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RISKS RELATED TO OUR BUSINESS
−Removed: We are currently dependent on the successful commercialization of our only approved product, Afrezza.
+Added: Our only approved product, Afrezza, may only achieve a limited degree of commercial success.
The continued commercialization and development of Afrezza will require substantial capital that we may not be able to obtain.
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We expect that our results of operations will fluctuate for the foreseeable future, which may make it difficult to predict our future performance from period to period.
−Removed: Our business, product sales, results of operations and ability to access capital could be adversely affected by the effects of health pandemics or epidemics, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: The COVID-19 pandemic could materially affect our operations, including at our headquarters in California and at our manufacturing facility in Connecticut and with respect to our sales force and their ability to interact with health care professionals, as well as the business or operations of our suppliers, distributors or other third parties with whom we conduct business.
+Added: Our business, product sales, results of operations and ability to access capital could be adversely affected by the effects of health pandemics or epidemics, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, in regions where we or third parties distribute our products or where we or third parties on which we rely have significant manufacturing facilities, concentrations of clinical trial sites or other business operations.
If we do not obtain regulatory approval of Afrezza in foreign jurisdictions, we will not be able to market Afrezza in such jurisdictions, which could limit our commercial revenues.
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We may undertake internal restructuring activities in the future that could result in disruptions to our business or otherwise materially harm our results of operations or financial condition.
+Added: We are increasingly dependent on information technology systems, and infrastructure, which are vulnerable to service interruptions and attacks.
RISKS RELATED TO GOVERNMENT REGULATION
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RISKS RELATED TO OUR BUSINESS
−Removed: We are currently dependent on the successful commercialization of our only approved product, Afrezza.
+Added: Our only approved product, Afrezza, may only achieve a limited degree of commercial success.
The continued commercialization and development of Afrezza will require substantial capital that we may not be able to obtain.*
−Removed: We have expended significant time, money and effort in the development of our only approved product, Afrezza.
−Removed: We anticipate that in the near term our prospects and ability to generate significant revenues will depend on our ability to successfully commercialize Afrezza in the United States.
−Removed: In addition, we anticipate that revenues from our existing or future licensing arrangements for our Technosphere platform technology that involve license, milestone, royalty or other payments to us will depend on our ability to achieve the performance obligations specified in such arrangements.
+Added: We have expended significant time, money and effort in the commercialization and development of Afrezza, which has been on the market since February 2015.
+Added: To date, Afrezza sales have been modest by comparison to other mealtime insulins.
+Added: If we remain on the existing growth curve, we may never generate significant revenues from Afrezza in the United States.
Successful commercialization of Afrezza is subject to many risks, including some that are outside our control.
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We ultimately may be unable to gain widespread market acceptance of Afrezza for a variety of reasons, including the treatment and dosage regimen, potential adverse effects, pricing and availability relative to alternative products and lack of coverage or adequate reimbursement by payers.
−Removed: We will need to maintain and potentially enhance our commercialization capabilities in order to successfully commercialize Afrezza in the United States, and we may not have sufficient resources to do so.
+Added: We may need to enhance our commercialization capabilities in order to successfully commercialize Afrezza in the United States, and we may not have sufficient resources to do so.
The market for skilled commercial personnel is highly competitive, and we may not be able to hire all of the personnel we need on a timely basis or retain them for a sufficient period.
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As a result, patients may decline to purchase Afrezza, which would have an adverse effect on our ability to generate revenues.
+Added: As part of the approval of Afrezza, the FDA required us to conduct certain additional clinical studies of Afrezza .
+Added: These studies will require significant capital resources, some of which may not be available to us.
+Added: We expect to initiate one of these studies, a Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Afrezza in 4-17 year-old children and adolescents, in the second half of 2021.
+Added: We have engaged a clinical research organization to assist us with conducting this study and have budgeted the projected costs of the study in our operating plans.
+Added: T he FDA has also required that we conduct a five-year, randomized, controlled trial in patients with type 2 diabetes, the primary objective of which is to compare the incidence of pulmonary malignancy observed with Afrezza to that observed in a standard of care control group.
+Added: We have an ongoing dialogue with the FDA regarding the endpoints and goals for this study.
+Added: To date, we have not commenced a long-term safety study or budgeted any amount for it, but such a study would be anticipated to require substantial capital resources that we may not be able to obtain.
We are responsible for the NDA for Afrezza and its maintenance.
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Our financial and other resource constraints may result in delays or adversely impact the reliability and completion of these trials.
−Removed: If we fail to achieve commercial success with Afrezza in the United States, our business, financial condition and results of operations will be materially and adversely affected.
+Added: If we fail to achieve better commercial success with Afrezza in the United States, our prospects for generating significant revenues from this product will be materially and adversely affected.
If we fail as an effective manufacturing organization, we may be unable to support commercialization of Afrezza or Tyvaso DPI.*
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Manufacturers of pharmaceutical products often encounter difficulties in production, especially in scaling up production to commercial batch sizes, which is the stage of production that we have now reached with Tyvaso DPI.
−Removed: These problems include difficulties with production costs and yields, quality control and assurance and shortages of qualified personnel.
−Removed: There is also a need to comply with strictly enforced federal, state and foreign regulations, including inspections.
−Removed: Our facility is inspected on a regular basis by the FDA with respect to the manufacture of Afrezza, most recently in June 2018;
−Removed: however, we anticipate that our facility will need to undergo a pre-approval inspection related to Tyvaso DPI before the FDA will approve the NDA for that product.
−Removed: If the FDA makes any major inspectional observations, the approval and launch of Tyvaso DPI may be delayed.
−Removed: The COVID-19 pandemic may adversely impact FDA’s ability to travel and conduct a pre-approval inspection, including related to a backlog of inspections that has built up over the duration of the pandemic.
+Added: These problems include difficulties with production costs and yields and quality control and assurance.
+Added: We may also experience shortages of qualified personnel, particularly at this time when we are seeking to fill a large number of open positions in our Danbury facility.
+Added: There is also a need to comply with strictly enforced federal, state and foreign regulations, including
+Added: Our facility is inspected on a regular basis by the FDA, most recently in late Ju ly 20 21 when the FDA conducted a pre-approval inspection related to Tyvaso DPI and a GMP inspection related to Afrezza .
+Added: The onsite portion of these inspections concluded in early August.
+Added: We expect the FDA to deliver a formal establishment inspection report in September.
+Added: If the FDA makes any major observations related to such inspections or in its review of information submitted as part of the NDA , the approval and launch of Tyvaso DPI may be delayed.
Any of these factors could cause us to delay or suspend production, could entail higher costs and may result in our being unable to obtain sufficient quantities for the commercialization of drug products at the costs that we currently anticipate.
−Removed: Furthermore, if we or a third-party manufacturer fail to deliver the required commercial quantities of the product or any raw material on a timely basis, and at
−Removed: commercially reasonable prices, sustainable compliance and acceptable quality, and we were unable to promptly find one or more replacement manufacturers capable of production at a substantially equivalent cost, in substantially equivalent volume and quality on a timely basis, we would likely be unable to meet demand for such drug products and we would lose potential revenues.
+Added: Furthermore, if we or a third-party manufacturer fail to deliver the required commercial quantities of the product or any raw material on a timely basis, and at commercially reasonable prices, sustainable compliance and acceptable quality, and we were unable to promptly find one or more replacement manufacturers capable of production at a substantially equivalent cost, in substantially equivalent volume and quality on a timely basis, we would likely be unable to meet demand for such drug products and we would lose potential revenues.
We may need to raise additional capital to fund our operations.*
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, we had cash and cash equivalents of $247.8 million, short-term investments of $29.0 million, long-term investments of $1.5 million and $338.4 million principal amount of outstanding debt.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, we had cash and cash equivalents of $62.5 million, short-term investments of $100.0 million and long-term investments of $39.0 million, and we had $293.3 million principal amount of outstanding debt.
We may need to raise additional capital, whether through the sale of equity or debt securities, additional strategic business collaborations, the establishment of other funding facilities, licensing arrangements, asset sales or other means, in order to support our ongoing activities, including the commercialization of Afrezza and the development of our product candidates .
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The extent of our additional funding requirements will depend on a number of factors, including:
−Removed: the degree to which revenue from Afrezza exceeds or does not exceed the minimum revenue covenants under the MidCap credit facility;
+Added: the degree to which revenue from Afrezza exceeds or does not exceed the minimum revenue covenants under the MidCap credit facility, if applicable;
the degree to which we are able to generate revenue from our Technosphere drug delivery platform, including through our collaborations;
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Issuances of additional debt or equity securities or the issuance of common stock upon conversion of outstanding convertible debt securities or upon the exercise of our currently outstanding warrants for shares of our common stock could impact the rights of the holders of our common stock and will dilute their ownership percentage.
−Removed: Moreover, the establishment of other funding facilities may impose restrictions on our operations.
+Added: Moreover, the establishment of other funding facilities may
+Added: impose restrictions on our operations.
These restrictions could include limitations on additional borrowing and specific restrictions on the use of our assets, as well as prohibitions on our ability to create liens, pay dividends, redeem our stock or make investments.
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We may be required to enter into relationships with third parties to develop or commercialize products or technologies that we otherwise would have sought to develop independently, and any such relationships may not be on terms as commercially favorable to us as might otherwise be the case.
−Removed: In the event that sufficient additional funds are not obtained through strategic collaboration opportunities, sales of securities, funding facilities, licensing arrangements , borrowing arrangements and/or asset sales on a timely basis, we may be required to reduce expenses
−Removed: through the delay, reduction or curtailment of our projects, or further reduction of costs for facilities and administration.
+Added: In the event that sufficient additional funds are not obtained through strategic collaboration opportunities, sales of securities, funding facilities, licensing arrangements , borrowing arrangements and/or asset sales on a timely basis, we may be required to reduce expenses through the delay, reduction or curtailment of our projects, or further reduction of costs for facilities and administration.
Moreover, if we do not obtain such additional funds, there may be substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern and increased risk of insolvency and up to total loss of investment to our stockholders and other security holders.
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Our business, product sales, results of operations and ability to access capital could be adversely affected by the effects of health pandemics or epidemics, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, in regions where we or third parties distribute our products or where we or third parties on which we rely have significant manufacturing facilities, concentrations of clinical trial sites or other business operations.*
−Removed: The COVID-19 pandemic could materially affect our operations, including at our headquarters in California and at our manufacturing facility in Connecticut and with respect to our sales force and their ability to interact with health care professionals, as well as the business or operations of our suppliers, distributors or other third parties with whom we conduct business.*
Our business could be adversely affected by the effects of health pandemics or epidemics in regions where we have business operations, and could cause significant disruption in the operations of third-party manufacturers and distributors upon whom we rely.
+Added: In particular, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic could materially affect our operations, including at our headquarters in California and at our manufacturing facility in Connecticut and with respect to our sales force and their ability to interact with health care professionals, as well as the business or operations of our suppliers, distributors or other third parties with whom we conduct business.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a number of restrictions to reduce the spread of the disease, including executive orders in California and Connecticut, and several other state and local orders across the country, which, among other things, directed individuals to shelter at their places of residence, directed schools, businesses and governmental agencies to cease non-essential operations at physical locations, prohibited certain non-essential gatherings, and ordered cessation of non-essential travel.
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Sales and demand for Afrezza have been adversely affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic, and we expect that the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to negatively impact near-term revenues from Afrezza.
−Removed: Our sales representatives have not fully returned to conducting in-person office visits with healthcare providers, which impacts their productivity.
+Added: Our sales representatives have not fully returned to conducting in-person office visits with healthcare providers, which impact s their productivity.
Disruptions in the prescription volume of Afrezza could also occur:
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Other than Tyvaso DPI, which UT submitted for regulatory approval in April 2021, all of our product candidates will require additional research and development and, in some cases, significant preclinical, clinical and other testing prior to seeking regulatory approval to market them.
−Removed: Accordingly, these product candidates will not be commercially available for a number of years, if at all.
+Added: Accordingly, these
+Added: product candidates will not be commercially available for a number of years, if at all.
Further research and development on these programs will require significant financial resources.
−Removed: Given our limited financial resources, our need to support the regulatory submission and launch preparations of Tyvaso DPI and our ongoing attention on the development and commercialization of Afrezza, we will likely not be able to advance these programs into clinical development unless we are able to obtain specific funding for these programs or enter into collaborations with third parties.
−Removed: Even if our research programs identify product candidates that initially show promise, these candidates may fail to progress to clinical development for any number of reasons, including discovery upon further research that these candidates have adverse effects or other
−Removed: characteristics that indicate they are unlikely to be effective.
+Added: Given our limited financial resources , our need to support the regulatory submission and launch preparations of Tyvaso DPI and our ongoing attention on the development and commercialization of Afrezza, we may not be able to advance these programs into clinical development unless we are able to obtain specific funding for these programs or enter into collaborations with third parties.
+Added: Even if our research programs identify product candidates that initially show promise, these candidates may fail to progress to clinical development for any number of reasons, including discovery upon further research that these candidates have adverse effects or other characteristics that indicate they are unlikely to be effective.
In addition, the clinical results we obtain at one stage are not necessarily indicative of future testing results.
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We are not currently profitable and have rarely generated positive net cash flow from operations.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, we had an accumulated deficit of $3.1 billion.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, we had an accumulated deficit of $3.1 billion.
The accumulated deficit has resulted principally from costs incurred in our research and development programs, the write-off of assets (including goodwill, inventory and property, plant and equipment) and general operating expenses.
−Removed: We expect to make substantial expenditures and to incur increasing operating losses in the future in order to continue the commercialization of Afrezza.
+Added: We expect to make substantial expenditures and to incur increasing operating losses in the future in order to continue the commercialization of Afrezza and advance product candidates in our pipeline.
In addition, under our Insulin Supply Agreement with Amphastar, we agreed to purchase certain annual minimum quantities of insulin through 2027.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, there was €75.9 million remaining in aggregate purchase commitments under this agreement.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, there was €74.8 million remaining in aggregate purchase commitments under this agreement.
We may not have the necessary capital resources to service this contractual commitment.
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The notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q provide details about our various debt obligations.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, we had $338.4 million principal amount of outstanding debt, consisting of:
−Removed: $230.0 million aggregate principal amount of Senior convertible notes due 2026 bearing interest at 2.50% payable semi-annually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 of each year, beginning on September 1, 2021 and will mature on March 1, 2026, unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, we had $293.3 million principal amount of outstanding debt, consisting of:
+Added: $230.0 million aggregate principal amount of Senior convertible notes bearing interest at 2.50% payable semi-annually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 of each year, beginning on September 1, 2021 and will mature on March 1, 2026, unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased.
The Senior convertible notes are convertible at an initial conversion price of approximately $5.21 per share of Common Stock.
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$40.0 million principal amount under the MidCap credit facility, bearing interest at an annual rate equal to one-month LIBOR plus 6.25%, subject to a one-month LIBOR floor of 1.00%, payable in equal monthly installments beginning in September 2023 through maturity in August 2025.
−Removed: $53.5 million principal amount of indebtedness under the Mann Group promissory notes bearing interest at a fixed rate of 7.00% per annum compounded quarterly and maturing in November 2024, $18.4 million of which is convertible into shares of our common stock at the option of Mann Group at a conversion price of $2.50 per share.
−Removed: Interest is paid-in-kind from August 2019 until the end of 2020, after which we have the option to either pay interest in-kind or in shares.
−Removed: $4.9 million from a loan under the Paycheck Protection Program of the CARES Act, all or a portion of which may be forgiven.
−Removed: The PPP loan matures in April 2022 and bears interest at a rate of 0.98% per annum.
−Removed: Principal and interest payments can be deferred up to ten months after the end of a 24-week covered period unless we are notified earlier of our loan forgiveness status.
−Removed: In the event the SBA does not authorize loan forgiveness, the deferred principal and interest will be payable to the lender and we will then make equal monthly payments as required to fully amortize the remaining principal amount by April 9, 2022.
−Removed: On April 22, 2021, we and Mann Group entered into an amendment to the Mann Group convertible note, pursuant to which the parties agreed to (i) reduce the interest rate from 7.0% to 2.5% effective on April 22, 2021, and (ii) extend the maturity date from November 3, 2024 to December 31, 2025.
−Removed: On April 22, 2021, we repaid the entire principal amount of $35.1 million outstanding under the Mann Group non-convertible note, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
−Removed: All or a portion of the PPP loan may be forgiven by the SBA upon application to our lender by us beginning 60 days after loan approval up to 24 weeks after the date of the loan disbursement (the “covered period”), but not later than ten months after the end of our covered period, and upon documentation of expenditures in accordance with the SBA requirements.
−Removed: Under the CARES Act, loan forgiveness is available for the sum of documented payroll costs, covered rent payments, covered interest and covered utilities during the 24-week period (or eight-week period at our option) beginning on the date of loan approval.
−Removed: Not more than 40% of the forgiven amount may be for non-payroll costs.
−Removed: The amount of the PPP loan eligible to be forgiven will be reduced if our full-time headcount declines, or if salaries and wages for employees with salaries of $100,000 or less annually are reduced by more than 25%.
−Removed: We will be required to repay any portion of the outstanding principal that is not forgiven, along with accrued interest, in accordance with the amortization schedule described above, and we cannot provide any assurance that we will be eligible for loan forgiveness or that any
−Removed: amount of the PPP loan will ultimately be forgiven by the SBA.
−Removed: Furthermore, on April 28, 2020, the Secretary of the U.S.
−Removed: Department of the Treasury stated that the SBA will perform a full review of any PPP loan over $2.0 million before forgiving the loan.
−Removed: The PPP loan application required us to certify, among other things, that the current economic uncertainty made the PPP loan request necessary to support our ongoing operations.
−Removed: While we made this certification in good faith after analyzing, among other things, our financial situation and access to alternative forms of capital, and believe that we satisfied all eligibility criteria for the PPP loan, and that our receipt of the PPP loan is consistent with the broad objectives of the PPP, the certification described above does not contain any objective criteria.
−Removed: In addition, the SBA has stated that it is unlikely that a public company with substantial market value and access to capital markets will be able to make the required certification in good faith.
−Removed: The lack of clarity regarding loan eligibility under the PPP has resulted in significant media coverage and controversy with respect to public companies applying for and receiving loans.
−Removed: If, despite our good-faith belief that we satisfied all eligible requirements for the PPP loan, we are found to be in violation of any of the laws or governmental regulations that apply to us in connection with the PPP loan, including the False Claims Act, or it is otherwise determined that we were not eligible to receive the PPP loan, we may be subject to penalties, including significant civil, criminal and administrative penalties and could be required to repay the PPP loan.
−Removed: In addition, our receipt of the PPP loan may result in adverse publicity and damage to our reputation, and a review or audit by the SBA or other government entity or claims under the False Claims Act could consume significant financial and management resources.
−Removed: If we fail to take all actions necessary and promptly file all required reporting to ensure than no less than 90% of the PPP loan is forgiven in accordance with the loan forgiveness provisions of the PPP, we will be in violation of the consent given by MidCap with respect to such additional indebtedness, which could lead to an event of default under the MidCap credit facility.
−Removed: Any of these events could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
+Added: $18.4 million principal amount of indebtedness under the Mann Group convertible note bearing interest at a fixed rate of 2.50% per annum compounded quarterly and maturing in December 2025, which is convertible into shares of our common stock at the option of Mann Group at a conversion price of $2.50 per share.
+Added: Interest is paid-in-kind from August 2019 until the end of 2020, after which we have the option to either pay interest in-kind in cash or in shares.
+Added: $4.9 million principal amount under a PPP loan, all of which was forgiven by the SBA subsequent to June 30, 2021.
Under the MidCap credit facility, our interest rate on borrowed amounts is dependent on one-month LIBOR, which is the basic rate of interest used in lending between banks on the London interbank market.
LIBOR is widely used as a reference for setting the interest rate on loans globally and is currently scheduled to be phased out in 2023.
−Removed: Before one-month LIBOR is phased out, we may need to renegotiate the MidCap credit facility to replace one-month LIBOR with a new standard, which has yet to be established.
+Added: Before one-month LIBOR is phased out, we may need to renegotiate the MidCap credit facility to replace one-month LIBOR with a new standard, which has not yet been agreed upon.
The consequences of these developments cannot entirely be predicted, but could result in higher interest rates on our loans under the MidCap credit facility.
We cannot provide assurance that future interest rate changes will not have a material negative impact on our business, financial position, or operating results.
−Removed: On April 22, 2021, we entered into the seventh amendment of the MidCap credit facility, pursuant to which the parties agreed to, among other things, (i) increase the amount available under the third advance from $25.0 million to $60.0 million and extend the date through which the third advance is available to June 30, 2022, (ii) amend the conditions to the third advance of $60.0 million being available to draw, including certain milestone conditions associated with Tyvaso DPI, (iii) remove our obligation to issue a warrant to purchase shares of our common stock upon drawing down the third advance, (iv) extend the interest-only period until September 1, 2023 and extend the maturity date until August 1, 2025, (v) amend the financial covenant relating to trailing 12 month minimum Afrezza net revenue to eliminate the requirement to test compliance so long as we have $90.0 million or more of unrestricted cash , (vi) decrease the minimum cash covenant from $30.0 million to $10.0 million at all times and eliminate the minimum cash covenant in the event that Tyvaso DPI is approved by the FDA , (viii) permit us to make certain acquisitions, subject to requirements, and (ix) permit us to make investments of up to an additional $9.0 million so long as we have $90.0 million or more of unrestricted cash following such investment.
−Removed: Concurrent with entering into this amendment, we made a $10.0 million principal prepayment against outstanding term loans under the MidCap credit facility and paid a related $1.0 million exit fee in lieu of the unaccrued portion of the original exit fee and prepayment penalties that would otherwise have been due with respect to the partial prepayment.
Under the MidCap credit facility, we must comply with a minimum cash covenant of $10.0 million at all times and may be required to comply with additional covenants in the future under certain circumstances.
−Removed: Further, the MidCap credit facility requires us, and any debt arrangements we may enter into in the future may require us, to comply with various covenants that limit our ability to, among other things:
+Added: Further, the MidCap credit facility requires us, and any
+Added: debt arrangements we may enter into in the future may require us, to comply with various covenants that limit our ability to, among other things:
dispose of assets;
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While we have been able to timely make our required interest payments to date, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so in the future.
−Removed: If we fail to pay interest on, or repay, our outstanding term loan under the MidCap credit facility, or if we fail to repay or repurchase the PPP loan or borrowings under the Mann Group promissory notes when required, we will be in default under the instrument for such debt securities or loans, and may also suffer an event of default under the terms of other borrowing arrangements that we may enter into from time to time.
+Added: If we fail to pay interest on, or repay, our outstanding term loan under the MidCap credit facility or borrowings under the Mann Group promissory notes when required, we will be in default under the instrument for such debt securities or loans, and may also suffer an event of default under the terms of other borrowing arrangements that we may enter into from time to time.
Any of these events could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition, up to and including the note holders initiating bankruptcy proceedings or causing us to cease operations altogether.
If we do not achieve our projected development goals in the timeframes we expect, our business, financial condition and results of operations will be harmed and the market price of our common stock and other securities could decline.*
+Added: We anticipate that revenues from our existing or future licensing arrangements for our Technosphere platform technology that involve license, milestone, royalty or other payments to us will depend on our ability to achieve the performance obligations specified in such arrangements.
For planning purposes, we estimate the timing of the accomplishment of various scientific, clinical, regulatory and other product development goals, which we sometimes refer to as milestones.
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If we are required to find a new or additional supplier, we will need to evaluate that supplier’s ability to provide material that meets regulatory requirements, including cGMP or QSR requirements, as well as our specifications and quality requirements, which would require significant time and expense and could delay the production of Afrezza.
−Removed: In general, if any of our suppliers is unwilling or unable to meet its supply obligations or if we encounter delays or difficulties in our relationships with manufacturers or suppliers, and we are unable to secure an alternative
−Removed: supply source in a timely manner and on favorable terms, our business, financial condition, and results of operations may be harmed and the market price of our common stock and other securities may decline.
+Added: In general, if any of our suppliers is unwilling or unable to meet its supply obligations or if we encounter delays or difficulties in our relationships with manufacturers or suppliers, and we are unable to secure an alternative supply source in a timely manner and on favorable terms, our business, financial condition, and results of operations may be harmed and the market price of our common stock and other securities may decline.
If Afrezza or any other product that we develop does not become widely accepted by physicians, patients, third-party payers and the healthcare community, we may be unable to generate significant revenue, if any.
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If third-party payers do not cover Afrezza or any of our product candidates for which we receive regulatory approval, Afrezza or such product candidates might not be prescribed, used or purchased, which would adversely affect our revenues.*
−Removed: Our future revenues and ability to generate positive cash flow from operations may be affected by the continuing efforts of government and other third-party payers to contain or reduce the costs of healthcare through various means.
−Removed: In certain foreign markets the pricing of prescription pharmaceuticals is subject to direct governmental control.
−Removed: In the United States, there have been several congressional inquiries and proposed and enacted federal and state legislation designed to, among other things, bring more transparency to product pricing, review the relationship between pricing and manufacturer patient programs, and reform government program reimbursement methodologies for products.
−Removed: At the federal level, the Trump administration used several means to propose or implement drug pricing reform, including through federal budget proposals, executive orders and policy initiatives.
−Removed: For example, on July 24, 2020 and September 13, 2020, the Trump administration announced several executive orders related to prescription drug pricing that attempt to implement several of the administration’s proposals.
−Removed: The FDA also released a final rule, effective November 30, 2020, implementing a portion of the importation executive order providing guidance for states to build and submit importation plans for drugs from Canada.
−Removed: Further, on November 20, 2020, the U.S.
−Removed: Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), finalized a regulation removing safe harbor protection for price reductions from pharmaceutical manufacturers to plan sponsors under Part D, either directly or through pharmacy benefit managers, unless the price reduction is required by law.
−Removed: The implementation of this rule has been delayed by the Biden administration from January 1, 2022 to January 1, 2023 in response to ongoing litigation.
−Removed: The rule also creates a new safe harbor for price reductions reflected at the point-of-sale, as well as a new safe harbor for certain fixed fee arrangements between pharmacy benefit managers and manufacturers, the implementation of which have also been delayed until January 1, 2023.
−Removed: On November 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued an interim final rule implementing President Trump’s Most Favored Nation executive order, which would tie Medicare Part B payments for certain physician-administered drugs to the lowest price paid in other economically advanced countries, effective January 1, 2021.
−Removed: On December 28, 2020, the United States District Court in Northern California issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against implementation of the interim final rule.
−Removed: However, it is unclear whether the Biden administration will work to reverse these measures or pursue similar policy initiatives.
−Removed: At the state level, legislatures have increasingly passed legislation and implemented regulations designed to control pharmaceutical and biological product pricing, including price or patient reimbursement constraints, discounts, restrictions on certain product access and marketing cost disclosure and transparency measures, and, in some cases, designed to encourage importation from other countries and bulk purchasing.
−Removed: We expect that there will continue to be a number of federal and state proposals to implement similar and/or additional governmental controls.
−Removed: We cannot be certain what legislative proposals will be adopted or what actions federal, state or private third-party payers may take in response to any drug pricing and reimbursement reform
−Removed: proposals or legislation.
−Removed: For example, it is possible that additional governmental action is taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: Such reforms may limit our ability to generate revenues from sales of Afrezza or other products that we may develop in the future and achieve profitability.
−Removed: Further, to the extent that such reforms have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition and profitability of any future marketing partner for Afrezza, and companies that are prospective collaborators for our product candidates, our ability to commercialize Afrezza and our product candidates under development may be adversely affected.
In the United States and elsewhere, sales of prescription pharmaceuticals still depend in large part on the availability of coverage and adequate reimbursement to the consumer from third-party payers, such as government health administration authorities and private insurance plans.
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Also, third-party payers may refuse to include a particular branded drug in their formularies or otherwise restrict patient access to a branded drug when a less costly generic equivalent or other alternative is available.
−Removed: Even if favorable coverage and reimbursement status is attained for Afrezza or our product candidates for which we or our collaborators receive regulatory approval, less favorable coverage policies and reimbursement rates may be implemented in the future.
−Removed: In addition, because each third-party payer individually approves coverage and reimbursement levels, obtaining coverage and adequate reimbursement is a time-consuming and costly process.
−Removed: We may be required to provide scientific and clinical support for the use of any product to each third-party payer separately with no assurance that approval would be obtained.
+Added: Even if favorable coverage and reimbursement status is attained for Afrezza or our product candidates for which we or our collaborators receive regulatory approval, less favorable
+Added: coverage policies and reimbursement rates may be implemented in the future.
+Added: In addition, because each third-party pay e r individually approves coverage and reimbursement levels, obtaining coverage and adequate reimbursement is a time-consuming and costly process.
+Added: We may be required to provide scientific and clinical support for the use of any product to each third-party pay e r separately with no assurance that approval would be obtained.
This process could delay the market acceptance of any product and could have a negative effect on our future revenues and operating results.
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This in turn could affect our and any future marketing partner’s ability to successfully commercialize Afrezza and our ability to successfully commercialize any of our other product candidates that receives regulatory approval and impact our profitability, results of operations, financial condition, and prospects.
+Added: Our future revenues and ability to generate positive cash flow from operations may be affected by the continuing efforts of government and other third-party payers to contain or reduce the costs of healthcare through various means.
+Added: In certain foreign markets the pricing of prescription pharmaceuticals is subject to direct governmental control.
+Added: In the United States, there have been several congressional inquiries and proposed and enacted federal and state legislation designed to, among other things, bring more transparency to product pricing, review the relationship between pricing and manufacturer patient programs, and reform government program reimbursement methodologies for products.
If product liability claims are brought against us, we may incur significant liabilities and suffer damage to our reputation.*
−Removed: The testing, manufacturing, marketing and sale of Afrezza and any clinical testing of our product candidates expose us to potential product liability claims.
+Added: The testing, manufacturing, marketing and sales of Afrezza and any clinical testing of our product candidates expose us to potential product liability claims.
A product liability claim may result in substantial judgments as well as consume significant financial and management resources and result in adverse publicity, decreased demand for a product, injury to our reputation, withdrawal of clinical studies volunteers and loss of revenues.
−Removed: We currently carry worldwide product liability insurance in the amount of $10.0 million.
+Added: We currently carry worldwide product liability insurance in the amount of $10.0 million as well as an errors and omissions policy in the amount of $10.0 million.
Our insurance coverage may not be adequate to satisfy any liability that may arise, and because insurance coverage in our industry can be very expensive and difficult to obtain, we cannot assure you that we will seek to obtain, or be able to obtain if desired, sufficient additional coverage.
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All of our employees are “at will” and we currently do not have employment agreements with any of the principal members of our management , commercial or scientific staff, and we do not have key person life insurance to cover the loss of any of these individuals.
−Removed: Replacing key employees may be difficult and time-consuming because of the limited number of individuals in our industry with the skills and experience required to develop, gain regulatory approval of and commercialize products successfully.
+Added: Replacing key employees may be difficult and time-consuming
+Added: because of the limited number of individuals in our industry with the skills and experience required to develop, gain regulatory approval of and commercialize products successfully.
We have relationships with scientific advisors at academic and other institutions to conduct research or assist us in formulating our research, development or clinical strategy.
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If we undertake any internal restructuring activities and fail to achieve some or all of the expected benefits therefrom, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.
−Removed: We and certain of our executive officers and directors have been named as defendants in ongoing securities lawsuits that could result in substantial costs and divert management’s attention.
−Removed: Following the public announcement of Sanofi’s election to terminate the Sanofi License Agreement and the subsequent decline in our stock price, two motions were submitted to the district court at Tel Aviv, Economic Department for the certification of a class action against MannKind and certain of our officers and directors.
−Removed: In general, the complaints allege that MannKind and certain of our officers and directors violated Israeli and U.S.
−Removed: securities laws by making materially false and misleading statements regarding the prospects for Afrezza, thereby artificially inflating the price of its common stock.
−Removed: The plaintiffs are seeking monetary damages.
−Removed: In November 2016, the district court dismissed one of the actions without prejudice.
−Removed: In the remaining action, the district court ruled in October 2017 that U.S.
−Removed: law will apply to this case.
−Removed: The plaintiff appealed this ruling, and following an oral hearing before the Supreme Court of Israel, decided to withdraw his appeal.
−Removed: Subsequently, in November 2018, we filed a motion to dismiss the certification motion.
−Removed: 2019, the plaintiff brought a motion to amend his claim, which the court denied in January 2020.
−Removed: The plaintiff has appealed this denial to the Supreme Court of Israel.
−Removed: We will continue to vigorously defend against the claims advanced .
−Removed: If we are not successful in our defense, we could be forced to make significant payments to or other settlements with our stockholders and their lawyers, and such payments or settlement arrangements could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results or financial condition.
−Removed: Even if such claims are not successful, the litigation could result in substantial costs and significant adverse impact on our reputation and divert management’s attention and resources, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.
Our operations might be interrupted by the occurrence of a natural disaster or other catastrophic event.
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We might suffer losses as a result of business interruptions that exceed the coverage available under our and our contractors’ insurance policies or for which we or our contractors do not have coverage.
−Removed: For example, we are not insured against a terrorist attack.
+Added: For example, we are not
+Added: insured against a terrorist attack.
Any natural disaster or catastrophic event could have a significant negative impact on our operations and financial results.
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If we are unable to collect these future costs and expenses, if any, from the responsible party, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be harmed.
−Removed: We are increasingly dependent on information technology systems, infrastructure and data security.
+Added: We are increasingly dependent on information technology systems and infrastructure, which are vulnerable to service interruptions and attacks.*
We are increasingly dependent upon information technology systems, infrastructure and data security.
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Our key business partners face similar risks and any security breach of their systems could adversely affect our security status.
−Removed: Additionally, natural disasters, public health pandemics or epidemics ( including, for example, the COVID-19 pandemic ), terrorism, war and telecommunication and electrical failures may result in damage to or the interruption or impairment of key business processes, or the loss or corruption of confidential
−Removed: information, including intellectual property, proprietary business information and personal information.
+Added: Additionally, natural disasters, public health pandemics or epidemics ( including, for example, the COVID-19 pandemic ), terrorism, war and telecommunication and electrical failures may result in damage to or the interruption or impairment of key business processes, or the loss or corruption of confidential information, including intellectual property, proprietary business information and personal information.
While we continue to invest in the protection of our critical or sensitive data and information technology, there can be no assurance that our efforts will prevent or detect service interruptions or breaches in our systems that could adversely affect our business and operations and/or result in the loss of critical or sensitive information, which could result in financial, legal, business or reputational harm to us.
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We may also be required to undertake post-marketing studies.
−Removed: For example, as part of the approval of Afrezza, the FDA required us to conduct certain additional clinical studies of Afrezza .
−Removed: We expect to initiate one of these studies, a Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Afrezza in 8-17 year-old children and adolescents, later in 2021, subject to the easing of restrictions due to COVID-19.
−Removed: In addition , the FDA has required that we conduct a five-year, randomized, controlled trial in patients with type 2 diabetes, the primary objective of which is to compare the incidence of pulmonary malignancy observed with Afrezza to that observed in a standard of care control group.
−Removed: We have an ongoing dialogue with the FDA regarding the endpoints and goals for this long-term trial and have not yet commenced this trial.
In addition, if we or other parties identify adverse effects after any of our products are on the market, or if manufacturing problems occur, regulatory approval may be withdrawn and a reformulation of our products, additional clinical studies, changes in labeling of, or indications of use for, our products and/or additional marketing applications may be required.
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The FDA may also withdraw product approvals if problems concerning the safety or efficacy of a product appear following approval.
−Removed: We cannot be sure that FDA and United States Congressional initiatives or actions by foreign regulatory bodies pertaining to ensuring the safety of marketed drugs or other developments pertaining to the pharmaceutical industry will not adversely affect our operations.
+Added: We cannot be sure
+Added: that FDA and United States Congressional initiatives or actions by foreign regulatory bodies pertaining to ensuring the safety of marketed drugs or other developments pertaining to the pharmaceutical industry will not adversely affect our operations.
We also are required to register our establishments and list our products with the FDA and certain state agencies.
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Enforcement action may include product seizures, injunctions, significant civil or criminal penalties or regulatory letters, which may require corrective advertising or other corrective communications to healthcare professionals.
−Removed: Failure to comply with such regulations also can result in adverse publicity or
−Removed: increased scrutiny of company activities by the U.S.
+Added: Failure to comply with such regulations also can result in adverse publicity or increased scrutiny of company activities by the U.S.
Congress or other legislators.
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As a result, we temporarily inactivated all Afrezza social media accounts (including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) then, after consultation with OPDP, placed a corrective post on Facebook and Instagram.
−Removed: The FDA’s and other regulatory authorities’ policies may change and additional government regulations may be enacted that could prevent, limit or delay regulatory approval of our product candidates, delay the submission or review of an application or require additional expenditures by us.
+Added: The FDA’s and other regulatory authorities’ policies may change and additional government regulations may be enacted that could prevent, limit or delay regulatory approval of our product candidates , delay the submission or review of an application or requir e additional expenditures by us .
+Added: In addition, interested parties (such as individuals, advocacy groups and competing pharmaceutical companies) can file a citizen petition with the FDA to request policy change or some form of administrative action on the FDA’s part, including with respect to an NDA.
+Added: For example, a third party has submitted a citizen petition to the FDA requesting that the FDA refuse to approve Tyvaso DPI, and/or impose additional requirements in order to approve the product.
+Added: If successful, a citizen petition can significantly delay, or even prevent, the approval of a drug product.
We cannot predict the likelihood, nature or extent of government regulation that may arise from future legislation or administrative action, either in the United States or abroad.
−Removed: If we are slow or unable to adapt to changes in existing requirements or the adoption of new requirements or policies, or if we are not able to maintain regulatory compliance, we may lose any marketing approval that we may have obtained and we may not achieve or sustain profitability.
+Added: If we are slow or unable to adapt to changes in existing requirements or the adoption of new requirements or policies, or if we are not able to maintain regulatory compliance, we may be denied marketing approval or lose any marketing approval that we have already obtained.
There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain necessary regulatory clearances or approvals on a timely basis, if at all, for any of our product candidates under development, and delays in receipt or failure to receive such clearances or approvals, the loss of previously received clearances or approvals, or failure to comply with existing or future regulatory requirements could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
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There have been executive, judicial and congressional challenges to certain provisions of the PPACA.
−Removed: President Trump signed Executive Orders and other directives designed to eliminate the implementation of certain provisions of the PPACA or otherwise circumvent some of the requirements for health insurance manda ted by the PPACA.
−Removed: Concurrently, Congress considered legislation that would repeal or repeal and replace all or part of the PPACA.
−Removed: While Congress has not passed comprehensive repeal legislation, several bills affecting the implementation of certain taxes under the PPACA have been signed into law.
−Removed: The Tax Act include d a provision that repealed, effective January 1, 2019, the tax-based shared responsibility payment imposed by the PPACA on certain individuals who fail to maintain qualifying health coverage for all or part of a year that is commonly referred to as the “individual mandate”.
−Removed: In addition, the 2020 federal spending package permanently eliminate d , effective January 1, 2020, the PPACA-mandated “Cadillac” tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health coverage and medical device tax and, effective January 1, 2021, also eliminates the health insurer tax.
−Removed: The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, or the BBA, among other things, amended the PPACA, effective January 1, 2019, to close the coverage gap in most Medicare drug plans .
−Removed: On December 14, 2018, a Texas U.S.
−Removed: District Court Judge ruled that the PPACA is unconstitutional in its entirety because the “individual mandate” was repealed by Congress as part of the Tax Act.
−Removed: Additionally, on December 18, 2019, the U.S.
−Removed: Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit upheld the District Court ruling that the individual mandate was unconstitutional and remanded the case back to the District Court to determine whether the remaining provisions of the PPACA are inv alid as well.
−Removed: T he United States Supreme Court is currently review ing this case, but it is unknown when a decision will be reached.
−Removed: On February 10, 2021, the Biden administration withdrew the federal government’s support for overturning the PPACA.
−Removed: Although the U nited States Supreme Court has yet ruled on the constitutionality of the PPACA, on January 28, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order to initiate a special enrollment period for purposes of obtaining health insurance coverage through the PPACA marketplace , which began on February 15, 2021 and will remain open through August 15, 2021 .
−Removed: The executive order also instructs certain governmental agencies to review and reconsider their existing policies and rules that limit access to healthcare, including among others, reexamining Medicaid demonstration projects and waiver programs that include work requirements, and policies that create unnecessary barriers to obtaining access to health insurance coverage through Medicaid or the PPACA .
−Removed: It is unclear how the Supreme Court rule, other such litigation, the healthcare reform measures of the Biden administration will impact the PPACA and our business.
+Added: For example, the Tax Act included a provision that repealed, effective January 1, 2019, the tax-based shared responsibility payment imposed by the PPACA on certain individuals who fail to maintain qualifying health coverage for all or part of a year that is commonly referred to as the “individual mandate”.
+Added: On June 17, 2021, the U.S.
+Added: Supreme Court dismissed a challenge on procedural grounds that argued the PPACA is unconstitutional in its entirety because the “individual mandate” was repealed by Congress.
+Added: Thus, the PPACA will remain in effect in its current form.
+Added: Moreover, prior to the U.S.
+Added: Supreme Court ruling, on January 28, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order that initiated a special enrollment period for purposes of obtaining health insurance coverage through the PPACA
+Added: marketplace , which began on February 15, 2021 and will remain open through August 15, 2021 .
+Added: The executive order also instruct ed certain governmental agencies to review and reconsider their existing policies and rules that limit access to healthcare, including among others, reexamining Medicaid demonstration projects and waiver programs that include work requirements, and policies that create unnecessary barriers to obtaining access to health insurance coverage through Medicaid or the PPACA .
+Added: It is possible that the PPACA will be subject to judicial or Congressional challenges in the future.
+Added: It is unclear how any such challenges, other litigation, and the healthcare reform measures of the Biden administration will impact the PPACA .
In addition, other legislative changes have been proposed and adopted since PPACA was enacted.
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These new laws and initiatives may result in additional reductions in Medicare and other healthcare funding, which could have a material adverse effect on our customers and accordingly, our financial operations.
+Added: Our future revenues and ability to generate positive cash flow from operations may be affected by the continuing efforts of government and other third-party payers to contain or reduce the costs of healthcare through various means.
+Added: In the United States, there have been several congressional inquiries and proposed and enacted federal and state legislation designed to, among other things, bring more transparency to product pricing, review the relationship between pricing and manufacturer patient programs, and reform government program reimbursement methodologies for products.
+Added: At the federal level, the Trump administration used several means to propose or implement drug pricing reform, including through federal budget proposals, executive orders and policy initiatives.
+Added: For example, on July 24, 2020 and September 13, 2020, the Trump administration announced several executive orders related to prescription drug pricing that attempt to implement several of the administration’s proposals.
+Added: The FDA also released a final rule, effective November 30, 2020, implementing a portion of the importation executive order providing guidance for states to build and submit importation plans for drugs from Canada.
+Added: Further, on November 20, 2020, the U.S.
+Added: Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), finalized a regulation removing safe harbor protection for price reductions from pharmaceutical manufacturers to plan sponsors under Part D, either directly or through pharmacy benefit managers, unless the price reduction is required by law.
+Added: The implementation of this rule has been delayed by the Biden administration from January 1, 2022 to January 1, 2023 in response to ongoing litigation.
+Added: The rule also creates a new safe harbor for price reductions reflected at the point-of-sale, as well as a new safe harbor for certain fixed fee arrangements between pharmacy benefit managers and manufacturers, the implementation of which have also been delayed until January 1, 2023.
+Added: On November 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued an interim final rule implementing President Trump’s Most Favored Nation executive order, which would tie Medicare Part B payments for certain physician-administered drugs to the lowest price paid in other economically advanced countries, effective January 1, 2021.
+Added: On December 28, 2020, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against implementation of the interim final rule.
+Added: On January 13, 2021, in a separate lawsuit brought by industry groups in the United States District Court of Maryland, the government defendants entered a joint motion to stay litigation on the condition that the government would not appeal the preliminary injunction granted in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and that performance for any final regulation stemming from the Most Favored Nation Model interim final rule shall not commence earlier than sixty (60) days after publication of that regulation in the Federal Register.
+Added: Additionally, based on a recent executive order, the Biden administration expressed its intent to pursue certain policy initiatives to reduce drug prices.
+Added: At the state level, legislatures have increasingly passed legislation and implemented regulations designed to control pharmaceutical and biological product pricing, including price or patient reimbursement constraints, discounts, restrictions on certain product access and marketing cost disclosure and transparency measures, and, in some cases, designed to encourage importation from other countries and bulk purchasing.
+Added: We expect that there will continue to be a number of federal and state proposals to implement similar and/or additional governmental controls.
+Added: We cannot be certain what legislative proposals will be adopted or what actions federal, state or private third-party payers may take in response to any drug pricing and reimbursement reform proposals or legislation.
+Added: For example, it is possible that additional governmental action is taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: Such reforms may limit our ability to generate revenues from sales of Afrezza or other products that we may develop in the future and achieve profitability.
+Added: Further, to the extent that such reforms have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition and profitability of any future marketing partner for Afrezza, and companies that are prospective collaborators for our product candidates, our ability to commercialize Afrezza and our product candidates under development may be adversely affected.
We expect that PPACA, as well as other healthcare reform measures that may be adopted in the future, may result in more rigorous coverage criteria and in additional downward pressure on the price that we receive for any approved product, and could seriously harm our future revenues.
It is also possible that additional governmental action is taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: Any reduction in reimbursement from Medicare or other government programs may result in a similar reduction in payments from private third-party payers.
+Added: Any reduction in reimbursement from Medicare or other government programs may result in a similar reduction in payments fro m private third-party paye rs.
The implementation of cost containment measures or other healthcare reforms may prevent us from being able to generate revenue, attain profitability, or commercialize our products.
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The laws that may affect our ability to operate include, among others:
−Removed: The federal Anti-Kickback Statute (as amended by PPACA, which modified the intent requirement of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute so that a person or entity no longer needs to have actual knowledge of the Statute or specific intent to violate it to have committed a violation), which constrains our business activities, including our marketing practices, educational programs, pricing policies, and relationships with healthcare providers or other entities by prohibiting, among other things, knowingly and willfully soliciting, receiving, offering or paying remuneration, directly or indirectly, to
−Removed: induce, or in return for, either the referral of an individual or the purchase or recommendation of an item or service reimbursable under a federal healthcare program, such as the Medicare and Medicaid programs;
+Added: The federal Anti-Kickback Statute (as amended by PPACA, which modified the intent requirement of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute so that a person or entity no longer needs to have actual knowledge of the Statute or specific intent to violate it to have committed a violation), which constrains our business activities, including our marketing practices, educational programs, pricing policies, and relationships with healthcare providers or other entities by prohibiting, among other things, knowingly and willfully soliciting, receiving, offering or paying remuneration, directly or indirectly, to induce, or in return for, either the referral of an individual or the purchase or recommendation of an item or service reimbursable under a federal healthcare program, such as the Medicare and Medicaid programs;
Federal civil and criminal false claims laws, including without limitation the False Claims Act, and civil monetary penalties laws, which prohibit, among other things, individuals or entities from knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, claims for payment from Medicare, Medicaid, or other federal healthcare programs that are false or fraudulent, and knowingly making, or causing to be made, a false record or statement material to a false or fraudulent claim to avoid, decrease or conceal an obligation to pay money to the federal government, and under PPACA, the government may assert that a claim including items or services resulting from a violation of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute constitutes a false or fraudulent claim for purposes of the federal false claims laws;
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The CCPA will likely impact (possibly significantly) our business activities and exemplifies the vulnerability of our business to not only cyber threats but also the evolving regulatory environment related to personal data and protected health information;
−Removed: The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act under PPACA, which requires certain manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologics, and medical supplies to report annually to CMS information related to payments and other transfers of value to physicians (defined to include defined to include doctors, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists and chiropractors), and teaching hospitals, and ownership and investment interests held by physicians and other healthcare providers and their immediate family members.
−Removed: Beginning in 2022, applicable manufacturers also will be required to report such information regarding its payments and other transfers of value to physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, anesthesiologist assistants, certified registered nurse anesthetists and certified nurse midwives during the previous year ;
+Added: The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act under PPACA, which requires certain manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologics, and medical supplies to report annually to CMS information related to payments and other transfers of value to physicians (defined to include defined to include doctors, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists and chiropractors), and teaching hospitals, and ownership and investment interests held by physicians and other healthcare providers and their
+Added: immediate family members .
+Added: Beginning in 2022, applicable manufacturers a lso will be required to report information regarding its payments and other transfers of value to physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, anesthesiologist assistants, certified registered nurse anesthetists and certified nurse midwives during the previous year ;
State and foreign law equivalents of each of the above federal laws, such as anti-kickback and false claims laws which may apply to items or services reimbursed by any third-party payer, including commercial insurers, and state and foreign laws governing the privacy and security of health information in certain circumstances, many of which differ from each other in significant ways and often are not preempted by HIPAA, thus complicating compliance efforts;
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federal or state healthcare programs, additional reporting requirements and/or oversight if we become subject to a corporate integrity agreement or similar agreement to resolve allegations of non-compliance with these laws, and the curtailment or restructuring of our operations.
−Removed: Any penalties, damages, fines, curtailment or restructuring of our operations could
−Removed: materially adversely affect our ability to operate our business and our financial results.
+Added: Any penalties, damages, fines, curtailment or restructuring of our operations could materially adversely affect our ability to operate our business and our financial results.
Although compliance programs can mitigate the risk of investigation and prosecution for violations of these laws, the risks cannot be entirely eliminated.
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Our commercial success depends, in large part, on our ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection for our technology.
−Removed: Our ability to do so will depend on, among other things, complex legal and factual questions, and it should be noted that
−Removed: the standards regarding intellectual property rights in our fields are still evolving.
+Added: Our ability to do so will depend on, among other things, complex legal and factual questions, and it should be noted that the standards regarding intellectual property rights in our fields are still evolving.
We attempt to protect our proprietary technology through a combination of patents, trade secrets and confidentiality agreements.
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In some instances, we may seek re-examination or reissuance of our own patents.
−Removed: If we attempt to enforce our patents, they may be challenged in court where they could be held invalid, unenforceable, or have their breadth narrowed to an extent that would destroy their value.
+Added: If we attempt to enforce our patents, they
+Added: may be challenged in court where they could be held invalid, unenforceable, or have their breadth narrowed to an extent that would destroy their value.
We also rely on unpatented technology, trade secrets, know-how and confidentiality agreements.
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In addition, in an infringement proceeding, a court may decide that a patent of ours is not valid or is unenforceable, or may refuse to stop the other party from using the technology at issue on the grounds that our patents do not cover its technology.
−Removed: A court may also decide to award us a royalty from an
−Removed: infringing party instead of issuing an injunction against the infringing activity.
+Added: A court may also decide to award us a royalty from an infringing party instead of issuing an injunction against the infringing activity.
An adverse determination of any litigation or defense proceedings could put one or more of our patents at risk of being invalidated or interpreted narrowly and could put our patent applications at risk of not issuing.
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In addition, there is a risk that we would have to pay the other party damages for having violated the other party’s patents (which damages may be increased, as well as attorneys’ fees ordered paid, if infringement is found to be willful), or that we will be required to obtain a license from the other party in order to continue to commercialize the affected products, or to design our products in a manner that does not infringe a valid patent.
−Removed: We may not prevail in any legal action, and a required license under the patent may not be available on acceptable terms or at all, requiring cessation of activities that were found to infringe a valid patent.
+Added: We may not prevail in any legal action, and a required license under the
+Added: patent may not be available on acceptable terms or at all, requiring cessation of activities that were found to infringe a valid patent.
We also may not be able to develop a non-infringing product design on commercially reasonable terms, or at all.
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If our cash flows and capital resources are insufficient to fund our debt service obligations, we may be forced to reduce or delay capital expenditures, sell assets or operations, seek additional capital or restructure or refinance our indebtedness.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that we would be able to take any of these actions, that these actions would be successful and permit us to meet our scheduled debt service obligations or that these actions would be permitted under the terms of our future debt agreements.
+Added: assure you that we would be able to take any of these actions, that these actions would be successful and permit us to meet our scheduled debt service obligations or that these actions would be permitted under the terms of our future debt agreements.
In the absence of sufficient operating results and resources, we could face substantial liquidity problems and might be required to dispose of material assets or operations to meet our debt service and other obligations.
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the trades of short sellers;
−Removed: our ability, or the perception of investors of our ability, to continue to meet all applicable requirements for continued listing of our common stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market, and the possible delisting of our common stock if we are unable to do so;
+Added: our ability, or the perception of investors of our ability, to continue to meet all applicable requirements for continued listing of our common stock on The Nasdaq Global Market, and the possible delisting of our common stock if we are unable to do so;
the status of any legal proceedings or regulatory matters against or involving us or any of our executive officers and directors;
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Although we regained compliance with the minimum closing bid price requirement after effecting a reverse stock split in March 2017, there can be no assurance that we will be able to meet the minimum closing bid price requirement or other listing requirements in the future.
−Removed: The future sale of our common stock or the exchange or conversion of our convertible debt into, or exercise of our outstanding warrants for, common stock could negatively affect the market price of our common stock and oth er securities.
−Removed: As of April 30, 2021 , we had 249,157,354 shares of common stock outstanding.
+Added: The future sale of our common stock or the exchange or conversion of our convertible debt into, or exercise of our outstanding warrants for, common stock could negatively affect the market price of our common stock and other securities.*
+Added: As of July 30, 2021 , we had 249,660,178 shares of common stock outstanding.
Substantially all of these shares are available for public sale, subject in some cases to volume and other limitations.
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Any adverse determination in litigation could also subject us to significant liabilities.
+Added: UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
+Added: DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
+Added: MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
+Added: Not applicable.
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