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consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
−Removed: are a medical device company focusing on the development and commercialization of our proprietary MicroNet™ stent platform for
−Removed: the treatment of carotid artery disease and other vascular disease.
+Added: are a medical device company focusing on the development and commercialization of products for the treatment of carotid artery disease
+Added: and other vascular disease, including our proprietary CGuard™ stent platform.
A stent is an expandable scaffold-like device, usually
−Removed: constructed of a metallic material, that is inserted into the lumen of the artery to create patency and revascularization of blood flow.
−Removed: MicroNet, a micron mesh sleeve, is attached over a stent to provide embolic protection both during and after stenting procedures.
+Added: constructed of a metallic material, that is inserted into the lumen of an artery to create patency and improved blood flow.
+Added: of MicroNet™ mesh is attached over a stent to provide embolic protection both during and after stenting procedures.
CGuard EPS combines MicroNet and a unique self-expandable nitinol stent in a single device for use in carotid artery revascularization.
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patients across 24 trial sites in the U.S.
−Removed: and Europe and from April 2023 included deployment of the CGuard stent using CGuard
−Removed: Prime, our next generation CAS stent platform.
−Removed: primary endpoint is a composite of:
+Added: and Europe and from April 2023 included deployment of the CGuard stent using CGuard Prime,
+Added: our next generation CAS stent platform.
+Added: primary endpoint was a composite of:
(1) incidence of major adverse events including Death (all-cause mortality), any Stroke, and Myocardial
Infarction (DSMI) through 30-days post index procedure, or (2) ipsilateral stroke from day 31 to day 365 post-procedure.
−Removed: All events are
+Added: All events were
adjudicated by an independent clinical events committee.
−Removed: The composite index will be compared to a performance goal based on the observed
+Added: The composite index was compared to a performance goal based on the observed
rate of the two components of the primary endpoint from previous pivotal stent trials which are considered industry standard.
The performance
−Removed: goal will be considered met if the upper bound of the two-sided 95% confidence interval calculated from the observed primary endpoint
−Removed: rate is < 11.6% and the p-value is less than 0.025.
−Removed: November 2023, we announced positive 30-day follow up results from the C-GUARDIANS trial in which stenting with the C-Guard Carotid
−Removed: Stent System in patients with carotid artery stenosis and at high risk for carotid endarterectomy had a DSMI rate of 0.95%, measured
−Removed: from the date of the procedure through 30 days follow-up post-procedure.
−Removed: We anticipate reporting primary endpoint results from the
−Removed: C-GUARDIANS trial in mid 2024 that may support the submission of a PMA application in the third quarter of 2024 with a view to
−Removed: potential FDA approval of the CGuard Prime stent system in the first half of 2025.
−Removed: continue to invest in current and future potential new indications, products and manufacturing enhancements for CGuard that are
−Removed: expected to reduce cost of goods and/or provide the best-in-class performing delivery systems, such as CGuard Prime.
−Removed: In furtherance
−Removed: of our strategy that focuses on establishing the CGuard Carotid Stent System as a viable alternative to vascular surgery, we are
−Removed: developing a new transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) delivery system, SwitchGuard NPS, for transcarotid access and neuro
−Removed: In addition, we intend to explore new indications for CGuard to leverage the advantages of stent design and mesh
−Removed: protection, well suited in labels such as acute stroke with tandem lesions.
−Removed: consider our current addressable market for our CGuard Carotid Stent System and SwitchGuard NPS to be both symptomatic and
−Removed: asymptomatic individuals with diagnosed high-grade carotid artery stenosis ) for whom intervention is preferable to medical (drug)
−Removed: This group includes not only carotid artery stenting patients but also individuals undergoing carotid endarterectomy, as
−Removed: the two approaches compete for the same patient population.
−Removed: Assuming full penetration of the intervention caseload by CGuard Carotid Stent System, we
−Removed: estimate that the addressable market for CGuard Carotid Stent System and SwitchGuard NPS is approximately $1.3 billion (source:
−Removed: Health Research
−Removed: International Personal Medical Systems, Inc.
−Removed: September 13, 2021 Results of Update Report on Global Carotid Stenting Procedures and
−Removed: Markets by Major Geography and Addressable Markets and internal estimates).
−Removed: According to this same report and internal estimates,
−Removed: assuming full penetration of treatment for all individuals diagnosed with high-grade carotid artery stenosis, we estimate the total
−Removed: available market for CGuard Carotid Stent System and SwitchGuard NPS to be approximately $9.3 billion, which may grow over time if expanded treatment
−Removed: options such as CGuard Carotid Stent System and SwitchGuard NPS lead to increased patient screening for carotid artery disease.
+Added: goal was considered met if the upper bound of the two-sided 95% confidence interval calculated from the observed primary endpoint rate
+Added: is < 11.6% and the p-value is less than 0.025.
+Added: November 2023, we announced positive 30-day follow up results from the C-GUARDIANS trial in which stenting with the C-Guard Carotid Stent
+Added: System in patients with carotid artery stenosis and at high risk for carotid endarterectomy had a DSMI rate of 0.95%, measured from the
+Added: date of the procedure through 30 days follow-up post-procedure.
+Added: In May 2024, we announced positive one-year follow up results from the
+Added: C-GUARDIANS trial, with a rate of 30-day DSMI and ipsilateral stroke between 31 and 365 days of 1.95%
+Added: data were used tothat may support the PMA submission in September 2024 with a view to potential FDA approval of the CGuard Prime carotid
+Added: stent system in the first half of 2025.
+Added: October 2024, the FDA approved the Company’s IDE to initiate the CGUARDIANS II pivotal study of its CGuard Prime 80cm Carotid Stent
+Added: System during transcarotid revascularization (TCAR) procedures.
+Added: continue to invest in current and future potential new indications, products and manufacturing enhancements for CGuard that are expected
+Added: to reduce cost of goods and/or provide the best-in-class performing delivery systems, such as CGuard Prime.
+Added: In furtherance of our strategy
+Added: that focuses on establishing the CGuard Carotid Stent System as a viable alternative to vascular surgery, we are developing a new transcarotid
+Added: artery revascularization (TCAR) delivery system, SwitchGuard NPS, for transcarotid access and neuro protection.
+Added: In addition, we intend
+Added: to explore new indications for CGuard to leverage the advantages of stent design and mesh protection, well suited in labels such as acute
+Added: stroke with tandem lesions.
+Added: consider our current addressable market for our CGuard Carotid Stent System and SwitchGuard NPS to be both symptomatic and asymptomatic
+Added: individuals with diagnosed high-grade carotid artery stenosis ) for whom intervention is preferable to medical (drug) therapy.
+Added: includes not only carotid artery stenting patients but also individuals undergoing carotid endarterectomy, as the two approaches compete
+Added: for the same patient population.
+Added: Assuming full penetration of the intervention caseload by CGuard Carotid Stent System, we estimate that
+Added: the addressable market for CGuard Carotid Stent System and SwitchGuard NPS is approximately $1.3 billion (source:
+Added: Health Research International
+Added: Personal Medical Systems, Inc.
+Added: September 13, 2021 Results of Update Report on Global Carotid Stenting Procedures and Markets by Major
+Added: Geography and Addressable Markets and internal estimates).
+Added: According to this same report and internal estimates, assuming full penetration
+Added: of treatment for all individuals diagnosed with high-grade carotid artery stenosis, we estimate the total available market for CGuard
+Added: Carotid Stent System and SwitchGuard NPS to be approximately $9.3 billion, which may grow over time if expanded treatment options such
+Added: as CGuard Carotid Stent System and SwitchGuard NPS lead to increased patient screening for carotid artery disease.
May 12, 2023, we entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement pursuant to which we agreed to sell and
issue in a private placement (the “Private Placement Offering) an aggregate of 10,266,270 shares (the “Private Placement
−Removed: Shares”) of our common stock, pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase up to 15,561,894 shares
−Removed: of common stock and warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 51,656,328 shares of common stock, consisting of Series H warrants to
−Removed: purchase up to 12,914,078 shares of common stock (the “Series H Warrants”), Series I warrants to purchase up to
−Removed: 12,914,078 shares of common stock (the “Series I Warrants”), Series J warrants to purchase up to 12,914,086 shares of
−Removed: Common Stock (the “Series J Warrants”) and Series K warrants to purchase up to 12,914,078 shares of common stock (the
−Removed: “Series K Warrants” and together with the Series H Warrants, Series I Warrants and Series J Warrants, the
−Removed: “Warrants”), at an offering price of $1.6327 per Private Placement Share and associated Warrants and an offering price
−Removed: of $1.6326 per Pre-Funded Warrant and associated Warrants.
+Added: Shares”) of our common stock, pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase up to 15,561,894 shares of
+Added: common stock and warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 51,656,328 shares of common stock, consisting of Series H warrants to purchase
+Added: up to 12,914,086 shares of common stock (the “Series H Warrants”), Series I warrants to purchase up to 12,914,078 shares
+Added: of common stock (the “Series I Warrants”), Series J warrants to purchase up to 12,914,086 shares of Common Stock (the “Series
+Added: J Warrants”) and Series K warrants to purchase up to 12,914,078 shares of common stock (the “Series K Warrants” and
+Added: together with the Series H Warrants, Series I Warrants and Series J Warrants, the “Warrants”), at an offering price of $1.6327
+Added: per Private Placement Share and associated Warrants and an offering price of $1.6326 per Pre-Funded Warrant and associated Warrants.
Pre-Funded Warrants will be immediately exercisable at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share and will not expire until exercised in
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the Warrant due to the foregoing beneficial ownership limitation or at the selling shareholder’s election.
−Removed: connection with the Purchase Agreement, we entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, we were required to file a resale registration statement (the “Registration Statement”)
−Removed: with the SEC to register for resale the Private Placement Shares and the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded
−Removed: Warrants and Warrants, within 20 days of the signing date of the Purchase Agreement (the “Signing Date”), and to have such
−Removed: Registration Statement declared effective within 45 days after the Signing Date in the event the Registration Statement is not reviewed
−Removed: by the SEC, or 90 days of the Signing Date in the event the Registration Statement is reviewed by the SEC.
−Removed: We were obligated to pay certain
−Removed: liquidated damages if we fail to file the Registration Statement when required, fails to cause the Registration Statement to be declared
−Removed: effective by the SEC when required, of if we fail to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.
−Removed: The Registration Statement
−Removed: was subsequently filed on May 23, 2023 and declared effective on June 1, 2023.
−Removed: We paid LifeSci Capital LLC, a placement fee equal to
−Removed: 5.6% of the aggregate gross proceeds from the closing of the Private Placement Offering, or approximately $2.4 million, and legal expenses
−Removed: In addition, we paid Piper Sandler & Co.
−Removed: a financial advisory fee of $1.5 million, AGP/Alliance Global Partners a financial
−Removed: advisory fee of $250,000 and lead investor counsel expenses of $125,000.
+Added: the announcement of the one year follow up study results from the Company’s C-GUARDIANS trial, Series H Warrants to purchase 12,914,086
+Added: shares of common stock were exercised in full into 292,996 of shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants to purchase 12,621,090 shares
+Added: of common stock.
+Added: The net proceeds to the Company from the exercise of the Series H Warrants were $16.9 million, after deducting placement
+Added: The Series H warrants, each exercisable at $1.3827 per common share and $1.3826 per pre-funded warrant, were issued as part
+Added: of the private placement financing that the Company consummated on May 15, 2023.
+Added: In connection with the exercise of the Series H Warrants,
+Added: we also paid LifeSci Capital LLC, a placement fee equal to 5.6% of the aggregate gross proceeds from such exercise, or approximately
+Added: $1.0 million.
Accounting Policies
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following is a discussion of our most critical accounting policies, judgments and uncertainties that are inherent in our application
−Removed: preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S.
−Removed: GAAP requires management to make estimates using assumptions that affect
−Removed: the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements
−Removed: and the reported amounts of sales and expenses during the reporting periods.
−Removed: Actual results could differ from those estimates.
−Removed: applicable to these consolidated financial statements, the most significant estimates and assumptions relate to inventory valuations
−Removed: and assessing the likelihood of exercise of options to extend the lease term.
−Removed: securities consist of debt securities.
−Removed: We elected the fair value option to measure and recognize our investments in debt securities in
−Removed: accordance with ASC 825, Financial Instruments as we manage our portfolio and evaluates the performance on a fair value basis.
−Removed: in fair value, realized gains and losses on sales of marketable securities, are reflected in the statements of operation as finance expense
−Removed: (income), net.
−Removed: Concentration
−Removed: of credit risk and allowance for doubtful accounts
−Removed: instruments that may potentially subject us to a concentration of credit risk consist of cash and cash equivalents and short-term bank
−Removed: deposits, which are deposited in major financially sound institutions in the U.S, Israel and Germany, and trade accounts receivable and
−Removed: other receivables.
−Removed: Our trade accounts receivable is derived from revenues earned from customers from various countries.
−Removed: We perform ongoing
−Removed: credit evaluations of our customers’ financial condition and, requires no collateral from our customers.
−Removed: We also have a credit
−Removed: insurance policy for some of our customers.
−Removed: We maintain the allowance for estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers
−Removed: to make required payments.
−Removed: The allowance represents the current estimate of lifetime expected credit losses over the remaining duration
−Removed: of existing accounts receivable considering current market conditions and supportable forecasts when appropriate.
−Removed: The estimate is a result
−Removed: of our ongoing evaluation of collectability, customer creditworthiness, historical levels of credit losses, and future expectations.
−Removed: The allowance for expected credit losses was immaterial during the periods presented.
−Removed: are stated at the lower of cost (cost is determined on a “first-in, first-out” basis) or net realizable value.
−Removed: Our inventories
−Removed: generally have a limited shelf life and are subject to impairment as they approach their expiration dates.
−Removed: We regularly evaluate the
−Removed: carrying value of our inventories and when, based on such evaluation, factors indicate that impairment has occurred, we impair the inventories’
−Removed: carrying value.
−Removed: In addition, we write-off fails in production based on actual and estimated.
+Added: applicable to these consolidated financial statements, the most significant estimates and assumptions relate to the determination of
+Added: the lease terms in operating leases.
leases are included in operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets, Accounts payable and accruals - Other, and operating
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leases with a lease term of 12 months or less.
−Removed: contract with a customer exists only when:
−Removed: 1) the parties to the contract have approved it and are committed to perform their respective
−Removed: obligations, 2) we can identify each party’s rights regarding the distinct goods or services to be transferred (“Performance
−Removed: Obligations”), 3) we can determine the transaction price for the goods or services to be transferred, 4) the contract has commercial
−Removed: substance and 5) it is probable that we will collect the consideration to which it will be entitled in exchange for the goods or services
−Removed: that will be transferred to the customer.
−Removed: Revenues are recorded in the amount of consideration to which we expect to be entitled in exchange
−Removed: for Performance Obligations upon transfer of control to the customer, excluding sales taxes.
−Removed: from sales of goods, including sales to distributors, is recognized when the customer obtains control of the product, once we have a
−Removed: present right to payment, legal title, and risk and rewards of ownership are obtained by the customer.
−Removed: This occurs when products are
−Removed: recognize the incremental costs of obtaining contracts as an expense since the amortization period of the assets that we otherwise would
−Removed: have recognized is one year or less.
−Removed: The costs are recorded under selling and marketing expenses.
−Removed: recognize revenue net of value added tax (VAT).
−Removed: option awards are classified as equity awards and accounted for using the grant-date fair value method.
−Removed: The fair value of share-based
−Removed: awards is estimated using the Black-Scholes valuation model and expensed over the requisite service period, net of estimated forfeitures.
−Removed: We elected to account for forfeitures as they occur.
−Removed: elected to recognize compensation expenses for awards with only service conditions that have graded vesting schedules using the accelerated
−Removed: multiple option approach.
−Removed: attribution for nonemployee awards is in the same manner as if we had paid cash for the goods or services.
−Removed: addition, certain of our share-based awards to service providers are performance based, i.e., the vesting of these awards depends upon
−Removed: achieving certain goals.
−Removed: We recognize compensation expenses for awards with performance conditions when we conclude that it is probable
−Removed: that the performance condition will be achieved.
of Operations
months ended December 31, 2024 compared to the twelve months ended December 31, 2023
−Removed: For the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, revenue increased by $1,034,000, or 20.0%, to $6,205,000, from $5,171,000 during the
−Removed: twelve months ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: This increase was predominantly driven by a 21.1% increase in sales volume of CGuard EPS, from
−Removed: $5,123,000 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2022, to $6,205,000 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2023.
−Removed: increase was mainly due to growth in existing and new markets.
+Added: For the twelve months ended December 31, 2024, revenue increased by $804,000, or 13.0%, to $7,009,000, from $6,205,000 during the twelve
+Added: months ended December 31, 2023.
+Added: This increase was predominantly driven by growth in existing and new markets.
respect to regions, the increase in revenue was primarily attributable to a $772,000 increase in Europe, a $141,000 increase in Asia
−Removed: and $24,000 increase in Latin America.
+Added: and a $14,000 increase in the Middle East.
This growth was mainly due to growth in existing and new markets.
−Removed: This increase was offset by
−Removed: a $92,000 decline in revenue in the U.S.
−Removed: as less stents were used in our C-GUARDIANS FDA study as trial enrollment ended in June 2023
−Removed: as well as a $10,000 decline in other markets.
−Removed: For the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, gross profit (revenue less cost of revenues) increased by 61.8%, or $690,000,
+Added: This increase was offset
+Added: by a $103,000 decline in clinical revenue in the U.S .
+Added: mainly driven by the completion in June 2023 of the enrollment of patients in
+Added: our CGuardians IDE clinical trial as well as a $20,000 decline in other markets.
+Added: For the twelve months ended December 31, 2024, gross profit (revenue less cost of revenues) decreased by 16.7%, or $301,000,
to $1,506,000, compared to a gross profit of $1,807,000 for the same period in 2023.
−Removed: This increase in gross profit resulted from a $484,000
−Removed: increase in revenues less the associated related material and labor costs, a decrease in write-offs of $179,000 and a decrease of $27,000
−Removed: in miscellaneous expenses.
−Removed: Gross margin (gross profits as a percentage of revenue) increased to 29.1% during the twelve months ended
−Removed: December 31, 2023, from 21.6% during the twelve months ended December 31, 2022, driven by the reasons mentioned above.
+Added: This decrease in gross profit resulted from an increase
+Added: in cost of goods sold of $1,105,000.
+Added: This increase was primarily due to an $891,000 increase in material and labor costs, driven mainly
+Added: from higher sales volume, and increased compensation expense for new and current employees.
+Added: In addition, there were an additional $214,000
+Added: other cost of goods sold related expenses.
+Added: The increase of cost of goods sold was offset by the increase in revenues of $804,000 as described
+Added: Gross margin (gross profits as a percentage of revenue) decreased to 21.5% during the year ended December 31, 2024, from 29.1%
+Added: during the year ended December 31, 2023, driven by the factors mentioned above.
and Development Expenses .
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$5,653,000, to $13,634,000, from $7,981,000 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2023.
−Removed: This increase resulted primarily from an increase
−Removed: of compensation expenses to employees and consultants of $638,000 mainly due to an increase of approximately $341,000 of share-based
−Removed: compensation-related expenses due to the expense recognition of grants made during the second quarter of 2023, an increase of $165,000
−Removed: in expenses related to the SwitchGuard regulatory and approval process, and an increase of $513,000 in miscellaneous expenses offset,
−Removed: in part, by a decrease of $1,145,000 in expenses related to the C-GUARDIANS FDA study as we completed enrollment in June 2023.
+Added: This increase resulted primarily from an
+Added: increase in compensation expenses of $2,705,000, mainly due to an increase of share-based compensation-related expenses and due to hiring
+Added: personnel in connection with our expansion plans in the United States, an increase of $1,379,000 of SwitchGuard NPS development and regulatory
+Added: cost, $961,000 related to clinical trials for CGuardians II and CGuardians III, an increase of $914,000 related to CGuard Prime product
+Added: preparation expenses for the anticipated U.S.
+Added: commercial launch of CGuard Prime, an increase of $448,000 related to an early feasibility
+Added: study of CGuard Prime for the treatment of acute stroke patients with tandem lesions, an increase of $239,000 related to the establishment
+Added: of operations in the United States and an increase of $71,000 in miscellaneous expenses.
+Added: These increases were offset by a decrease of
+Added: $1,064,000 in expenses associated with the C-Guardians FDA Study as the one-year follow-up finalized in the second quarter of 2024 and
+Added: the submission this quarter of the PMA application to the U.S.
and Marketing Expenses .
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to $6,069,000, from $3,865,000 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2023.
−Removed: This increase resulted primarily from an increase of
−Removed: compensation expenses of $151,000 mainly due to an increase of share-based compensation-related expenses due to the expense recognition
−Removed: of grants made during the second quarter of 2023 and an increase of $50,000 in miscellaneous expenses.
+Added: This increase resulted primarily from an increase in
+Added: compensation expenses of $1,870,000 as we build our commercial sales force in the United States in anticipation for FDA approval, an
+Added: increase of $254,000 of promotional activities and an increase of $80,000 in miscellaneous expenses.
and Administrative Expenses .
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37.8%, or $4,202,000, to $15,306,000, from $11,104,000 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2023.
−Removed: This increase resulted primarily from
−Removed: an increase in compensation expenses of $2,177,000, mainly due to an increase of approximately $1,585,000 of share-based compensation-related
−Removed: expenses due to the expense recognition of grants made during the second quarter of 2023 and an increase in salary expenses and related
−Removed: accruals of $592,000 mainly due to hiring of a General Manager of North America and VP of Global Marketing (who was subsequently promoted
−Removed: to the Company’s Chief Commercial Officer in the third quarter of 2023), an increase in legal expenses of $292,000 and an increase
−Removed: of $279,000 in miscellaneous expenses.
−Removed: Income (Expenses) .
+Added: The increase was primarily
+Added: driven by a $3,113,000 increase in share-based compensation expenses, a $877,000 increase in salary expenses and related accruals
+Added: (mainly due to expected severance payments accrued for following the CFO’s announced retirement, new hires for our Miami
+Added: headquarters, and salary increases), and a $284,000 increase in employee headhunting fees.
+Added: These increases were offset by a $72,000
+Added: decrease in miscellaneous expenses.
+Added: Income, net .
For the twelve months ended December 31, 2024, financial income increased by $265,000, to $1,557,000 from $1,292,000
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income from investment in marketable securities, money market funds and short-term bank deposits.
−Removed: For the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, tax increased by $37,000 compared to the twelve months ended December 31,
+Added: For the twelve months ended December 31, 2024, tax decreased by $6,000 compared to the twelve months ended December 31,
Our expenses for income taxes reflect primarily the tax liability due to potential tax exposure.
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The increase in net loss resulted primarily from an increase of $12,059,000 in operating
−Removed: expenses, offset by an increase of $1,042,000 in financial income and increase of $690,000 in gross profit.
and Capital Resources
−Removed: of the date of issuance of the consolidated financial statements, we have the ability to fund our planned operations for at least the
−Removed: next 12 months.
−Removed: However, we expect to continue incurring losses and negative cash flows from operations until our products (primarily
−Removed: CGuard reaches commercial profitability.
−Removed: Therefore, in order to fund our operations until such time that we can generate substantial
−Removed: revenues, we may need to raise additional funds.
+Added: had an accumulated deficit as of December 31, 2024, of $254 million, as well as a net loss of $32.0 million and negative operating cash
+Added: We expect to continue incurring losses and negative cash flows from operations until our product, CGuard EPS, reaches commercial
+Added: profitability.
+Added: As a result of these expected losses and negative cash flows from operations, along with our current cash position, we
+Added: believe we do not have sufficient resources to fund operations for at least the next 12 months.
+Added: Therefore, there is substantial doubt
+Added: about our ability to continue as a going concern.
plans include continued commercialization of our products and raising capital through sale of additional equity securities, debt or capital
−Removed: inflows from strategic partnerships.
−Removed: There are no assurances, however, that we will be successful in obtaining the level of financing
−Removed: needed for our operations.
−Removed: If we are unsuccessful in commercializing our products or raising capital, we may need to reduce activities,
−Removed: curtail or cease operations.
+Added: inflows from strategic partnerships and exercise of warrants.
+Added: There are no assurances, however, that we will be successful in obtaining
+Added: the level of financing needed for our operations.
+Added: If we are unsuccessful in commercializing our products or raising capital, we may need
+Added: to reduce activities, curtail or cease operations.
May 2023, we closed a Private Placement Offering that resulted in aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $42.2 million, before deducting
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achieve any of the milestones set forth in the Warrants or that the Warrants will be exercised in cash in full.
+Added: the announcement of the one year follow up study results from the Company’s C-GUARDIANS trial, Series H Warrants to purchase 12,914,086
+Added: shares of common stock were exercised in full into 292,996 of shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants to purchase 12,621,090 shares
+Added: of common stock.
+Added: The net proceeds to the Company from the exercise of the Series H Warrants were $16.9 million after deducting placement
+Added: The Series H warrants, each exercisable at $1.3827 per common share and $1.3826 per pre-funded warrant, were issued as part
+Added: of the private placement financing that the Company consummated on May 15, 2023.
+Added: May 2024, we entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”) with Piper Sandler & Co., as
+Added: sales agent (“Piper Sandler”), pursuant to which we may offer and sell from time to time, at our option, through or to Piper
+Added: Sandler shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $17 million (the “ATM Facility”).
+Added: pay Piper Sandler a commission at a fixed rate of 3.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds from each sale of the shares under the Distribution
+Added: As of the date hereof, we sold 845,399 shares pursuant to the Distribution Agreement for aggregate gross proceeds of
+Added: approximately $2,199,395.
months ended December 31, 2024 compared to the twelve months ended December 31, 2023
At December 31, 2024, we had cash and cash equivalents of $18,916,000 and marketable securities of $15,721,000 as compared to $9,640,000
−Removed: of cash and cash equivalents and $13,171,000 Short-term bank deposits as of December 31, 2022.
−Removed: We have historically met our cash needs
−Removed: through a combination of issuing new shares, borrowing activities and product sales.
−Removed: Our cash requirements are generally for research
−Removed: and development, marketing and sales activities, finance and administrative cost, capital expenditures and general working capital.
+Added: of cash and cash equivalents and $29,383,000 marketable securities as of December 31, 2023.
+Added: We have historically met our cash needs through
+Added: a combination of issuing new shares, borrowing activities and product sales.
+Added: Our cash requirements are generally for research and development,
+Added: marketing and sales activities, finance and administrative cost, capital expenditures and general working capital.
the twelve months ended December 31, 2024, net cash used in our operating activities increased by $5,492,000 to $21,868,000, from $16,376,000
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of $1,746,000 in payments received from customers to $7,216,000 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2024, from $5,470,000 during
−Removed: the same period in 2022 and an increase of $697,000 in interest income received from marketable securities, money market funds and short-term
−Removed: bank deposits
−Removed: used by our investing activities was $16,092,000 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, compared to cash provided by our investing
+Added: the same period in 2023 and an decrease of $311,000 in interest income received from marketable securities and money market funds.
+Added: provided by our investing activities was $12,641,000 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2024, compared to cash used by our investing
activities of $16,092,000 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2023.
−Removed: The primary reason for the increase in cash used by our investing
−Removed: activities is an investment in marketable securities, net of withdrawal of $28,644,000, offset by an increase in withdrawal from short-term
−Removed: bank deposits, net of investment in short-term deposits, of $4,000,000, and a decrease of $92,000 in payments made for purchase of property,
−Removed: plant and equipment during the twelve months ended December 31, 2023.
+Added: The primary reason for the increase in cash provided by our
+Added: investing activities is proceeds from matured marketable securities, net of withdrawal of $43,200,000, offset by a decrease in withdrawal
+Added: from short-term bank deposits, net of investment in short-term deposits, of $13,000,000, an increase in an investment in long- term lease
+Added: deposits of $426,000 and an increase of $1,021,000 in payments made for purchase of property, plant and equipment during the twelve months
+Added: ended December 31, 2024.
provided by financing activities for the twelve months December 31, 2024, was $18,452,000.
The principal source of the cash provided
+Added: by financing activities during the twelve months ended December 31, 2024 were the proceeds from exercise of warrants of $16,854,000 net
+Added: of issuance costs and funds received from our ATM Facility that resulted in approximately $1,598,000 of aggregate net proceeds.
+Added: provided by financing activities for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, was $37,534,000.
+Added: The principal source of the cash provided
by financing activities during the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, were the proceeds from the Private Placement Offering in May
−Removed: 2023 that resulted in approximately $37,534,000 of aggregate net proceeds.
−Removed: Cash used by financing activities for the twelve months ended
−Removed: December, 2022 was $140,000, the cash used by financing activities during the twelve months ended December, 2022 were due to issuance
−Removed: costs associated with a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the SEC on June 3, 2022.
−Removed: of December 31, 2023, our current assets exceeded our current liabilities by a multiple of 7.3.
−Removed: Current assets increased by $22,833,000
−Removed: during the period and current liabilities increased by $950,000 during the period.
−Removed: As a result, our working capital increased by $21,883,000
−Removed: to $38,139,000 as of December 31, 2023.
−Removed: lease payments represent our commitment for future rent made under non-cancelable lease for our offices in Israel.
−Removed: The total future payments
−Removed: for our operating lease obligation at December 31, 2023 were approximately $1,815,000 and are due in the next twelve months.
−Removed: For additional
−Removed: details regarding our lease, see Note 7_ to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: lease payments represent our commitment for future rent made under non-cancelable lease for our offices in the U.S.
+Added: future payments for our operating lease obligation at December 31, 2024 were approximately $2,939,000.
+Added: For additional details regarding
+Added: our lease, see Note 7 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Balance Sheet Arrangements
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or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.
−Removed: Accounting Pronouncements
−Removed: June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326)-Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments.
−Removed: This guidance replaces the current incurred loss impairment methodology.
−Removed: Under the new guidance, on initial recognition and at each reporting
−Removed: period, an entity is required to recognize an allowance that reflects its current estimate of credit losses expected to be incurred over
−Removed: the life of the financial instrument based on historical experience, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts.
−Removed: November 2019, the FASB issued ASU No.
−Removed: 2019-10, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815),
−Removed: and Leases (Topic 842):
−Removed: Effective Dates (“ASU 2019-10”).
−Removed: The purpose of this amendment is to create a two tier rollout of
−Removed: major updates, staggering the effective dates between larger public companies and all other entities.
−Removed: This granted certain classes of
−Removed: companies, including Smaller Reporting Companies (“SRCs”), additional time to implement major FASB standards, including ASU
−Removed: Larger public companies had an effective date of December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years.
−Removed: other entities are permitted to defer adoption of ASU 2016-13, and its related amendments, until the earlier of fiscal periods beginning
−Removed: after December 15, 2022.
−Removed: Under the current SEC definitions, we meet the definition of an SRC and are adopting the deferral period for
−Removed: The guidance requires a modified retrospective transition approach through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings
−Removed: as of the beginning of the period of adoption.
−Removed: We adopted the provisions of this update as of January 1, 2023 with no material impact
−Removed: on our consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07 “Segment Reporting:
−Removed: Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures”.
−Removed: guidance expands public entities ‘segment disclosures primarily by requiring disclosure of significant segment expenses that
−Removed: are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker and included within each reported measure of segment profit or loss, an
−Removed: amount and description of its composition for other segment items, and interim disclosures of a reportable segment’s profit or
−Removed: loss and assets.
−Removed: Public entities with a single reportable segment are required to provide the new disclosures and all the
−Removed: disclosures required under ASC 280.
−Removed: The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim
−Removed: periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted.
−Removed: The amendments are required to be
−Removed: applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented in an entity’s financial statements.
−Removed: We are currently evaluating this
−Removed: guidance to determine the impact it may have on our consolidated financial statements related disclosures.
−Removed: In December 2023, the
−Removed: FASB issued ASU 2023-09 “Income Taxes (Topic 740):
−Removed: Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures”.
−Removed: This guidance is intended to
−Removed: enhance the transparency and decision-usefulness of income tax disclosures.
−Removed: The amendments in ASU 2023-09 address investor requests
−Removed: for enhanced income tax information primarily through changes to disclosure regarding rate reconciliation and income taxes paid both
−Removed: and in foreign jurisdictions.
−Removed: ASU 2023-09 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024 on a
−Removed: prospective basis, with the option to apply the standard retrospectively.
−Removed: Early adoption is permitted.
−Removed: We are currently evaluating
−Removed: this guidance to determine the impact it may have on our consolidated financial statements related disclosures.
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