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Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial also may impair our business operations.
−Removed: these circumstances, the market price of our Class A common stock would likely decline.
+Added: In these circumstances, the market price of our Class A common stock would likely decline.
In addition, we cannot assure investors that our assumptions and expectations will prove to be correct.
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We have no products approved for commercial sale and have not generated any revenue from product sales.
−Removed: To date, we have devoted substantially all of our resources and efforts to providing computational biology services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, organizing and staffing our company, business planning, executing partnerships, raising capital, discovering, identifying and developing potential product candidates, securing related intellectual property rights and undertaking research and preclinical studies of our product candidates, including the anticipated Phase 1 clinical trial of IMM-1-104 for the treatment of advanced solid tumors in patients harboring RAS mutant tumors.
−Removed: We have not yet demonstrated our ability to successfully initiate any clinical trials, obtain marketing approvals, manufacture a commercial-scale product or arrange for a third party to do so on our behalf, or conduct sales and marketing activities necessary for successful product commercialization.
+Added: To date, we have devoted substantially all of our resources and efforts to providing computational biology services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, organizing and staffing our company, business planning, executing partnerships, raising capital, discovering, identifying and developing potential product candidates, securing related intellectual property rights and undertaking research and preclinical and clinical studies of our product candidates, including the anticipated Phase 1/2a clinical trial of IMM-1-104 for the treatment of advanced solid tumors in patients harboring RAS mutant tumors for which we are currently recruiting and plan to dose the first patient in the trial in the fourth quarter of 2022.
+Added: We have not yet demonstrated our ability to successfully complete any clinical trials, obtain marketing approvals, manufacture a commercial-scale product or arrange for a third party to do so on our behalf, or conduct sales and marketing activities necessary for successful product commercialization.
As a result, it may be more difficult for you to accurately predict our future success or viability to develop new pharmaceutical products than it could be if we had a longer operating history.
In addition, we may encounter unforeseen expenses, difficulties, complications, delays and other known and unknown factors and risks frequently experienced by biopharmaceutical companies developing products in rapidly evolving fields.
−Removed: We also may need to transition from a company with a research focus to a company capable of supporting commercial activities.
+Added: We also may need to transition from a company with a research and development focus to a company capable of supporting
+Added: commercial activities.
If we do not adequately address these risks and difficulties or successfully make such a transition, our business will suffer.
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We have incurred net losses in each reporting period for the past several years, have not generated any revenue from product sales to date and have financed our operations principally through our computational biology services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, the issuance of convertible debt and the sale of our convertible preferred stock and Class A common stock.
−Removed: We have incurred net losses of approximately $24.4 million and $33.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and year ended December 31, 2021 respectively.
−Removed: As of June 30, 2022, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $83.7 million.
+Added: We have incurred net losses of approximately $37.3 million and $33.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and year ended December 31, 2021 respectively.
+Added: As of September 30, 2022, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $96.5 million.
Our losses have resulted principally from expenses incurred in research and development of our product candidates, from management and administrative costs and other expenses that we have incurred while building our business infrastructure.
−Removed: Our lead product candidate, IMM-1-104, is undergoing IND-enabling studies and we expect to submit an IND to the FDA in the third quarter of 2022.
−Removed: Subject to the FDA’s allowing us to proceed with clinical studies under an IND, we intend to enroll the first patient in a Phase 1 clinical trial of IMM-1-104 in the fourth quarter of 2022 for the treatment of advanced solid tumors in patients harboring RAS mutant tumors, if our IND for IMM-1-104 is accepted.
+Added: The IND for our lead product candidate, IMM-1-104 was allowed to proceed by the FDA during the third quarter of 2022.
+Added: We are currently recruiting for the trial and we plan to dose the first patient in the trial in the fourth quarter of 2022 the treatment of advanced solid tumors in patients harboring RAS mutant tumors.
Our other product candidates are in earlier stages of drug development.
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The size of our future net losses will depend, in part, on the rate of future growth of our expenses and our ability to generate revenue.
−Removed: Our prior losses and expected future losses have had and will continue to have an adverse effect on our working capital and our ability to achieve and maintain profitability.
+Added: Our prior losses and
+Added: expected future losses have had and will continue to have an adverse effect on our working capital and our ability to achieve and maintain profitability.
We will require substantial additional capital to finance our operations.
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In addition, if we obtain marketing approval for any of our product candidates, we expect to incur significant commercialization expenses related to drug sales, marketing, manufacturing and distribution.
−Removed: Because the design and outcome of our anticipated clinical trials are highly uncertain, we cannot reasonably estimate the actual amounts necessary to successfully complete the development and commercialization of any product candidate we develop.
+Added: Because the design and outcome of our current and anticipated clinical trials are highly uncertain, we cannot reasonably estimate the actual amounts necessary to successfully complete the development and commercialization of any product candidate we develop.
We also expect to incur additional costs associated with operating as a public company.
Accordingly, it is likely that we will need to obtain substantial additional funding in order to maintain our continuing operations in the future.
−Removed: As of June 30, 2022, we had approximately $128.1 million in cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities.
+Added: As of September 30, 2022, we had approximately $117.2 million in cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities.
Based on our current business plans, we believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities will be sufficient to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditures requirements into the third quarter of 2024.
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Adequate additional financing may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all.
−Removed: Our failure to raise capital as and when needed or on acceptable terms would have a negative impact on
−Removed: our financial condition and our ability to pursue our business strategy, and we may have to delay, reduce the scope of, suspend or eliminate one or more of our research-stage programs, clinical trials or future commercialization efforts.
+Added: Our failure to raise capital as and when needed or on acceptable terms would have a negative impact on our financial condition and our ability to pursue our business strategy, and we may have to delay, reduce the scope of, suspend or eliminate one or more of our research-stage programs, clinical trials or future commercialization efforts.
Raising additional capital may cause dilution to our existing stockholders, restrict our operations or require us to relinquish rights to our product candidates on unfavorable terms to us.
−Removed: We may seek additional capital through a variety of means, including through public or private equity offering, debt financings or other sources, including up-front payments and milestone payments from strategic collaborations.
+Added: We may seek additional capital through a variety of means, including through public or private equity offering made pursuant to the Sales Agreement or otherwise, debt financings or other sources, including up-front payments and milestone payments from strategic collaborations.
To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt or equity securities, your ownership interest will be diluted, and the terms may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect your rights as a stockholder.
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Even if we eventually complete clinical testing and receive approval of any regulatory filing for our product candidates, the FDA and other comparable foreign regulatory authorities may approve our product candidates for a more limited indication or a narrower patient population than we originally requested.
−Removed: We have not submitted for, or obtained,
−Removed: regulatory approval for any product candidate, and it is possible that none of our existing product candidates or any product candidates we may seek to develop in the future will ever obtain regulatory approval.
+Added: We have not submitted for, or obtained, regulatory approval for any product candidate, and it is possible that none of our existing product candidates or any product candidates we may seek to develop in the future will ever obtain regulatory approval.
Applications for our product candidates could fail to receive regulatory approval for many reasons, including the following:
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We may not be able to submit INDs or IND amendments or comparable documents in foreign jurisdictions to commence additional clinical trials on the timelines we expect, and even if we are able to, the FDA may not permit us to proceed.
−Removed: While we plan to submit INDs or comparable documents for our potential product candidates, we may not be able to submit such INDs or comparable documents on the timeline we expect.
−Removed: For example, due to supply chain constraints and
−Removed: the impact of follow-on effects due to such constraints, we have had to move our planned submission of the IND for IMM-1-104 to the FDA from the first quarter of 2022 to the third quarter of 2022.
+Added: While we submitted our IND for IMM-1-104 with the FDA and received authorization to proceed in the third quarter of 2022, we may not be able to submit additional INDs or comparable documents for IMM-1-104 or our other potential product candidates on the timeline we expect.
We may also experience manufacturing delays or other delays with IND-enabling studies.
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We have limited experience in designing clinical trials and may be unable to design and execute a clinical trial to support marketing approval.
−Removed: We cannot be certain that our planned clinical trials or any future clinical trials will be successful.
+Added: We cannot be certain that our ongoing or planned clinical trials or any future clinical trials will be successful.
It is possible that the FDA may refuse to accept any or all of our planned NDAs for substantive review or may conclude after review of our data that our application is insufficient to obtain regulatory approval for any product candidates.
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We may encounter substantial delays in completing, or ultimately be unable to complete, the development and commercialization of our product candidates.
−Removed: Before obtaining marketing approval from the FDA or other comparable foreign regulatory authorities for the sale of our product candidates, we must complete preclinical development and extensive clinical trials to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of our product candidates.
+Added: Before obtaining marketing approval from the FDA or other comparable foreign regulatory authorities for the sale of our product candidates, we must complete preclinical development and extensive clinical trials to demonstrate the safety and
+Added: efficacy of our product candidates.
Clinical testing is expensive, difficult to design and implement, can take many years to complete and its ultimate outcome is uncertain.
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•third-party contractors becoming debarred or suspended or otherwise penalized by the FDA or other government or regulatory authorities for violations of regulatory requirements, in which case we may need to find a substitute contractor, and we may not be able to use some or all of the data produced by such contractors in support of our marketing applications.
−Removed: For instance, due to supply chain constraints and the impact of follow-on effects due to such constraints, we have had to move our previously announced planned enrollment of the first patient in our first-in-human Phase 1 clinical trial of IMM-1-104 for the treatment of advanced solid tumors in patients harboring RAS mutant tumors in the fourth quarter of 2022 from the first half of 2022 as previously expected, assuming our IND for IMM-1-104 is accepted.
In addition, the ongoing pandemic related to COVID-19 and its variants and the measures taken by the governmental authorities could disrupt the supply chain and the manufacture or shipment of drug substances and finished drug products for our product candidates for use in our research and clinical trials, delay, limit or prevent our employees and CROs from continuing research and development activities, impede the ability of patients to enroll or continue in clinical trials, or impede testing, monitoring, data collection and analysis or other related activities, any of which could delay our clinical trials and increase our development costs, and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
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We also make assumptions, estimations, calculations and conclusions as part of our analyses of data, and we may not have received or had the opportunity to fully and carefully evaluate all data.
−Removed: Top-line and preliminary data also remain subject to audit and verification procedures that may result in the final data being materially different from the top-line or preliminary data we previously published.
+Added: Top-line and preliminary data also remain subject to audit
+Added: and verification procedures that may result in the final data being materially different from the top-line or preliminary data we previously published.
As a result, top-line and preliminary data should be viewed with caution until the final data are available.
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Further, disclosure of interim data by us or by our competitors could result in volatility in the trading price of our Class A common stock.
−Removed: Further, others, including regulatory agencies, may not accept or agree with our assumptions, estimates, calculations, conclusions or analyses or may interpret or weigh the importance of data differently, which could impact the value of the particular program, the approvability or commercialization of the particular product candidate or product and our company
+Added: Further, others, including regulatory agencies, may not accept or agree with our assumptions, estimates, calculations, conclusions or analyses or may interpret or weigh the importance of data differently, which could impact the value of the particular program, the approvability or commercialization of the particular product candidate or product and our company in general.
In addition, the information we choose to publicly disclose regarding a particular study or clinical trial is based on what is typically extensive information, and you or others may not agree with what we determine is material or otherwise appropriate information to include in our disclosure.
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Additionally, if any of our product candidates receives regulatory approval, and we or others later identify undesirable side effects caused by such product, a number of potentially significant negative consequences could result.
−Removed: For example, the FDA could require us to adopt a REMS to ensure that the benefits of treatment with such product candidate outweigh the risks
−Removed: for each potential patient, which may include, among other things, a communication plan to health care practitioners, patient education, extensive patient monitoring or distribution systems and processes that are highly controlled, restrictive and costlier than what is typical for the industry.
+Added: For example, the FDA could require us to adopt a REMS to ensure that the benefits of treatment with such product candidate outweigh the risks for each potential patient, which may include, among other things, a communication plan to health care practitioners, patient education, extensive patient monitoring or distribution systems and processes that are highly controlled, restrictive and costlier than what is typical for the industry.
We or our collaborators may also be required to adopt a REMS or engage in similar actions, such as patient education, certification of health care professionals or specific monitoring, if we or others later identify undesirable side effects caused by any product that we develop alone or with collaborators.
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We may not be able to initiate or continue clinical trials for our product candidates if we are unable to locate and enroll a sufficient number of eligible patients to participate in these trials to such trial’s conclusion as required by the FDA or other comparable foreign regulatory authorities.
−Removed: Additionally, our clinical trials will compete with other clinical trials for product candidates that focusing on the same therapeutic targets (e.g., evaluating patients harboring RAS mutant tumors) as our current and potential future product candidates, which may further limit enrollment of eligible patients or may result in slower enrollment than we anticipate.
+Added: Additionally, our clinical trials will compete with other clinical trials for product candidates that focusing on the same therapeutic targets (e.g., evaluating patients harboring RAS mutant
+Added: tumors) as our current and potential future product candidates, which may further limit enrollment of eligible patients or may result in slower enrollment than we anticipate.
The eligibility criteria of our clinical trials, once established, may further limit the pool of available trial participants.
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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
−Removed: process varies among countries, and generally includes all of the risks associated with FDA approval described above as well as risks attributable to the satisfaction of local regulations in foreign jurisdictions.
+Added: The foreign regulatory approval process varies among countries, and generally includes 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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A key element of our strategy is to use and expand our DCT platform to build a pipeline of product candidates and progress these product candidates through clinical development for the treatment of various cancers.
−Removed: Although our research and development efforts to date have resulted in our discovery and preclinical development of IMM-1-104, it and other product candidates may not be safe or effective for the indications for which we study them in clinical trials, and we may not be able to develop any other product candidates.
+Added: Although our research and development efforts to date have resulted in our discovery, preclinical and clinical development of IMM-1-104, it and other product candidates may not be safe or effective for the indications for which we study them in clinical trials, and we may not be able to develop any other product candidates.
Our DCT platform is evolving and may not reach a state at which building a pipeline of product candidates is possible.
−Removed: We have not commenced clinical trials for any product candidates developed with our DCT platform.
The scientific research that forms the basis of our efforts to develop product candidates with our platforms is still ongoing.
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Even if we obtain human data to support our product candidates, the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory agencies may lack experience in evaluating the safety and efficacy of our product candidates developed using our platforms, which could result in a longer than expected regulatory review process, increase our expected development costs, and delay or prevent commercialization of our product candidates.
−Removed: The validation process takes time and resources, may require independent third-party analyses, and may not be accepted or approved by the FDA and comparable foreign regulatory authorities.
+Added: The validation process takes time and resources,
+Added: may require independent third-party analyses, and may not be accepted or approved by the FDA and comparable foreign regulatory authorities.
We cannot be certain that our approach will lead to the development of approvable or marketable products, alone or in combination with other therapies.
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If we do not continue to successfully develop, get approval for and begin to commercialize any product candidates, we will face difficulty in obtaining product revenue in future periods, which could result in significant harm to our financial position and adversely affect our share price.
−Removed: Even if we are successful in building our pipeline of product candidates, the potential product candidates that we identify may not be suitable for clinical development or generate acceptable clinical data, including as a result of being shown to have unacceptable toxicity or other characteristics that indicate that they are unlikely to be products that will receive
−Removed: marketing approval from the FDA or other regulatory authorities or achieve market acceptance.
+Added: Even if we are successful in building our pipeline of product candidates, the potential product candidates that we identify may not be suitable for clinical development or generate acceptable clinical data, including as a result of being shown to have unacceptable toxicity or other characteristics that indicate that they are unlikely to be products that will receive marketing approval from the FDA or other regulatory authorities or achieve market acceptance.
If we do not successfully develop and commercialize product candidates, we will not be able to generate product revenue in the future, which likely would result in significant harm to our financial position and adversely affect our stock price.
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For the purposes of accelerated approval, a surrogate endpoint is a marker, such as a laboratory measurement, radiographic image, physical sign, or other measure that is thought to predict clinical benefit, but is not itself a measure of clinical benefit.
−Removed: An intermediate clinical endpoint is a clinical endpoint that can be measured earlier than an effect on irreversible morbidity or mortality that is reasonably likely to
−Removed: predict an effect on irreversible morbidity or mortality or other clinical benefit.
+Added: An intermediate clinical endpoint is a clinical endpoint that can be measured earlier than an effect on irreversible morbidity or mortality that is reasonably likely to predict an effect on irreversible morbidity or mortality or other clinical benefit.
The accelerated approval pathway may be used in cases in which the advantage of a new drug over available therapy may not be a direct therapeutic advantage, but is a clinically important improvement from a patient and public health perspective.
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If we are unable to advance our current or future product candidates through clinical trials, obtain marketing approval to treat the indications we seek to treat with our product candidates, and ultimately commercialize any product candidates we develop, or experience significant delays in doing so, our business will be materially harmed.
−Removed: We are early in our development efforts and we have not yet submitted our IND for our lead product candidate, IMM-1-104.
+Added: We are early in our development efforts and we have not yet completed our Phase 1/2a clinical trial for our lead product candidate, IMM-1-104.
+Added: We have also not yet submitted our IND application for IMM-6-415.
Our other product candidates are in earlier stages of drug development.
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The success of our business, including our ability to finance our company and generate revenue from products in the future, which we do not expect will occur for several years, if ever, will depend heavily on the successful development and eventual commercialization of the product candidates we develop, which may never occur.
−Removed: Our current product candidates, and any future product candidates we develop, will require additional preclinical and clinical development, management of clinical, preclinical and manufacturing activities, marketing approval in the United States and other markets, demonstrating effectiveness to pricing and reimbursement authorities, obtaining sufficient manufacturing supply for both
−Removed: clinical development and commercial production, building of a commercial organization, and substantial investment and significant marketing efforts before we generate any revenues from product sales.
+Added: Our current product candidates, and any future product candidates we develop, will require additional preclinical and clinical development, management of clinical, preclinical and manufacturing activities, marketing approval in the United States and other markets, demonstrating effectiveness to pricing and reimbursement authorities, obtaining sufficient manufacturing supply for both clinical development and commercial production, building of a commercial organization, and substantial investment and significant marketing efforts before we generate any revenues from product sales.
The success of our current and future product candidates will depend on several factors, including the following:
• the successful and timely completion of additional preclinical studies;
−Removed: • the successful initiation, patient enrollment and completion of our anticipated clinical trials on a timely basis, including any delays arising out of the pandemic related to COVID-19 and its variants or any future pandemic;
+Added: • the successful initiation, patient enrollment and completion of our clinical trial for which we are currently recruiting and future clinical trials which we may initiate, on a timely basis, including any delays arising out of the pandemic related to COVID-19 and its variants or any future pandemic;
• maintaining and establishing relationships with CROs and clinical sites for clinical development, both in the United States and internationally;
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For example, our product candidates and programs for oncology and neuroscience will compete with products or programs being advanced by certain pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
−Removed: We also compete with these organizations to recruit management, scientists and clinical development personnel, which could negatively affect our level of expertise and our ability to execute our business plan.
+Added: We also compete with these organizations to recruit management, scientists and clinical development personnel, which could negatively affect our
+Added: level of expertise and our ability to execute our business plan.
We will also face competition in establishing clinical trial sites, enrolling subjects for clinical trials and in identifying and in-licensing new product candidates.
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Smaller or early-stage companies may also prove to be significant competitors, particularly through collaborative arrangements with large and established companies, as well as in acquiring technologies complementary to, or necessary for, our programs.
−Removed: As a result of all of these factors, our competitors may succeed in obtaining approval from
−Removed: the FDA or other comparable foreign regulatory authorities or in discovering, developing and commercializing products in our field before we do.
+Added: As a result of all of these factors, our competitors may succeed in obtaining approval from the FDA or other comparable foreign regulatory authorities or in discovering, developing and commercializing products in our field before we do.
Our commercial opportunities could be reduced or eliminated if our competitors develop and commercialize products that are safer, more effective, have fewer or less severe effects, are more convenient, have a broader label, are marketed more effectively, are reimbursed or are less expensive than any products that we may develop.
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We believe our approach of treating conditions or diseases through neuroregeneration is novel and, as a result, the process for, and the outcome of, FDA approval is especially uncertain.
−Removed: If the FDA does not accept or approve our NDAs for our product candidates, it may require that we conduct additional clinical, preclinical, or manufacturing validation studies and submit that data before it will reconsider our applications.
+Added: If the FDA does not accept or approve our NDAs for our product candidates, it may require that we conduct additional clinical, preclinical, or manufacturing validation studies and submit that data before it
+Added: will reconsider our applications.
Depending on the extent of these or any other FDA-required studies, approval of any NDA that we submit may be delayed or may require us to expend more resources than we have available.
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If any of these outcomes occur, we may be forced to abandon our development efforts for our product candidates, which could significantly harm our business.
−Removed: The COVID-19 pandemic and potential future pandemics could continue to adversely impact our business, including our anticipated clinical trials, supply chain and business development activities.
+Added: The COVID-19 pandemic and potential future pandemics could continue to adversely impact our business, including our current and future clinical trials, supply chain and business development activities.
In December 2019, SARS-CoV-2, a novel strain of coronavirus, was first reported in Wuhan, China and has since become a global pandemic.
The President of the United States declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency and many states and municipalities in the United States have announced aggressive actions to reduce the spread of the disease, including limiting non-essential gatherings of people, ceasing all non-essential travel, ordering certain businesses and government agencies to cease non-essential operations at physical locations and issuing “shelter-in-place” orders which direct individuals to shelter at their places of residence (subject to limited exceptions).
−Removed: We may experience limitations on
−Removed: employee resources in the future, including because of sickness of employees or their families.
+Added: We may experience limitations on employee resources in the future, including because of sickness of employees or their families.
The effects of government actions and our own policies and those of third parties to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and its variants may negatively impact productivity and slow down or delay our future clinical trials, preclinical studies and research and development activities, and may cause disruptions to our supply chain and impair our ability to execute our business development strategy.
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• interruption or delays in our operations, which may impact our ability to conduct and produce preclinical results required for submission of an IND;
−Removed: • delays in receiving approval from local regulatory authorities to initiate our planned clinical trials;
+Added: • delays in receiving approval from local regulatory authorities to initiate or conduct our ongoing or planned clinical trials;
• delays or difficulties in enrolling patients in our clinical trials;
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These and other disruptions in our operations and the global economy could negatively impact our business, results of operations and financial condition.
−Removed: For example, due to supply chain constraints and the impact of follow-on effects due to such constraints, we had to move the timing of our recently announced plans to submit an IND for IMM-1-104 to the FDA, which are now expected to be in the third quarter of 2022, as well as the timing of our enrollment of the first patient in our first-in-human Phase 1 clinical trial of IMM-1-104 for the treatment of advanced solid tumors in patients harboring RAS mutant tumors in the fourth quarter of 2022, assuming our IND for IMM-1-104 is accepted and authorized to proceed.
−Removed: Our future clinical trials may be affected by the pandemic related to COVID-19 and its variants or any future pandemic.
+Added: Our current or future clinical trials may be affected by the pandemic related to COVID-19 and its variants or any future pandemic.
For example, some clinical trial sites have slowed down or stopped further enrollment of new patients in clinical trials, denied access to site monitors and otherwise curtailed certain operations.
−Removed: Similarly, our ability to recruit and retain
−Removed: principal investigators and site staff who, as healthcare providers, may have heightened exposure to COVID-19 and its variants, may be adversely impacted.
+Added: Similarly, our ability to recruit and retain principal investigators and site staff who, as healthcare providers, may have heightened exposure to COVID-19 and its variants, may be adversely impacted.
Our planned clinical trials may also be impacted by interruptions or delays in the operations of the FDA and comparable foreign regulatory agencies.
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To the extent the pandemic related to COVID-19 and its variants adversely affects our business and financial results, it may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in this “Risk Factors” section, such as those relating to the timing and results of our clinical trials and our financing needs
−Removed: We may fail to adequately meet the requirements under our computational biology service contracts to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, which may harm our reputation, possibly resulting in related losses.
−Removed: Over a decade ago, we began to offer computational biology services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
−Removed: We have deprioritized this business and plan to gradually wind down our computational biology services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in the future.
−Removed: However, we are currently still servicing one company and in doing so, we must:
−Removed: • accurately assess and meet the customer’s needs;
−Removed: • ensure our computational biology services meet industry standards and practices for performance of similar services;
−Removed: • retain the proper personnel to fulfill these service contracts;
−Removed: • compete effectively with other computational biology service providers performing similar services.
−Removed: If we fail to adequately meet the requirements under our computational biology service contracts to our typical high standards, our reputation, growth opportunities and prospects could be adversely affected, possibly resulting in related losses.
−Removed: In addition, as is typical for contracts of this nature, there are inherent legal risks and potential liabilities associated with our work under each of our past and present contracts.
Risks Relating to Our Dependence on Third Parties
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These changes may lead to additional costs and increase our overall risk exposure.
+Added: The GDPR and UK GDPR regulate cross-border transfers of personal data out of the EEA and the UK respectively.
+Added: Recent legal developments in Europe have created complexity and uncertainty regarding such transfers, in particular in relation to transfers to the United States.
+Added: On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union or the CJEU invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework, or Privacy Shield, under which personal information could be transferred from the EEA (and the UK) to relevant self-certified U.S.
+Added: The CJEU further noted that reliance on the standard contractual clauses (a standard form of contract approved by the European Commission as an adequate personal data transfer mechanism and potential alternative to the Privacy Shield) alone may not necessarily be sufficient in all circumstances and that transfers must be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
+Added: European court and regulatory decisions subsequent to the CJEU decision of July 16, 2020 have taken a restrictive approach to international data transfers.
+Added: In March 2022, the US and EU announced a new regulatory regime intended to replace the invalidated regulations;
+Added: however, this new EU-US Data Privacy Framework has not been implemented beyond an executive order signed by President Biden on October 7, 2022 on Enhancing Safeguards for Untied States Signals Intelligence Activities.
+Added: As the enforcement landscape further develops, and supervisory authorities issue further guidance on international data transfers, we could suffer additional costs, complaints and/or regulatory investigations or fines;
+Added: we may have to stop using certain tools and vendors and make other operational changes;
+Added: and/or it could otherwise affect the manner in which we provide our services, and could adversely affect our business, operations and financial condition.
If we or third-party contract manufacturing organizations, or CMOs, CROs or other contractors or consultants fail to comply with applicable federal, state or local regulatory requirements, we could be subject to a range of regulatory actions that could affect our or our contractors’ ability to develop and commercialize our product candidates and could harm or prevent sales of any affected products that we are able to commercialize, or could substantially increase the costs and expenses of developing, commercializing and marketing our products.
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Product liability claims could delay or prevent completion of our development programs.
−Removed: If we succeed in marketing products, such claims could result in an FDA or other regulatory authority
−Removed: investigation of the safety and effectiveness of our products, our manufacturing processes and facilities or our marketing programs.
+Added: If we succeed in marketing products, such claims could result in an FDA or other regulatory authority investigation of the safety and effectiveness of our products, our manufacturing processes and facilities or our marketing programs.
FDA or other regulatory authority investigations could potentially lead to a recall of our products or more serious enforcement action, limitations on the approved indications for which they may be used or suspension or withdrawal of approvals.
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In these countries, pricing negotiations with governmental authorities can take considerable time after a product receives marketing approval.
−Removed: To obtain reimbursement or pricing approval in some countries, we may be required to conduct a clinical trial that compares the cost-effectiveness of our
−Removed: product candidate to other available therapies.
+Added: To obtain reimbursement or pricing approval in some countries, we may be required to conduct a clinical trial that compares the cost-effectiveness of our product candidate to other available therapies.
In general, product prices under such systems are substantially lower than in the United States.
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or the applicable jurisdiction.
−Removed: If the FDA or any comparable foreign regulatory authority does not accept such data, it would
−Removed: result in the need for additional trials, which could be costly and time-consuming, and which may result in current or future product candidates that we may develop not receiving approval for commercialization in the applicable jurisdiction.
+Added: If the FDA or any comparable foreign regulatory authority does not accept such data, it would result in the need for additional trials, which could be costly and time-consuming, and which may result in current or future product candidates that we may develop not receiving approval for commercialization in the applicable jurisdiction.
If the FDA or any other comparable foreign regulatory authority does not accept such data, it would result in the need for additional trials, which would be costly and time-consuming and delay aspects of our business plan, and which may result in our product candidates not receiving approval for commercialization in the applicable jurisdiction.
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For example, the FDA may require a REMS in order to approve our product candidates, which could entail requirements for a medication guide, physician training and communication plans or additional elements to ensure safe use, such as restricted distribution methods, patient registries and other risk minimization tools.
−Removed: In addition, if the FDA or foreign regulatory authorities approve our product candidates, the manufacturing processes, labeling, packaging, distribution, adverse event reporting, storage, advertising, promotion, import, export and recordkeeping for our product candidates will be subject to extensive and ongoing regulatory requirements.
+Added: In addition, if the FDA or foreign regulatory authorities approve our product candidates,
+Added: the manufacturing processes, labeling, packaging, distribution, adverse event reporting, storage, advertising, promotion, import, export and recordkeeping for our product candidates will be subject to extensive and ongoing regulatory requirements.
These requirements include submissions of safety and other post-marketing information and reports, registration, as well as on-going compliance with cGMPs and GCP for any clinical trials that we conduct post-approval.
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Any government investigation of alleged violations of law could require us to expend significant time and resources in response and could generate negative publicity.
−Removed: Any failure to comply with ongoing regulatory requirements may significantly and adversely affect our ability to commercialize and generate revenue from our product candidates, if approved.
+Added: Any failure to comply with ongoing regulatory requirements may significantly and adversely affect our
+Added: ability to commercialize and generate revenue from our product candidates, if approved.
If regulatory sanctions are applied or if regulatory approval is withdrawn, the value of our company and our operating results will be adversely affected.
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Further, as a public company, future government shutdowns could impact our ability to further access the public markets and obtain necessary capital in order to properly capitalize and continue our operations.
−Removed: Separately, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in March 2020, the FDA announced its intention to postpone most inspections of foreign manufacturing facilities, and on March 18, 2020, the FDA temporarily postponed routine surveillance inspections of domestic manufacturing facilities.
+Added: Separately, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in March 2020, the FDA postponed most inspections of domestic and foreign manufacturing facilities.
Subsequently, in July 2020, the FDA resumed certain on-site inspections of domestic manufacturing facilities subject to a risk-based prioritization system.
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According to the guidance, the FDA may request such remote interactive evaluations where the FDA determines that remote evaluation would be appropriate based on mission needs and travel limitations.
−Removed: In May 2021, the FDA outlined a detailed plan to move toward a more consistent state of inspectional operations, and in July 2021, the FDA resumed standard inspectional operations of domestic facilities and was continuing to maintain this level of operation as of September 2021.
+Added: In July 2021, the FDA resumed standard inspectional operations of domestic facilities and was continuing to maintain this level of operation as of September 2021.
More recently, the FDA has continued to monitor and implement changes to its inspectional activities to ensure the safety of its employees and those of the firms it regulates as it adapts to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic Regulatory authorities outside the United States may adopt similar restrictions or other policy measures in response to the pandemic related to COVID-19 and its variants.
−Removed: If a prolonged government shutdown occurs, or if global health concerns continue to prevent the FDA or other regulatory authorities from conducting their regular inspections, reviews, or other regulatory activities, it could significantly impact the ability of the FDA or other regulatory authorities to timely review and process our regulatory submissions, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
+Added: If a prolonged government shutdown occurs, or if global health concerns continue to prevent
+Added: the FDA or other regulatory authorities from conducting their regular inspections, reviews, or other regulatory activities, it could significantly impact the ability of the FDA or other regulatory authorities to timely review and process our regulatory submissions, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
We may face difficulties from changes to current regulations and future legislation.
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pharmaceutical industry.
−Removed: The ACA, among other
−Removed: things, subjected biologic products to potential competition by lower-cost biosimilars;
+Added: The ACA, among other things, subjected biologic products to potential competition by lower-cost biosimilars;
increased the minimum level of Medicaid rebates payable by manufacturers of brand name drugs from 15.1% to 23.1% of the average manufacturer price;
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expanded eligibility criteria for Medicaid programs;
−Removed: required reporting of certain financial arrangements between manufacturers of biologics, physicians and teaching hospitals under the federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act;
expanded the types of entities eligible for the 340B Drug Pricing Program;
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In addition, other legislative changes have been proposed and adopted in the United States since the ACA was enacted.
−Removed: These changes included aggregate reductions to Medicare payments to providers of 2% per fiscal year, effective April 1, 2013, which, due to subsequent legislative amendments, will stay in effect through 2030, with the exception of a temporary suspension from May 1, 2020 through March 31, 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic, unless additional congressional action is taken.
−Removed: Under current legislation, the actual reduction in Medicare payments varies from 1% from April 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022, to up to 3% in the final fiscal year of this period.
−Removed: In January 2013, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 was signed into law, which, among other things, reduced Medicare payments to several providers, and increased the statute of limitations period for the government to recover overpayments to providers from three to five years.
−Removed: These new laws may result in additional reductions in Medicare and other healthcare funding, which could have a material adverse effect on customers for our drugs, if approved, and accordingly, our financial operations.
+Added: These changes included the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which eliminates the statutory Medicaid drug rebate cap, currently set at 100% of a drug’s average manufacturer price, beginning January 1, 2024.
Moreover, there has been heightened governmental scrutiny recently over the manner in which drug manufacturers set prices for their marketed products, which has resulted in several Congressional inquiries and proposed and enacted federal and state legislation designed to, among other things, bring more transparency to product pricing, review the relationship between pricing and manufacturer patient programs, and reform government program reimbursement methodologies for drug products.
−Removed: At the state level, legislatures have increasingly passed legislation and implemented regulations designed to control pharmaceutical and biological product pricing, including price or patient reimbursement constraints, discounts, restrictions on certain product access and marketing cost disclosure and transparency measures, and, in some cases, designed to encourage importation from other countries and bulk purchasing.
+Added: Most recently, on August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, or IRA, was signed into law.
+Added: Among other things, the IRA requires manufacturers of certain drugs to engage in price negotiations with Medicare (beginning in 2026), with prices that can be negotiated subject to a cap;
+Added: imposes rebates under Medicare Part B and Medicare Part D to penalize price increases that outpace inflation (first due in 2023);
+Added: and replaces the Part D coverage gap discount program with a new discounting program (beginning in 2025).
+Added: The IRA permits the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement many of these provisions through guidance, as opposed to regulation, for the initial years.
+Added: For that and other reasons, it is currently unclear how the IRA will be effectuated.
+Added: At the state level, legislatures have increasingly passed legislation and implemented regulations designed to control pharmaceutical and biological product pricing, including price or patient reimbursement constraints, discounts, restrictions on certain product access and marketing cost
+Added: disclosure and transparency measures, and, in some cases, designed to encourage importation from other countries and bulk purchasing.
We expect that other healthcare reform measures that may be adopted in the future may result in more rigorous coverage criteria and in additional downward pressure on the price that we receive for any approved product.
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We generally seek to protect our proprietary position by filing patent applications in the United States and, in some cases, abroad related to our product candidates, technology platforms and their uses that are important to our business.
−Removed: As of August 10, 2022, we owned one issued patent and pending patent applications, in the United States only, related to our platform technologies, as well as pending patent applications related to our product candidates.
+Added: As of November 10, 2022, we owned one issued patent and pending patent applications, in the United States only, related to our platform technologies, as well as pending patent applications related to our product candidates.
We currently do not have any issued patents related to our product candidates.
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This type of patent does not prevent a competitor from making and marketing a product that is identical to our product for an indication that is outside the scope of the patented method.
−Removed: The patent position of biopharmaceutical companies generally is highly uncertain, involves complex legal and factual questions, and has been the subject of much litigation in recent years.
+Added: The patent position of biopharmaceutical companies generally is highly uncertain, involves complex legal and factual questions, and has been the subject of much litigation in
+Added: recent years.
As a result, the existence, issuance, scope, validity, enforceability and commercial value of our patent rights are highly uncertain.
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Moreover, in some circumstances, we may not have the right to control the preparation, filing and prosecution of patent applications, or to maintain the patents, directed to technology that we license, including those from our licensors, if any, and from third parties.
−Removed: We also may require the cooperation of our potential future licensors in order to enforce the licensed patent rights, and such
−Removed: cooperation may not be provided.
+Added: We also may require the cooperation of our potential future licensors in order to enforce the licensed patent rights, and such cooperation may not be provided.
Therefore, these patents and applications may not be prosecuted and enforced in a manner consistent with the best interests of our business.
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Moreover, while software and other of our proprietary works may be protected under copyright law, we have chosen not to register any copyrights in these works, and instead, rely on the above-referenced patent applications for protection of certain modules and trade secret protection for other of our software modules.
−Removed: In order to bring a copyright infringement lawsuit in the United States, the copyright must be registered.
+Added: to bring a copyright infringement lawsuit in the United States, the copyright must be registered.
Accordingly, the remedies and damages available to us for unauthorized use of our software may be limited.
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In the future, we may enter into license agreements under which we are granted rights to intellectual property that may be important to our business.
−Removed: We expect that any future license agreements where we in-license intellectual property would impose on us various development, regulatory and/or commercial diligence obligations, payment of milestones and/or
−Removed: royalties and other obligations.
+Added: We expect that any future license agreements where we in-license intellectual property would impose on us various development, regulatory and/or commercial diligence obligations, payment of milestones and/or royalties and other obligations.
If we fail to comply with our obligations under these agreements (including as a result of COVID-19 and its variants impacting our operations), or we use the licensed intellectual property in an unauthorized manner or are subject to bankruptcy-related proceedings, the licensors may have the right to materially modify the terms of the licenses, such as by rendering currently exclusive licenses non-exclusive, or terminate the licenses, in which event we would not be able to market products covered by the licenses.
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In patent litigation, defendant counterclaims alleging invalidity and/or unenforceability are commonplace.
−Removed: Grounds for a validity challenge include an
−Removed: alleged failure to meet any of several statutory requirements, including lack of novelty or written description, non-patentable subject matter (laws of nature, natural phenomena, or abstract idea), obviousness or non-enablement.
+Added: Grounds for a validity challenge include an alleged failure to meet any of several statutory requirements, including lack of novelty or written description, non-patentable subject matter (laws of nature, natural phenomena, or abstract idea), obviousness or non-enablement.
Grounds for an unenforceability assertion could include an allegation that someone connected with prosecution of the patent intentionally withheld material information from the USPTO or the applicable foreign counterpart, or made a misleading statement, during prosecution.
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If securities analysts or investors regard these announcements as negative, the perceived value of our existing products, programs or intellectual property could be diminished.
−Removed: Accordingly, the market price of shares of our Class A common stock may decline.
+Added: Accordingly, the market price of shares of our Class A common stock may
Such announcements could also harm our reputation or the market for our future products, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
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Our or our licensors’ defense of such proceedings may fail and, even if successful, may result in substantial costs and distract our management and other employees.
−Removed: In addition, the uncertainties associated with such proceedings could have a material adverse effect on our
−Removed: ability to raise the funds necessary to continue our clinical trials, continue our research programs, license necessary technology from third parties or enter into development or manufacturing partnerships that would help us bring our product candidates to market.
+Added: In addition, the uncertainties associated with such proceedings could have a material adverse effect on our ability to raise the funds necessary to continue our clinical trials, continue our research programs, license necessary technology from third parties or enter into development or manufacturing partnerships that would help us bring our product candidates to market.
Patent reform legislation could increase the uncertainties and costs surrounding the prosecution of our patent applications and the enforcement or defense of our issued patents.
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For example, the U.S.
−Removed: Supreme Court has ruled on several patent cases in recent years, either narrowing the scope of patent
−Removed: protection available in certain circumstances or weakening the rights of patent owners in certain situations.
+Added: Supreme Court has ruled on several patent cases in recent years, either narrowing the scope of patent protection available in certain circumstances or weakening the rights of patent owners in certain situations.
In addition to increasing uncertainty with regard to our or our future licensors’ ability to obtain patents in the future, this combination of events has created uncertainty with respect to the value of patents, once obtained.
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non-provisional filing date.
−Removed: Various extensions may be available, but the term of a patent, and the protection it affords, is limited.
+Added: Various extensions may be available, but the
+Added: term of a patent, and the protection it affords, is limited.
Even if patents directed to our product candidates are obtained, once the patent term has expired, we may be open to competition from competitive products.
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A patent term extension cannot extend the remaining term of a patent beyond a total of 14 years from the date of product approval and only those claims covering such approved drug product, a method for using it or a method for manufacturing it may be extended.
−Removed: Patent term extension may also be
−Removed: available in certain foreign countries upon regulatory approval of our product candidates.
+Added: Patent term extension may also be available in certain foreign countries upon regulatory approval of our product candidates.
However, we or our licensors may not be granted an extension because of, for example, failing to apply within applicable deadlines, failing to apply prior to expiration of relevant patents or otherwise failing to satisfy applicable requirements.
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In these countries, the patent owner may have limited remedies, which could materially diminish the value of such patent.
−Removed: If we or our licensors are forced to grant a license to third parties with respect to any patents relevant to our business, our competitive position may be impaired, and our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may be adversely affected.
+Added: If we or our licensors are forced to grant a license to third parties with respect to any patents
+Added: relevant to our business, our competitive position may be impaired, and our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may be adversely affected.
Obtaining and maintaining our patent protection depends on compliance with various procedural, documentary, fee payment and other requirements imposed by regulations and governmental patent agencies, and our patent protection could be reduced or eliminated for non-compliance with these requirements.
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We employ reputable law firms and other professionals to help us comply, and in many cases, an inadvertent lapse can be cured by payment of a late fee or by other means in accordance with rules applicable to the particular jurisdiction.
−Removed: While an inadvertent lapse,
−Removed: including due to the effect of the pandemic related to COVID-19 and its variants, our patent maintenance vendors or law firms, can in many cases be cured by payment of a late fee or by other means in accordance with the applicable rules, there are situations in which noncompliance can result in abandonment or lapse of the patent or patent application, resulting in partial or complete loss of patent rights in the relevant jurisdiction.
+Added: While an inadvertent lapse, including due to the effect of the pandemic related to COVID-19 and its variants, our patent maintenance vendors or law firms, can in many cases be cured by payment of a late fee or by other means in accordance with the applicable rules, there are situations in which noncompliance can result in abandonment or lapse of the patent or patent application, resulting in partial or complete loss of patent rights in the relevant jurisdiction.
Non-compliance events that could result in abandonment or lapse of a patent or patent application include, but are not limited to, failure to respond to official actions within prescribed time limits, non-payment of fees and failure to properly legalize and submit formal documents.
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To the extent that our platform depends upon the successful operation of open source software, any undetected errors or defects in this open source software could prevent the deployment or impair the functionality of our platform, delay introductions of new solutions, result in a failure of our platform, and injure our reputation.
−Removed: For example, undetected errors or defects in open source software could render it vulnerable to breaches or security attacks, and, as a result, possibly
−Removed: make our systems more vulnerable to data breaches.
+Added: For example, undetected errors or defects in open source software could render it vulnerable to breaches or security attacks, and, as a result, possibly make our systems more vulnerable to data breaches.
In addition, the public availability of such software may make it easier for others to compromise our platform.
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We are highly dependent on the principal members of our management and scientific and medical staff.
−Removed: If we do not succeed in attracting and retaining qualified personnel, particularly at the management level, it could adversely affect our ability to execute our business plan and harm our results of operations.
+Added: If we do not succeed in attracting and retaining qualified
+Added: personnel, particularly at the management level, it could adversely affect our ability to execute our business plan and harm our results of operations.
In particular, the loss of one or more of our executive officers could be detrimental to us if we cannot recruit suitable replacements in a timely manner.
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Some of these characteristics may be more appealing to high-quality candidates than what we have to offer.
−Removed: If we are unable to continue to attract and retain high-quality personnel,
−Removed: the rate and success at which we can discover, develop and commercialize our product candidates will be limited and the potential for successfully growing our business will be harmed.
+Added: If we are unable to continue to attract and retain high-quality personnel, the rate and success at which we can discover, develop and commercialize our product candidates will be limited and the potential for successfully growing our business will be harmed.
In order to successfully implement our plans and strategies, we will need to grow the size of our organization, and we may experience difficulties in managing this growth.
−Removed: As of June 30, 2022, we had 74 full-time employees, including 62 employees engaged in research and development.
+Added: As of September 30, 2022, we had 74 full-time employees, including 63 employees engaged in research and development.
In order to successfully implement our development and commercialization plans and strategies, including operating as a public company, we expect to need additional managerial, operational, sales, marketing, financial and other personnel.
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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.
−Removed: As of June 30, 2022, our executive officers, directors, holders of 5% or more of our capital stock and their respective affiliates beneficially owned approximately 68.0% of our voting stock and these stockholders will be able to influence us through this ownership position.
+Added: As of September 30, 2022, our executive officers, directors, holders of 5% or more of our capital stock and their respective affiliates beneficially owned approximately 68.0% of our voting stock and these stockholders will be able to influence us through this ownership position.
These stockholders may be able to determine all matters requiring stockholder approval.
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Sales of a substantial number of shares of our Class A and/or Class B common stock, or the perception that these sales might occur, could depress the market price of our Class A common stock and could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional equity securities.
−Removed: The shares of Class A common stock that were sold in the initial public offering of our Class A common stock are freely transferable without restrictions or further registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, except for any shares acquired by our affiliates, as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
+Added: The shares of Class A common stock that were sold in the initial public offering and shares of Class A common stock that will be sold under the registration statement filed with the SEC on August 10, 2022 are, or will be, as applicable, freely transferable without restrictions or further registration under the
+Added: Securities Act , except for any shares acquired by our affiliates, as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
The remaining shares of our Class A common stock that are outstanding are either unrestricted or restricted as a result of securities laws.
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Despite the implementation of security measures, our information technology systems and those of our current and any future CROs and other contractors, consultants, collaborators and third-party service providers, are vulnerable to attack and damage from computer viruses (e.g.
−Removed: ransomware), cybersecurity threats, unauthorized access, natural disasters, terrorism, war and telecommunication and electrical failure, phishing attacks and other social engineering schemes,
−Removed: employee theft or misuse, human error, fraud, denial or degradation of service attacks, sophisticated nation-state and nation-state-supported actors or unauthorized access or use by persons inside our organization, or persons with access to systems inside our organization.
+Added: ransomware), cybersecurity threats, unauthorized access, natural disasters, terrorism, war and telecommunication and electrical failure, phishing attacks and other social engineering schemes, employee theft or misuse, human error, fraud, denial or degradation of service attacks, sophisticated nation-state and nation-state-supported actors or unauthorized access or use by persons inside our organization, or persons with access to systems inside our organization.
We have also outsourced elements of our information technology infrastructure, and as a result a number of third-party vendors may or could have access to our confidential information.
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If we do not allocate and effectively manage the resources necessary to build and sustain the proper technology and cybersecurity infrastructure, we could suffer significant business disruption, including transaction errors, supply chain or manufacturing interruptions, processing inefficiencies, data loss or the loss of or damage to intellectual property or other proprietary information.
−Removed: If such an event were to occur and cause interruptions in our operations or result in the unauthorized acquisition of or access to health-related or other personal information, it could result in a material disruption of our drug discovery and development programs and our business operations, whether due to a loss of our trade secrets or other similar disruptions, and it may be necessary to notify individuals, governmental authorities, supervisory bodies, the media and other parties pursuant to data privacy and security laws.
+Added: We and certain of our service providers are from time to time subject to cyberattacks and security incidents.
+Added: While we do not believe that we have experienced any significant system failure, accident or security breach to date, if such an event were to occur and cause interruptions in our operations or result in the unauthorized acquisition of or access to our trade secrets, health-related or other personal information or other proprietary or sensitive information, it could result in a material disruption of our drug discovery and development programs and our business operations, whether due to a loss of our trade secrets or other similar disruptions, and it may be necessary to notify individuals, governmental authorities, supervisory bodies, the media and other parties pursuant to data privacy and security laws.
Notifications and follow-up actions related to a security breach could impact our reputation, cause us to incur significant costs, including legal expenses and remediation costs.
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Our facilities are located in regions which experience severe weather from time to time.
−Removed: We have not undertaken a systematic analysis of the potential consequences to our business and financial results from a major tornado, flood, fire, earthquake, power loss, terrorist activity, future pandemics or other disasters and do not have a recovery plan for such disasters.
+Added: We have not undertaken a systematic analysis of the potential consequences to our business and financial results from a major tornado, flood, fire,
+Added: earthquake, power loss, terrorist activity, future pandemics or other disasters and do not have a recovery plan for such disasters.
In addition, we do not carry sufficient insurance to compensate us for actual losses from interruption of our business that may occur, and any losses or damages incurred by us could harm our business.
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We are required to disclose changes made in our internal control and procedures on a quarterly basis.
−Removed: In order to maintain and, if required, improve our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting to meet this standard, significant resources and management oversight may be required.
+Added: to maintain and, if required, improve our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting to meet this standard, significant resources and management oversight may be required.
As a result, management’s attention may be diverted from other business concerns, which could adversely affect our business and results of operations.
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This could result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and higher costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to disclosure and governance practices.
−Removed: We intend to invest resources to comply with
−Removed: evolving laws, regulations and standards, and this investment may result in increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management’s time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities.
+Added: We intend to invest resources to comply with evolving laws, regulations and standards, and this investment may result in increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management’s time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities.
If our efforts to comply with new laws, regulations and standards differ from the activities intended by regulatory or governing bodies due to ambiguities related to their application and practice, regulatory authorities may initiate legal proceedings against us and our business may be adversely affected.
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The market price of our Class A common stock may be volatile and, in the past, companies that have experienced volatility in the market price of their stock have been subject to securities class action litigation.
−Removed: We may be the target of this type of litigation in the future.
+Added: We may be the target of this type
+Added: of litigation in the future.
Securities litigation against us could result in substantial costs and divert our management’s attention from other business concerns, which could seriously harm our business.
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