−Removed: Risks Relating to Business and Financial
+Added: Risks Relating to Our Business
Because we have historically experienced
losses, if we are unable to achieve profitability, our financial condition and company could suffer.
−Removed: While we were profitable for the full year
−Removed: of 2018 and in the fourth quarter of 2020, since the inception of our business we have historically incurred losses as a result
−Removed: of investing in growth.
−Removed: We incurred losses in 2019 and 2020 as a result of our increased spending to invest in growth –
−Removed: through additional new hires, as well as through the acquisition of RMDY.
−Removed: While we have increased revenues significantly, we have
−Removed: not yet consistently achieved profitability due to significant investments in our growth, and non-cash expenses.
−Removed: Our ability to
−Removed: achieve consistent profitability depends on our ability to generate sales through our technology platform and advertising model,
−Removed: while maintaining reasonable expense levels.
−Removed: If we do not achieve sustainable profitability, it may impact our ability to continue
−Removed: our operations.
−Removed: Our business and growth may suffer
−Removed: if we are unable to attract and retain key employees.
−Removed: Our success depends on the expertise of
−Removed: our executive officers and certain other key technical personnel.
−Removed: It may be difficult to find sufficiently qualified individuals
−Removed: to replace management or other key technical personnel in the event of death, disability or resignation, thus frustrating our ability
−Removed: to implement our business plan, which could negatively affect our operating results.
−Removed: Furthermore, our ability to expand operations
−Removed: to accommodate our anticipated growth will also depend on our ability to attract and retain qualified media, management, finance,
−Removed: marketing, sales and technical personnel.
−Removed: However, competition for these types of employees is intense due to the limited number
−Removed: of qualified professionals.
−Removed: Our ability to meet our business development objectives will depend in part on our ability to recruit,
−Removed: train and retain top quality people with advanced skills who understand our technology and business.
−Removed: If we are unable to engage
−Removed: and retain the necessary personnel, our business may be materially and adversely affected.
−Removed: Our failure to obtain, retain or
−Removed: attract additional customers could prevent us from successfully executing our business plan.
−Removed: We currently work with many leading pharmaceutical
−Removed: companies, medical device manufacturers, medtech, associations, and other companies.
−Removed: Our failure to retain existing customers or
−Removed: expand with new customers could negatively impact our business.
−Removed: We are dependent on a concentrated
−Removed: group of customers.
+Added: While we were profitable for the full year of
+Added: 2021, since the inception of our business we have historically incurred losses as a result of investing in future growth.
+Added: losses in 2019 and 2020 as a result of our increased spending to build the organization to support expected future growth – both
+Added: through additional new hires, as well as through acquisitions.
+Added: While we have increased revenues significantly, we have not yet consistently
+Added: achieved profitability due to these investments and non-cash expenses.
+Added: Our ability to achieve consistent profitability depends on our
+Added: ability to generate sales through our technology platform and advertising model, while maintaining reasonable expense levels.
+Added: not achieve sustainable profitability, it may impact our ability to continue our operations.
+Added: The global pandemic may disrupt our business
+Added: or the business of our customers
+Added: In December 2019, a novel strain of corona virus,
+Added: which causes the infectious disease known as COVID-19 was reported.
+Added: The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency
+Added: and Global Pandemic.
+Added: COVID-19 has had, and continues to have, a severe impact on economies around the world, in particular in the healthcare
+Added: industry in which we operate.
+Added: We have taken steps to modify our business practices and mitigate the impact of the pandemic on us, and
+Added: may take further precautions as required by government authorities or to protect the health of our employees, customer, and partners -
+Added: but there can be no assurance that such steps will be successful, or that our business operations, or the operations of our customers
+Added: or partners will not be materially and adversely affected by the consequences of the pandemic.
+Added: This could materially impact our results
+Added: of operations, cash flows, and financial condition.
+Added: We may be unable to support our technology
+Added: to further scale our operations successfully.
+Added: Our plan is to grow rapidly through further integration
+Added: of our technology in electronic platforms.
+Added: Our growth will place significant demands on our management and technology development, as
+Added: well as our financial, administrative and other resources.
+Added: We cannot guarantee that any of the systems, procedures and controls we put
+Added: in place will be adequate to support the commercialization of our operations.
+Added: Our operating results will depend substantially on the ability
+Added: of our officers and key employees to manage changing business conditions and to implement and improve our financial, administrative and
+Added: other resources.
+Added: If we are unable to respond to and manage changing business conditions, or the scale of our solutions, services and operations,
+Added: then the quality of our services, our ability to retain key personnel and our business could be harmed.
+Added: Developing and implementing new and updated
+Added: applications, features and services for our portals may be more difficult than expected, may take longer and cost more than expected and
+Added: may not result in sufficient increases in revenue to justify the costs.
+Added: Attracting and retaining users of our portals
+Added: requires us to continue to improve the technology underlying those portals and to continue to develop new and updated applications, features
+Added: and services for those portals.
+Added: If we are unable to do so on a timely basis or if we are unable to implement new applications, features
+Added: and services without disruption to our existing ones, we may lose potential users and clients.
+Added: The costs of development of these enhancements
+Added: may negatively impact our ability to achieve profitability.
+Added: We rely on a combination of internal development,
+Added: strategic relationships, licensing and acquisitions to develop our portals and related applications, features and services.
+Added: Our development
+Added: and/or implementation of new technologies, applications, features and services may cost more than expected, may take longer than originally
+Added: expected, may require more testing than originally anticipated and may require the acquisition of additional personnel and other resources.
+Added: There can be no assurance that the revenue opportunities from any new or updated technologies, applications, features or services will
+Added: justify the amounts spent.
+Added: Any failure to offer high-quality customer
+Added: support for our portals may adversely affect our relationships with our customers and harm our financial results.
+Added: Once our solutions are implemented, our customers
+Added: use our support organization to resolve technical issues relating to our solutions.
+Added: In addition, we also believe that our success in selling
+Added: our solutions is highly dependent on our business reputation and on favorable recommendations from our existing customers.
+Added: to maintain high-quality customer support, or a market perception that we do not maintain high-quality support, could harm our reputation,
+Added: adversely affect our ability to maintain existing customers or sell our solutions to existing and prospective customers, and harm our
+Added: business, operating results and financial condition.
+Added: We may be unable to respond quickly enough to
+Added: accommodate short-term increases in customer demand for support services.
+Added: Increased customer demand for these services, without corresponding
+Added: revenues, could also increase costs and adversely affect our operating results.
+Added: We are dependent on a concentrated group
+Added: of customers.
Our revenues are concentrated in less than 50
customers, primarily large pharmaceutical manufacturers.
−Removed: Loss of one or more of our larger customers could have a negative impact
−Removed: on our operating results.
+Added: Loss of one or more of our larger customers could have a negative impact on our
+Added: operating results.
In both 2021 and 2020, we had three customers that each represented slightly over 10% of our revenues;
−Removed: however only one customer represented over 10% of our revenues in both years.
−Removed: We may be unable to support our technology
−Removed: to further scale our operations successfully.
−Removed: Our plan is to grow rapidly through further
−Removed: integration of our technology in electronic platforms.
−Removed: Our growth will place significant demands on our management and technology
−Removed: development, as well as our financial, administrative and other resources.
−Removed: We cannot guarantee that any of the systems, procedures
−Removed: and controls we put in place will be adequate to support the commercialization of our operations.
−Removed: Our operating results will depend
−Removed: substantially on the ability of our officers and key employees to manage changing business conditions and to implement and improve
−Removed: our financial, administrative and other resources.
−Removed: If we are unable to respond to and manage changing business conditions, or the
−Removed: scale of our solutions, services and operations, then the quality of our services, our ability to retain key personnel and our
−Removed: business could be harmed.
−Removed: If we are unable to maintain our contracts with
−Removed: electronic prescription platforms, our business will suffer.
−Removed: We are reliant upon our contracts with
−Removed: leading electronic prescribing platforms and electronic health record systems to generate our revenues received from customers
−Removed: Such arrangements subject us to a number of risks, including the following:
+Added: one customer represented over 10% of our revenues in both years.
+Added: We expect that we will continue to depend upon
+Added: a relatively small number of customers for a significant portion of our total revenues for the foreseeable future.
+Added: The loss of any of
+Added: these customers or groups of customers for any reason, or a change of relationship with any of our key customers could cause a material
+Added: decrease in our total revenues.
+Added: Additionally, mergers or consolidations among
+Added: our customers in the healthcare industry could reduce the number of our customers and could adversely affect our revenues and sales.
+Added: particular, if our customers are acquired by entities that are not also our customers, that do not use our solutions or that have more
+Added: favorable contract terms with competitors and choose to discontinue, reduce or change the terms of their use of our solutions, our business
+Added: and operating results could be materially and adversely affected.
+Added: If we are unable to maintain our contracts with electronic
+Added: prescription platforms, our business will suffer.
+Added: We are reliant upon our contracts with leading
+Added: electronic prescribing platforms and electronic health record systems to generate our revenues received from customers Such arrangements
+Added: subject us to a number of risks, including the following:
Our contract partners may experience financial, regulatory or operational difficulties, which may impair their ability to focus on and fulfill their contract obligations to us;
Legal disputes or disagreements, including the ownership of intellectual property, may occur with one or more of our partners and may lead to lengthy and expensive litigation or arbitration;
−Removed: Significant changes in a partner’s business strategy may adversely affect a partner’s willingness or ability to satisfy obligations under any such arrangement;
+Added: Significant changes in a partner’s business strategy may adversely affect a partner’s willingness or ability to satisfy obligations under any such arrangement;
A partner could terminate the partnership arrangement, which could negatively impact our ability to sell our solutions and achieve revenues.
−Removed: We will need to maintain these relationships
−Removed: as well as diversify them.
+Added: We will need to maintain these relationships as
+Added: well as diversify them.
The inability to do so could adversely impact our business.
−Removed: We generated 52.7% and 37.4% of our revenue
−Removed: through our largest partner in 2020 and 2019, respectively.
+Added: We generated 53.9% and 52.7% of our revenue through
+Added: our largest partner in 2021 and 2020, respectively.
Our agreements with electronic prescription
platforms and electronic health record systems are subject to audit.
−Removed: Our agreements with our partners provide
−Removed: for revenue sharing payments to the platform partners based on the revenue we generate through the platform.
−Removed: These payments are
−Removed: subject to audit by our partners, at their cost, and if there is a dispute as to the calculation, we may be liable for additional
−Removed: If an underpayment is determined to be in excess of a certain amount, for example 10%, some agreements would require
−Removed: us to pay for the cost of the audit, as well.
−Removed: Developing and implementing new and
−Removed: updated applications, features and services for our portals may be more difficult than expected, may take longer and cost more
−Removed: than expected and may not result in sufficient increases in revenue to justify the costs.
−Removed: Attracting and retaining users of our portals
−Removed: requires us to continue to improve the technology underlying those portals and to continue to develop new and updated applications,
−Removed: features and services for those portals.
−Removed: If we are unable to do so on a timely basis or if we are unable to implement new applications,
−Removed: features and services without disruption to our existing ones, we may lose potential users and clients.
−Removed: The costs of development
−Removed: of these enhancements may negatively impact our ability to achieve profitability.
−Removed: We rely on a combination of internal development,
−Removed: strategic relationships, licensing and acquisitions to develop our portals and related applications, features and services.
−Removed: development and/or implementation of new technologies, applications, features and services may cost more than expected, may take
−Removed: longer than originally expected, may require more testing than originally anticipated and may require the acquisition of additional
−Removed: personnel and other resources.
−Removed: There can be no assurance that the revenue opportunities from any new or updated technologies, applications,
−Removed: features or services will justify the amounts spent.
−Removed: If we are unable to adhere to the
−Removed: regulatory and competitive climate in which we operate, we could be materially and negatively impacted.
−Removed: Due to the labyrinth of regulations in
−Removed: healthcare space, state and federal, as well as political sensitivity of healthcare delivery, our business model could be negatively
−Removed: impacted or fail.
−Removed: The markets in which we operate are
−Removed: competitive, continually evolving and, in some cases, subject to rapid change.
−Removed: Our portals face competition from numerous other companies, both in attracting users and in generating revenue from advertisers and sponsors.
−Removed: We compete for users with online services and websites that provide savings on medications and healthcare products, including both commercial sites and not-for-profit sites.
−Removed: We compete for advertisers and sponsors with:
−Removed: health-related web sites;
−Removed: general purpose consumer web sites that offer specialized health sub-channels;
−Removed: other high-traffic web sites that include both healthcare-related and non-healthcare-related content and services;
−Removed: search engines that provide specialized health searches;
−Removed: and advertising networks that aggregate traffic from multiple sites.
−Removed: Our healthcare provider portals compete with:
−Removed: providers of healthcare decision-support tools and online health management applications;
−Removed: wellness and disease management vendors;
−Removed: and health information services and health management offerings of healthcare benefits companies and their affiliates.
+Added: Our agreements with our partners provide for revenue
+Added: sharing payments to the platform partners based on the revenue we generate through the platform.
+Added: These payments are subject to audit by
+Added: our partners, at their cost, and if there is a dispute as to the calculation, we may be liable for additional payments.
+Added: If an underpayment
+Added: is determined to be in excess of a certain amount, for example 10%, some agreements would require us to pay for the cost of the audit,
+Added: future growth depends on our ability to attract, retain customers, and the loss of existing customers, or failure to attract new ones,
+Added: could adversely impact our business and future prospects.
+Added: We currently work with many leading pharmaceutical
+Added: companies, medical device manufacturers, associations, and other companies.
+Added: While we have experienced
+Added: customer growth, this growth may not continue at the same pace in the future or at all.
+Added: Achieving growth in our customer base may require
+Added: us to engage in increasingly sophisticated and costly sales and marketing efforts that may not result in additional customers.
+Added: also need to modify our pricing model to attract and retain such customers.
+Added: If we fail to attract new customers or fail to maintain or
+Added: expand existing relationships in a cost-effective manner, our business and future prospects may be materially and adversely impacted.
+Added: or perceived failures to comply with applicable laws and regulations that affect the healthcare industry, including data protection, privacy
+Added: and security, fraud and abuse laws, regulations, standards and other requirements could adversely affect our business, results of operations,
+Added: and financial condition.
+Added: data protection landscape is rapidly evolving, and we are or may become subject to numerous state, federal and foreign laws, requirements
+Added: and regulations governing the collection, use, disclosure, retention, and security of personal information, including health-related information.
+Added: This evolution may create uncertainty in our business, affect our ability to operate in certain jurisdictions or to collect, store, transfer,
+Added: use and share personal information, necessitate the acceptance of more onerous obligations in our contracts, result in liability or impose
+Added: additional costs on us.
+Added: The cost of compliance with these laws, regulations and standards is high and is likely to increase in the future.
+Added: Any failure or perceived failure by us to comply with federal, state or foreign laws or regulation, our internal policies and procedures
+Added: or our contracts governing our processing of personal information could result in negative publicity, government investigations and enforcement
+Added: actions, claims by third parties, and damage to our reputation, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our operations, financial
+Added: performance and business.
+Added: may be bound by contractual obligations and other obligations relating to privacy, data protection, and information security that are
+Added: more stringent than applicable laws and regulations.
+Added: The costs of compliance with, and other burdens imposed by, laws, regulations, standards,
+Added: and other obligations relating to privacy, data protection, and information security are significant.
+Added: Although we work to comply with
+Added: applicable laws, regulations, and standards, our contractual obligations and other legal obligations, these requirements are evolving
+Added: and may be modified, interpreted and applied in an inconsistent manner from one jurisdiction to another, and may conflict with another
+Added: or other legal obligations with which we must comply.
+Added: Accordingly, our failure, or perceived inability, to comply with these laws, regulations,
+Added: standards, and other obligations may limit the use and adoption of our solution, reduce overall demand for our solution, lead to regulatory
+Added: investigations, breach of contract claims, litigation, and significant fines, penalties, or liabilities for actual or alleged noncompliance
+Added: or slow the pace at which we close sales transactions, any of which could harm our business.
+Added: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
+Added: Act of 1996, or HIPAA, and the rules promulgated thereunder require certain entities, referred to as Covered Entities, to comply with
+Added: established standards, including standards regarding the privacy and security of protected health information, or PHI.
+Added: HIPAA further requires
+Added: that Covered Entities enter into agreements meeting certain regulatory requirements with their business associates, as such term is defined
+Added: by HIPAA, which, among other things, obligate the business associates to safeguard the covered entity’s PHI against improper use
+Added: and disclosure.
+Added: While we are not a Covered Entity and not directly regulated by HIPAA, our customers or distributors might face significant
+Added: contractual liability pursuant to such an agreement if the business associate breaches the agreement or causes the Covered Entity to fail
+Added: to comply with HIPAA.
+Added: It is possible that HIPAA compliance could become a substantial regulatory burden and expense to our
+Added: operations as we expand our point of care technology solutions to help patients start and stay on therapies.
+Added: Certain other laws and regulations such as federal
+Added: and state anti-kickback and false claims laws may apply to us indirectly through our relationships with our customers and partners.
+Added: can result in considerable penalties and sanctions.
+Added: If we are found to have violated, or to have facilitated the violation of such laws,
+Added: we could be subject to significant penalties.
+Added: If we are unable to adhere to the regulatory
+Added: and competitive climate in which we operate, we could be materially and negatively impacted.
+Added: Due to the labyrinth of regulations in healthcare
+Added: space, state and federal, as well as political sensitivity of healthcare delivery, our business model could be negatively impacted or
+Added: The markets in which we operate are competitive,
+Added: continually evolving and, in some cases, subject to rapid change.
+Added: Our platforms face competition from numerous other
+Added: companies, both in attracting users and in generating revenue from advertisers and sponsors.
+Added: We compete for users with online services
+Added: and websites that provide savings on medications and healthcare products, including both commercial sites and not-for-profit sites.
+Added: compete for advertisers and sponsors with health-related web sites, general purpose consumer web sites that offer specialized health sub-channels,
+Added: other high-traffic web sites that include both healthcare-related and non-healthcare-related content and services, search engines that
+Added: provide specialized health searches, and advertising networks that aggregate traffic from multiple sites.
Many of our competitors have greater financial,
technical, product development, marketing and other resources than we do.
−Removed: These organizations may be better known than we are and
−Removed: have more customers or users than we do.
−Removed: We cannot provide assurance that we will be able to compete successfully against these
−Removed: organizations or any alliances they have formed or may form.
−Removed: Since there are no substantial barriers to entry into the markets
−Removed: in which our public portals participate, we expect that competitors will continue to enter these markets.
+Added: These organizations may be better known than we are and have
+Added: more customers or users than we do.
+Added: We cannot provide assurance that we will be able to compete successfully against these organizations
+Added: or any alliances they have formed or may form.
+Added: Since there are no substantial barriers to entry into the markets in which our public portals
+Added: participate, we expect that competitors will continue to enter these markets.
Developments in the healthcare industry
could adversely affect our business.
−Removed: Most of our revenue is derived from the
−Removed: healthcare industry and could be affected by changes affecting healthcare spending.
−Removed: We are particularly dependent on pharmaceutical,
−Removed: biotechnology and medical device companies for our advertising and sponsorship revenue.
+Added: Most of our revenue is derived from the healthcare
+Added: industry and could be affected by changes affecting healthcare spending.
+Added: We are particularly dependent on pharmaceutical, biotechnology
+Added: and medical device companies for our advertising and sponsorship revenue.
General reductions in expenditures by healthcare
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Adverse changes in business or economic conditions affecting healthcare payers or providers, pharmaceutical, biotechnology or medical device companies or other healthcare industry participants.
−Removed: A move to a single-payer healthcare system in the U.S.
−Removed: Even if general expenditures by industry
−Removed: participants remain the same or increase, developments in the healthcare industry may result in reduced spending in some or all
−Removed: of the specific market segments that we serve or are planning to serve.
−Removed: For example, use of our solutions and services could be
+Added: Even if general expenditures by industry participants
+Added: remain the same or increase, developments in the healthcare industry may result in reduced spending in some or all of the specific market
+Added: segments that we serve or are planning to serve.
+Added: For example, use of our solutions and services could be affected by:
Changes in the design of health insurance plans;
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Payor pressure to move to generic brands.
−Removed: In addition, our customers’
−Removed: regarding pending or potential industry developments may also affect their budgeting processes and spending plans with respect
−Removed: to solutions and services of the types we provide.
+Added: In addition, our customers’ expectations
+Added: regarding pending or potential industry developments may also affect their budgeting processes and spending plans with respect to solutions
+Added: and services of the types we provide.
The healthcare industry has changed significantly
in recent years and we expect that significant changes will continue to occur.
−Removed: However, the timing and impact of developments in
−Removed: the healthcare industry are difficult to predict.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that the markets for our solutions and services will continue
−Removed: to exist at current levels or that we will have adequate technical, financial and marketing resources to react to changes in those
−Removed: Future acquisitions
−Removed: may adversely affect our financial condition.
−Removed: While we currently do not have any immediate
−Removed: arrangements, commitments or understandings regarding any future acquisitions, as part of our strategy for growth, we may continue
−Removed: to explore acquisitions or strategic alliances, which may not be completed or may not be ultimately beneficial to us.
−Removed: may pose risks to our operations, including:
−Removed: and increased costs in connection with the integration of the personnel, operations, technologies, or products of the acquired
−Removed: unanticipated costs;
−Removed: failure to achieve anticipated increases in revenues and profitability;
−Removed: diversion of management’s attention from our core business;
−Removed: adverse effects on business relationships with suppliers and customers and those of the acquired company;
−Removed: acquired assets becoming impaired as a result of technical advancements or worse-than-expected performance by the acquired company;
−Removed: volatility associated with accounting for earn-outs in a given transaction;
−Removed: entering markets in which we have no, or limited, prior experience;
−Removed: adversely affecting our internal control over financial reporting before the acquiree’s complete integration into our control environment.
−Removed: In addition, in connection with any acquisitions
−Removed: or investments we could:
−Removed: issue stock that would dilute our existing shareholders’
−Removed: ownership percentages;
−Removed: incur debt and assume liabilities;
−Removed: obtain financing on unfavorable terms, or not be able to obtain financing on any terms at all;
−Removed: incur amortization expenses related to acquired intangible assets or incur large and immediate write-offs;
−Removed: reduce the cash that would otherwise be available to fund operations or for other purposes.
−Removed: The failure to successfully integrate any
−Removed: acquisitions in an efficient or timely manner may negatively impact our financial condition and operating results, or we may not
−Removed: be able to fully realize anticipated savings.
−Removed: In addition, our competitors could try to emulate our acquisition strategy, leading
−Removed: to greater competition for scarce acquisition targets and could lead to larger competitors if they succeed in emulating our strategy.
−Removed: The global pandemic may disrupt our
−Removed: business or the business of our customers.
−Removed: In December 2019, a novel strain of corona
−Removed: virus, which causes the infectious disease known as COVID-19 was reported.
−Removed: The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a Public
−Removed: Health Emergency and Global Pandemic.
−Removed: COVID-19 has severely impacted economies around the world.
−Removed: We have taken steps to mitigate
−Removed: the impact on us, but there can be no assurance that such steps will be successful, or that our business operations, or the operations
−Removed: of our customers will not be materially and adversely affected by the consequences of the pandemic.
−Removed: This could materially impact
−Removed: our results of operations, cash flows, and financial condition.
−Removed: A material weakness in our internal
−Removed: control over financial reporting, if not remediated, could result in material misstatements in our financial statements.
−Removed: Management is responsible for establishing
−Removed: and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange
−Removed: Act of 1934, as amended.
−Removed: A material weakness (as defined in Rule 12b-2) is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal
−Removed: control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of annual or interim
−Removed: financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
−Removed: We have had material weaknesses in the past that have
−Removed: been remediated as of December 31, 2020.
−Removed: There is no guarantee that material weakness could not arise in the future.
−Removed: If additional
−Removed: material weaknesses were to be identified, it could result in our consolidated financial statements containing material misstatements
−Removed: in the future.
−Removed: Our success is dependent in part
−Removed: on obtaining, maintaining and enforcing our proprietary rights and our ability to avoid infringing on the proprietary rights of
−Removed: We seek patent protection for those inventions
−Removed: and technologies for which we believe such protection is suitable and is likely to provide a competitive advantage to us.
−Removed: patent applications in the United States are maintained in secrecy until either the patent application is published, or a patent
−Removed: is issued, we may not be aware of third-party patents, patent applications and other intellectual property relevant to our solutions
−Removed: that may block our use of our intellectual property or may be used in third-party products that compete with our solutions and
−Removed: In the event a competitor or other party successfully challenges our solutions, processes, patents or licenses or claims
−Removed: that we have infringed upon their intellectual property, we could incur substantial litigation costs defending against such claims,
−Removed: be required to pay royalties, license fees or other damages or be barred from using the intellectual property at issue, any of
−Removed: which could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.
−Removed: We also rely substantially on trade secrets,
−Removed: proprietary technology, nondisclosure and other contractual agreements, and technical measures to protect our technology, application,
−Removed: design, and manufacturing know-how, and work actively to foster continuing technological innovation to maintain and protect our
−Removed: competitive position.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that steps taken by us to protect our intellectual property and other contractual agreements
−Removed: for our business will be adequate, that our competitors will not independently develop or patent substantially equivalent or superior
−Removed: technologies or be able to design around patents that we may receive, or that our intellectual property will not be misappropriated.
−Removed: We could be subject to economic,
−Removed: political, regulatory and other risks arising from our international operations.
−Removed: Operating in international markets requires
−Removed: significant resources and management attention and will subject us to regulatory, economic and political risks that may be different
−Removed: from and incremental to those in the United States.
−Removed: In addition to the risks that we face in the United States, our international
−Removed: operations, as a result of our acquisitions in 2018 and 2019 wherein we now operate in Israel and Croatia, may involve risks that
−Removed: could adversely affect our business, including:
−Removed: the need to adapt our content and user interfaces for specific cultural and language differences;
+Added: However, the timing and impact of developments in the healthcare
+Added: industry are difficult to predict.
+Added: We cannot assure you that the markets for our solutions and services will continue to exist at current
+Added: levels or that we will have adequate technical, financial and marketing resources to react to changes in those markets.
+Added: If we are unable to manage growth, our operations
+Added: could be adversely affected.
+Added: Our ability to manage growth effectively will
+Added: depend on our ability to improve and expand operations, including our financial and management information systems, and to recruit, train
+Added: and manage personnel.
+Added: There can be no absolute assurance that management will be able to manage growth effectively.
+Added: To manage growth effectively,
+Added: we will be required to continue to implement and improve our operating and financial systems and controls to expand, train and manage
+Added: our employee base.
+Added: Our ability to manage our operations and growth effectively will require us to continue to expend funds to enhance
+Added: our operational, financial and management controls, reporting systems and procedures, and to attract and retain sufficient talented personnel.
+Added: If we do not properly manage the growth
+Added: of our business, we may experience significant strains on our management and operations and disruptions in our business.
+Added: Various risks
+Added: arise when companies grow too quickly.
+Added: If our business grows too quickly, our ability to meet customer demand in a timely and efficient
+Added: manner could be challenged.
+Added: We may also experience development delays as we seek to meet increased demand for our solutions.
+Added: to properly manage the growth that we or our industry might experience could negatively impact our ability to execute on our operating
+Added: plan and, accordingly, could have an adverse impact on our business, our cash flow and results of operations, and our reputation with
+Added: our current or potential customers.
+Added: Our growth may be impacted by acquisitions.
+Added: We may not be able to identify suitable acquisition candidates, complete acquisitions or integrate acquisitions successfully.
+Added: Our future growth is likely to depend to some
+Added: degree on our ability to acquire and successfully integrate new businesses.
+Added: We may not be able to identify suitable acquisition candidates,
+Added: complete acquisitions, or integrate acquisitions successfully.
+Added: We may seek additional acquisition opportunities, both to further diversify
+Added: our business and to penetrate or expand important product offerings or markets.
+Added: There are no assurances, however, that we will be able
+Added: to successfully identify suitable candidates, negotiate appropriate terms, obtain financing on acceptable terms, complete proposed acquisitions,
+Added: successfully integrate acquired businesses, or expand into new markets.
+Added: Once acquired, operations may not achieve anticipated levels of
+Added: revenues or profitability.
+Added: Acquisitions involve risks, including difficulties in the integration of the operations, technologies, services
+Added: and products of the acquired companies and the diversion of management's attention from other business concerns.
+Added: Although our management
+Added: will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in any particular transaction, there are no assurances that we will properly ascertain all
+Added: Difficulties encountered with acquisitions could have a material adverse impact on our business.
+Added: Our business and growth may suffer if we are unable to attract
+Added: and retain key employees.
+Added: Our success has been largely dependent on the
+Added: skills, experience and efforts of our key employees and the loss of the services of any of our executive officers or other key employees,
+Added: without a properly executed transition plan, could have an adverse effect on us.
+Added: The loss of any member of our senior management
+Added: team or any of our other key employees could damage critical customer relationships, result in the loss of vital knowledge, experience
+Added: and expertise, could lead to an increase in recruitment and training costs and make it more difficult to successfully operate our business
+Added: and execute our business strategy.
+Added: We may not be able to find qualified potential replacements for these individuals and the integration
+Added: of potential replacements may be disruptive to our business.
+Added: Furthermore, our ability to expand operations
+Added: to accommodate our anticipated growth will also depend on our ability to attract and retain qualified media, management, finance, marketing,
+Added: sales and technical personnel.
+Added: However, competition for these types of employees is intense due to the limited number of qualified professionals.
+Added: Our ability to meet our business development objectives will depend in part on our ability to recruit, train and retain top quality people
+Added: with advanced skills who understand our technology and business.
+Added: If we are unable to engage and retain the necessary personnel, our business
+Added: may be materially and adversely affected.
+Added: We could be subject to economic, political,
+Added: regulatory and other risks arising from our international operations.
+Added: Operating in international markets requires significant
+Added: resources and management attention and will subject us to regulatory, economic and political risks that may be different from and incremental
+Added: to those in the United States.
+Added: In addition to the risks that we face in the United States, our international operations in Israel and
+Added: Croatia, may involve risks that could adversely affect our business, including:
difficulties and costs associated with staffing and managing foreign operations;
−Removed: management distraction;
natural or man-made disasters, political, social and economic instability, including wars, terrorism and political unrest, outbreak of disease (such as the recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19), boycotts, curtailment of trade, and other business restrictions;
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availability of reliable broadband connectivity and wide area networks in targeted areas for expansion.
−Removed: Our failure to manage any of these risks
−Removed: successfully could harm our international operations and our overall business, as well as results of our operations.
+Added: Our failure to manage any of these risks successfully
+Added: could harm our international operations and our overall business, as well as results of our operations.
+Added: Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property
+Added: and Technology
+Added: We are dependent, in part, on our intellectual
+Added: If we are not able to protect our proprietary rights or if those rights are invalidated or circumvented, our business may be
+Added: adversely affected.
+Added: Our business is dependent, in part, on our ability
+Added: to innovate, and, as a result, we are reliant on our intellectual property.
+Added: We generally protect our intellectual property through patents,
+Added: trademarks, trade secrets, confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements and other measures to the extent our budget permits.
+Added: be no assurance that patents will be issued from pending applications that we have filed or that our patents will be sufficient to protect
+Added: our key technology from misappropriation or falling into the public domain, nor can assurances be made that any of our patents, patent
+Added: applications, trademarks or our other intellectual property or proprietary rights will not be challenged, invalidated or circumvented.
+Added: In the event a competitor or other party successfully challenges our solutions, processes, patents or licenses or claims that we have
+Added: infringed upon their intellectual property, we could incur substantial litigation costs defending against such claims, be required to
+Added: pay royalties, license fees or other damages or be barred from using the intellectual property at issue, any of which could have a material
+Added: adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.
+Added: We cannot assure you that steps taken by us to protect our
+Added: intellectual property and other contractual agreements for our business will be adequate, that our competitors will not independently
+Added: develop or patent substantially equivalent or superior technologies or be able to design around patents that we may receive, or that our
+Added: intellectual property will not be misappropriated.
+Added: If we are unable to protect our proprietary rights,
+Added: we may be at a disadvantage to others who do not incur the substantial time and expense we incur.
+Added: Preventing unauthorized use or infringement
+Added: of our intellectual property rights is inherently difficult.
+Added: Moreover, it may be difficult or practically impossible to detect theft or
+Added: unauthorized use of our intellectual property.
+Added: Any of the foregoing could have a material adverse effect upon our business, financial
+Added: condition and results of operations.
+Added: Cybersecurity incidents could disrupt business
+Added: operations, result in the loss of critical and confidential information, and adversely impact our reputation and results of operations.
+Added: Global cybersecurity threats can range from uncoordinated
+Added: individual attempts to gain unauthorized access to our information technology (IT) systems to sophisticated and targeted measures known
+Added: as advanced persistent threats.
+Added: While we employ comprehensive measures to prevent, detect, address and mitigate these threats (including
+Added: access controls, insurance, vulnerability assessments, continuous monitoring of our IT networks and systems, maintenance of backup and
+Added: protective systems and user training and education), cybersecurity incidents, depending on their nature and scope, could potentially result
+Added: in the misappropriation, destruction, corruption or unavailability of critical data and confidential or proprietary information (our own
+Added: or that of third parties) and the disruption of business operations.
+Added: The potential consequences of a material cybersecurity incident include
+Added: reputational damage, loss of customers, litigation with customers and other parties, loss of trade secrets and other proprietary business
+Added: data and increased cybersecurity protection and remediation costs, which in turn could adversely affect our competitiveness and results
+Added: of operations.
Our business will suffer if our network
systems fail or become unavailable.
−Removed: A reduction in the performance, reliability
−Removed: and availability of our network infrastructure would harm our ability to distribute our solutions to our users, as well as our
−Removed: reputation and ability to attract and retain customers.
−Removed: Our systems and operations could be damaged or interrupted by fire, flood,
−Removed: power loss, telecommunications failure, Internet breakdown, earthquake and similar events.
−Removed: Our systems could also be subject to
−Removed: viruses, break-ins, sabotage, acts of terrorism, acts of vandalism, hacking, cyber-terrorism and similar misconduct.
−Removed: carry adequate business interruption insurance to compensate us for losses that may occur from a system outage.
−Removed: Any system error
−Removed: or failure that causes interruption in availability of our solutions or an increase in response time could result in a loss of
−Removed: potential customers, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: If we suffer sustained or repeated interruptions, then our solutions and services could be less attractive to our users and our
−Removed: business would be materially harmed.
−Removed: If we are unable to manage growth,
−Removed: our operations could be adversely affected.
−Removed: Our progress is expected to require the
−Removed: full utilization of our management, financial and other resources.
−Removed: Our ability to manage growth effectively will depend on our
−Removed: ability to improve and expand operations, including our financial and management information systems, and to recruit, train and
−Removed: manage personnel.
−Removed: There can be no absolute assurance that management will be able to manage growth effectively.
−Removed: If we do not properly manage the growth
−Removed: of our business, we may experience significant strains on our management and operations and disruptions in our business.
−Removed: risks arise when companies and industries grow quickly.
−Removed: If our business or industry grows too quickly, our ability to meet customer
−Removed: demand in a timely and efficient manner could be challenged.
−Removed: We may also experience development delays as we seek to meet increased
−Removed: demand for our solutions.
−Removed: Our failure to properly manage the growth that we or our industry might experience could negatively impact
−Removed: our ability to execute on our operating plan and, accordingly, could have an adverse impact on our business, our cash flow and
−Removed: results of operations, and our reputation with our current or potential customers.
−Removed: Our business is subject to changing
−Removed: regulation of corporate governance and public disclosure.
−Removed: Because our common stock is publicly traded,
−Removed: we are subject to certain rules and regulations of federal and state entities charged with the protection of investors and the
−Removed: oversight of companies whose securities are publicly traded.
−Removed: These entities have continued to develop additional regulations and
−Removed: requirements in response to laws enacted by Congress, most notably the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
−Removed: Complying with these new regulations
−Removed: has resulted in, and is likely to continue to result in, increased general and administrative costs and a diversion of management
−Removed: time and attention from revenue generating and other business activities to compliance activities.
−Removed: Risks Relating to Our Securities
−Removed: If a market for our common stock
−Removed: is not maintained, shareholders may be unable to sell their shares.
−Removed: Our common stock is traded under the symbol
−Removed: “OPRX”
+Added: A reduction in the performance, reliability and
+Added: availability of our network infrastructure would harm our ability to distribute our solutions to our users, as well as our reputation
+Added: and ability to attract and retain customers.
+Added: Our systems and operations could be damaged or interrupted by fire, flood, power loss, telecommunications
+Added: failure, Internet breakdown, earthquake and similar events.
+Added: Our systems could also be subject to viruses, break-ins, sabotage, acts of
+Added: terrorism, acts of vandalism, hacking, cyber-terrorism and similar misconduct.
+Added: We might not carry adequate business interruption insurance
+Added: to compensate us for losses that may occur from a system outage.
+Added: Any system error or failure that causes interruption in availability
+Added: of our solutions or an increase in response time could result in a loss of potential customers, which could have a material adverse effect
+Added: on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: If we suffer sustained or repeated interruptions, then our solutions and
+Added: services could be less attractive to our users and our business would be materially harmed.
+Added: Risks Relating to Our Common Stock
+Added: If a market for our common stock is not
+Added: maintained, shareholders may be unable to sell their shares.
+Added: Our common stock is traded under the symbol “OPRX”
on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
We do not currently have a consistent active trading market.
−Removed: There can be no assurance
−Removed: that a consistent active and liquid trading market will develop or, if developed, that it will be sustained.
−Removed: Historically, our securities have been
−Removed: thinly traded.
−Removed: Accordingly, it may be difficult to sell shares of our common stock without significantly depressing the value of
−Removed: Unless we are successful in developing continued investor interest in our stock, sales of our stock could continue to
−Removed: result in major fluctuations in the price of the stock.
−Removed: The market price of our common stock
−Removed: is likely to be highly volatile and could fluctuate widely in price in response to various factors, many of which are beyond our
−Removed: Our stock price is subject to a number
−Removed: of factors, including:
+Added: There can be no assurance that a consistent
+Added: active and liquid trading market will develop or, if developed, that it will be sustained.
+Added: Historically, our securities have been thinly
+Added: Accordingly, it may be difficult to sell shares of our common stock without significantly depressing the value of the stock.
+Added: we are successful in developing continued investor interest in our stock, sales of our stock could continue to result in major fluctuations
+Added: in the price of the stock.
+Added: The market price of our common stock is
+Added: likely to be highly volatile and could fluctuate widely in price in response to various factors, many of which are beyond our control.
+Added: Our stock price is subject to a number of factors,
Technological innovations or new solutions and services by us or our competitors;
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Sales of our common stock;
−Removed: Our ability to integrate operations, technology, solutions, and services;
Our ability to execute our business plan;
Operating results below or exceeding expectations;
−Removed: Whether we achieve profits or not;
+Added: Our operating and financial performance and prospects;
Loss or addition of any strategic relationship;
−Removed: Industry developments;
−Removed: Economic and other external factors;
+Added: General financial, domestic, international, economic, industry and other market trends or conditions;
Period-to-period fluctuations in our financial results.
−Removed: Our stock price may fluctuate widely as
−Removed: a result of any of the above.
−Removed: In addition, the securities markets have from time to time experienced significant price and volume
−Removed: fluctuations that are unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies.
−Removed: These market fluctuations may also materially
−Removed: and adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
−Removed: We do not expect to pay dividends
−Removed: in the foreseeable future and any return on investment may be limited to the value of our common stock.
−Removed: We do not anticipate paying cash dividends
−Removed: on our common stock in the foreseeable future.
−Removed: The payment of dividends on our common stock will depend on earnings, financial
−Removed: condition and other business and economic factors affecting it at such time as the board of directors may consider relevant.
−Removed: we do not pay dividends, our common stock may be less valuable because a return on your investment will occur only if our stock
−Removed: price appreciates.
−Removed: Provisions in the Nevada Revised
−Removed: Statutes and our Bylaws could make it very difficult for an investor to bring any legal actions against our directors or officers
−Removed: for violations of their fiduciary duties or could require us to pay any amounts incurred by our directors or officers in any such
−Removed: Members of our board of directors and our
−Removed: officers will have no liability for breaches of their fiduciary duty of care as a director or officer, except in limited circumstances,
−Removed: pursuant to provisions in the Nevada Revised Statutes and our Bylaws as authorized by the Nevada Revised Statutes.
−Removed: Specifically,
−Removed: Section 78.138 of the Nevada Revised Statutes provides that a director or officer is not individually liable to the company or
−Removed: its shareholders or creditors for any damages as a result of any act or failure to act in his or her capacity as a director or
−Removed: officer unless it is proven that (1) the director’s or officer’s act or failure to act constituted a breach of his
−Removed: or her fiduciary duties as a director or officer and (2) his or her breach of those duties involved intentional misconduct, fraud
−Removed: or a knowing violation of law.
−Removed: This provision is intended to afford directors and officers protection against and to limit their
−Removed: potential liability for monetary damages resulting from suits alleging a breach of the duty of care by a director or officer.
−Removed: you may be unable to prevail in a legal action against our directors or officers even if they have breached their fiduciary duty
−Removed: In addition, our Bylaws allow us to indemnify our directors and officers from and against any and all costs, charges and
−Removed: expenses resulting from their acting in such capacities with us.
−Removed: This means that if you were able to enforce an action against
−Removed: our directors or officers, in all likelihood, we would be required to pay any expenses they incurred in defending the lawsuit and
−Removed: any judgment or settlement they otherwise would be required to pay.
−Removed: Accordingly, our indemnification obligations could divert needed
−Removed: financial resources and may adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, and adversely
−Removed: affect prevailing market prices for our common stock.
+Added: Our stock price may fluctuate widely as a result
+Added: of any of the above.
+Added: In addition, the securities markets have from time to time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations
+Added: that are unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies.
+Added: These market fluctuations may also materially and adversely affect
+Added: the market price of our common stock.
+Added: We do not expect to pay dividends in the
+Added: foreseeable future and any return on investment may be limited to the value of our common stock.
+Added: We have never declared or paid any cash dividends
+Added: on our common stock.
+Added: We currently intend to retain all available funds and future earnings, if any, to fund our future growth and do not
+Added: expect to declare or pay any dividend on shares of our common stock in the foreseeable future.
+Added: As a result, the success of an investment
+Added: in our common stock may depend entirely upon any future appreciation in its value.
+Added: There is no guarantee that our common stock will appreciate
+Added: in value or even maintain the price at which it was purchased.
+Added: “Anti-takeover”
+Added: provisions may make it more difficult for a third party to acquire control of us, even if the change in control would be beneficial to
+Added: shareholders.
+Added: Company is a Nevada corporation.
+Added: Anti-takeover provisions in Nevada law and our charter and bylaws could make it more difficult for a
+Added: third party to acquire control of us.
+Added: These provisions could adversely affect the market price of the common stock and could reduce the
+Added: amount that shareholders might receive if the Company is sold.
+Added: For example, our charter provides that the board of directors may issue
+Added: preferred stock without shareholder approval.
+Added: In addition, our bylaws provide that shareholders cannot act by written consent and that
+Added: directors may be removed by shareholders only with the approval of the holders of not less than two-thirds
+Added: of the voting power of the issued and outstanding stock entitled to vote at an annual or special meeting of the shareholders.
+Added: Risks Related to Being a
+Added: Public Company
+Added: A material weakness in our internal control
+Added: over financial reporting, if not remediated, could result in material misstatements in our financial statements.
+Added: a result, current and potential shareholders and customers could lose confidence in our financial reporting, which could harm our business,
+Added: the trading price of our stock and our ability to retain our current customers or obtain new customers.
+Added: Management is responsible for establishing and
+Added: maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
+Added: A material weakness (as defined in Rule 12b-2) is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial
+Added: reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of annual or interim financial statements will not
+Added: be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
+Added: We have had material weaknesses in the past that were remediated as of December 31, 2020.
+Added: We cannot provide assurance that we will not in the future have additional material weaknesses in our internal control over financial
+Added: As a result, we may be required to implement further remedial measures and to design enhanced processes and controls to address
+Added: deficiencies, which could result in significant costs to us and require us to divert substantial resources, including management time,
+Added: from other activities.
+Added: If we identify material weaknesses or fail to maintain adequate internal controls over financial reporting in the
+Added: future, we may not be able to prepare reliable financial reports and comply with our reporting obligations under the Exchange Act on a
+Added: timely basis.
+Added: Any such delays in the preparation of financial reports and the filing of our periodic reports may result in a loss of public
+Added: confidence in the reliability of our financial statements, the commencement of litigation, or the commencement of regulatory action against
+Added: us, which may include court actions or administrative proceedings, any of which could materially adversely affect our business, the market
+Added: value of our securities and our access to the capital markets.
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