Item 1A. Risk Factors
ITEM
1A. RISK FACTORS.
Our
business involves certain risks and uncertainties. The following is a description of significant risks that might cause our future financial
condition or results of operations to differ materially from those expected. In addition to the risks and uncertainties described below,
we may face other risks and uncertainties, some of which may be unknown to us and some of which we may deem immaterial. If one or more
of these risks or uncertainties occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.
A summary of our risk factors is as follows:
Summary
of Risk Factors
The
summary below provides a non-exhaustive overview of the risks that if realized could materially harm our business, prospects, operating
results and financial condition. This summary is qualified by reference to the full set of risk factors set forth in this Item.
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We will need to raise additional capital to fund our operations in
the future. If we are unsuccessful in attracting new capital, we may not be able to continue operations or may be forced to sell
assets to do so. Alternatively, capital may not be available to us on favorable terms, or if at all. If available, financing terms
may lead to significant dilution of our stockholders’ equity.
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Our independent registered public accounting firm has included an explanatory
paragraph relating to our ability to continue as a going concern in its report on our audited financial statements included in our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal year ended June 30, 2025.
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We have incurred significant losses since inception and continue to
incur losses, and we may not be able to achieve significant revenues or profitability.
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We rely on third parties to perform certain confirmatory tests for
our IFP System.
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We depend on a limited number of single-source suppliers to manufacture
certain components of IFP System, which makes us vulnerable to supply shortages and price fluctuations.
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Our results may be impacted by changes in foreign currency exchange
rates.
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If we fail to retain marketing and sales personnel, or if we fail to
increase our marketing and sales capabilities as we grow, or if we fail to develop broad awareness of our products in a cost-effective
manner, we may not be able to generate revenue growth.
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Our ability to achieve profitability depends in part on maintaining
or increasing our gross margins on product sales which we may not be able to achieve.
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We expect to rely in part on third-party distributors to effectively
distribute our products, if our distributors fail to effectively market and sell the IFP products in full compliance with applicable
laws, our operating results and business may suffer.
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If third-party payors do not provide coverage and reimbursement for
the use of the IFP products, our business and prospects may be negatively impacted.
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Non-United States governments often impose strict price controls, which
may adversely affect our future profitability.
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The IFP System, including its software and systems, may contain undetected
errors, which could limit our ability to provide our products and services and diminish the attractiveness of our service offerings.
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If we are not able to attract and retain highly skilled managerial,
scientific and technical personnel, we may not be able to implement our business model successfully.
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If we or our manufacturers fail to comply with applicable regulatory
quality system regulations or any applicable equivalent regulations, our proposed operations could be interrupted, and our operating
results may be negatively impacted.
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We may be subject to healthcare laws and regulations which, if violated,
could subject us to substantial penalties.
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Product liability suits, whether or not meritorious, could be brought
against us due to an alleged defective product or for the misuse of the IFP System.
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If we are found to have violated laws protecting the confidentiality
of patient health information, we could be subject to civil or criminal penalties, which could increase our liabilities and harm
our reputation or our business.
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Changes
to U.S. tax laws under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and potential changes to tariff policies could
adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
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The regulatory clearance/approval process which we may be required
to navigate may be expensive, time-consuming, and uncertain and may prevent us from obtaining clearance for any product launch by
the Company of the IFP products in certain jurisdiction or our any future product.
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Clinical data obtained subsequent to the implementation of the clinical
evidence module may not meet the required objectives, which could delay, limit or prevent additional regulatory clearance or approval.
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We may be unable to complete required clinical evaluations, or we may
experience significant delays in completing such clinical evaluations, which could prevent or significantly delay our targeted product
launch timeframe and impair our business plan.
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We are subject to the risk of reliance on third parties to conduct
our clinical evaluation work, their inability to comply with good clinical practice and relevant regulation could adversely affect
the clinical development of our product candidates and harm our business.
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Our success will depend on our ability to obtain, maintain and protect
our intellectual property rights.
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We may be unable to protect or enforce our intellectual property rights,
including those licensed to us, which could impair our competitive position.
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We have limited foreign intellectual property rights and may not be
able to protect those intellectual property rights, which means that we may not be able to prevent third parties from practicing
our inventions or from selling or importing products made using those inventions.
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We may be subject to claims challenging the invention of the intellectual
property that we use.
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Our products and operations are subject to extensive government regulation
and oversight both in the United States and abroad. If we fail to obtain and maintain necessary regulatory approvals current IFP
products, or if approvals for future products and indications are delayed or not issued, it will negatively affect our business,
financial condition and results of operations.
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Compliance with environmental laws and regulations could be expensive,
and the failure to comply with these laws and regulations could subject us to significant liability.
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If we or our suppliers fail to comply with The United Kingdom Accreditation
Services (UKAS), FDA’s Quality System Regulation (QSR) and CE (European Conformity) Markings and other relevant regulations
regulation, our manufacturing or distribution operations could be delayed or shut down and our revenue could suffer.
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The
Company may not be able to repay the liability to the Australian Government on time.
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If we are unable to maintain compliance with the listing requirements
of the Nasdaq Capital Market, our common stock may be delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market which could have a material adverse effect
on our financial condition and could make it more difficult for you to trade in our securities.
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We
have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. If our remediation
of the material weaknesses is not effective, or if we experience additional material weaknesses in
the future or otherwise fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls in the future,
we may not be able to accurately or timely report our financial condition or results of operations,
which may adversely affect investor confidence in us and, as a result, the value of our common stock.
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We are obligated to develop and maintain a system of effective internal
control over financial reporting. We may not complete our analysis of our internal control over financial reporting in a timely manner,
or these internal controls may not be determined to be effective, which may harm investor confidence in our company and, as a result,
the value of our common stock.
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We are an emerging growth company and currently have limited accounting
personnel and other supervisory resources. This can result in a lack of necessary resources to adequately execute our accounting
processes and address our internal controls over financial reporting requirements.
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Raising additional capital may cause dilution to our stockholders,
restrict our operations or require us to relinquish rights to our technologies or products.
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Risks
Related to Our Business
We will need to raise additional capital
to fund our operations in the future. If we are unsuccessful in attracting new capital, we may not be able to continue operations or may
be forced to sell assets to do so. Alternatively, capital may not be available to us on favorable terms, or if at all. If available, financing
terms may lead to significant dilution of our stockholders’ equity.
We are not profitable and
have had negative cash flow from operations since our inception. To fund our operations and to develop and commercialize our products
(including the BPT and planned applications of IFP System), we have relied primarily on equity and some debt financing and government
support income. The Company believes there is material risk that its cash and cash equivalents as of June 30, 2025, of $1,019,909 may
be insufficient to allow the Company to fund its current operating plan through at least the next twelve months from the issuance of its
consolidated financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2025. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s
ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least one year from the date these consolidated financial statements were issued.
Accordingly, the Company will be required to raise additional funds during the next 12 months. However, there can be no assurance that
when the Company requires additional financing, such financing will be available on terms which are favorable to the Company, or if at
all. If the Company is unable to raise additional funding to meet its working capital needs in the future, it will be forced to delay
or reduce the scope of its research programs and/or limit or cease its operations. In addition, the Company may be unable to realize its
assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business.
To obtain the additional capital necessary to fund our operations, we expect to finance our cash needs through public
or private equity offerings, debt financing and/or other capital sources. Even if capital is available, it might be available only on
unfavorable terms. Any additional equity or convertible debt financing into which we enter could be dilutive to our existing stockholders.
Any future debt financing into which we enter may impose covenants upon us that restrict our operations, including limitations on our
ability to incur liens or additional debt, pay dividends, repurchase our stock, make certain investments and engage in certain merger,
consolidation or asset sale transactions. Any debt financing or additional equity that we raise may contain terms that are not favorable
to us or our stockholders. If we raise additional funds through collaboration and licensing arrangements with third parties, we may need
to relinquish rights to our technologies or our products or grant licenses on terms that are not favorable to us. If access to sufficient
capital is not available as and when needed, our business will be materially impaired and we may be required to cease operations, curtail
one or more product development or commercialization programs, scale back or eliminate the development of business opportunities, or significantly
reduce expenses, sell assets, seek a merger or joint venture partner, file for protection from creditors or liquidate all of our assets.
Any of these factors could harm our operating results.
Our
independent registered public accounting firm has included an explanatory paragraph relating to our ability to continue as a going concern
in its report on our audited financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal year ended June 30, 2025.
The report from our independent
registered public accounting firm for the year ended June 30, 2025, includes an explanatory paragraph stating that our losses from operations
and required additional funding to finance our operations raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern for
a period of one year after the date the audited financial statements were issued. If we are unable to obtain sufficient funding, our business,
prospects, financial condition and results of operations will be materially and adversely affected, and we may be unable to continue as
a going concern. If we are unable to continue as a going concern, we may have to liquidate our assets and may receive less than the value
at which those assets are carried on our audited financial statements, and it is likely that investors will lose all or a part of their
investment. If we seek additional financing to fund our business activities in the future and there remains substantial doubt about our
ability to continue as a going concern, investors or other financing sources may be unwilling to provide additional funding to us on commercially
reasonable terms or if at all. There can be no assurance that the current operating plan will be achieved in the time frame anticipated
by us, or that our cash resources will fund our operating plan for the period anticipated by the Company or that additional funding will
be available on terms acceptable to us, or if at all.
We
are subject to the risks associated with new businesses generally.
We were formed in December
2016 as a new business with a plan to commercialize our licensed technology related to the Biosensor Platform. Our limited operating history
may not be adequate to enable you to fully assess our ability to develop and market the products currently in our pipeline, including
those related to our Intelligent Fingerprinting Platform. Our efforts to date have related to the organization and formation of our company,
strategic planning, product research and development and preparation for commencing regulatory trials. We acquired IFP in October 2022,
which generates minimal revenue. Prior to the acquisition of IFP, the Company’s operations generated no revenue other than income
classified as governmental support income received in connection with grants from the Australian Government. As at the date of this filing,
the revenue generated from the sales of IFP products is not enough to cover our operational costs. Therefore, we are, and expect for the
foreseeable future to be, subject to all the risks and uncertainties inherent in a new business focused on the development and sale of
new medical devices and related software applications. As a result, we may be unable to further develop, obtain regulatory approval for,
manufacture, market, sell and derive revenues from the other products in our pipeline, and our inability to do so would materially and
adversely impact our business. In addition, we still must optimize many functions necessary to operate a business, including expanding
our managerial, personnel and administrative structure, continuing product research and development, and assessing and commencing our
marketing activities.
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Accordingly,
you should consider our prospects in light of the costs, uncertainties, delays and difficulties frequently encountered by companies that
have not yet commercialized their products or services, particularly those in the medical device and digital health fields. In particular,
potential investors should consider that there is a significant risk that we will not be able to:
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implement or execute our current business plan, or that our
business plan is sound;
● maintain our management
team and Board of Directors;
● determine that
the technologies that have been developed are commercially viable;
● attract, enter
into or maintain contracts with, and retain customers; and
● raise any necessary
additional funds in the capital markets or otherwise to effectuate our business plan.
In
the event that we do not successfully address these risks, our business, prospects, financial condition, and results of operations could
be materially and adversely affected.
We
have incurred significant losses since inception and continue to incur losses, and we may not be able to achieve significant revenues
or profitability.
Since our inception, we have
engaged primarily in development activities. We have financed our operations primarily though proceeds from public offerings and private
placements of equity securities, existing trade and shareholder financing arrangements, and the incurrence of debt and have incurred losses
since inception, including a net loss of $10,156,759 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 and a net loss of $10,568,733 for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 2025. We do not know whether or when we will become profitable.
Our
ability to generate revenue and achieve profitability depends upon our ability, alone or with others, to complete the development process
of our products, including regulatory approvals, and achieve substantial acceptance in the marketplace for our existing IFP products.
We may be unable to achieve any or all of these goals.
We
rely on third parties to perform certain confirmatory tests for our IFP System.
We rely on third-party service
providers to analyze samples collected from our confirmatory kit of the IFP System. We contract with third-party laboratory service provider
to perform confirmation testing on the samples collected. This service is critical and there are relatively few alternatives. These third-party
service providers may be unwilling or unable to provide the necessary services reliably and at the levels we anticipate or that are required
by the market. While these third-party service providers have generally met our demand for their services on a timely basis in the past,
we cannot guarantee that they will in the future be able to meet our demand for their services or our service providers may decide in
the future to discontinue or reduce the level of business they conduct with us. If we are required to change service providers for any
reason, including due to any change in or termination of our relationships with these third parties, we may lose sales, experience delays,
incur increased costs or otherwise experience impairment to our customer relationships. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to establish
alternative relationships on similar terms, without delay or if at all.
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We
depend on a limited number of single-source suppliers to manufacture certain components of IFP System, which makes us vulnerable to supply
shortages and price fluctuations that could negatively affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We
rely on single-source suppliers for certain components of our IFP System and materials for our other current products. These components
and materials are critical and there are no or relatively few alternative sources of supply. These single-source suppliers may be unwilling
or unable to supply the necessary materials and components or manufacture and assemble our products reliably and at the levels we anticipate
or that are required by the market. While our suppliers have generally met our demand for their products and services on a timely basis
in the past, we cannot guarantee that they will in the future be able to meet our demand for their products or our suppliers may decide
in the future to discontinue or reduce the level of business they conduct with us. If we are required to change suppliers due to any
change in or termination of our relationships with these third parties, or if our suppliers are unable to obtain the materials, they
need to produce our products at consistent prices or at all, we may lose sales, experience manufacturing or other delays, incur increased
costs or otherwise experience impairment to our customer relationships. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to establish alternative
relationships on similar terms, without delay or at all.
Our
results may be impacted by changes in foreign currency exchange rates.
Except for limited Forensic
Use Only sales, all of our sales are outside of the United States, and a majority of those are denominated in foreign currencies, which
exposes us to foreign currency risks, including changes in currency exchange rates. We do not currently engage in any hedging transactions.
If we are unable to address these risks and challenges effectively, our international operations may not be successful, and our business
could be harmed.
If
we fail to retain marketing and sales personnel, or if we fail to increase our marketing and sales capabilities as we grow, or if we
fail to develop broad awareness of our products in a cost-effective manner, we may not be able to generate revenue growth.
We
have limited experience marketing and selling our products. We currently primarily rely on our direct sales force to sell our products
in targeted geographic regions and distributors in certain regions including the United Kingdom, and any failure to maintain and grow
our direct sales force will negatively affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. The members of our direct
sales force are highly trained and possess substantial technical expertise, which we believe is critical in increasing adoption of our
products. The members of our U.K. sales force are at-will employees. The loss of these personnel to competitors, or otherwise, will negatively
affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. If we are unable to retain our direct sales force personnel or replace
them with individuals of equivalent technical expertise and qualifications, or if we are unable to successfully install such technical
expertise in replacement personnel, it may negatively affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
In
order to generate future growth, we plan to continue to expand and leverage our sales and marketing infrastructure to increase the number
of customers. Identifying and recruiting qualified sales and marketing personnel and training them on our product, on applicable laws
and regulations and on our internal policies and procedures requires significant time, expense and attention. It often takes several
months or more before a sales representative is fully trained and productive. Our sales force may subject us to higher fixed costs than
those of companies with competing techniques or products that utilize independent third parties, which could place us at a competitive
disadvantage. It will negatively affect our business, financial condition and results of operations if our efforts to expand and train
our sales force do not generate a corresponding increase in revenue, and our higher fixed costs may slow our ability to reduce costs
in the face of a sudden decline in demand for our products. Any failure to hire, develop and retain talented sales personnel, to achieve
desired productivity levels in a reasonable period of time or timely reduce fixed costs, could negatively affect our business, financial
condition and results of operations.
Our
ability to increase our customer base and achieve broader market acceptance of our products will depend to a significant extent on our
ability to expand our marketing efforts. We plan to dedicate significant resources to our marketing programs, as we plan to further plan
to expand our geographical reach especially in the APAC Region and the North America region.
It will negatively affect our business, financial condition and results of operations if our marketing efforts and expenditures do not
generate a corresponding increase in revenue. In addition, we believe that developing and maintaining broad awareness of our products
in a cost-effective manner is critical to achieving broad acceptance of our products and expanding domestically and internationally.
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Our
results of operations will be materially harmed if we are unable to accurately forecast customer demand for our products and manage our
inventory.
To
ensure adequate inventory supply, we must forecast inventory needs and manufacture our products based on our estimates of future demand
for our solution. Our ability to accurately forecast demand for our solution could be negatively affected by many factors, including
our failure to accurately manage our expansion strategy, product introductions by competitors, an increase or decrease in customer demand
for our products or products of our competitors, our failure to accurately forecast customer acceptance of new products, unanticipated
changes in general market conditions or regulatory matters and weakening of economic conditions or consumer confidence in future economic
conditions.
Inventory
levels in excess of customer demand may result in inventory write-downs or write-offs, which would cause our gross margin to be adversely
affected and could impair the strength of our brand. Conversely, if we underestimate customer demand for our products, our internal manufacturing
team may not be able to deliver products to meet our requirements, and this could result in damage to our reputation and customer relationships.
In addition, if we experience a significant increase in demand, additional supplies of raw materials or additional manufacturing capacity
may not be available when required on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all, or suppliers or may not be able to allocate sufficient
capacity in order to meet our increased requirements, which will negatively affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We
seek to maintain sufficient levels of inventory in order to protect ourselves from supply interruptions. As a result, we are subject
to the risk that a portion of our inventory will become obsolete or expire, which could have a material adverse effect on our earnings
and cash flows due to the resulting costs associated with the inventory impairment charges and costs required to replace such inventory.
If
our facilities become damaged or inoperable, we will be unable to continue to research, develop and supply our products which could negatively
affect our business, financial condition and results of operations until we are able to secure a new facility and rebuild our inventory.
We
do not have redundant facilities. We perform substantially all of our manufacturing, research and development and back office activity
for our IFP products in a single location at our Cambridge facility in the United Kingdom. We store our finished goods inventory at the
same facility. Our facilities, equipment and inventory would be costly to replace and could require substantial lead time to repair or
replace. The facilities could be harmed or rendered inoperable by natural or man-made disasters, including, but not limited to, earthquakes,
flooding, fire and power outages, which may render it difficult or impossible for us to perform our research, development and commercialization
activities for some period of time for the IFP System. The inability to perform those activities, combined with the time it may take
to rebuild our manufacturing capabilities, inventory of finished product, may result in the loss of customers or harm to our reputation.
Although we possess insurance for damage to our property and the disruption of our business, this insurance may not be sufficient to
cover all of our potential losses and this insurance may not continue to be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all.
Our
ability to achieve profitability depends in part on maintaining or increasing our gross margins on product sales which we may not be
able to achieve.
A
number of factors may adversely impact our gross margins on product sales and services, including:
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lower than expected manufacturing yields of high-cost components
leading to increased manufacturing costs;
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shortages of electric components resulting in higher prices
or an inability to supply key parts;
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low production volume which will result in high levels of overhead
cost per unit of production;
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the timing of revenue recognition and revenue deferrals;
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increased material or labor costs;
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increased service or warranty costs or the failure to reduce
service or warranty costs;
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increased price competition;
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variation in the margins across products in a particular period;
and
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how well we execute on our strategic and operating plans.
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If
we are unable to maintain or increase our gross margins on product sales, our results of operations could be adversely impacted, we may
not achieve profitability and our stock price could decline.
We
cannot accurately predict the volume or timing of any sales of any of our products, making the timing of any associated revenues uncertain
and difficult to forecast.
We
may be faced with lengthy and unpredictable customer evaluation and approval processes associated with our products. Consequently, we
may incur substantial expenses and devote significant management effort and expense in developing customer adoption of our products,
which may not result in revenue generation for those products. We must also obtain regulatory clearance or approvals our products in
the respective jurisdiction, which is subject to risk and potential delays, and may actually occur. The same risks apply to other tests
we may develop based on the IFP System. As such, we cannot accurately predict the volume, if any, or timing of any future sales.
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We
expect to rely in part on third-party distributors to effectively distribute our products, if our distributors fail to effectively market
and sell the IFP products in full compliance with applicable laws, our operating results and business may suffer.
We
will depend in part on qualified distributors for the marketing and selling of our products. We will depend on these distributors’
efforts to market our products, yet we will be unable to control their efforts completely. These distributors typically would sell a
variety of other, non-competing products that may limit the resources they dedicate to selling our products. In addition, we are unable
to ensure that our distributors will comply with all applicable laws regarding the sale of our products. If our distributors fail to
effectively market and sell our products in full compliance with applicable laws, our operating results and business may suffer. Recruiting
and retaining qualified third-party distributors and training them in our technology and product offering will require significant time
and resources. To develop and expand our distribution, we will be required to scale and improve our processes and procedures that support
our distributors. Further, if our relationship with a successful distributor terminates, we may be unable to replace that distributor
without disruption to our business. If we fail to develop or maintain positive relationships with our distributors, including in new
markets, fail to manage, train or incentivize these distributors effectively, or fail to provide distributors with competitive products
on attractive terms, or if these distributors are not successful in their sales efforts, we may not achieve or may have a reduction in
revenue and our operating results, reputation and business would be harmed.
Failure
in our conventional, online and digital marketing efforts could impact our ability to generate sales.
We
intend to engage in conventional marketing strategies and also may utilize online and digital marketing in order to create awareness
of the IFP products. Our management believes that using a wide variety of marketing strategies, including online advertisement and a
variety of other pay-for-performance methods may be effective for marketing and generating sales of the IFP products, as opposed to relying
exclusively on traditional, expensive retail channels. In any event, there is a risk that any or all of our marketing strategies could
fail. We cannot predict whether the use of traditional and/or non-traditional retail sales tools, in combination with reliance on healthcare
providers to educate our customers about the IFP products, will be successful in effectively marketing the IFP products. The failure
of our marketing efforts could negatively impact our ability to generate sales.
As
we intend to conduct business internationally, we are susceptible to risks associated with international relationships, which could adversely
impact our results of operations and financial condition.
We
expect to market, promote and sell our products globally. The international nature of our business requires significant management attention,
which could negatively affect our business if it diverts their attention from their other responsibilities. In addition, doing business
with foreign customers subjects us to additional risks that companies do not generally face if they operate exclusively within a single
jurisdiction. These risks and uncertainties include:
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different regulatory requirements for medical product approvals
in foreign countries;
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different standards of care in various countries that could
complicate the evaluation of our product candidates;
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different medical product import and export rules;
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different labor laws;
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reduced protection for intellectual property rights in certain
countries;
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unexpected changes in tariffs, trade barriers and regulatory
requirements;
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different reimbursement systems and different competitive medical
products;
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localization of products and services, including translation
of foreign languages;
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delivery, logistics and storage costs;
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longer accounts receivable payment cycles and difficulties
in collecting accounts receivable;
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difficulties providing customer services;
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economic weakness, including inflation, or political instability
in particular foreign economies and markets;
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compliance with tax, employment, immigration and labor laws
for employees living or traveling abroad;
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compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or the “FCPA,”
and other anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws;
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foreign taxes, including withholding of payroll taxes;
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foreign currency fluctuations, which could result in increased
operating expenses and reduced revenues, and other obligations incident to doing business in another country;
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restrictions on the repatriation of earnings;
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workforce uncertainty in countries where labor unrest is more
common than in the United States;
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potential liability resulting from development work conducted
by third-party foreign distributors; and
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business interruptions resulting from geopolitical actions,
including war and terrorism, or natural disasters, management, communication and integration problems resulting from cultural differences
and geographic dispersion.
The
occurrence of any or all of these risks could adversely affect our business. In the event that we are unable to manage the complications
associated with international operations, our results of operations, financial condition and business prospects could be materially and
adversely affected.
If
third-party payors do not provide coverage and reimbursement for the use of the IFP products, our business and prospects may be negatively
impacted.
Third-party
payors, whether governmental or commercial, are developing increasingly sophisticated methods of controlling healthcare costs. In addition,
in certain countries, no uniform policy of coverage and reimbursement for medical device products and services exists among third-party
payors. Therefore, coverage and reimbursement for medical device products and services can differ significantly from payor to payor.
In addition, payors continually review new technologies for possible coverage and can, without notice, deny coverage for these new products
and procedures. As a result, the coverage determination process is often a time-consuming and costly process that will require us to
provide scientific and clinical support for the use of our products to each payor separately, with no assurance that coverage and adequate
reimbursement will be obtained or maintained if obtained. Reimbursement systems in international markets vary significantly by country
and by region within some countries, and reimbursement approvals must be obtained on a country-by-country basis. In many international
markets, a product must be approved for reimbursement before it can be approved for sale in that country. Further, many international
markets have government-managed healthcare systems that control reimbursement for new devices and procedures. For example, no government
in the areas where we market the IFP System has approved reimbursement of the IFP System. If sufficient coverage and reimbursement is
not available for our current or future products, in any country where our license operates, the demand for our products and our revenues
will be adversely affected.
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Non-United
States governments often impose strict price controls, which may adversely affect our future profitability.
We
intend to seek approval to market and expand the IFP products offerings in the APAC region. If we obtain approval for IFP products in
one or more of the jurisdictions, we will be subject to rules and regulations in those jurisdictions relating to our products. In some
countries, pricing may be subject to governmental control under certain circumstances, which may vary country by country. In these countries,
pricing negotiations with governmental authorities can take considerable time after the receipt of requisite marketing approval. To obtain
reimbursement or pricing approval in some countries, we may be required to conduct a clinical evaluation that compares the cost-effectiveness
of our product to other available products. If reimbursement of our products or product candidates is unavailable or limited in scope
or amount, or if pricing is set at unsatisfactory levels, we may be unable to achieve or sustain profitability. Price controls may reduce
prices to levels significantly below those that would prevail in less regulated markets or limit the volume of products which may be
sold, either of which may have a material and adverse effect on potential revenues from sales of the IFP products. Moreover, the process
and timing for the implementation of price restrictions is unpredictable, which may cause potential revenues from the sales of the IFP
products to fluctuate from period to period.
The
IFP System, including its software and systems, may contain undetected errors, which could limit our ability to provide our products
and services and diminish the attractiveness of our service offerings.
The
IFP System may contain undetected errors, defects or bugs. As a result, our customers or end users may discover errors or defects in
our products, software or systems, or our products, software or systems may not operate as expected. We may discover significant errors
or defects in the future that we may not be able to fix. Our inability to fix any of those errors could limit our ability to provide
our products and services, impair the reputation of our brand and diminish the attractiveness of our product and service offerings to
our customers. In addition, we may utilize third-party technology or components in our products, and we rely on those third parties to
provide support services to us. The existence of errors, defects or bugs in third-party technology or components, or the failure of those
third parties to provide necessary support services to us, could materially adversely impact our business.
We
will rely on the proper function, security and availability of our information technology systems and data to operate our business, and
a breach, cyber-attack or other disruption to these systems or data could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations,
financial condition, cash flows, reputation or competitive position.
We
will depend on sophisticated software and other information technology systems to operate our business, including to process, transmit
and store sensitive data, and our products and services will include information technology systems that collect data regarding patients.
We could experience attempted or actual interference with the integrity of, and interruptions in, our technology systems, as well as
data breaches, such as cyber-attacks, malicious intrusions, breakdowns, interference with the integrity of our products and data or other
significant disruptions. Furthermore, we may rely on third-party vendors to supply and/or support certain aspects of our information
technology systems. These third-party systems could also become vulnerable to cyber-attack, malicious intrusions, breakdowns, interference
or other significant disruptions, and may contain defects in design or manufacture or other problems that could result in system disruption
or compromise the information security of our own systems. Our international operations mean that we are subject to laws and regulations,
including data protection and cybersecurity laws and regulations, in many jurisdictions. Furthermore, there has been a developing trend
of civil lawsuits and class actions relating to breaches of consumer data held by large companies or incidents arising from other cyber-attacks.
Any data security breaches, cyber-attacks, malicious intrusions or significant disruptions could result in actions by regulatory bodies
and/or civil litigation, any of which could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition,
cash flows, reputation or competitive position. In addition, our information technology systems require an ongoing commitment of significant
resources to maintain, protect, and enhance existing systems and develop new systems to keep pace with continuing changes in information
processing technology, evolving legal and regulatory standards, the increasing need to protect patient and customer information, changes
in the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access to data and information systems, and the information technology needs associated
any new products and services. There can be no assurance that our process of consolidating, protecting, upgrading and expanding our systems
and capabilities, continuing to build security into the design of our products, and developing new systems to keep pace with continuing
changes in information processing technology will be successful or that additional systems issues will not arise in the future. If our
information technology systems, products or services or sensitive data are compromised, patients or employees could be exposed to financial
or medical identity theft or suffer a loss of product functionality, and we could lose existing customers, have difficulty attracting
new customers, have difficulty preventing, detecting, and controlling fraud, be exposed to the loss or misuse of confidential information,
have disputes with customers, physicians, and other health care professionals, suffer regulatory sanctions or penalties, experience increases
in operating expenses or an impairment in our ability to conduct our operations, incur expenses or lose revenues as a result of a data
privacy breach, product failure, information technology outages or disruptions, or suffer other adverse consequences including lawsuits
or other legal action and damage to our reputation.
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Our
future performance will depend on the continued engagement of key members of our management team, and the loss of one or more of the
key members of our management team could have a negative impact on our business.
Our
future performance depends to a large extent on the continued services of members of our current management including, in particular,
our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. In the event that we lose the continued services of such key personnel for any
reason, this could have a material adverse effect on our business, operations and prospects.
If
we are not able to attract and retain highly skilled managerial, scientific and technical personnel, we may not be able to implement
our business model successfully.
We
believe that our management team must be able to act decisively to apply and adapt our business model in the markets in which we will
compete. In addition, we will rely upon technical and scientific employees or third-party contractors to effectively establish, manage
and grow our business. Consequently, we believe that our future viability will depend largely on our ability to attract and retain highly
skilled managerial, sales, scientific and technical personnel. In order to do so, we may need to pay higher compensation or fees to our
employees or consultants than we currently expect, and such higher compensation payments would have a negative effect on our operating
results. Competition for experienced, high-quality personnel is intense and we cannot assure that we will be able to recruit and retain
such personnel. We may not be able to hire or retain the necessary personnel to implement our business strategy. Our failure to hire
and retain such personnel could impair our ability to develop new products and manage our business effectively.
If
we or our manufacturers fail to comply with applicable regulatory quality system regulations or any applicable equivalent regulations,
our proposed operations could be interrupted, and our operating results may be negatively impacted.
We
and any third-party manufacturers and suppliers of ours will be required, to the extent of applicable regulation, to follow the quality
system regulations of each jurisdiction we will seek to penetrate and also will be subject to the regulations of these jurisdictions
regarding the manufacturing processes. If we or any third-party manufacturers or suppliers of ours are found to be in significant non-compliance
or fail to take satisfactory corrective action in response to adverse regulatory findings in this regard, regulatory agencies could take
enforcement actions against us and such manufacturers or suppliers, which could impair or prevent our ability to produce our products
in a cost-effective and timely manner in order to meet customers’ demands. Accordingly, our operating results would suffer.
We
may be subject to healthcare fraud and abuse laws and regulations which, if violated, could subject us to substantial penalties. Additionally,
any challenge to or investigation into our practices under these laws could cause adverse publicity and be costly to respond to, and
thus could harm our business.
There
are numerous U.S. federal and state, as well as foreign, laws pertaining to healthcare fraud and abuse, including anti-kickback, false
claims and transparency laws. Many international healthcare laws and regulations apply to the medical testing and medical device businesses.
We will be subject to certain regulations regarding commercial practices false claims. The federal civil and criminal false claims laws,
including the federal civil False Claims Act, which prohibit, among other things, individuals, or entities from knowingly presenting,
or causing to be presented, claims for payment from Medicare, Medicaid or other federal healthcare programs that are false or fraudulent.
Private individuals can bring False Claims Act “qui tam” actions, on behalf of the government and such individuals, commonly
known as “whistleblowers,” may share in amounts paid by the entity to the government in fines or settlement. When an entity
is determined to have violated the federal civil False Claims Act, the government may impose substantial penalties plus three times the
amount of damages which the government sustains because of the submission of a false claim, and exclude the entity from participation
in Medicare, Medicaid and other federal healthcare programs.
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If
our operations or arrangements are found to be in violation of governmental regulations, we may be subject to civil and criminal penalties,
damages, fines and the curtailment of our operations. All of these penalties could adversely affect our ability to operate our business
and our financial results.
Product
liability suits, whether or not meritorious, could be brought against us due to an alleged defective product or for the misuse of the
IFP System. These suits could result in expensive and time-consuming litigation, payment of substantial damages, and an increase in our
insurance rates.
If
the IFP System or any future diagnostic test based on the IFP System is defectively designed or manufactured, contains defective components
or is misused, or if someone claims any of the foregoing, whether or not meritorious, we may become subject to substantial and costly
litigation. Misusing our devices or failing to adhere to the operating guidelines or our devices producing inaccurate meter readings
could cause significant harm to patients, including death. In addition, if our operating guidelines are found to be inadequate, we may
be subject to liability. Product liability claims could divert management’s attention from our core business, be expensive to defend
and result in sizable damage awards against us. While we expect to maintain product liability insurance, we may not have sufficient insurance
coverage for all future claims. Any product liability claims brought against us, with or without merit, could increase our product liability
insurance rates or prevent us from securing continuing coverage, could harm our reputation in the industry and could reduce revenue.
Product liability claims in excess of our insurance coverage would be paid out of cash reserves harming our financial condition and adversely
affecting our results of operations.
If
we are found to have violated laws protecting the confidentiality of patient health information, we could be subject to civil or criminal
penalties, which could increase our liabilities and harm our reputation or our business.
There
are several laws around the world protecting the confidentiality of certain patient health information, including patient records, and
restricting the use and disclosure of that protected information. Privacy rules protect medical records and other personal health information
by limiting their use and disclosure, giving individuals the right to access, amend and seek accounting of their own health information
and limiting most use and disclosures of health information to the minimum amount reasonably necessary to accomplish the intended purpose.
We may face difficulties in holding such information in compliance with applicable law. If we are found to be in violation of the privacy
rules, we could be subject to civil or criminal penalties, which could increase our liabilities, harm our reputation and have a material
adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We
could be party to litigation or other legal proceedings that could adversely affect our business, results of operations and reputation.
We
may be subject to litigation and other legal proceedings that may adversely affect our business. These legal proceedings may involve
claims brought by employees, government agencies, suppliers, shareholders or others through private actions, class actions, administrative
proceedings, regulatory actions, or other litigation. These legal proceedings may involve allegations of illegal, unfair or inconsistent
employment practices, including wage and hour, employment of minors, discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, and vacation and
family leave laws; data security or privacy breaches; violation of the federal securities laws or other concerns.
We
could be involved in litigation and legal proceedings in the future. Even if the allegations against us in future legal matters are unfounded
or we ultimately are not held liable, the costs to defend ourselves may be significant and the litigation may subject us to substantial
settlements, fines, penalties or judgments against us and may consume management’s bandwidth and attention, some or all of which
may negatively impact our financial condition and results of operations. Litigation also may generate negative publicity, regardless
of whether the allegations are valid, or we ultimately are liable, which could damage our reputation, and adversely impact our sales
and our relationship with our employees, clients, and guests.
Changes to U.S. tax laws under the One Big
Beautiful Bill Act and potential changes to tariff policies could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBBA”)
was signed into law, introducing significant amendments to U.S. tax laws, with various provisions taking effect on different dates. Key
provisions include changes to bonus depreciation, the treatment of research and development expenditures, interest expense deductibility,
and revisions to international tax regimes. Although certain changes may reduce our tax liabilities, others could increase our effective
tax rate, impact the timing of our deductions, or alter the value of our deferred tax assets and liabilities. In addition, changes
to U.S. trade policy — including the imposition of new tariffs, increases in existing tariffs, or retaliatory measures by other
countries — could increase the costs of our raw materials, components, or finished goods, or reduce demand for our products. Such
measures could also create volatility in global supply chains, disrupt our sourcing strategies, and adversely affect our competitiveness.
The overall effect of the OBBBA and potential changes to tariff policies on our business and financial results will depend on the interpretation
of the legislation, future regulatory or trade policy actions, and potential changes in our operations or tax profile. We are continuing
to evaluate these risks, and there can be no assurance that their implementation will not materially and adversely affect our financial
condition, results of operations, or cash flows.
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Risks
Related to Product Development and Regulatory Approval or Clearance
The
regulatory clearance/approval process which we may be required to navigate may be expensive, time-consuming, and uncertain and may prevent
us from obtaining clearance for any product launch by the Company of the IFP products in certain jurisdiction or our any future product.
The
IFP products may require regulatory approval in certain jurisdictions to market. To date, we have not received regulatory approval in
the United States. The research, design, testing, manufacturing, labelling, selling, marketing and distribution of medical devices are
subject to extensive regulation by country-specific regulatory authorities, which regulations differ from country to country. There can
be no assurance that, even after such time and expenditures, we will be able to obtain necessary regulatory clearance or approvals for
clinical testing or for the manufacturing or marketing of any products. In addition, during the regulatory process, other companies may
develop other technologies with the same intended use as our products. We also will be subject to numerous post-marketing regulatory
requirements, which may include labelling regulations and medical device reporting regulations, which may require us to report to different
regulatory agencies if our devices cause or contribute to a death or serious injury, or malfunction in a way that would likely cause
or contribute to a death or serious injury. In addition, these regulatory requirements may change in the future in a way that adversely
affects us. If we fail to comply with present or future regulatory requirements that are applicable to us, we may be subject to enforcement
action by regulatory agencies, which may include, among others, any of the following sanctions:
●
untitled letters, warning letters, fines, injunctions, consent
decrees and civil penalties;
●
customer notification, or orders for repair, replacement or
refunds;
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voluntary or mandatory recall or seizure of our current or
future products;
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imposing operating restrictions, suspension or shutdown of
production;
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refusing our requests for clearance or pre-market approval
of new products, new intended uses or modifications to the IFP products or future products;
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rescinding clearance or suspending or withdrawing pre-market
approvals that have already been granted; and
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criminal prosecution.
The
occurrence of any of these events may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Clinical
data obtained subsequent to the implementation of the clinical evidence module may not meet the required objectives, which could delay,
limit or prevent additional regulatory clearance or approval.
There
can be no assurance that we will successfully complete any clinical evaluations necessary to receive regulatory clearance or approvals.
The preliminary results that are indicative of the potential performance of the IFP products, data already obtained, or to be obtained
in future, from clinical studies do not necessarily predict the results that will be obtained from later clinical evaluations.
We
market IFP products as screening devices. The clinical studies undertaken to date may not meet the requirements of certain regulatory
bodies for us to market in those jurisdictions. The failure to adequately demonstrate the analytical performance characteristics of the
device under development could delay or prevent regulatory clearance or approval of the device, which could prevent or result in delays
to market launch and could materially harm our business. There can be no assurance that we will be able to receive approval for any potential
applications of our principal technology, or that we will receive regulatory clearances from targeted regions or countries.
We
may be unable to complete required clinical evaluations, or we may experience significant delays in completing such clinical evaluations,
which could prevent or significantly delay our targeted product launch timeframe and impair our business plan.
The completion of any future
clinical evaluations for the IFP products, or other studies that we may be required to undertake in the future for the IFP or other products
based on the IFP System could be delayed, suspended or terminated for several reasons, including:
●
we may fail to or be unable to conduct the clinical evaluation
in accordance with regulatory requirements;
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sites participating in the trial may drop out of the trial,
which may require us to engage new sites for an expansion of the number of sites that are permitted to be involved in the trial;
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patients may not enroll in, remain in or complete, the clinical
evaluation at the rates we expect; and
●
clinical investigators may not perform our clinical evaluation
on our anticipated schedule or consistent with the clinical evaluation protocol and good clinical practices.
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If
our clinical evaluations are delayed it will take us longer to ultimately launch the IFP in certain jurisdictions and generate revenues.
Moreover, our development costs will increase if we have material delays in our clinical evaluation or if we need to perform more or
larger clinical evaluations than planned.
We
are subject to the risk of reliance on third parties to conduct our clinical evaluation work, their inability to comply with good clinical
practice and relevant regulation could adversely affect the clinical development of our product candidates and harm our business.
We
will depend on independent clinical investigators to conduct our clinical evaluations. Contract research organizations may also assist
us in the collection and analysis of data. These investigators and contract research organizations will not be our employees and we will
not be able to control, other than by contract, the amount of resources, including time that they devote to products that we develop.
If independent investigators fail to devote sufficient resources to our clinical evaluations, or if their performance is substandard,
it will delay the approval or clearance and ultimately the market launch of any products that we develop. Further, regulatory bodies
require that we comply with standards, commonly referred to as good clinical practice, for conducting, recording and reporting clinical
evaluations to assure that data and reported results are credible and accurate and that the rights, integrity and confidentiality of
trial subjects are protected. If our independent clinical investigators and contract research organizations fail to comply with good
clinical practice, the results of our clinical evaluations could be called into question and the clinical development of our product
candidates could be delayed. Failure of clinical investigators or contract research organizations to meet their obligations to us or
comply with applicable regulations could adversely affect the clinical development of our product candidates and harm our business. Moreover,
we intend to have several clinical evaluations in order to support our marketing efforts and business development purposes. Such clinical
evaluations will be conducted by third parties as well. Failure of such clinical evaluations to meet their primary endpoints could adversely
affect our marketing efforts.
Risks
Related to Our Intellectual Property
Our
success will depend on our ability to obtain, maintain and protect our intellectual property rights.
In
order to remain competitive, we must develop, maintain and protect the proprietary aspects of our brands, technologies and data. We rely
on a combination of contractual provisions, confidentiality procedures and patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret and other intellectual
property laws to protect the proprietary aspects of our brands, technologies and data. These legal measures afford only limited protection,
and competitors or others may gain access to or use our intellectual property and proprietary information. Our success will depend, in
part, on preserving our trade secrets, maintaining the security of our data and know-how and obtaining and maintaining other intellectual
property rights by us. We may not be able to obtain or maintain intellectual property or other proprietary rights necessary to our business
or in a form that provides us with a competitive advantage.
In
addition, our trade secrets, data and know-how could be subject to unauthorized use, misappropriation, or disclosure to unauthorized
parties, despite our efforts to enter into confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants, clients and other vendors who
have access to such information and could otherwise become known or be independently discovered by third parties. Our intellectual property,
including trademarks, could be challenged, invalidated, infringed, and circumvented by third parties, and our trademarks could also be
diluted, declared generic or found to be infringing on other marks. If any of the foregoing occurs, we could be forced to re-brand our
products, resulting in loss of brand recognition and requiring us to devote resources to advertising and marketing new brands, and suffer
other competitive harm. Third parties may also adopt trademarks similar to ours, which could harm our brand identity and lead to market
confusion. Failure to obtain and maintain intellectual property rights necessary to our business and failure to protect, monitor and
control the use of our intellectual property rights could negatively impact our ability to compete and cause us to incur significant
expenses. The intellectual property laws and other statutory and contractual arrangements in the United States and other jurisdictions
we depend upon may not provide sufficient protection in the future to prevent the infringement, use, violation or misappropriation of
our trademarks, data, technology and other intellectual property and services, and may not provide an adequate remedy if our intellectual
property rights are infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated.
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We
rely, in part, on our ability to obtain, maintain, expand, enforce, and defend the scope of our intellectual property portfolio or other
proprietary rights, including the amount and timing of any payments we may be required to make in connection the filing, defense and
enforcement of any patents or other intellectual property rights. The process of applying for and obtaining a patent is expensive, time
consuming and complex, and we may not be able to file, prosecute, maintain, enforce all necessary or desirable patent applications at
a reasonable cost, in a timely manner, or in all jurisdictions where protection may be commercially advantageous, or we may not be able
to protect our proprietary rights at all. Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may be able to
obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary. In addition, the issuance of a patent does not ensure that it is valid or enforceable,
so even if we obtain patents, they may not be valid or enforceable against third parties. Our patent applications may not result in issued
patents and our patents may not be sufficiently broad to protect our technology.
The
degree of future protection for our proprietary rights is uncertain, and we cannot ensure that:
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any of our patents, or any of our pending patent applications, if issued, will include claims having a scope sufficient to protect our products;
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any of our pending patent applications will issue as patents;
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we will be able to successfully commercialize our products on a substantial scale, if approved, before our relevant patents we may have expire;
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we were the first to make the inventions covered by each of our patents and pending patent applications;
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we were the first to file patent applications for these inventions;
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others will not develop similar or alternative technologies that do not infringe our patents; any of our patents will be found to ultimately be valid and enforceable
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any patents issued to us will provide a basis for an exclusive market for our commercially viable products, will provide us with any competitive advantages or will not be challenged by third parties
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we will develop additional proprietary technologies or products that are separately patentable; or
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our commercial activities or products will not infringe upon the patents of others.
Moreover,
even if we are able to obtain patent protection, such patent protection may be of insufficient scope to achieve our business objectives.
Issued patents may be challenged, narrowed, invalidated or circumvented. Decisions by courts and governmental patent agencies may introduce
uncertainty in the enforceability or scope of patents owned by or licensed to us. Furthermore, the issuance of a patent does not give
us the right to practice the patented invention. Third parties may have blocking patents that could prevent us from marketing our own
products and practicing our own technology. Alternatively, third parties may seek approval to market their own products similar to or
otherwise competitive with our products. In these circumstances, we may need to defend or assert our patents, including by filing lawsuits
alleging patent infringement. In any of these types of proceedings, a court or agency with jurisdiction may find our patents invalid,
unenforceable or not infringed; competitors may then be able to market products and use manufacturing and analytical processes that are
substantially similar to ours. Even if we have valid and enforceable patents, these patents still may not provide protection against
competing products or processes sufficient to achieve our business objectives.
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Obtaining
and maintaining patent protection depends on compliance with various procedural, document submission, fee payment and other requirements
imposed by governmental patent agencies, and our patent protection could be reduced or eliminated for non-compliance with these requirements.
The
United States Patent and Trademark Office (the “USPTO”) and various foreign governmental patent agencies require compliance
with a number of procedural, documentary, fee payment and other similar provisions during the patent application process. In addition,
periodic maintenance fees on issued patents often must be paid to the USPTO and foreign patent agencies over the lifetime of the patent.
While an unintentional lapse 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. If we fail to maintain the patents and patent
applications covering our products, we may not be able to stop a competitor from marketing products that are the same as or similar to
our products, which would have a material adverse effect on our business.
Patent
terms may not be able to protect our competitive position for an adequate period of time with respect to our current or future technologies.
Patents
have a limited lifespan. In the United States, the standard patent term is typically 20 years after filing. Various extensions may be
available. Even so, the life of a patent and the protection it affords are limited. As a result, our patent portfolio provides us with
limited rights that may not last for a sufficient period of time to exclude others from commercializing products similar or identical
to ours. For example, given the large amount of time required for the research, development, testing and regulatory review of medical
devices, patents protecting our products might expire before or shortly after they are commercialized.
Extensions
of patent term may be available, but there is no guarantee that we would succeed in obtaining any particular extension and no guarantee
any such extension would confer patent term for a sufficient period of time to exclude others from commercializing products similar or
identical to ours.
Additionally,
an extension may not be granted or may be limited where there is, for example, a failure to exercise due diligence during the testing
phase or regulatory review process, failure to apply within applicable deadlines, failure to apply before expiration of relevant patents,
or some other failure to satisfy applicable requirements. If this occurs, our competitors may be able to launch their products earlier
by taking advantage of our investment in development and clinical trials along with our clinical and pre-clinical data. This could have
a material adverse effect on our business and ability to achieve profitability.
We
may be subject to claims alleging the violation of the intellectual property rights of others, which could involve in lawsuits to protect
or enforce our intellectual property rights, which could be expensive, time consuming and unsuccessful.
We
may face significant expense and liability as a result of litigation or other proceedings relating to intellectual property rights of
others. In the event that another party has intellectual property protection relating to an invention or technologies licensed by us,
we may be required to participate in an interference proceeding declared by the regulatory authorities to determine priority of invention,
which could result in substantial uncertainties and costs for us, even if the eventual outcome was favorable to us. We also could be
required to participate in interference proceedings involving intellectual property of another entity. An adverse outcome in an interference
proceeding could require us to cease using the technology, to substantially modify it, which could delay or prevent the launch of our
products in the market or adversely affect our profitability. The cost to us of any intellectual property litigation, even if resolved
in our favor, could be substantial, especially given our early stage of development. A third-party may claim that we are using inventions
claimed by their intellectual property and may go to court to stop us from engaging in our normal operations and activities, such as
research, development and the sale of any future products. Such lawsuits are expensive and would consume significant time and other resources.
There is a risk that a court will decide that we are infringing the third-party’s intellectual property and will order us to stop
the activities claimed by the intellectual property. In addition, there is a risk that a court will order us to pay the other party damages
for having infringed their intellectual property. Moreover, there is no guarantee that any prevailing intellectual property owner would
offer us a license so that we could continue to engage in activities claimed by the intellectual property, or that such a license, if
made available to us, could be acquired on commercially acceptable terms.
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As a result of the liquidation of Life Science
Biosensor Diagnostics Pty Ltd (LSBD) and the intellectual property rights licensed by the Company from LSBD (the Biosensor IP and intellectual
property related to SARS-CoV-2 testing) reverting back to the University of Newcastle, there is a risk of extended delays in negotiating
the terms of licensing the intellectual property with the University, or that such negotiations may result in less favorable licensing
terms for the Company, or that such negotiations may not be successful, which, in any event, would negatively impact the Company’s
ability to develop and commercialize the BPT, the Licensed Products or the COV2 Products described in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
We
are party to the BPT License Agreement with LSBD, pursuant to which, among other things, the Company licenses from LSBD certain products
and intellectual property related to the biosensor technology used in the Biosensor Platform, which we refer to as the Biosensor IP.
The Company also holds a 50% interest in BiosensX (North America) Inc., which has exclusive license to use, make, sell and offer to sell
products under the intellectual property rights in connection with the biosensor technology and the glucose/diabetes management field
in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
We understand that following
the appointment of a liquidator to LSBD on July 21, 2023, the Biosensor IP has reverted back to the University of Newcastle. Following
our ongoing discussions with the University, it is the Company’s understanding that the University of Newcastle cannot finalize
licensing of the Biosensor IP until the liquidation of LSBD is complete. As the timeline for the completion of LSBD’s liquidation
is unknown, the Company does not expect any updates or finalization of license terms until this occurs. As a result, further development
of the BPT has been postponed until we are able to finalize licensing arrangements related to the BPT.
Accordingly,
there is an inherent risk of extended delays in negotiating the terms of licensing the Biosensor IP with the University, or that such
negotiations may result in less favorable licensing terms for the Company, or that such negotiations may not be successful, which, in
any event, would negatively impact the Company’s ability to develop and commercialize the BPT or Licensed Products.
These same risks apply to
the Company’s licensing of intellectual property from LSBD related to the “COV2 Products” described in this Annual Report
on Form 10-K, which includes a biosensor strip for antibodies against SARS-CoV-2. For more information regarding our licensing agreements
with LSBD and COV2 Products, see “Item 1. Business -Technology License Agreements.”
We
may be unable to protect or enforce our intellectual property rights, including those licensed to us, which could impair our competitive
position.
For
our business to be viable and to compete effectively, the proprietary rights with respect to the technologies and intellectual property
used in our products must be developed and maintained. We rely primarily on patent protection and trade secrets, as well as a combination
of copyright and trademark laws and nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements to protect our technology and intellectual property
rights. There are significant risks associated with our ability to protect our intellectual property, including:
● pending intellectual
property applications may not be approved or may take longer than expected to result in approval in one or more of the countries in which
we operate;
● our intellectual
property rights may not provide meaningful protection;
● other companies
may challenge the validity or extent of our patents and other proprietary intellectual property rights through litigation, oppositions
and other proceedings, which proceedings can be protracted as well as unpredictable;
● other companies
may have independently developed (or may in the future independently develop) similar or alternative technologies, may duplicate our
technologies or may design their technologies around our technologies or technologies we license;
● enforcement of
intellectual property rights is complex, uncertain and expensive, and may be subject to lengthy delays;
● there is an inherent
risk of extended delays in negotiating the terms of licensing the Biosensor IP with the University, or that such negotiations may result
in less favorable licensing terms for the Company, or that such negotiations may not be successful;
● our ability to
enforce our intellectual property protection could be limited by our financial resources; and
● the other risks
described in “—Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property.”
If
any of our patents or other intellectual property rights fail to protect the technologies we use, it would make it easier for our competitors
to offer similar products. Any inability on our part to adequately protect our intellectual property may have a material adverse effect
on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
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We
have limited foreign intellectual property rights and may not be able to protect those intellectual property rights, which means that
we may not be able to prevent third parties from practicing our inventions or from selling or importing products made using those inventions.
Our
intellectual property rights include intellectual property rights related to the IFP products. We have determined that filing, prosecuting
and defending intellectual property rights in all countries globally would be prohibitively expensive, and intellectual property rights
in some countries can be less extensive than those in the United States. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not protect
intellectual property to the same extent as laws in the United States. Consequently, we may not be able to prevent third parties from
practicing our inventions or from selling or importing products made using our inventions. Competitors may use our technologies in jurisdictions
where we have not obtained intellectual property rights to develop their own products and further, may export otherwise infringing products
to territories where we have intellectual property protection, but enforcement is not as strong as that in the United States. Policing
unauthorized use of proprietary technology is difficult and expensive. The legal systems of certain countries do not favor the enforcement
of trade secrets and other intellectual property, particularly those relating to medical device products, which could make it difficult
for us to stop the infringement of our intellectual property or marketing of competing products industry of our proprietary rights generally.
An adverse determination or an insufficient damage award in any such litigation could materially impair our intellectual property rights
and may otherwise harm our business. In addition, some developing countries in the APAC Region have compulsory licensing laws under which
an intellectual property owner may be compelled to grant licenses to third parties. In those countries, we may have limited remedies
if our intellectual property is infringed or if we are compelled to grant a license to a third-party, which could materially diminish
the value of that intellectual property.
We
rely on confidentiality agreements that could be breached and may be difficult to enforce, which could result in third parties using
our intellectual property to compete against us.
Although
we believe that we take reasonable steps to protect our intellectual property, including the use of agreements relating to the non-disclosure
of confidential information to third parties, as well as agreements that purport to require the disclosure and assignment to us of the
rights to the ideas, developments, discoveries and inventions of our employees and consultants while we or the Licensor employ them,
the agreements can be difficult and costly to enforce. Although we seek to enter into these types of agreements with contractors, consultants,
advisors and research collaborators, to the extent that employees and consultants utilize or independently develop intellectual property
in connection with any of our projects, disputes may arise as to the intellectual property rights associated with our technology. If
a dispute arises, a court may determine that the right belongs to a third-party. In addition, enforcement of our rights can be costly
and unpredictable. We also rely on trade secrets and proprietary know-how that we may seek to protect in part by confidentiality agreements
with employees, contractors, consultants, advisors or others. Despite the protective measures we employ, we still face the risk that:
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these agreements may be breached;
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these agreements may not provide adequate remedies for the
applicable type of breach;
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our proprietary know-how will otherwise become known; or
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our competitors will independently develop similar technology
or proprietary information.
We
may be subject to claims challenging the invention of the intellectual property that we use.
We
may be subject to claims that former employees, collaborators or other third parties have an interest in intellectual property as an
inventor or co-inventor. For example, we may have inventorship disputes arising from conflicting obligations of consultants or others
who are involved in developing our product candidates. Litigation may be necessary to defend against these and other claims challenging
inventorship. If we fail in defending any such claims, in addition to paying monetary damages, we may lose valuable intellectual property
rights, such as exclusive ownership of, or right to use, valuable intellectual property. Such an outcome could have a material adverse
effect on our business. Even if we are successful in defending against such claims, litigation could result in substantial costs and
be a distraction to management and other employees. As a result, it is unclear whether and, if so, to what extent employees of ours may
be able to claim compensation with respect to our future revenue. We may receive less revenue from future products if any of our employees
successfully claim compensation for their work in developing our intellectual property, which in turn could impact our future profitability.
Risks
Related to Our Industry
Our
products and operations are subject to extensive government regulation and oversight both in the United States and abroad. If we fail
to obtain and maintain necessary regulatory approvals current IFP products, or if approvals for future products and indications are delayed
or not issued, it will negatively affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our
proprietary IFP System is subject to extensive regulation in the United States and abroad, including the European Union, our largest
market for the IFP System. Government regulations specific to medical devices are wide ranging and govern, among other things:
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Product design, development, manufacture, and release;
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Laboratory, pre-clinical and clinical testing, labeling, packaging, storage and distribution;
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Product safety and efficacy;
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Premarketing clearance or approval;
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Service operations;
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Record keeping;
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Product marketing, promotion and advertising, sales and distribution;
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Post-marketing surveillance, including reporting of deaths or serious injuries and recalls and correction and removals;
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Post-market approval studies; and
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Product import and export.
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If
we fail to remain in compliance with applicable European laws and directives, we would be unable to continue to affix the CE mark to
our products, which would prevent us from selling them within the European Economic Area (“EEA”).
The
regulatory approval process with FDA in the United States may be an expensive, lengthy and unpredictable process. We may not be able
to obtain any necessary clearances or approval or may be unduly delayed in doing so, which will negatively affect our business, financial
condition and results of operations. Furthermore, even if we are granted regulatory clearances or approvals, they may include significant
limitations on the indicated uses for the product, which may limit the market for product.
The
FDA can delay, limit or deny clearance or approval of a device for many reasons, including:
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Our
inability to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the FDA or the applicable regulatory entity or notified body that our products are
safe or effective for their intended uses;
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The
disagreement of the FDA or the applicable foreign regulatory body with the design or implementation of our clinical trials or the
interpretation of data from pre-clinical studies or clinical trials;
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Serious
and unexpected adverse effects experienced by participants in our clinical trials;
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The
data from our pre-clinical studies and clinical trials may be insufficient to support clearance or approval, where required;
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Our
inability to demonstrate that the clinical and other benefits of the product outweigh the risks;
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The
manufacturing process or facilities we use may not meet applicable requirements; and
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The
potential for approval policies or regulations of the FDA or applicable foreign regulatory bodies to change significantly in a manner
rendering our clinical data or regulatory filings insufficient for clearance or approval.
Furthermore,
the FDA and state and international authorities have broad enforcement powers. Our failure to comply with applicable regulatory requirements
could result in enforcement action by any such agency, which may include any of the following sanctions:
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Adverse
publicity, warning letters, fines, injunctions, consent decrees and civil penalties;
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Repair,
replacement, refunds, recall or seizure of our products;
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Operating
restrictions, partial suspension or total shutdown of production;
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Denial
of our requests for regulatory clearance or premarket approval of new products or services, new intended uses or modifications to
existing products or services;
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Withdrawal
of regulatory clearance or premarket approvals that have already been granted; or
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Criminal
prosecution.
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If
any of these events were to occur, it will negatively affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
In
addition, the medical device and other medical product industries in the APAC Region, where we plan to expand our product offering in
the near future are generally subject to comprehensive government regulation and supervision, encompassing the approval, registration,
manufacturing, packaging, licensing and marketing of new products. In addition, the regulatory frameworks in the APAC Region regarding
our industry are subject to change. Any such changes may result in increased compliance costs on our business or cause delays in or prevent
the successful development or launch of our product candidates in the APAC Region. The regulatory authorities in the countries and territories
constituting the APAC Region also may launch investigations of individual companies or on an industry-wide basis. The costs and time
necessary to respond to an investigation can be material. Any failure by us or our partners to maintain compliance with applicable laws
and regulations or obtain and maintain required licenses and permits may result in the suspension or termination of our business activities
in certain countries and territories in the APAC Region or in the region as a whole.
Compliance
with environmental laws and regulations could be expensive, and the failure to comply with these laws and regulations could subject us
to significant liability.
Our
research, development and manufacturing operations including product assembly line at Cambridge, UK involve the use of hazardous substances,
and we are subject to a variety foreign environmental laws and regulations relating to the storage, use, handling, generation, manufacture,
treatment, discharge and disposal of hazardous substances. Our products may also contain hazardous substances, and they are subject laws
and regulations relating to labelling requirements and to their sale, collection, recycling, treatment, storage and disposal. Compliance
with these laws and regulations may be expensive and noncompliance could result in substantial fines and penalties. Environmental laws
and regulations also impose liability for the remediation of releases of hazardous substances into the environment and for personal injuries
resulting from exposure to hazardous substances, and they can give rise to substantial remediation costs and to third-party claims, including
for property damage and personal injury. Liability under environmental laws and regulations can be joint and several and without regard
to fault or negligence, and they tend to become more stringent over time, imposing greater compliance costs and increased risks and penalties
associated with violations. We cannot assure you that violations of these laws and regulations, or releases of or exposure to hazardous
substances, will not occur in the future or have not occurred in the past, including as a result of human error, accidents, equipment
failure or other causes. The costs of complying with environmental laws and regulations, and liabilities that may be imposed for violating
them, or for remediation obligations or responding to third-party claims, could negatively affect our business, financial condition and
results of operations.
If
we or our suppliers fail to comply with The United Kingdom Accreditation Services (UKAS), FDA’s Quality System Regulation (QSR)
and CE (European Conformity) Markings and other relevant regulations regulation, our manufacturing or distribution operations could be
delayed or shut down and our revenue could suffer.
Our
manufacturing and design processes for certain of our products and those of certain of our third-party suppliers are required to comply
with The United Kingdom Accreditation Services (UKAS), FDA’s QSR and CE markings in the European Union. This covers procedures
and documentation of the design, testing, production, control, quality assurance, labelling, packaging, storage and shipping of our IFP
System. We are also subject to ongoing International Organization for Standardization (“ISO 13485”) compliance in all operations,
including design, manufacturing, and service, to maintain our CE Mark. In addition, we must engage in extensive recordkeeping and reporting
and must make available our facilities and records for periodic unannounced inspections by governmental agencies, including the FDA,
state authorities, European Union Notified Bodies and comparable agencies in other countries. If we fail a regulatory inspection, our
operations could be disrupted and our manufacturing interrupted. Failure to take adequate corrective action in response to an adverse
regulatory inspection could result in, among other things, a shutdown of our manufacturing or product distribution operations, significant
fines, suspension of marketing clearances and approvals, seizures or recalls of our devices, operating restrictions and criminal prosecutions,
any of which would negatively affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Furthermore, our key component suppliers
may not currently be or may not continue to be in compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, which may result in manufacturing
delays for our product and cause our revenue to decline.
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We
can provide no assurance that we will continue to remain in compliance with the UKAS, QSR and European Union Notified Bodies. If the
FDA, UKAS and European Union of Notified Bodies inspect any of our facilities and discover compliance problems, we may have to cease
manufacturing and product distribution until we can take the appropriate remedial steps to correct the audit findings. Taking corrective
action may be expensive, time consuming and a distraction for management and if we experience a delay at our manufacturing facility,
we may be unable to produce our solutions, which will negatively affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
If
we fail to respond quickly to technological or other developments, our products may become uncompetitive and obsolete.
The
drug screening and medical testing market may experience rapid technology developments, changes in industry standards, changes in customer
requirements, changes in demand, and frequent new product introductions and improvements. If we are unable to respond to these developments,
we may lose competitive position, and our other products may become uncompetitive or obsolete, causing our business and prospects to
suffer.
In
order to compete, we need to adjust, develop, license or acquire new technology on a schedule that keeps pace with technological and
other developments and the requirements for products addressing a broad spectrum of needs.
Fluctuation
in the value of foreign currencies may have a material adverse effect on your investment.
A
substantial portion of our revenues and costs may be denominated in foreign currencies, such as the British Pound, Australian Dollar
or Japanese Yen. Any significant change in value of these foreign currencies against the U.S. dollar may materially affect our cash flows,
net revenues, earnings and financial position, and the value of, and any dividends payable on, our common stock in U.S. dollars. For
example, an appreciation of any such foreign currency against the U.S. dollar would make any new investments or expenditures denominated
in the foreign currency costlier to us, to the extent that we need to convert U.S. dollars into the foreign currency for such purposes.
Conversely, a significant depreciation of any such foreign currency against the U.S. dollar may significantly reduce the U.S. dollar
equivalent of our earnings, which in turn could adversely affect the price of our common stock. If we decide to convert any such foreign
currency into U.S. dollars for the purpose of making payments for dividends on our common stock, strategic acquisitions or investments
or other business purposes, appreciation of the U.S. dollar against the foreign currency would have a negative effect on the U.S. dollar
amount available to us. We do not expect to hedge against the risks associated with fluctuations in exchange rates and, therefore, exchange
rate fluctuations could have an adverse impact on our future operating results. As a result, fluctuations in exchange rates may have
a material adverse effect on your investment.
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We
are subject to laws and regulations governing business conduct, which will require us to develop and implement costly compliance programs.
We
must comply with a wide range of laws and regulations to prevent corruption, bribery, and other unethical business practices, including
the FCPA, anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws in other countries. The creation and implementation of international business practices
compliance programs is costly and such programs are difficult to enforce, particularly where reliance on third parties is required. Anti-bribery
laws prohibit us, our employees, and some of our agents or representatives from offering or providing any personal benefit to covered
government officials to influence their performance of their duties or induce them to serve interests other than the missions of the
public organizations in which they serve. Certain commercial bribery rules also prohibit offering or providing any personal benefit to
employees and representatives of commercial companies to influence their performance of their duties or induce them to serve interests
other than their employers. The FCPA also obligates companies whose securities are listed in the United States to comply with certain
accounting provisions requiring us to maintain books and records that accurately and fairly reflect all transactions of the corporation,
including international subsidiaries, and devise and maintain an adequate system of internal accounting controls for international operations.
The anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA are enforced primarily by the Department of Justice. The SEC is involved with enforcement of
the books and records provisions of the FCPA. Compliance with these anti-bribery laws is expensive and difficult, particularly in countries
in which corruption is a recognized problem. In addition, the anti-bribery laws present particular challenges in the medical products
industries because in many countries, a majority of hospitals are state-owned or operated by the government, and doctors and other hospital
employees are considered civil servants. Furthermore, in certain countries, hospitals and clinics are permitted to sell medical devices
to their patients and are primary or significant distributors of medical devices. Certain payments to hospitals in connection with clinical
studies, procurement of medical devices and other work have been deemed to be improper payments to government officials that have led
to vigorous anti-bribery law enforcement actions and heavy fines in multiple jurisdictions, particularly in the United States and China.
It is not always possible to identify and deter violations, and the precautions we take to detect and prevent this activity may not be
effective in controlling unknown or unmanaged risks or losses or in protecting us from governmental investigations or other actions or
lawsuits stemming from a failure to be in compliance with such laws or regulations. In the medical products industries, corrupt practices
include, among others, acceptance of kickbacks, bribes or other illegal gains or benefits by the hospitals and medical practitioners
from medical device manufacturers, distributors or their third-party agents in connection with the prescription of certain medical devices
or disposables. If our employees, affiliates, distributors or third-party marketing firms violate these laws or otherwise engage in illegal
practices with respect to their sales or marketing of our products or other activities involving our products, we could be required to
pay damages or heavy fines by multiple jurisdictions where we operate, which could materially and adversely affect our financial condition
and results of operations. Our potential customers also may deny access to sales representatives from medical device companies because
the potential customers want to avoid the perception of corruption, which could adversely affect our ability to promote our products.
As we expand our operations in the APAC Region, we will need to increase the scope of our compliance programs to address the risks relating
to the potential for violations of the FCPA and other anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws. Our compliance programs will need to include
policies addressing not only the FCPA, but also the provisions of a variety of anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws in multiple jurisdictions,
including provisions relating to books and records that apply to us as a public company, and will need to include effective training
for our personnel throughout our organization. The creation and implementation of anti-corruption compliance programs is costly and such
programs are difficult to enforce, particularly where reliance on third parties is required. Violation of the FCPA and other anti-corruption
laws can result in significant administrative and criminal penalties for us and our employees, including substantial fines, suspension
or debarment from government contracting, prison sentences, or even the death penalty in extremely serious cases in certain countries.
The SEC also may suspend or bar us from trading securities on United States exchanges for violation of the FCPA’s accounting provisions.
Even if we are not ultimately punished by government authorities, the costs of investigation and review, distraction of company personnel,
legal defense costs, and harm to our reputation could be substantial and could limit our profitability or our ability to develop or launch
our product candidates. In addition, if any of our competitors are not subject to the FCPA, they may engage in practices that will lead
to their receipt of preferential treatment from potential customers and enable them to secure business from potential customers in ways
that are unavailable to us.
Changes
in the economic, political or social conditions or government policies in our target markets could have a material adverse effect on
our business and operations.
The
economies and societies of certain countries and territories of our target markets, continue to undergo significant change. Adverse changes
in the political and economic policies in these countries and territories could have a material adverse effect on the overall economic
growth of these countries and territories, which could adversely affect our ability to conduct business in these countries and territories.
The governments of these countries and territories continue to adjust economic policies to promote economic growth. Some of these measures
may benefit the overall economy but may also have a negative effect on us. As the medical product industry grows and evolves in these
countries and territories, the governments may also implement measures to change the structure of foreign investment in this industry.
We are unable to predict any such policy changes, any of which could materially and adversely affect our ability to finance or conduct
our business in these countries and territories. Any failure on our part to comply with changing government regulations and policies
could result in the loss of our ability to develop and launch our product candidates in these countries and territories.
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Risks
Related to the Ownership of Our Common Stock
The Company may not be able to repay the
grant it received from the Australian Government on time.
In the fourth fiscal quarter
ended June 30, 2025, upon the end of the project deadline for the construction of a manufacturing facility in Australia, a grant acquittal
audit was completed by an independent auditor in relation to the grant received from the Australian Government. Following the grant acquittal
audit, an amount of $2,172,108 remains payable to the Australian Government, which is disclosed under liabilities in the balance sheet
as of June 30, 2025, as “Accounts payable and accrued expenses”. The terms of repayments have not been finalized as of June
30, 2025. Should the Australian government require the payment upfront or the repayment terms are not favorable to the Company, the Company
may not be able to repay the liability on time.
If we are unable to maintain compliance
with the listing requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market, our common stock may be delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market which could
have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and could make it more difficult for you to trade in our securities.
Our
common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, and we are therefore subject to its continued listing requirements, including requirements
with respect to the market value of publicly held shares, market value of listed shares, minimum bid price per share, and minimum stockholder’s
equity, among others, and requirements relating to board and committee independence. If we fail to satisfy one or more of the requirements,
we may be delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market.
We
have in the past, and we may again in the future, fail to comply with the continued listing requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market,
which would subject our common stock to being delisted. Delisting from The Nasdaq Capital Market would adversely affect our ability to
raise additional financing through the public or private sale of equity securities, may significantly affect the ability of investors
to trade our securities and may negatively affect the value and liquidity of our common stock. Delisting also could have other negative
results, including the potential loss of employee confidence, the loss of institutional investors or interest in business development
opportunities.
We
have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. If our remediation of the material weaknesses is
not effective, or if we experience additional material weaknesses in the future or otherwise fail to maintain an effective system of
internal controls in the future, we may not be able to accurately or timely report our financial condition or results of operations,
which may adversely affect investor confidence in us and, as a result, the value of our common stock.
In
connection with the preparation of our financial statements for the years ended June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2025, we identified material weaknesses in our internal
control over financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal controls such that
there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely
basis.
The
material weaknesses related to the fact that the Company has not yet designed and maintained an effective control environment commensurate
with its financial reporting requirements, including (a) that the Company had not yet completed the formally documented policies and
procedures with respect to the review, supervision and monitoring of the Company’s accounting and reporting functions, (b) the
lack of evidence to support the performance of controls and the adequacy of review procedures, including the completeness and accuracy
of information used in the performance of controls and (c) we currently have limited accounting personnel and other supervisory resources
necessary to adequately execute the Company’s accounting processes and address its internal controls over financial reporting.
We
have implemented and are in the process of implementing measures designed to improve our internal control over financial reporting to
remediate these material weaknesses, including the hiring of additional qualified accounting and finance personnel, enhancing our controls
to improve the preparation and review of complex accounting measurements and the application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
in the United States (“US GAAP” or “GAAP”), and engaging independent experts and outside consultants.
We
cannot assure you that the measures we have taken and that we intend to take will be sufficient to remediate the material weaknesses
we have identified or avoid potential future material weaknesses. While we believe that our efforts will enhance our internal control,
remediation of the material weaknesses will require further validation and testing of the design and operating effectiveness of internal
controls over a sustained period of financial reporting cycles, and we cannot assure you that we have identified all, or that we will
not in the future have additional, material weaknesses.
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We
are obligated to develop and maintain a system of effective internal control over financial reporting. We may not complete our analysis
of our internal control over financial reporting in a timely manner, or these internal controls may not be determined to be effective,
which may harm investor confidence in our company and, as a result, the value of our common stock.
As
a public company, we are required to maintain internal control over financial reporting and to report any material weaknesses in such
internal controls. We are required, pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, to furnish a report by management on, among other
things, the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. This assessment will need to include disclosure of any material
weaknesses identified by our management in our internal control over financial reporting. However, our auditors will not be required
to formally attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404 until we are no longer
an “emerging growth company” as defined in the JOBS Act, if we take advantage of the exemptions available to us through the
JOBS Act. Even after we cease to be an “emerging growth company,” our auditors will not be required to formally attest to
the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting unless we are an accelerated filer or a large accelerated filer (as
defined under the Exchange Act). We are in the very early stages of the costly and challenging process of compiling the system and process
documentation necessary to perform the evaluation needed to comply with Section 404. In this regard, we will need to continue to dedicate
internal resources, engage outside consultants and adopt a detailed work plan to assess and document the adequacy of internal control
over financial reporting, continue steps to improve control processes as appropriate, validate through testing that controls are functioning
as documented and implement a continuous reporting and improvement process for internal control over financial reporting. As we transition
to the requirements of reporting as a public company, we may need to add additional finance staff. We may not be able to complete our
evaluation and testing in a timely fashion. During the evaluation and testing process, if we identify one or more material weaknesses
in our internal control over financial reporting, we will be unable to assert that our internal controls are effective. We may not be
able to remediate any material weaknesses in a timely fashion. If we are unable to complete our evaluation and testing, or if we are
unable to assert that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, particularly if we have been unable to remediate any
material weaknesses identified, or if or our auditors, when required to do so, are unable to express an opinion that our internal controls
are effective, investors could lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, which could harm our stock
price.
We
are an emerging growth company and currently have limited accounting personnel and other supervisory resources. This can result in a
lack of necessary resources to adequately execute our accounting processes and address our internal controls over financial reporting
requirements.
The
Company is an emerging growth company. Prior to our initial public offering (“IPO”), which we completed in December 2020,
the Company was a private corporation with limited accounting personnel and other supervisory resources necessary to adequately execute
its accounting processes and address its internal controls over financial reporting requirements. As a result, previously existing internal
controls are no longer sufficient, and the Company is in the process of updating these controls. The design and implementation of internal
control over financial reporting for the Company’s post-IPO has required and will continue to require significant time and resources
from management and other personnel.
Raising
additional capital may cause dilution to our stockholders, restrict our operations or require us to relinquish rights to our technologies
or products.
Since
our inception, our operations have been financed primarily by net proceeds from the sale of our convertible preferred stock and common
stock, indebtedness and revenue from the sales of our products. We anticipate our future capital requirements will be substantial and
that we will need to raise significant additional capital to fund our operations through equity or debt financing, or some combination
thereof. We are currently exploring fundraising opportunities to meet these capital requirements. If we are unable to raise additional
funding to meet our operational needs, we will be forced to limit or cease our operations.
In
addition to our current capital needs, we regularly consider fundraising opportunities and may decide, from time to time, to raise capital
based on various factors, including market conditions and our plans of operation. We may seek funds through borrowings or through additional
rounds of financing, including private or public equity or debt offerings. Additional capital may not be available to us on acceptable
terms on a timely basis, or at all. If adequate funds are not available, or if the terms of potential funding sources are unfavorable,
our business and our ability to develop our technology and our products would be harmed. If we raise additional funds by issuing equity
securities, our stockholders may suffer dilution and the terms of any financing may adversely affect the rights of our stockholders.
In addition, as a condition to providing additional funds to us, future investors may demand, and may be granted, rights superior to
those of existing stockholders. Debt financing, if available, is likely to involve restrictive covenants limiting our flexibility in
conducting future business activities, and, in the event of insolvency, debt holders would be repaid before holders of our equity securities
receive any distribution of our corporate assets. We also could be required to seek funds through arrangements with partners or others
that may require us to relinquish rights or jointly own some aspects of our technologies or products that we would otherwise pursue on
our own.
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The
market price of our common stock may be significantly volatile.
The
market price for our common stock may be significantly volatile and subject to wide fluctuations in response to factors including the
following:
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developments
prior to commercial sales relating to regulatory approval, manufacturing and distribution of our products;
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actual
or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly or annual operating results;
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changes
in financial or operational estimates or projections;
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conditions
in markets generally;
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changes
in the economic performance or market valuations of companies similar to ours; and
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general
economic or political conditions in the United States or elsewhere.
In
particular, the market prices for securities of medical device companies have historically been particularly volatile. Some of the factors
that may cause the market price of our common stock to fluctuate include:
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any
delay in or the results of our clinical evaluations;
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any
delay in manufacturing of our products;
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any
delay with the approval for reimbursement for the patients from their insurance companies;
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our
failure to comply with regulatory requirements;
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the
announcements of clinical evaluation data, and the investment community’s perception of and reaction to those data;
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the
results of clinical evaluations conducted by others on products that would compete with ours;
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any
delay or failure to receive clearance or approval from regulatory agencies or bodies;
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our
inability to commercially launch products or market and generate sales of our products,
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failure
our products, even if approved for marketing, to achieve any level of commercial success;
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our
failure to obtain intellectual property protection for any of our technologies and products or the issuance of third-party intellectual
property that cover our proposed technologies or products;
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developments
or disputes concerning our product’s intellectual property rights;
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our
or our competitors’ technological innovations;
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general
and industry-specific economic conditions that may affect our expenditures;
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changes
in market valuations of similar companies;
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●
announcements
by us or our competitors of significant contracts, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, capital commitments, new
technologies, or intellectual property;
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failure
to adequately manufacture our other products through third parties;
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future
sales of our common stock or other securities, including shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants or otherwise issued
pursuant to certain contractual rights;
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period-to-period
fluctuations in our financial results; and
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low
or high trading volume of our common stock due to many factors, including the terms of our financing arrangements.
In
addition, if we fail to reach an important research, development or commercialization milestone or result by a publicly expected deadline,
even if by only a small margin, there could be a significant impact on the market price of our common stock. Additionally, as we approach
the announcement of anticipated significant information and as we announce such information, we expect the price of our common stock
to be volatile and negative results would have a substantial negative impact on the price of our common stock. In some cases, following
periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, stockholders have often instituted class action securities
litigation against those companies. Such litigation, if instituted, could result in substantial costs and diversion of management attention
and resources, which could significantly harm our business operations and reputation.
We
incur significantly increased costs and are subject to additional regulations and requirements as a result of becoming a public company,
which could lower our profits or make it more difficult to run our business.
As
a public company, and particularly after we are no longer an “emerging growth company,” we will incur significant legal,
accounting and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and
Consumer Protection Act of 2010, the listing requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market and other applicable securities rules and regulations
impose various requirements on public companies. Our management and other personnel will need to devote a substantial amount of time
to compliance with these requirements. Moreover, these rules and regulations will increase our legal and financial compliance costs and
will make some activities more time-consuming and costly. For example, we expect that these rules and regulations may make it more difficult
and more expensive for us to obtain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, which could make it more difficult for
us to attract and retain qualified members of our board of directors. Furthermore, new or changing laws, regulations and standards are
subject to varying interpretations in many cases due to their lack of specificity, and, as a result, their application in practice may
evolve over time as new guidance is provided by regulatory and governing bodies, which could result in continuing uncertainty regarding
compliance matters and higher costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to disclosure and governance practices. We cannot predict or estimate
the amount of additional costs we will incur as a public company or the timing of such costs. Moreover, our executive officers have little
experience in operating a United States public company, which makes our ability to comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations
uncertain. Our failure to company with all laws, rules and regulations applicable to United States public companies could subject us
or our management to regulatory scrutiny or sanction, which could harm our reputation and stock price.
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We may have difficulties integrating acquired
businesses and as a result, our business, results of operations and/or financial condition may be materially adversely affected.
The
success of the acquisition of IFP will depend on, among other things, the combined Company’s ability to realize these anticipated
benefits from combining the businesses of INBS and IFP. The combined company may fail to realize the anticipated benefits of the acquisition
for a variety of reasons, including the following:
● inability to efficiently
operate new businesses or to integrate acquired products;
● failure to successfully
manage relationships with customers, distributors, and suppliers;
● failure of customers
to accept new products or to continue as customers of the combined company;
● potential incompatibility
of technologies and systems;
● failure to leverage
the increased scale of the combined company quickly and effectively;
● potential difficulties
integrating and harmonizing financial reporting systems;
● difficulties in
retaining key employees of the acquired business;
● failure of the
acquired business to produce the expected value; and
● failure to effectively
coordinate sales and marketing efforts to communicate the capabilities of the combined company.