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• We are substantially dependent on the success of our patented CAB technology platform, and our future success depends heavily on the successful development of this platform.
−Removed: • We may expend our resources to pursue particular product candidates and fail to capitalize on product candidates that may be more profitable or for which there is a greater likelihood of success.
−Removed: • The market may not be receptive to our product candidates because they are based on our novel therapeutic modality, and we may not generate any future revenue from the sale or licensing of product candidates.
• Results from early-stage clinical trials may not be predictive of results from late-stage or other clinical trials, and the results of our clinical trials may not satisfy the requirements of the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), the European Medicine Agency (“EMA”) or other comparable foreign regulatory authorities.
−Removed: • Interim, topline and preliminary data from our clinical trials that we announce or publish from time to time may change as more patient data become available and are subject to audit and verification procedures that could result in material changes in the final data.
+Added: • We may expend our resources to pursue particular product candidates and fail to capitalize on product candidates that may be more profitable or for which there is a greater likelihood of success.
+Added: • The market may not be receptive to our product candidates because they are based on our novel therapeutic modality, and we may not generate any future revenue from the sale or licensing of product candidates.
+Added: • Preliminary, preplanned interim and topline data from our clinical trials that we announce or publish from time to time may change as more patient data become available and are subject to audit and verification procedures that could result in material changes in the final data.
• Delays in the commencement and completion of clinical trials could increase costs and delay or prevent regulatory approval and commercialization of our product candidates.
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• We are currently not in compliance with Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements.
−Removed: If our appeal of Nasdaq’s delisting determination is unsuccessful, our common stock could be delisted.
+Added: If we are unable to comply with Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements, our common stock could be delisted.
• We may be unable to obtain U.S.
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• We intend to seek approval from the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities through the use of accelerated approval pathways, if available, and if we are unable to obtain such approval, we may be required to conduct additional preclinical studies or clinical trials beyond those that we contemplate, which could increase the expense of obtaining, and delay the receipt of, necessary marketing approvals.
−Removed: • Fast Track designation granted for ozuriftamab vedotin in recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (“SCCHN”) and, if granted, for any of our other product candidates by the FDA may not lead to a faster development or regulatory review or approval process and does not increase the likelihood that our product candidates will receive regulatory approval.
+Added: • We may seek Fast Track designation for one or more of our product candidates but we might not receive such designation and, even if granted, such designation may not lead to a faster development or regulatory review or approval process and does not increase the likelihood that our product candidates will receive regulatory approval.
• 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.
+Added: • There is substantial uncertainty regarding the new Administration’s initiatives and how these might impact the FDA, including its implementation of laws, regulations, policies and guidance and its personnel.
+Added: Similar initiatives may also be directed toward other government agencies.
+Added: These initiatives could prevent, limit or delay development and regulatory review and approval of our product candidates, which would negatively impact our business.
• If we fail to attract and retain qualified senior management and key scientific personnel, our business may be materially and adversely affected.
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Our net losses were $69.8 million and $123.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
−Removed: For the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, our net losses were $34.0 million and $44.3 million, respectively.
−Removed: As of June 30, 2025, we had an accumulated deficit of $520.1 million.
+Added: For the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, our net losses were $49.8 million and $54.9 million, respectively.
+Added: As of September 30, 2025, we had an accumulated deficit of $535.9 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.
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Even if one or more of the product candidates that we develop is approved for commercial sale, we anticipate incurring significant costs associated with sales, marketing, manufacturing and distribution activities.
−Removed: Our expenses could increase beyond expectations if we are required by the FDA, the EMA or other comparable foreign regulatory agencies to perform clinical trials or preclinical studies in addition to those that we currently anticipate.
+Added: Our expenses could increase beyond expectations if we are required by the FDA, the EMA or other comparable foreign regulatory authorities to perform clinical trials or preclinical studies in addition to those that we currently anticipate.
Other unanticipated costs may also arise.
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The timing and amount of our operating expenditures will depend largely on:
−Removed: • the timing and progress of our ongoing clinical trials for mecbotamab vedotin, ozuriftamab vedotin, evalstotug, and BA3182;
+Added: • the timing and progress of our ongoing and planned clinical trials for mecbotamab vedotin, ozuriftamab vedotin, evalstotug, and BA3182;
• the number and scope of preclinical and clinical programs we decide to pursue;
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There can be no assurance that further deterioration in credit and financial markets and confidence in economic conditions will not occur.
−Removed: 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’ rights.
+Added: If we do raise additional capital through public or private equity or convertible debt offerings, the ownership interest of our existing stockholders will be
+Added: diluted, and the terms of these securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect our stockholders’ rights.
If we raise additional capital through debt financings, 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.
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As a result, our independent public accounting firm included an explanatory paragraph regarding the same in its report on our Annual Report.
−Removed: Our financial statements as of June 30, 2025 do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
−Removed: As of June 30, 2025, we had approximately $18.2 million in cash and cash equivalents.
+Added: Our financial statements as of September 30, 2025 do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
+Added: As of September 30, 2025, we had approximately $8.3 million in cash and cash equivalents.
Based upon our current operating plan and assumptions, we estimate that our cash and cash equivalents will enable us to fund our operations into the first half of 2026.
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• product-related side effects experienced by participants in clinical trials or by individuals using therapeutic biologics that share characteristics with our product candidates;
−Removed: • delays in submitting INDs or comparable foreign applications or delays or failure in obtaining the necessary approvals from regulators or institutional review boards (“IRBs”), to commence a clinical trial, or a suspension or termination of a clinical trial once commenced;
+Added: • delays in submitting Investigational New Drug applications (“INDs”) or comparable foreign applications or delays or failure in obtaining the necessary approvals from regulators or institutional review boards (“IRBs”), to commence a clinical trial, or a suspension or termination of a clinical trial once commenced;
• conditions imposed by the FDA or comparable foreign authorities, including the EMA, regarding the scope or design of clinical trials;
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• poor effectiveness of our product candidates during clinical trials;
−Removed: • unfavorable FDA or other regulatory agency inspection and review of a clinical trial site;
+Added: • unfavorable FDA or other regulatory authority inspection and review of a clinical trial site;
• deficiencies in our third-party manufacturers’ manufacturing processes or facilities;
• success or further approval of competitor products approved in indications in which we undertake development of our product candidates, which may change the standard of care or change the standard for approval of our product candidates in our proposed indications;
−Removed: • failure of any third-party contractors, investigators or contract research organizations (“CROs”), to comply with regulatory requirements or otherwise meet their contractual obligations in a timely manner, or at all;
+Added: • failure of any third-party contractors, investigators or CROs, to comply with regulatory requirements or otherwise meet their contractual obligations in a timely manner, or at all;
• delays and changes in regulatory requirements, policy and guidelines, including the imposition of additional regulatory oversight around clinical testing generally or with respect to our technology or product candidates in particular;
−Removed: • varying interpretations of data by the FDA and similar foreign regulatory agencies, including the EMA.
+Added: • varying interpretations of data by the FDA and comparable foreign regulatory authorities, including the EMA.
Because CABs represent a new generation of antibodies, a delay or failure in development of any CAB product candidate could represent a major set-back for our patented technology platform and for our company generally.
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Positive and promising results from preclinical studies and early-stage clinical trials may not be predictive of results from late-stage clinical trials or from clinical trials of the same product candidates for the treatment of other indications.
−Removed: Product candidates in later stages of clinical trials may fail to show the desired safety and efficacy traits despite having progressed through preclinical studies and initial clinical trials.
+Added: Product candidates in
+Added: later stages of clinical trials may fail to show the desired safety and efficacy traits despite having progressed through preclinical studies and initial clinical trials.
Late-stage clinical trials could differ in significant ways from early-stage clinical trials, including changes to inclusion and exclusion criteria, efficacy endpoints, dosing regimen and statistical design.
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patients to address these concerns, the FDA may disagree and question the applicability of the clinical trial results to the U.S.
−Removed: 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.
+Added: To the extent that the results of the trials are not satisfactory to the FDA, EMA or comparable 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.
Even if regulatory approval is secured for any of our product candidates, the terms of such approval may limit the scope and use of our product candidate, which may also limit its commercial potential.
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We do not control the design or administration of these or any other investigator-initiated trials that may be conducted, nor the submission or approval of any IND or foreign equivalent required to conduct any such trials.
−Removed: Any investigator-initiated trials could, depending on the actions of such third parties, jeopardize the validity of the clinical data generated, identify significant concerns with respect to our product candidates that could impact our findings or clinical trials, and adversely affect our ability to obtain marketing approval from the FDA or other applicable regulatory authorities.
−Removed: To the extent the results of these or other investigator-initiated trials are inconsistent with, or different from, the results of our ongoing or planned company-sponsored trials or raise concerns regarding our product candidates, the FDA or a foreign regulatory authority may question the results of the company-sponsored trial, or subject such results to greater scrutiny than it otherwise would.
+Added: Any investigator-initiated trials could, depending on the actions of such third parties, jeopardize the validity of the clinical data generated, identify significant concerns with respect to our product candidates that could impact our findings or clinical trials, and adversely affect our ability to obtain marketing approval from the FDA, EMA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities.
+Added: To the extent the results of these or other investigator-initiated trials are inconsistent with, or different from, the results of our ongoing or planned company-sponsored trials or raise concerns regarding our product candidates, the FDA or a comparable foreign regulatory authority may question the results of the company-sponsored trial, or subject such results to greater scrutiny than it otherwise would.
In these circumstances, the FDA or such foreign regulatory authorities may require us to obtain and submit additional clinical data, which could delay clinical development or marketing approval of our product candidates.
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We are substantially dependent on the success of our patented CAB technology platform, and our future success depends heavily on the successful development of this platform.
−Removed: We use our CAB technology platform to develop product candidates for cancer therapies.
−Removed: Any failures or setbacks involving our CAB technology platform, including adverse events, could have a detrimental impact on all of our product candidates and our research
+Added: We use our CAB technology platform to develop product candidates for cancer.
+Added: Any failures or setbacks involving our CAB technology platform, including adverse events, could have a detrimental impact on all of our product candidates and our research pipeline.
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.
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Our business depends not only on our ability to successfully develop, obtain regulatory approval for, and commercialize the product candidates we currently have in clinical and preclinical development, but to continue to generate new product candidates through our platform.
−Removed: Even if we are successful in continuing to build our pipeline and further progress the clinical development of our current product candidates, any additional product candidates may not be suitable for clinical development, including as a result of harmful side effects, manufacturing issues, limited efficacy or other characteristics that indicate that they are unlikely to be products that will succeed in clinical development, receive marketing approval or achieve market acceptance.
+Added: Even if we are successful in continuing to build our pipeline and further progress the clinical development of our current product candidates, any additional product candidates may not be suitable for
+Added: clinical development, including as a result of harmful side effects, manufacturing issues, limited efficacy or other characteristics that indicate that they are unlikely to be products that will succeed in clinical development, receive marketing approval or achieve market acceptance.
If we cannot validate our technology platform by successfully commercializing CAB product candidates, we may not be able to obtain product, licensing or collaboration revenue in future periods, which would adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
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If the market opportunities for any product that we develop are smaller than we believe they are, our revenue may be adversely affected and our business may suffer.
−Removed: We focus our product candidate development on therapeutic CAB antibodies for the treatment of various oncology indications, such as sarcoma, NSCLC, melanoma, and head and neck cancer among others.
+Added: We focus our product candidate development on therapeutic CAB antibodies for the treatment of various oncology indications, such as sarcoma, non-small cell lung cancer (“NSCLC”), melanoma, colorectal carcinoma, and head and neck cancer among others.
Our projections of addressable patient populations that may benefit from treatment with our product candidates are based on our estimates.
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• the prevalence and severity of any adverse side effects associated with our product candidates;
−Removed: • limitations or warnings contained in any labeling approved by the FDA or other regulatory authority, including the EMA;
+Added: • limitations or warnings contained in any labeling approved by the FDA, EMA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities;
• the willingness of patients to obtain new biopsies or consent to provide existing tumor tissue specimens;
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If any product candidate we commercialize fails to achieve market acceptance, it could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
−Removed: Preliminary, preplanned interim and topline data from our clinical trials that we announce or publish from time to time may change as more patient data become available and/or are subject to audit and verification procedures that could result in material changes in the final data.
+Added: Preliminary, preplanned interim and topline data from our clinical trials that we announce or publish from time to time may change as more patient data become available and are subject to audit and verification procedures that could result in material changes in the final data.
From time to time, we may publicly disclose preliminary, preplanned interim or topline data from our clinical trials.
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• health epidemics and outbreaks, which in the past has resulted in, and in the future may result in, delays to patient enrollment, patients discontinuing their treatment or follow up visits or changes to trial protocols.
−Removed: We could encounter delays if a clinical trial is suspended or terminated by us, by the IRBs of the institutions in which such trials are being conducted, by a Data Safety Monitoring Board (“DSMB”), for such trial or by the FDA or other regulatory authorities.
−Removed: Such authorities may impose such a suspension or termination due to several factors, including failure to conduct the clinical trial in accordance with regulatory requirements or our clinical protocols, inspection of the clinical trial operations or trial site by the FDA or other regulatory authorities resulting in the imposition of a clinical hold, unforeseen safety issues or adverse side effects, failure to demonstrate a benefit from using a drug, changes in governmental regulations or administrative actions or lack of adequate funding to continue the clinical trial.
+Added: We could encounter delays if a clinical trial is suspended or terminated by us, by the IRBs of the institutions in which such trials are being conducted, by a Data Safety Monitoring Board (“DSMB”), for such trial or by the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities.
+Added: Such authorities may impose such a suspension or termination due to several factors, including failure to conduct the clinical trial in accordance with regulatory requirements or our clinical protocols, inspection of the clinical trial operations or trial site by the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities resulting in the imposition of a clinical hold, unforeseen safety issues or adverse side effects, failure to demonstrate a benefit from using a drug, changes in governmental regulations or administrative actions or lack of adequate funding to continue the clinical trial.
If we experience delays in the completion of, or termination of, any clinical trial of our product candidates, the commercial prospects of our product candidates will be harmed, and our ability to generate product revenues from any of these product candidates will be delayed or lost.
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Enrollment in our clinical trials may be slower than we anticipate, leading to delays in our development timelines.
−Removed: Patient enrollment and retention in clinical trials depends on many factors, including the size and nature of the patient population, the nature of the trial protocol, our ability to recruit clinical trial investigators with the appropriate competencies and experience, delays in enrollment due to travel or quarantine policies, or other factors related to health epidemics or pandemics, the existing body of safety and efficacy data with respect to the study drug, the number and nature of competing treatments and ongoing clinical trials of competing drugs for the same indication, the proximity of patients to clinical sites, the eligibility criteria for the trial
−Removed: and the proportion of patients screened that meets those criteria, including criteria related to biomarkers, our ability to obtain and maintain patient consents, including any additional consents necessary for enrollment of adolescent patients, and our ability to successfully complete prerequisite studies before enrolling certain patient populations.
+Added: Patient enrollment and retention in clinical trials depends on many factors, including the size and nature of the patient population, the nature of the trial protocol, our ability to recruit clinical trial investigators with the appropriate competencies and experience, delays in enrollment due to travel or quarantine policies, or other factors related to health epidemics or pandemics, the existing body of safety and efficacy data with respect to the study drug, the number and nature of competing treatments and ongoing clinical trials of competing drugs for the same indication, the proximity of patients to clinical sites, the eligibility criteria for the trial and the proportion of patients screened that meets those criteria, including criteria related to biomarkers, our ability to obtain and maintain patient consents, including any additional consents necessary for enrollment of adolescent patients, and our ability to successfully complete prerequisite studies before enrolling certain patient populations.
Furthermore, any negative results or new safety signals we may report in clinical trials of our product candidates may make it difficult or impossible to recruit and retain patients in other clinical trials we are conducting.
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Our product candidates may cause undesirable and unforeseen side effects or have other properties impacting safety that could halt their clinical development, delay or prevent their regulatory approval, limit their commercial potential or result in significant negative consequences.
−Removed: Undesirable side effects caused by our product candidates could cause us or regulatory authorities to interrupt, delay or halt clinical trials and could result in a more restrictive label or the delay or denial of regulatory approval by the FDA or other regulatory authorities and potential product liability claims.
+Added: Undesirable side effects caused by our product candidates could cause us or regulatory authorities to interrupt, delay or halt clinical trials and could result in a more restrictive label or the delay or denial of regulatory approval by the FDA, EMA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities and potential product liability claims.
Such side effects could also affect patient recruitment or the ability of enrolled patients to complete the trial.
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In our clinical trial for evalstotug, we have observed infusion-related reactions, cytokine release syndrome, and immune-related adverse events.
+Added: In our clinical trial for BA3182, we have observed reversible non-febrile neutropenia, diarrhea, cytokine release syndrome, and transient liver enzyme and bilirubin elevations.
We may also observe undesirable side effects in clinical trials for our other product candidates.
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Nonetheless, they may have difficulty observing patients and treating toxicities, which may be more challenging due to personnel changes, shift changes, house staff coverage or related issues.
−Removed: This could lead to more severe or prolonged toxicities or even patient deaths, which could result in us or the FDA delaying, suspending or terminating one or more of our clinical trials and which could jeopardize regulatory approval.
+Added: This could lead to more severe or prolonged toxicities or even patient deaths, which could result in us or the FDA, EMA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities delaying, suspending or terminating one or more of our clinical trials and which could jeopardize regulatory approval.
Further, clinical trials by their nature test product candidates in only samples of the potential patient populations.
With a limited number of patients and limited duration of exposure in such trials, rare and severe side effects of our product candidates may not be uncovered until a significantly larger number of patients are exposed to the product candidate.
−Removed: For example, while we believe that mecbotamab vedotin, ozuriftamab vedotin, and evalstotug have demonstrated manageable tolerability profiles thus far, we cannot assure you that these and our other product candidates will not cause more severe side effects in a greater proportion of patients.
+Added: For example, while we believe that mecbotamab vedotin, ozuriftamab vedotin, evalstotug, and BA3182 have demonstrated manageable tolerability profiles thus far, we cannot assure you that these and our other product candidates will not cause more severe side effects in a greater proportion of patients.
In addition, mecbotamab vedotin, ozuriftamab vedotin, and evalstotug have been studied in combination with other therapies, which may exacerbate adverse events associated with the therapy.
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If use of a companion diagnostic test is determined to be 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 before or at the same time that the FDA approves our product candidates, if at all.
−Removed: The FDA has generally required in vitro companion diagnostics intended to select the patients who will respond to cancer treatment to obtain a PMA for that diagnostic simultaneously with approval of the therapeutic.
−Removed: The process of obtaining or creating such diagnostic and obtaining PMA approval is time-consuming and costly and a delay in diagnostic approval could delay drug approval.
−Removed: According to FDA guidance, if the FDA determines that a companion diagnostic device is essential to the safe and effective use of a novel therapeutic product or indication, the FDA generally will not approve the therapeutic product or new therapeutic product indication if the companion diagnostic is not
−Removed: also approved or cleared for that indication.
+Added: The FDA has generally required in vitro companion diagnostics intended to select the patients who will respond to cancer treatment to obtain a premarket approval (“PMA”) for that diagnostic simultaneously with approval of the therapeutic.
+Added: The process of obtaining or creating such diagnostic and obtaining a PMA is time-consuming and costly and a delay in diagnostic approval could delay drug approval.
+Added: According to FDA guidance, if the FDA determines that a companion diagnostic device is essential to the safe and effective use of a novel therapeutic product or indication, the FDA generally will not approve the therapeutic product or new therapeutic product indication if the companion diagnostic is not also approved or cleared for that indication.
If a satisfactory companion diagnostic is not commercially available, we may be required to create or obtain one that would be subject to regulatory approval requirements.
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Our biologic product candidates for which we intend to seek approval may face competition through an abbreviated pathway.
−Removed: The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (the “BPCIA”), enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”), which created an abbreviated approval pathway for biological products that are biosimilar to or interchangeable with an FDA-licensed reference biological product.
+Added: The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (the “BPCIA”), enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”), created an abbreviated approval pathway for biological products that are biosimilar to or interchangeable with an FDA-licensed reference biological product.
Under the BPCIA, an application for a biosimilar product referencing an exclusivity-protected product may not be submitted to the FDA until four years following the date that the reference product was first licensed by the FDA.
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While it is uncertain when such processes intended to implement BPCIA may be fully adopted by the FDA, any such processes could have an adverse effect on the future commercial prospects for our product candidates.
−Removed: There is a risk that any product candidates we may develop that are approved as a biological product under a BLA would not qualify for the 12-year period of exclusivity or that this exclusivity could be shortened due to congressional action or otherwise, potentially creating the opportunity for generic competition sooner than anticipated.
+Added: There is a risk that any product candidates we may develop that are approved by FDA as a biological product under a BLA would not qualify for the 12-year period of exclusivity or that this exclusivity could be shortened due to congressional action or otherwise, potentially creating the opportunity for generic competition sooner than anticipated.
Our business entails a significant risk of product liability, and if we are unable to obtain sufficient insurance coverage, such failure could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
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Furthermore, clinical trial and product liability insurance is becoming increasingly expensive.
−Removed: As a result, we may be unable to maintain sufficient insurance at a reasonable cost to protect us against losses
−Removed: caused by product liability claims that could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
+Added: 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.
Risks related to regulatory approval, other legal compliance matters and taxation
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If we are unable to comply with Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements, our common stock could be delisted, which could affect the price of our common stock and liquidity and reduce our ability to raise capital.
−Removed: Our common stock is currently listed on The Nasdaq Global Market.
−Removed: The Nasdaq Global Market has established certain quantitative criteria and qualitative standards that companies must meet to remain listed for trading on this market.
+Added: Our common stock is currently listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market.
+Added: The Nasdaq Capital Market has established certain quantitative criteria and qualitative standards that companies must meet to remain listed for trading on this market.
On February 6, 2025, the Company received written notice (the “Minimum Bid Price Deficiency Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) stating that the Company is not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”) because the Company has not maintained a minimum closing bid price of the Company’s common stock of at least $1.00 per share for the last 30 consecutive business days and that it had 180 calendar days from the date of the Minimum Bid Price Deficiency Notice, or until August 5, 2025 (the “Compliance Date”), to regain compliance.
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The Company timely submitted a plan to regain compliance of the Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Requirement on June 26, 2025.
−Removed: On August 6, 2025, the Staff issued a delist determination to the Company (the “Delisting Notice”), indicating that the Company did not satisfy the Minimum Bid Price Requirement by the Compliance Date.
+Added: On August 6, 2025, the Staff issued a delist determination to the Company, indicating that the Company did not satisfy the Minimum Bid Price Requirement by the Compliance Date.
Although on June 26, 2025, the Company submitted its plan to regain compliance with the Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Requirement, pursuant to Listing Rule 5810(d)(2), this deficiency became an additional basis for delisting, and as a result, the Company was not eligible for a second 180-day extension.
−Removed: The Company intends to request a hearing (the “Hearing”) before the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel (the “Panel”) to appeal (the “Appeal”) the determination by the Staff, and to present its plan to regain and sustain compliance with both the Minimum Bid Price Requirement and the Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Requirement.
−Removed: The Appeal will stay any delisting or suspension action of the Company’s listed shares contemplated by the Delisting Notice.
−Removed: While we believe we have a reasonable plan to regain compliance, there is no guarantee that the Panel will grant an extension of the compliance period or that the outcome of the Hearing or the Appeal will be favorable to the Company.] Any delisting of our common stock could adversely affect the market liquidity of our common stock, and the market price of our common stock could decrease.
−Removed: In addition, delisting of our common stock could result in the loss of confidence by investors and adversely affect our ability to raise capital on terms acceptable to us, or at all.
+Added: On September 9, 2025, the Company presented to the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel (the “Panel”) its plan to regain and sustain compliance (the “Compliance Plan”) that is aligned with the Company’s business objectives and current operating plan and requested an extension to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement and the Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Requirement.
+Added: The Compliance Plan that was presented to Nasdaq included a discussion of expected near term corporate events, including expected clinical developments and planned data readouts, as well as potential transactions, including the status of potential strategic partnerships.
+Added: On September 16, 2025, the Company received a written notification from the Panel confirming that the Panel has granted the Company’s request for continued listing on Nasdaq, provided that the Company, (i) on or before September 26, 2025, files an application with the Listing Qualifications department to transfer to The Nasdaq Capital Market;
+Added: (ii) on or before December 31, 2025, demonstrates compliance with the Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Requirement;
+Added: and (iii) on or before February 2, 2026, demonstrates compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement.
+Added: On September 18, 2025, the Company submitted its application to transfer to The Nasdaq Capital Market.
+Added: No assurance can be given that the Company will meet the Minimum Bid Price Requirement prior to the February 2, 2026 deadline.
+Added: Failure to meet applicable Nasdaq continued listing standards could result in a delisting of the Company’s common stock.
+Added: Any delisting of our common stock could adversely affect the market liquidity of our common stock, and the market price of our common stock could decrease.
+Added: In addition, delisting of our common stock could result in the loss of confidence by investors and adversely affect our ability to raise capital on terms acceptable to us, or at all, and would also make it more difficult for our stockholders to sell or purchase our common stock when they wish to do so.
+Added: If delisted, we will likely trade on the OTC Markets system, which could make it more difficult to dispose of, or obtain accurate quotations for the price of, our common stock, and may lead to a reduction in coverage by securities analysts and the news media, which could cause the price of our common stock to decline further.
We may be unable to obtain U.S.
or foreign regulatory approval and, as a result, unable to commercialize our product candidates.
−Removed: Our product candidates are subject to extensive governmental regulations relating to, among other things, the research, development, testing, manufacture, quality control, import, export, safety, effectiveness, labeling, packaging, storage, distribution, record keeping, approval, advertising, promotion, marketing, post-approval monitoring and post-approval reporting of drugs and therapeutic biologics.
+Added: Our product candidates are subject to extensive governmental regulations relating to, among other things, the research, development, testing, manufacture, quality control, import, export, safety, effectiveness, labeling, packaging, storage, distribution, record keeping, approval, advertising, promotion, marketing, post-approval monitoring and post-approval reporting of drugs and
+Added: therapeutic biologics.
Rigorous preclinical testing and clinical trials and an extensive regulatory approval process are required to be successfully completed in the United States and in many foreign jurisdictions before a new drug or therapeutic biologic can be marketed.
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We have not previously submitted a BLA to the FDA, or similar drug approval filings to comparable foreign regulatory authorities, for any product candidate, and it is possible that none of the product candidates we may develop will obtain the regulatory approvals necessary for us or our existing or future collaborators to begin selling them.
−Removed: We have not completed any large-scale or pivotal clinical trials nor managed the regulatory approval process with the FDA or any other regulatory authority.
+Added: We have not completed any large-scale or pivotal clinical trials nor managed the regulatory approval process with the FDA or any other comparable foreign regulatory authority.
The time required to obtain FDA and other approvals is unpredictable but typically takes many years following the commencement of clinical trials, depending upon the type, complexity and novelty of the product candidate, and numerous other factors including the substantial discretion of regulatory authorities.
−Removed: The standards that the FDA and its foreign
−Removed: counterparts, including the EMA, use when regulating us and our existing or future collaborators require judgment and can change, which makes it difficult to predict with certainty how they will be applied.
+Added: The standards that the FDA and its foreign counterparts, including the EMA, use when regulating us and our existing or future collaborators require judgment and can change, which makes it difficult to predict with certainty how they will be applied.
Any analysis we perform of data from preclinical and clinical activities is subject to confirmation and interpretation by regulatory authorities, which could delay, limit or prevent regulatory approval.
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This shift from the prior approach, which generally determined the maximum tolerated dose, may require sponsors to spend additional time and resources to further explore a product candidate’s dose-response relationship to facilitate optimum dose selection in a target population.
−Removed: Other Oncology Center of Excellence initiatives have included Project FrontRunner, an initiative with a goal of developing a framework for identifying candidate drugs for initial clinical development in the earlier advanced setting rather than for treatment of patients who have received numerous prior lines of therapies or have exhausted available treatment options, and Project Equity, which is an initiative to ensure that the data submitted to the FDA for approval of oncology medical products adequately reflects the demographic representation of patients for whom the medical products are intended.
+Added: Other Oncology Center of Excellence initiatives have included Project FrontRunner, an initiative with a goal of developing a framework for identifying candidate drugs for initial clinical development in the earlier advanced setting rather than for treatment of patients who have received numerous prior lines of therapies or have exhausted available treatment options, and Project Equity, which was an initiative to ensure that the data submitted to the FDA for approval of oncology medical products adequately reflects the demographic representation of patients for whom the medical products are intended.
More recently, as part of the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act (“FDORA”), sponsors will be required to submit Diversity Action Plans (“DAPs”) for Phase 3 studies or other pivotal studies of new drugs.
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and an explanation of how the sponsor intends to meet such goals.
−Removed: Actions taken in the early days of the new presidential administration have created significant uncertainty as to whether Project Equity will continue and whether the statutory requirements related to DAPs will be implemented by FDA in the near future.
+Added: Actions taken in the early days of the new presidential administration have created significant uncertainty as to whether Project Equity will continue and whether the statutory requirements related to DAPs will be implemented by FDA in the near future or at all.
We are considering these and other policy changes as they relate to our programs.
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We are also subject to numerous foreign regulatory requirements governing, among other things, the conduct of clinical trials, manufacturing and marketing authorization, pricing and third-party reimbursement.
−Removed: The foreign regulatory approval process varies among countries and may include all of the risks associated with FDA approval described above as well as risks attributable to the
−Removed: satisfaction of local regulations in foreign jurisdictions.
+Added: The foreign regulatory approval process varies among countries and may include all of the risks associated with FDA approval described above as well as risks attributable to the satisfaction of local regulations in foreign jurisdictions.
Moreover, the time required to obtain approval may differ from that required to obtain FDA approval.
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Prior to seeking accelerated approval for any of our product candidates, we intend to seek feedback from the FDA and will otherwise evaluate our ability to seek and receive accelerated approval.
+Added: For example, we received feedback from the FDA in September 2025 on the design of our planned Phase 3 trial of ozuriftamab vedotin for the treatment of oropharyngelal squamous cell carcinoma to support potential accelerated approval.
We cannot assure you that after our evaluation of the feedback and other factors we will decide to pursue or submit a BLA for accelerated approval or any other form of expedited development, review or approval.
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Recently, the accelerated approval pathway has come under scrutiny within the FDA and by Congress.
−Removed: The FDA has put increased focus on ensuring that confirmatory studies are conducted with diligence and, ultimately, that such studies confirm the benefit.
+Added: The FDA has put increased focus on ensuring that confirmatory studies are conducted with diligence and, ultimately, that such studies confirm the anticipated clinical benefit.
For example, the 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.
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In addition, the Oncology Center of Excellence has announced Project Confirm, which is an initiative to promote the transparency of outcomes related to accelerated approvals for oncology indications and provide a framework to foster discussion, research and innovation in approval and post-marketing processes, with the goal to enhance the balance of access and verification of benefit for therapies available to patients with cancer and hematologic malignancies.
−Removed: Fast Track designation granted for ozuriftamab vedotin in recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) and potential future Fast Track designation for any of our other product candidates by the FDA may not lead to a faster development or regulatory review or approval process and does not increase the likelihood that our product candidates will receive regulatory approval.
−Removed: In July 2024, the FDA granted Fast Track designation for ozuriftamab vedotin in recurrent or metastatic SCCHN, and we may seek Fast Track designation in the future for other product candidates.
+Added: We may seek Fast Track designation for one or more of our product candidates but we might not receive such designation and, even if granted, such designation may not lead to a faster development or regulatory review or approval process and does not increase the likelihood that our product candidates will receive regulatory approval.
+Added: In July 2024, the FDA granted Fast Track designation for ozuriftamab vedotin in recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (“SCCHN”), and we may seek Fast Track designation in the future for other product candidates.
If a drug is intended for the treatment of a serious or life-threatening disease and the drug demonstrates the potential to address unmet medical needs for this disease, the drug may qualify for Fast Track designation.
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The FDA may withdraw Fast Track designation if it believes that the designation is no longer supported by data from its clinical development programs.
−Removed: Many drugs that have received Fast Track designation have failed to obtain approval, and there can be no assurance that such Fast Track designation would lead to a faster development or regulatory review or approval process, or to regulatory approval.
+Added: Many drugs that have received Fast Track designation have failed to obtain approval, and there can be no assurance that such Fast Track designation would lead to a faster development or regulatory review or approval process, or increase the likelihood of receiving regulatory approval.
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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These requirements include submissions of safety and other post-marketing information and reports, registration, as well as continued compliance with cGMPs and GCPs for any clinical trials that we conduct post-approval.
−Removed: The manufacturer and manufacturing facilities we use to make a future product, if any, will also be subject to periodic review and inspection by the FDA and other regulatory agencies, including for continued compliance with cGMP requirements.
+Added: The manufacturer and manufacturing facilities we use to make a future product, if any, will also be subject to periodic review and inspection by the FDA and other comparable foreign regulatory authorities, including for continued compliance with cGMP requirements.
Any product promotion and advertising will also be subject to regulatory requirements and continuing regulatory review.
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• fines, warning or untitled letters or holds on clinical trials;
−Removed: • delay of approval or refusal by the FDA or comparable regulatory authorities in other jurisdictions to approve pending applications or supplements to approved applications filed by us, our current collaborator or any future strategic partners;
+Added: • delay of approval or refusal by the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities in other jurisdictions to approve pending applications or supplements to approved applications filed by us, our current collaborator or any future strategic partners;
• suspension or revocation of product license approvals;
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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.
+Added: State Medicaid agencies and Medicaid managed care plans make coverage and payment decisions under Medicaid within federal guidelines.
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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If significant progress towards MFN pricing is not achieved, the Executive Order requires HHS to propose a rulemaking to implement MFN pricing.
−Removed: It is uncertain what HHS will consider significant progress toward MFN pricing, or when that determination will be made.
−Removed: If HHS issues and finalizes a rule to implement MFN pricing, the rule is likely to mandate reduced prices of drugs in the United States, if they are also sold in comparator countries.
+Added: HHS is currently developing a proposed rule to establish a demonstration model
+Added: under the auspices of CMS’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation that will require MFN pricing, but the proposed rule has not yet been published, so it is not yet known which drugs will be covered, how long the model will be in effect, or how pricing will be determined.
+Added: If that rule or other MFN pricing rules are finalized, they are likely to mandate reduced prices of at least some drugs in the United States, if they are also sold in comparator countries.
Even if we do not market drugs in such countries, we will be indirectly affected if our drugs competed with drugs that were reduced by MFN pricing.
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There may be significant delays in obtaining reimbursement for newly approved drugs or therapeutic biologics, and coverage may be more limited than the purposes for which the drug or therapeutic biologic is approved by the FDA or similar regulatory authorities outside of the United States.
−Removed: Moreover, eligibility for reimbursement does not imply that any drug or therapeutic biologic will be reimbursed in all cases or at a rate that covers our costs, including research, development, manufacture, sale and distribution.
+Added: Moreover, eligibility for reimbursement does not guarantee that any drug or therapeutic biologic will be reimbursed in all cases or at a rate that permits us to cover our costs, including research, development, manufacture, sale and distribution.
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.
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If reimbursement of any product candidate approved for marketing is unavailable or limited in scope or amount, or if pricing is set at unsatisfactory levels, our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects could be materially and adversely affected, and our ability to commercialize such products, once approved, could be materially impaired.
−Removed: The FDA and other regulatory agencies actively enforce the laws and regulations prohibiting the promotion of off-label uses.
+Added: The FDA and other comparable foreign regulatory authorities actively enforce the laws and regulations prohibiting the promotion of off-label uses.
If any of our product candidates are approved and we are found to have improperly promoted off-label uses of those products, we may become subject to significant liability.
−Removed: The FDA and other regulatory agencies strictly regulate the promotional claims that may be made about prescription products, such as our product candidates, if approved.
−Removed: In particular, a product may not be promoted for uses that are not approved by the FDA or such other regulatory agencies as reflected in the product’s approved labeling.
+Added: The FDA and other comparable foreign regulatory authorities strictly regulate the promotional claims that may be made about prescription products, such as our product candidates, if approved.
+Added: In particular, a product may not be promoted for uses that are not approved by the FDA or such other comparable foreign regulatory authorities as reflected in the product’s approved labeling.
For example, if we receive marketing approval for mecbotamab vedotin as a treatment for mKRAS NSCLC, and we are found to have promoted off-label uses, we may become subject to significant liability.
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If we cannot successfully manage the promotion of our product candidates, if approved, we could become subject to significant liability, which would materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
−Removed: Disruptions at the FDA, the SEC and other government agencies caused by, among other factors, funding shortages or global health concerns could hinder their ability to hire and retain key leadership and other personnel, or otherwise prevent new or modified products from being developed, approved or commercialized in a timely manner or at all, or otherwise prevent those agencies from performing normal business functions on which the operation of our business may rely, which could negatively impact our business.
+Added: Disruptions at the FDA, the SEC and other government agencies caused by, among other factors, funding shortages or global health concerns could hinder their ability to hire and retain key leadership and other personnel, otherwise prevent new or modified products from being developed, approved or commercialized in a timely manner or at all, or otherwise prevent those agencies from
+Added: performing normal business functions on which the operation of our business may rely, which could negatively impact our business.
The ability of the FDA to review and approve new products can be affected by a variety of factors, including government budget and funding levels, ability to hire and retain key personnel and accept the payment of user fees, statutory, regulatory and policy changes and other events that may otherwise affect the FDA’s ability to perform routine functions.
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facing similar increases in application volume may also experience delays in their regulatory activities.
−Removed: If a prolonged government shutdown occurs, if global health concerns prevent the FDA or other regulatory authorities from conducting their regular inspections, reviews, or other regulatory activities, or if the volume of applications to the FDA for new product candidates increases materially, 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.
+Added: Similar consequences would also result in the event of a significant shutdown of the federal government.
+Added: For example, over the last several years, including for 35 days beginning on December 22, 2018, and most recently beginning on October 1, 2025, the U.S.
+Added: government has shut down several times and certain regulatory authorities, such as the FDA, have had to furlough critical employees and stop critical activities to the extent they are not funded by existing available user fees.
+Added: Additionally, starting in January 2025, the new Trump administration has reduced the number of federal employees by establishing voluntary termination programs, by position eliminations or by involuntary terminations.
+Added: If a prolonged government shutdown occurs, including if the current government shutdown does not end soon, if funding for the FDA, including for user-fee funded activities or other federal agencies (including their workforce) is reduced or exhausted, if global health concerns prevent the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities from conducting their regular inspections, reviews, or other regulatory activities, or if the volume of applications to the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities for new product candidates increases materially, it could significantly impact the ability of the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities to timely review and process our regulatory submissions, and could even result in a complete cessation of such activities until appropriations legislation or a continuing resolution is passed, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
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.
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The loss of key personnel at the FDA, including those in leadership positions, is likely to impact operations at the FDA, which could result in, among other things, delays or limitations on our ability to obtain guidance from the FDA on our product candidates in development, longer review times, and delays in obtaining regulatory approvals for our product candidates.
−Removed: Moreover, the new Administration has proposed action to freeze or reduce the budget of the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) as related to its funding for medical research, which could decrease the ability of facilities that rely on NIH funding to enroll and conduct clinical trials.
−Removed: There remains general uncertainty regarding future activities.
+Added: Moreover, the new Administration has paused payments by, reduced the budget of, and terminated grants provided by the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) as related to its funding for medical research, which has decreased, and may continue to decrease, the ability of facilities that rely on NIH funding to enroll and conduct clinical trials.
+Added: Some of these actions have been challenged in court and there remains general uncertainty regarding future activities.
The new Administration could issue or promulgate executive orders, regulations, policies or guidance that adversely affects us or create a more challenging or costly environment to pursue the development of new therapeutic products.
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The acceptance of study data by the FDA, EMA or other comparable foreign regulatory authority from clinical trials conducted outside of their respective jurisdictions may be subject to certain conditions.
−Removed: In cases where data from foreign clinical trials are intended to serve as the basis for marketing approval in the United States, the FDA will generally not approve the application on the basis of foreign data alone unless (i) the data are applicable to the United States population and United States medical practice;
+Added: In cases where data from foreign clinical trials are intended to serve as the basis for marketing approval in the
+Added: United States, the FDA will generally not approve the application on the basis of foreign data alone unless (i) the data are applicable to the United States population and United States medical practice;
(ii) the trials are performed by clinical investigators of recognized competence and pursuant to current GCP requirements;
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Previously, in March 2010, the ACA was enacted, which was intended to broaden access to health insurance, reduce or constrain the growth of healthcare spending, enhance remedies against fraud and abuse, add new transparency requirements for healthcare and health insurance industries, impose new taxes and fees on the health industry and impose additional health policy reforms.
−Removed: Healthcare reform initiatives culminated in the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”) in August 2022, which, among other things, allows HHS to directly negotiate the selling price of a statutorily specified number of drugs and biologics each year that CMS reimburses under Medicare Part B and Part D.
+Added: Later healthcare reform initiatives culminated in the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”) in August 2022, which, among other things, allows HHS to directly negotiate the selling price of a statutorily specified number of drugs and biologics each year that CMS reimburses under Medicare Part B and Part D.
The negotiated price may not exceed a statutory ceiling price.
−Removed: Only high-expenditure single-source biologics that have been approved for at least 11 years (7 years for drugs) are eligible to be selected by CMS
−Removed: for negotiation, with the negotiated price taking effect two years after the selection year.
+Added: Only high-expenditure single-source biologics that have been approved for at least 11 years (7 years for drugs) are eligible to be selected by CMS for negotiation, with the negotiated price taking effect two years after the selection year.
For 2026, the first year in which negotiated prices become effective, CMS selected 10 high-cost Medicare Part D products in 2023, negotiations began in 2024, and the negotiated maximum fair price for each product has been announced.
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The law also imposes rebates on Medicare Part D and Part B drugs whose prices have increased at a rate greater than the rate of inflation.
−Removed: The IRA also extends enhanced subsidies for individuals purchasing health insurance coverage in ACA marketplaces through plan year 2025.
+Added: The IRA also extends enhanced premium subsidies for lower income individuals purchasing health insurance coverage in ACA marketplaces through plan year 2025, but those subsidies are set to expire at the end of 2025 unless they are extended by Congress.
Manufacturers that fail to comply with the IRA may be subject to various penalties, including civil monetary penalties.
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There is no obligation for a drug manufacturer to make its products available to eligible patients as a result of the Right to Try Act.
−Removed: Only July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”), which, among other things, contains a number of provisions designed to reduce the number of Americans insured under Medicaid and health exchange plans established under the 2010 Affordable Care Act.
+Added: On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”), which, among other things, contains a number of provisions designed to reduce the number of Americans insured under Medicaid and health exchange plans established under the 2010 Affordable Care Act.
The provisions intended to reduce Medicaid enrollment include a work requirement, under which applicants and current beneficiaries will be required to demonstrate that they are engaged for at least 80 hours per month in work, community service, an educational program, or some combination of these.
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In addition, the OBBBA establishes more frequent eligibility verification requirements, restrictions on how states can finance their share of Medicaid, elimination of coverage for undocumented immigrants, and elimination of coverage for gender affirming care and certain family planning clinics.
−Removed: A Congressional Budget Office (“CBO”) analysis of the Act estimates that 7.8 million adults will lose Medicaid coverage by 2034, of which 5.2 million will be due the work requirement.
+Added: A Congressional Budget Office (“CBO”) analysis of the Act estimates that 7.8 million adults will lose Medicaid coverage by 2034, of which 5.2 million will be due to the work requirement.
In addition, the OBBBA makes changes to the ACA insurance marketplaces, including, among other measures, greater limitations on enrollment periods, which will result in an additional 3.6 million Americans being uninsured by 2034 according to CBO’s estimate.
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For example, the FDA released a final rule in September 2020 providing guidance for states to build and submit plans for importing drugs from Canada, and the FDA authorized the first such plan in Florida in January 2024, which has been extended until November 2025.
−Removed: It is unclear how this program will be implemented, including which drugs will be chosen, and whether it will be subject to legal challenges in the United States or Canada.
+Added: It is unclear whether this program will be extended, how it will be implemented, including which drugs will be chosen, and whether it will be subject to legal challenges in the United States or Canada.
Other states have also submitted proposals that are pending review by the FDA.
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Restrictions under applicable federal and state healthcare laws and regulations, include the following:
−Removed: federal Anti-Kickback Statute, which prohibits, among other things, persons and entities from knowingly and willfully soliciting, offering, receiving or providing remuneration, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind to induce or reward, or in return for, either the referral of an individual for, or the purchase, order or recommendation of, any good or service, for which payment may be made under federal and state healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid.
+Added: federal Anti-Kickback Statute, which prohibits, among other things, persons and entities from knowingly and willfully soliciting, receiving, offering, or providing remuneration, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind to induce or reward, or in return for, either the referral of an individual, or the purchase, order or recommendation of, any good or service, for which payment may be made under federal and state healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid.
A person or entity does not need to have actual knowledge of the statute or specific intent to violate it in order to have committed a violation;
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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.
−Removed: 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;
−Removed: • HIPAA, which imposes criminal and civil liability for, among other things, knowingly and willfully executing, or attempting to execute, a scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program, or knowingly and willfully falsifying, concealing or covering up a material fact or making any materially false statement in connection with the delivery of or payment for healthcare benefits, items or services;
+Added: In addition, 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;
+Added: • the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), which imposes criminal and civil liability for, among other things, knowingly and willfully executing, or attempting to execute, a scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program, or knowingly and willfully falsifying, concealing or covering up a material fact or making any materially false statement in connection with the delivery of or payment for healthcare benefits, items or services;
similar to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, a person or entity does not need to have actual knowledge of the statute or specific intent to violate it in order to have committed a violation;
−Removed: • HIPAA, as amended by HITECH, which imposes obligations on certain covered entity healthcare providers, health plans, and healthcare clearinghouses as well as their business associates that perform certain services involving the use or disclosure of individually identifiable health information, including mandatory contractual terms, with respect to safeguarding the privacy, security, and transmission of individually identifiable health information, and require notification to affected individuals and regulatory authorities of certain breaches of security of individually identifiable health information;
+Added: • HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH”), which imposes obligations on certain covered entity healthcare providers, health plans, and healthcare clearinghouses as well as their business associates that perform certain services involving the use or disclosure of individually identifiable health information, including mandatory contractual terms, with respect to safeguarding the privacy, security, and transmission of individually identifiable health information, and require notification to affected individuals and regulatory authorities of certain breaches of security of individually identifiable health information;
• federal and state consumer protection and unfair competition laws, which broadly regulate marketplace activities and activities that potentially harm customers;
−Removed: Physician Payments Sunshine Act created under the ACA, and its implementing regulations, which require that certain manufacturers of drugs, devices, medical supplies and therapeutic biologics that are reimbursable under Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Programs report annually to the Department of Health and Human Services information related to certain payments and other transfers of value to physicians, as defined by such law, physician assistants, certain types of advance practice nurses and teaching hospitals, as well as ownership and investment interests held by the physicians described above and their immediate family members;
+Added: Practitioner Payments Sunshine Act created under the ACA, and its implementing regulations, which require that certain manufacturers of drugs, devices, medical supplies and therapeutic biologics that are reimbursable under Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Programs report annually to the Department of Health and Human Services information related to certain payments and other transfers of value to physicians, as defined by such law, physician assistants, certain types of advance practice nurses and teaching hospitals, as well as ownership and investment interests held by the physicians described above and their immediate family members;
• analogous state laws and regulations, such as state anti-kickback and false claims laws that may apply to sales or marketing arrangements and claims involving healthcare items or services reimbursed by non-governmental third-party payors, including private insurers;
some state laws require that pharmaceutical companies to comply with the pharmaceutical industry’s voluntary compliance guidelines and the relevant compliance guidance promulgated by the federal government in addition to requiring drug and therapeutic biologics manufacturers to report information related to payments to physicians and other healthcare providers or marketing expenditures, and information related to drug pricing, including price increases.
−Removed: State and local laws require the registration of pharmaceutical sales representatives.
+Added: Certain state and local laws also require the registration of pharmaceutical sales representatives.
Foreign and state laws also govern the privacy and security of health information in some circumstances, many of which differ from each other in significant ways and often are not preempted by HIPAA, thus complicating compliance efforts.
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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.
−Removed: For example, the CCPA, as modified by the CPRA, creates individual privacy rights for California consumers and increases the privacy and security obligations of entities handling certain personal information.
+Added: For example, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), as modified by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”), creates individual privacy rights for California consumers and increases the privacy and security obligations of entities handling certain personal information.
The CCPA provides for civil penalties for violations, as well as a private right of action for data breaches that is expected to increase data breach litigation.
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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.
−Removed: 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
−Removed: the product from the market.
−Removed: The FDA also has the authority to require a REMS plan after approval, which may impose further requirements or restrictions on the distribution or use of an approved drug or therapeutic biologic.
−Removed: The manufacturer and manufacturing facilities we use to make a future product, if any, will also be subject to periodic review and inspection by the FDA and other regulatory agencies, including for continued compliance with cGMP requirements.
+Added: 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.
+Added: The FDA also has the authority to require a REMS after approval, which may impose further requirements or restrictions on the distribution or use of an approved drug or therapeutic biologic.
+Added: The manufacturer and manufacturing facilities we use to make a future product, if any, will also be subject to periodic review and inspection by the FDA and comparable foreign regulatory authorities, including for continued compliance with cGMP requirements.
The discovery of any new or previously unknown problems with our third-party manufacturers, manufacturing processes or facilities may result in restrictions on the product, manufacturer or facility, including withdrawal of the product from the market.
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Any product promotion and advertising will also be subject to regulatory requirements and continuing regulatory review.
−Removed: If we or our existing or future collaborators, manufacturers or service providers fail to comply with applicable continuing regulatory requirements in the United States or foreign jurisdictions in which we seek to market our products, we or they may be subject to, among other things, fines, warning or untitled letters, holds on clinical trials, delay of approval or refusal by the FDA to approve pending applications or supplements to approved applications, suspension or withdrawal of regulatory approval, product recalls and seizures, administrative detention of products, refusal to permit the import or export of products, operating restrictions, injunctions, civil penalties and criminal prosecution.
+Added: If we or our existing or future collaborators, manufacturers or service providers fail to comply with applicable continuing regulatory requirements in the United States or foreign jurisdictions in which we seek to market our products, we or they may be subject to, among other things, fines, warning or untitled letters, holds on clinical trials, delay of approval or refusal by the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities to approve pending applications or supplements to approved applications, suspension or withdrawal of regulatory approval, product recalls and seizures, administrative detention of products, refusal to permit the import or export of products, operating restrictions, injunctions, civil penalties and criminal prosecution.
Our research and development activities could be affected or delayed as a result of possible restrictions on animal testing.
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Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Controls, the U.S.
−Removed: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or FCPA, the U.S.
+Added: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (“FCPA”), the U.S.
domestic bribery statute contained in 18 U.S.C.
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We and our third-party contractors are subject to numerous environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, including those governing laboratory procedures and the use, generation, manufacture, distribution, storage, handling, treatment, remediation and disposal of hazardous materials and wastes.
−Removed: Hazardous chemicals, including flammable and biological materials, are involved in certain aspects of our business, and we cannot eliminate the risk of injury or contamination from the use, generation, manufacture,
−Removed: distribution, storage, handling, treatment or disposal of hazardous materials and wastes.
+Added: Hazardous chemicals, including flammable and biological materials, are involved in certain aspects of our business, and we cannot eliminate the risk of injury or contamination from the use, generation, manufacture, distribution, storage, handling, treatment or disposal of hazardous materials and wastes.
In the event of contamination or injury, or failure to comply with environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, we could be held liable for any resulting damages, fines and penalties associated with such liability which could exceed our assets and resources.
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taxation of profits derived from foreign operations.
−Removed: The impact of this newly enacted law on our tax position is currently under review and will depend on how the provision is implemented and interpreted by the IRS and other regulatory authorities.
+Added: The impact of this newly enacted law on our tax position is currently under review and will depend on how the provision is implemented and
+Added: interpreted by the IRS and other regulatory authorities.
It cannot be predicted whether, when, in what form, or with what effective dates, new tax laws may be enacted, or regulations and rulings may be enacted, promulgated or issued under existing or new tax laws, which could result in an increase in our or our stockholders’ tax liability or require changes in the manner in which we operate in order to minimize or mitigate any adverse effects of changes in tax law or in the interpretation thereof.
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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.
−Removed: 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
−Removed: you that we will be able to enter into such arrangements on acceptable terms, or at all.
+Added: 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.
In entering into third-party marketing or distribution arrangements, any revenue we receive will depend upon the efforts of the third parties, and we cannot assure you that such third parties will establish adequate sales and distribution capabilities or be successful in gaining market acceptance of any approved product.
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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, evalstotug, BA3182, 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, evalstotug, BA3182, 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
+Added: activities in order to devote a substantial amount of time to managing these growth activities.
+Added: In addition, as a smaller organization, we may face limitations in our ability to successfully implement and manage our plans and strategies due to resource constraints and limited personnel.
+Added: These limitations may hinder our ability to execute multiple initiatives simultaneously, respond quickly to market or regulatory changes, and effectively compete with larger organizations that have greater resources and infrastructure.
+Added: If we are unable to overcome the challenges associated with operating as a smaller organization, our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.
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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Such actions 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) 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: (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 or (5) company policies on the use of social media and disclosure of confidential information.
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.
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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.
−Removed: 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
−Removed: 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: 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.
We depend on our information technology systems and those of our CROs, manufacturers, contractors and consultants.
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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.
−Removed: 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, telecommunication and electrical failures, and attacks enhanced or facilitated by AI.
+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
+Added: 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, telecommunication and electrical failures, and attacks enhanced or facilitated by AI.
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.
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Additionally, sensitive data of the Company could be leaked, disclosed, or revealed as a result of or in connection with our employees’, personnel’s, or vendors’ use of generative AI technologies.
+Added: The increasing adoption of AI tools and platforms introduces additional risks, including the potential for unauthorized access to proprietary information, generation of inaccurate or misleading content, and exposure to new cybersecurity threats.
+Added: AI-generated outputs may also inadvertently violate regulatory requirements or intellectual property rights, which could result in legal liability or reputational harm.
+Added: As AI technologies evolve rapidly, it may be challenging to anticipate and mitigate all associated risks, and our existing controls may not be sufficient to address emerging threats.
+Added: Any failure to effectively manage AI-related risks could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
A portion of our research and development activities take place in China.
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Additionally, our agreement with Himalaya Therapeutics Limited Company is for the initiation of clinical trials of evalstotug in the People’s Republic of China.
−Removed: The Chinese legal system is a civil law system based on written statutes.
+Added: The Chinese legal system is a civil law system based on
+Added: written statutes.
Unlike the common law system, prior court decisions may be cited for reference but have limited precedential value.
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Moreover, there have been Congressional legislative proposals, such as the bill titled the BIOSECURE Act, a version of which was introduced in Congress in 2024 and passed by the House of Representatives but was not passed by the Senate.
+Added: A revised version of the bill was recently passed by the Senate but will be subject to the reconciliation process.
A substantially similar bill could be reintroduced in Congress in the future, which could, among other things, prohibit U.S.
−Removed: federal procurement of biotechnology equipment or services produced or provided by certain named Chinese “biotechnology companies of concern” and loans and grants to, and federal contracts with any entity that uses biotechnology equipment or services from one of these entities in performance of the government contract, grant, or loan.
+Added: federal procurement of biotechnology equipment or services produced or provided by Chinese “biotechnology companies of concern” and loans and grants to, and federal contracts with any entity that uses biotechnology equipment or services from one of these entities in performance of the government contract, grant, or loan.
There is significant uncertainty regarding the ultimate form and impact of such initiatives.
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The disaster recovery and business continuity plans we have in place may prove inadequate in the event of a serious disaster or similar event.
−Removed: We may incur substantial expenses as a result of the limited nature of our disaster recovery and business continuity plans, which could have a material adverse effect on our
+Added: We may incur substantial expenses as a result of the limited nature of our disaster recovery and business continuity plans, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
As part of our risk management policy, we maintain insurance coverage at levels that we believe are appropriate for our business.
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On July 7, 2025, President Trump delayed imposition of new tariff rates until August 1, 2025, and sent letters to leaders of 14 countries with warnings that new higher tariff rates will come into effect unless they reach a trade agreement with the United States by August 1, 2025.
−Removed: Effective as of August 7, 2025, most imports to the U.S.
−Removed: will be subject to additional duties ranging from 15% to 40%.
−Removed: Notably with respect to China, the pause at 10% is due to expire on August 12, 2025.
+Added: Effective as of August 7, 2025, the United States implemented additional “reciprocal” duties on most imports, generally ranging from 15% to 40%.
+Added: Notably with respect to China, the temporary 10% reciprocal rate was extended for an additional 90 days on August 12, 2025 through November 10, 2025, so Chinese-origin goods remain subject to the 10% reciprocal tariff (in addition to other applicable duties).
Despite recent trade negotiations between the U.S.
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• collaborators have significant discretion in determining the efforts and resources that they will apply to these collaborations;
−Removed: • collaborators may not pursue development and commercialization of our product candidates or may elect not to continue or renew development or commercialization programs based on preclinical or clinical trial results, changes in the collaborators’ strategic focus due to their acquisition of competitive products or their internal development of competitive
−Removed: products, available funding or other external factors, such as a business combination that diverts resources or creates competing priorities;
+Added: • collaborators may not pursue development and commercialization of our product candidates or may elect not to continue or renew development or commercialization programs based on preclinical or clinical trial results, changes in the collaborators’ strategic focus due to their acquisition of competitive products or their internal development of competitive products, available funding or other external factors, such as a business combination that diverts resources or creates competing priorities;
• collaborators may delay clinical trials, provide insufficient funding for a clinical trial program, stop a clinical trial or abandon a product candidate, repeat or conduct new clinical trials or require a new formulation of a product candidate for clinical testing;
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In addition, it is possible that a collaborator may not devote sufficient resources to the commercialization of our product candidates or may otherwise fail in its commercialization efforts, in which event the commercialization of such product candidates could be delayed or terminated and our business could be substantially harmed.
−Removed: In addition, the terms of any collaboration or other arrangement that we establish may not be favorable to us or may not be perceived as favorable, which may negatively impact our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
+Added: In addition, the terms of any collaboration or other
+Added: arrangement that we establish may not be favorable to us or may not be perceived as favorable, which may negatively impact our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
If third parties on which we rely to conduct our preclinical and clinical trials, do not perform as contractually required, fail to satisfy regulatory or legal requirements or miss expected deadlines, our development programs could be delayed with material and adverse effects on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
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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.
−Removed: The availability of suitable animals can vary and impact our development timeline and cost.
+Added: The availability of suitable animals can vary and impact our development timelines and cost.
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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In particular, any replacement of a manufacturer could require significant effort and expertise because there are a limited number of qualified replacements.
−Removed: The technical skills or technology required to manufacture our product candidates may be unique or proprietary to the original manufacturer and we may have difficulty transferring such skills or technology to another third party and a feasible alternative
−Removed: may not exist.
+Added: The technical skills or technology required to manufacture our product candidates may be unique or proprietary to the original manufacturer and we may have difficulty transferring such skills or technology to another third party and a feasible alternative may not exist.
These factors would increase our reliance on such manufacturer or require us to obtain a license from such manufacturer in order to have another third-party manufacture our product candidates.
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We expect to continue to rely on third-party manufacturers if we receive regulatory approval for any product candidate.
−Removed: 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.
+Added: If we are unable to obtain or maintain third-party manufacturing for product candidates, or to do so on commercially reasonable terms, we
+Added: may not be able to develop and commercialize our product candidates successfully.
Even if we are able to establish agreements with third-party manufacturers, reliance on third-party manufacturers entails additional risks, including:
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If our manufacturers were to encounter any of these difficulties, or otherwise fail to comply with their contractual obligations, our ability to provide any product candidates to patients in planned clinical trials and products to patients, once approved, would be jeopardized.
−Removed: Any delay or interruption in the supply of clinical trial supplies could delay the completion of planned clinical trials, increase the costs associated with maintaining clinical trial programs and, depending upon the period of delay, require us to commence new clinical trials at additional expense or terminate clinical trials completely.
+Added: Any delay or interruption in the supply of clinical trial supplies
+Added: could delay the completion of planned clinical trials, increase the costs associated with maintaining clinical trial programs and, depending upon the period of delay, require us to commence new clinical trials at additional expense or terminate clinical trials completely.
Any adverse developments affecting clinical or commercial manufacturing of our product candidates or products may result in shipment delays, inventory shortages, lot failures, product withdrawals or recalls, or other interruptions in the supply of our product candidates or products or enforcement actions by regulatory authorities.
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Trade secrets and know-how can be difficult to protect as trade secrets and know-how will over time be disseminated within the industry through independent development, the publication of journal articles, and the movement of personnel skilled in the art from company to company or academic to industry scientific positions.
−Removed: If any of our trade secrets were to be lawfully obtained or independently developed by a competitor, we would have no right to prevent such competitor from using that technology or
−Removed: information to compete with us, which could harm our competitive position.
+Added: If any of our trade secrets were to be lawfully obtained or independently developed by a competitor, we would have no right to prevent such competitor from using that technology or information to compete with us, which could harm our competitive position.
If we are unable to prevent material disclosure of the intellectual property related to our technologies to third parties, we will not be able to establish or maintain a competitive advantage in our market, which could materially adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.
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Our competitive position may suffer if patents issued to third parties or other third-party intellectual property rights cover our products or product candidates or elements thereof, or our manufacture or uses relevant to our development plans.
−Removed: If any third-party patents were held by a court of competent jurisdiction to cover the manufacturing process of any of our product candidates, any molecules formed during the manufacturing process or any final product or formulation itself, the holders of any such patents may be able to block our ability to commercialize such product candidate.
+Added: If any third-party patents were held by a court of competent jurisdiction to cover the manufacturing process of any of our product candidates, any molecules
+Added: formed during the manufacturing process or any final product or formulation itself, the holders of any such patents may be able to block our ability to commercialize such product candidate.
In such cases, we may not be in a position to develop or commercialize products or product candidates unless we successfully pursue litigation to nullify or invalidate the third-party intellectual property right concerned, or enter into a license agreement with the intellectual property right holder, if available on commercially reasonable terms.
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Therefore, patent applications covering our product candidates or technologies could have been filed by others without our knowledge.
−Removed: Additionally, pending patent
−Removed: applications that have been published can, subject to certain limitations, be later amended in a manner that could cover our platform technologies, our products or the use of our products.
+Added: Additionally, pending patent applications that have been published can, subject to certain limitations, be later amended in a manner that could cover our platform technologies, our products or the use of our products.
Third-party intellectual property right holders may also actively bring infringement claims against us, even if we have received patent protection for our technologies and product candidates.
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If we fail in any such dispute, in addition to being forced to pay damages, we may be temporarily or permanently prohibited from commercializing any of our product candidates that are held to be infringing.
−Removed: We might, if possible, also be forced to redesign product candidates or our technologies so that we no longer infringe the third-party intellectual property rights.
+Added: We might, if possible, also be forced to redesign product candidates or our technologies so that we no longer
+Added: infringe the third-party intellectual property rights.
Any of these events, even if we were ultimately to prevail, could require us to divert substantial financial and management resources that we would otherwise be able to devote to our business.
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Furthermore, because of the substantial amount of discovery required in connection with intellectual property litigation, there is a risk that some of our confidential information could be compromised by disclosure during this type of litigation.
−Removed: In addition, there could be
−Removed: public announcements of the results of hearings, motions or other interim proceedings or developments.
+Added: In addition, there could be public announcements of the results of hearings, motions or other interim proceedings or developments.
If securities analysts or investors perceive these results to be negative, it could have a substantial adverse effect on the price of our common stock.
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Proceedings to enforce our patent rights in foreign jurisdictions, regardless of whether they are successful, could result in substantial cost and divert our efforts and attention from other aspects of our business.
−Removed: Similarly, if our trade secrets are disclosed in a foreign jurisdiction, competitors worldwide could have access to our proprietary information and we may be without satisfactory recourse.
+Added: Similarly, if our trade secrets are disclosed in a foreign jurisdiction,
+Added: competitors worldwide could have access to our proprietary information and we may be without satisfactory recourse.
Such disclosure could have a material adverse effect on our business.
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Our current and any future collaboration agreements or license agreements we enter into are likely to impose various development, commercialization, funding, milestone, royalty, diligence, sublicensing, insurance, patent prosecution and enforcement and/or other obligations on us.
−Removed: If we breach any of these obligations, or use the intellectual property licensed to us in an unauthorized manner, we may be required to pay damages and the licensor may have the right to terminate the license, which could result in us being unable to develop, manufacture and sell products that are covered by the licensed technology or enable a competitor to gain access to the licensed technology.
+Added: If we breach any of these obligations, or use the intellectual property licensed to us in an unauthorized manner, we may be required to pay damages and the licensor may have the right to terminate the license, which could result in us being unable to develop, manufacture and sell products that are covered by the licensed technology or enable a competitor to gain
+Added: access to the licensed technology.
Moreover, our licensors may own or control intellectual property that has not been licensed to us and, as a result, we may be subject to claims, regardless of their merit, that we are infringing or otherwise violating the licensor’s rights.
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• announcements of new collaboration agreements, or the restructuring or termination of current collaboration agreements;
−Removed: • actions taken by regulatory agencies with respect to our products, preclinical studies, clinical trials, manufacturing process or sales and marketing terms;
+Added: • actions taken by regulatory authorities with respect to our products, preclinical studies, clinical trials, manufacturing process or sales and marketing terms;
• actual or anticipated variations in our financial results or those of companies that are perceived to be similar to us;
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We may choose to raise additional capital through the issuance of equity or convertible debt securities due to market conditions or strategic considerations even if we believe we have sufficient funds for our current or future operating plans.
−Removed: No prediction can be made as to the effect, if any, that future sales of common stock or the availability of common stock for future sales will have on the trading price of our common stock.
+Added: prediction can be made as to the effect, if any, that future sales of common stock or the availability of common stock for future sales will have on the trading price of our common stock.
If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or reports about our business, or if they issue adverse or misleading research or reports regarding us, our business or our market, our stock price and trading volume could decline.
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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, 2025, executive officers and directors, together with holders of 5% or more of our outstanding common stock and their respective affiliates, beneficially own approximately 42.2% of our outstanding common stock.
+Added: As of September 30, 2025, executive officers and directors, together with holders of 5% or more of our outstanding common stock and their respective affiliates, beneficially own approximately 36.4% of our outstanding common stock.
More specifically, Jay M.
−Removed: Short, Ph.D, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, together with his spouse, beneficially own approximately 6.8%, of our outstanding common stock, as of June 30, 2025.
+Added: Short, Ph.D, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, together with his spouse, beneficially own approximately 7.0%, of our outstanding common stock, as of September 30, 2025.
As a result, Dr.
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All of our outstanding shares of common stock are freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act unless held by our “affiliates” as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or Rule 144.
−Removed: Shares issued upon the exercise of
−Removed: stock options and warrants outstanding under our equity incentive plans or pursuant to future awards granted under those plans will become available for sale in the public market to the extent permitted by Rules 144 and 701 under the Securities Act.
+Added: Shares issued upon the exercise of stock options and warrants outstanding under our equity incentive plans or pursuant to future awards granted under those plans will become available for sale in the public market to the extent permitted by Rules 144 and 701 under the Securities Act.
We registered the offer and sale of all shares of common stock that we may issue under our equity compensation plans, which shares will be able to be sold in the public market upon issuance, subject to applicable securities laws.
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In addition, these provisions may frustrate or prevent any attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management by making it more difficult for stockholders to replace members of our board of directors.
−Removed: Because our board of directors is responsible for appointing the members of our management team, these provisions could in turn affect any attempt by our stockholders to replace current members of our management team.
+Added: Because our board of directors is responsible for appointing the members of our management team, these
+Added: provisions could in turn affect any attempt by our stockholders to replace current members of our management team.
These provisions include:
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On September 16, 2022, the appellate court ruled to temporarily stay enforcement of the trial court’s order, which prevented the California Secretary of State from collecting diversity data on corporate disclosure forms pursuant to AB 979, pending a further order of the appellate court.
−Removed: On December 1, 2022, the appellate
−Removed: court vacated the temporary stay order and on February 3, 2023, a record on appeal was filed and such appeal is currently pending.
+Added: On December 1, 2022, the appellate court vacated the temporary stay order and on February 3, 2023, a record on appeal was filed and such appeal is currently pending.
To the extent that this ruling of the appellate court permits the Secretary of State of California to collect and report diversity data, we may be required to comply with additional disclosure requirements.
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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.
−Removed: 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.
+Added: Additionally, if we fail to
+Added: maintain proper and effective internal controls, our ability to produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis could be impaired.
As a public company, we have incurred and will continue to incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company.
−Removed: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the listing requirements of The Nasdaq Global Market and other applicable securities rules and regulations impose various requirements on public companies, including establishment and maintenance of effective disclosure and financial controls and corporate governance practices.
+Added: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the listing requirements of The Nasdaq Capital Market and other applicable securities rules and regulations impose various requirements on public companies, including establishment and maintenance of effective disclosure and financial controls and corporate governance practices.
Also, the Exchange Act requires, among other things, that we file annual, quarterly and current reports with respect to our business and operating results.
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If that were to happen, the market price of our stock could decline and we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the stock exchange on which our common stock is listed, the SEC or other regulatory authorities.
−Removed: In addition, if we are not able to continue to meet these requirements, we may not be able to remain listed on The Nasdaq Global Market.
+Added: In addition, if we are not able to continue to meet these requirements, we may not be able to remain listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market.
Our disclosure controls and procedures may not prevent or detect all errors or acts of fraud.
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