−Removed: are a medical device company focused on the design, development and commercialization of novel technologies for people with diabetes.
−Removed: Our mission is to become a leader in diabetes management by bringing to market innovative and cost-effective technologies that address
−Removed: multiple verticals within the diabetes market.
−Removed: Company was founded with a mission to develop GlucoTrack®, a noninvasive glucose monitoring device designed to help people with diabetes
+Added: the context otherwise requires, the terms “we”, “our”, “ours” “us”,
+Added: “Company” and “Glucotrack” refer to Glucotrack, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
+Added: Company was incorporated on May 18, 2010 under the laws of the State of Delaware.
+Added: We are a medical device company focused on the
+Added: development of an implantable continuous blood glucose monitor (“CBGM”) for persons with Type 1 diabetes and insulin-dependent Type 2
+Added: diabetes (the “Glucotrack CBGM”).
+Added: Company was founded with a mission to develop Glucotrack®, a non-invasive glucose monitoring device designed to help people with diabetes
and pre-diabetics obtain glucose level readings without the pain, inconvenience, cost and difficulty of conventional (invasive) spot
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an updated product with improved accuracy and human factors.
−Removed: As the glucose monitoring landscape rapidly moved away from point-in-time
−Removed: measurement to continuous measurement since then, the Company recently determined that it would focus its efforts on developing its Implantable
−Removed: continuous glucose monitor (“CGM”).
−Removed: As such, we have since withdrawn our CE Mark for GlucoTrack and are no longer pursuing commercialization of this product or development
−Removed: of any further iterations.
−Removed: Company is currently developing an Implantable CGM for use by Type 1 diabetes patients as well as insulin-dependent Type 2 patients.
+Added: As the glucose monitoring landscape has since rapidly moved away from point-in-time
+Added: measurement to continuous measurement, the Company recently determined that it would focus its efforts on developing the Glucotrack
+Added: As such, we have since withdrawn our CE Mark for Glucotrack and are no longer pursuing commercialization of this product
+Added: or development of any further iterations.
+Added: October 7, 2022, the Company acquired certain intellectual property related to the Glucotrack CBGM from Paul V.
+Added: Company’s Chief Executive Officer and intends to develop the technology to address the growing Type 1 and insulin-dependent
+Added: Type 2 diabetes market.
+Added: Company is currently developing the Glucotrack CBGM for use by Type 1 diabetes patients as well as insulin-dependent Type 2
Implant longevity is key to the success of such a device.
−Removed: We have recently completed a feasibility study successfully demonstrating that
−Removed: a minimum two-year implant life is highly probable with the current sensor design.
−Removed: We have also initiated an animal study with an initial
−Removed: prototype system that has thus far demonstrated a simple implant procedure and good functionality.
−Removed: The Company will initiate a long-term
−Removed: animal trial in late Q4 as well as initiate development of its commercial device, also in late Q4, in preparation of regulatory submission
−Removed: in late 2024 for a first in human study.
−Removed: We believe our technology, if successful, has the potential to be more accurate, more convenient
−Removed: and have a longer duration than other implantable glucose monitors that are either in the market or currently under development.
−Removed: are currently developing our own mobile companion application and a cloud-based solution platform to provide real time, data driven personalized
−Removed: tools to effectively help a user manage their diabetes.
−Removed: In addition to being a critical and effective management tool for the end user,
−Removed: we believe that third parties such as insurers, pharmaceutical companies and advertisers would be willing to pay for the de-identified
−Removed: data that we will obtain through our platform, and that this is an opportunity for us to develop an additional revenue source.
−Removed: Senior Management team includes;
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer and President, Paul V.
−Removed: who has a decorated career developing innovative medical technologies, including at DexCom and MiniMed, CFO, James Cardwell, CPA who
−Removed: has over 16 years of experience as a Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer with a concentration in both SEC financial reporting
−Removed: and tax compliance, James P.
−Removed: Thrower PhD, Vice President of Engineering, a seasoned executive formerly of Sterling Medical Devices, Mindray
−Removed: DS USA and DexCom, Inc.
−Removed: (“DexCom”) , Mark Tapsak PhD, Vice President of Sensor
−Removed: Technology, a medical research scientist who brings over 25 years of experience in the diabetes industry, including previous senior roles
−Removed: at DexCom and Medtronic plc (“Medtronic”);
−Removed: and Drinda Benjamin, Vice President
−Removed: of Marketing, an experienced commercial leader with experience at Medtronic and MiniMed, Abbott Diabetes Care, Senseonics and Intuitive
−Removed: and Vincent Wong, Vice President of Quality, a proven quality systems leader with extensive high-volume implantable device
−Removed: manufacturing experience from Cirtec Medical Corp.
−Removed: (“Cirtec Medical”) and TOMZ Corporation.
−Removed: Malavé, formerly of Insulet Corp, Medtronic and MiniMed is the Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”
−Removed: or “Board of Directors”).
−Removed: We intend to continue to invest in our talent and to expand and strengthen all areas within the
−Removed: September 27, 2021, our shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No.
−Removed: 333-259664) (the “Shelf Registration Statement”)
−Removed: was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
−Removed: The shelf registration statement permits us
−Removed: to register up to $100,000,000 of certain equity and debt securities of the Company via prospectus supplement.
−Removed: October 7, 2022, the Company announced that it has acquired certain intellectual property related to a long-term implantable CGM from Paul V.
−Removed: Goode, the Chief Executive Officer and that it intends to develop the technology to
−Removed: address the growing Type 1 and insulin-dependent Type 2 diabetes market.
−Removed: April 13, 2023, the Company completed an underwritten public offering under which the Company received gross proceeds of approximately
−Removed: $10 million for issuance of (i) 5,376,472 shares of common stock and (ii) 1,976,470 pre-funded warrants at a price to the public of $1.36
−Removed: After completing this transaction, the Company regained compliance with NASDAQ regarding the notice it received on November
−Removed: April 17, 2023, the Company announced the closing of a firm commitment underwritten public offering of shares of its common stock with
−Removed: gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $10 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and other estimated expenses.
−Removed: offering consisted of 5,376,472 shares of common stock and 1,976,470 pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of common stock at a price
−Removed: to the public of $1.36 per share (less $0.001 in exercise price per pre-funded warrant).
−Removed: The Company entered into an underwriting agreement
−Removed: with Aegis Capital Corp.
−Removed: on April 13, 2023.
−Removed: The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering primarily for working capital
−Removed: and general corporate purposes, which may include, without limitation, engaging in acquisitions or other business combinations or investments,
−Removed: sales and marketing activities, general and administrative matters and capital expenditures.
−Removed: July 25, 2023, the Company announced the completion and positive results of its feasibility study for its implantable continuous glucose
−Removed: monitor technology for patients with Type 1 and Type 2 insulin-dependent diabetes.
−Removed: The primary goal of the feasibility study was to demonstrate
−Removed: that the CGM sensor design could reliably report glucose measurements for two years post-implant.
−Removed: Laboratory bench testing confirmed
−Removed: that a minimum two-year implant longevity is highly probable with the current sensor design.
−Removed: The implant longevity was independently
−Removed: verified by a third-party using sensor parameters to simulate sensor performance over time.
−Removed: Given the positive results of the study,
−Removed: the Company is now preparing for long-term animal studies, which are expected to begin later this year.
−Removed: On October 12, 2023, the Company
−Removed: issued a press release with respect to its initial Animal Study.
−Removed: as of October 6, 2023, Jolie Kahn resigned as Chief Financial Officer of GlucoTrack, Inc.
−Removed: (the “Company”) to pursue other
−Removed: career interests.
−Removed: Kahn’s resignation was not because of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s
−Removed: operations, policies or practices, including accounting principles and practices.
−Removed: October 11, 2023, the Company appointed James S Cardwell, 63, as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective immediately.
−Removed: Cardwell has over 16 years of experience as a Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer with a concentration in both SEC financial
−Removed: reporting and tax compliance.
−Removed: He also serves as the Chief Operating Officer of the CFO Squad LLC, an accounting firm, since July 2015
−Removed: providing additional accounting and financial reporting services to the Company.
−Removed: In connection with his role at the CFO Squad LLC, he
−Removed: also served as interim Chief Financial Officer at several entities.
−Removed: Cardwell has no family relationships with any of the Company’s directors or executive officers, and he is not a party to, and does
−Removed: not have any direct or indirect material interest in, any transaction requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
−Removed: October 11, 2023, in connection with Mr.
−Removed: Cardwell’s appointment as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Mr.
−Removed: Cardwell entered
−Removed: into a consulting agreement (the “Cardwell Consulting Agreement”) with the Company.
−Removed: Pursuant to the terms of the Cardwell
−Removed: Consulting Agreement, Mr.
−Removed: Cardwell will perform all duties typically required of a Chief Financial Officer.
−Removed: As compensation for his services,
−Removed: the Company shall pay Mr.
−Removed: Cardwell One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500) per month.
−Removed: The Cardwell Consulting Agreement is for a term
−Removed: Either party may terminate the agreement upon thirty (30) day written notice.
−Removed: On November 13, 2023, the Company
−Removed: announced its decision to shift its strategic focus from non-invasive point-in-time glucose monitoring (“GlucoTrack 2.0”)
−Removed: to CGM technology.
−Removed: This decision was driven by market trends indicating a growing preference for CGM and
−Removed: supported by changes in clinical guidelines recommending CGM over point-in-time monitoring for certain patient populations.
−Removed: This historical
−Removed: shift reflects the Company’s proactive response to evolving industry dynamics, aiming to better align its offerings with the needs of
−Removed: individuals managing diabetes.
−Removed: November 24, 2023, we received a letter from the Staff of Nasdaq notifying us that we have been granted an additional 180 calendar
−Removed: days, or until May 20, 2024, to regain compliance with the Bid Price Rule.
−Removed: If at any time during the Extended Compliance Period, the
−Removed: closing bid price of our Common Stock is at least $1.00 per share for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days, the Staff of Nasdaq
−Removed: will provide written confirmation that we have achieved compliance with the Bid Price Rule.
−Removed: If we cannot demonstrate compliance
−Removed: during the Extended Compliance Period, then the Staff of Nasdaq will provide notice that our Common Stock will be subject to
−Removed: At that time, the Company may appeal the Staff’s determination to a hearings
−Removed: The stock price on March 12, 2024, was $0.31.
−Removed: The Company agreed to do a reverse stock split if the stock does not trade for
−Removed: more than $1.00 for more than 10 consecutive days before May 20, 2024.
−Removed: February 13, 2024, the Company entered into an exchange agreement with certain shareholders (the “Holders”), pursuant to
−Removed: which the Company and the Holders agreed to exchange 4,381,953 of common stock purchase warrants owned by the Holders for 3,593,203 shares
−Removed: of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share.
+Added: We have continued to evolve our sensor chemistry following our successful
+Added: in-vitro feasibility study demonstrating that a minimum two-year implant life is highly probable with the current sensor design.
+Added: we announced that a 3-year longevity is feasible leveraging both in-vitro and in-silico test results.
+Added: We have also completed multiple
+Added: animal studies with initial prototype systems which demonstrated a simple implant procedure with good safety and functionality.
+Added: of both were presented in poster form at the 2024 American Diabetes Association annual conference.
+Added: to the above progress on the Glucotrack CBGM, we have also successfully demonstrated continuous glucose sensing in the epidural space.
+Added: latter approach is of importance for patients with diabetes already contemplating spinal cord stimulation therapy for their condition.
+Added: We believe our technology, if successful, has the potential to be more accurate, more convenient and have a longer duration than other
+Added: implantable glucose monitors that are either in the market or currently under development.
+Added: Company has recently completed a first in human study.
+Added: This study was an acute study intended to demonstrate device performance and safety,
+Added: as well as safety of the implant and removal procedures.
+Added: The study used the planned commercial version of the implantable sensor connected
+Added: to an externalized prototype electronics device.
+Added: Patients were monitored in hospital for 4 days.
+Added: Results of the study were positive,
+Added: meeting the endpoints of no serious safety events while demonstrating similar performance and accuracy as observed in longer-term animal
+Added: regulatory submission has recently been made for a first in human study of the planned commercial version of the Glucotrack CBGM
+Added: fully implantable sensor and electronics with no on-body wearable.
+Added: This will be a long-term study intended to demonstrate
+Added: device performance and safety over a period of at least one year.
+Added: Most of the preparatory clinical activities are complete and the
+Added: study is expected to initiate late in the second quarter of 2025, pending regulatory approval.
+Added: In parallel, the Company is also
+Added: preparing for pre-submission discussions with the U.S.
+Added: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding our planned multi-center United
+Added: States (“U.S.”) clinical trial we hope to launch before the end of 2025.
+Added: part of this effort, the Company has recently obtained ISO13485 certification, an internationally agreed-upon standard of quality
+Added: system requirements for the design, production, distribution, and sale of medical devices.
+Added: The Company has successfully completed
+Added: all necessary audits without any major nonconformities.
+Added: Certification of compliance to the standard is recognized and accepted by
+Added: the FDA, the European Medicines Agency (EMA), and many other regulatory authorities worldwide.
+Added: executive management team consists of our Chief Executive Officer and President, Paul V.
+Added: Goode PhD, an experienced executive with a
+Added: 25+ year career developing innovative medical technologies, including at Dexcom, Inc.
+Added: (“Dexcom”) and MiniMed (now
+Added: Medtronic Diabetes) and Chief Financial Officer, Peter C.
+Added: Wulff, who has over 35 years of experience as a chief financial officer
+Added: and chief operating officer in both public and private entities.
+Added: Our senior management team consists of:
+Added: Mark Tapsak PhD, Chief
+Added: Scientific Officer, a medical research scientist who brings over 25 years of experience in the diabetes industry, including previous
+Added: senior roles at Dexcom and Medtronic;
+Added: Thrower PhD, Vice President of Advanced Technologies, a seasoned engineering
+Added: executive with 20 years’ experience formerly of Sterling Medical Devices, Mindray DS USA and Dexcom.;
+Added: Drinda Benjamin, Vice
+Added: President of Marketing, a medical device professional with over 20 years of experience in the medical device and diabetes industry
+Added: with senior roles at Intuity Medical, Senseonics, Incorporated, Abbott Diabetes, and Medtronic Diabetes;
+Added: Vincent Wong, Vice
+Added: President of Operations, a medical device professional with 15 years of experience in quality system for implantable medical device
+Added: manufacturing with senior roles at Cirtec Medical and TOMZ Corporation (“TOMZ”);
+Added: Sandie Martha, Vice President Clinical Operations, a medical device
+Added: professional with over 20 years of experience in the medical device and diabetes industry with senior roles at Dexcom and GlySens Incorporated (“GlySens”);
+Added: and Ted Williams, Vice President Regulatory, a medical device professional with over 20 years of experience in the biotech and
+Added: diabetes industry with a senior role at GlySens.
+Added: Board of Directors (the “Board” or “Board of Directors”) includes the Chairman Luis J.
+Added: Malavé, formerly
+Added: of Insulet Corp, Medtronic and MiniMed (now Medtronic Diabetes);
+Added: Andy Balo, formerly of Dexcom and St Jude Medical (now Abbott), Erin
+Added: Carter, formerly of Medtronic and Boston Scientific;
+Added: John Ballantyne, formerly of Aldeveron;
+Added: Robert Fischell, formerly of Pacesetter
+Added: (now Abbott), NeuroPace, and IsoStent, Inc.;
+Added: and Allen Danzig, formerly of L3-Harris Technologies and Celanese.
is a chronic, life-threatening disease for which there is no known cure.
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exercise, oral medications or insulin injections to regulate blood glucose levels.
−Removed: to the Diabetes Atlas (Ninth Edition) published by the International Diabetes Federation in 2021, approximately 537 million adults worldwide,
−Removed: between the ages of 20 and 79, or approximately 10% of the world’s adult population, were estimated to suffer from diabetes in
−Removed: 2021 (not including those persons who suffer from impaired glucose tolerance or gestational diabetes, diabetic conditions first arising
−Removed: during pregnancy).
−Removed: The International Diabetes Federation estimates that this number will grow to approximately 784 million adults worldwide
−Removed: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in its National Diabetes Statistics Report, 2023 provided crude estimates for
−Removed: 2021 that there are approximately 38 million people with diabetes in the U.S., of which 29.7 million have diagnosed diabetes.
−Removed: adults ages 18 years or older, there were 1.2 million new cases of diabetes diagnosed in 2021.
+Added: to the Diabetes Atlas (Ninth Edition) published by the International Diabetes Federation in 2021, approximately 537 million adults
+Added: worldwide, between the ages of 20 and 79, or approximately 10% of the world’s adult population, were estimated to suffer from
+Added: diabetes in 2021 (not including those persons who suffer from impaired glucose tolerance or gestational diabetes, diabetic
+Added: conditions first arising during pregnancy).
+Added: The International Diabetes Federation estimates that this number will grow to
+Added: approximately 784 million adults worldwide by 2045.
+Added: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in its 2023 National Diabetes
+Added: Statistics Report provided crude estimates for 2021 that there are approximately 38 million people with diabetes in the U.S.,
+Added: of which 29.7 million have diagnosed diabetes.
+Added: Among US adults ages 18 years or older, there were 1.2 million new cases of diabetes
+Added: diagnosed in 2021.
glucose levels can be affected by many factors, including the carbohydrate and fat content of meals, exercise, stress, illness or impending
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of blood glucose levels provides these individuals with information that can be used to better understand and manage their diabetes.
−Removed: Testing of blood glucose levels is usually done before meals, after meals and before going to sleep.
−Removed: People with diabetes who take insulin
−Removed: usually need to test more often than those who do not take insulin.
−Removed: Company is developing a CGM that will allow continuous monitoring of glucose level, which the Company believes is a significant improvement
−Removed: in quality compared to spot finger stick devices.
−Removed: Spot finger stick devices have been the most prevalent devices for blood glucose monitoring.
−Removed: These devices require users to insert a strip into a glucose meter, take a blood sample with a finger stick and place a drop of blood
−Removed: on a test strip that yields a single point in time blood glucose measurement.
−Removed: Despite continued developments in the field of blood glucose
−Removed: monitors, the routine measurement of glucose levels remains invasive, painful, inconvenient, difficult and costly.
−Removed: In contrast, CGM systems involve the insertion of sensors into the body to measure glucose levels in the interstitial
−Removed: fluid throughout the day and night, providing real-time data that shows trends in glucose measurements.
−Removed: Several published clinical studies
−Removed: demonstrate that CGMs improve glycemic control in people with type 1 diabetes or people with insulin-requiring type 2 diabetes.
−Removed: result, CGM use is rapidly increasing and has become the clinically recommended standard of care for these patients.
−Removed: the benefits in glycemic control, many people with diabetes still have not adopted CGM.
−Removed: We believe that a significant market opportunity
−Removed: exists for an innovative CGM devices that addresses the remaining barriers to adoption.
−Removed: According to a 2017 Diabetes Care study,
−Removed: these barriers include the hassle of wearing devices all the time, dislike for having diabetes devices on the body, and dislike for how
−Removed: diabetes devices look on the body.
−Removed: Additionally, the study reported that reasons that people discontinued using a CGM included the device
−Removed: being uncomfortable or painful and the belief that the device is not accurate.
−Removed: 4 We believe that improved CGM devices that
−Removed: address these barriers could provide significant benefits to patients, healthcare providers and payors, thereby increasing overall CGM
−Removed: adoption and ongoing satisfaction.
−Removed: others Intensive blood-glucose control with sulphonylureas or insulin compared with conventional treatment
−Removed: and risk of complications in patients with type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 33).
−Removed: The Lancet 1998 , 352 , 837–853.
−Removed: Diabetes Control and Complications Research Group;
−Removed: others The effect of intensive treatment of diabetes on the development and
−Removed: progression of long-term complications in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
−Removed: N Engl J Med 1993 , 329 , 977–986.
−Removed: Glycosylated Hemoglobin in Relationship to Cardiovascular Outcomes and Death in Patients with
−Removed: Type 2 Diabetes:
−Removed: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
−Removed: PLOS ONE 2012 , 7 , e42551, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042551.
−Removed: Tanenbaum ML, Hanes SJ, Miller KM, Naranjo D, Bensen R, Hood KK.
+Added: Testing of blood glucose levels should be performed (at a minimum) before meals, after meals and before going to sleep.
+Added: People with diabetes
+Added: who take insulin usually need to test more often than those who do not take insulin.
+Added: recently, spot finger stick devices known as blood glucose monitors (“BGM”) have been the most prevalent devices for blood
+Added: glucose monitoring.
+Added: These devices require users to insert a strip into a glucose meter, take a blood sample with a finger stick and place
+Added: a drop of blood on a test strip that yields a single point in time blood glucose measurement.
+Added: Despite continued developments in the field
+Added: of BGMs, the routine measurement of glucose levels remains invasive, painful, inconvenient, difficult and costly.
+Added: Moreover, the American
+Added: Diabetes Association updated guidelines (released 2023) indicated there is no clinical evidence of benefit for non-insulin dependent
+Added: Type 2 diabetes patients;
+Added: and recommended CGM as the standard of care for those patients.
+Added: Continuous glucose monitor (“CGM”)
+Added: systems involve the insertion of sensors into the body to measure glucose levels in the interstitial fluid throughout the day and night,
+Added: providing real-time data that shows trends in glucose measurements.
+Added: Many published clinical studies demonstrate that CGMs improve glycemic
+Added: control in people with Type 1 diabetes or people with insulin-requiring Type 2 diabetes.
+Added: As a result, CGM use is rapidly increasing and
+Added: has become the clinically recommended standard of care for these patients.
+Added: the benefits in glycemic control and significant insurance coverage, almost half of the people with diabetes still have not adopted CGM.
+Added: We believe that a significant market opportunity exists for an innovative CGM device that addresses the remaining barriers to adoption.
+Added: According to a 2017 Diabetes Care study, these barriers include the inconvenience of wearing devices all the time, discomfort
+Added: and inconvenience of bi-weekly device replacement, dislike for having diabetes devices on the body, and dislike for how diabetes devices
+Added: look on the body.
+Added: Additionally, the study reported that reasons that people discontinued using a CGM included the device being uncomfortable
+Added: or painful and the belief that the device is not accurate.
+Added: 1 The Company conducted its own market research study in 2024 to
+Added: validate these findings as still being relevant.
+Added: The results on over 750 patients demonstrated that patients with diabetes still have
+Added: the same issues as expressed in 2017.
+Added: 2 We believe that improved CGM devices that address these barriers could provide significant
+Added: benefits to patients, healthcare providers and payors, thereby increasing overall CGM adoption and ongoing satisfaction.
+Added: is developing a long-term implantable blood-based CGM that will allow continuous monitoring of blood glucose levels, which the Company
+Added: believes is a significant improvement in quality compared to spot finger stick devices and CGM.
+Added: ML, Hanes SJ, Miller KM, Naranjo D, Bensen R, Hood KK.
Diabetes device use in adults with type 1 diabetes:
−Removed: uptake and potential intervention targets.
+Added: barriers to uptake and potential
+Added: intervention targets.
Diabetes Care 2017 Feb 1;40(2):181-7.
−Removed: As mentioned in the “History” section above, the Company
−Removed: retired its non-invasive point-in-time glucose monitoring (“GlucoTrack 2.0”) and shifted its focus to CGM technology.
−Removed: we are currently developing a long-term implantable Continuous Blood Glucose Monitor (CBGM) with no requirement for an additional wearable
−Removed: component with maintained calibration status.
−Removed: The CBGM utilizes an intravascular approach, in which the device is implanted subcutaneously
−Removed: and connected to a lead that is placed directly into a blood vessel.
−Removed: This facilitates continuous blood glucose measurements with zero
−Removed: In comparison, all CGM systems measure glucose in the interstitial fluid, which lags behind blood glucose.
−Removed: The approach is based
−Removed: on design elements, implant techniques, and implant tools commonly used for active implantable devices in the cardiovascular space.
−Removed: a result, it employs a recognized, established, and widely utilized implant procedure and device form factor.
+Added: “Evaluating Acceptance of a Continuous Blood Glucose Monitor for People with Insulin Requiring Diabetes”, Presented
+Added: at 2024 ADCES annual conference.
+Added: Company is currently developing a long-term implantable CBGM with no requirement for an additional
+Added: wearable component with maintained calibration status (the “Glucotrack CBGM”).
+Added: The Glucotrack CBGM utilizes
+Added: an intravascular approach, in which the device is implanted subcutaneously and connected to a lead that is placed directly into a blood
+Added: This facilitates continuous blood glucose measurements with zero lag time.
+Added: In comparison, all other CGM systems of which we are
+Added: aware measure glucose in the interstitial fluid, which lags behind blood glucose.
+Added: Our approach is based on design elements, implant techniques,
+Added: and implant tools commonly used for active implantable devices in the cardiovascular space.
+Added: As a result, it employs a recognized, established,
+Added: and widely utilized implant procedure and device form factor.
the second quarter of 2023, we completed the laboratory-based feasibility study demonstrating that the CBGM sensor is capable of measuring
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with conventional CGM technologies on the market.
−Removed: the fourth quarter of 2023, we also initiated a human clinical device/system design and development program and expect to begin our first-in-human
−Removed: (“FIH”) study in the first quarter of 2025.
−Removed: This will require a submission to, and eventual approval from, the eventual U.S.
−Removed: Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”).
−Removed: We are targeting up to 30 patients across up to 3 US clinical centers;
−Removed: FDA may limit number of patients and/or clinical centers.
−Removed: Collecting data for sensor characterization and algorithm development, along
−Removed: with implant procedure characterization and refinement, will be the primary goals of the FIH study.
−Removed: These results will drive any necessary
−Removed: refinements to the system.
−Removed: Upon incorporation of any required refinements, we intend to conduct a pilot study of the eventual FDA pivotal
−Removed: trial to prepare for the larger pivotal trial for FDA clearance.
−Removed: parallel, we are also currently developing the Glucotrack CBGM a companion mobile application and a cloud-based solution to provide real
−Removed: time, data-driven personalized tools to effectively help a user manage their diabetes and assist healthcare providers with making treatment
−Removed: In addition to being a critical and effective management tool for the end user, we believe such data may be effectively monetized
−Removed: for use by third parties such as insurers, pharmaceutical companies and advertisers.
+Added: the fourth quarter of 2023, we initiated a human clinical device/system design and development program.
+Added: The objective was to complete
+Added: this effort in time to initiate regulatory filings for a first-in-human acute (“FIH-A”) study in the second quarter of 2024.
+Added: the first quarter of 2024, we advanced the program of the commercial device/system design and development program with our contract manufacturing
+Added: partner, Cirtec Medical.
+Added: The objective was to complete this effort in time to initiate regulatory filings for a first-in-human chronic
+Added: (“FIH-C”) study in the fourth quarter of 2024.
+Added: the second quarter of 2024, we announced that the Glucotrack CBGM successfully completed 30 days of a 60-day long-term preclinical
+Added: study on measuring glucose in the epidural space.
+Added: The Glucotrack CBGM sensor, implanted in the epidural space of animals,
+Added: closely tracked both blood glucose and a commercially available subcutaneous CGM throughout the 30-day period.
+Added: The implantation
+Added: procedure took approximately 20 minutes, and the animals recovered without complications.
+Added: No abnormal clinical signs or findings in
+Added: the spinal cord or surrounding tissues were observed at the 30-day mark.
+Added: We subsequently announced that the 60-day long-term study
+Added: was completed, demonstrating the feasibility of glucose monitoring in the epidural space.
+Added: No abnormal clinical signs were observed
+Added: throughout the study period, and no abnormal findings were observed in the spinal cord or surrounding tissues during post-explant
+Added: The study also confirmed that the implanted sensor did not cause any delayed latent effects over the long-term period,
+Added: which is particularly important as a complete healing process in animal studies with implanted devices may take several weeks.
+Added: the completion of this study, the durability of the epidural approach for continuous glucose monitoring has now been confirmed over
+Added: the 60-day period.
+Added: in the second quarter of 2024, a regulatory submission was prepared and eventually submitted for the FIH-A study to be performed in Sao
+Added: Paulo, Brazil.
+Added: This study was a small cohort of up to 10 patients evaluated in-hospital for 4 days.
+Added: The goals of the study were to prove
+Added: the implant and removal procedures were safe and reasonable, the device was safe and functional, and the overall experience was well-tolerated.
+Added: The trial began in December 2024 and was completed in late January 2025.
+Added: The study successfully met all objectives.
+Added: the third quarter of 2024, we presented data at the Diabetes Technology Society annual meeting that demonstrated a sensor longevity of
+Added: Using in silico modeling to iterate membrane parameter design changes and further validated by in vitro bench testing, we were
+Added: able to improve our projected sensor longevity from 2 years to 3 years.
+Added: the fourth quarter of 2024, a regulatory submission was prepared and eventually submitted for the FIH-C study to be performed in Melbourne,
+Added: This study is to be up to 30 patients across up to 3 centers evaluated in daily life for one year, with the option to extend
+Added: the study longer.
+Added: The goals of the study are to collect data for sensor characterization and algorithm development, along with implant
+Added: procedure characterization and refinement.
+Added: These results will drive any necessary refinements to the system.
+Added: Upon incorporation of any
+Added: required refinements, we intend to conduct a U.S.
+Added: Initial regulatory feedback from the Australian regulatory body is expected
+Added: in first quarter 2025 with trial start expected in second quarter 2025.
+Added: respect to clinical trials, we are targeting the second quarter of 2025 for initiation of the FIH-C trial.
+Added: This trial is expected to
+Added: use the commercial version of the implantable system products (device and sensor), along with the scaled mobile app and cloud.
+Added: 2025, we will identify potential clinical sites, obtain regulatory approval, and prepare the sites for trial initiation.
+Added: be working with key physician partners to refine the implant, explant, and replacement procedures and associated tool set.
+Added: request our first pre-submission meeting with the FDA.
+Added: The goal of this is to initiate
+Added: discussions culminating in an Investigational Device Exemption (“IDE”) submission in the third quarter of 2025.
+Added: The IDE submission
+Added: will be for a U.S.
+Added: Pilot Study targeting up to 40 patients across up to 3 U.S.
+Added: clinical centers;
+Added: however, the FDA may limit number of patients
+Added: and/or clinical centers.
+Added: The primary goal of this study is to be a ‘dry run’ for the eventual FDA pivotal trial for FDA approval.
+Added: the first quarter of 2025, we received ISO 13485:2016 certification from the British Standards Institute (“BSI”).
+Added: We successfully
+Added: completed Stage I and Stage II Assessments performed by the notified body, BSI, to verify the Company has established, and is maintaining,
+Added: a quality management system that meets all requirements of the ISO 13485:2016 standard for design and development of our products.
do not have commercial manufacturing facilities and do not intend to build commercial manufacturing facilities of our own in the foreseeable
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and Development
−Removed: focus significant time and resources on research and development in connection with our efforts to continue to develop our implantable
−Removed: blood continuous glucose monitor, CBGM.
−Removed: 2023 was focused on proving the feasibility of the acquired technology, specifically that the
−Removed: CBGM technology may last at least two (2) years in a human body, could accurately measure during that time, and would be safe to implant
−Removed: This was accomplished via three major studies:
−Removed: in vitro (in liquid solution), in silico (computer modeling and simulation),
−Removed: and in vivo (animal study).
−Removed: These studies required development of laboratory and animal study prototypes necessary for these evaluations,
−Removed: as well as partnering with experts in computational modeling of chemical materials and their interaction with the body.
−Removed: and in silico efforts successfully completed by late Q2, both confirming that a two-year implant life was possible.
−Removed: These results triggered
−Removed: development of the animal prototype and initiation of those studies, which were successfully completed in late Q4 demonstrating very
−Removed: good accuracy and safety profile.
−Removed: 2023, we began our migration from feasibility to product development.
−Removed: More specifically, we have partnered with an experienced contract
−Removed: manufacturing organization, Cirtec Medical, to manufacture the implantable products for the commercial version of the CBGM system that
−Removed: will be used in forthcoming clinical trials.
−Removed: Cirtec is one of the leading contract manufacturing organizations specializing in implantable
−Removed: medical device production.
−Removed: These efforts have already begun and are expected to provide clinical trial use units in late Q4 of 2024.
−Removed: parallel, we are developing a dedicated mobile app and cloud system for collecting and managing CBGM System data.
−Removed: The initial version
−Removed: will be scaled appropriately for a FIH clinical trial.
−Removed: This version will serve as a foundation for the eventual commercial version, incrementally
−Removed: increasing features along with regulatory guidance through clinical trials prior to commercialization.
−Removed: respect to clinical trials, we are targeting Q1 2025 for initiation of the FIH trial.
−Removed: This trial is expected to use the commercial version
−Removed: of the implantable system products (device and sensor), along with the scaled mobile app and cloud as described above.
−Removed: Throughout 2024,
−Removed: we will identify potential clinical sites, obtain regulatory approval, and prepare the sites for trial initiation.
−Removed: We will also be working
−Removed: with key physician partners to refine the implant, explant, and replacement procedures and associated tool set.
−Removed: we will continue to increment the implantable sensor design for even better performance.
−Removed: These efforts will focus on techniques that
−Removed: can lead to increased longevity of the implanted sensor, increased accuracy of the sensor, and simpler and safer implant, explant, and
−Removed: replacement tools and procedures.
−Removed: Further to that, we continue to research materials and techniques that can reduce overall system cost.
−Removed: “Item 7 – Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation – Results of Operation”
−Removed: below for a discussion of the research and development expenses for the fiscal years ended 2023 and 2022.
+Added: “ Item 7 – Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation – Results
+Added: of Operation ” below for a discussion of the research and development expenses for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and
Considerations
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Class III devices are new and frequently help sustain
−Removed: the United States, a company generally can obtain permission to distribute a new device in two ways – through a so-called “510(k)”
−Removed: premarket notification application or through a Section 515 premarket approval (“PMA”) application.
−Removed: The 510(k) submission
−Removed: applies to any device that is substantially equivalent to a device first marketed prior to May 28, 1976 or to another device marketed
−Removed: after that date, but which was substantially equivalent to a pre-May 28, 1976 device.
−Removed: These devices are either Class I or Class II devices.
−Removed: Under the 510(k) submission process, the FDA will issue an order finding substantial equivalence to a predicate device (pre-May 28, 1976
−Removed: or post-May 28, 1976 device that was substantially equivalent to a pre- May 28, 1976 device) and permitting commercial distribution of
−Removed: that device for its intended use.
−Removed: A 510(k) submission must provide information supporting its claim of substantial equivalence to the
−Removed: predicate device.
−Removed: The FDA permits certain low risk medical devices to be marketed without requiring the manufacturer to submit a premarket
−Removed: notification.
−Removed: In other instances, the FDA may require that a premarket notification not only be submitted, but also be accompanied by
−Removed: clinical data.
−Removed: If clinical data from human experiments are required to support the 510(k) submissions, these data must be gathered in
−Removed: compliance with investigational device exemption regulations for investigations performed in the United States.
−Removed: The FDA review process
−Removed: for premarket notifications submitted pursuant to section 510(k) should take about 90 days, but it can take substantially longer if the
−Removed: FDA has concerns, and there is no guarantee that the FDA will clear the device for marketing, in which case the device cannot be lawfully
−Removed: distributed in the United States.
−Removed: If the FDA finds that the device subject to the premarket notification is substantially equivalent
−Removed: to a proper predicate device, then the FDA may “clear” that device for marketing.
−Removed: These devices are not “approved”
−Removed: It is very unlikely, however, that the FDA will deem our CBGM subject to the 510(k) process, as opposed to the more time-consuming,
−Removed: resource intensive and problematic PMA application process described below.
+Added: the United States, a company generally can obtain permission to distribute a new device in two ways – through a so-called
+Added: “510(k)” premarket notification application or through a Section 515 premarket approval (“PMA”) application.
+Added: The 510(k) submission applies to any device that is substantially equivalent to a device first marketed prior to May 28, 1976 or to
+Added: another device marketed after that date, but which was substantially equivalent to a pre-May 28, 1976 device.
+Added: These devices are
+Added: either Class I or Class II devices.
+Added: Under the 510(k) submission process, the FDA will issue an order finding substantial equivalence
+Added: to a predicate device (pre-May 28, 1976 or post-May 28, 1976 device that was substantially equivalent to a pre- May 28, 1976 device)
+Added: and permitting commercial distribution of that device for its intended use.
+Added: A 510(k) submission must provide information supporting
+Added: its claim of substantial equivalence to the predicate device.
+Added: The FDA permits certain low risk medical devices to be marketed
+Added: without requiring the manufacturer to submit a premarket notification.
+Added: In other instances, the FDA may require that a premarket
+Added: notification not only be submitted, but also be accompanied by clinical data.
+Added: If clinical data from human experiments are required
+Added: to support the 510(k) submissions, these data must be gathered in compliance with investigational device exemption regulations for
+Added: investigations performed in the United States.
+Added: The FDA review process for premarket notifications submitted pursuant to section
+Added: 510(k) should take about 90 days, but it can take substantially longer if the FDA has concerns, and there is no guarantee that the
+Added: FDA will clear the device for marketing, in which case the device cannot be lawfully distributed in the United States.
+Added: finds that the device subject to the premarket notification is substantially equivalent to a proper predicate device, then the FDA
+Added: may “clear” that device for marketing.
+Added: These devices are not “approved” by the FDA.
+Added: It is very unlikely,
+Added: however, that the FDA will deem our Glucotrack CBGM subject to the 510(k) process, as opposed to the more time-consuming, resource
+Added: intensive and problematic PMA application process described below.
more comprehensive PMA process applies to a new device that either is not substantially equivalent to a pre-May 28, 1976 product or is
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Glucotrack CBGM is still under development and has not yet been approved for commercial sale in or outside the United States.
−Removed: implantable nature of the Glucotrack CBGM, it is most likely that the device will be assigned a Class III designation and need to follow
+Added: the implantable nature of our CBGM, it is most likely that the device will be assigned a Class III designation and need to follow
the PMA process for regulatory approval.
−Removed: The Company is preparing for this approach.
+Added: We are preparing for this approach.
when a clinical study has been approved or cleared by the FDA or a notified body or deemed approved, the study is subject to factors
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is exported, as well as certain FDA export requirements.
−Removed: Company plans to leverage the FDA approval for immediate ability to sell product in Switzerland (as well as the US).
−Removed: The Swiss competent
−Removed: authority, SwissMedic, allows entry into the Swiss market with FDA approval.
−Removed: This will be an initial entry to the central European market
−Removed: until CE Mark can be obtained.
−Removed: Geographical proximities enable servicing self-paying customers from nearby countries such as Germany,
−Removed: France, Austria, and Italy.
−Removed: Company plans to leverage the PMA clinical trial data, if successful, along with the associated development and manufacturing information,
+Added: Company plans to leverage the De Novo/PMA clinical trial data, if successful, along with the associated development and manufacturing information,
for CE Mark certification.
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and commercial third-party payors.
−Removed: Currently, Medicare covers CGM systems, which includes supplies necessary
−Removed: for the use of the device under the Durable Medical Equipment, or DME, benefit category.
−Removed: Previously, Medicare coverage for CGM was only
−Removed: available to Medicare patients who take at least three doses of insulin a day.
−Removed: The Local Coverage Determination, or LCD, that the Medicare
−Removed: Administrative Contractors (MACs) released in April 2023 extends Medicare CGM coverage to all patients using insulin.
−Removed: The LCD also allows
−Removed: coverage for patients not taking insulin if the patient has a history of problematic hypoglycemia.
+Added: Currently, Medicare covers CGM systems, which includes supplies necessary for the use of the device
+Added: under the Durable Medical Equipment (DME), benefit category.
+Added: Previously, Medicare coverage for CGM was only available to Medicare patients
+Added: who take at least three doses of insulin a day.
+Added: The Local Coverage Determination (LCD), that the Medicare Administrative Contractors
+Added: (MACs) released in April 2023 extended Medicare CGM coverage to all patients using insulin.
+Added: The LCD also allows coverage for patients
+Added: not taking insulin if the patient has a history of problematic hypoglycemia.
is currently one commercially available implantable CGM product and the current reimbursement landscape includes coverage for the product
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patients not taking insulin if the patient has a history of problematic hypoglycemia.
−Removed: though CGM coverage is broad, we anticipate that sales volumes and prices of our implantable Continuous Blood Glucose Monitor (CBGM)
−Removed: product will depend in large part on the availability of adequate reimbursement from Medicare and third-party payors.
−Removed: Medicare reimburses
−Removed: medical devices in a variety of ways depending on where and how the device is used.
−Removed: However, Medicare only provides reimbursement if
−Removed: CMS determines that the device should be covered and that the use of the device is consistent with the coverage criteria.
−Removed: determination can be made at the national level by CMS or at the local level by the Medicare administrative contractor (formerly called
−Removed: carriers and fiscal intermediaries) or a private contractor that processes and pays claims on behalf of CMS for the geographic area where
−Removed: the services were rendered.
−Removed: Obtaining a coverage determination, whether local or national, is a time-consuming, expensive and highly
−Removed: uncertain proposition, especially for a new technology, and inconsistent local determinations are possible.
−Removed: Our inability to obtain a
−Removed: favorable coverage determination for our CBGM product may adversely affect our ability to market the product and thus, the commercial
−Removed: viability of the product.
+Added: though CGM coverage is broad, we anticipate that sales volumes and prices of the Glucotrack CBGM will depend in large part on
+Added: the availability of adequate reimbursement from Medicare and third-party payors.
+Added: Medicare reimburses medical devices in a variety of
+Added: ways depending on where and how the device is used.
+Added: However, Medicare only provides reimbursement if CMS determines that the device should
+Added: be covered and that the use of the device is consistent with the coverage criteria.
+Added: A coverage determination can be made at the national
+Added: level by CMS or at the local level by the Medicare administrative contractor (formerly called carriers and fiscal intermediaries) or
+Added: a private contractor that processes and pays claims on behalf of CMS for the geographic area where the services were rendered.
+Added: a coverage determination, whether local or national, is a time-consuming, expensive and highly uncertain proposition, especially for
+Added: a new technology, and inconsistent local determinations are possible.
+Added: Our inability to obtain a favorable coverage determination for
+Added: our CBGM product may adversely affect our ability to market the product and thus, the commercial viability of the product.
Additionally,
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have engaged a leading reimbursement consultancy to complete an analysis of the current landscape for CGM technologies.
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: since our product is an implantable device and very similar in form factor and procedure to commercially available cardiovascular devices,
−Removed: we are also assessing the current reimbursement landscape for those technologies.
−Removed: This will enable us to craft a reimbursement strategy
−Removed: that is best suited to our CBGM product and reflects the different healthcare providers that may be involved in utilizing the product.
+Added: Additionally, since our product is an implantable device and very similar in form factor and procedure to commercially available
+Added: cardiovascular devices, we are also assessing the current reimbursement landscape for those technologies.
+Added: This will enable us to
+Added: craft a reimbursement strategy that is best suited to our Glucotrack CBGM and reflects the different healthcare providers
+Added: that may be involved in utilizing the product.
reimbursement strategy also incorporates coverage for the product, the implantation procedure, and the removal and reinsertion procedures.
−Removed: While we can proactively prepare our reimbursement strategy, some activities such as coding applications, if needed, are not able to
+Added: While we are proactively preparing our reimbursement strategy, some activities such as coding applications, if needed, are not able to
be executed until FDA approval is obtained.
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Privacy Provisions of HIPAA
−Removed: the United States, HIPAA, among other things, protects the privacy and security of individually identifiable health information by limiting
−Removed: its use and disclosure.
−Removed: HIPAA directly regulates “covered entities,” such as healthcare providers, insurers and clearinghouses,
−Removed: and regulates “business associates,” with respect to the privacy of patients’ medical information.
−Removed: All entities that
−Removed: receive and process protected health information are required to adopt certain procedures to safeguard the security of that information.
−Removed: It is uncertain whether we would be deemed to be a covered entity under HIPAA and, owing to changes in the law, it is uncertain, based
−Removed: on our current business model, whether we would be a business associate.
−Removed: Nevertheless, we will likely be contractually required to physically
−Removed: safeguard the integrity and security of any patient information that we receive, store, create or transmit in the United States.
−Removed: fail to adhere to our contractual commitments, then our physician, hospital or insurance customers may be subject to civil monetary penalties,
−Removed: which could adversely affect our ability to market our devices.
−Removed: Changes in the law wrought by the provisions of Health Information Technology
−Removed: for Economic and Clinical Health (“HITECH”) Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”),
−Removed: increase the duties of business associates and covered entities with respect to protected health information that thereby subject them
−Removed: to direct government regulation, increasing its compliance costs and exposure to civil monetary penalties and other government sanctions.
−Removed: While HITECH does not alter the definition of a business associate, it makes it more likely that covered entities with whom we are likely
−Removed: to do business in the United States, if and when we receive FDA approval to market GlucoTrack in the United States, will require us to
−Removed: enter into business associate agreements.
+Added: the United States, HIPAA, among other things, protects the privacy and security of individually identifiable health information by
+Added: limiting its use and disclosure.
+Added: HIPAA directly regulates “covered entities,” such as healthcare providers, insurers and
+Added: clearinghouses, and regulates “business associates,” with respect to the privacy of patients’ medical information.
+Added: All entities that receive and process protected health information are required to adopt certain procedures to safeguard the
+Added: security of that information.
+Added: It is uncertain whether we would be deemed to be a covered entity under HIPAA and, owing to changes in
+Added: the law, it is uncertain, based on our current business model, whether we would be a business associate.
+Added: Nevertheless, we will
+Added: likely be contractually required to physically safeguard the integrity and security of any patient information that we receive,
+Added: store, create or transmit in the United States.
+Added: If we fail to adhere to our contractual commitments, then our physician, hospital or
+Added: insurance customers may be subject to civil monetary penalties, which could adversely affect our ability to market our devices.
+Added: Changes in the law wrought by the provisions of Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health
+Added: (“HITECH”) Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”), increase the
+Added: duties of business associates and covered entities with respect to protected health information that thereby subject them to direct
+Added: government regulation, increasing its compliance costs and exposure to civil monetary penalties and other government sanctions.
+Added: While HITECH does not alter the definition of a business associate, it makes it more likely that covered entities with whom we are
+Added: likely to do business in the United States, if and when we receive FDA approval to market the Glucotrack CBGM in the United States,
+Added: will require us to enter into business associate agreements.
are pursuing a proactive intellectual property strategy, which includes patent filings in multiple jurisdictions, including the United
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upon the proprietary rights of others.
−Removed: currently have a published U.S.
−Removed: patent application number 17/932,238 Methods and Systems for Continuously Monitoring the Glucose Level
−Removed: of a Patient , awaiting review as well as its associated international application PCT/US22/76435.
−Removed: Multiple new filings are planned
−Removed: for 2024 that will broaden the intellectual property protection for our core product, the Glucotrack CBGM.
−Removed: We have also obtained trademark
+Added: Company’s U.S.
+Added: patent application, US20230079720A1, titled ‘Methods and Systems for Continuously Monitoring the Glucose Level
+Added: of a Patient,’ is currently under review.
+Added: Two related international applications, EP4401635A1 and WO2023044347A1, have been published
+Added: and are also pending review.
+Added: Additionally, the Company has filed during 2024 four new provisional patent applications:
+Added: US63/563,880,
+Added: ‘Systems and Methods for Integrated Spinal Cord Stimulation and Glucose Monitoring’;
+Added: US63/633,647, ‘Methods and Systems
+Added: for Continuously Monitoring the Glucose Level of a Patient’;
+Added: US63/661,648, ‘Methods and Systems for Continuously Monitoring
+Added: the Glucose Level of a Patient’ ;
+Added: and US63/661,526, ‘Amperometric Electrochemical Enzyme Oxidase Sensor’.
+Added: We have trademark
registrations for Glucotrack® in the U.S.
−Removed: and various other jurisdictions.
+Added: and Europe and various other jurisdictions.
believe that our intellectual property and products do not and will not infringe patents or violate proprietary rights of others, although
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Similar to the transcutaneous systems, this system
−Removed: also measures glucose in the interstitial fluid.All four competitors are either publicly traded or are divisions of publicly traded companies,
−Removed: and they enjoy several competitive advantages, including:
+Added: also measures glucose in the interstitial fluid.
+Added: All four competitors are either publicly traded or are divisions of publicly traded
+Added: companies, and they enjoy several competitive advantages, including:
significantly
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the reference to such website address does not constitute incorporation by reference of the information
−Removed: contained on the website and such information should not be considered part of this report.
+Added: contained on the website and such information should not be considered part of this Annual Report.
and Committees
−Removed: have six members on our Board, five of whom are independent.
−Removed: The Board has an Audit Committee and a Compensation Committee and Nominating
−Removed: and Corporate Governance Committee, the Audit consisting solely of independent directors.
−Removed: We are continuing to consider expansion of
−Removed: the Board and the establishment of additional appropriate Board committees to support the Company.
−Removed: of December 31, 2023, we had six full-time employees.
+Added: have seven members on our Board, five of whom are independent.
+Added: The Board has an audit committee (the “Audit Committee”),
+Added: a compensation committee and a nominating and corporate governance committee.
+Added: Each of our committees consist solely of independent
+Added: of December 31, 2024, we had eleven full-time employees.
None of our employees are represented by a collective bargaining agreement.
−Removed: addition, as of December 31, 2023, we had five significant consultants.
+Added: In addition, as of December 31, 2024, we had three significant consultants.
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