−Removed: We are a medical device company that is designing, developing,
−Removed: and commercializing innovative technologies that enable mobility and wellness in rehabilitation and daily life for individuals with neurological
−Removed: Our initial product offerings were the ReWalk Personal and ReWalk Rehabilitation Exoskeleton devices for individuals
−Removed: with spinal cord injury (“SCI Products”).
−Removed: These devices are robotic exoskeletons that are designed for individuals with
−Removed: paraplegia that use our patented tilt-sensor technology and an onboard computer and motion sensors to drive motorized legs that power
−Removed: These SCI Products allow individuals with spinal cord injury the ability to stand and walk again during everyday activities
−Removed: at home or in the community.
−Removed: We have sought to expand our product offerings
−Removed: beyond the SCI Products through internal development and distribution agreements.
−Removed: We have developed our ReStore Exo-Suit device,
−Removed: which we began commercializing in June 2019.
+Added: We are a medical device company that designs, develops, and commercializes
+Added: life-changing solutions that span the continuum of care in physical rehabilitation and recovery, delivering proven functional and health
+Added: benefits in clinical settings as well as in the home and community.
+Added: Our initial product offerings were the ReWalk Personal and ReWalk
+Added: Rehabilitation Exoskeleton devices for individuals with spinal cord injury (“SCI Products”).
+Added: These devices are robotic
+Added: exoskeletons that are designed for individuals with paraplegia that use our patented tilt-sensor technology and an onboard computer and
+Added: motion sensors to drive motorized legs that power movement.
+Added: These SCI Products allow individuals with spinal cord injury (“SCI”)
+Added: the ability to stand and walk again during everyday activities at home or in the community.
+Added: In March 2023, we received clearance of our
+Added: premarket notification (“510(k)”) from the U.S.
+Added: Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton
+Added: with stair and curb functionality, which adds usage on stairs and curbs to the indication for use for the device in the United States
+Added: The clearance permits U.S.
+Added: customers to participate in more walking activities in real-world environments in their daily lives
+Added: where stairs or curbs may have previously limited them when using the exoskeleton for its intended, FDA-indicated uses.
+Added: This feature has
+Added: been available in Europe since initial CE Clearance, and real-world data from a cohort of 47 European users throughout a period of over
+Added: seven years consisting of over 18,000 stair steps was collected to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of this feature and support the
+Added: FDA submission.
+Added: We have sought to expand our product offerings beyond the SCI Products
+Added: through internal development and distribution agreements and acquisitions.
+Added: We have developed our ReStore Exo-Suit device, which
+Added: we began commercializing in June 2019.
The ReStore is a powered, lightweight soft exo-suit intended for use during the rehabilitation
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FES Pro cycles to U.S.
−Removed: rehabilitation clinics and for the MyoCycle Home cycles available to US veterans through the U.S.
−Removed: Department of
−Removed: Veterans Affairs (“VA”) hospitals.
−Removed: In the second quarter of 2020, we also became the exclusive distributor of the MediTouch
−Removed: Tutor movement biofeedback systems in the United States;
−Removed: however, due to unsatisfactory sales performance of the MediTouch product lines,
−Removed: we terminated this agreement as of January 31, 2023.
+Added: rehabilitation clinics and for the MyoCycle Home cycles available to US veterans through the Veterans Health Administration
+Added: (“VHA”) hospitals.
+Added: In the second quarter of 2020, we also became the exclusive distributor of the MediTouch Tutor movement
+Added: biofeedback systems in the United States;
+Added: however, due to unsatisfactory sales performance of the MediTouch product lines, we terminated
+Added: this agreement as of January 31, 2023.
We refer to the MediTouch and MyoCycle devices as our “Distributed Products.”
−Removed: We will continue to evaluate other products for distribution or acquisition that can broaden our product offerings further to help individuals
−Removed: with neurological injury and disability.
−Removed: We are in the research stage of ReBoot, a personal
−Removed: soft exo-suit for home and community use by individuals post-stroke, and we are currently evaluating the reimbursement landscape and the
−Removed: potential clinical impact of this device.
−Removed: This product would be a complementary product to ReStore as it provides active assistance to
−Removed: the ankle during plantar flexion and dorsiflexion for gait and mobility improvement in the home environment, and it received Breakthrough
−Removed: Device Designation from the U.S.
−Removed: Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) in November 2021.
−Removed: Further investment in the development
−Removed: path of the ReBoot has been temporarily paused in 2023 pending further determination about the clinical and commercial opportunity of
−Removed: Our principal markets are the United States and Europe.
−Removed: we have a direct sales operation in Germany and work with distribution partners in certain other major countries.
−Removed: We have offices in Marlborough,
−Removed: Massachusetts, Berlin, Germany and Yokneam, Israel, from where we operate our business.
+Added: On August 11, 2023, we made our first acquisition to supplement
+Added: our internal growth when we acquired AlterG, Inc.
+Added: (“AlterG”), a leading provider of Anti-Gravity systems for use in physical
+Added: and neurological rehabilitation.
+Added: Our AlterG Anti-Gravity systems use patented, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (“NASA”)
+Added: derived differential air pressure (“DAP”) technology to reduce the effects of gravity and allow patients to rehabilitate with
+Added: finely calibrated support and reduced pain.
+Added: AlterG Anti-Gravity systems are utilized in over 4,000 facilities globally in more than 40
+Added: We will continue to evaluate other products for distribution or acquisition that can broaden our product offerings further
+Added: to help individuals with neurological injury and disability.
+Added: We are in the research stage of ReBoot, a personal soft exo-suit
+Added: for home and community use by individuals post-stroke, and we are currently evaluating the reimbursement landscape and the potential clinical
+Added: impact of this device.
+Added: This product would be a complementary product to ReStore as it provides active assistance to the ankle during plantar
+Added: flexion and dorsiflexion for gait and mobility improvement in the home environment, and it received Breakthrough Device Designation from
+Added: the FDA in November 2021.
+Added: Further investment in the development path of the ReBoot was paused in 2023 pending determination regarding
+Added: the clinical and commercial opportunity of this device.
+Added: Our principal markets are primarily in the United States and Europe
+Added: with some lesser sales in Asia, the Middle East and South America.
+Added: We sell our products primarily directly in the United States, through
+Added: a combination of direct sales and distributors (depending on the product line) in Germany, Canada, and Australia, and primarily through
+Added: distributors in other markets.
+Added: In markets where we sell direct to consumers, we have established relationships with clinics and rehabilitation
+Added: centers, professional and college sports teams, and individuals and organizations in the SCI community, and in markets where we do not
+Added: sell direct to consumers, our distributors maintain these relationships.
+Added: We have primary offices in Marlborough, Massachusetts, Fremont,
+Added: California, Berlin, Germany and Yokneam, Israel, from where we operate our business.
We have in the past generated and expect to generate in the future
−Removed: revenue from a combination of third-party payors (including private and government payors) and self-pay individuals.
−Removed: While a broad uniform
−Removed: policy of coverage and reimbursement by third-party commercial payors currently does not exist in the United States for exoskeleton technologies
−Removed: such as the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton, we are pursuing various paths of reimbursement and support fundraising efforts by institutions
−Removed: and clinics, such as the VA policy that was issued in December 2015 for the evaluation, training, and procurement of ReWalk Personal exoskeleton
−Removed: systems for all qualifying veterans suffering from spinal cord injury (“SCI”) across the United States.
−Removed: We have also been pursuing updates with the
−Removed: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), to clarify the Medicare coverage category (i.e., benefit category) applicable
−Removed: for personal exoskeletons.
−Removed: In 2021, the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center (“NSCISC”) reported the Medicare and
−Removed: Medicaid are the primary payors for approximately 56% of the spinal cord injury population which are at least five years post their injury
−Removed: In July 2020, following a successful submission and hearing process, a code was issued for ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton (effective
−Removed: October 1, 2020), which may be used for purposes of claim submission to Medicare, Medicaid, and other payors.
−Removed: We are currently seeking
−Removed: a nationwide Medicare benefit category determination from CMS to designate the relevant Medicare benefit category.
−Removed: CMS has stated
−Removed: that, until a nationwide benefit category determination is issued, coverage and payment can be adjudicated on a case-by-case basis by
−Removed: the Medicare Administrative contractors (“MACs”).
−Removed: In Germany, we continue to make progress toward
−Removed: achieving coverage from the various government, private and worker’s compensation payors for our SCI products.
−Removed: In September 2017,
−Removed: each of German insurer BARMER GEK (“BARMER”) and national social accident insurance provider Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung
−Removed: (“DGUV”), indicated that they will provide coverage to users who meet certain inclusion and exclusion criteria.
−Removed: 2018, the head office of German Statutory Health Insurance (“SHI”) Spitzenverband (“GKV”) confirmed their decision
−Removed: to list the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton system in the German Medical Device Directory.
−Removed: This decision means that ReWalk is listed among
−Removed: all medical devices for compensation, which SHI providers can procure for any approved beneficiary on a case-by-case basis.
−Removed: year 2020 and 2021, we announced several new agreements with German SHIs, including TK and DAK Gesundheit, as well as the first German
−Removed: Private Health Insurer (“PHI”), which outline the process of obtaining our devices for eligible insured patients.
−Removed: currently working with several additional SHIs on securing a formal operating contract that will establish the process of obtaining a
−Removed: ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton for their beneficiaries within their system.
−Removed: Additionally, to date, several private insurers in the
−Removed: United States and Europe are providing reimbursement for ReWalk in certain cases.
−Removed: COVID-19 Pandemic Impact
−Removed: The impact of the COVID-19
−Removed: pandemic resulted in significant disruptions to the global economy and the capital markets, as well as our business.
−Removed: A significant
−Removed: number of our global suppliers, vendors, distributors, and manufacturing facilities are located in regions that were affected by the pandemic.
−Removed: Those operations were materially adversely affected by restrictive government and private enterprise measures implemented in response
−Removed: to the pandemic, which in turn, negatively impacted our operations.
−Removed: Shut-downs and other limitations
−Removed: imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic adversely affected our ability to identify potential new customers through trade shows and
−Removed: events, engage with our existing customers, conduct product trials with prospective users, deliver ordered units or repair existing systems
−Removed: and provide training for our products to new patients, who largely remained at home during local movement restrictions, and to rehabilitation
−Removed: centers, which temporarily shifted priorities and responses to pandemic-related medical equipment.
−Removed: In addition, staffing shortages within
−Removed: the healthcare system itself resulted in a diminished demand for our SCI Products as the attention of healthcare workers and potential
−Removed: patients turned elsewhere.
−Removed: Some clinics, such as VA clinics, and many other healthcare facilities, enforced in-clinic restrictions, which
−Removed: affected our ability to demonstrate our devices to patients or start training for qualified potential customers,
−Removed: Although these restrictions
−Removed: have now mostly been lifted, allowing us to restart market development and access programs, we have not seen a full return to pre-pandemic
−Removed: levels, and we believe that our business will continue to be adversely impacted by the effects of the pandemic-related restrictions and
−Removed: ReWalk Personal and ReWalk Rehabilitation Products
+Added: revenue from a combination of clinics and rehabilitation centers, commercial distributors, third-party payors (including private and government
+Added: payors), professional and college sports teams, and self-pay individuals.
+Added: While a broad uniform policy of coverage and reimbursement by
+Added: third-party commercial payors currently does not exist in the United States for exoskeleton technologies such as the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton,
+Added: we are pursuing various paths of reimbursement and support fundraising efforts by institutions and clinics, such as the VHA policy that
+Added: was issued in December 2015 for the evaluation, training, and procurement of ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton systems for all qualifying veterans
+Added: living with SCI across the United States.
+Added: We have also pursued updates with the CMS to clarify the Medicare
+Added: coverage category (i.e., benefit category) applicable for personal exoskeletons.
+Added: In 2022, the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical
+Added: Center (“NSCISC”) reported that CMS is the primary payor for approximately 57% of the SCI population which are at least five
+Added: years post their injury date, with Medicare representing a majority of this percentage.
+Added: In July 2020, following a successful submission
+Added: and hearing process, a code was issued for ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton, which may be used for purposes of claim submission to Medicare,
+Added: Medicaid, and other payors.
+Added: On November 1, 2023, CMS released the Calendar Year 2024 Home Health
+Added: Prospective Payment System Final Rule, CMS-1780-F (“Final Rule”), which was adopted through the notice and comment rulemaking
+Added: The Final Rule includes a policy confirming that personal exoskeletons are included in the Medicare brace benefit category, as
+Added: of January 1, 2024.
+Added: Medicare personal exoskeleton claims with dates of service on or after January 1, 2024 that are billed using HCPCS
+Added: code K1007 are assigned to the brace benefit category.
+Added: CMS reimburses items classified under the brace benefit category using a lump sum
+Added: payment methodology.
+Added: On November 29, 2023, CMS included the “ReWalk Personal Prosthetic
+Added: Exoskeleton System” in the HCPCS public meeting where it solicited feedback on a preliminary payment determination of $94,617
+Added: for HCPCS code K1007.
+Added: The preliminary payment determination was made by CMS by applying a “gap filling” process, which was
+Added: used in light of CMS determining that the code describing the technology has no fee schedule pricing history and that lower extremity
+Added: exoskeletons incorporate “revolutionary features” that cannot be described by or considered comparable to any other existing
+Added: code or combination of codes.
+Added: As part of gap-filling, CMS utilizes verifiable supplier or commercial pricing information and adjusts this
+Added: pricing information according to a deflation and update factor methodology.
+Added: In applying this formula to the K1007 code describing the
+Added: ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton, CMS says that it relied on information about average prices from 2020 market transactions for which CMS had
+Added: CMS solicited information on updated verifiable market transactions
+Added: from ReWalk, as well as any other makers of similar bilateral, lower limb exoskeletons, to “ensure that the Medicare payment amount
+Added: for this code accurately reflects the full market of devices that would be classified in this code.” We participated in the HCPCS
+Added: meeting process on November 29, 2023 to provide additional information to help ensure that the final payment determination accurately
+Added: reflects current pricing information related to the market of lower-limb exoskeleton devices, including the current ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton.
+Added: A final Medicare payment determination is expected from CMS in first quarter of 2024 with an April 1, 2024, effective date.
+Added: In Germany, we continue to make progress toward achieving coverage
+Added: from the various government, private and worker’s compensation payors for our SCI products.
+Added: In September 2017, each of German insurer
+Added: BARMER GEK (“BARMER”) and national social accident insurance provider Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung (“DGUV”),
+Added: indicated that they will provide coverage to users who meet certain inclusion and exclusion criteria.
+Added: In February 2018, the head office
+Added: of German Statutory Health Insurance (“SHI”) Spitzenverband (“GKV”) confirmed their decision to list the ReWalk
+Added: Personal Exoskeleton system in the German Medical Device Directory.
+Added: This decision means that ReWalk is listed among all medical devices
+Added: for compensation, which SHI providers can procure for any approved beneficiary on a case-by-case basis.
+Added: During the year 2020 and 2021,
+Added: we announced several new agreements with German SHIs, including TK and DAK Gesundheit, as well as the first German Private Health Insurer
+Added: (“PHI”), which outline the process of obtaining our devices for eligible insured patients.
+Added: We are also currently working with
+Added: several additional SHIs on securing a formal operating contract that will establish the process of obtaining a ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton
+Added: for their beneficiaries within their system.
+Added: Additionally, to date, several private insurers in the United States and Europe are providing reimbursement
+Added: for ReWalk in certain cases.
+Added: ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton and ReWalk Rehabilitation Exoskeleton
Development of our SCI Products took over a decade and was spurred
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Current ReWalk designs are intended
−Removed: for people with paraplegia, a spinal cord injury resulting in complete or incomplete paralysis of the legs, who have the use of their
−Removed: upper bodies and arms.
+Added: for people with paraplegia, an SCI resulting in complete or incomplete paralysis of the legs, who have the use of their upper bodies and
We currently offer two products in this category:
−Removed: ReWalk Personal 6.0 and ReWalk Rehabilitation which is a ReWalk
−Removed: Personal 6.0 product sold with multiple sizes of our adjustable parts to allow different users the ability to train within a clinic.
−Removed: ReWalk Personal 6.0 Exoskeleton is a novel product that seeks to
+Added: the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton and the ReWalk Rehabilitation Exoskeleton.
+Added: ReWalk Rehabilitation Exoskeleton is substantially similar to the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton system except that it is sold with multiple
+Added: sizes of our adjustable parts to allow different users the ability to train within a clinic.
+Added: The ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton is a novel product that seeks to
fundamentally change the health and life experiences of users.
Designed for daily use, the device is battery-powered and consists of a
−Removed: light, wearable exoskeleton with integrated motors at the joints, an array of sensors and a computer-based control system to power knee
−Removed: and hip movement.
−Removed: The user controls the device movement using a combination of user inputs on the wrist-worn controller, as well as through
−Removed: subtle weight shifts of the upper body.
−Removed: Because the exoskeleton supports its own weight and facilitates the user’s gait, users do
−Removed: not expend unnecessary energy while walking.
−Removed: The ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton also allows users to sit, stand and depending on local regulatory
−Removed: approvals, climb and descend stairs and curbs.
−Removed: This stair ascend/descend function is currently under review by the FDA in the United States.
−Removed: Personal 6.0 :
+Added: wearable exoskeleton with integrated motors at the joints, an array of sensors and a computer-based control system to power knee and hip
+Added: The user controls the device movement using a combination of user inputs on the wrist-worn controller, as well as through subtle
+Added: weight shifts of the upper body.
+Added: Because the exoskeleton supports its own weight and facilitates the user’s gait, users do not expend
+Added: unnecessary energy while walking.
+Added: The ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton also allows users to sit, stand and climb and descend stairs and curbs.
+Added: In March 2023, the FDA cleared the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton for use on stairs and curbs, allowing users to participate in walking activities
+Added: in more real-world environments in their daily lives and experience more opportunities to enjoy the health benefits of walking.
+Added: Personal Exoskeleton :
intended for everyday use at home, at work or in the community with a trained companion.
−Removed: We began marketing ReWalk
−Removed: Personal Exoskeleton in Europe with CE mark clearance at the end of 2012.
−Removed: We received FDA clearance to market ReWalk Personal in the United
−Removed: States in June 2014.
−Removed: ReWalk Personal units are all manufactured according to the same mechanical specifications.
−Removed: Each unit is then permanently
−Removed: sized to fit the individual user and the software is configured for the user’s specifications by the rehabilitation center, clinic,
−Removed: or distributor.
+Added: We began marketing
+Added: ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton in Europe with CE mark clearance at the end of 2012.
+Added: We received FDA clearance to market the ReWalk Personal
+Added: Exoskeleton in the United States in June 2014.
+Added: ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton units are all manufactured according to the same mechanical
+Added: specifications.
+Added: Each unit is then permanently sized to fit the individual user and the software is configured for the user’s specifications
+Added: by the rehabilitation center, clinic, or distributor.
We are currently offering our 6 th generation
−Removed: Rehabilitation :
−Removed: the current offering for clinics who wish to implement exoskeleton
−Removed: training is composed of our Personal 6.0 unit along with multiple sizing of different parts, enabling multiple patient use.
−Removed: ReWalk Rehabilitation
−Removed: provides a valuable means of exercise and therapy.
−Removed: It also enables individuals to evaluate their capacity for using ReWalk Personal in
−Removed: We began marketing a unique design for use in hospitals, rehabilitation centers and stand-alone training centers in the United
−Removed: States and Europe in 2011 and, as of December 2020, we have eliminated the need for a unique design for the rehabilitation units and instead
−Removed: shifted to offering a sizing and accessory kit that adapts the Personal 6.0 base unit to enable fitting across multiple users in a clinic
−Removed: ReWalk Personal 6.0
−Removed: Additionally, we have received regulatory approval
−Removed: to sell the ReWalk Personal device in other countries.
+Added: device (6.0) with current research and development for our 7 th
+Added: generation device (7.0).
+Added: Rehabilitation Exoskeleton :
+Added: the current offering for clinics who wish to implement exoskeleton training is composed of our Rewalk
+Added: Personal Exoskeleton unit along with multiple sizing of different parts, enabling multiple patient use.
+Added: The ReWalk Rehabilitation Exoskeleton
+Added: provides a valuable means of exercise, training, and therapy.
+Added: Use of the ReWalk Rehabilitation Exoskeleton in the clinic also enables
+Added: individuals to evaluate their capacity for using the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton in the future.
+Added: ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton
+Added: Additionally, we have received regulatory approval to sell the
+Added: ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton device in other countries.
In the future we intend to seek approval from the applicable regulatory agencies
−Removed: in other jurisdictions where we may seek to market ReWalk Personal.
−Removed: For more information about the safety of using our SCI products see
−Removed: “Part I, Item 1A.
−Removed: Risk Factors—Risks Related to our Business and our Industry— Defects in our products or the software
−Removed: that drives them could adversely affect the results of our operations.”
+Added: in other jurisdictions where we may seek to market ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton.
+Added: For more information about the safety of using our SCI
+Added: products see “Part I, Item 1A.
+Added: Risk Factors—Risks Related to our Business and our Industry— Defects in our products
+Added: or the software that drives them could adversely affect the results of our operations.”
Overview of Spinal Cord Injury
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Spinal cord injury is a serious
−Removed: medical condition that occurs as a result of physical damage to the nerves of the spinal cord,.
−Removed: resulting in a loss of function, such
−Removed: as mobility or feeling.
+Added: medical condition that occurs as a result of physical damage to the nerves of the spinal cord, resulting in a loss of function, such as
+Added: mobility or feeling.
In most people who have spinal cord injury, the spinal cord is intact.
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injury, there is some functioning below the level of the injury.
−Removed: Upon examination, a patient is assigned a level of injury depending
−Removed: on the location of the spinal cord injury.
−Removed: Cervical level injuries cause paralysis or weakness in both arms and legs and is referred to
−Removed: as quadriplegia.
−Removed: Sometimes this type of injury is accompanied by loss of physical sensation, respiratory issues, bowel, bladder, and sexual
−Removed: Thoracic level injuries can cause paralysis or weakness of the legs (paraplegia) along with loss of physical sensation, bowel,
−Removed: bladder, and sexual dysfunction.
+Added: Upon medical examination, a patient is assigned a level of injury
+Added: depending on the location of the spinal cord injury.
+Added: Cervical level injuries cause paralysis or weakness in both arms and legs and is
+Added: referred to as quadriplegia.
+Added: Sometimes this type of injury is accompanied by loss of physical sensation, respiratory issues, bowel, bladder,
+Added: and sexual dysfunction.
+Added: Thoracic level injuries can cause paralysis or weakness of the legs (paraplegia) along with loss of physical sensation,
+Added: bowel, bladder, and sexual dysfunction.
In most cases, arms and hands are not affected.
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Clinical Evidence
−Removed: Published clinical studies indicate ReWalk Personal’s ability
−Removed: to deliver a functional walking speed.
−Removed: In addition, certain potential secondary health benefits have been reported by healthcare practitioners
−Removed: and ReWalk users, including study participants.
−Removed: Although these benefits have not been established as conclusive clinical data in randomized
−Removed: controlled trials, these reported secondary health benefits include:
+Added: Published clinical studies indicate the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton’s
+Added: ability to deliver a functional walking speed.
+Added: In addition, certain potential secondary health benefits have been reported by healthcare
+Added: practitioners and ReWalk users, including study participants.
+Added: Although these benefits have not been established as conclusive clinical
+Added: data in randomized controlled trials, these reported secondary health benefits include:
reduced pain;
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We believe that using our SCI Products may have the ability to
−Removed: reduce the lifetime healthcare costs of individuals with spinal cord injuries, which we believe will make it economically attractive for
−Removed: individuals and third-party payors.
−Removed: While we believe that using the SCI Products could potentially offer significant advantages over competing
−Removed: technologies and therapies, disadvantages include the time it takes for a user to put on the device, the slower pace of the device compared
−Removed: to a wheelchair, the training required by the user and companion, the weight of it when carried, which makes it more burdensome for a
−Removed: companion to transport than a wheelchair, and the requirement that users be accompanied by a trained companion.
+Added: reduce the lifetime healthcare costs of individuals with spinal cord injuries, which we believe will make our SCI Products economically
+Added: attractive for individuals and third-party payors.
+Added: While we believe that using our SCI Products could potentially offer significant advantages
+Added: over competing technologies and therapies, disadvantages include the time it takes for a user to put on the device, the slower pace of
+Added: the device compared to a wheelchair, the training required by the user and companion to use the device, the weight of the device when
+Added: carried, which makes it more burdensome for a companion to transport than a wheelchair, and the requirement that users be accompanied
+Added: by a trained companion.
Market Opportunity
Current and near-term market opportunities include providing a
−Removed: solution for persons with spinal cord injury that can be used in the clinic and/or home settings.
−Removed: For persons with spinal cord injury,
−Removed: confinement to a wheelchair can cause severe physical and psychological deterioration, resulting in bad health, poor quality of life,
−Removed: low self-esteem, and high medical expenses.
−Removed: In addition, the secondary medical consequences of paralysis can include difficulty with bowel
−Removed: and urinary tract function, osteoporosis, loss of lean mass, gain in fat mass, insulin resistance, diabetes, and heart disease.
−Removed: of treating these conditions is substantial.
−Removed: The National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center (the “NSCISC”) estimates that
−Removed: complications related to paraplegia cost, excluding indirect costs such as losses in wages, fringe benefits, and productivity, approximately
−Removed: $500,000 in the first-year post-injury and significant additional amounts over the course of an individual’s lifetime.
−Removed: secondary complications related to spinal cord injury can reduce life expectancies for SCI patients.
−Removed: The young average age at time of
−Removed: injury and significant remaining life expectancy, the likelihood of living at home, and the lifetime cost of treatment highlight the need
−Removed: for an out-of-hospital solution with demonstrated health and social benefits.
−Removed: The NSCISC estimates according to their 2021 report that there
−Removed: were 296,000 people in the United States living with SCI, with an annual incidence of approximately 17,900 new cases per year.
−Removed: to the VA data there are approximately 42,000 of such patients who are veterans and are eligible for medical care and other benefits from
−Removed: the VA, out of which the VA states that 27,000 veterans are receiving SCI treatment annually.
−Removed: With 25 VA spinal cord injury centers designated
−Removed: SCI/D Hub locations, the VA has the largest single network of spinal cord injury care in the United States.
+Added: solution for persons with SCI that can be used in the clinic and/or home settings.
+Added: For persons with SCI, reduced physical activity and
+Added: the predominance of seated activities can lead to severe physical and psychological deterioration, resulting in bad health, poor quality
+Added: of life, low self-esteem, and high medical expenses.
+Added: In addition, the secondary medical consequences of paralysis can include difficulty
+Added: with bowel and urinary tract function, osteoporosis, loss of lean mass, gain in fat mass, insulin resistance, diabetes, and heart disease.
+Added: The cost of treating these conditions is substantial.
+Added: The NSCISC estimates that complications related to paraplegia cost approximately
+Added: $500,000 in the first-year post-injury, excluding indirect costs such as loss in wages, fringe benefits, and productivity, and significant
+Added: additional amounts over the course of an individual’s lifetime.
+Added: Further, secondary complications related to spinal cord injury can
+Added: reduce life expectancies for SCI patients.
+Added: The young average age at time of injury and significant remaining life expectancy, the likelihood
+Added: of living at home, and the lifetime cost of treatment highlight the need for an out-of-hospital solution with demonstrated health and
+Added: social benefits.
+Added: The NSCISC estimates according to its 2023 SCI Data Sheet that
+Added: there are 302,000 people in the United States living with SCI, with an annual incidence of approximately 18,000 new cases per year.
+Added: According to the VHA data there are approximately 42,000 of such patients who are veterans and are eligible for medical care and other
+Added: benefits from the VHA, out of which the VHA states that 27,000 veterans are receiving SCI treatment annually.
+Added: With 25 VHA spinal cord
+Added: injury centers designated SCI/D Hub locations, the VHA has the largest single network of spinal cord injury care in the United States.
The University of Alabama-Birmingham Department of Physical Medicine
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(15%) and sports injuries (8%).
−Removed: 78% of spinal cord injuries occur among the male population.
−Removed: According to NSCISC data, upon hospital
−Removed: discharge, 87% of persons with spinal cord injuries are sent to private, non-institutional residence (in most cases, their homes prior
−Removed: Based on information from a 2021 report by the
+Added: Approximately 79% of spinal cord injuries occur among the male population.
+Added: According to NSCISC data,
+Added: upon hospital discharge, 87% of persons with spinal cord injuries are sent to private, non-institutional residence (in most cases, their
+Added: homes prior to injury).
+Added: Based on information from the 2022 annual report published by the
NSCISC, 40% of the total U.S.
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SCI patients had an aggregate screening acceptance rate of 50% considering all current FDA limitations, resulting in an estimated 20%
−Removed: of the total population of SCI patients can be considered as candidates for current ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton according to the device
−Removed: instructions for use.
−Removed: For important qualifying information about this determination, see “Part I, Item 1A.
−Removed: Risk Factors—Risks
−Removed: Related to our Business and our Industry—The market for medical exoskeletons, including soft exo-suit devices, remains relatively
−Removed: new and unproven, and important assumptions about the potential market for our current and future products may be inaccurate.”
−Removed: Sales and Marketing activities
−Removed: Our initial commercialization efforts focused on penetrating rehabilitation
−Removed: centers, hospitals, and similar facilities that treat patients with spinal cord injuries to become an integral part of their rehabilitation
−Removed: programs and to develop a broad-based training network with these facilities to prepare users for home and community use.
−Removed: As our business
−Removed: has developed, we have shifted our commercialization efforts to also include marketing of our ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton with patients,
−Removed: physicians, and physical therapists as a medically necessary intervention that can be used to enable a home-based functional ambulation
−Removed: regimen that elevates the health and wellness of individuals living with SCI.
−Removed: We market and sell our products directly to third
−Removed: party payors, institutions, including rehabilitation centers, individuals and through third-party distributors.
−Removed: We sell our products directly
−Removed: in Germany and the United States and primarily through distributors in our other markets.
−Removed: In our direct markets, we have established relationships
−Removed: with rehabilitation centers and the spinal cord injury community, and in our indirect markets, our distributors maintain these relationships.
−Removed: Sales of ReWalk Personal are generated primarily from the patient base at rehabilitation centers, referrals through the spinal cord injury
−Removed: community and direct inquiries from potential users through our different marketing efforts.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, we had placed 128 ReWalk Rehabilitation
−Removed: units in use at rehabilitation centers and 572 ReWalk Personal units in a home or community use, compared to 121 ReWalk Rehabilitation
−Removed: units and 533 ReWalk Personal units as of December 31, 2021.
−Removed: In the near future, we intend to continue focusing on our reimbursement
−Removed: efforts, pursuing insurance claims on a case-by-case basis, managing claims through the review process, and investing in efforts to expand
−Removed: commercial reimbursement coverage.
−Removed: Although we cannot predict the time it will take to achieve higher
−Removed: acceptance rates of our SCI Products, we believe that further clinical evidence supporting the benefits of using the device will be a
−Removed: key element to accelerate it.
+Added: of the total population of SCI patients can be considered as candidates for current ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton or ReWalk Rehabilitation
+Added: Exoskeleton according to the device instructions for use.
+Added: For important qualifying information about this determination, see “Part
+Added: Risk Factors—Risks Related to our Business and our Industry—The market for medical exoskeletons, including soft
+Added: exo-suit devices, remains relatively new and unproven, and important assumptions about the potential market for our current and future
+Added: products may be inaccurate.”
Third-Party Reimbursements
United States
−Removed: In the U.S., individuals typically
−Removed: obtain a ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton for home use through third-party medical coverage.
−Removed: For an individual who suffered an SCI through
−Removed: a work-related incident, workers’ compensation insurance can be a source of funding to purchase the device.
−Removed: Similarly, for
−Removed: veterans, an individual may be covered by the VA for the purchase of the device regardless of whether the SCI occurred during active
−Removed: military service.
−Removed: In December 2014, the VA issued a national policy or standard
−Removed: operating procedure (SOP) for the evaluation, training, and procurement of ReWalk Personal exoskeleton systems for all qualifying veterans
−Removed: across the United States and U.S.
−Removed: The VA SOP is the first national coverage policy in the United States for qualifying
−Removed: individuals who have suffered spinal cord injury.
−Removed: In June 2018, the VA updated the SOP, in part, to expand training options for individuals
−Removed: who could not complete the mandatory training due to excessive distance/drive times from a VA-designated site.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022,
−Removed: we had placed 34 units as part of the VA policy.
−Removed: The VA accounted for 14% of our total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: We continue to work with the VA to both accelerate the pace of
−Removed: implementation of the current VA policy nationally, and to again expand opportunities for veterans to gain access to assessments, training,
−Removed: and devices in facilities outside VA’s traditional spinal cord injury “hub and spoke” infrastructure.
+Added: In the U.S., individuals typically obtain a ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton
+Added: for home use through third-party medical coverage.
+Added: For an individual who suffered an SCI through a work-related incident, workers’
+Added: compensation insurance can be a source of funding to purchase the device.
+Added: Similarly, for U.S.
+Added: veterans, an individual may be covered
+Added: by the VHA for the purchase of the device regardless of whether the SCI occurred during active military service.
+Added: In December 2014, the VHA issued a national policy or standard
+Added: operating procedure (“SOP”) for the evaluation, training, and procurement of ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton systems for all qualifying
+Added: veterans across the United States and U.S.
+Added: The VHA SOP is the first national coverage policy in the United States for
+Added: qualifying individuals who are living with spinal cord injury.
+Added: In June 2018, the VHA updated the SOP, in part, to expand training options
+Added: for individuals who could not complete the mandatory training due to excessive distance/drive times from a VHA-designated site.
+Added: December 31, 2023, we had placed 42 units as part of the VHA policy.
+Added: The VHA accounted for 12% of our total revenue for the year ended
+Added: December 31, 2023.
+Added: We continue to work with the VHA to both accelerate the pace of
+Added: implementation of the current VHA policy nationally, and to again expand opportunities for veterans to gain access to assessments, training,
+Added: and devices in facilities outside VHA’s traditional spinal cord injury “hub and spoke” infrastructure.
Community-based,
−Removed: non-VA clinics are also being leveraged to allow veterans to be trained in communities closer to their homes, while still being reimbursed
−Removed: by the VA as part of the VA’s Community Care Network program.
+Added: non-VHA clinics are also being leveraged to allow veterans to be trained closer to their homes, while still being reimbursed by the VHA
+Added: as part of the VHA’s Community Care Network program.
Successful commercialization depends in significant part on adequate
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While no broad uniform policy of coverage and reimbursement for
−Removed: electronic exoskeleton medical technology exists among commercial insurance payors in the United States, reimbursement may be achieved
−Removed: on a case-by-case basis.
−Removed: To date, payments for the ReWalk Personal device have been made primarily through case-by-case determinations
−Removed: by third-party payors, including commercial insurers in the United States, by self-payors and donations and, to a lesser extent, through
−Removed: the use of funds from insurance and/or accident settlements.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, we had 13 cases pending
−Removed: in the United States for insurance coverage decisions.
−Removed: According to the NSCISC report, approximately 56%
−Removed: of the spinal cord injury population received primary coverage from Medicare and Medicaid within five years after their injury date, with
+Added: electronic exoskeleton medical technology exists among commercial insurance payors in the United States, reimbursement may be evaluated
+Added: by the payor on a case-by-case basis.
+Added: To date, payments for the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton have been made primarily through case-by-case
+Added: determinations by third-party payors, including commercial insurers in the United States, by self-payors and donations and, to a lesser
+Added: extent, through the use of funds from insurance and/or accident settlements.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, we had 21 cases pending in the United
+Added: States for private insurance and CMS coverage decisions.
+Added: According to the NSCISC 2022 annual report, approximately 57% of
+Added: the spinal cord injury population received primary coverage from Medicare and Medicaid within five years after their injury date, with
Medicare representing the larger primary payor.
−Removed: In order to be covered and reimbursed by Medicare,
−Removed: the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton must, among other things, be classified into an applicable Medicare benefit category.
−Removed: 2021, CMS established a new process for issuing Medicare benefit category determinations.
−Removed: Until CMS issues a nationwide benefit
−Removed: category determination for a given product, the product’s Medicare benefit category is evaluated by CMS contractors on a case-by-case
−Removed: basis as part of adjudicating individual Medicare claims.
−Removed: Medicare benefit categories include, but are not limited to, prosthetics,
−Removed: orthotics, and durable medical equipment.
−Removed: In general, each Medicare benefit category has distinct coverage and payment rules and
−Removed: requirements.
−Removed: In December 2019, we submitted the first application
−Removed: for a unique code to describe the ReWalk Personal Exoseleton and, in July 2020, a unique code was issued for ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton
−Removed: (effective October 1, 2020).
−Removed: With the issuance of a unique code, we are currently seeking clarity from CMS as to the applicable
−Removed: Medicare benefit category.
−Removed: The Medicare benefit category determination by CMS is a significant factor affecting the coverage and
−Removed: payment level for a product.
−Removed: If CMS determines that no Medicare benefit category is available, this results in the product not being
−Removed: covered by Medicare.
−Removed: While we believe that a determination from CMS as to the applicable Medicare benefit category for the ReWalk Personal
−Removed: Exoskeleton may result in greater access to our exoskeletons by SCI patients, we cannot currently predict how long it would take for us
−Removed: to receive a decision from CMS, the outcome of any such decision or other business elements that may be decided by CMS in evaluating Medicare
−Removed: coverage or reimbursements such as Medicare reimbursement per unit or Medicare coverage restrictions based on product labeling.
−Removed: can we predict how other third-party payors will respond to any decision by CMS regarding Medicare coverage and reimbursement.
−Removed: In June 2022, ReWalk Robotics presented our request for CMS to
−Removed: issue a nationwide Medicare benefit category determination for the ReWalk Personal exoskeleton system as part of CMS’s Bi-Annual
−Removed: Healthcare Common Procedural Coding System (“HCPCS”) Public Meeting.
−Removed: In September 2022, CMS issued a statement that
−Removed: it intends to provide more information on the topic of the benefit category for personal exoskeletons in the near future and re-affirmed
−Removed: that, in the meantime, coverage and payment decisions can be adjudicated by the MACs on a case-by-case basis.
−Removed: ReWalk is continuing
−Removed: to work with CMS and the Durable Medical Equipment Prosthetics/Orthotics & Supplies (“DMEPOS”) MACs to pursue both a nationwide
−Removed: benefit category determination from CMS and prompt and appropriated case-by-case adjudication of coverage while a nationwide benefit determination
−Removed: For more information about coverage and reimbursement risk factors, see “Part
+Added: In order to be covered and reimbursed by Medicare, the ReWalk Personal
+Added: Exoskeleton must, among other things, be classified into an applicable Medicare benefit category.
+Added: In addition, appropriate
+Added: codes describing the technology must also be established to facilitate billing and claims processing.
+Added: In December 2019, we submitted the first application for a unique
+Added: code to describe the ReWalk Personal Exoseleton and, in July 2020, a unique code was issued for ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton.
+Added: November 1, 2023, CMS released the Final Rule, which was adopted through the notice and comment rulemaking process.
+Added: The Final Rule includes
+Added: a policy confirming that personal exoskeletons are included in the Medicare brace benefit category Medicare personal exoskeleton claims
+Added: with dates of service on or after January 1, 2024 that are billed using HCPCS code K1007 will be assigned to the brace benefit category.
+Added: CMS reimburses items classified under the brace benefit category using a lump sum payment methodology.
+Added: On November 29, 2023, CMS included the “ReWalk Personal Prosthetic
+Added: Exoskeleton System” in the HCPCS public meeting, where the agency had proposed a preliminary payment determination of $94,617 for
+Added: HCPCS code K1007.
+Added: The preliminary payment determination was made by CMS by applying a “gap filling” process, which was used
+Added: in light of CMS determining that the code describing the technology has no fee schedule pricing history and that lower extremity exoskeletons
+Added: incorporate “revolutionary features” that cannot be described by or considered comparable to any other existing code or combination
+Added: As part of gap-filling, CMS stated that it relied on information about average prices from 2020 market transactions for which
+Added: CMS had data.
+Added: In the agenda describing the preliminary payment determination, CMS noted that it would welcome information on updated verifiable
+Added: market transactions.
+Added: We participated in the HCPCS meeting process to provide additional information to help ensure that the final payment
+Added: determination accurately reflects current pricing information related to the market of lower-limb exoskeleton devices, including the current
+Added: ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton.
+Added: A final Medicare payment determination is expected from CMS in first quarter of 2024 with an April 1, 2024,
+Added: effective date.
+Added: For more information about coverage and reimbursement risk factors,
+Added: see “Part I, Item 1A.
Risk Factors—Risks Related to our Business and our Industry.”
−Removed: As part of our plan for growth, we intend to continue
−Removed: working with both national and regional commercial insurance companies, health care practitioners, physicians, researchers, and the SCI
−Removed: community to support efforts to demonstrate the benefits of our SCI Products.
−Removed: In addition, we plan to pursue potential coverage policies
−Removed: with third party payors based on supportive data and appeal rulings that have deemed exoskeleton devices a “medically necessary”
−Removed: under the standard of care for individuals with SCI.
+Added: As part of our plan for growth, we intend to continue working with
+Added: both national and regional commercial insurance companies, health care practitioners, physicians, researchers, and the SCI community to
+Added: support efforts to demonstrate the benefits of our SCI Products.
+Added: In addition, we plan to pursue potential coverage policies with third
+Added: party payors based on supportive data and appeal rulings that have deemed exoskeleton devices a “medically necessary” under
+Added: the standard of care for individuals with SCI.
Our efforts in the future will be focused on continued education of third-party payors
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groups, ongoing communication as well continuing to seek greater clarity regarding Medicare coverage and reimbursement standards applicable
−Removed: to the ReWalk Personal Exosleleton.
+Added: to the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton.
Reimbursement for ReWalk in Europe varies by country and historically
certain third-party payors have provided reimbursement for our products in certain cases in Germany and Italy.
−Removed: We initially focused our European efforts in Germany
−Removed: where we continue to make progress toward achieving ReWalk coverage from the various government, private, and workers’ compensation
+Added: We initially focused our European efforts in Germany where we continue
+Added: to make progress toward achieving ReWalk coverage from the various government, private, and workers’ compensation payors.
Specifically:
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based on their 2017 decision.
−Removed: In September 2017 Germany’s national social accident insurance provider, DGUV,
−Removed: indicated that the DGUV’s member payors, including the health insurance association Berufsgenossenschaft (also
−Removed: known as BG) and state insurers, will approve the supply of exoskeleton systems for qualifying beneficiaries on a case-by-case basis.
−Removed: DGUV is comprised of 36 different insurers, which provide coverage for more than 80 million individuals in Germany.
−Removed: Per the agreement,
−Removed: eligible individuals go to BG clinics for evaluation as a part of the procurement.
−Removed: In May 2020 the DGUV agreed to a binding offer
−Removed: to the evaluation, training, and supply of the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton to qualified individuals.
+Added: In September 2017 Germany’s national social accident insurance provider, DGUV, indicated that the DGUV’s member payors,
+Added: including the health insurance association Berufsgenossenschaft (also known as BG) and
+Added: state insurers, will approve the supply of exoskeleton systems for qualifying beneficiaries on a case-by-case basis.
+Added: DGUV is comprised
+Added: of 36 different insurers, which provide coverage for more than 80 million individuals in Germany.
+Added: Per the agreement, eligible individuals
+Added: go to BG clinics for evaluation as a part of the procurement.
+Added: In May 2020 the DGUV agreed to a binding offer to the evaluation,
+Added: training, and supply of the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton to qualified individuals.
In February 2018, the GKV-Spitzenverband (Central Federal Association of (the) Statutory Health Insurance Funds) confirmed its decision
−Removed: to list the ReWalk Personal system in the German MDD, a comprehensive list of all medical devices which are principally and regularly
−Removed: reimbursed by German SHI and PHI providers.
−Removed: The ReWalk Personal was added to the official German list of medical aids, code number 23.29.01.2001,
−Removed: in June 2018.
−Removed: This decision means that ReWalk Personal is listed among all medical devices for compensation, which SHI providers can procure
−Removed: for any approved beneficiary on a case-by-case basis.
−Removed: During the year 2020 we announced several new agreements with SHIs such as TK and DAK-Gesundheit
−Removed: and others as well as the first German Private Health Insurer (“PHI”) that chose to enter into an agreement with us that outline
−Removed: the process to obtaining a device for eligible insured patients.
−Removed: In March 2021 we entered into a contract with BKK Mobile Oil health insurance to supply
−Removed: ReWalk’s Personal Exoskeleton to eligible persons in Germany.
−Removed: In June 2020, BARMER appealed the decision of the State Social Court, which ordered the
−Removed: supply of the SHI’s insured SCI person with ReWalk.
−Removed: The State Social Court ruled and deemed ReWalk as the medical aid which will
−Removed: directly compensate the plaintiff’s disability.
−Removed: BARMER initially appealed this ruling with the Federal Social Court ( Bundessozialgericht ),
−Removed: but later, in November 2022, withdrew its pending case and accepted the prior ruling from the state court that exoskeletons are considered
+Added: to list the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton system in the German MDD, a comprehensive list of all medical devices which are principally and
+Added: regularly reimbursed by German SHI and PHI providers.
+Added: The ReWalk Personal was added to the official German list of medical aids, code
+Added: number 23.29.01.2001, in June 2018.
+Added: This decision means that ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton is listed among all medical devices for compensation,
+Added: which SHI providers can procure for any approved beneficiary on a case-by-case basis.
+Added: During the year 2020 we announced several new agreements with SHIs such as TK and DAK-Gesundheit and others as well as the first
+Added: PHI that chose to enter into an agreement with us that outline the process to obtaining a device for eligible insured patients.
+Added: In March 2021 we entered into a contract with BKK Mobile Oil health insurance to supply ReWalk’s Personal Exoskeleton to eligible
+Added: persons in Germany.
+Added: In June 2020, BARMER appealed the decision of the State Social Court, which ordered the supply of the SHI’s insured SCI person
+Added: The State Social Court ruled and deemed ReWalk as the medical aid which will directly compensate the plaintiff’s disability.
+Added: BARMER initially appealed this ruling with the Federal Social Court ( Bundessozialgericht ), but
+Added: later, in November 2022, withdrew its pending case and accepted the prior ruling from the state court that exoskeletons are considered
as a direct disability compensation.
−Removed: This outcome means that an
−Removed: eligible insured person with spinal cord injury (SCI) in Germany has a legal basis for the supply of an exoskeleton as an orthopedic aid
−Removed: for direct disability compensation .
−Removed: Patients in Germany who are covered under these contracts and policies must be medically evaluated
−Removed: for their eligibility to use the ReWalk Personal device.
−Removed: If medically qualified, the patient, along with his or her physician, must apply
−Removed: for coverage of the device.
−Removed: If a patient is found eligible and medically fit to use our Personal 6.0 device, we first enter into a rental
−Removed: agreement which allows the patient the necessary period to train on how to use the device which usually takes between 3 to 6 months and
−Removed: then after approval from the insurer the patient receives a personal device to use at home or in the community.
−Removed: We are currently working
−Removed: with several additional SHIs and PHIs on securing a formal operating contract that will establish the process of obtaining a ReWalk Personal
−Removed: Exoskeleton for their beneficiaries within their system.
+Added: This outcome means that an eligible insured person with spinal cord injury (SCI) in Germany
+Added: has a legal basis for the supply of an exoskeleton as an orthopedic aid for direct disability compensation.
+Added: Patients in Germany who are
+Added: covered under these contracts and policies must be medically evaluated for their eligibility to use the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton device.
+Added: If medically qualified, the patient, along with his or her physician, must apply for coverage of the device.
+Added: If a patient is found eligible
+Added: and medically fit to use our ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton device, we first enter into a rental agreement which allows the patient the necessary
+Added: period to train on how to use the device which usually takes between 3 to 6 months and then after approval from the insurer the patient
+Added: receives a personal device to use at home or in the community.
+Added: We are currently working with several additional SHIs and PHIs on securing
+Added: a formal operating contract that will establish the process of obtaining a ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton for their beneficiaries within
+Added: their system.
As of December 31, 2023, there were 49 insurance cases pending
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which we believe will further support the case for coverage.
−Removed: We have distribution agreements in several European
−Removed: countries where we also had success with reimbursement by private insurers and worker’s compensation.
−Removed: One of the examples was achieved
−Removed: in March 2018, when the Italian Ministry of Labor and Social Policy’s statutory insurance corporation put in place a coverage policy
−Removed: that will provide exoskeleton systems for all qualifying beneficiaries.
−Removed: This policy, the first of its kind in Italy, provides individuals
−Removed: with spinal cord injury access to obtain their own ReWalk Personal device so that they can stand and walk again.
+Added: We have distribution agreements in several European countries where
+Added: we also had success with reimbursement by private insurers and worker’s compensation.
+Added: One of the examples was achieved in March
+Added: 2018, when the Italian Ministry of Labor and Social Policy’s statutory insurance corporation put in place a coverage policy that
+Added: will provide exoskeleton systems for all qualifying beneficiaries.
+Added: This policy, the first of its kind in Italy, provides individuals with
+Added: spinal cord injury access to obtain their own ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton device so that they can stand and walk again.
Since the initiation
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Other Funding Sources
−Removed: In addition to being funded by third-party payors,
−Removed: including private insurance plans, government programs such as the VA, and workers’ compensation plans, ReWalk Personal is also
−Removed: funded by self-payors.
−Removed: This includes individuals who purchase ReWalk with funds from legal settlements with insurance companies or third
+Added: In addition to being funded by third-party payors, including private
+Added: insurance plans, government programs such as the VHA, and workers’ compensation plans, ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton is also funded
+Added: by self-payors.
+Added: This includes individuals who purchase ReWalk with funds from legal settlements with insurance companies or third parties.
+Added: AlterG Anti-Gravity System
+Added: The DAP technology that underpins our AlterG Anti-Gravity systems
+Added: was originally developed by researchers at the NASA Moffet Field Research Center to help astronauts maintain their muscle strength and
+Added: bone density during extended periods in space outside of the effects of earth’s gravity.
+Added: The DAP technology was used to create
+Added: a pressurized bubble that could exert pressure on an astronaut while exercising to simulate the impact of gravity.
+Added: While the technology
+Added: ultimately was never implemented by NASA, it also had promise for use on earth.
+Added: The DAP technology was modified by the founders of AlterG, Inc.
+Added: for the opposite purpose of using the buoyancy of a pressurized air chamber to uniformly reduce gravitational load and body weight.
+Added: With subsequent product development, the initial AlterG Anti-Gravity system design was supplemented with other complementary features.
+Added: Our current models utilize a precise air calibration system which modulates the air pressure supporting the user 100 times a second to
+Added: ensure precise and consistent weight displacement that allows for modification of the pressurized support in one-percent increments of
+Added: each user’s weight.
+Added: Additionally, the AlterG systems can be fitted with cameras for live video monitoring and pressure sensors
+Added: that track the user’s gait pattern.
+Added: Our proprietary Stride Smart software can provide real-time data and analytics so that
+Added: the user can watch and self-correct gate abnormalities.
+Added: Clinicians also can simultaneously read and respond to five gait assessment
+Added: key performance indicators (“KPIs”).
+Added: The five KPIs include:
+Added: weight-bearing symmetry;
+Added: step length symmetry;
+Added: stance time symmetry;
+Added: cadence (stepping frequency);
+Added: The Stride Smart software provides clinicians with clear, objective data
+Added: with which to assess, adjust, and modify a patient’s rehabilitation progress.
+Added: Since Stride Smart collects and presents patient gait
+Added: data automatically, clinicians can focus their efforts rehabbing the patient and selecting the data most useful to their gait analysis and
+Added: correction recommendations.
+Added: Based on usage patterns and feedback of clinicians, we believe
+Added: that the AlterG Anti-Gravity system provides a versatile tool for the rehabilitation of lower extremity injuries and conditions.
+Added: By treating a broad range of conditions and facilitating faster recovery times, the AlterG Anti-Gravity system enables rehabilitation
+Added: clinics the opportunity to gain more referrals, increase the throughput of the facility, and improve the productivity of the staff.
+Added: We offer a range of AlterG Anti-Gravity systems depending on the
+Added: needs and budget of each customer as follows:
+Added: FIT – This is the entry-level and most affordable model of anti-gravity system.
+Added: In addition to the standard DAP technology,
+Added: the FIT also includes live video monitoring.
+Added: The treadmill is equipped to run at up to 12 miles per hour (“mph”) in
+Added: forward and 3 mph in reverse with a maximum incline of 15 degrees;
+Added: VIA – The mid-range model has the features of the FIT, plus the inclusion of the Stride Smart analytics and the AlterG Assistant;
+Added: PRO – The PRO is our top-of-the-line model for sports medicine applications with utilization by professional and collegiate
+Added: The PRO includes all the features of the VIA, plus several additional features that add durability and accommodate elite
+Added: user performance.
+Added: The treadmill is a high-performance slat belt design equipped to run at up to 18 m.p.h in forward and 10 m.p.h
+Added: In addition to sales of the AlterG Anti-Gravity systems, we also provide consumables
+Added: and services that support the utilization of the installed base.
+Added: For example, the AlterG systems require the users to wear
+Added: proprietary shorts that zip the user into the air chamber to create the seal to retain the air that pressurizes the chamber.
+Added: frequent use, these shorts need to be periodically replaced.
+Added: Additionally, we maintain a network of approximately 40 contract service
+Added: engineers who perform the installation, maintenance, and repair work.
+Added: As the 12-month assurance warranties expire, we market extended
+Added: service contracts which can provide a recurring revenue base that can grow with the size of the installed base.
+Added: The potential market for AlterG Anti-Gravity systems is large and
+Added: fragmented with several types of facilities that treat patients with conditions who could benefit from rehabilitation using partial weight
+Added: displacement.
+Added: According to the MedPAC 2021 Report, there are approximately 1,150 inpatient rehabilitation facilities in the U.S.
+Added: These facilities treat patients with a range of conditions including stroke, lower extremity fractures, joint replacements, neurological
+Added: conditions and brain injury, cardiac conditions, and other types of orthopaedic conditions.
+Added: Depending on the specific details of
+Added: each case, many of these patients are candidates for therapy using partial weight displacement.
+Added: Globally, we estimate that there
+Added: are approximately 3,500 inpatient rehabilitation facilities that are comparable in budget and quality of care to those in the U.S.
+Added: The largest potential market for the AlterG Anti-Gravity are outpatient
+Added: clinics, some of which are in national and regional affiliations and most of which are independent facilities.
+Added: According to the
+Added: IBIS World website (which tracks the number of physical therapy rehabilitation centers), there are approximately 44,000 outpatient clinics
+Added: These facilities treat patients with less severe conditions than inpatient facilities with a greater mix of patients
+Added: skewed towards lower extremity fractures, joint replacements, and other types of orthopedic conditions.
+Added: Globally, we estimate that
+Added: there are over 100,000 outpatient clinics based on scaling of population and standard of living that there are over 100,000 outpatient
+Added: One other major segment of the market for AlterG systems consists of professional and elite level sports teams, including major
+Added: university and college sports programs.
+Added: These teams use the AlterG Anti-Gravity system to assist their players in maintaining higher
+Added: levels of fitness and accelerating the recovery time from sports-related injuries.
+Added: Based on our internal estimates of the market,
+Added: we believe that there are approximately 1,400 sports programs in the U.S.
+Added: who are potential AlterG customers.
+Added: Globally, we estimate
+Added: this figure to be greater than 4,000 teams.
+Added: ReStore Exo-Suit
In June 2017 we unveiled our lightweight exo-suit ReStore system
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The development and regulatory clearance process for ReStore took us approximately three
−Removed: In June 2019, we received FDA clearance following CE clearance in May 2019.
−Removed: Following the regulatory clearances, we began
−Removed: to commercialize the ReStore product.
+Added: We received FDA clearance for ReStore in June 2019 and CE clearance in May 2019.
+Added: Following the regulatory clearances,
+Added: we began to commercialize the ReStore product.
For more information on the collaboration with Harvard, see “Research and Development-Research
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ReStore Exo-Suit
−Removed: The ReStore product is comprised of a soft, fabric-based design
−Removed: that connects to a lightweight waist pack and mechanical cables that help lift the patient’s affected leg in synchronized timing
−Removed: with their natural walking pattern.
−Removed: The lightweight structure wraps around the waist and supports an actuator with a motor, computer,
−Removed: and cable, along with sensors attached to a stable point on the user’s calf and footplate in the user’s shoe.
−Removed: provides targeted mechanical assistance to the patient’s ankle during forward propulsion (plantarflexion) and ground clearance (dorsiflexion),
−Removed: two key phases of the gait cycle.
−Removed: The ReStore system is designed to provide advantages to stroke rehabilitation clinics and therapists
−Removed: as compared to other traditional therapies and devices by enabling the therapist to specifically target and train for improved propulsion
+Added: The ReStore product consists of a soft, fabric-based design that
+Added: connects to a lightweight waist pack and mechanical cables that help lift the patient’s affected leg in synchronized timing with
+Added: their natural walking pattern.
+Added: The lightweight structure wraps around the waist and supports an actuator with a motor, computer, and cable,
+Added: along with sensors attached to a stable point on the user’s calf and footplate in the user’s shoe.
+Added: This design provides targeted
+Added: mechanical assistance to the patient’s ankle during forward propulsion (plantarflexion) and ground clearance (dorsiflexion), two
+Added: key phases of the gait cycle.
+Added: The ReStore system is designed to provide advantages to stroke rehabilitation clinics and therapists as
+Added: compared to other traditional therapies and devices by enabling the therapist to specifically target and train for improved propulsion
symmetry, which is a key contributor to improved walking speed and efficiency for patients recovering from stroke.
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training with the soft exo-suit as well as comparing the results of traditional training with soft exo-suit training.
−Removed: The main market for ReStore is rehabilitation clinics
−Removed: with a stroke therapy program or clinics that would like to broaden their stroke presence.
−Removed: This product is marketed and sold directly
−Removed: to rehabilitation clinics for use during the treatment of their patients which is generally reimbursed by commercial and government payors.
−Removed: During the second half of 2019 we expanded our sales and marketing presence in the United States to accelerate product penetration after
−Removed: receiving FDA and CE clearance.
−Removed: These efforts were adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, as clinics and hospitals shifted resources
−Removed: and attention during the pandemic.
−Removed: While we have seen some recovery as the COVID-19 pandemic has abated, we are still experiencing adverse
−Removed: impacts from these resource shifts.
−Removed: Geographically, we see our commercial priorities for the ReStore device as being the United States
−Removed: Stroke incidence rate in the United States is 795,000
+Added: The main market for ReStore is rehabilitation clinics with a
+Added: stroke therapy program or clinics that would like to broaden their stroke presence.
+Added: This product is marketed and sold directly to rehabilitation
+Added: clinics for use during the treatment of their patients which is generally reimbursed by commercial and government payors.
+Added: During the second
+Added: half of 2019 we expanded our sales and marketing presence in the United States to accelerate product penetration after receiving FDA and
+Added: CE clearance.
+Added: These efforts were adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, as clinics and hospitals shifted resources and attention
+Added: during the pandemic.
+Added: During 2023, new research has been published on the clinical efficacy using ReStore in stroke rehabilitation and
+Added: we see this technology as a building block for future portfolio development.
+Added: Geographically, the ReStore system is commercially available
+Added: through our direct sales teams in the United States and Germany.
+Added: Stroke incidence rate in the United States is approximately 800,000
incidences per year and the survival rate is approximately 80%.
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and 33 ReStore units, respectively.
+Added: ReBoot Product
We are also in the research stage of ReBoot, a soft exoskeleton
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discharged home.
−Removed: Further investment in the development path of the ReBoot has been temporarily paused in 2023 pending further determination
−Removed: about the clinical and commercial opportunity of this device.
+Added: Further investment in the development path of the ReBoot was paused in 2023 pending further determination about
+Added: the clinical and commercial opportunity of this device.
+Added: Sales and Marketing Activities
+Added: With added resources from the AlterG acquisition, we have created
+Added: commercial team that we believe has the capacity and capabilities to support a broad range of physical and neurological rehabilitation
+Added: products for use in facilities, the home and the community.
+Added: As part of this integration, we have rebranded our company under the
+Added: name Lifeward, to emphasize our commitment to pioneering a portfolio of innovative technologies to empower the pursuit of life’s
+Added: ambitions in the face of physical limitation or disability.
+Added: For the sake of clarity, we will continue to use the ReWalk name to designate
+Added: our line of Exoskeleton products and the AlterG name to describe our line of anti-gravity systems.
+Added: In the U.S., our commercial efforts are direct sales focused generally
+Added: on rehabilitation centers, hospitals, rehabilitation clinics, and similar facilities that treat patients who could benefit from offerings
+Added: within our portfolio of products.
+Added: We market our facility-based products, such as the AlterG and the MyoCycle Pro to these institutions
+Added: for their use in providing care to their patients.
+Added: We also market our home-based products, such as the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton
+Added: or MyoCycle Home, to physicians and physical therapists for referrals to individuals who could benefit from these devices as part of a
+Added: home-based activity regimen that elevates the health and wellness of these individuals.
+Added: Additionally, some sales of the ReWalk Personal
+Added: Exoskeleton or MyoCycle Home are also generated from referrals through the spinal cord injury community and direct inquiries from potential
+Added: users through our different marketing efforts.
+Added: Beyond healthcare facilities, we also market our AlterG systems to professional and college
+Added: sports teams who use the systems to help their athletes recover from lower extremity sports injuries.
+Added: Outside the U.S., our distribution varies depending on the product
+Added: and the geographic market.
+Added: We market our ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton product directly in Germany and primarily through third-party
+Added: distributors, who maintain the customer relationships, in our other markets.
+Added: We market our AlterG systems directly in Canada and Australia,
+Added: and in other territories utilize a network of over 40 third-party distributors who generally have exclusivity in their respective geographic
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, we had placed 131 ReWalk Rehabilitation
+Added: Exoskeleton units in use at rehabilitation centers and 598 ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton units in a home or community use, compared to 128
+Added: ReWalk Rehabilitation Exoskeleton units and 572 ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton units as of December 31, 2022.
+Added: We estimate the
+Added: installed base of AlterG systems is over 6,000 installed units worldwide as of December 31, 2023.
+Added: With the anticipated finalization
+Added: of the Medicare payment rates for exoskeletons which will be effective April 1, 2024, we intend to aggressively target the eligible Medicare
+Added: customer base for growth while also continuing to focus on expanding commercial and other reimbursement coverage.
+Added: Additionally, with
+Added: our increased direct sales resources and distributor network, we also expect to greater penetrate the base of facilities which could utilize
+Added: AlterG systems for rehabilitation of their patients.
The market in which we operate is characterized by active competition
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7779), FREE Bionics, DIH (formerly known as Hocoma),
−Removed: AlterG, Wandercraft, and Bioness (acquired by Bioventus (NASDAQ:
−Removed: Parker Hannifin (NYSE:
−Removed: PH) was a prior competitor but exited the
−Removed: exoskeleton market in December 2022 with its divestiture of its Human Motion and Control business unit, which includes the Indego lower
−Removed: limb exoskeleton line of products, to Ekso Bionics.
−Removed: The competitors’ products may also compete with the ReStore soft exo-suit, as
−Removed: well as manual forms of gait training which do not involve robotic assistive devices.
−Removed: We believe that our ReWalk Personal device possesses key competitive
+Added: Wandercraft, and Bioness (acquired by Bioventus (NASDAQ:
+Added: The competitors’ products may also compete with the ReStore soft
+Added: exo-suit, as well as manual forms of gait training which do not involve robotic assistive devices.
+Added: We believe that our ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton possesses key competitive
advantages over these companies’ products, such as our tilt-sensor technology that provides a self-initiated walking experience,
−Removed: more natural gait and faster functional walking speed, the ability to support its own weight and broad user specifications.
−Removed: ReWalk Personal is the first medical exoskeleton cleared by the FDA for personal use in the United States.
+Added: six degrees of freedom which enable a more natural gait, faster functional walking speed, the ability to support its own weight, and broad
+Added: user specifications.
+Added: In addition, ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton is the only medical exoskeleton with FDA and CE clearance for use on stairs
+Added: and curbs, which greatly improves the ability to use the device in everyday real-world environments.
We believe that our ReStore soft exo-suit device has several competitive
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In addition, we compete with alternative devices and alternative
−Removed: therapies, including treadmill-based gait therapies, such as those offered by Hocoma, Tyromotion, AlterG, Aretech and Reha Technology.
+Added: therapies, including treadmill-based gait therapies, such as those offered by Hocoma, Tyromotion, Boost, Aretech, BTL, and Reha Technology.
Other medical device or robotics companies, academic and research institutions, or others may develop new technologies or therapies that
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and will continue to be driven in part by our reputation and acceptance within the spinal cord injury community.
−Removed: We are also looking into
−Removed: ways to promote the ReStore device through different neurorehabilitation conferences and professional organizations to accelerate adoption
−Removed: and support the uniqueness of this technology when compared to current therapies and products.
To date, multiple advocacy groups have issued public endorsements
−Removed: of the ReWalk Personal device, including leading United States-based national organizations such as the United Spinal Association and
−Removed: the Dana and Christopher Reeves Foundation, as well as others.
−Removed: In addition, the National Institute for Health and Care excellence in the
−Removed: United Kingdom (also known as “NICE”), has issued a public announcement regarding the ReStore device.
+Added: of the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton, including leading United States-based national organizations such as the United Spinal Association
+Added: and the Dana and Christopher Reeves Foundation, as well as others.
+Added: In addition, the National Institute for Health and Care excellence
+Added: in the United Kingdom (also known as “NICE”), has issued a public announcement regarding the ReStore device.
Services and Customer Support
−Removed: Our centers of operations in Marlborough, Massachusetts and Berlin,
−Removed: Germany coordinate all customer support and product service functions for North America and Europe, respectively, through dedicated technical
−Removed: service personnel who provide product services and customer support through training to healthcare providers and support to product users.
+Added: Our centers of operations in Marlborough, Massachusetts, Fremont,
+Added: California, and Berlin, Germany coordinate all customer support and product service functions for North America and Europe, respectively,
+Added: through dedicated technical service personnel who provide product services and customer support through training to healthcare providers
+Added: and support to product users.
Research and Development
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We are working on product design improvements and expanded labeling
−Removed: for the ReWalk Personal 6.0 product which we plan to launch following regulatory approvals.
−Removed: In the longer term we are conducting research
−Removed: for our next generation device with design improvements and advanced robotic technologies as part of the Human Robot Interaction Consortium
−Removed: research program.
−Removed: New medical indications impacting the ability to walk that we may pursue include multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy,
−Removed: Parkinson’s disease, and elderly assistance.
+Added: for the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton product which we plan to launch following obtaining regulatory clearance and approvals.
+Added: In the longer
+Added: term we are conducting research for our next generation exoskeleton with design improvements and advanced robotic technologies as part
+Added: of the Human Robot Interaction Consortium research program.
+Added: New medical indications impacting the ability to walk that we may pursue include
+Added: multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s disease, and elderly assistance.
+Added: We are also developing new generations of anti-gravity systems
+Added: utilizing our DAP technology.
+Added: We plan to introduce a new model of the AlterG system in mid-2024 that reduces the cost of manufacturing
+Added: which in turn will allow us to make it more affordable for independent rehabilitation clinics, thereby expanding the potential market
+Added: Additionally, we are evaluating other applications for DAP technology to create entirely new rehabilitation systems
+Added: for our facility-based customers.
We conduct our research and development efforts mainly at our facility
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Our research and development efforts have been financed, in part,
−Removed: through funding from the Israel Innovation Authority, or the IIA (formerly known as Office of the Chief Scientist in the Israel Ministry
−Removed: of Economy) (“IIA”).
−Removed: From our inception through December 31, 2022, we received funding totaling $2.3 million from the
−Removed: For more information regarding our research and development financing arrangements, see “Part II.
−Removed: Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources” and “—Grants
−Removed: and Other Funding.”
+Added: through funding from the Israel Innovation Authority (formerly known as Office of the Chief Scientist in the Israel Ministry of Economy)
+Added: From our inception through December 31, 2023, we received funding totaling $2.6 million from the IIA.
+Added: more information regarding our research and development financing arrangements, see “Part II.
+Added: Management’s Discussion
+Added: and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources” and “—Grants and
+Added: Other Funding.”
Research and Development Collaborations
−Removed: On April 1, 2022, we entered a research and development cooperation
−Removed: agreement with several companies and universities in the Human Robot Interaction (HRI) Consortium, part of the Israel Innovation Authority’s
−Removed: MAGNET incentive program.
−Removed: This incentive program provides grants for R&D collaboration as part of a consortium comprised of private
−Removed: businesses and leading academic centers.
−Removed: The goals of the HRI consortium are to “develop advanced technologies aimed at providing
−Removed: robots with social capabilities, enabling them to carry out various tasks and effective interactions with different users in diverse operational
−Removed: environments.” The total program has a budget of NIS 57 million, which includes funding for research and development grants
−Removed: to help drive technological innovation.
−Removed: The Consortium is a 3-year program which has allocated NIS 1.745 million to fund ReWalk-specific
−Removed: projects over the first 18-month period of the program.
−Removed: As a member of the HRI Consortium, we collaborate with several universities to
−Removed: develop advanced technologies aimed at improving the human-exoskeleton interaction.
−Removed: This research collaboration with top researchers
−Removed: in the fields of robotics, behavioral sciences and human-computer interaction will seek to make the use of exoskeletons easier and more
−Removed: natural to promote wider adoption of the technology.
+Added: On April 1, 2022, we entered a research and development cooperation agreement with several
+Added: companies and universities in the Human Robot Interaction (“HRI”) Consortium, part of the IIA’s MAGNET incentive program.
+Added: This incentive program provides grants for R&D collaboration as part of a consortium comprised of private businesses and leading academic
+Added: The goals of the HRI consortium are to “develop advanced technologies aimed at providing robots with social capabilities,
+Added: enabling them to carry out various tasks and effective interactions with different users in diverse operational environments.”
+Added: The total program has a budget of NIS 57 million, which includes funding for research and development grants to help drive technological
+Added: The Consortium is a 3-year program which has allocated NIS 1.745 million to fund ReWalk-specific projects over the first 18-month
+Added: period of the program.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, the Company spent total funds in the amount of NIS 1.571 million which has allocated for
+Added: the first 18-month period.
+Added: In November 2023, we entered the second 18-month period of the program, the Consortium has allocated NIS 1.336
+Added: million to fund ReWalk-specific projects over the second 18-month period.
+Added: As a member of the HRI Consortium, we collaborate with several
+Added: universities to develop advanced technologies aimed at improving the human-exoskeleton interaction.
+Added: This research collaboration
+Added: with top researchers in the fields of robotics, behavioral sciences and human-computer interaction will seek to make the use of exoskeletons
+Added: easier and more natural to promote wider adoption of the technology.
On May 16, 2016, we entered into the Research Collaboration
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Agreement and Harvard License Agreement, see Note 10 to our consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023
+Added: included elsewhere in this annual report.
Intellectual Property
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States, China, and Europe.
−Removed: As such, in the United States and Europe, we have apparatus patent claims covering aspects of ReWalk and similar
−Removed: devices which use a plurality of sensors to empower tilt-sensor technology, as well as method patent claims covering certain methods of
−Removed: user activation and control of systems such as ReWalk.
−Removed: While our apparatus claims focus on protecting ReWalk in terms of its physical
−Removed: and structural characteristics, we believe that our method claims provide additional protection for our technology.
−Removed: We do not currently
−Removed: license any of the technology contained in our currently commercialized ReWalk Personal 6.0, other than with respect to technology that
−Removed: is generally publicly available, but we may do so in the future.
+Added: For our patents associated with DAP and other AlterG technology, we have 25 issued patents in the United
+Added: States and 21 patents issued outside the United States, as well as 10 pending patent applications for anti-gravity associated technology
+Added: in the United States.
+Added: In the United States and Europe, we have apparatus patent claims
+Added: covering aspects of both our exoskeleton and our anti-gravity products and similar devices or systems, which focus on protecting our products
+Added: in terms of structural characteristics and functionality.
+Added: Moreover, we also have method patent claims covering certain methods of
+Added: operation and control of our exoskeleton and anti-gravity products, which provide additional protection for our technology.
+Added: currently license any of the technology contained in our currently commercialized ReWalk and AlterG products, other than with respect
+Added: to technology that is generally publicly available, but we may do so in the future.
Patents filed both in the United States and Europe (as well as
−Removed: other countries) generally have a term of 20 years from their earliest effective filing date, although can be slightly longer depending
+Added: other countries) generally have a term of 20 years from their earliest effective filing date, although they can be slightly longer depending
upon a local jurisdiction’s rules and laws.
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was filed in May 2001 in the United States and would typically expire in May 2021.
−Removed: However, this patent actually will expire in April
−Removed: of 2023 due to patent term adjustment (PTA) of 689 days for delays in examination by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
+Added: However, this patent actually expired in April of 2023
+Added: due to patent term adjustment (PTA) of 689 days for delays in examination by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
We currently hold a registered trademark in the United States,
−Removed: Europe, Israel, and the United Kingdom, for the mark “ReWalk”.
−Removed: We currently hold a registered trademark in United States,
+Added: Europe, Israel, and the United Kingdom, for the mark “ReWalk.” We currently hold a registered trademark in United States,
Europe and the United Kingdom for the mark “ReStore”.
+Added: We currently hold a registered trademark in the United States,
+Added: Europe, Israel, and the United Kingdom for the mark “Alter G.” We have also recently sought trademark registration of
+Added: “Lifeward” in the United States, Europe, and Israel.
We cannot be sure that our intellectual property will provide
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insufficient to provide reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness and there is sufficient information to establish “special
−Removed: controls.” These special controls can include performance standards, post-market surveillance, patient registries, and FDA guidance
−Removed: While most Class I devices are exempt from the 510(k) premarket notification requirement, most Class II devices require
−Removed: a 510(k) premarket notification to be marketed in the U.S.
−Removed: As a result, manufacturers of most Class II devices are required to submit
−Removed: to the FDA premarket notifications under Section 510(k) of the FFDCA in order to market or commercially distribute those devices.
−Removed: To obtain 510(k) clearance, a substantial equivalence determination for their devices, manufacturers must submit to the FDA a premarket
−Removed: notification demonstrating that the proposed device is “substantially equivalent” to a predicate device already on the market.
−Removed: A predicate device is a legally marketed device that is not subject to premarket approval, or PMA, meaning, (i) a device that was legally
−Removed: marketed prior to May 28, 1976 (pre-amendments device) and for which a PMA is not required, (ii) a device that has been reclassified
−Removed: from Class III to Class II or I, (iii) a device that was found substantially equivalent through the 510(k) process or (iv) a device that
−Removed: was granted marketing authorization through the de novo classification process under section 513(f)(2) of the FFDCA.
−Removed: If the FDA agrees
−Removed: that the device is substantially equivalent to a predicate device currently on the market, it will grant 510(k) clearance to commercially
−Removed: market the device.
−Removed: If the device is not “substantially equivalent” to a previously cleared device, the device is automatically
−Removed: a Class III device.
−Removed: The device sponsor must then fulfill more rigorous premarket approval requirements or can request a risk-based classification
−Removed: determination for the device in accordance with the “de novo” classification process, which is a route to market for medical
−Removed: devices that are low to moderate risk but are not substantially equivalent to a predicate device.
+Added: controls.” These special controls can include performance standards, post-market surveillance, and patient registries.
+Added: Class I devices are exempt from the 510(k) premarket notification requirement, most Class II devices require a 510(k) premarket
+Added: notification to be marketed in the U.S.
+Added: As a result, manufacturers of most Class II devices are required to submit to the FDA premarket
+Added: notifications under Section 510(k) of the FFDCA in order to market or commercially distribute those devices.
+Added: To obtain 510(k) clearance,
+Added: manufacturers must demonstrate that the proposed device is “substantially equivalent” to a predicate device already on the
+Added: A predicate device is a legally marketed device that is not subject to premarket approval, or PMA, meaning, (i) a device that
+Added: was legally marketed prior to May 28, 1976 (pre-amendments device) and for which a PMA is not required, (ii) a device that has been
+Added: reclassified from Class III to Class II or I, or (iii) a device that was found substantially equivalent through the 510(k) process.
+Added: the FDA agrees that the device is substantially equivalent to a predicate device currently on the market, it will grant 510(k) clearance
+Added: to commercially market the device.
+Added: If the device is not “substantially equivalent” to a previously cleared device, the device
+Added: is automatically a Class III device.
+Added: The device sponsor must then fulfill more rigorous premarket approval requirements or can request
+Added: a risk-based classification determination for the device in accordance with the “de novo” classification process, which is
+Added: a route to market for medical devices that are low to moderate risk but are not substantially equivalent to a predicate device.
Devices that are intended to be life sustaining or life supporting,
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investigators obtain informed consent, and labeling and record-keeping requirements.
−Removed: In June 2014, the FDA granted our petition for “de novo”
+Added: In June 2014, the FDA granted our request for “de novo”
classification, and classified ReWalk as a Class II powered exoskeleton device subject to special controls.
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adverse effect on our business.
−Removed: In June 2022, ReWalk submitted a 510(k) premarket notification
−Removed: for ReWalk Personal 6.0 seeking to enable the stairs functionality and add uses on stairs and curbs to the indication for use for the
−Removed: device in the US.
−Removed: FDA issued a request for additional information, to which ReWalk responded and is pending FDA review.
+Added: In June 2022, we submitted a 510(k) premarket notification for
+Added: ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton seeking to enable the stairs functionality and add uses on stairs and curbs to the indication for use for
+Added: the device in the US.
+Added: In March 2023, the FDA issued the 510(k) clearance.
For more information, see “Part I, Item 1A.
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of our products, and a failure to comply with such regulations could lead to withdrawal or recall of our products from the market.”
+Added: Expedited Development and Review Programs
+Added: FDA’s Breakthrough Devices Program is a voluntary program
+Added: offered to manufacturers of certain medical devices and device-led combination products that may provide for more effective treatment
+Added: or diagnosis of life-threatening or irreversibly debilitating diseases or conditions.
+Added: The goal of the program is to provide patients and
+Added: health care providers with more timely access to qualifying devices by expediting their development, assessment and review, while preserving
+Added: the statutory standards for marketing authorization.
+Added: The program is available to medical devices that meet certain eligibility
+Added: criteria, including that the device provides more effective treatment or diagnosis of life-threatening or irreversibly debilitating diseases
+Added: or conditions, and that the device meets one of the following criteria:
+Added: (i) the device represents a breakthrough technology, (ii) no approved
+Added: or cleared alternatives exist, (iii) the device offers significant advantages over existing approved or cleared alternatives, or (iv)
+Added: the availability of the device is in the best interest of patients.
+Added: Breakthrough Device designation provides certain benefits to device
+Added: developers, including more interactive and timely communications with FDA staff, use of post market data collection, when scientifically
+Added: appropriate, to facilitate expedited and efficient development and review of the device, opportunities for efficient and flexible clinical
+Added: study design, and prioritized review of premarket submissions.
Post-Market Regulatory Requirements
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post-market surveillance.
−Removed: FDA required that ReWalk conduct a post-market surveillance study
−Removed: of the ReWalk device under Section 522 of the FFDCA.
−Removed: We launched our post-market surveillance study with Stanford University during the
−Removed: second quarter of 2016 and in March 2020 the FDA approved a protocol modification that allowed ReWalk to supplement data from the clinical
−Removed: study with real-world evidence.
−Removed: In January 2022, FDA notified ReWalk that the agency had completed its review of the postmarket surveillance
−Removed: report, and that ReWalk had fulfilled the 522 postmarket study requirement.
−Removed: In accordance with FDA’s request, ReWalk submitted
−Removed: a 510(k) amendment to our original submission to reflect the findings of the study.
−Removed: FDA acknowledged and closed the amendment in
Our manufacturing processes are required to comply with the applicable
−Removed: portions of the Quality System Regulation that covers the methods and the facilities and controls for the design, manufacture, testing,
−Removed: production, processes, controls, quality assurance, labeling, packaging, distribution, installation, and servicing of finished devices
−Removed: intended for human use.
−Removed: We actively maintain compliance with the FDA’s Quality System Regulation, 21 CFR Part 820, and the European
−Removed: Union’s Quality Management Systems requirements, ENISO 13485:2016.
+Added: portions of the FDA’s Quality System Regulation (“QSR”) that covers the methods and the facilities and controls for
+Added: the design, manufacture, testing, production, processes, controls, quality assurance, labeling, packaging, distribution, installation,
+Added: and servicing of finished devices intended for human use.
+Added: In February 2024, the FDA issued the Quality Management System Regulation (“QMSR”)
+Added: Final Rule to amend the QSR, incorporating by reference the international standard for medical device quality management systems set by
+Added: the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), ISO 13485:2016.
+Added: The rule will become effective on February 2, 2026.
+Added: manufacturers are required to comply with the QSR.
+Added: We actively maintain compliance with the FDA’s QSR, and the European Union’s
+Added: Quality Management Systems requirements, ISO 13485:2016.
As a manufacturer, we are subject to periodic scheduled or unscheduled
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refusing or delaying requests for approval of pre-market approval applications relating to new products or modified products;
−Removed: withdrawing PMA approval;
+Added: withdrawing PMA approval or reclassifying our devices;
refusal to grant export approvals for our products;
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Under transitional provisions provided in the MDR, medical devices that had valid CE Certificates of
−Removed: Conformity issued under the MDD prior to 26 May 2021 may, provided related obligations are respected, continue to be placed on the EEA
−Removed: market for the remaining validity of the certificate, and until 27 May 2024 at the latest.
−Removed: After the expiry of any applicable transitional
−Removed: period, only devices that have been CE marked on the basis of the MDR may be placed on the market in the EEA.
+Added: Conformity issued under the MDD prior to May 26, 2021 and that remained valid (and not withdrawn) on March 20, 2023, can continue to be
+Added: placed on the EEA market until the end of December 2027 or 2028 (depending on the class of device), provided the device’s manufacturer
+Added: complies with certain requirements, including that there are no significant changes in the design and intended purpose of the applicable
+Added: After the expiry of any applicable transitional period, only devices that have been CE marked on the basis of the MDR may be placed
+Added: on the market in the EEA.
We comply with the E.U.
−Removed: requirements and have received ta Notified Body Certificate of Conformity under the MDD for all of our ReWalk systems including the ReStore
−Removed: device which are distributed in the E.U.
−Removed: This allows us to continue to apply the CE mark to our products and place them on the market
−Removed: throughout the E.U.
−Removed: during the transition period until 2024 or until we have completed an appropriate conformity assessment procedure
−Removed: under the MDR.
−Removed: Post-Brexit the MDR does not apply in the United Kingdom (except
−Removed: for Northern Ireland, which under the Northern Irish Protocol is bound by certain E.U.
−Removed: The medical device legislative framework
−Removed: in the United Kingdom is set out in the Medical Devices Regulations 2002.
−Removed: These Regulations are based on the previous medical device
−Removed: directives of the E.U.
−Removed: but have been amended so that they function properly now the United Kingdom is no longer part of the E.U.
−Removed: The Medical Devices Regulations 2002 have introduced several changes including (but not limited to) replacing the CE mark with a UKCA
−Removed: marking (although E.U.
−Removed: CE marks will be recognized until June 2024), requiring manufacturers outside of the United Kingdom to appoint
−Removed: a “UK Responsible Person” if they place devices on the Great British market and more wide-ranging device registration requirements.
+Added: requirements and have received ta Notified Body Certificate of Conformity under the
+Added: MDD for all of our ReWalk systems including the ReStore device which are distributed in the E.U.
+Added: This allows us to continue to apply the
+Added: CE mark to our products and place them on the market throughout the E.U.
+Added: during the transition period or until we have completed an appropriate
+Added: conformity assessment procedure under the MDR.
+Added: Following the U.K.’s exit from the E.U.
+Added: (known as “Brexit”),
+Added: the MDR does not apply in the United Kingdom (except for Northern Ireland, which under the Northern Ireland Protocol is bound by certain
+Added: The medical device legislative framework in the United Kingdom is set out in the Medical Devices Regulations 2002, as
+Added: These regulations are based on the previous medical device directives of the E.U.
+Added: but have been amended so that they function
+Added: properly now the United Kingdom is no longer part of the E.U.
+Added: The Medical Devices Regulations 2002 have introduced several changes
+Added: including (but not limited to) replacing the CE mark with a UKCA marking (although E.U.
+Added: CE marks will be recognized potentially up until
+Added: June 2030), requiring manufacturers outside of the United Kingdom to appoint a “UK Responsible Person” if they place devices
+Added: on the Great Britain market and more wide-ranging device registration requirements.
Sales in other jurisdictions are subject to the foreign government
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requirements governing the conduct of clinical trials, product licensing, pricing and reimbursement vary greatly from country to country.
−Removed: of the FDA and foreign regulatory authorities may change, and additional government regulations may be enacted that could prevent or delay
−Removed: regulatory approval of our products and could also increase the cost of regulatory compliance.
−Removed: We cannot predict the likelihood, nature,
−Removed: or extent of adverse governmental regulation that might arise from future legislative or administrative action, either in the United States
−Removed: Anti-kickback, False Claims and Other
−Removed: Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Laws
+Added: The policies of the FDA and foreign regulatory authorities may
+Added: change, and additional government regulations may be enacted that could prevent or delay regulatory approval of our products and could
+Added: also increase the cost of regulatory compliance.
+Added: We cannot predict the likelihood, nature, or extent of adverse governmental regulation
+Added: that might arise from future legislative or administrative action, either in the United States or abroad.
+Added: Anti-Kickback, False Claims and Other Healthcare Fraud and
In the United States, there are federal and state anti-kickback
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with the delivery of, or payment for, healthcare benefits, items, or services relating to healthcare matters.
−Removed: Additionally, the Affordable
−Removed: Care Act (“ACA”) amended the intent requirement of certain of these criminal statutes under HIPAA so that a person or entity
−Removed: no longer needs to have actual knowledge of the statute, or the specific intent to violate it, to have committed a violation.
+Added: Additionally, the Patient
+Added: Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act, or collectively the
+Added: “ACA”, amended the intent requirement of certain of these criminal statutes under HIPAA so that a person or entity no longer
+Added: needs to have actual knowledge of the statute, or the specific intent to violate it, to have committed a violation.
The Physician Payments Sunshine Act (“Sunshine Act”)
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In addition, other federal and state laws may govern the privacy and security of health and other information in certain
−Removed: circumstances, many of which differ from each other in significant ways and may not be preempted by HIPAA, thus complicating compliance
+Added: circumstances, many of which differ from each other in significant ways and may not be pre-empted by HIPAA, thus complicating compliance
Many states have also adopted laws similar to each of the above
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selling prices lower than they would otherwise be.
−Removed: In the United States, it is also common for government and private health plans to
−Removed: use coverage determinations to leverage rebates from labelers to reduce the plans’ net costs.
+Added: In the United States, it is also common for certain government and private health plans
+Added: to use coverage determinations to leverage rebates from labelers to reduce the plans’ net costs.
These restrictions and limitations
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to specific therapeutic products on an approved list, or formulary, which might not include all of the FDA-approved products for a particular
−Removed: indication or might impose high copayment amounts to influence patient choice.
+Added: indication or might impose high co-payment amounts to influence patient choice.
Third-party payors also control costs by requiring prior
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costs, including price controls, restrictions on reimbursement and requirements for substitution of generic products for branded prescription
−Removed: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the
−Removed: Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act, or collectively the ACA, substantially changed the way healthcare is financed
−Removed: by both governmental and private insurers, and significantly impacts the pharmaceutical industry.
−Removed: The ACA is intended to broaden access
−Removed: to health insurance, reduce or constrain the growth of healthcare spending, enhance remedies against healthcare fraud and abuse, add new
+Added: The ACA substantially changed the way healthcare is financed by
+Added: both governmental and private insurers, and significantly impacts the pharmaceutical industry.
+Added: The ACA is intended to broaden access to
+Added: health insurance, reduce or constrain the growth of healthcare spending, enhance remedies against healthcare fraud and abuse, add new
transparency requirements for healthcare and health insurance industries, impose new taxes and fees on pharmaceutical and medical device
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The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 retained the federal budget “sequestration” Medicare payment reductions of 2% and extended
−Removed: it through 2027 unless congressional action is taken, and also increased labeler responsibility for prescription costs in the Medicare
−Removed: Part D coverage gap.
−Removed: On January 2, 2013, the American Taxpayer Relief Act was signed into law, which, among other things, reduced
−Removed: Medicare payments to several types of providers, including hospitals, imaging centers and cancer treatment centers, and increased the
−Removed: statute of limitations period for the government to recover overpayments to providers from three to five years.
+Added: it through 2027 unless congressional action is taken.
+Added: On January 2, 2013, the American Taxpayer Relief Act was signed into law,
+Added: which, among other things, reduced Medicare payments to several types of providers, including hospitals, imaging centers and cancer treatment
+Added: centers, and increased the statute of limitations period for the government to recover overpayments to providers from three to five years.
Further legislative and regulatory changes under the ACA remain
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We expect that changes or additions to the ACA or the Medicare and Medicaid programs,
−Removed: changes allowing the federal government to directly negotiate drug prices and changes stemming from other healthcare reform measures,
−Removed: especially with regard to healthcare access, financing or other legislation in individual states, could have a material adverse effect
−Removed: on the healthcare industry.
−Removed: At the state level, legislatures have increasingly passed legislation
−Removed: and implemented regulations designed to control pharmaceutical product pricing, including price or patient reimbursement constraints,
−Removed: discounts, restrictions on certain product access and marketing cost disclosure and transparency measures, and, in some cases, designed
−Removed: to encourage importation from other countries and bulk purchasing.
+Added: and changes stemming from other healthcare reform measures, especially with regard to healthcare access, financing or other legislation
+Added: in individual states, could have a material adverse effect on the healthcare industry.
+Added: At the state level, legislatures may also increasingly pass legislation
+Added: and implement regulations designed to control product pricing, including price or patient reimbursement constraints, discounts, restrictions
+Added: on certain product access and marketing cost disclosure and transparency measures.
We expect that additional federal, state, and foreign healthcare
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In Israel, where our contract manufacturer produces all of our
−Removed: products, businesses storing or using certain hazardous materials (including materials necessary for our manufacturing process) are required,
−Removed: pursuant to the Israeli Dangerous Substances Law, 5753-1993, to obtain a toxin permit from the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
+Added: ReWalk and ReStore products, businesses storing or using certain hazardous materials (including materials necessary for our manufacturing
+Added: process) are required, pursuant to the Israeli Dangerous Substances Law, 5753-1993, to obtain a toxin permit from the Ministry of Environmental
+Added: In the U.S., where we manufacture our AlterG products in our Fremont, California facility, we do not utilize chemicals
+Added: which require a toxic materials license.
+Added: We have a hazardous waste disposal license with the County of Alameda and dispose of our
+Added: expired and empty containers through a process in accordance with the license.
In the European marketplace, electrical and electronic equipment
is required to comply with the Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, which aims to prevent waste by encouraging reuse
−Removed: and recycling, and the Directive on Restriction of Use of Certain Hazardous Substances (“RoHS”), which restricts the use of
−Removed: ten hazardous substances in electrical and electronic products.
−Removed: Our products and certain components of such products “put on the
−Removed: market” in the EU (whether or not manufactured in the EU) are subject to these directives.
−Removed: Additionally, we are required to comply
−Removed: with certain laws, regulations, and directives, including the Toxic Substances Control Act in the United States and REACH in the EU, governing
+Added: and recycling, and the Directive on Restriction of Use of Certain Hazardous Substances, which restricts the use of ten hazardous substances
+Added: in electrical and electronic products.
+Added: Our products and certain components of such products “put on the market” in the E.U.
+Added: (whether or not manufactured in the E.U.) are subject to these directives.
+Added: Additionally, we are required to comply with certain laws,
+Added: regulations, and directives, including the Toxic Substances Control Act in the United States and REACH in the E.U., governing chemicals.
These and similar laws and regulations require the testing, reporting and registration of certain chemicals we use and ship.
−Removed: We believe we comply in all material respects with applicable environmental laws and regulations.
+Added: we comply in all material respects with applicable environmental laws and regulations.
Manufacturing
−Removed: ReWalk includes off-the-shelf and custom-made components produced
−Removed: to our specifications by various third parties, for technical and cost-effectiveness.
−Removed: We have contracted with Sanmina Corporation (“Sanmina”),
−Removed: a well-established contract manufacturer with expertise in the medical device industry, for the manufacture of all of our products.
−Removed: to this contract, Sanmina manufactures SCI Products and ReStore at its facility in Ma’alot, Israel.
−Removed: All ReWalk Personal units are
−Removed: manufactured pursuant to the same set of specifications.
−Removed: We place our manufacturing orders with Sanmina pursuant to purchase orders or
−Removed: by providing forecasts for future requirements.
−Removed: We may terminate our relationship with Sanmina at any time upon written notice.
−Removed: we or Sanmina may terminate the relationship in the event of a material breach, subject to a 30-day cure period.
−Removed: Our agreement with Sanmina
−Removed: contains a limitation on liability that applies equally to both us and Sanmina.
−Removed: We believe that this contract manufacturing relationship allows
−Removed: us to operate our business efficiently by focusing our internal efforts on the development and commercialization of our technology and
−Removed: our products and provides us with substantial scale-up capacity.
−Removed: We regularly test quality on-site at Sanmina’s facility and we
−Removed: obtain full quality inspection reports.
+Added: Our ReWalk exoskeletons, ReStore exo-suits, and AlterG Anti-Gravity
+Added: systems include off-the-shelf and custom-made components produced to our specifications by various third parties, for technical and cost-effectiveness.
+Added: We have contracted with Sanmina Corporation (“Sanmina”), a well-established contract manufacturer with expertise in the medical
+Added: device industry, for the manufacture of our SCI Products and ReStore at its facility in Ma’alot, Israel.
+Added: We manufacture the AlterG
+Added: product ourselves at our facility in Fremont, California.
+Added: Each product line is manufactured pursuant to the same applicable set of specifications.
+Added: We place our manufacturing orders with Sanmina and other suppliers pursuant to purchase orders or by providing forecasts for future requirements.
+Added: We may terminate our relationship with Sanmina or our other suppliers at any time upon written notice.
+Added: Either we or Sanmina may terminate
+Added: the relationship in the event of a material breach, subject to a 30-day cure period.
+Added: Our agreement with Sanmina contains a limitation
+Added: on liability that applies equally to us and Sanmina.
+Added: We believe that this contract manufacturing relationship with Sanmina
+Added: allows us to operate our business efficiently by focusing our internal efforts on the development and commercialization of our technology
+Added: and our products and provides us with substantial scale-up capacity.
+Added: We regularly test quality on-site at Sanmina’s facility and
+Added: we obtain full quality inspection reports.
We maintain a non-disclosure agreement with Sanmina.
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for products in regular production within two weeks of receipt of the order.
−Removed: We have contracted with Sanmina for the sourcing of all components
−Removed: and raw materials necessary for the manufacture of our products although there are instances that we purchase raw materials ourselves.
−Removed: Components of our products and raw materials come from suppliers in the United States, Europe, China, and Israel, and we depend on certain
+Added: We have contracted with Sanmina for the sourcing of all components and raw materials
+Added: necessary for the manufacture of our ReWalk and ReStore products, although there are instances that we purchase raw materials ourselves.
+Added: In addition, we directly source all components and raw materials necessary for the manufacture of our AlterG products.
+Added: of our products and raw materials come from suppliers in the United States, Europe, China, Taiwan, and Israel, and we depend on certain
of these components and raw materials, including certain electronic parts, for the manufacture of our products.
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significant volatility in the prices of these components and raw materials.
−Removed: However, during the pandemic we have seen several specific
−Removed: parts, mainly electronic parts, suffer price increases.
−Removed: Such prices are subject to a number of factors, including purchase volumes, general
−Removed: economic conditions, currency exchange rates, industry cycles, production levels, and scarcity of supply.
−Removed: We believe that our and Sanmina’s facilities, our contracted
−Removed: manufacturing arrangement, and our supply arrangements are sufficient to support our potential capacity needs for the foreseeable future.
+Added: However, during the COVID-19 pandemic several specific parts,
+Added: mainly electronic parts, experienced temporary price increases which have returned to more normal levels.
+Added: Such prices are subject to a
+Added: number of factors, including purchase volumes, general economic conditions, currency exchange rates, industry cycles, production levels,
+Added: and scarcity of supply.
+Added: We believe that our in-house manufacturing, Sanmina’s facilities,
+Added: our contracted manufacturing arrangement, and our supply arrangements are sufficient to support our potential capacity needs for the foreseeable
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+Added: Rest of the world
Total revenue
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Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this annual report.
−Removed: Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2022 was $2.2 million, compared to $1.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2021, an increase of 75%;
−Removed: ReWalk submitted first case for Medicare coverage through the Medicare Administrative Contractors (“MACs”) in Q4’22;
−Removed: ReWalk advanced its commercial readiness and finalized plans for expanded Medicare patient access following the satisfactory resolution
−Removed: of the first submitted claim;
−Removed: Since the initiation of share repurchase program in Q3’22, ReWalk has repurchased $3.3 million of ordinary shares;
−Removed: The cash position remained strong with $67.9 million as of December 31, 2022, with no debt.
−Removed: Our business faces significant risks.
−Removed: carefully consider all of the information set forth in this annual report and in our other filings with the SEC, including the following
−Removed: risk factors which we face and which are faced by our industry.
−Removed: Our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially
−Removed: and adversely affected by any of these risks.
−Removed: In that event, the trading price of our ordinary shares would likely decline and you might
−Removed: lose all or part of your investment.
−Removed: This report also contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
−Removed: could materially differ from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, as a result of certain factors including the risks
−Removed: described below and elsewhere in this report and our other SEC filings.
−Removed: See also “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
−Removed: and Risk Factors Summary” on page (ii).
−Removed: Risks Related to Our Business and Our Industry
−Removed: Global, regional, and local economic weakness
−Removed: and uncertainty could adversely affect our demand for our products and services and our business and financial performance.
−Removed: Our business and financial performance depends on worldwide economic
−Removed: conditions and the demand for our products and services in the markets in which we compete.
−Removed: Ongoing economic weakness, including an economic
−Removed: slowdown or recession, uncertainty in markets throughout the world and other adverse economic conditions, including inflation, changes
−Removed: in monetary policy and increased interest rates, have resulted, and may result in the future, in decreased demand for our products and
−Removed: services and increased expenses and difficulty in managing inventory levels and accurately forecasting revenue, gross margin, cash flows
−Removed: and expenses.
−Removed: federal government spending limits may continue to reduce demand for our products and services from organizations
−Removed: that receive funding from the U.S.
−Removed: government and could negatively affect macroeconomic conditions in the United States, which could further
−Removed: reduce demand for our products and services.
−Removed: Prolonged or more severe economic weakness and uncertainty could
−Removed: also cause our expenses to vary materially from our expectations.
−Removed: Any financial turmoil affecting the banking system and financial markets
−Removed: or any significant financial services institution failures could negatively impact our treasury operations, as the financial condition
−Removed: of such parties may deteriorate rapidly and without notice.
−Removed: Poor financial performance of asset markets and the adverse effects of fluctuating
−Removed: currency exchange rates could lead to higher pension and post-retirement benefit expenses.
−Removed: Interest and other expenses could vary materially
−Removed: from expectations depending on changes in interest rates, borrowing costs, currency exchange rates, costs of hedging activities and the
−Removed: fair value of derivative instruments.
−Removed: Economic downturns also may lead to future restructuring actions and associated expenses.
−Removed: pandemic has adversely affected and may continue to materially and adversely impact our business, our operations, and our financial results.
−Removed: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant disruptions
−Removed: to the global economy and the capital markets, as well as our business.
−Removed: A significant number of our global suppliers, vendors, distributors,
−Removed: and manufacturing facilities are located in regions that were affected by the pandemic.
−Removed: Those operations were materially adversely affected
−Removed: by restrictive government and private enterprise measures implemented in response to the pandemic, which in turn, negatively impacted
−Removed: our operations.
−Removed: Shut-downs and other limitations imposed in response to the COVID-19
−Removed: pandemic adversely affected our ability to identify potential new customers through trade shows and events, engage with our existing customers,
−Removed: conduct product trials with prospective users, deliver ordered units or repair existing systems and provide training for our products
−Removed: to new patients, who largely remained at home during local movement restrictions, and to rehabilitation centers, which temporarily shifted
−Removed: priorities and responses to pandemic-related medical equipment.
−Removed: In addition, staffing shortages within the healthcare system itself resulted
−Removed: in a diminished demand for our SCI Products as the attention of healthcare workers and potential patients turned elsewhere.
−Removed: Some clinics,
−Removed: such as VA clinics, and many other healthcare facilities, enforced in-clinic restrictions, which affected our ability to demonstrate our
−Removed: devices to patients or start training for qualified potential customers,
−Removed: Although these restrictions have now mostly been lifted, allowing
−Removed: us to restart market development and access programs, we have not seen a full return to pre-pandemic levels, and we believe that our business
−Removed: will continue to be adversely impacted by the effects of the pandemic-related restrictions and shut-downs.
−Removed: We may not have sufficient funds to meet certain
−Removed: future operating needs or capital requirements, which could impair our efforts to develop and commercialize existing and new products,
−Removed: and as a result, we may in the future consider one or more capital-raising transactions, including future equity or debt financings, strategic
−Removed: transactions, or borrowings which may also further dilute our shareholders or place us under restrictive covenants limiting our ability
−Removed: to operate freely.
−Removed: We intend to finance our business by close management of our operating
−Removed: expenses until we reach profitable operation using existing cash on hand, issuances of equity and/or debt securities, and other future
−Removed: public or private issuances of securities, cash exercised of outstanding warrants, or through a combination of the foregoing, though we
−Removed: may also consider additional capital raising alternatives, such as entering into a credit facility, if the foregoing alternatives are
−Removed: not available to us or unavailable on reasonable terms.
−Removed: Although we had a cash and cash equivalent of $67.9 million as of December 31,
−Removed: 2022, which we believe will be sufficient to fund our planned operations through at least the next twelve months from the date of this
−Removed: report, if we are incorrect in our assumptions, we may need to raise additional capital sooner than expected or on less favorable terms
−Removed: than what might otherwise be available.
−Removed: Raising additional capital through one or more of these alternatives may further dilute our shareholders
−Removed: or place us under restrictive covenants limiting our ability to operate freely.
−Removed: Raising additional capital in the public markets
−Removed: could also entail certain downsides.
−Removed: Although we are currently eligible to use our Form S-3, we are limited to selling no more than
−Removed: one-third of our unaffiliated market capitalization, or public float, on Form S-3 in a 12-month period unless our public float rises above
−Removed: For more information on our inability to use Form S-3, see “Part II.
−Removed: Item 2, Management’s Discussion and Analysis
−Removed: of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Equity Raises” below.
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: due to these limitations on our use of Form S-3, we may be required to seek other methods for access to capital, such as a registration
−Removed: statement on Form S-1.
−Removed: The preparation of a registration statement on Form S-1 is, and has in the past, been more time-consuming
−Removed: and costly than using Form S-3.
−Removed: We may also conduct fundraising transactions in the form of private placements, potentially with registration
−Removed: rights or priced at a discount to the market value of our ordinary shares, which could require shareholder approval under the rules of
−Removed: The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), or other equity raise transactions such as equity lines of credit.
−Removed: In addition to
−Removed: entailing increased capital costs, any such transactions have historically resulted in and could result in substantial dilution of our
−Removed: shareholders’ interests and may also transfer control to a new investor or diminish the value of an investment in our ordinary shares.
−Removed: We may also need to pursue strategic transactions, such as joint
−Removed: ventures, in-licensing transactions, or the sale of our business, or all, or substantially all, of our assets if our financial stability
−Removed: is uncertain, and we are unable to raise additional capital effectively.
−Removed: These strategic transactions have in the past and could in the
−Removed: future require significant management attention, disrupt our business, adversely affect our financial results, be unsuccessful or fail
−Removed: to achieve the desired results.
−Removed: Overall, if we cannot raise the required funds, or cannot raise
−Removed: them on terms acceptable to us or investors, we may be forced to curtail substantially our current operations or cease operations altogether.
−Removed: We do not satisfy all listing requirements
−Removed: for the Nasdaq Capital Market.
−Removed: We can provide no assurance that we will be able to comply with the continued listing requirements over
−Removed: time and that our common stock will continue to be listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
−Removed: As previously disclosed, on October 10, 2022, we received a notification
−Removed: letter (the “Bid Price Letter”) from Nasdaq indicating that we did not satisfy the requirement for continued listing on The
−Removed: Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a) (“Rule 5550(a)”) to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share.
−Removed: We became deficient with Rule 5550(a) as of October 10, 2022 as our closing bid price was less than $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive
−Removed: business days.
−Removed: As in the past, the Bid Price Letter is a notice of deficiency, not delisting, and does not currently affect the listing
−Removed: or trading of ReWalk ordinary shares on The Nasdaq Capital Market.
−Removed: We have 180 calendar days, or until April 10, 2023, to regain compliance
−Removed: with Rule 5550(a).
−Removed: If at any time before April 10, 2023, the bid price of our ordinary shares closes at $1.00 per share or more for a
−Removed: minimum of 10 consecutive business days, Nasdaq will provide written confirmation that we have regained compliance.
−Removed: Additionally, we may
−Removed: be eligible for a second 180-day period to satisfy the minimum bid price requirement of Rule 5550(a), if, as of April 10, 2023, we continue
−Removed: to have a market value of publicly held shares of at least $1 million, meet all other initial listing standards of the Nasdaq Capital
−Removed: Market (with the exception of the bid price requirement) and provide written notice of our intention to cure the deficiency during such
−Removed: second compliance period.
−Removed: We intend to monitor closely the closing bid price of our ordinary shares and to consider plans for regaining
−Removed: compliance with Rule 5550(a).
−Removed: While we plan to review all available options, there can be no assurance that we will be able to regain
−Removed: compliance with the applicable rules during the 180-day compliance period, any subsequent extension period, or at all.
−Removed: If we do not regain compliance with Rule 5550(a) during the applicable
−Removed: cure period, Nasdaq will notify us that our ordinary shares are subject to delisting.
−Removed: We would then be permitted to appeal any delisting
−Removed: determination to a Nasdaq Hearings Panel, and our ordinary shares would remain listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market pending the panel's
−Removed: decision after the hearing.
−Removed: If we do not appeal the delisting determination or do not succeed in such an appeal, our ordinary shares would
−Removed: be removed from trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
−Removed: Any delisting determination could seriously decrease or eliminate the value of an
−Removed: investment in our ordinary shares and other securities linked to our ordinary shares.
−Removed: While an alternative listing on an over-the-counter
−Removed: exchange could maintain some degree of a market in our ordinary shares, we could face substantial material adverse consequences, including,
−Removed: but not limited to, the following:
−Removed: limited availability for market quotations for our ordinary shares;
−Removed: reduced liquidity with respect
−Removed: to our ordinary shares;
−Removed: a determination that our ordinary shares are “penny stock” under SEC rules, subjecting brokers trading
−Removed: our ordinary shares to more stringent rules on disclosure and the class of investors to which the broker may sell the ordinary shares;
−Removed: limited news and analyst coverage, in part due to the “penny stock” rules;
−Removed: decreased ability to issue additional securities
−Removed: or obtain additional financing in the future;
−Removed: and potential breaches under or terminations of our agreements with current or prospective
−Removed: large shareholders, strategic investors and banks.
−Removed: The perception among investors that we are at heightened risk of delisting could also
−Removed: negatively affect the market price of our securities and trading volume of our ordinary shares.
−Removed: In the event of a delisting, we can provide
−Removed: no assurance that any action taken by us to restore compliance with listing requirements would allow our common stock to become listed
−Removed: again, stabilize the market price or improve the liquidity of our common stock, prevent our common stock from dropping below the Nasdaq
−Removed: minimum bid price requirement, or prevent future non-compliance with Nasdaq’s listing requirements.
−Removed: Our future growth and operating results will
−Removed: depend on our ability to develop, receive regulatory clearance for and commercialize new products and penetrate new product and geographic
−Removed: We are currently engaged in research and development
−Removed: efforts to address the needs of patients with mobility impairments besides paraplegia, such as stroke, and, in the future, we may engage
−Removed: in efforts to address these needs in patients with other conditions such as multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s disease
−Removed: and elderly assistance.
−Removed: In 2019, we commercialized our first product for stroke patients, the ReStore Exo-Suit.
−Removed: For more information,
−Removed: see “Part, Item 1.
−Removed: Business—ReStore Products” above.
−Removed: While our Collaboration Agreement with Harvard for the design,
−Removed: research and develop lightweight exoskeleton system technologies for lower limb disabilities intended to treat stroke, multiple sclerosis,
−Removed: mobility limitations for the elderly and other medical applications successfully concluded on March 31, 2022, Harvard has licensed to
−Removed: us certain of its intellectual property relating to lightweight exoskeleton system technologies for lower limb disabilities.
−Removed: We are obligated
−Removed: to use commercially reasonable efforts to develop products under the license in accordance with an agreed-upon development plan and to
−Removed: introduce and market such products commercially.
−Removed: We expect that a portion of our revenue will be
−Removed: derived, in the next few years, from the ReStore soft exo-suit product and, in later years, if we choose to advance the current designs,
−Removed: from other potential new products, such as ReBoot, a home use device for stroke patients, or new products aimed at addressing other medical
−Removed: indications which affect the ability to walk, including multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s disease and elderly assistance.
−Removed: As such, our future results will depend on our ability to successfully develop and commercialize such new products and to penetrate our
−Removed: targeted markets with our existing ReStore product in larger scale than we have done to date.
−Removed: We cannot ensure that we will be able to
−Removed: introduce new products, products currently under development or products contemplated for future development for additional indications
−Removed: in a timely manner, or at all, as it depends on our available resources to fund such projects, as well as our ability to conduct clinical
−Removed: trials and testing.
−Removed: While we received governmental clearance to market our ReStore product on the anticipated timetable in 2019, obtaining
−Removed: clearance for any other products we may develop could be an extensive, costly, and time-consuming process, which could delay any planned
−Removed: commercialization timelines.
−Removed: For more information on the clearance processes for our products, see “Part I, Item 1.
−Removed: Business—Government
−Removed: Regulation” above.
−Removed: Harvard may terminate its License Agreement with us if we fail
−Removed: to maintain the requisite insurance or become insolvent.
−Removed: Any such termination of this aspect of the collaboration with Harvard could impair
−Removed: our research and development efforts into lightweight soft suit exoskeleton system technologies for lower limb disabilities such as the
−Removed: ReBoot device which is intended to be used at home by people who suffered a stroke.
−Removed: In addition, we may not be able to clinically demonstrate
−Removed: the medical benefits of our products for new indications.
−Removed: We have limited clinical data demonstrating the benefits of our products and
−Removed: we might not be able to support the economic benefits our products have for our potential customers.
−Removed: We may also be unable to gain necessary
−Removed: regulatory clearances or approvals to enable us to market new products for additional indications or the regulatory process may be more
−Removed: costly and time-consuming than expected, which could adversely impact us given our cash position and ongoing capital requirements.
−Removed: Even if we are successful in the design and development of new
−Removed: products, our growth and results of operations will depend on our ability to penetrate new markets and gain acceptance and reimbursement
−Removed: coverage in non-SCI markets such as the stroke rehabilitation market, and, in the longer term, the home use device market for stroke-caused
−Removed: lower limb disability, multiple sclerosis, elderly assistance and cerebral palsy patients.
−Removed: We may not be able to gain such market acceptance
−Removed: and coverage for these indications in a timely manner, or at all.
−Removed: While our new products currently under development will share some
−Removed: aspects of the core technology platform of our current products, their design features and components may differ from our current products.
−Removed: Accordingly, these products will also be subject to the risks described under the Risk Factor titled “We rely on sales of our ReWalk
−Removed: and ReStore systems and related service contracts and extended warranties for our revenue.
−Removed: We may not be able to achieve or maintain market
−Removed: acceptance of our ReWalk or ReStore systems, or to generate sufficient revenue from these current and future products to sustain our operations.”
−Removed: To the extent we are unable to successfully develop and commercialize products to address indications other than paraplegia, we will not
−Removed: meet our projected results of operations and future growth.
−Removed: We rely on sales of our ReWalk and ReStore systems and related service
−Removed: contracts and extended warranties for our revenue.
−Removed: We may not be able to achieve or maintain market acceptance of our ReWalk or ReStore
−Removed: systems, or to generate sufficient revenue from these current and future products to sustain our operations.
−Removed: We currently rely, and expect in the future to rely, on sales of
−Removed: our ReWalk Personal, ReWalk Rehabilitation and ReStore systems and related service contracts and extended warranties for our revenue.
−Removed: We began marketing the ReStore lightweight soft exo-suit in 2019 in the United States and the EU (following the receipt of FDA and CE
−Removed: mark clearance) to support mobility for individuals suffering from other lower limb disabilities.
−Removed: Several factors could negatively affect
−Removed: our ability to achieve and maintain market acceptance of our ReWalk system or our ReStore system, which could in turn materially impair
−Removed: our business, financial condition, and operating results.
−Removed: We have sold a limited number of ReWalk systems, and market acceptance and adoption
−Removed: depend on educating people with limited upright mobility and health care providers as to the distinct features, ease-of-use, positive
−Removed: lifestyle impact, and other benefits of ReWalk compared to alternative technologies and treatments.
−Removed: ReWalk may not be perceived to have
−Removed: sufficient potential benefits compared with these alternatives.
−Removed: Users may also choose other therapies due to disadvantages of ReWalk,
−Removed: including the time it takes for a user to put on the device, the slower pace of ReWalk compared to a wheelchair, the weight of ReWalk
−Removed: when carried, which makes it more burdensome for a companion to transport than a wheelchair, the required training, and the requirement
−Removed: that users be accompanied by a trained companion.
−Removed: Also, we believe that healthcare providers tend to be slow to change their medical treatment
−Removed: practices because of perceived liability risks arising from the use of new products and the uncertainty of third-party reimbursement.
−Removed: Accordingly, healthcare providers may not recommend ReWalk until there is sufficient support for the device to convince them to alter
−Removed: the treatment methods they typically recommend, such as expanded reimbursement coverage by payors, and/or recommendations by prominent
−Removed: healthcare providers or other key opinion leaders in the spinal cord injury community that ReWalk is effective in providing identifiable
−Removed: immediate and long-term health benefits.
−Removed: In the United States, many private third-party
−Removed: payors use coverage decisions and payment amounts determined by CMS as guidelines in setting their coverage and reimbursement policies.
−Removed: We have started the process of obtaining coverage and reimbursement from CMS, and in July 2020, CMS issued a Healthcare Common Procedure
−Removed: Coding System Level II Code for ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton (effective October 1, 2020).
−Removed: These codes are used to identify medical products
−Removed: and supplies and to facilitate insurance claim submissions and processing for these items.
−Removed: However, while we believe that any potential
−Removed: positive coverage and reimbursement response by CMS will result in a response of expanded coverage by private insurers, we cannot currently
−Removed: predict how long it would take for us to receive a coverage decision from CMS for any of our products, or if at all.
−Removed: Additionally, we
−Removed: cannot predict other approval terms that will be decided by CMS such as the price per unit or product labeling requirements should we
−Removed: achieve approval.
−Removed: Even with a positive coverage and reimbursement response from CMS regarding a product of ours, future action by CMS
−Removed: or other government agencies may diminish possible payments to physicians, outpatient centers and/or hospitals that purchase our products
−Removed: for use by their patients and possible payments to individuals who purchase the ReWalk Personal for their own use.
−Removed: Additionally, a decision
−Removed: by CMS to provide reimbursement could influence other payors, including private insurers.
−Removed: If CMS declines to provide for reimbursements
−Removed: of our products or if its reimbursement price is lower than that of other payors, our products may not be reimbursed at a cost-effective
−Removed: level or at all.
−Removed: Those private third-party payors that do not follow the Medicare guidelines may adopt different coverage and reimbursement
−Removed: policies for purchase of our products or their use in a hospital or rehabilitative setting.
−Removed: In addition, we expect that the purchase of
−Removed: ReWalk Rehabilitation systems and the ReStore system, as it is currently being sold for use in rehabilitative settings, will require the
−Removed: approval of senior management at hospitals or rehabilitation facilities, inclusion in the hospitals’ or rehabilitation facilities’
−Removed: budget process for capital expenditures, and in the case of ReWalk Personal, fundraising, and financial planning or assistance.
−Removed: The ReStore system is designed to provide advantages to stroke rehabilitation clinics
−Removed: and therapists as compared to other traditional therapies and devices by minimizing setup time, improving patients’ clinical results
−Removed: during therapy, supplying real-time analytics to optimize session productivity, and generating ongoing data reports to assist with tracking
−Removed: patient progress Since the ReStore device is currently only indicated for use in the rehabilitative clinical setting, its market reception
−Removed: will depend heavily on our ability to demonstrate to clinics and therapists the systemic and economic benefits of using the ReStore device,
−Removed: its clinical advantage when compared to other devices or manual therapy, the functionality of the device for a significant portion of
−Removed: the patients that they treat and the overall advantages that the device provides to their patients compared to other technologies.
−Removed: the ReStore system is only indicated for use in a clinical setting and we received FDA approval and CE clearance in 2019, close in time
−Removed: to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the overall sales of the system have been lower than originally anticipated, as many healthcare
−Removed: providers and rehabilitation centers have shifted focus from the clinical setting to at-home therapies and are generally less open for
−Removed: introduction of new technologies such as the ReStore.
−Removed: As a general matter, achieving and maintaining market acceptance
−Removed: of our current or future products could be negatively impacted by many other factors, including, but not limited to the following:
−Removed: to death or serious injury or malfunction, results of clinical studies relating to our or similar products;
−Removed: claims that our products,
−Removed: or any of their components, infringe on patent or other intellectual property rights of third parties;
−Removed: our ability to support financially
−Removed: and leverage our sales, marketing and training infrastructure, as well as our level of research and development efforts;
−Removed: our ability to
−Removed: enhance and broaden our research and development efforts and product offerings in response to the evolving demands of people with paraplegia
−Removed: and lower limb disability and healthcare providers;
−Removed: our estimates regarding our current or future addressable market;
−Removed: perceived risks
−Removed: associated with the use of our products or similar products or technologies;
−Removed: the introduction of new competitive products or greater acceptance
−Removed: of competitive products;
−Removed: adverse regulatory or legal actions relating to our products or similar products or technologies;
−Removed: arising from the outsourcing of our manufacturing capabilities, or our existing manufacturing and supply relationships.
−Removed: Any or all of
−Removed: these factors could materially and negatively impact our business, financial condition and operating results.
−Removed: The market for medical exoskeletons, including
−Removed: soft suit devices, remains relatively new and unproven, and important assumptions about the potential market for our current and future
−Removed: products may be inaccurate.
−Removed: The market for medical exoskeletons, including lightweight exo-suit
−Removed: devices, remains relatively new and unproven.
−Removed: Accordingly, it is difficult to predict the future size and rate of growth of the market.
−Removed: We cannot be certain whether the market will continue to develop or if medical exoskeletons will achieve and sustain a level of market
−Removed: acceptance and demand sufficient for us to continue to generate revenue and achieve profitability.
−Removed: We obtained FDA clearance for our ReWalk Personal device in June
−Removed: This clearance permits us to market the device for use by individuals with spinal cord injury at levels T7 to L5 and for use by
−Removed: individuals in rehabilitation institutions with spinal cord injury at levels T4 to L5.
−Removed: The FDA’s instructions for use requires users
−Removed: of the device to meet the following criteria:
−Removed: healthy hands and shoulders that can support crutches, healthy bone density, no skeletal
−Removed: fractures, in good general health, ability to stand with a stander device, weight of less than 220 pounds/100 kilograms and height between
−Removed: 5 feet 3 inches and 6 feet 2 inches/1.60 meters and 1.88 meters.
−Removed: Additionally, the FDA clearance contraindicates psychiatric or cognitive
−Removed: conditions that could interfere with a user’s proper operation of the device and various other clinical conditions, including pregnancy,
−Removed: severe concurrent medical diseases, a history of severe neurological injuries other than spinal cord injury, impaired joint mobility,
−Removed: unhealed limbs or pelvic fractures or unstable spine, severe spasticity and significant and chronic loss of joint mobility due to structural
−Removed: changes in non-bony tissue.
−Removed: We obtained FDA clearance for our ReStore system in June 2019.
−Removed: This instructions for use permit us to market the device to be used to assist ambulatory functions in rehabilitation institutions for
−Removed: people with hemiplegia or hemiparesis due to stroke who can ambulate at least 1.5m (5ft) with no more than minimal to moderate levels
−Removed: of assistance.
−Removed: The FDA’s clearance requires users of the device to meet the following criteria:
−Removed: height between 4 feet 8 inches and
−Removed: 6 feet 3 inches/1.42 meters and 1.92 meters and weight of less than 264 pounds/120 kilograms.
−Removed: Additionally, the FDA clearance mandates
−Removed: that persons with the following conditions should not use the Restore:
−Removed: serious co-morbidities that may interfere with ability to safely
−Removed: use ReStore, severe peripheral artery disease (“PAD”), unresolved deep vein thrombosis (“DVT”), range of motion
−Removed: (“ROM”) restrictions at the ankle that preclude safe walking, cognitive impairments that may interfere with safe operation
−Removed: of the device, presence of open wounds or broken skin at device locations, urethane allergy or current pregnancy.
−Removed: Future products for those with paraplegia or other mobility impairments
−Removed: or spinal cord injuries, may have the same or other restrictions.
−Removed: Our business strategy is based, in part, on our estimates of the
−Removed: number of mobility-impaired individuals and the incurrence of spinal cord injuries and strokes in our target markets, and the percentage
−Removed: of those groups that would be able to use our current and future products.
−Removed: Limited sources exist to obtain reliable market data with respect
−Removed: to the number of mobility-impaired individuals and the incurrence of spinal cord injuries and strokes in our target markets.
−Removed: there are no third-party reports or studies regarding what percentage of those with limited mobility and/or spinal cord injuries would
−Removed: be able to use exoskeletons, in general, or our current or planned future products, in particular.
−Removed: Our assumptions may be inaccurate and
−Removed: The National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center (“NSCISC”)
−Removed: estimates that as of 2021 there were 296,000 people in the United States living with SCI, and that the annual incidence of SCI cases is
−Removed: approximately 17,900 new cases per year.
−Removed: Based on information from a 2021 report by the NSCISC, 40% of the total U.S.
−Removed: population of SCI
−Removed: patients suffered injuries between levels T4 and L5.
−Removed: Four published ReWalk trials with respect to such eligible SCI patients had
−Removed: an aggregate screening acceptance rate of 50% considering all current FDA limitations, resulting in an estimated 20% of the total population
−Removed: of SCI patients being qualified candidates for current ReWalk products under its medical labeling criteria.
−Removed: There may be other permanent
−Removed: or short-term factors that affect the market size such as the ability to participate in the training program, the ability to use the device
−Removed: in the user’s current home environment as well as available companion support.
−Removed: With regards to our ReStore product for stroke rehabilitation,
−Removed: as the indication of use is currently in rehabilitation clinics our target market is based on the number of current and future clinics
−Removed: who treat stroke patients.
−Removed: Although there are thousands of inpatient, outpatient and rehabilitation clinics providing therapy in the U.S.
−Removed: for example, we currently see that only a limited portion of the clinics have decided to include ReStore in their stroke rehab program.
−Removed: For more information on our expectations regarding these plans, see “—Our future growth and operating results will depend
−Removed: on our ability to develop and commercialize new products and penetrate new markets” below.
−Removed: For more information regarding the potential
−Removed: market for future products, including our lightweight soft suit exoskeleton, see “Part I, Item 1.
−Removed: Business—ReWalk Personal
−Removed: and ReWalk Rehabilitation Products—Market Opportunity” above.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that our estimate regarding our current products
−Removed: is accurate or that our estimate regarding future products will remain the same.
−Removed: FDA or CE mark clearance for such products, if received
−Removed: at all, may contain different limitations from the ones the FDA or EU has placed on the devices we currently market for paraplegia.
−Removed: our estimates of our current or future addressable market are incorrect, our business may not develop as we expect, and the price of our
−Removed: securities may suffer.
−Removed: We may fail to secure or maintain adequate
−Removed: insurance coverage or reimbursement for our products by third-party payors, which risk may be heightened if insurers find the products
−Removed: to be investigational or experimental or if new government regulations change existing reimbursement policies.
−Removed: Additionally, such coverage
−Removed: or reimbursement, even if maintained, may not produce revenue that are high enough to allow us to sell our products profitably.
−Removed: We expect that in the future a significant source of payment for
−Removed: ReWalk systems will be private insurance plans and managed care programs, government programs such as the VA, CMS, workers’ compensation
−Removed: plans, and other third-party payors.
−Removed: In December 2015, the VA issued a national reimbursement
−Removed: policy for the ReWalk system, which entails the evaluation, training and procurement of ReWalk Personal exoskeleton systems for all qualifying
−Removed: veterans across the United States.
−Removed: Additionally, in September 2017, German insurer Barmer signed a confirmation and letter of agreement
−Removed: regarding the provision of ReWalk systems for all qualifying beneficiaries and the German national social accident insurance provider
−Removed: DGUV indicated that its member payors will approve the supply of exoskeleton systems for qualifying beneficiaries on a case-by-case basis.
−Removed: However, no broad uniform policy of coverage and reimbursement for electronic exoskeleton medical technology exists among third-party
−Removed: payors in the United States, although reimbursement may be achieved on a case-by-case basis.
−Removed: To date, payments for our products, which
−Removed: are largely for our ReWalk systems, have been made primarily through case-by-case determinations by third-party payors (including several
−Removed: private insurers in the United States), by self-payors and, to a lesser extent, through the use of funds from insurance and/or accident
−Removed: Generally, private insurance companies in the United States do
−Removed: not cover or provide reimbursement for any medical exoskeleton products for personal use, including ReWalk Personal, and may ultimately
−Removed: provide no coverage at all.
−Removed: Additionally, there is limited clinical data related to the ReWalk and ReStore systems, and third-party payors
−Removed: may consider use of them to be experimental and therefore refuse to cover any or all of them.
−Removed: Additionally, the majority of independent
−Removed: medical review decisions to date made following the denial of ReWalk coverage have determined that ReWalk is experimental and/or investigational,
−Removed: citing a lack of clinical data.
−Removed: In the United States, many private third-party
−Removed: payors use coverage decisions and payment amounts determined by CMS as guidelines in setting their coverage and reimbursement policies.
−Removed: We have started the process of obtaining coverage and reimbursement from CMS, and in July 2020, CMS issued a Healthcare Common Procedure
−Removed: Coding System Level II Code for ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton (effective October 1, 2020).
−Removed: These codes are used to identify medical products
−Removed: and supplies and to facilitate insurance claim submissions and processing for these items.
−Removed: However, while we believe that any potential
−Removed: positive coverage and reimbursement response by CMS will result in a response of expanded coverage by private insurers, we cannot currently
−Removed: predict how long it would take for us to receive a coverage decision from CMS for any of our products, or if at all.
−Removed: Additionally, we
−Removed: cannot predict other approval terms that will be decided by CMS such as the price per unit or product labeling requirements should we
−Removed: achieve approval.
−Removed: Even with a positive coverage and reimbursement response from CMS regarding a product of ours, future action by CMS
−Removed: or other government agencies may diminish possible payments to physicians, outpatient centers and/or hospitals that purchase our products
−Removed: for use by their patients and possible payments to individuals who purchase the ReWalk Personal for their own use.
−Removed: Additionally, a decision
−Removed: by CMS to provide reimbursement could influence other payors, including private insurers.
−Removed: If CMS declines to provide for reimbursements
−Removed: of our products or if its reimbursement price is lower than that of other payors, our products may not be reimbursed at a cost-effective
−Removed: level or at all.
−Removed: Those private third-party payors that do not follow the Medicare guidelines may adopt different coverage and reimbursement
−Removed: policies for purchase of our products or their use in a hospital or rehabilitative setting.
−Removed: In addition, we expect that the purchase of
−Removed: ReWalk Rehabilitation systems and the ReStore system, as it is currently being sold for use in rehabilitative settings, will require the
−Removed: approval of senior management at hospitals or rehabilitation facilities, inclusion in the hospitals’ or rehabilitation facilities’
−Removed: budget process for capital expenditures, and in the case of ReWalk Personal, fundraising, and financial planning or assistance.
−Removed: Third-party payors are developing increasingly sophisticated methods
−Removed: of controlling healthcare costs.
−Removed: These cost control methods include prospective payment systems, capitated rates, benefit redesigns and
−Removed: an exploration of other cost-effective methods of delivering healthcare.
−Removed: These cost control methods potentially limit the amount that
−Removed: healthcare providers may be willing to pay for electronic exoskeleton medical technology if they provide coverage at all.
−Removed: We may be unable
−Removed: to sell our products on a profitable basis if third-party payors deny coverage or provide insufficient levels of reimbursement.
−Removed: Future legislation could result in modifications to the existing
−Removed: public and private health care insurance systems that would have a material adverse effect on the reimbursement policies discussed above.
−Removed: If enacted and implemented, any measures to restrict health care spending could result in decreased revenue from our products and decrease
−Removed: potential returns from our research and development initiatives.
−Removed: Defects in our products or the software that
−Removed: drives them could adversely affect the results of our operations.
−Removed: The design, manufacture and marketing of our products involve certain
−Removed: inherent risks.
−Removed: Manufacturing or design defects, unanticipated use of ReWalk or ReStore, or inadequate disclosure of risks relating to
−Removed: the use of our products can lead to injury or other adverse events.
−Removed: In addition, because the manufacturing of our products is outsourced
−Removed: to Sanmina, our original equipment manufacturer, we may not be aware of manufacturing defects that could occur.
−Removed: Such adverse events could
−Removed: lead to recalls or safety alerts relating to our products (either voluntary or required by the FDA or similar governmental authorities
−Removed: in other countries), and could result, in certain cases, in the removal of our products from the market.
−Removed: A recall could result in significant
−Removed: To the extent any manufacturing defect occurs, our agreement with Sanmina contains a limitation on Sanmina’s liability, and
−Removed: therefore we could be required to incur the majority of related costs.
−Removed: Product defects or recalls could also result in negative publicity,
−Removed: damage to our reputation or, in some circumstances, delays in new product clearances or approvals.
−Removed: When an exoskeleton is used by a paralyzed individual to walk,
−Removed: the individual relies completely on the exoskeleton to hold him or her upright.
−Removed: Between 2013 and 2021, we submitted medical device reports,
−Removed: or MDRs, to the FDA (and equivalent authorities outside of the United States) relating to reports of falls and fractures of individuals
−Removed: using the ReWalk Personal system.
−Removed: We conducted a voluntary correction related to certain use instructions in the device’s
−Removed: labeling, which the FDA classified as a Class II recall.
−Removed: The recall was closed in November 2019, and the FDA cleared our 510(k)
−Removed: containing revised instructions for use in May 2020.
−Removed: In addition, our products incorporate sophisticated computer software
−Removed: and hardware.
−Removed: Complex software frequently contains errors, especially when first introduced.
−Removed: Our software may experience errors or performance
−Removed: problems in the future.
−Removed: If any part of our product’s hardware or software were to fail, the user could experience death or serious
−Removed: For example, in 2021 ReWalk submitted medical device reports to the FDA and medical device vigilance reports to the European regulatory
−Removed: authorities and initiated a correction in response to two complaints regarding battery thermal runaway events.
−Removed: The correction that includes
−Removed: clarification of previous instructions and additional information on battery operation and storage is closed in Europe and in the United
−Removed: ReWalk has separately initiated a design project to improve power management and battery operation during charge and discharge,
−Removed: and this project remains in process.
−Removed: Additionally, users may not use or maintain our products in accordance with safety, storage, and
−Removed: training protocols, which could enhance the risk of death or injury.
−Removed: Any such occurrence could cause delay in market acceptance of our
−Removed: products, damage to our reputation, the need for additional regulatory filings, product recalls, increased service and warranty costs,
−Removed: product liability claims, and loss of revenue relating to hardware or software defects.
−Removed: The medical device industry has historically been subject to extensive
−Removed: litigation over product liability claims.
−Removed: We have been and anticipate that as part of our ordinary course of business we may be, subject
−Removed: to product liability claims alleging defects in the design, manufacture, or labeling any of our products which has resulted in an injury
−Removed: A product liability claim, regardless of its merit or eventual outcome, could result in significant legal defense costs and
−Removed: high punitive damage payments.
−Removed: Although we maintain product liability insurance, the coverage is subject to deductibles and limitations,
−Removed: and may not be adequate to cover future claims.
−Removed: Additionally, we may be unable to maintain our existing product liability insurance in
−Removed: the future at satisfactory rates or adequate amounts.
−Removed: Any alleged defect that has resulted in an adverse event involving our products
−Removed: could result in future voluntary corrective actions, such as recalls or customer letters, or in an FDA enforcement action, such as a mandatory
−Removed: recall, notification to healthcare professionals and users, warning letter, seizure, injunction or import alert.
−Removed: In addition, failure
−Removed: to report such adverse events to appropriate government authorities on a timely basis, or at all, could result in enforcement action against
−Removed: Any action, whether voluntary or involuntary, as well as defending ourselves in a lawsuit, will require financial resources and distract
−Removed: management, and may harm our reputation and financial results.
−Removed: We have a limited operating history and sales
−Removed: experience upon which you can evaluate our business plan and prospects in comparison to larger, more established companies developing
−Removed: products to treat spinal cord injuries or rehabilitative treatments for lower limb disability due to stroke.
−Removed: Although we were incorporated in 2001, we did not begin selling
−Removed: ReWalk Rehabilitation until 2011, and we did not begin selling ReWalk Personal in Europe until 2012.
−Removed: We began selling ReWalk Personal
−Removed: in the United States in the third quarter of 2014, after receiving FDA clearance to do so in June 2014.
−Removed: We began selling our ReStore product
−Removed: in the United States and Europe in June 2019 following receipt of FDA clearance and CE mark, respectively.
−Removed: However, due to a shift to
−Removed: at-home therapies brought on by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges associated with marketing and selling our products during
−Removed: the pandemic, as described elsewhere in this report, we have had a limited ability to engage with potential SCI Product and ReStore purchasers
−Removed: over the past three years, which has resulted in lower sales than originally anticipated.
−Removed: In addition, we are actively working toward,
−Removed: but have not yet achieved, meaningful coverage and reimbursement for our SCI products from third party payors, which is generally a barrier
−Removed: to wider market acceptance.
−Removed: Due to the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and those associated with entry into the markets
−Removed: in which we operate, although we have been a revenue generating company since 2011, we have a limited operating history and sales experience
−Removed: upon which you can evaluate our business plan and prospects in comparison to other larger or more established companies developing products
−Removed: to treat spinal cord injuries or rehabilitative treatments for lower limb disability due to stroke.
−Removed: Our business plan and prospects must
−Removed: be considered in light of the potential problems, delays, uncertainties and complications encountered in connection with a more newly
−Removed: established business in comparison to larger or more established companies that operate in our targeted markets.
−Removed: The risks include, but
−Removed: are not limited to, that:
−Removed: a market will not sufficiently develop for our products;
−Removed: we will not be able to develop scalable products and services, or that, although scalable, our products and services will not be
−Removed: economical to market nor will we get sufficient reimbursement coverage;
−Removed: we will not be able to establish brand recognition and competitive advantages for our products;
−Removed: we will not receive necessary regulatory clearances or approvals for our products;
−Removed: our competitors market an equivalent or superior product or hold proprietary rights that preclude us from marketing our products.
−Removed: There are no assurances that we can successfully address these
−Removed: If we are unsuccessful, our business, financial condition and operating results could be materially and adversely affected.
−Removed: If we are unable to leverage our sales, marketing,
−Removed: and training infrastructure we may fail to increase our sales.
−Removed: A key element of our long-term business strategy is the continued
−Removed: leveraging of our sales, marketing, training, and reimbursement infrastructure, through the training, retention, and motivation of skilled
−Removed: sales and marketing representatives and reimbursement personnel with industry experience and knowledge.
−Removed: Our ability to derive revenue
−Removed: from sales of our products depends largely on our ability to market the products and obtain reimbursements for them.
−Removed: In order to continue
−Removed: growing our business efficiently, we must therefore coordinate the development of our sales, marketing, training and reimbursement infrastructure
−Removed: with the timing of regulatory approvals, decisions regarding reimbursements, limited resources consideration and other factors in various
−Removed: Managing and maintaining our sales and marketing infrastructure is expensive and time consuming, and an inability to leverage
−Removed: such an organization effectively, or in coordination with regulatory or other developments, could inhibit potential sales and the penetration
−Removed: and adoption of our products into both existing and new markets.
−Removed: However, certain decisions we make regarding staffing in these areas
−Removed: in our efforts to maintain an adequate spending level could have unintended negative effects on our revenue, such as by weakening our
−Removed: sales infrastructure, impairing our reimbursement efforts and/or harming the quality of our customer service.
−Removed: Additionally, we expect to face significant challenges as we manage
−Removed: and continue to improve our sales and marketing infrastructure and work to retain the individuals who make up those networks.
−Removed: sales representatives require training and take time to achieve full productivity.
−Removed: If we fail to train new hires adequately, or if we
−Removed: experience high turnover in our sales force in the future, we cannot be certain that new hires will become as productive as may be necessary
−Removed: to maintain or increase our sales.
−Removed: In addition, if we are not able to retain existing and recruit new trainers to our clinical staff,
−Removed: we may not be able to successfully train customers on the use of ReWalk or ReStore, which could inhibit new sales and harm our reputation.
−Removed: If we are unable to expand our sales, marketing, and training capabilities, we may not be able to effectively commercialize our products,
−Removed: or enhance the strength of our brand, which could have a material adverse effect on our operating results.
−Removed: The health benefits of our products have not
−Removed: been substantiated by long-term clinical data, which could limit sales of such products.
−Removed: Although published research and users of our ReWalk products have
−Removed: reported the secondary health benefits of our ReWalk products such as a reduction in pain and spasticity, improved bowel and urinary tract
−Removed: functions and emotional and psychosocial benefits, among others, currently there is no large scale, randomized clinical trial establishing
−Removed: the secondary health benefits of ReWalk products due to the relatively small size of the applicable user population.
−Removed: There is also a lack
−Removed: of randomized clinical data for such health benefits of the ReStore-specifically its long-term benefits following the usage of the product
−Removed: within the clinic as the trials conducted to date using this product are limited.
−Removed: As a result, potential customers and healthcare providers may be
−Removed: slower to adopt or recommend ReWalk products or ReStore and third-party payors may not be willing to provide coverage or reimbursement
−Removed: for our products.
−Removed: In addition, future studies or clinical experience may indicate that treatment with our current or future products is
−Removed: not superior to treatment with alternative products or therapies.
−Removed: Such results could slow the adoption of our products and significantly
−Removed: reduce our sales.
−Removed: We depend on a single third-party supplier
−Removed: to manufacture our products, and we rely on a limited number of third-party suppliers for certain components of our products.
−Removed: We have contracted with Sanmina Corporation (“Sanmina”),
−Removed: a well-established contract manufacturer with expertise in the medical device industry, for the manufacture of all our products and the
−Removed: sourcing of all of our components and raw materials.
−Removed: Pursuant to this contract, Sanmina manufactures ReWalk and ReStore, pursuant to our
−Removed: specifications, at its facility in Ma’alot, Israel.
−Removed: We may terminate our relationship with Sanmina at any time upon written notice.
−Removed: In addition, either we or Sanmina may terminate the relationship in the event of a material breach, subject to a 30-day cure period.
−Removed: our business strategy to be successful, Sanmina must be able to manufacture our products in sufficient quantities, in compliance with
−Removed: regulatory requirements and quality control standards, in accordance with agreed upon specifications, at acceptable costs and quality
−Removed: levels, and on a timely basis.
−Removed: Increases in our product sales, whether forecasted or unanticipated, could strain the ability of Sanmina
−Removed: to manufacture an increasingly large supply of our current or future products in a manner that meets these various requirements.
−Removed: although we are not restricted from engaging an alternative manufacturer, and potentially have the capabilities to manufacture our products
−Removed: in-house, the process of moving our manufacturing activities would be time consuming and costly, and may limit our ability to meet our
−Removed: sales commitments, which could harm our reputation and could have a material adverse effect on our business.
−Removed: Moreover, the failure
−Removed: of Sanmina to comply with applicable regulatory requirements could expose us to regulatory action including warning letters, product recalls,
−Removed: termination of distribution, product seizures or civil penalties.
−Removed: We also rely on third-party suppliers, which contract directly
−Removed: with Sanmina, to supply certain components of our products, and in some cases, we purchase these components ourselves.
−Removed: Sanmina does not
−Removed: have long-term supply agreements with most of its suppliers and, in many cases, makes purchases on a purchase order basis.
−Removed: ability to secure adequate quantities of such products may be limited.
−Removed: Suppliers may encounter problems that limit their ability to manufacture
−Removed: components for our products, including financial difficulties or damage to their manufacturing equipment or facilities.
−Removed: If Sanmina fails
−Removed: to obtain sufficient quantities of high-quality components to meet demand on a timely basis, we could lose customer orders, our reputation
−Removed: may be harmed, and our business could suffer.
−Removed: Our results of operations and liquidity could be adversely impacted
−Removed: by supply chain disruptions and operational challenges faced by our manufacturer or suppliers.
−Removed: Sanmina generally uses a small number of
−Removed: suppliers for ReWalk and ReStore.
−Removed: Depending on a limited number of suppliers exposes us to risks, including limited control over pricing,
−Removed: availability, quality, and delivery schedules.
−Removed: Such risks are heightened in light of the interruptions in supply chains and distribution
−Removed: networks related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: For example, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen several components, mainly
−Removed: electronic parts, experience price increases.
−Removed: If any one or more of our suppliers ceases to provide sufficient quantities of components
−Removed: in a timely manner or on acceptable terms, Sanmina would have to seek alternative sources of supply or accept price increase as we have
−Removed: seen during the pandemic.
−Removed: It may be difficult to engage additional or replacement suppliers in a timely manner.
−Removed: Failure of these suppliers
−Removed: to deliver products at the level our business requires would limit our ability to meet our sales commitments, which could harm our reputation
−Removed: and could have a material adverse effect on our business.
−Removed: Sanmina also may have difficulty obtaining similar components from other acceptable
−Removed: suppliers, which could require Sanmina to cease using the components, seek alternative components or technologies and we could be forced
−Removed: to modify our products to incorporate alternative components or technologies, which could result in a requirement to seek additional regulatory
−Removed: clearances or approvals.
−Removed: Any disruption of this nature or increased expenses could harm our commercialization efforts and adversely affect
−Removed: our operating results.
−Removed: All manufacturing and assembly of our products is conducted at
−Removed: a single facility run by Sanmina in Ma’alot, Israel.
−Removed: Accordingly, we are highly dependent on the uninterrupted and efficient operation
−Removed: of this facility.
−Removed: If operations at this facility were to be disrupted as a result of equipment failures, earthquakes and other natural
−Removed: disasters, fires, accidents, work stoppages, power outages, acts of war or terrorism or other reasons such as a local shutdown as we have
−Removed: seen during the pandemic, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.
−Removed: In particular,
−Removed: this facility is located in the north of Israel within range of rockets that have from time to time been fired into the country during
−Removed: armed conflicts with Hezbollah and other armed groups in Lebanon, Syria or other countries in the region.
−Removed: Although our manufacturing and
−Removed: assembly operations could be transferred elsewhere, either in-house or to an alternative Sanmina facility, the process of relocating these
−Removed: operations would cause delays in production.
−Removed: Lost sales or increased costs that we may experience during the disruption, or a forced relocation,
−Removed: of operations may not be recoverable under our insurance policies, and longer-term business disruptions could result in a loss of customers.
−Removed: If this were to occur, our business, financial condition and operations could be materially negatively impacted.
−Removed: Additionally, our reliance
−Removed: on Sanmina as a contract manufacturer or any other contract manufacturer makes us vulnerable to possible capacity constraints and reduced
−Removed: control over component availability, delivery schedules, manufacturing yields and costs.
−Removed: We operate in a competitive industry that is
−Removed: subject to rapid technological change, and we expect competition to increase.
−Removed: There are several other companies developing technology and devices
−Removed: that compete with our products.
−Removed: Our principal competitors in the medical exoskeleton market consist of Ekso Bionics, Rex Bionics, Cyberdyne,
−Removed: FREE Bionics, Wandercraft, and others.
−Removed: These companies have products currently available for institutional use and in some cases personal
−Removed: We expect some of such products to become available for personal use in the next few years especially as we continue to expand coverage
−Removed: by different payors and geographies.
−Removed: In addition, we compete with alternative devices and alternative therapies, including treadmill-based
−Removed: gait therapies, such as those offered by DIH (formerly known as Hocoma), AlterG, Aretech, Reha Technology, and Bioness, which is a unit
−Removed: of Bioventus.
−Removed: Our competitor base may change or expand as we continue to develop and commercialize our soft suit exoskeleton product in
−Removed: These or other medical device or robotics companies, academic and research institutions, or others, may develop new technologies
−Removed: or therapies that provide a superior walking and usage experience, are more effective in treating the secondary medical conditions that
−Removed: we target or are less expensive than ReWalk, ReStore or future products.
−Removed: Our technologies and products could be rendered obsolete by such
−Removed: developments.
−Removed: We may also compete with other treatments and technologies that address the secondary medical conditions that our products
−Removed: seek to mitigate.
−Removed: Our competitors may respond more quickly to new or emerging technologies,
−Removed: undertake more extensive marketing campaigns, have greater financial, marketing, and other resources than we do or may be more successful
−Removed: in attracting potential customers, employees, and strategic partners.
−Removed: In addition, potential customers, such as hospitals and rehabilitation
−Removed: centers, could have long-standing or contractual relationships with competitors or other medical device companies.
−Removed: Potential customers
−Removed: may be reluctant to adopt ReWalk or ReStore, particularly if it competes with or has the potential to compete with or diminish the need/utilization
−Removed: of products or treatments supported through these existing relationships.
−Removed: If we are not able to compete effectively, our business and
−Removed: results of operations will be negatively impacted.
−Removed: In addition, because we operate in a new market, the actions of
−Removed: our competitors could adversely affect our business.
−Removed: Adverse events such as product defects or legal claims with respect to competing
−Removed: or similar products could cause reputational harm to the exoskeleton market on the whole.
−Removed: Further, adverse regulatory findings or reimbursement-related
−Removed: decisions with respect to other exoskeleton products could negatively impact the entire market and, accordingly, our business.
−Removed: We utilize independent distributors who are
−Removed: free to market other products that compete with ours.
−Removed: While we expect that the percentage of our sales generated from
−Removed: independent distributors will decrease over time as we continue to focus our resources on achieving reimbursement within our direct markets
−Removed: in the United States and Europe, we believe that some percentage of our sales will continue to be generated by independent distributors
−Removed: in the future.
−Removed: None of our independent distributors has been required to sell our products exclusively.
−Removed: Our distributor agreements generally
−Removed: have one-year initial terms and automatic renewals for an additional year.
−Removed: If any of our key independent distributors were to cease to
−Removed: distribute our products, our sales could be adversely affected.
−Removed: In such a situation, we may need to seek alternative independent distributors
−Removed: or increase our reliance on our other independent distributors or our direct sales representatives, which may not prevent our sales from
−Removed: being adversely affected.
−Removed: Additionally, to the extent that we enter into additional arrangements with independent distributors to perform
−Removed: sales, marketing, or distribution services, the terms of the arrangements could cause our product margins to be lower than if we directly
−Removed: marketed and sold our products.
−Removed: We may receive a significant number of warranty
−Removed: claims or our ReWalk and ReStore systems may require significant amounts of service after sale.
−Removed: Sales of ReWalk generally include a five-year warranty for parts
−Removed: and services, other than for normal wear and tear.
−Removed: Some of our active devices were delivered prior to 2018 with two years warranty so
−Removed: we provide these customers with the option to purchase an extended warranty for up to an additional three years.
−Removed: Our ReStore product
−Removed: offering includes a two-year warranty for parts and services.
−Removed: If product returns or warranty claims are significant or exceed our expectations,
−Removed: we could incur unanticipated expenditures for parts and services, which could have a material adverse effect on our operating results.
−Removed: We may not be able to enhance our product offerings through our
−Removed: research and development efforts.
−Removed: In order to increase our sales and our market share in the exoskeleton
−Removed: market, we are working to enhance and broaden our research and development efforts and product offerings in response to the evolving demands
−Removed: of people with paraplegia, paralysis, other medical conditions and healthcare providers, as well as competitive technologies.
−Removed: currently involved in ongoing research and development efforts directed to the needs of patients with other mobility impairments, such
−Removed: as stroke, and began commercializing our ReStore product for stroke patients in 2019.
−Removed: Depending on our future resources and business focus,
−Removed: we plan to address these needs in patients with other conditions or devices for stroke patients to be used at home, improving our current
−Removed: products, or developing products to address additional medical conditions such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease or cerebral
−Removed: palsy and support elderly assistance.
−Removed: We may decide to invest our business development resources in partnerships, licensing agreements,
−Removed: business acquisition and other ways that will provide us new product offerings without significant research and development activities.
−Removed: We may not be successful in developing, obtaining regulatory approval for, or marketing our currently proposed products, or our approved
−Removed: products for additional indications, products proposed to be created in the future or products that will be available for us through business
−Removed: acquisitions.
−Removed: In addition, notwithstanding our market research efforts, our future products may not be accepted by consumers, their caregivers,
−Removed: healthcare providers or third-party payors who reimburse consumers for our products.
−Removed: The success of any proposed product offerings will
−Removed: depend on numerous factors, including our ability to:
−Removed: identify the product features that people with paraplegia or paralysis, their caregivers, and healthcare providers are seeking in
−Removed: a medical device that restores upright mobility and successfully incorporate those features into our products;
−Removed: identify the product features that people with stroke, multiple sclerosis or other similar indications require while the products
−Removed: are used at home as well as what items are valuable to the clinics that provide them rehabilitation;
−Removed: develop and introduce proposed products in sufficient quantities and in a timely manner;
−Removed: adequately protect our intellectual property and avoid infringing upon the intellectual property rights of third-parties;
−Removed: demonstrate the safety, efficacy, and health benefits of proposed products;
−Removed: obtain the necessary regulatory clearances and approvals for proposed products.
−Removed: If we fail to generate demand by developing products that incorporate
−Removed: features desired by consumers, their caregivers or healthcare providers, or if we do not obtain regulatory clearance or approval for proposed
−Removed: products in time to meet market demand, we may fail to generate sales sufficient to achieve or maintain profitability.
−Removed: We have in the
−Removed: past experienced, and we may in the future experience, delays in various phases of product development, including during research and
−Removed: development, manufacturing, limited release testing, marketing, and customer education efforts.
−Removed: Such delays could cause customers to delay
−Removed: or forgo purchases of our products, or to purchase our competitors’ products.
−Removed: Even if we are able to successfully develop proposed
−Removed: products when anticipated, these products may not produce sales in excess of the costs of development, and they may be quickly rendered
−Removed: obsolete by changing consumer preferences or the introduction by our competitors of products embodying new technologies or features.
−Removed: We may enter into collaborations, in-licensing
−Removed: arrangements, joint ventures, strategic alliances, business acquisitions or partnerships with third parties that may not result in the
−Removed: development of commercially viable products or the generation of significant future revenue.
−Removed: In the ordinary course of our business, we may enter into collaborations,
−Removed: in-licensing arrangements, joint ventures, strategic alliances, business acquisitions, partnerships or other arrangements to develop our
−Removed: products and to pursue new geographic or product markets.
−Removed: Proposing, negotiating, and implementing collaborations, in-licensing arrangements,
−Removed: joint ventures, strategic alliances, or partnerships may be a lengthy and complex process.
−Removed: Other companies, including those with substantially
−Removed: greater financial, marketing, sales, technology or other business resources, may compete with us for these opportunities or arrangements.
−Removed: We may not identify, secure, or complete any such transactions or arrangements in a timely manner, on a cost-effective basis, on acceptable
−Removed: terms or at all.
−Removed: We have limited institutional knowledge and experience with respect to these business development activities, and we
−Removed: may also not realize the anticipated benefits of any such transaction or arrangement.
−Removed: In particular, these collaborations may not result
−Removed: in the development of products that achieve commercial success or result in significant revenue and could be terminated prior to developing
−Removed: any products.
−Removed: For example, we have entered into agreements with MediTouch and MYOLYN for the distribution of their products in the U.S.
−Removed: After several years of commercial collaboration, we determined that the agreement with MediTouch would not yield commercially acceptable
−Removed: results for us and we terminated the agreement as of January 31, 2023.
−Removed: Similarly, the distribution arrangement with MYOLYN or other new
−Removed: future arrangements may not be as productive or successful as we hope.
−Removed: On May 16, 2016, we entered into the Collaboration Agreement
−Removed: and License Agreement with Harvard.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Collaboration Agreement, we have agreed to collaborate with Harvard for the research,
−Removed: design, development, and commercialization of lightweight exoskeleton system technologies for lower limb disabilities, aimed to treat
−Removed: stroke, multiple sclerosis, mobility limitations for the elderly and other medical applications.
−Removed: The Collaboration Agreement concluded
−Removed: on March 31, 2022.
−Removed: The License Agreement will continue in full force and effect until the expiration of the last-to-expire valid
−Removed: claim of the licensed patents.
−Removed: For more information on the collaboration with Harvard, see “Research and Development-Research and
−Removed: Development Collaborations”.
−Removed: Additionally, as we pursue these arrangements and choose to pursue
−Removed: other collaborations, in-licensing arrangements, joint ventures, strategic alliances, or partnerships in the future, we may not be in
−Removed: a position to exercise sole decision-making authority regarding the transaction or arrangement.
−Removed: This could create the potential risk of
−Removed: creating impasses on decisions, and our collaborators may have economic or business interests or goals that are, or that may become, inconsistent
−Removed: with our business interests or goals.
−Removed: It is possible that conflicts may arise with our collaborators.
−Removed: Our collaborators or any future
−Removed: collaborators may act in their self-interest, which may be adverse to our best interest, and they may breach their obligations to us.
−Removed: Disputes between us and our collaborators or any future collaborators may result in litigation or arbitration which would increase our
−Removed: expenses and divert the attention of our management.
−Removed: Further, these transactions and arrangements are contractual in nature and may be
−Removed: terminated or dissolved under the terms of the applicable agreements.
−Removed: Our collaborators or any future collaborators may allege that we
−Removed: have breached our agreement with them, and accordingly seek to terminate such agreement, which could adversely affect our competitive
−Removed: business position and harm our business prospects.
−Removed: We may seek to grow our business through acquisitions
−Removed: of businesses, products or technologies, and the failure to manage acquisitions, or the failure to integrate them with our existing business,
−Removed: could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and operating results.
−Removed: From time to time, we may consider opportunities to acquire or
−Removed: license other products or technologies that may enhance our product platform or technology, expand the breadth of our markets or customer
−Removed: base, or advance our business strategies.
−Removed: Potential acquisitions involve numerous risks, including:
−Removed: problems assimilating the acquired products or technologies;
−Removed: issues maintaining uniform standards, procedures, controls and policies;
−Removed: problems integrating employees from an acquired organization into our company and integrating each company’s accounting, management
−Removed: information, human resources and other administrative systems;
−Removed: unanticipated costs associated with acquisitions;
−Removed: diversion of management’s attention from our existing business operations;
−Removed: potential incurrence of debt, contingent liabilities or amortization expenses, or write-offs of goodwill;
−Removed: risks associated with entering new markets in which we have limited or no experience;
−Removed: increased legal and accounting costs relating to the acquisitions or compliance with regulatory matters.
−Removed: We have no current commitments with respect to any acquisition
−Removed: or licensing.
−Removed: We do not know if we will be able to identify such acquisitions or licensing we deem suitable, whether we will be able to
−Removed: successfully complete any such transactions on favorable terms, or at all, or whether we will be able to successfully integrate any acquired
−Removed: products or technologies.
−Removed: Our potential inability to integrate any acquired products or technologies effectively may adversely affect
−Removed: our business, operating results, and financial condition.
−Removed: Risks Related to Government Regulation
−Removed: Although the FDA granted Breakthrough Device
−Removed: Designation status to both our new ReBoot device and the ReWalk with stair functionality, this designation does not guarantee regulatory
−Removed: clearance, or a speedier clearance timeline.
−Removed: In November 2021, the FDA granted Breakthrough Device Designation
−Removed: status to ReBoot, a personal soft exo-suit for home and community use by individuals post-stroke.
−Removed: In May 2021, the FDA granted Breakthrough
−Removed: Device Designation status to the ReWalk with stair functionality.
−Removed: The Breakthrough Devices Program is a voluntary program for certain
−Removed: medical devices and device-led combination products that provide for more effective treatment or diagnosis of life-threatening or irreversibly
−Removed: debilitating diseases or conditions.
−Removed: It is available for devices and device-led combination products which are subject to review under
−Removed: a PMA, 510(k), or de novo classification request.
−Removed: The Breakthrough Devices Program offers manufacturers an opportunity to interact
−Removed: with the FDA's experts through several different program options to efficiently address topics as they arise during the premarket review
−Removed: phase, which can help them receive feedback from the FDA and identify areas of agreement in a timely way.
−Removed: The program also provides manufactures
−Removed: prioritized review of their premarket submission.
−Removed: However, achieving Breakthrough Device Designation status does
−Removed: not guarantee regulatory clearance or approval or a speedier clearance or approval timeline.
−Removed: We have not yet submitted a premarket
−Removed: submission to the FDA or any foreign regulatory agency for clearance or other marketing authorization of ReBoot.
−Removed: healthcare reform measures and other potential
−Removed: legislative initiatives could adversely affect our business.
−Removed: Recent political changes in the United States could
−Removed: result in significant changes in, and uncertainty with respect to, legislation, regulation, global trade, and government policy that could
−Removed: substantially impact our business and the medical device industry generally.
−Removed: Certain proposals, if enacted into law, could impose limitations
−Removed: on the prices we will be able to charge for our ReWalk system or any products we may develop and offer in the future, or the amounts of
−Removed: reimbursement available for such products from governmental agencies or third-party payors.
−Removed: Additionally, any reduction in reimbursement
−Removed: from Medicare or other government-funded federal programs, including the VA, or state healthcare programs could lead to a similar reduction
−Removed: in payments from private commercial payors.
−Removed: The FDA’s policies may also change, and additional government regulations may be issued
−Removed: that could prevent, limit, or delay regulatory approval of our future products, or impose more stringent product labeling and post-marketing
−Removed: testing and other requirements.
−Removed: Further legislative and regulatory changes under the ACA remain
−Removed: possible, although President Biden indicated that he intends to use executive orders to undo changes to the ACA made by the Trump administration
−Removed: and would advocate for legislation to build on the ACA.
−Removed: It is unknown what form any such changes or any law would take, and how
−Removed: or whether it may affect our business in the future.
−Removed: We expect that changes or additions to the ACA or the Medicare and Medicaid programs,
−Removed: changes allowing the federal government to directly negotiate drug prices and changes stemming from other healthcare reform measures,
−Removed: especially with regard to healthcare access, financing or other legislation in individual states, could have a material adverse effect
−Removed: on the healthcare industry.
−Removed: In January 2021, CMS issued a rule creating a new pathway for Medicare
−Removed: coverage of medical devices designed by FDA as breakthrough.
−Removed: This pathway, the “Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology
−Removed: (MCIT),” provided for national coverage for on-label uses of such devices for four years.
−Removed: However, in November 2021, CMS reversed
−Removed: course, and rescinded the rule due primarily to clinical evidence concerns.
−Removed: Other legislative changes have been proposed and adopted since
−Removed: passage of the ACA.
−Removed: The Budget Control Act of 2011, among other things, created the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to recommend
−Removed: proposals in spending reductions to Congress.
−Removed: The Joint Select Committee did not achieve its targeted deficit reduction of an amount greater
−Removed: than $1.2 trillion for the fiscal years 2012 through 2021, triggering the legislation’s automatic reductions to several government
−Removed: These reductions included aggregate reductions to Medicare payments to healthcare providers of up to 2% per fiscal year.
−Removed: 2% reduction was temporarily suspended during the pandemic, but has since been reinstated and, unless Congress and/or the Administration
−Removed: take additional action, will begin to increase gradually starting in April 2030, reaching 4% in April 2031, until sequestration ends in
−Removed: October 2031.
−Removed: The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 increased labeler responsibility for prescription costs in the Medicare Part D coverage
−Removed: On January 2, 2013, the American Taxpayer Relief Act was signed into law, which, among other things, reduced Medicare payments
−Removed: to several types of providers, including hospitals, imaging centers and cancer treatment centers, and increased the statute of limitations
−Removed: period for the government to recover overpayments to providers from three to five years.
−Removed: The implementation of cost containment measures or other healthcare
−Removed: reforms may thus prevent us from being able to generate revenue, attain profitability or further commercialize our existing ReWalk systems
−Removed: or future ReWalk products.
−Removed: We are currently unable to predict what additional legislation or regulation, if any, relating to the health
−Removed: care industry may be enacted in the future or what effect recently enacted federal legislation or any such additional legislation or regulation
−Removed: would have on our business.
−Removed: The pendency or approval of such proposals or reforms could result in a decrease in our stock price or limit
−Removed: our ability to raise capital or to enter into collaboration agreements for the further development and commercialization of our programs
−Removed: and products.
−Removed: Our devices are subject to the FDA’s
−Removed: regulations pertaining to marketing and promotional communications, among others.
−Removed: Failure to comply with such regulations may give rise
−Removed: to a number of potential FDA enforcement actions, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
−Removed: Our sales and marketing efforts, as well as promotions, are subject
−Removed: to various laws and regulations.
−Removed: Medical device promotions must be consistent with and not contrary to labeling and the indication for
−Removed: use, be truthful and not false or misleading, and be adequately substantiated.
−Removed: In addition to the requirements applicable to 510(k)-cleared
−Removed: products, we may also be subject to enforcement action in connection with any promotion of an investigational new device.
−Removed: investigator, or any person acting on behalf of a sponsor or investigator, may not represent in a promotional context that an investigational
−Removed: new device is safe or effective for the purposes for which it is under investigation or otherwise promote the device.
−Removed: Our marketing and promotional materials are subject to FDA scrutiny
−Removed: to ensure that the device is being marketed in compliance with these requirements.
−Removed: If the FDA investigates our marketing and promotional
−Removed: materials and finds that any of our current or future commercial products were being marketed for unapproved or uncleared uses or in a
−Removed: false or misleading manner, we could be subject to FDA enforcement and/or false advertising consumer lawsuits, each of which could have
−Removed: a material adverse effect on our business.
−Removed: We are subject to extensive governmental regulations
−Removed: relating to the manufacturing, labeling, and marketing of our products, and a failure to comply with such regulations could lead to withdrawal
−Removed: or recall of our products from the market.
−Removed: Our medical products and manufacturing operations are subject to
−Removed: regulation by the FDA, the European Union, and other governmental authorities both inside and outside of the United States.
−Removed: These agencies
−Removed: enforce laws and regulations that govern the development, testing, manufacturing, labeling, storage, installation, servicing, advertising,
−Removed: promoting, marketing, distribution, import, export and market surveillance of our products.
−Removed: Our products are regulated as medical devices in the United States
−Removed: under the FFDCA as implemented and enforced by the FDA.
−Removed: Under the FFDCA, medical devices are classified into one of three classes (Class
−Removed: I, Class II or Class III) depending on the degree of risk associated with the medical device, what is known about the type of device,
−Removed: and the extent of control needed to provide reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness.
−Removed: Classification of a device is important
−Removed: because the class to which a device is assigned determines, among other things, the necessity and type of FDA review required prior to
−Removed: marketing the device.
−Removed: For more information, see “Part I, Item 1.
−Removed: Business-Government Regulation” above.
−Removed: In June 2014, the FDA granted our petition for “de novo”
−Removed: classification, which provides a route to market for medical devices that are low to moderate risk, but are not substantially equivalent
−Removed: to a predicate device, and classified ReWalk as Class II powered exoskeleton device subject to certain special controls.
−Removed: The ReWalk is
−Removed: intended to enable individuals with spinal cord injuries to perform ambulatory functions under supervision of a specially trained companion,
−Removed: and inside rehabilitation institutions.
−Removed: The special controls established in the de novo order for all powered exoskeletons include the
−Removed: clinical testing to demonstrate safe and effective use considering the level of supervision necessary and the use environment;
−Removed: non-clinical safety and performance testing, including durability testing to demonstrate that the device performs as intended under anticipated
−Removed: conditions of use;
−Removed: a training program;
−Removed: and labeling related to device use and user training.
−Removed: In order for us to market ReWalk, we must
−Removed: comply with both general controls, including controls related to quality, facility registration, reporting of adverse events and labeling,
−Removed: and the special controls established for the device.
−Removed: Failure to comply with these requirements could lead to an FDA enforcement action,
−Removed: which would have a material adverse effect on our business.
−Removed: In June 2019, the FDA issued a 510(k) clearance for our ReStore
−Removed: ReStore is intended to be used to assist ambulatory functions in rehabilitation institutions under the supervision of a trained
−Removed: therapist for people with hemiplegia or hemiparesis due to stroke who have a specified amount of ambulatory function.
−Removed: In order for us
−Removed: to market ReStore and ReWalk, we must comply with both general controls, including controls related to quality, facility registration,
−Removed: reporting of adverse events and labeling, and the special controls established for powered exoskeleton devices as described above.
−Removed: to comply with these requirements could lead to an FDA enforcement action, which would have a material adverse effect on our business.
−Removed: we are subject to regulations and standards regulating
−Removed: the design, manufacture, clinical trials, labeling and adverse event (i.e., vigilance) reporting for medical devices.
−Removed: The Medical Devices
−Removed: Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR) became fully applicable on May 26, 2021, repealing and replacing the pre-existing E.U.
−Removed: Medical Devices
−Removed: Directive 93/42/EEC.
−Removed: Devices that comply with the requirements of the MDR, subject to certain transitional provisions that allow continued
−Removed: compliance of certain products to the Directive until May 2024 at the latest, are entitled to bear the CE mark, indicating that the device
−Removed: conforms to the essential requirements of the MDR and, accordingly, can be commercially distributed throughout the European Economic Area
−Removed: (i.e., the E.U.
−Removed: Member States plus Norway, Iceland, and Lichtenstein).
−Removed: We comply with the E.U.
−Removed: requirements and have received the CE mark
−Removed: for all of our ReWalk systems including the ReStore device which are distributed in the E.U.
−Removed: As compared with the Directive, the MDR includes
−Removed: additional premarket and post-market requirements, as well as potential product reclassifications and more stringent commercialization
−Removed: requirements that could adversely affect our CE mark.
−Removed: Failure to comply with these new requirements could lead to substantial penalties,
−Removed: including fines, revocation or suspension of CE mark and criminal sanctions.
−Removed: Following the introduction of a product, the governmental agencies
−Removed: will periodically inspect our manufacturing processes and quality controls, and we are under a continuing obligation to ensure that all
−Removed: applicable regulatory requirements continue to be met.
−Removed: The process of complying with the applicable good manufacturing practices, adverse
−Removed: event reporting and other requirements can be costly and time consuming, and could delay or prevent the production, manufacturing, or
−Removed: sale of our devices.
−Removed: In addition, if we fail to comply with applicable regulatory requirements, it could result in fines, closure of manufacturing
−Removed: sites, seizures or recalls of products and damage to our reputation, as well as enforcement actions against us.
−Removed: For example, the FDA could
−Removed: request that we recall our ReWalk Personal 6.0 or ReStore device in case of product defects or require us to conduct post-market surveillance
−Removed: If we fail to recall the device and/or conduct requested postmarket surveillance studies to FDA’s satisfaction, we could
−Removed: be subject to FDA enforcement action.
−Removed: In addition, governmental agencies may impose new requirements
−Removed: regarding registration or labeling that may require us to modify or re-register our products or otherwise impact our ability to market
−Removed: our products in those countries, such as the May 2021 Medical Device Regulation changes in the European Union.
−Removed: The process of complying
−Removed: with these governmental regulations can be costly and time consuming, and could delay or prevent the production, manufacturing, or sale
−Removed: of our products.
−Removed: If we or our third-party manufacturers fail
−Removed: to comply with the FDA’s Quality System Regulation, or QSR, our manufacturing operations could be interrupted.
−Removed: We and our manufacturer Sanmina are required to comply with the
−Removed: FDA’s QSR which covers the methods and documentation of the design, testing, production, control, quality assurance, labeling, packaging,
−Removed: sterilization, storage, and shipping of our products.
−Removed: We, Sanmina, and our suppliers are also subject to the regulations of foreign jurisdictions
−Removed: regarding the manufacturing process if we or our distributors market our products abroad.
−Removed: We continue to monitor our quality management
−Removed: to improve our overall level of compliance.
−Removed: Our facilities are subject to periodic and unannounced inspection by U.S.
−Removed: and foreign regulatory
−Removed: agencies to audit compliance with the QSR and comparable foreign regulations.
−Removed: If our facilities or those of Sanmina or our suppliers are
−Removed: found to be in violation of applicable laws and regulations, or if we, Sanmina, or our suppliers fail to take satisfactory corrective
−Removed: action in response to an adverse inspection, the regulatory authority could take enforcement action, including any of the following sanctions:
−Removed: untitled letters, warning letters, fines, injunctions, consent decrees and civil penalties;
−Removed: customer notifications or repair, replacement, or refunds;
−Removed: operating restrictions or partial suspension or total shutdown of production;
−Removed: recalls, withdrawals, or administrative detention or seizure of our products;
−Removed: denials or delays of approvals for pre-market approval applications relating to new products or modified products;
−Removed: withdrawals of a PMA approvals;
−Removed: refusal to provide Certificates for Foreign Government;
−Removed: refusal to grant export approval for our products;
−Removed: pursuit of criminal prosecution.
−Removed: Any of these sanctions could impair our ability to produce our
−Removed: products in a cost-effective and timely manner in order to meet our customers’ demands and could have a material adverse effect
−Removed: on our reputation, business, results of operations, and financial condition.
−Removed: We may also be required to bear other costs or take other
−Removed: actions that may have a negative impact on our future sales and our ability to generate profits.
−Removed: We are subject to various laws and regulations,
−Removed: including “fraud and abuse” laws and anti-bribery laws, which, if violated, could subject us to substantial penalties.
−Removed: Medical device companies such as ours have faced lawsuits and investigations
−Removed: pertaining to alleged violations of numerous statutes and regulations, including anti-corruption laws and health care “fraud and
−Removed: abuse” laws, such as the federal False Claims Act, the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, and the U.S.
−Removed: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,
−Removed: See “Business-Government Regulation” above.
−Removed: federal and state laws, including the federal Sunshine Act,
−Removed: and the implementation of Open Payments regulations under the Sunshine Act, require medical device companies to disclose certain payments
−Removed: or other transfers of value made to certain healthcare providers or funds spent on marketing and promotion of medical device products.
−Removed: Further, some state laws require medical device companies to report information related to payments to physicians and other health care
−Removed: providers or marketing expenditures.
−Removed: They also impose additional administrative and compliance burdens on us.
−Removed: In particular, these laws
−Removed: influence, among other things, how we structure our sales offerings and other interactions with health care providers, including discount
−Removed: practices, customer support, education and training programs and physician consulting and other service arrangements, including those
−Removed: with marketers and sales agents.
−Removed: We may face significant costs in attempting to comply with these laws and regulations.
−Removed: If we are found
−Removed: to be in violation of any of these requirements or any actions or investigations are instituted against us, those actions could be costly
−Removed: to defend and could have a significant impact on our business, including the imposition of significant criminal and civil fines and penalties,
−Removed: exclusion from federal healthcare programs or other sanctions, and damage to our reputation or business.
−Removed: The FCPA applies to companies, including ours, with a class of
−Removed: securities registered under the Exchange Act.
−Removed: The FCPA and other anti-bribery laws to which various aspects of our operations may be subject
−Removed: generally prohibit companies and their intermediaries from making improper payments to officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining
−Removed: In various jurisdictions, our operations require that we and third parties acting on our behalf routinely interact with government
−Removed: officials, including medical personnel who may be considered government officials for purposes of these laws because they are employees
−Removed: of state-owned or controlled facilities.
−Removed: Other anti-bribery laws to which various aspects of our operations may be subject, including
−Removed: the United Kingdom Bribery Act, also prohibit improper payments to private parties and prohibit receipt of improper payments.
−Removed: prohibit our employees from making or receiving corrupt payments, including, among other things, to require compliance by third parties
−Removed: engaged to act on our behalf.
−Removed: Our policies mandate compliance with these anti-bribery laws;
−Removed: however, we operate in many parts of the world
−Removed: that have experienced governmental and/or private corruption to some degree.
−Removed: As a result, the existence and implementation of a robust
−Removed: anti-corruption program cannot eliminate all risk that unauthorized reckless or criminal acts have been or will be committed by our employees
−Removed: Violations of these laws, or allegations of such violations, could disrupt our business and harm our financial condition, results
−Removed: of operations, cash flows and reputation.
−Removed: If we are found to have violated laws protecting
−Removed: the confidentiality of patient health information, we could be subject to civil or criminal penalties, which could increase our liabilities
−Removed: and harm our reputation or our business.
−Removed: There are a number of federal, state and foreign laws protecting
−Removed: the confidentiality of certain patient health information, including patient records, and restricting the use and disclosure of that protected
−Removed: In particular, the U.S.
−Removed: Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, promulgated patient privacy rules under HIPAA.
−Removed: privacy rules protect medical records and other personal health information by limiting their use and disclosure, giving individuals the
−Removed: right to access, amend and seek accounting of their own health information and limiting most use and disclosures of health information
−Removed: to the minimum amount reasonably necessary to accomplish the intended purpose.
−Removed: Additionally, the E.U.
−Removed: General Data Protection Regulation
−Removed: (the “GDPR”), which took effect in 2018, imposes more stringent data protection requirements and will provide for greater
−Removed: penalties for noncompliance.
−Removed: Thus, with respect to our operations in Europe, the GDPR may increase our responsibility and liability in
−Removed: relation to personal data that we process and we may be required to put in place additional mechanisms ensuring compliance with the GDPR.
−Removed: This may be onerous and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
−Removed: Additionally, if we or
−Removed: any of our service providers are found to be in violation of the promulgated patient privacy rules under HIPAA or the GDPR, we could be
−Removed: subject to civil or criminal penalties, which could be substantial and could increase our liabilities, harm our reputation and have a
−Removed: material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.
−Removed: In addition, a number of U.S.
−Removed: states have enacted data privacy
−Removed: and security laws and regulations that govern the collection, use, disclosure, transfer, storage, disposal, and protection of sensitive
−Removed: personal information, such as social security numbers, financial information and other personal information.
−Removed: For example, several U.S.
−Removed: territories and all 50 states now have data breach laws that require timely notification to individual victims, and at times regulators,
−Removed: if a company has experienced the unauthorized access or acquisition of sensitive personal data.
−Removed: Other state laws include the California
−Removed: Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) which, among other things, contains new obligations for businesses that collect personal information
−Removed: about California residents and affords those individuals new rights relating to their personal information that may affect our ability
−Removed: to use personal information or share it with our business partners.
−Removed: Meanwhile, other states have considered privacy laws like the CCPA.
−Removed: Furthermore, it is anticipated that the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020, effective January 1, 2023, expands the CCPA’s requirements,
−Removed: including applying to personal information of business representatives and employees and establishing a new regulatory agency to implement
−Removed: and enforce the law.
−Removed: We will continue to monitor and assess the impact of state law developments, which may impose substantial penalties
−Removed: for violations, impose significant costs for investigations and compliance, allow private class-action litigation and carry significant
−Removed: potential liability for our business.
−Removed: The interpretation and enforcement of the laws and regulations
−Removed: described above are uncertain and subject to change and may require substantial costs to monitor and implement compliance with any additional
−Removed: requirements.
−Removed: Failure to comply with U.S.
−Removed: or international data protection laws and regulations could result in government enforcement
−Removed: actions (which could include substantial civil and/or criminal penalties), private litigation, and/or adverse publicity and could negatively
−Removed: affect our operating results and business.
−Removed: Compliance with various regulations, including
−Removed: those related to our status as a U.S.
−Removed: public company and the manufacturing, labeling and marketing of our products, may result in heightened
−Removed: general and administrative expenses and costs, divert management’s attention from revenue-generating activities and pose challenges
−Removed: for our management team, which has limited time, personnel and finances to devote to regulatory compliance.
−Removed: public company, we are subject to various regulatory
−Removed: and reporting requirements, including those imposed by the SEC, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank
−Removed: Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, or the Dodd-Frank Act, the listing requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market and
−Removed: other applicable securities rules and regulations.
−Removed: Additionally, our medical products and manufacturing operations are regulated by the
−Removed: FDA, the European Union and other governmental authorities both inside and outside of the United States.
−Removed: Compliance with the rules and
−Removed: regulations applicable to us as a publicly traded company in the United States and medical device manufacturer has greatly increased,
−Removed: and may continue to increase, our legal, general and administrative and financial compliance costs and has made, and may continue to make,
−Removed: some activities more difficult, time-consuming or costly.
−Removed: Additionally, these regulatory requirements have diverted, and may continue
−Removed: to divert, management’s attention from revenue-generating activities and may increase demands on management’s already-limited
−Removed: Our management team consists of few employees, as the majority
−Removed: of our employees are engaged in sales and marketing and research and development activities.
−Removed: For more information, see “Part I,
−Removed: Business—Employees” above.
−Removed: In light of such constraints on its time, personnel and finances, our management may not
−Removed: be able to implement programs and policies in an effective and timely manner to respond adequately to the heightened legal, regulatory
−Removed: and reporting requirements applicable to us.
−Removed: In the past, for example, we have not always been able to respond on a timely basis to requests
−Removed: from regulators, although we have not to date experienced any long-term material adverse consequences as a result.
−Removed: Similar deficiencies,
−Removed: weaknesses, or lack of compliance with public company, medical device and other regulations could harm our reputation in the capital markets
−Removed: or for quality and safety, negatively affect our ability to maintain our public company status and to develop, commercialize or continue
−Removed: selling our products on a timely and effective basis, and cause us to incur sanctions, including fines, injunctions, and penalties.
−Removed: In addition, complying with public disclosure rules makes our business
−Removed: more visible, which we believe may result in threatened or actual litigation, including by competitors and other third parties.
−Removed: claims are successful, our business and operating results could be harmed, and even if the claims do not result in litigation or are resolved
−Removed: in our favor, these claims, and the time and resources necessary to resolve them, could divert the resources of our management and harm
−Removed: our business and operating results.
−Removed: We are also subject to the requirement of Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank
−Removed: Act and SEC rules related thereto to conduct due diligence and disclose and report on whether certain minerals and metals, known as “conflict
−Removed: minerals,” are contained in our products and whether they originate from the Democratic Republic of Congo and certain adjoining
−Removed: Each year our management team devotes significant time to conduct the required due diligence, and we may face reputational
−Removed: challenges if we determine that certain of our products contain minerals not determined to be conflict free or if we are unable to sufficiently
−Removed: verify the origins of all conflict minerals used in our products through the procedures we implement.
−Removed: Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property and Information Technology
−Removed: We depend on computer and telecommunications
−Removed: systems we do not own or control and failures in our systems or a cybersecurity attack or breach of our IT systems or technology could
−Removed: significantly disrupt our business operations or result in sensitive customer information being compromised which would negatively materially
−Removed: affect our reputation and/or results of operations.
−Removed: We have entered into agreements with third parties for hardware,
−Removed: software, telecommunications, and other information technology services in connection with the operation of our business.
−Removed: It is possible
−Removed: we or a third party that we rely on could incur interruptions from a loss of communications, hardware or software failures, a cybersecurity
−Removed: attack or a breach of our IT systems or technology, computer viruses or malware.
−Removed: We believe that we have positive relations with our vendors
−Removed: and maintain adequate anti-virus and malware software and controls;
−Removed: however, any interruptions to our arrangements with third parties,
−Removed: to our computing and communications infrastructure, or to our information systems or any of those operated by a third party that we rely
−Removed: on could significantly disrupt our business operations.
−Removed: In the current environment, there are numerous and evolving risks
−Removed: to cybersecurity and privacy, including criminal hackers, hacktivists, state-sponsored intrusions, industrial espionage, employee malfeasance
−Removed: and human or technological error.
−Removed: High-profile security breaches at other companies and in government agencies have increased in recent
−Removed: years, and security industry experts and government officials have warned about the risks of hackers and cyberattacks targeting businesses
−Removed: such as ours.
−Removed: Computer hackers and others routinely attempt to breach the security of technology products, services, and systems, and
−Removed: to fraudulently induce employees, customers, or others to disclosure information or unwittingly provide access to systems or data.
−Removed: A cyberattack
−Removed: of our systems or networks that impairs our information technology systems could disrupt our business operations and result in loss of
−Removed: service to customers, including technical support for our ReWalk devices.
−Removed: While we have certain cybersecurity safeguards in place designed
−Removed: to protect and preserve the integrity of our information technology systems, we have experienced and expect to continue to experience
−Removed: actual or attempted cyberattacks of our IT systems or networks.
−Removed: However, none of these actual or attempted cyberattacks has had a material
−Removed: effect on our operations or financial condition.
−Removed: Additionally, we have access to sensitive customer information
−Removed: in the ordinary course of business.
−Removed: If a significant data breach occurred, our reputation may be adversely affected, customer confidence
−Removed: may be diminished, or we may be subject to legal claims, any of which may contribute to the loss of customers and have a material adverse
−Removed: effect on us.
−Removed: For more information, see “—Risks Related to Government Regulation.
−Removed: If we are found to have violated laws
−Removed: protecting the confidentiality of patient health information, we could be subject to civil or criminal penalties, which could increase
−Removed: our liabilities and harm our reputation or our business.” above.
−Removed: Our success depends in part on our ability
−Removed: to obtain and maintain protection for the intellectual property relating to or incorporated into our products.
−Removed: Our success depends in part on our ability to obtain and maintain
−Removed: protection for the intellectual property relating to or incorporated into our products.
−Removed: We seek to protect our intellectual property through
−Removed: a combination of patents, trademarks, confidentiality, and assignment agreements with our employees and certain of our contractors, and
−Removed: confidentiality agreements with certain of our consultants, scientific advisors, and other vendors and contractors.
−Removed: In addition, we rely
−Removed: on trade secret law to protect our proprietary software and product candidates/products in development.
−Removed: For more information, see Business—Intellectual
−Removed: The patent position of robotic and exoskeleton inventions can be
−Removed: highly uncertain and involves many new and evolving complex legal, factual, and technical issues.
−Removed: Patent laws and interpretations of those
−Removed: laws are subject to change and any such changes may diminish the value of our patents or narrow the scope of our right to exclude others.
−Removed: In addition, we may fail to apply for or be unable to obtain patents necessary to protect our technology or products from competition
−Removed: or fail to enforce our patents due to lack of information about the exact use of technology or processes by third parties.
−Removed: Also, we cannot
−Removed: be sure that any patents will be granted in a timely manner or at all with respect to any of our patent pending applications or that any
−Removed: patents that are granted will be adequate to exclude others for any significant period of time or at all.
−Removed: Given the foregoing and in order
−Removed: to continue reducing operational expenses in the future, we may invest fewer resources in filing and prosecuting new patents and on maintaining
−Removed: and enforcing various patents, especially in regions where we currently do not focus our market growth strategy.
−Removed: Litigation to establish or challenge the validity of patents, or
−Removed: to defend against or assert against others infringement, unauthorized use, enforceability, or invalidity, can be lengthy and expensive
−Removed: and may result in our patents being invalidated or interpreted narrowly and restricting our ability to be granted new patents related
−Removed: to our pending patent applications.
−Removed: Even if we prevail, litigation may be time consuming, force us to incur significant costs, and could
−Removed: divert management’s attention from managing our business while any damages or other remedies awarded to us may not be valuable.
−Removed: In addition, U.S.
−Removed: patents and patent applications may be subject to interference proceedings, and U.S.
−Removed: patents may be subject to re-examination
−Removed: and review proceedings in the U.S.
−Removed: Patent and Trademark Office.
−Removed: Foreign patents may also be subject to opposition or comparable proceedings
−Removed: in the corresponding foreign patent offices.
−Removed: Any of these proceedings may be expensive and could result in the loss of a patent or denial
−Removed: of a patent application, or the loss or reduction in the scope of one or more of the claims of a patent or patent application.
−Removed: In addition, we seek to protect our trade secrets, know-how, and
−Removed: confidential information that is not patentable by entering into confidentiality and assignment agreements with our employees and certain
−Removed: of our contractors and confidentiality agreements with certain of our consultants, scientific advisors, and other vendors and contractors.
−Removed: However, we may fail to enter into the necessary agreements, and even if entered into, these agreements may be breached or otherwise fail
−Removed: to prevent disclosure, third-party infringement, or misappropriation of our proprietary information, may be limited as to their term and
−Removed: may not provide an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized disclosure or use of proprietary information.
−Removed: Enforcing a claim that a
−Removed: third party illegally obtained or is using our trade secrets without authorization may be expensive and time consuming, and the outcome
−Removed: is unpredictable.
−Removed: Some of our employees or consultants may own certain technology which they license to us for a set term.
−Removed: If these technologies
−Removed: are material to our business after the term of the license, our inability to use them could adversely affect our business and profitability.
−Removed: We also have taken precautions to initiate reasonable safeguards
−Removed: to protect our information technology systems.
−Removed: However, these measures may not be adequate to safeguard our proprietary information, which
−Removed: could lead to the loss or impairment thereof or to expensive litigation to defend our rights against competitors who may be better funded
−Removed: and have superior resources.
−Removed: In addition, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy or reverse engineer certain aspects of our products
−Removed: that we consider proprietary, or our proprietary information may otherwise become known or may be independently developed by our competitors
−Removed: or other third parties.
−Removed: If other parties are able to use our proprietary technology or information, our ability to compete in the market
−Removed: could be harmed.
−Removed: Further, unauthorized use of our intellectual property may have occurred, or may occur in the future, without our knowledge.
−Removed: If we are unable to obtain or maintain adequate protection for
−Removed: intellectual property, or if any protection is reduced or eliminated, competitors may be able to use our technologies, resulting in harm
−Removed: to our competitive position.
−Removed: Our patents and proprietary technology and
−Removed: processes may not provide us with a competitive advantage.
−Removed: Robotics and exoskeleton technologies have been developing rapidly
−Removed: in recent years.
−Removed: We are aware of several other companies developing competing exoskeleton devices for individuals with limited mobility
−Removed: and we expect the level of competition and the pace of development in our industry to increase.
−Removed: For more information, see “Part
−Removed: Business—Competition” above.
−Removed: While we believe our tilt-sensor technology provides a more natural and superior method
−Removed: of exoskeleton activation, which creates a better user experience, as well as that our licensed technology used in our ReStore device
−Removed: is unique and provides better results when compared to other products, a variety of other activation and control methods exist for exoskeletons,
−Removed: several of which are being developed by our competitors, or may be developed in the future.
−Removed: As a result, our patent portfolio and proprietary
−Removed: technology and processes may not provide us with a significant advantage over our competitors, and competitors may be able to design and
−Removed: sell alternative products that are equal to or superior to our products without infringing on our patents.
−Removed: In addition, as our current
−Removed: patents begin to expire, we may lose a competitive advantage over our competitors as we will no longer be able to keep our competitors
−Removed: from practicing the technology covered by the claim of the expired patents.
−Removed: We may also be unable to adequately develop new technologies
−Removed: and obtain future patent protection to preserve a competitive advantage.
−Removed: If we are unable to maintain a competitive advantage, our business
−Removed: and results of operations may be materially adversely affected.
−Removed: Even in instances where others are found to infringe on our patents,
−Removed: many countries have laws under which a patent owner may be compelled to grant licenses for the use of the patented technology to other
−Removed: In addition, many countries limit the enforceability of patents against other parties, including government agencies or government
−Removed: In these countries, a patent owner may have limited remedies, which could diminish the value of a patent in those countries.
−Removed: Further, the laws of some countries do not protect intellectual property rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States, particularly
−Removed: in the field of medical products, and effective enforcement in those countries may not be available.
−Removed: The ability of others to market comparable
−Removed: products could adversely affect our business.
−Removed: We are not able to protect our intellectual
−Removed: property rights in all countries.
−Removed: Filing, prosecuting, maintaining, and defending patents on each
−Removed: of our products in all countries throughout the world would be prohibitively expensive, and thus our intellectual property rights outside
−Removed: the United States and Europe are limited.
−Removed: In addition, the laws of some foreign countries, especially developing countries, such as China,
−Removed: do not protect intellectual property rights to the same extent as federal and state laws in the United States.
−Removed: Also, it may not be possible
−Removed: to effectively enforce intellectual property rights in some countries at all or to the same extent as in the United States and other countries.
−Removed: Consequently, we are unable to prevent third parties from using our inventions in all countries, or from selling or importing products
−Removed: made using our inventions in the jurisdictions in which we do not have (or are unable to effectively enforce) patent protection.
−Removed: may use our technologies in jurisdictions where we have not obtained patent protection to develop, market or otherwise commercialize their
−Removed: own products, and we may be unable to prevent those competitors from importing those infringing products into territories where we have
−Removed: patent protection, but enforcement may not be as strong as in the United States.
−Removed: These products may compete with our products and our
−Removed: patents and other intellectual property rights may not be effective or sufficient to prevent them from competing in those jurisdictions.
−Removed: Moreover, strategic partners, competitors, or others in the chain of commerce may raise legal challenges against our intellectual property
−Removed: rights or may infringe upon our intellectual property rights, including through means that may be difficult to prevent or detect.
−Removed: Many companies have encountered significant problems in protecting
−Removed: and defending intellectual property rights in foreign jurisdictions.
−Removed: Proceedings to enforce our patent rights in the United States or
−Removed: foreign jurisdictions could result in substantial costs and divert our efforts and attention from other aspects of our business, could
−Removed: put our patents at risk of being invalidated or interpreted narrowly and our patent applications at risk of not issuing, and could provoke
−Removed: third parties to assert patent infringement or other claims against us.
−Removed: We may not prevail in any lawsuits that we initiate, and the damages
−Removed: or other remedies awarded, if any, may not be commercially meaningful.
−Removed: Accordingly, our efforts to enforce our intellectual property rights
−Removed: in the United States and around the world may be inadequate to obtain a significant commercial advantage from the intellectual property
−Removed: that we develop or license from third parties.
−Removed: We may be subject to patent infringement claims,
−Removed: which could result in substantial costs and liability and prevent us from commercializing our current and future products.
−Removed: The medical device industry is characterized by competing intellectual
−Removed: property and a substantial amount of litigation over patent rights.
−Removed: Our competitors in both the United States and abroad, many of which
−Removed: have substantially greater resources and have made substantial investments in competing technologies, have been issued patents and filed
−Removed: patent applications with respect to their products and processes and may apply for other patents in the future.
−Removed: The large number of patents,
−Removed: the rapid rate of new patent issuances, and the complexities of the technology involved increase the risk of patent litigation.
−Removed: Determining whether a product infringes a patent involves complex
−Removed: legal and factual issues and the outcome of patent litigation is often uncertain.
−Removed: Even though we have conducted research of issued patents,
−Removed: no assurance can be given that patents containing claims covering our products, technology or methods do not exist, have not been filed
−Removed: or could not be filed or issued.
−Removed: In addition, because patent applications can take years to issue and because publication schedules for
−Removed: pending applications vary by jurisdiction, there may be applications now pending of which we are unaware, and which may result in issued
−Removed: patents that our current or future products infringe.
−Removed: Also, because the claims of published patent applications can change between publication
−Removed: and patent grant, published applications that initially do not appear to be problematic may issue with claims that potentially cover our
−Removed: products, technology, or methods.
−Removed: Infringement actions and other intellectual property claims brought
−Removed: against us, whether with or without merit, may cause us to incur substantial costs and could place a significant strain on our financial
−Removed: resources, divert the attention of management, and harm our reputation.
−Removed: We cannot be certain that we will successfully defend against
−Removed: any allegations of infringement.
−Removed: If we are found to infringe another party’s patents, we could be required to pay damages.
−Removed: also be prevented from selling our infringing products, unless we can obtain a license to use the technology covered by such patents or
−Removed: can redesign our products so that they do not infringe.
−Removed: A license may be available on commercially reasonable terms or none at all, and
−Removed: we may not be able to redesign our products to avoid infringement.
−Removed: Further, any modification to our products could require us to conduct
−Removed: clinical trials and revise our filings with the FDA and other regulatory bodies, which would be time consuming and expensive.
−Removed: circumstances, we may not be able to sell our products at competitive prices or at all, and our business and operating results could be
−Removed: We rely on trademark protection to distinguish
−Removed: our products from the products of our competitors.
−Removed: We rely on trademark protection to distinguish our products from
−Removed: the products of our competitors.
−Removed: We have registered the trademark “ReWalk” in Israel and in the United States.
−Removed: The trademark
−Removed: “ReStore” is registered in Europe, United States and United Kingdom.
−Removed: In jurisdictions where we have not registered our trademark
−Removed: and are using it, and as permitted by applicable local law, we rely on common law trademark protection.
−Removed: Third parties may oppose our trademark
−Removed: applications, or otherwise challenge our use of the trademarks, and may be able to use our trademarks in jurisdictions where they are
−Removed: not registered or otherwise protected by law.
−Removed: If our trademarks are successfully challenged or if a third party is using confusingly similar
−Removed: or identical trademarks in particular jurisdictions before we do, we could be forced to rebrand our products, which could result in loss
−Removed: of brand recognition, and could require us to devote additional resources to marketing new brands.
−Removed: If others are able to use our trademarks,
−Removed: our ability to distinguish our products may be impaired, which could adversely affect our business.
−Removed: Further, we cannot assure you that
−Removed: competitors will not infringe upon our trademarks, or that we will have adequate resources to enforce our trademarks.
−Removed: We may be subject to damages resulting from
−Removed: claims that our employees or we have wrongfully used or disclosed alleged trade secrets of their former employers.
−Removed: Many of our employees were previously employed at other medical
−Removed: device companies, including our competitors or potential competitors, and we may hire employees in the future that are so employed.
−Removed: could in the future be subject to claims that these employees, or we, have inadvertently or otherwise used or disclosed trade secrets
−Removed: or other proprietary information of their former employers.
−Removed: If we fail in defending against such claims, a court could order us to pay
−Removed: substantial damages and prohibit us from using technologies or features that are found to incorporate or be derived from the trade secrets
−Removed: or other proprietary information of the former employers.
−Removed: If any of these technologies or features that are important to our products,
−Removed: this could prevent us from selling those products and could have a material adverse effect on our business.
−Removed: Even if we are successful
−Removed: in defending against these claims, such litigation could result in substantial costs and divert the attention of management.
−Removed: Risks Related to Ownership of Our Ordinary Shares
−Removed: Sales of a substantial number of ordinary shares
−Removed: by us or our large shareholders, certain of whom may have registration rights, or dilutive exercises of a substantial number of warrants
−Removed: by our warrant-holders could adversely affect the value of our ordinary shares.
−Removed: Sales by us or our shareholders of a substantial number of ordinary
−Removed: shares in the public market, or the perception that these sales might occur, could cause the value of our ordinary shares to decline or
−Removed: could impair our ability to raise capital through a future sale of our equity securities.
−Removed: Additionally, dilutive exercises of a substantial
−Removed: number of warrants by our warrant-holders, or the perception that such exercises may occur, could put downward price on the market price
−Removed: of our ordinary shares.
−Removed: As of February 23, 2023, 19,414,215 ordinary shares were issuable
−Removed: pursuant to the exercise of warrants, with exercise prices ranging from $1.25 to $9.375 per warrant, issued in private and registered
−Removed: offerings of ordinary shares and warrants in November 2016, November 2018, February 2019, April 2019, June 2019, February 2020, July 2020,
−Removed: December 2020, February 2021 and September 2021.
−Removed: We have registered with the SEC all of these warrants and/or the resale of the shares
−Removed: issuable upon their exercise.
−Removed: There were also 6,679 ordinary shares issuable pursuant to the exercise of warrants granted to Kreos Capital
−Removed: V (Expert Fund) Limited (“Kreos”), in connection with the December 30, 2015 signed loan agreement (the “Loan Agreement”)
−Removed: in January and December 2016, with an exercise price that is now set to $7.50 per warrant.
−Removed: For more information, see “Part I, Item
−Removed: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Loan
−Removed: Agreement with Kreos and Related Warrant to Purchase Ordinary Shares” and “Part I, Item 2.
−Removed: Management’s Discussion and
−Removed: Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Equity Raises”, in each case
−Removed: All shares sold pursuant to an offering covered by a registration
−Removed: statement would be freely transferable.
−Removed: With respect to the outstanding warrants, there may be certain restrictions on the holders to
−Removed: sell the underlying ordinary shares to the extent they are restricted securities, held by “affiliates” or would exceed certain
−Removed: ownership thresholds.
−Removed: Certain of our largest shareholders, may also have limitations under Rule 144 under the Securities Act on the resale
−Removed: of certain ordinary shares they hold unless they are registered for resale under the Securities Act.
−Removed: Despite these limitations and the
−Removed: liquidity that we may gain from cash exercises of outstanding warrants, if we, our existing shareholders, or their affiliates sell a substantial
−Removed: number of the above-mentioned ordinary shares in the public market, the market price of our ordinary shares could decrease significantly.
−Removed: Shareholders may also incur substantial dilution if holders of our warrants exercise their warrants to purchase ordinary shares, which
−Removed: could lower the market price of our ordinary shares.
−Removed: Any such decrease could impair the value of your investment in us.
−Removed: Future grants of ordinary shares under our
−Removed: equity incentive plans to our employees, non-employee directors and consultants, or sales by these individuals in the public market, could
−Removed: result in substantial dilution, thus decreasing the value of your investment in our ordinary shares, and certain grants may also require
−Removed: shareholder approval.
−Removed: In addition, stockholders will experience dilution upon the exercise of outstanding warrants.
−Removed: We have historically used, and continue to use, our ordinary shares
−Removed: as a means of both rewarding our employees, non-employee directors, and consultants and aligning their interests with those of our shareholders.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, 5,733,730 ordinary shares remained available for issuance to our and our affiliates’ respective employees,
−Removed: non-employee directors, and consultants under our equity incentive plans, including 2,799,051 ordinary shares subject to outstanding awards
−Removed: (consisting of outstanding options to purchase 43,994 ordinary shares and 2,755,057 ordinary shares underlying unvested RSUs, and we may
−Removed: seek to increase the number of shares available under our equity incentive plans in the future.
−Removed: For more information, see Note 8b to our
−Removed: consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022, below.
−Removed: Additionally, to the extent registered on a Form S-8, ordinary
−Removed: shares granted or issued under our equity incentive plans will, subject to vesting provisions, lock-up restrictions, and Rule 144 volume
−Removed: limitations applicable to our “affiliates,” be available for sale in the open market immediately upon registration.
−Removed: as of December 31, 2022, there were 19,420,894 ordinary shares underlying issued and outstanding warrants, which if exercised for ordinary
−Removed: shares, could decrease the net tangible book value of our ordinary shares and cause dilution to our existing shareholders.
−Removed: substantial number of the above-mentioned ordinary shares in the public market could result in a significant decrease in the market price
−Removed: of our ordinary shares and have a material adverse effect on an investment in our ordinary shares.
−Removed: If we do not meet the expectations of equity
−Removed: research analysts, if any, if the sole remaining equity analyst following our business does not continue to publish research or reports
−Removed: about our business, or if the analyst issues unfavorable commentary or downgrade our ordinary shares, the price of our ordinary shares
−Removed: could decline.
−Removed: Additionally, we may fail to meet publicly announced financial guidance or other expectations about our business, which
−Removed: would cause our ordinary shares to decline in value.
−Removed: There is currently one equity analyst publishing
−Removed: research reports about our business, and we are currently seeking to attract additional coverage.
−Removed: If our results of operations are below
−Removed: the estimates or expectations of our sole analyst or consensus assuming we have some analysts and investors, our share price could decline.
−Removed: Moreover, the price of our ordinary shares could decline if one or more securities analysts downgrade our ordinary shares or if analysts
−Removed: issue other unfavorable commentary or stop publishing research or reports about us or our business (as has occurred over time, with a
−Removed: decrease in the number of analysts following us from five in 2014 to one in 2022).
−Removed: Given that there is only one analyst that currently
−Removed: covers our business, we face an increased risk that such analyst’s evaluation of our business, if less than positive, will cause
−Removed: a larger decline in our stock price than would otherwise be the case if we had multiple analysts covering our business.
−Removed: From time to time, we have also faced difficulty accurately projecting
−Removed: our earnings and have missed certain of our publicly announced guidance.
−Removed: If our financial results for a particular period do not meet
−Removed: our guidance or if we reduce our guidance for future periods, the market price of our ordinary shares may decline.
−Removed: We are a “smaller reporting company”
−Removed: and the reduced reporting requirements applicable to such companies may make our ordinary shares less attractive to investors.
−Removed: We are a “smaller reporting company” as defined in
−Removed: Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K, which allows us to take advantage of certain scaled disclosure requirements available specifically to
−Removed: smaller reporting companies.
−Removed: For example, we may continue to use reduced compensation disclosure obligations, and, provided we are also
−Removed: a “non-accelerated filer,” we will not be obligated to follow the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
−Removed: We will remain a smaller reporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which we have at least $100 million in revenue
−Removed: and at least $700 million in aggregate market value of ordinary shares held by non-affiliated persons and entities (known as “public
−Removed: float”), or, alternatively, if our revenue exceed $100 million, until the last day of the fiscal year in which our public float
−Removed: was at least $250.0 million (in each case, with respect to public float, as measured as of the last business day of the second quarter
−Removed: of such fiscal year).
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2022, we recorded revenue of approximately $5.5 million.
−Removed: We cannot predict or otherwise determine if investors will find
−Removed: our securities less attractive as a result of our reliance on exemptions as a smaller reporting company and/or “non-accelerated
−Removed: filer.” If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our ordinary
−Removed: shares and the price of our ordinary shares may be more volatile.
−Removed: We are subject to ongoing costs and risks associated
−Removed: with determining whether our existing internal controls over financial reporting systems are compliant with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
−Removed: Act, and if we fail to achieve and maintain adequate internal controls it could have a material adverse effect on our stated results of
−Removed: operations and harm our reputation.
−Removed: We are required to comply with the internal control, evaluation,
−Removed: and certification requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, which requires
−Removed: us to furnish a report by management on, among other things, the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: we no longer qualify as a “smaller reporting company” and “non-accelerated filer,” our independent registered
−Removed: public accounting firm will need to attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting under Section 404.
−Removed: our independent registered public accounting firm is required to undertake an assessment of our internal control over financial reporting,
−Removed: the cost of our compliance with Section 404 will correspondingly increase.
−Removed: Our compliance with applicable provisions of Section 404 will
−Removed: require that we incur substantial accounting expense and expend significant management time on compliance-related issues as we implement
−Removed: additional corporate governance practices and comply with reporting requirements.
−Removed: Moreover, if we are not able to comply with the requirements
−Removed: of Section 404 applicable to us in a timely manner, or if we or our independent registered public accounting firm identifies deficiencies
−Removed: in our internal control over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses, the market price of our stock could decline
−Removed: and we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the SEC or other regulatory authorities, which would require additional financial
−Removed: and management resources.
−Removed: The process of determining whether our existing internal controls
−Removed: over financial reporting systems are compliant with Section 404 and whether there are any material weaknesses or significant deficiencies
−Removed: in our existing internal controls requires the investment of substantial time and resources, including by our Chief Financial Officer
−Removed: and other members of our senior management.
−Removed: This determination and any remedial actions required could divert internal resources and take
−Removed: a significant amount of time and effort to complete and could result in us incurring additional costs that we did not anticipate, including
−Removed: the hiring of outside consultants.
−Removed: We could experience higher than anticipated operating expenses and higher independent auditor fees
−Removed: during and after the implementation of these changes.
−Removed: Irrespective of compliance with Section 404, any failure of our
−Removed: internal controls could have a material adverse effect on our stated results of operations and harm our reputation.
−Removed: If we are unable to
−Removed: implement any of the required changes to our internal control over financial reporting effectively or efficiently or are required to do
−Removed: so earlier than anticipated, it could adversely affect our operations, financial reporting and/or results of operations and could result
−Removed: in an adverse opinion on internal controls from our management and our independent auditors.
−Removed: Further, if our internal control over financial
−Removed: reporting is not effective, the reliability of our financial statements may be questioned, and our share price may suffer.
−Removed: holders of our ordinary shares
−Removed: may suffer adverse U.S.
−Removed: tax consequences if we are characterized as a passive foreign investment company, or a PFIC ,
−Removed: under Section 1297(a) of the Code.
−Removed: Generally, if for any taxable year 75% or more of our gross income
−Removed: is passive income, or at least 50% of the average quarterly value of our assets (which may be determined in part by the market value of
−Removed: our ordinary shares, which is subject to change) are held for the production of, or produce passive income, we would be characterized
−Removed: as a passive foreign investment company, or PFIC, for U.S.
−Removed: federal income tax purposes.
−Removed: Passive income for this purpose generally includes,
−Removed: among other things, certain dividends, interest, royalties, rents, and gains from commodities and securities transactions and from the
−Removed: sale or exchange of property that gives rise to passive income.
−Removed: Passive income also includes amounts derived by reason of the temporary
−Removed: investment of funds, including those raised in an offering.
−Removed: In determining whether a non-U.S.
−Removed: corporation is a PFIC, a proportionate share
−Removed: of the income and assets of each corporation in which it owns, directly or indirectly, at least a 25% interest (by value) is taken into
−Removed: The determination of whether we are a PFIC will depend on the nature
−Removed: and composition of our income and the nature, composition, and value of our assets from time to time.
−Removed: The 50% passive asset test described
−Removed: above is generally based on the fair market value of each asset, with the value of goodwill and going concern value determined in large
−Removed: part by reference to the market value of our ordinary shares, which may be volatile.
−Removed: If we are characterized as a “controlled foreign
−Removed: corporation,” or a “CFC”, under Section 957(a) of the Code and not considered publicly traded throughout the relevant
−Removed: taxable year, however, the passive asset test may be applied based on the adjusted tax bases of our assets instead of the fair market
−Removed: value of each asset (as described above).
−Removed: However, if we are treated as publicly traded for at least 20 trading days during the relevant
−Removed: taxable year, our assets would generally be required to be measured at their fair market value, even if we are a CFC.
−Removed: Based on our gross income and assets, the market
−Removed: price of our ordinary shares, and the nature of our business, we were not PFIC for the taxable year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: this determination is subject to uncertainty.
−Removed: In addition, there is a significant risk that we may be a PFIC for future taxable years,
−Removed: unless the market price of our ordinary shares increases, or we reduce the amount of cash and other passive assets we hold relative to
−Removed: the amount of non-passive assets we hold.
−Removed: Accordingly, no assurances can be made regarding our PFIC status in one or more subsequent years,
−Removed: counsel expresses no opinion with respect to our PFIC status in the taxable year ended December 31, 2022, or the current
−Removed: year 2023, and also expresses no opinion with respect to our predictions or past determinations regarding our PFIC status in the past
−Removed: or in the future.
−Removed: If we are characterized as a PFIC, U.S.
−Removed: holders of our ordinary
−Removed: shares may suffer adverse tax consequences, including having gains realized on the sale of our ordinary shares treated as ordinary income,
−Removed: rather than capital gain, the loss of the preferential tax rate applicable to dividends received on our ordinary shares by individuals
−Removed: holders and having interest charges apply to distributions by us and to the proceeds of sales of our ordinary shares.
−Removed: addition, special information reporting may be required.
−Removed: Certain elections exist that may alleviate some of the adverse consequences of
−Removed: PFIC status and would result in an alternative treatment (such as mark-to-market treatment or being able to make a qualified electing
−Removed: fund election).
−Removed: However, we do not intend to provide the information necessary for U.S.
−Removed: Holders to make qualified electing fund elections
−Removed: if we are classified as a PFIC.
−Removed: Additionally, if we are characterized as a PFIC,
−Removed: for any taxable year during which a U.S.
−Removed: holder holds ordinary shares, we generally will continue to be treated as a PFIC with respect
−Removed: holder for all succeeding years during which such U.S.
−Removed: holder holds ordinary shares unless we cease to be a PFIC and such
−Removed: holder makes a “deemed sale” election with respect to such ordinary shares.
−Removed: If such election is made, such U.S.
−Removed: will be deemed to have sold such ordinary shares held by such U.S.
−Removed: holder at their fair market value on the last day of the last taxable
−Removed: year in which we qualified as a PFIC, and any gain from such deemed sale would be treated as described above.
−Removed: holder of our ordinary shares is strongly urged to consult
−Removed: his, her or its tax advisor regarding the application of these rules and the availability of any potential elections.
−Removed: The price of our ordinary shares may be volatile,
−Removed: and you may lose all or part of your investment.
−Removed: Our ordinary shares were first publicly offered in our initial
−Removed: public offering in September 2014, at a price of $300.00 per share, and our ordinary shares have subsequently traded as high as $1,092.75
−Removed: per share and as low as $0.41 per share through February 23, 2023.
−Removed: All prices have been adjusted to reflect our 25-to-1 reverse stock
−Removed: split, which we effected in 2019.
−Removed: The market price of our ordinary shares could be highly volatile and may fluctuate substantially as
−Removed: a result of many factors.
−Removed: Moreover, while there is no established public trading market for the warrants offered in our follow-on public
−Removed: offerings, and we do not expect one to develop, our ordinary shares will be issuable pursuant to exercise of these warrants.
−Removed: warrants are exercisable into our ordinary shares, volatility, or a reduction in the market price of our ordinary shares could have an
−Removed: adverse effect on the trading price of the warrants.
−Removed: Factors which may cause fluctuations in the price of our ordinary shares include,
−Removed: but are not limited to:
−Removed: actual or anticipated fluctuations in our growth rate or results of operations or those of our competitors;
−Removed: customer acceptance of our products;
−Removed: announcements by us or our competitors of new products or services, commercial relationships, acquisitions, or expansion plans;
−Removed: announcements by us or our competitors of other material developments;
−Removed: our involvement in litigation;
−Removed: changes in government regulation applicable to us and our products;
−Removed: sales, or the anticipation of sales, of our ordinary shares, warrants and debt securities by us, or sales of our ordinary shares
−Removed: by our insiders or other shareholders, including upon expiration of contractual lock-up agreements;
−Removed: developments with respect to intellectual property rights;
−Removed: competition from existing or new technologies and products;
−Removed: changes in key personnel;
−Removed: the trading volume of our ordinary shares;
−Removed: changes in the estimation of the future size and growth rate of our markets;
−Removed: changes in our quarterly or annual forecasts with respect to operating results and financial conditions;
−Removed: general economic and market conditions and
−Removed: Announcements regarding business acquisitions.
−Removed: In addition, the stock markets have experienced extreme price and
−Removed: volume fluctuations.
−Removed: Broad market and industry factors may materially harm the market price of our ordinary shares, regardless of our
−Removed: operating performance.
−Removed: Technical factors in the public trading market for our ordinary shares may produce price movements that may or
−Removed: may not comport with macro, industry or Company-specific fundamentals, including, without limitation, the sentiment of retail investors
−Removed: (including as may be expressed on financial trading and other social media sites), the amount and status of short interest in our securities,
−Removed: access to margin debt, trading in options and other derivatives on our ordinary shares and any related hedging or other technical trading
−Removed: In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, securities class action
−Removed: litigation has often been instituted against that company, as was the case for ReWalk in a securities class action dismissed in full in
−Removed: November 2020.
−Removed: If we become involved in any similar litigation, we could incur substantial costs and our management’s attention
−Removed: and resources could be diverted.
−Removed: Risks Related to Our Incorporation and Location in Israel
−Removed: Our technology development and quality headquarters
−Removed: and the manufacturing facility for our products are located in Israel and, therefore, our results may be adversely affected by economic
−Removed: restrictions imposed on, and political and military instability in, Israel.
−Removed: Our technology development and quality headquarters, which houses
−Removed: substantially all of our research and development and our core research and development team, including engineers, machinists, and quality
−Removed: and regulatory personnel, as well as the facility of our contract manufacturer, Sanmina, are located in Israel.
−Removed: Many of our employees,
−Removed: directors and officers are residents of Israel.
−Removed: Accordingly, political, economic, and military conditions in Israel and the surrounding
−Removed: region may directly affect our business.
−Removed: Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, a number of armed conflicts have taken
−Removed: place between Israel and its Arab neighbors, Hamas (an Islamist militia and political group in the Gaza Strip), Hezbollah (an Islamist
−Removed: militia and political group in Lebanon) and other armed groups.
−Removed: Any hostilities involving Israel or the interruption or curtailment of
−Removed: trade within Israel or between Israel and its trading partners could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition
−Removed: and results of operations and could make it more difficult for us to raise capital.
−Removed: In particular, an interruption of operations at the
−Removed: Tel Aviv airport related to the conflict in the Gaza Strip or otherwise could prevent or delay shipments of our components or products.
−Removed: Although we maintain inventory in the United States and Germany, an extended interruption could materially and adversely affect our business,
−Removed: financial condition, and results of operations.
−Removed: Recent political uprisings, social unrest, and violence in various
−Removed: countries in the Middle East and North Africa, including Israel’s neighbors Lebanon, Egypt, and Syria, are affecting the political
−Removed: stability of those countries.
−Removed: This instability may lead to deterioration of the political relationships that exist between Israel and
−Removed: these countries and has raised concerns regarding security in the region and the potential for armed conflict.
−Removed: Our commercial insurance
−Removed: covers some, but not all, losses that may occur as a result of an event associated with the security situation in the Middle East.
−Removed: losses or damages incurred by us could have a material adverse effect on our business.
−Removed: In addition, Iran has threatened to attack Israel
−Removed: and is widely believed to be developing nuclear weapons.
−Removed: Iran is also believed to have a strong influence among parties hostile to Israel
−Removed: in areas that neighbor Israel, such as the Syrian government, Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
−Removed: Any armed conflicts, terrorist activities
−Removed: or political instability in the region could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
−Removed: Our operations and the operations of our contract
−Removed: manufacturer, Sanmina, may be disrupted as a result of the obligation of Israeli citizens to perform military service.
−Removed: Many Israeli citizens are obligated to perform one month, and in
−Removed: some cases more, of annual military reserve duty until they reach the age of 45 (or older, for reservists with certain occupations) and,
−Removed: in the event of a military conflict, may be called to active duty.
−Removed: In response to terrorist activity, there have been periods of significant
−Removed: call-ups of military reservists.
−Removed: It is possible that there will be additional military reserve duty call-ups in the future in connection
−Removed: with this conflict or otherwise.
−Removed: Some of our executive officers and employees, as well as those of Sanmina, the manufacturer of all of
−Removed: our products, are required to perform annual military reserve duty in Israel and may be called to active duty at any time under emergency
−Removed: circumstances.
−Removed: Although these call-ups have not had a material impact on our operations or on Sanmina’s ability to manufacture our
−Removed: products, our operations and the operations of Sanmina could be disrupted by such call-ups.
−Removed: Our sales may be adversely affected by boycotts
−Removed: Several countries, principally in the Middle East, restrict doing
−Removed: business with Israel and Israeli companies, and additional countries may impose restrictions on doing business with Israel and Israeli
−Removed: companies whether as a result of hostilities in the region or otherwise.
−Removed: In addition, there have been increased efforts by activists to
−Removed: cause companies and consumers to boycott Israeli goods based on Israeli government policies.
−Removed: Such actions, particularly if they become
−Removed: more widespread, may adversely impact our ability to sell our products.
−Removed: The tax benefits that are available to us require
−Removed: us to continue to meet various conditions and may be terminated or reduced in the future, which could increase our costs and taxes.
−Removed: Some of our operations in Israel, referred to as “Beneficiary
−Removed: Enterprises,” carry certain tax benefits under the Israeli Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 5719-1959, or the Investment
−Removed: Substantially all of our future income before taxes can be attributed to these programs.
−Removed: If we do not meet the requirements for maintaining
−Removed: these benefits or if our assumptions regarding the key elements affecting our tax rates are rejected by the tax authorities, they may
−Removed: be reduced or cancelled, and the relevant operations would be subject to Israeli corporate tax at the standard rate.
−Removed: In addition to being
−Removed: subject to the standard corporate tax rate, we could be required to refund any tax benefits that we may receive in the future, plus interest
−Removed: and penalties thereon.
−Removed: Even if we continue to meet the relevant requirements, the tax benefits that our current “Beneficiary Enterprises”
−Removed: receive may not be continued in the future at their current levels or at all.
−Removed: If these tax benefits were reduced or eliminated, the amount
−Removed: of taxes that we pay would likely increase, as all of our Israeli operations would consequently be subject to corporate tax at the standard
−Removed: rate, which could adversely affect our results of operations.
−Removed: Additionally, if we increase our activities outside of Israel, for example,
−Removed: by way of acquisitions, our increased activities may not be eligible for inclusion in Israeli tax benefit programs.
−Removed: For a discussion of
−Removed: our current tax obligations, see “Part II.
−Removed: Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
−Removed: of Operations.”
−Removed: We have received Israeli government grants
−Removed: for certain of our research and development activities and we may receive additional grants in the future.
−Removed: The terms of those grants restrict
−Removed: our ability to manufacture products or transfer technologies outside of Israel, and we may be required to pay penalties in such cases
−Removed: or upon the sale of our company.
−Removed: From our inception through December 31, 2022, we received a total
−Removed: of $2.3 million from the Israel Innovation Authority, or the IIA.
−Removed: We may in the future apply to receive additional grants from the IIA
−Removed: to support our research and development activities.
−Removed: With respect to some grants that were royalty-bearing grants, we are committed to
−Removed: paying royalties at a rate of 3.0% on sales proceeds up to the total amount of grants received, linked to the dollar, and bearing interest
−Removed: at an annual rate of LIBOR applicable to dollar deposits.
−Removed: Even after payment in full of these amounts, we will still be required to comply
−Removed: with the requirements of the Israeli Encouragement of Industrial Research, Development and Technological Innovation Law, 1984, or the
−Removed: R&D Law, and related regulations, with respect to those past grants.
−Removed: When a company develops know-how, technology or products using
−Removed: IIA grants, the terms of these grants and the R&D Law restrict the transfer outside of Israel of such know-how, and of the manufacturing
−Removed: or manufacturing rights of such products, technologies, or know-how, without the prior approval of the IIA.
−Removed: Therefore, if aspects of our
−Removed: technologies are deemed to have been developed with IIA funding, the discretionary approval of an IIA committee would be required for
−Removed: any transfer to third parties outside of Israel of know-how or manufacturing or manufacturing rights related to those aspects of such
−Removed: technologies.
−Removed: Furthermore, the IIA may impose certain conditions on any arrangement under which it permits us to transfer technology or
−Removed: development out of Israel or may not grant such approvals at all.
−Removed: Furthermore, the consideration available to our shareholders in
−Removed: a future transaction involving the transfer outside of Israel of technology or know-how developed with IIA funding (such as a merger or
−Removed: similar transaction) may be reduced by any amounts that we are required to pay to the IIA.
−Removed: In addition to the above, any non-Israeli citizen, resident or
−Removed: entity that, among other things, (i) becomes a holder of 5% or more of our share capital or voting rights, (ii) is entitled to appoint
−Removed: one or more of our directors or our chief executive officer or (iii) serves as one of our directors or as our chief executive officer
−Removed: (including holders of 25% or more of the voting power, equity or the right to nominate directors in such direct holder, if applicable)
−Removed: is required to notify the IIA and undertake to comply with the rules and regulations applicable to the grant programs of the IIA, including
−Removed: the restrictions on transfer described above.
−Removed: Such notification will be required in connection with the investment being made by an investor
−Removed: which may discourage or limit investments from foreign investors in our company.
−Removed: We may become subject to claims for remuneration or royalties for
−Removed: assigned service invention rights by our employees, which could result in litigation and adversely affect our business.
−Removed: A significant portion of our intellectual property has been developed
−Removed: by our employees in the course of their employment for us.
−Removed: Under the Israeli Patent Law, 5727-1967, or the Patent Law, and recent decisions
−Removed: by the Israeli Supreme Court and the Israeli Compensation and Royalties Committee, a body constituted under the Patent Law, employees
−Removed: may be entitled to remuneration for intellectual property that they develop for us unless they explicitly waive any such rights.
−Removed: we enter into agreements with our employees pursuant to which they agree that any inventions created in the scope of their employment
−Removed: or engagement are owned exclusively by us, we may face claims demanding remuneration.
−Removed: As a consequence of such claims, we could be required
−Removed: to pay additional remuneration or royalties to our current and former employees, or be forced to litigate such claims, which could negatively
−Removed: affect our business.
−Removed: Provisions of Israeli law and our Articles
−Removed: of Association may delay, prevent, or otherwise impede a merger with, or an acquisition of, us, even when the terms of such a transaction
−Removed: are favorable to us and our shareholders.
−Removed: Israeli corporate law regulates mergers, requires tender offers
−Removed: for acquisitions of shares above specified thresholds, requires special approvals for transactions involving directors, officers or significant
−Removed: shareholders and regulates other matters that may be relevant to such types of transactions.
−Removed: For example, a tender offer for all of a
−Removed: company’s issued and outstanding shares can only be completed if the acquirer receives positive responses from the holders of at
−Removed: least 95% of the issued share capital.
−Removed: Completion of the tender offer also requires approval of a majority of the offerees that do not
−Removed: have a personal interest in the tender offer, unless at least 98% of the company’s outstanding shares are tendered.
−Removed: the shareholders, including those who indicated their acceptance of the tender offer (unless the acquirer stipulated in its tender offer
−Removed: that a shareholder that accepts the offer may not seek appraisal rights), may, at any time within six months following the completion
−Removed: of the tender offer, petition an Israeli court to alter the consideration for the acquisition.
−Removed: Israeli law also requires a “special
−Removed: tender offer” in certain cases where a shareholder crosses the 25% or 45% holding threshold, and it imposes procedural and special
−Removed: voting requirements for the approval of a merger in certain cases.
−Removed: Our Articles of Association provide that our directors (other than
−Removed: external directors, a requirement of Israeli corporate law from which we have opted out in accordance with an exemption for which we are
−Removed: currently eligible) are elected on a staggered basis, such that a potential acquirer cannot readily replace our entire Board of Directors
−Removed: at a single annual general shareholder meeting.
−Removed: This could prevent a potential acquirer from receiving board approval for an acquisition
−Removed: proposal that our Board of Directors opposes.
−Removed: Furthermore, Israeli tax considerations may make potential transactions
−Removed: unappealing to us or to our shareholders whose country of residence does not have a tax treaty with Israel exempting such shareholders
−Removed: from Israeli tax.
−Removed: For example, Israeli tax law does not recognize tax-free share exchanges to the same extent as U.S.
−Removed: to mergers involving an exchange of shares, Israeli tax law allows for tax deferral in certain circumstances but makes the deferral contingent
−Removed: on the fulfillment of a number of conditions, including, in some cases, a holding period of two years from the date of the transaction
−Removed: during which sales and dispositions of shares of the participating companies are subject to certain restrictions.
−Removed: Moreover, with respect
−Removed: to certain share swap transactions, the tax deferral is limited in time, and when such time expires, the tax becomes payable even if no
−Removed: disposition of the shares has occurred.
−Removed: These and other similar provisions could delay, prevent or impede an acquisition of us or our
−Removed: merger with another company, even if such an acquisition or merger would be beneficial to us or to our shareholders.
−Removed: We recently amended our articles of association
−Removed: to increase our authorized share capital.
−Removed: There are certain risks associated with this increase.
−Removed: In April 2021, following the receipt of shareholder approval, we
−Removed: amended our articles of association to increase the Company’s authorized share capital.
−Removed: As a result of this increase, the Company
−Removed: is now authorized to issue 120,000,000 ordinary shares, of which 59,480,132 ordinary shares were outstanding as of February 23, 2023.
−Removed: The objective of the increase in authorized share capital was to maintain our flexibility to raise money in the capital markets, including
−Removed: in the event of a reduction in the value of our shares.
−Removed: Although the purpose of the increase in authorized share capital
−Removed: was to preserve our capital-raising position, these additional shares may also be issued in the future for other purposes, such as compensation,
−Removed: or equity-based mergers, acquisition or licensing deals, giving rise to further opportunities for dilution.
−Removed: Future issuances of ordinary
−Removed: shares will dilute the voting power and ownership of our existing shareholders, and, depending on the amount of consideration received
−Removed: in connection with the issuance, could also reduce shareholders’ equity on a per-share basis.
−Removed: Due to the increase in authorized
−Removed: capital, the dilution to the ownership interest of our existing shareholders may be greater than would occur had the increase not taken
−Removed: The newly available authorized shares resulting from the increase
−Removed: in authorized share capital may have the potential to limit the opportunity for our shareholders to dispose of their ordinary shares at
−Removed: We currently do not have any acquisitions or other major transactions planned that would require us to increase our authorized
−Removed: share capital, and our Board of Directors does not intend to use the increase of the newly authorized reserve as an anti-takeover device.
−Removed: However, the authorized shares could, in theory, also be used to resist or frustrate a third-party transaction that is favored by a majority
−Removed: of the independent shareholders (for example, by permitting issuances that would dilute the share ownership of a person seeking to effect
−Removed: a change in the composition of our Board of Directors or management of the Company or contemplating a tender offer or other transaction
−Removed: for the combination of the Company with another company).
−Removed: It may be difficult to enforce a judgment of
−Removed: court against us, our officers, and directors, to assert U.S.
−Removed: securities laws claims in Israel or to serve process on our officers
−Removed: and directors.
−Removed: We are incorporated in Israel.
−Removed: Although the majority of our directors
−Removed: and executive officers reside within the United States and most of the assets of these persons are also likely located within the United
−Removed: States, some of our directors and executive officers reside and may have the majority of their assets outside the United States.
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: most of our assets are located outside of the United States.
−Removed: Therefore, a judgment obtained against us, or those of our directors and
−Removed: executive officers residing outside of the United States, including a judgment based on the civil liability provisions of the U.S.
−Removed: securities laws, may not be collectible in the United States and may not be enforced by an Israeli court.
−Removed: It also may be difficult for
−Removed: you to effect service of process in the United States on those directors and executive officers residing outside of the United States
−Removed: or to assert U.S.
−Removed: securities law claims in original actions instituted in Israel.
−Removed: Israeli courts may refuse to hear a claim based on an
−Removed: alleged violation of U.S.
−Removed: securities laws reasoning that Israel is not the most appropriate forum in which to bring such a claim.
−Removed: even if an Israeli court agrees to hear a claim, it may determine that Israeli law and not U.S.
−Removed: law is applicable to the claim.
−Removed: law is found to be applicable, the content of applicable U.S.
−Removed: law must be proven as a fact by expert witnesses, which can be a time-consuming
−Removed: and costly process.
−Removed: Certain matters of procedure will also be governed by Israeli law.
−Removed: There is little binding case law in Israel that
−Removed: addresses the matters described above.
−Removed: As a result of the difficulty associated with enforcing a judgment against us in Israel, you may
−Removed: be able to collect only limited, or may be unable to collect any, damages awarded by either a U.S.
−Removed: or foreign court.
−Removed: In April 2021, we amended our articles of association such that,
−Removed: unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, (i) the federal courts of the United States will be the exclusive
−Removed: forum for the resolution of any claim arising under the Securities Act, and (ii) the Tel-Aviv District Court will be the exclusive forum
−Removed: for (a) a derivative action or derivative proceeding that is filed in the name of the Company;
−Removed: (b) any action grounded in a breach of
−Removed: fiduciary duty of a director, officeholder or other employee towards us or our shareholders;
−Removed: or (c) any action the cause of which results
−Removed: from any provision of the Companies Law or the Israel Securities Law, 5728-1968.
−Removed: We have retained the ability to consent to an alternative
−Removed: forum in circumstances if we determine shareholder interests are best served by permitting a particular dispute to proceed in a forum
−Removed: other than the federal district courts or State of Israel, as applicable.
−Removed: However, there is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce
−Removed: these provisions.
−Removed: Your rights and responsibilities as a shareholder
−Removed: will be governed by Israeli law which differs in some material respects from the rights and responsibilities of shareholders of U.S.
−Removed: The rights and responsibilities of the holders of our ordinary
−Removed: shares are governed by our Articles of Association and by Israeli law.
−Removed: These rights and responsibilities differ in some material respects
−Removed: from the rights and responsibilities of shareholders in U.S.-based corporations.
−Removed: In particular, a shareholder of an Israeli company has
−Removed: a duty to act in good faith and in a customary manner in exercising its rights and performing its obligations towards the company and
−Removed: other shareholders, and to refrain from abusing its power in the company, including, among other things, in voting at a general meeting
−Removed: of shareholders on matters such as amendments to a company’s articles of association, increases in a company’s authorized
−Removed: share capital, mergers and acquisitions and related party transactions requiring shareholder approval.
−Removed: In addition, a shareholder who
−Removed: is aware that it possesses the power to determine the outcome of a shareholder vote or to appoint or prevent the appointment of a director
−Removed: or executive officer in the company has a duty of fairness toward the company.
−Removed: There is limited case law available to assist us in understanding
−Removed: the nature of this duty or the implications of these provisions.
−Removed: These provisions may be interpreted to impose additional obligations
−Removed: and liabilities on holders of our ordinary shares that are not typically imposed on shareholders of U.S.
−Removed: corporations.
−Removed: Our business could be negatively affected as
−Removed: a result of actions of activist shareholders, and such activism could impact the trading value of our securities.
−Removed: In recent years, certain Israeli issuers listed on United States
−Removed: exchanges have been faced with governance-related demands from activist shareholders, unsolicited tender offers and proxy contests.
−Removed: our relatively low market cap and cash balance we might be an attractive target for such activists.
−Removed: In connection with our 2022 Annual
−Removed: General Meeting of Shareholders, Creative Value Capital Limited Partnership (“CVC”), which claimed to hold approximately three
−Removed: percent of our outstanding shares, nominated two candidates for election to our Board of Directors and submitted two additional proposals
−Removed: (including amendments to our Articles of Association) for approval at our 2022 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on July 27,
−Removed: Although none of CVC’s proposals were approved at the meeting, addressing and responding to such proposals was significantly
−Removed: costly and time-consuming, and diverted the attention of our management and employees.
−Removed: Responding to these types of actions by activist shareholders could
−Removed: be costly and time-consuming, disrupting our operations and diverting the attention of management and our employees.
−Removed: Such activities could
−Removed: interfere with our ability to execute our strategic plan.
−Removed: In addition, a proxy contest for the election of directors at our annual meeting
−Removed: would require us to incur significant legal fees and proxy solicitation expenses and require significant time and attention by management
−Removed: and our Board of Directors.
−Removed: The perceived uncertainties as to our future direction also could affect the market price and volatility of
−Removed: our securities.
−Removed: General Risks
−Removed: Exchange rate fluctuations between the U.S.
−Removed: dollar, the euro and the NIS may negatively affect our earnings.
−Removed: dollar is our functional
−Removed: and reporting currency.
−Removed: However, we pay a significant portion of our expenses in NIS and in euro, and we expect this to continue.
−Removed: result, we are exposed to exchange rate risks that may materially and adversely affect our financial results.
−Removed: Accordingly, any appreciation
−Removed: of the NIS or euro relative to the U.S.
−Removed: dollar would adversely impact our net loss or net income, if any.
−Removed: For example, If the NIS appreciates
−Removed: against the U.S.
−Removed: dollar or if the value of the NIS declines against the U.S.
−Removed: dollar at a time when the rate of inflation in the cost of
−Removed: Israeli goods and services exceeds the rate of decline in the relative value of the NIS, then the U.S.
−Removed: dollar cost of our operations in
−Removed: Israel would increase and our results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.
−Removed: Our operations also could
−Removed: be adversely affected if we are unable to effectively hedge against currency fluctuations in the future.
−Removed: We cannot predict any future
−Removed: trends in the rate of inflation in Israel or the rate of devaluation (if any) of the NIS against the U.S.
−Removed: For example, while the
−Removed: NIS devalued against the U.S.
−Removed: dollar at a rate of approximately 4% during the fiscal year 2022, during the year 2021 and 2020 the NIS
−Removed: appreciated against the U.S.
−Removed: dollar at a rate of approximately 3% and 7%, respectively.
−Removed: The Israeli annual rate of inflation amounted
−Removed: to 5.3%, 1.5%, and negative 0.6% for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
−Removed: We have in the past engaged in limited hedging
−Removed: activities, and we may enter into other hedging arrangements with financial institutions from time to time.
−Removed: Any hedging strategies that
−Removed: we may implement in the future to mitigate currency risks, such as forward contracts, options and foreign exchange swaps related to transaction
−Removed: exposures may not eliminate our exposure to foreign exchange fluctuations.
−Removed: For further information, see “Part I, Item 1A.
−Removed: Risk Factors—The
−Removed: economic effects of ‘Brexit’ may affect relationships with existing and future customers and could have an adverse impact
−Removed: on our business and operating results .
−Removed: We are subject to certain regulatory regimes
−Removed: that may affect the way that we conduct business internationally, and our failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations could
−Removed: materially adversely affect our reputation and result in penalties and increased costs.
−Removed: We are subject to a complex system of laws and regulations related
−Removed: to international trade, including economic sanctions and export control laws and regulations.
−Removed: We also depend on our distributors
−Removed: and agents for compliance and adherence to local laws and regulations in the markets in which they operate.
−Removed: Significant political or regulatory
−Removed: developments in the jurisdictions in which we sell our products, such as those stemming from the presidential administration in the United
−Removed: States or the U.K.’s exit from the E.U.
−Removed: (known as “Brexit”), are difficult to predict and may have a material adverse
−Removed: effect on us.
−Removed: For example, in the United States, the Trump administration-imposed tariffs on imports from China, Mexico, Canada,
−Removed: and other countries, and expressed support for greater restrictions on free trade and increase tariffs on goods imported into the United
−Removed: Changes in U.S.
−Removed: political, regulatory, and economic conditions or in its policies governing international trade and foreign manufacturing
−Removed: and investment in the United States could adversely affect our sales in the United States.
−Removed: We are also subject to the U.S.
−Removed: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
−Removed: and may be subject to similar worldwide anti-bribery laws that generally prohibit companies and their intermediaries from making
−Removed: improper payments to government officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business.
−Removed: Despite our compliance and training
−Removed: programs, we cannot be certain that our procedures will be sufficient to ensure consistent compliance with all applicable international
−Removed: trade and anti-corruption laws, or that our employees or channel partners will strictly follow all policies and requirements to which
−Removed: we subject them.
−Removed: Any alleged or actual violations of these laws may subject us to government scrutiny, investigation, debarment,
−Removed: and civil and criminal penalties, which may have an adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition and reputation.
−Removed: Our business may be materially affected by
−Removed: changes to fiscal and tax policies.
−Removed: Potentially negative or unexpected tax consequences of these policies, or the uncertainty surrounding
−Removed: their potential effects, could adversely affect our results of operations and share price.
−Removed: The rules dealing with U.S.
−Removed: federal, state and local income taxation
−Removed: are constantly under review by persons involved in the legislative process and by the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”)
−Removed: Treasury Department.
−Removed: Changes to tax laws (which changes may have retroactive application) could adversely affect us or holders
−Removed: of our ordinary shares.
−Removed: In recent years, many such changes have been made, and changes are likely to continue to occur in the future.
−Removed: It cannot be predicted whether, when, in what form or with what effective dates tax laws, regulations and rulings may be enacted, promulgated
−Removed: or issued, which could result in an increase in our or our shareholders’ tax liability or require changes in the manner in which
−Removed: we operate in order to minimize or mitigate any adverse effects of changes in tax law.
−Removed: In addition, foreign governments may enact tax laws in response
−Removed: to the changes in the rules dealing with U.S.
−Removed: federal, state and local income taxation or otherwise that could result in further changes
−Removed: to global taxation and materially affect our financial position and results of operations.
−Removed: The uncertainty surrounding the effect of the
−Removed: reforms on our financial results and business could also weaken confidence among investors.
−Removed: holders of our ordinary shares
−Removed: may suffer adverse U.S.
−Removed: tax consequences if we are characterized as a controlled foreign corporation, or a CFC, under Section 957 of the
−Removed: Each “Ten Percent Shareholder” (as defined below) in
−Removed: corporation that is classified as a “controlled foreign corporation,” or a CFC, for U.S.
−Removed: federal income tax purposes
−Removed: generally is required to include in income for U.S.
−Removed: federal tax purposes such Ten Percent Shareholder’s pro rata share of the CFC’s
−Removed: “Subpart F income,” global intangible low-taxed income, and investment of earnings in U.S.
−Removed: property, even if the CFC has made
−Removed: no distributions to its shareholders.
−Removed: Subpart F income generally includes dividends, interest, rents and royalties, gains from the sale
−Removed: of securities and income from certain transactions with related parties.
−Removed: In addition, a Ten Percent Shareholder that realizes gain
−Removed: from the sale or exchange of shares in a CFC may be required to classify a portion of such gain as dividend income rather than capital
−Removed: corporation generally will be classified as a CFC for U.S.
−Removed: federal income tax purposes if Ten Percent Shareholders own,
−Removed: directly or indirectly, more than 50% of either the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of such corporation entitled to
−Removed: vote or of the total value of the stock of such corporation.
−Removed: A “Ten Percent Shareholder” is a United States person (as defined
−Removed: by the Code), who owns or is considered to own 10% or more of (1) the total combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to
−Removed: vote or (2) the value of all classes of stock of such corporation.
−Removed: The determination of CFC status is complex and includes attribution
−Removed: rules, the application of which is not entirely certain.
−Removed: During our 2022 taxable year, we believe
−Removed: that we had one shareholder that was a Ten Percent Shareholder for U.S.
−Removed: federal income tax purposes.
−Removed: However, our CFC status for the taxable
−Removed: year ending on December 31, 2022, and our current taxable year is unknown, and we may be a CFC for the taxable year ending on December
−Removed: 31, 2022, our current taxable year or a following year.
−Removed: In addition, recent changes to the attribution rules relation to the determination
−Removed: of CFC status may make it difficult to determine our CFC status for any taxable year or the CFC status of any of our subsidiaries.
−Removed: holders should consult their own tax advisors with respect to the potential adverse U.S.
−Removed: tax consequences of becoming a Ten Percent Shareholder
−Removed: If we are classified as both a CFC and a passive foreign investment company, or PFIC, we generally will not be treated as a
−Removed: PFIC with respect to those U.S.
−Removed: holders that meet the definition of a Ten Percent Shareholder during the period in which we are a CFC.
−Removed: If there are significant disruptions in our
−Removed: information technology systems, our business, financial condition and operating results could be adversely affected.
−Removed: The efficient operation of our business depends on our information
−Removed: technology systems.
−Removed: We rely on our information technology systems to effectively manage sales and marketing data, accounting and financial
−Removed: functions, inventory management, product development tasks, research and development data, customer service and technical support functions.
−Removed: Our information technology systems are vulnerable to damage or interruption from earthquakes, fires, floods and other natural disasters,
−Removed: terrorist attacks, attacks by computer viruses or hackers, power losses, and computer system or data network failures.
−Removed: In addition, our
−Removed: data management application is hosted by a third-party service provider whose security and information technology systems are subject
−Removed: to similar risks, and our products’ systems contain software which could be subject to computer virus or hacker attacks or other
−Removed: The failure of our or our service providers’ information
−Removed: technology systems or our products’ software to perform as we anticipate or our failure to effectively implement new information
−Removed: technology systems could disrupt our entire operation or adversely affect our software products and could result in decreased sales, increased
−Removed: overhead costs, and product shortages, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our reputation, business, financial condition,
−Removed: and operating results.
−Removed: If we fail to properly manage our anticipated
−Removed: growth, our business could suffer.
−Removed: Our growth and product expansion has placed, and we expect that
−Removed: it will continue to place, a significant strain on our management team and on our financial resources.
−Removed: Failure to manage our growth effectively
−Removed: could cause us to misallocate management or financial resources, and result in losses or weaknesses in our infrastructure, which could
−Removed: materially adversely affect our business.
−Removed: Additionally, our anticipated growth will increase the demands placed on our suppliers, resulting
−Removed: in an increased need for us to manage our suppliers and monitor for quality assurance.
−Removed: Any failure by us to manage our growth effectively
−Removed: could have an adverse effect on our ability to achieve our business objectives.
−Removed: We are highly dependent on the
−Removed: knowledge and skills of our senior management , and if we are not successful
−Removed: in attracting and retaining highly qualified personnel, we may not be able to successfully implement our business strategy.
−Removed: Our ability to compete in the highly competitive medical devices
−Removed: industry depends upon our ability to attract and retain highly qualified managerial, scientific, sales and medical personnel.
−Removed: We are highly
−Removed: dependent on our senior management team and have benefited substantially from the leadership and performance of our senior management.
−Removed: For example, we depend on our Chief Executive Officer’s experience successfully scaling an early-stage medical device company, as
−Removed: well as the experience of other members of management.
−Removed: The loss of the services of any of our executive officers and other key employees,
−Removed: and our inability to find suitable replacements could result in delays in product development and harm our business.
−Removed: Competition for senior
−Removed: management in our industry is intense and we cannot guarantee that we will be able to retain our personnel.
−Removed: Additionally, we do not carry
−Removed: key man insurance on any of our current executive officers.
−Removed: The loss of the services of certain members of our senior management could
−Removed: prevent or delay the implementation and completion of our strategic objectives or divert management’s attention to seeking qualified
−Removed: replacements.
−Removed: Shutdowns of the U.S.
−Removed: federal government could
−Removed: materially impair our business and financial condition.
−Removed: Development of our product candidates and/or regulatory approval
−Removed: may be delayed for reasons beyond our control.
−Removed: For example, in 2018 and 2019 the U.S.
−Removed: government has shut down several times and certain
−Removed: regulatory agencies, such as the FDA and the SEC, have had to furlough critical FDA, SEC, and other government employees and stop critical
−Removed: If a prolonged government shutdown or budget sequestration occurs, it could significantly impact the ability of the FDA to
−Removed: timely review and process our regulatory submissions, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
−Removed: Further, in our operations
−Removed: as a public company, future government shutdowns could impact our ability to access the public markets, such as through the declaration
−Removed: of effectiveness of registration statements and obtain necessary capital in order to properly capitalize and continue our operations.
−Removed: STAFF COMMENTS
+Added: 2023 Recent Developments
+Added: In March 2023, the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton technology received clearance from the FDA for use on stairs and curbs in the United
+Added: States, making it the only personal exoskeleton to receive FDA clearance for this indication.
+Added: The clearance follows the FDA’s designation
+Added: of the device as a "Breakthrough Device" in recognition of its unprecedented ability to provide ambulatory access to environments containing
+Added: stairs and curbs for paralyzed individuals with SCI.
+Added: In August 2023, we completed the acquisition of AlterG, which adds significant scale to our revenue base, extensive sales and
+Added: service capabilities to our commercial team, and innovative systems that utilize DAP technology to our portfolio of rehabilitation solutions
+Added: that facilitate mobility and wellness in rehabilitation and daily life.
+Added: In November 2023, CMS released the Final Rule, which explicitly includes exoskeletons within a Medicare brace benefit category.
+Added: rule went into effect on January 1, 2024.
+Added: In November 2023, CMS included the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton system in the agenda for the November 29, 2023 HCPCS public meeting.
+Added: The agency also proposed a preliminary payment determination of $94,617 for HCPCS code K1007 based on a “gap filling” process
+Added: applied to 2020 market data.
+Added: At the meeting, CMS solicited additional information for updated market transactions for use in developing
+Added: a final payment determination.
+Added: We participated in the HCPCS meeting process to provide additional information to help ensure that the
+Added: final payment determination accurately reflects current pricing information related to the market of lower-limb exoskeleton devices, including
+Added: the current ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton.
+Added: A final Medicare payment determination is expected from CMS in first quarter of 2024 with an
+Added: April 1, 2024, effective date.
+Added: In December 2023, our first claim with Medicare for reimbursement for a ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton was paid;
+Added: Record annual revenue for 2023 was $13.9 million, compared to $5.5 million in 2022, an increase of 151%.
+Added: Our cash position remained strong with $28.1 million as of December 31, 2023, with no debt.
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