: Ensuring that our internal operations and future business arrangements with third parties comply with applicable healthcare, privacy and securities laws and regulations worldwide will involve substantial costs.
+Added: If our operations are found to be in violation of any of the laws described above or any other governmental laws and regulations that may apply to us, we may be subject to regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, as well as civil private plaintiff litigation, which could mean significant penalties, including civil, criminal and administrative penalties, damages, fines, exclusion from participation in government-funded healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid or similar programs in other countries or jurisdictions, disgorgement, imprisonment, reputational harm and diminished profits.
+Added: Responding to regulatory inquiries and defending against any actions can be costly, time-consuming and may require significant financial and personnel resources.
Therefore, even if we are successful in defending against any such actions that may be brought against us, our business may be impaired.
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and foreign regulatory requirements, regulatory authorities could limit or withdraw any marketing or commercialization approvals we may receive and subject us to other penalties that could materially harm our business.
−Removed: Even if we receive marketing and commercialization approval of a product candidate, we will be subject to continuing regulatory requirements, including in relation to adverse patient experiences with the product and clinical results that are reported after a product is made commercially available, both in the United States and any foreign jurisdiction in which we seek regulatory approval.
+Added: Even if we receive marketing and commercialization approval of a product candidate, we will be subject to continuing regulatory requirements, including in relation to adverse patient experiences with the product and clinical results that are reported after
+Added: a product is made commercially available, both in the United States and any foreign jurisdiction in which we seek regulatory approval.
The FDA has significant post-market authority, including the authority to require labeling changes based on new safety information and to require post-market studies or clinical trials to evaluate safety risks related to the use of a product or to require withdrawal of the product from the market.
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Travel Act, the USA PATRIOT Act and other state and national anti-bribery and anti-money laundering laws in the countries in which we conduct activities.
−Removed: Anti-corruption laws are interpreted broadly and prohibit companies
−Removed: and their employees, agents, contractors and other collaborators from authorizing, promising, offering or providing, directly or indirectly, improper payments or anything else of value to recipients in the public or private sector.
+Added: Anti-corruption laws are interpreted broadly and prohibit companies and their employees, agents, contractors and other collaborators from authorizing, promising, offering or providing, directly or indirectly, improper payments or anything else of value to recipients in the public or private sector.
We may engage third parties to sell our products outside the United States, to conduct clinical trials and/or to obtain necessary permits, licenses, patent registrations and other regulatory approvals.
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If any of our product candidates receives regulatory approval, we will need to develop internal sales, marketing and distribution capabilities to commercialize such products, which would be expensive and time-consuming, or make arrangements with third parties to perform these services.
−Removed: If we decide to market our products directly, we will need to commit significant financial and managerial
−Removed: resources to develop a marketing and sales force with technical expertise and supporting distribution, administration and compliance capabilities.
+Added: If we decide to market our products directly, we will need to commit significant financial and managerial resources to develop a marketing and sales force with technical expertise and supporting distribution, administration and compliance capabilities.
If we rely on third parties with such capabilities to market our products or decide to co-promote products with existing or future collaborators, we will need to establish and maintain marketing and distribution arrangements with third parties, and we cannot assure you that we will be able to enter into such arrangements on acceptable terms, or at all.
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In order to successfully implement our development and commercialization plans and strategies, and operate as a public company, we expect to need additional development, managerial, operational, financial, sales, marketing and other personnel.
−Removed: Future growth would impose significant added responsibilities on members of management, including:
+Added: Future growth would impose significant added responsibilities on members of management, including, among others:
identifying, recruiting, integrating, maintaining and motivating additional employees;
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improving our operational, financial and management controls, reporting systems and procedures.
−Removed: Our future financial performance and our ability to successfully develop and, if approved, commercialize mecbotamab vedotin, ozuriftamab vedotin and any future product candidates will depend, in part, on our ability to effectively manage any future growth, and our management may also have to divert a disproportionate amount of its attention away from day-to-day activities in order to devote a substantial amount of time to managing these growth activities.
+Added: Our future financial performance and our ability to successfully develop and, if approved, commercialize mecbotamab vedotin, ozuriftamab vedotin and any future product candidates will depend, in part, on our ability to effectively manage any future growth,
+Added: and our management may also have to divert a disproportionate amount of its attention away from day-to-day activities in order to devote a substantial amount of time to managing these growth activities.
To date, we have used the services of outside vendors to augment our capabilities in performing certain tasks, including preclinical and clinical trial management, manufacturing, statistics and analysis and research and development functions.
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Our employees and independent contractors, including principal investigators, CROs, consultants and vendors, may engage in misconduct or other improper activities, including noncompliance with regulatory standards and requirements.
−Removed: We are exposed to the risk that our employees and independent contractors, including principal investigators, CROs, consultants and vendors may engage in misconduct or other illegal activity.
−Removed: Misconduct by these parties could include intentional, reckless and/or negligent conduct or disclosure of unauthorized activities to us that violate:
−Removed: (1) the laws and regulations of the FDA and other similar regulatory requirements, including those laws that require the reporting of true, complete and accurate information to such authorities, (2) manufacturing standards, including cGMP requirements, (3) federal and state data privacy, security, fraud and abuse and other healthcare laws and regulations in the United States and abroad or (4) laws that require the true, complete and accurate reporting of financial information or data.
+Added: We are exposed to the risk that our employees and independent contractors, including principal investigators, CROs, consultants and vendors may violate (intentionally or unintentionally) our internal processes and procedures, or engage in misconduct or other illegal activity.
+Added: Such actions could include intentional, reckless and/or negligent conduct or disclosure of unauthorized activities to us that violate:
+Added: (1) the laws and regulations of the FDA and other similar regulatory requirements, including those laws that require the reporting of true, complete and accurate information to such authorities, (2) manufacturing standards, including cGMP requirements, (3) data privacy, security, fraud and abuse and other healthcare laws and regulations in the United States and abroad or (4) laws that require the true, complete and accurate reporting of financial information or data.
Activities subject to these laws also involve the improper use or misrepresentation of information obtained in the course of clinical trials, the creation of fraudulent data in our preclinical studies or clinical trials, or illegal misappropriation of drug product, which could result in regulatory sanctions and cause serious harm to our reputation.
−Removed: It is not always possible to identify and deter misconduct by employees and other third parties, and the precautions we take to detect and prevent this activity may not be effective in controlling unknown or unmanaged risks or losses or in protecting us from governmental investigations or other actions or lawsuits stemming from a failure to be in compliance with such laws or regulations.
−Removed: In addition, we are subject to the risk that a person or government could allege such fraud or other misconduct, even if none occurred.
−Removed: If any such actions are instituted against us, and we are not successful in defending ourselves or asserting our rights, those actions could have a
−Removed: significant impact on our business and financial results, including, without limitation, the imposition of significant civil, criminal and administrative penalties, damages, monetary fines, disgorgements, possible exclusion from participation in Medicare, Medicaid and other federal healthcare programs, individual imprisonment, contractual damages, reputational harm, diminished profits and future earnings, additional reporting requirements and oversight if we become subject to a corporate integrity agreement or similar agreement to resolve allegations of non-compliance with these laws, and curtailment of our operations, any of which could adversely affect our ability to operate our business and our results of operations.
−Removed: Our internal computer systems, or those of any of our CROs, manufacturers, other contractors, consultants, existing or future collaborators, may fail or suffer security or data privacy breaches or other unauthorized or improper access to, use of or destruction of our proprietary and confidential data, employee data or personal data, which could result in additional costs, significant liabilities, harm to our reputation and material disruption of our operations.
−Removed: Despite the implementation of security measures, our internal computer systems and those of our current and any future CROs, manufacturers, other contractors, consultants, existing or future collaborators and other third-party service providers are vulnerable to damage from various methods, including cybersecurity attacks, breaches, intentional or accidental mistakes or errors, or other technological failures, which can include, among other things, computer viruses, unauthorized access attempts, including third parties gaining access to systems using stolen or inferred credentials, denial-of-service attacks, phishing attempts, service disruptions, natural disasters, fire, terrorism, war and telecommunication and electrical failures.
−Removed: As the cyber-threat landscape evolves, these attacks are growing in frequency, sophistication and intensity, and are becoming increasingly difficult to detect.
−Removed: If such an event were to occur and cause interruptions in our operations or result in the unauthorized acquisition of or access to personally identifiable information or individually identifiable health information (violating certain privacy laws such as HIPAA, HITECH, the CCPA and GDPR), it could result in a material disruption of our product candidate development programs and our business operations and we could incur significant liabilities.
−Removed: Some of the federal, state and foreign government requirements include obligations of companies to notify individuals of security breaches involving particular personally identifiable information, which could result from breaches experienced by us or by our vendors, contractors or organizations with which we have formed strategic relationships.
−Removed: Notifications and follow-up actions related to a security breach could impact our reputation and cause us to incur significant costs, including legal expenses and remediation costs.
+Added: It is not always possible to identify, prevent and deter these activities and/or misconduct by employees and other third parties, and the precautions we take to detect and prevent this activity may not be effective in controlling unknown or unmanaged risks or losses or in protecting us from governmental investigations or other actions or lawsuits stemming from a failure to be in compliance with such laws or regulations.
+Added: In addition, we are subject to the risk that a person or government could allege such actions, including fraud or other misconduct, even if none occurred.
+Added: If any such actions are instituted against us, we may incur significant costs to respond, and if we are not successful in defending ourselves or asserting our rights, those actions could have a significant impact on our business and financial results, including, without limitation, the imposition of significant civil, criminal and administrative penalties, damages, monetary fines, disgorgements, possible exclusion from participation in Medicare, Medicaid and other federal healthcare programs, individual imprisonment, contractual damages, reputational harm, diminished profits and future earnings, additional reporting requirements and oversight if we become subject to a corporate integrity agreement or similar agreement to resolve allegations of non-compliance with these laws, and curtailment of our operations, any of which could adversely affect our ability to operate our business and our results of operations.
+Added: We depend on our information technology systems and those of our CROs, manufacturers, contractors and consultants.
+Added: Our internal computer systems, or those of any of our CROs, manufacturers, other contractors, consultants, existing or future collaborators, may fail or suffer security or data privacy breaches or other unauthorized or improper access to, use or acquisition of or destruction of our proprietary and confidential data, employee data or personal data, which could result in additional costs, loss of revenue significant liabilities, harm to our reputation and material disruption of our operations.
+Added: In the ordinary course of our business, we collect, store and transmit large amounts of confidential information, including intellectual property, proprietary business information and personal information.
+Added: Despite the implementation of security measures, our internal computer systems and infrastructure and those of our current and any future CROs, manufacturers, other contractors, consultants, existing or future collaborators and other third-party service providers are vulnerable to unauthorized access, impairment, or damage from various methods, including cybersecurity attacks, ransomware attacks, breaches, intentional or accidental mistakes or errors, or other technological failures, which can include, among other things, computer viruses, malware, exploit of unpatched product or service vulnerabilities, unauthorized access attempts (including third parties gaining access to systems using stolen or inferred credentials), denial-of-service attacks, phishing attempts, service disruptions, natural disasters, fire, terrorism, war and telecommunication and electrical failures.
+Added: As the cyber-threat landscape evolves, these attacks are growing in frequency, levels of persistence, sophistication and intensity, are becoming increasingly difficult to detect, and are being conducted by sophisticated groups and individuals with a wide range of motives and expertise.
+Added: As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we may also face increased cybersecurity risks due to our reliance on internet technology and the number of our employees who are working remotely,
+Added: which may create additional opportunities for cybercriminals to exploit vulnerabilities.
+Added: Furthermore, because the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access to, or to sabotage, systems change frequently and often are not recognized until launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or implement adequate preventative measures.
+Added: We may also experience security breaches that may remain undetected for an extended period.
+Added: If such an event were to occur and cause interruptions in our operations, impact to critical data or systems, or result in the unauthorized acquisition of or access to personally identifiable information or individually identifiable health information (violating certain privacy, cybersecurity or data protection laws such as HIPAA, HITECH, the CCPA and GDPR), it could result in a material disruption of our product candidate development programs and our business operations and we could incur significant liabilities.
+Added: There also could be requirements that we notify individuals and regulators in the event of unauthorized access to, acquisition, destruction, alteration, or misuse of, personal or health information, which could result from breaches experienced by us or by our vendors, contractors or organizations with which we have formed strategic relationships.
+Added: Notifications and follow-up actions related to a security breach could impact our reputation and cause us to incur significant costs, including legal expenses and remediation costs, and result in the loss of confidence by our partners, customers, and stakeholders, and thereby have longer term adverse impact on our business operations and revenue.
For example, the loss of clinical trial data from completed, ongoing or future clinical trials involving our product candidates could result in delays in our regulatory approval efforts and significantly increase our costs to recover or reproduce the lost data.
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We also rely on third parties to manufacture our product candidates, and similar events relating to their computer systems could also have a material adverse effect on our business.
−Removed: To the extent that any disruption or security breach were to result in a loss of, or damage to, our data, or inappropriate disclosure of confidential or proprietary information, we could be exposed to litigation and governmental investigations, the further development and commercialization of our product candidates could be delayed and we could be subject to significant fines or penalties for any noncompliance with certain state, federal or international privacy and security laws.
+Added: To the extent that any disruption or security breach were to result in a loss of, or damage to, our data or applications, or inappropriate disclosure of confidential or proprietary information, we could be exposed to litigation and governmental investigations, the further development and commercialization of our product candidates could be delayed and we could be subject to significant fines or penalties for any noncompliance with certain state, federal or international privacy and security laws.
Our insurance policies may not be adequate to compensate us for the potential losses arising from any such disruption, failure or security breach.
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or EU legal systems.
−Removed: Furthermore, we are exposed to the possibility of disruption of our research and development activities in the event of changes in the policies of the United States or Chinese governments, political unrest or unstable economic conditions in China.
+Added: Furthermore, we are exposed to the possibility of disruption of our research and development activities in the event of changes in the policies of the United States or Chinese governments, political unrest or unstable economic conditions in China, including the escalation of tensions between China and Taiwan, such as recent step up of military exercises around Taiwan by China.
+Added: In addition, disagreements between the United States and China with respect to their political, military or economic policies toward Taiwan may contribute to further controversies.
For example, a trade war could lead to increased costs for clinical materials that are manufactured in China.
−Removed: These interruptions or failures and any
−Removed: restrictive measures resulting from a deterioration of U.S.- China relations could also result in impeding the commercialization of our product candidates and impair our competitive position.
+Added: These interruptions or failures and any restrictive measures resulting from a deterioration of U.S.- China relations could also result in impeding the commercialization of our product candidates and impair our competitive position.
Further, we may be exposed to fluctuations in the value of the local currency in China.
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Additionally, pursuant to our agreement with Himalaya Therapeutics Limited Company, we conduct clinical trials in the People’s Republic of China.
−Removed: Accordingly, we expect that we will be subject to additional risks related to operating in foreign countries if we obtain the necessary approvals, including:
+Added: Accordingly, we expect that we will be subject to additional risks related to operating in foreign countries if we obtain the necessary approvals, including, among others:
differing regulatory requirements and reimbursement regimes in foreign countries;
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We face risks related to health epidemics or outbreaks of communicable diseases.
−Removed: For example, in December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, causing a disease referred to as COVID-19, emerged in China.
−Removed: Since then, COVID-19 has spread to multiple countries worldwide, including the United States and member states of the European Union.
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 as a pandemic.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in governments implementing numerous containment measures, such as travel bans and restrictions, particularly quarantines, shelter-in-place or total lock-down orders and business limitations and shutdowns.
−Removed: For example, our primary operations are located in San Diego, California, and San Diego County and the State of California had issued shelter-in-place orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: Although some restrictions aimed at minimizing the spread of COVID-19 have been and may from time to time be eased or lifted in the U.S.
−Removed: and other countries, in response to local surges and new waves of infection, including those caused by the spread of the Delta, Omicron and other variants, some countries, states, and local governments have maintained or reinstituted these restrictions, or may reinstitute these restrictions from time to time, in response to rising rates of infection.
+Added: Some restrictions aimed at minimizing the spread of COVID-19 have been and may from time to time be eased or lifted in the U.S.
+Added: and other countries;
+Added: however, in response to local surges and new waves of infection, including those caused by the spread of the Delta, Omicron and other variants, some countries, states, and local governments have maintained or reinstituted these restrictions, or may reinstitute these restrictions from time to time, in response to rising rates of infection.
We are following, and plan to continue to follow, recommendations from federal, state and local governments regarding workplace policies, practices and procedures.
−Removed: In March 2020, we implemented a remote working policy for many of our employees and began restricting non-essential travel.
During 2022 we modified our hybrid work policy to allow for flexibility based on department needs and travel requirements.
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We have entered, and may in the future seek to enter, into collaborations with third parties for the development and commercialization of certain of our product candidates.
−Removed: If we fail to enter into such collaborations, or such collaborations are not
−Removed: successful, we may not be able to capitalize on the market potential of our patented technology platform and resulting product candidates.
+Added: If we fail to enter into such collaborations, or such collaborations are not successful, we may not be able to capitalize on the market potential of our patented technology platform and resulting product candidates.
We have entered, and may in the future seek to enter, into collaborations with third parties for the development and commercialization of certain of our product candidates.
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With respect to our collaborations, and what we expect will be the case with any future license or collaboration agreements, we have, and would expect to have, limited control over the amount and timing of resources that our existing or future collaborators dedicate to the development or commercialization of our product candidates.
−Removed: Our ability to generate revenues from these arrangements will depend on our existing or future collaborators’
+Added: Our ability to generate revenues from these arrangements will depend on our existing or
+Added: future collaborators’
willingness to select additional product candidates to license and their abilities and willingness to fulfill their payment obligations and successfully perform the functions assigned to them in these arrangements.
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Revenue from research and development collaborations depend upon continuation of the collaborations, initiation and expansion of the number of programs subject to the collaborations, the achievement of milestones and royalties, if any, derived from future products developed from our research.
−Removed: If we are unable to successfully advance the development of our product candidates or achieve milestones, revenue and cash resources from milestone payments under our existing or future collaboration agreements will be substantially less than expected.
+Added: If we are unable to successfully advance the development of our product candidates or achieve
+Added: milestones, revenue and cash resources from milestone payments under our existing or future collaboration agreements will be substantially less than expected.
Our ability to advance our product candidates may be limited by third parties on which we rely for certain technologies which we use in certain of our programs.
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We rely, and expect we will continue to rely, on third-party investigators, CROs, data management organizations and consultants to conduct, supervise and monitor our ongoing clinical trials and preclinical studies.
−Removed: We currently rely on third parties to manage and conduct our clinical trials of mecbotamab vedotin and ozuriftamab vedotin.
+Added: We currently rely on third parties to manage and conduct our clinical trials of mecbotamab vedotin, ozuriftamab vedotin and BA3071.
Because we rely on these third parties and do not have the ability to conduct preclinical studies or clinical trials independently, we have less control over the timing, quality and other aspects of preclinical studies and clinical trials than we would have had we conducted them on our own.
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If we do not contract with acceptable third parties on commercially reasonable terms, or at all, or if these third parties do not carry out their contractual duties, satisfy legal and regulatory requirements for the conduct of preclinical studies or clinical trials or meet expected deadlines, our development programs could be delayed and otherwise adversely affected.
+Added: Furthermore, we depend on the availability of various animals to conduct certain preclinical studies that we are required to complete prior to submitting an IND and initiating clinical development or to continue clinical development, including pharmacological and toxicology evaluations.
+Added: There is currently a global shortage of animals available for drug development, due in part to an increase in demand from companies and other institutions developing vaccines and treatments for COVID-19.
+Added: This has caused the cost of obtaining animals for our preclinical studies to increase dramatically, and if the shortage continues, could also result in delays to our development timelines.
In all events, we are responsible for ensuring that each of our preclinical studies and clinical trials are conducted in accordance with the general investigational plan, protocols for the trial and regulatory requirements.
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If we are unable to obtain or maintain third-party manufacturing for product candidates, or to do so on commercially reasonable terms, we may not be able to develop and commercialize our product candidates successfully.
−Removed: Even if we are able to establish agreements with third-party manufacturers, reliance on third-party manufacturers entails additional risks, including:
+Added: Even if we are able to establish agreements with third-party manufacturers, reliance on third-party manufacturers entails additional risks, including, among others:
the failure of the third party to manufacture our product candidates according to our schedule, or at all, including if our third-party contractors give greater priority to the supply of other products over our product candidates or otherwise do not satisfactorily perform according to the terms of the agreements between us and them;
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We expect our operating results to be subject to annual and quarterly fluctuations.
−Removed: Our net loss and other operating results will be affected by numerous factors, including:
+Added: Our net loss and other operating results will be affected by numerous factors, including, among others:
variations in the level of expense related to the ongoing development of our product candidates or future development programs;
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Our principal stockholders and management own a significant percentage of our stock and will be able to exert significant control over matters subject to stockholder approval and their interests may conflict with your interests as an owner of our common stock.
−Removed: As of June 30, 2022, executive officers and directors, together with holders of 5% or more of our outstanding common stock and their respective affiliates, beneficially own approximately 42.7% of our outstanding common stock.
+Added: As of September 30, 2022, executive officers and directors, together with holders of 5% or more of our outstanding common stock and their respective affiliates, beneficially own approximately 42.6% of our outstanding common stock.
More specifically, Jay M.
−Removed: Short, Ph.D, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, together with his spouse, Carolyn Anderson Short, our former Chief of Intellectual Property and Strategy and Assistant Secretary, own 8.0%, of our outstanding common stock, as of June 30, 2022.
+Added: Short, Ph.D, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, together with his spouse, Carolyn Anderson Short, our former Chief of Intellectual Property and Strategy and Assistant Secretary, beneficially own approximately 8.0%, of our outstanding common stock, as of September 30, 2022.
As a result, Dr.
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In addition to that initial 2021 requirement, the law mandates that the number of directors from underrepresented communities be increased by the end of calendar year 2022, depending on the size of the board.
−Removed: Each of these measures has been challenged in court, and although judges of the California Superior Court ruled that AB 979 and SB 826 violate the California constitution in April 2022 and May 2022, respectively, the State of California may appeal such rulings, and the ultimate enforceability of these or similar laws remains uncertain.
−Removed: For example, in May 2022 the California Secretary of State indicated that she has directed counsel to file an appeal of the verdict with respect to SB 826.
−Removed: In addition, the SEC recently approved new listing rules from Nasdaq related to board diversity and disclosure, which require all companies listed on Nasdaq's U.S.
+Added: Each of these measures has been challenged in court, and although judges of the California Superior Court ruled that AB 979 and SB 826 violate the California constitution in April 2022 and May 2022, respectively, the Secretary of State of the State of California has appealed such rulings, and the ultimate enforceability of these or similar laws remains uncertain.
+Added: In addition, the Company is subject to the listing rules from Nasdaq related to board diversity and disclosure, which require all companies listed on Nasdaq's U.S.
exchanges to publicly disclose consistent, transparent diversity statistics regarding their board of directors.
−Removed: Additionally, the rules would require most Nasdaq-listed companies to have, or explain why they do not have, at least two diverse directors, including one who self-identifies as female and one who self-identifies as either an underrepresented minority or LGBTQ+.
+Added: Additionally, the rules require most Nasdaq-listed companies to have, or explain why they do not have, at least two diverse directors, including one who self-identifies as female and one who self-identifies as either an underrepresented minority or LGBTQ+.
Failure to achieve designated minimum gender and diversity levels in a timely manner exposes such companies to financial penalties and reputational harm.
While we are currently in compliance with these regulations, we cannot assure that we can recruit, attract and/or retain qualified members of the board and meet gender and diversity quotas as a result of the California laws or Nasdaq rules, which may expose us to penalties and/or reputational harm.
−Removed: We will incur significant costs as a result of operating as a public company, and our management is required to devote substantial time to compliance initiatives and corporate governance practices.
+Added: We have incurred, and will continue to incur, significant costs as a result of operating as a public company, and our management is required to devote substantial time to compliance initiatives and corporate governance practices.
Additionally, if we fail to maintain proper and effective internal controls, our ability to produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis could be impaired.
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Moreover, these rules and regulations increase our legal and financial compliance costs and make some activities more time-consuming and costly.
−Removed: For example, compared to our prior private company status, these rules and regulations make it more difficult and more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and required us to accept reduced policy limits and
−Removed: coverage or to incur substantial costs to maintain the same or similar coverage.
−Removed: These rules and regulations could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified members of our board of directors or our board committees or as executive officers.
+Added: For example, compared to our prior private company status, these rules and regulations make it more difficult and more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and required us to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or to incur substantial costs to maintain the same or similar coverage.
+Added: These rules and regulations could also make it more
+Added: difficult for us to attract and retain qualified members of our board of directors or our board committees or as executive officers.
However, these rules and regulations are often subject to varying interpretations, in many cases due to their lack of specificity, and, as a result, their application in practice may evolve over time as new guidance is provided by regulatory and governing bodies.
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