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From time to time, we may become involved in litigation or other legal proceedings.
−Removed: While the outcome of any such proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, as of March 31, 2022, we were not a party to any litigation or legal proceedings that, in the opinion of our management, are probable to have a material adverse effect on our business.
+Added: While the outcome of any such proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, as of June 30, 2022, we were not a party to any litigation or legal proceedings that, in the opinion of our management, are probable to have a material adverse effect on our business.
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It is impossible to predict when or if any of our product candidates will prove effective and safe in humans or will receive regulatory approval.
−Removed: Before obtaining marketing approval from regulatory authorities for the sale of any product candidate, we must complete
−Removed: preclinical studies and then conduct the required clinical trials to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of our product candidates in humans.
+Added: Before obtaining marketing approval from regulatory authorities for the sale of any product candidate, we must complete preclinical studies and then conduct the required clinical trials to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of our product candidates in humans.
Clinical testing is expensive, difficult to design and implement, can take many years to complete and is uncertain as to outcome.
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We may also evaluate our current product candidates or any other future product candidates in combination with one or more other cancer therapies that have not yet been approved for marketing by the FDA or similar regulatory authorities.
−Removed: We will not be able to market and sell our SHP2 program, FGFR2 program, or PI3K program or any product candidate we develop in combination with any such unapproved cancer therapies that do not ultimately obtain marketing approval.
+Added: We will not be able to market and sell any of our product candidates we develop in combination with any such unapproved cancer therapies that do not ultimately obtain marketing approval.
Pursuant to the License Agreement with Genentech, as further described above, Genentech will assume the development of RLY-1971, including developing RLY-1971 in combination with Genentech’s KRAS G12C program.
−Removed: If the FDA or similar regulatory authorities do not approve these other drugs or revoke their approval of, or if safety, efficacy, manufacturing, or supply issues arise with, the drugs we choose to evaluate in combination with our current product candidates or any product candidate we develop, we may be unable to obtain approval of or market our SHP2 program, FGFR2 program, or PI3K program or any product candidate we develop.
+Added: If the FDA or similar regulatory authorities do not approve these other drugs or revoke their approval of, or if safety, efficacy, manufacturing, or supply issues arise with, the drugs we choose to evaluate in combination with our current product candidates or any product candidate we develop, we may be unable to obtain approval of or market any of the product candidates we develop.
Our product candidates utilize a novel mechanism of action and novel binding locations, which may result in greater research and development expenses, regulatory issues that could delay or prevent approval, or discovery of unknown or unanticipated adverse effects.
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Our Dynamo platform uses advanced computational models in tight integration with our medicinal chemistry, structural biology, enzymology and biophysics capabilities to predict and design the compounds that will achieve the most desirable characteristics, including potency, selectivity, bioavailability, and drug-like properties.
−Removed: A disruption in any of these capabilities may have significant adverse effects in our abilities to expand our Dynamo platform, and we cannot predict whether we will continue to have access to these capabilities in the future to support our Dynamo platform.
+Added: A disruption in any of these capabilities may have significant adverse effects
+Added: in our abilities to expand our Dynamo platform, and we cannot predict whether we will continue to have access to these capabilities in the future to support our Dynamo platform.
In addition, there can be no assurance that we will be able to rapidly identify, design and synthesize the necessary compounds or that these or other problems related to the development of this novel mechanism will not arise in the future, which may cause significant delays, or we raise problems we may not be able to resolve.
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The novel mechanism of action also means that fewer people are trained in or experienced with product candidates of this type, which may make it more difficult to find, hire and retain personnel for research, development and manufacturing positions.
−Removed: Because our inhibitors utilize a novel mechanism of action that has not been the subject of extensive study compared to more well-known product candidates, there is also
−Removed: an increased risk that we may discover previously unknown or unanticipated adverse effects during our preclinical or other nonclinical studies and clinical trials.
+Added: Because our inhibitors utilize a novel mechanism of action that has not been the subject of extensive study compared to more well-known product candidates, there is also an increased risk that we may discover previously unknown or unanticipated adverse effects during our preclinical or other nonclinical studies and clinical trials.
Any such events could adversely impact our business prospects, financial condition and results of operations.
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If the FDA or a similar foreign regulatory authority requires that we perform additional nonclinical studies or clinical trials, approval, if obtained at all, may be delayed.
−Removed: The length of such a delay varies substantially based upon a variety of factors, including the type, complexity and novelty of the product candidates involved.
+Added: The length of such a delay varies substantially based upon a variety of factors, including the type, complexity and novelty
+Added: of the product candidates involved.
Changes in marketing approval policies during the development period, changes in or the enactment of additional statutes or regulations, or changes in regulatory review for each submitted NDA, 510(k), premarket approval application, or PMA, or equivalent application types, may cause delays in the approval or rejection of an application.
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The subset of patients with KRAS G12C mutations in lung cancer and colorectal cancer who could potentially benefit from the combination of RLY-1971 with GDC-6036 is approximately 17,000 to 32,000 annually in the United States.
−Removed: We are also evaluating the safety and tolerability of RLY-4008, our inhibitor of FGFR2 in patients with advanced solid tumors having oncogenic FGFR2 alterations, in a first-in-human trial initiated in September 2020.
+Added: We are also evaluating the safety and tolerability of RLY-4008 in a first-in-human clinical trial initiated in September 2020 in patients with advanced or metastatic FGFR2-altered solid tumors with a single arm, potentially registration-enabling cohort for FGFRi treatment-naïve
+Added: FGFR2-fusion CCA.
We believe FGFR2-mediated cancers affect approximately 8,000 late-line patients annually in the United States.
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We believe RLY-2608 has the potential to address approximately 50,000 to 156,000 patients per year in the United States, one of the largest patient populations for a precision oncology medicine.
−Removed: Our projections of both the number of people who have these diseases, as well as the subset of people with these diseases who have the potential to benefit from treatment with RLY-1971, RLY-4008 or RLY-2608 or other product candidates, are based on estimates.
+Added: Our projections of both the number of people who have these diseases, as well as the subset of people with these diseases who have the potential to benefit from treatment with RLY-1971, RLY-4008 or RLY-2608 or our other product candidates, are based on estimates.
The total addressable market opportunity will ultimately depend upon, among other things, the diagnosis criteria included in the final label, if our product candidates are approved for sale for these indications, acceptance by the medical community and patient access, product pricing and reimbursement.
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Our collaboration with D.
−Removed: Shaw Research is our key computational collaboration, and there can be no assurance that this collaboration will continue past the current term of the DESRES Agreement, on favorable terms or at all, or that at any time while the collaboration is in effect D.
+Added: Shaw Research is our key computational collaboration, and there can be no assurance that this collaboration will continue past the current term of the DESRES Agreement, on
+Added: favorable terms or at all, or that at any time while the collaboration is in effect D.
Shaw Research will provide a level of service that benefits our programs in a meaningfully positive manner.
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Shaw Research and any other information that we or D.
−Removed: Shaw Research share is subject to a non-exclusive cross-license
−Removed: between us and D.
+Added: Shaw Research share is subject to a non-exclusive cross-license between us and D.
Shaw Research, subject to certain exceptions.
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If we, our principal investigators or our CROs fail to comply with applicable GCPs, the clinical data generated in our clinical trials may be deemed unreliable and the FDA or similar foreign regulatory authorities may require us to perform additional clinical trials before approving our marketing applications.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that, upon inspection, these regulatory
−Removed: authorities will determine that any of our future clinical trials will comply with GCPs.
+Added: We cannot assure you that, upon inspection, these regulatory authorities will determine that any of our future clinical trials will comply with GCPs.
In addition, our clinical trials must be conducted with product candidates produced under current Good Manufacturing Practice, or cGMP, regulations.
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We contract with third parties for the manufacture of our product candidates for preclinical development, clinical testing, and expect to continue to do so for commercialization.
−Removed: This reliance on third parties increases the risk that we will not have sufficient quantities of our product candidates or products or such quantities at an acceptable cost, which could delay, prevent or impair our development or commercialization efforts.
+Added: This reliance on third parties increases the risk that we will not have sufficient quantities of our product candidates or products or such quantities at an acceptable cost or quality, which could delay, prevent or impair our development or commercialization efforts.
We do not currently own or operate, nor do we have any plans to establish in the future, any manufacturing facilities or personnel.
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If the FDA or a similar foreign regulatory authority finds deficiencies with or does not approve these facilities for the manufacture of our product candidates or if it finds deficiencies or withdraws any such approval in the future, we may need to find alternative manufacturing facilities, which would significantly impact our ability to develop, obtain regulatory approval for or market our product candidates, if approved.
−Removed: Further, our failure, or the failure of our third-party manufacturers, to comply with applicable regulations could result in sanctions being imposed on us, including clinical
−Removed: holds, fines, injunctions, civil penalties, delays, suspension or withdrawal of approvals, license revocation, seizures or recalls of product candidates or products, if approved, operating restrictions and criminal prosecutions, any of which could significantly and adversely affect our business and supplies of our product candidates.
+Added: Further, our failure, or the failure of our third-party manufacturers, to comply with applicable regulations could result in sanctions being imposed on us, including clinical holds, fines, injunctions, civil penalties, delays, suspension or withdrawal of approvals, license revocation, seizures or recalls of product candidates or products, if approved, operating restrictions and criminal prosecutions, any of which could significantly and adversely affect our business and supplies of our product candidates.
We may be unable to establish any agreements with third-party manufacturers or to do so on acceptable terms.
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Any negative impact of such matters on our third-party suppliers and manufacturers may also have an adverse impact on our results of operations or financial condition.
−Removed: For all of our product candidates, we intend to identify and qualify additional manufacturers to provide such API, drug product and starting materials prior to submission of an NDA to the FDA and/or an MAA to the EMA.
−Removed: We are not certain, however, that our single-source suppliers will be able to meet our demand for their products, either because of the nature of our agreements with those suppliers, our
−Removed: limited experience with those suppliers or our relative importance as a customer to those suppliers.
+Added: For all of our product candidates, we intend to identify and qualify additional manufacturers to provide such API, drug product and starting materials prior to or after submission of an NDA to the FDA and/or an MAA to the EMA.
+Added: We are not certain, however, that our single-source suppliers will be able to meet our demand for their products, either because of the nature of our agreements with those suppliers, our limited experience with those suppliers or our relative importance as a customer to those suppliers.
It may be difficult for us to assess their ability to timely meet our demand in the future based on past performance.
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Those factors may include the design or results of clinical trials, the likelihood of approval by the FDA or similar regulatory authorities outside the United States, the potential market for the subject product candidate, the costs and complexities of manufacturing and delivering such product candidate to patients, the potential of competing products, the existence of uncertainty with respect to our ownership of technology, which can exist if there is a challenge to such ownership without regard to the merits of the challenge and industry and market conditions generally.
−Removed: The collaborator may also consider alternative product candidates or technologies for similar indications that may be available to collaborate on and whether such a collaboration could be more attractive than the one with us for our product candidate.
+Added: The collaborator may also consider alternative product candidates or technologies for similar indications that may be available to collaborate on and whether such a
+Added: collaboration could be more attractive than the one with us for our product candidate.
The terms of any additional collaborations or other arrangements that we may establish may not be favorable to us.
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We are a biopharmaceutical company with a limited operating history and have incurred net losses in each year since our inception.
−Removed: Our net losses were $62.0 million and $42.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
−Removed: We had an accumulated deficit of $830.1 million as of March 31, 2022.
+Added: Our net losses were $138.8 million and $235.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
+Added: We had an accumulated deficit of $906.9 million as of June 30, 2022.
Biopharmaceutical product development is a highly speculative undertaking and involves a substantial degree of risk.
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The amount of our future losses is uncertain and our quarterly operating results may fluctuate significantly or may fall below the expectations of investors or securities analysts, each of which may cause our stock price to fluctuate or decline.
−Removed: Our quarterly and annual operating results may fluctuate significantly in the future due to a variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control and may be difficult to predict, including the following:
+Added: Our quarterly and annual
+Added: operating results may fluctuate significantly in the future due to a variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control and may be difficult to predict, including the following:
the timing and success or failure of clinical trials for our product candidates or competing product candidates, or any other change in the competitive landscape of our industry, including consolidation among our competitors or partners;
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This variability and unpredictability could also result in our failing to meet the expectations of industry or financial analysts or investors for any period.
−Removed: If our revenue or operating results fall below the expectations of analysts or investors or below any forecasts we may provide to the market, or if the forecasts we
−Removed: provide to the market are below the expectations of analysts or investors, the price of our common stock could decline substantially.
+Added: If our revenue or operating results fall below the expectations of analysts or investors or below any forecasts we may provide to the market, or if the forecasts we provide to the market are below the expectations of analysts or investors, the price of our common stock could decline substantially.
Such a stock price decline could occur even when we have met any previously publicly stated guidance we may provide.
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enforce and defend intellectual property rights and claims;
−Removed: take temporary precautionary measures to help minimize the risk of COVID-19 to our employees;
+Added: take precautionary measures to help minimize the risk of COVID-19 or any future pandemics or similar outbreaks to our employees;
maintain a continued acceptable safety profile of the product candidates following approval.
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We may also need to raise additional funds sooner if we choose to pursue additional indications and/or geographies for our product candidates or otherwise expand more rapidly than we presently anticipate.
−Removed: Furthermore, we are incurring additional costs associated with operating as a public company.
+Added: Furthermore, we continue to incur additional costs associated with operating as a public company.
Accordingly, we will need to obtain substantial additional funding in connection with our continuing operations.
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the impact of any business interruptions to our operations, including the timing and enrollment of patients in our planned clinical trials, or to those of our manufacturers, suppliers, or other vendors, resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic or similar public health crisis or the changing political conditions such as the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine and related global economic sanctions;
−Removed: the scope, progress, results and costs of our current and future clinical trials of RLY-4008 and RLY-2608 and additional preclinical research of our PI3Kα
−Removed: mutant selective inhibitor programs;
+Added: the scope, progress, results and costs of our current and future clinical trials of RLY-4008 and RLY-2608 and additional preclinical research of our other programs;
the scope, progress, results and costs of drug discovery, preclinical research and clinical trials for our other product candidates;
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We do not have any committed external source of funds.
−Removed: To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of common stock or securities
−Removed: convertible or exchangeable into common stock, your ownership interest will be diluted, and the terms of those securities may include liquidation or other preferences that materially adversely affect your rights as a common stockholder.
+Added: To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of common stock or securities convertible or exchangeable into common stock, your ownership interest will be diluted, and the terms of those securities may include liquidation or other preferences that materially adversely affect your rights as a common stockholder.
We may offer and sell up to an aggregate amount of $300.0 million of our common stock from time to time in “at the market”
offerings pursuant to the sales agreement, or the Sales Agreement, with Cowen and Company, LLC, subject to the limitations thereof.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2022, no shares of common stock have been sold under the Sales Agreement.
+Added: As of June 30, 2022, no shares of common stock have been sold under the Sales Agreement.
Debt financing, if available, would increase our fixed payment obligations and may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends.
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Public health crises such as pandemics or similar outbreaks could adversely impact our business.
−Removed: While progress has been made in the fight against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including the broad dissemination and administration of vaccines in certain countries, the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to spread globally, including in all 50 states within the United States, including specifically Cambridge, Massachusetts where our primary office and laboratory space is located.
+Added: While progress has been made in the fight against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including the broad dissemination and administration of vaccines in certain countries, the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to spread globally, including in all 50 states within the United States, including Cambridge, Massachusetts where our primary office and laboratory space is located.
The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to evolve as new variants of COVID-19 have been identified and spread, which have led to various responses, including government-imposed quarantines, travel restrictions and other public health safety measures.
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limitations on travel that could interrupt key trial and business activities, such as clinical trial site initiations and monitoring, domestic and international travel by employees, contractors or patients to clinical trial sites, including any government-imposed travel restrictions or quarantines that will impact the ability or willingness of patients, employees or contractors to travel to our clinical trial sites or secure visas or entry permissions, a loss of face-to-face meetings and other interactions with potential partners, any of which could delay or adversely impact the conduct or progress of our clinical trials;
−Removed: the potential negative effect on the operations of our third-party manufacturers, suppliers or other collaboration partners, including issues due to worker shortages, supply chain disruptions such as delays in procurement of manufacturing equipment
−Removed: and any related parts, facilities and production suspensions and a sudden increase in demand for certain goods and services, such as medical services and supplies;
+Added: the potential negative effect on the operations of our third-party manufacturers, suppliers or other collaboration partners, including issues due to worker shortages, supply chain disruptions such as delays in procurement of manufacturing equipment and any related parts, facilities and production suspensions and a sudden increase in demand for certain goods and services, such as medical services and supplies;
interruption in global shipping affecting the transport of clinical trial materials, such as patient samples, investigational drug product and conditioning drugs and other supplies used in our clinical trials;
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Our results of operations could be adversely affected by general conditions and uncertainty in the global economy and in the global financial markets.
−Removed: Economic uncertainty in various global markets caused by political instability, changes in trade agreements and conflicts, such as the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and related sanctions as well as a severe or prolonged economic downturn could result in a variety of risks to our business, including difficulty in enrolling participants in our clinical trials, difficulty in forecasting our financial results and managing inventory levels and negatively impacting our ability to raise additional capital when needed on acceptable terms, if at all.
+Added: The global economy, including credit and financial markets, has experienced extreme volatility and disruptions, including severely diminished liquidity and credit availability, significant volatility in commodity prices, declines in consumer confidence, declines in economic growth, supply chain interruptions, uncertainty about economic stability and record inflation globally.
+Added: Economic uncertainty in various global markets caused by political instability, changes in trade agreements and conflicts, such as the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and related sanctions as well as a severe or prolonged economic downturn or continued extreme economic volatility and disruptions could result in a variety of risks to our business, including difficulty in enrolling participants in our clinical trials, difficulty in forecasting our financial results and managing inventory levels and negatively impacting our ability to raise additional capital when needed on acceptable terms, if at all.
Political developments impacting government spending and international trade, including potential government shutdowns and trade disputes and tariffs, may negatively impact markets and cause weaker macro-economic conditions.
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ongoing trade disputes with China and other countries.
−Removed: Additionally, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant volatility and uncertainty in U.S.
+Added: Additionally, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in economic slowdown and caused significant volatility and uncertainty in U.S.
and international markets.
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Other than our U.S.
−Removed: patent relating to RLY-1971 composition of matter, we do not own or in-license any issued patents relating to our platform, our SHP2 program, FGFR2 program, or PI3K program.
+Added: patent relating to RLY-1971 composition of matter, we do not own or in-license any issued patents relating to our platform or our lead product candidates under clinical development.
Pursuant to the License Agreement with Genentech, we have granted an exclusive, worldwide, royalty-bearing license to Genentech, with the right to sublicense, develop and commercialize RLY-1971 and any other SHP2 inhibitors developed under the License Agreement with Genentech.
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The degree of patent protection we require to successfully commercialize our product candidates may be unavailable or severely limited in some cases and may not adequately protect our rights or permit us to gain or keep any competitive advantage.
−Removed: We cannot provide any assurances that any of our pending patent applications will issue, or that any of our pending patent applications that mature into issued patents will include claims with a scope sufficient to protect RLY-1971, RLY-4008, RLY-2608 or our other product candidates.
+Added: We cannot provide any assurances that any of our pending patent applications will issue, or that any of our pending patent applications that mature into issued patents will include claims with a scope sufficient to protect our lead product candidates under clinical development, RLY-1971, RLY-4008, RLY-2608, or our other product candidates.
In addition, the laws of foreign countries may not protect our rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States.
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In addition, the DESRES Agreement is complex and certain provisions may be susceptible to multiple interpretations.
−Removed: The resolution of any contract interpretation disagreement that may arise could be adverse to us, for example by narrowing what we believe to be the scope
−Removed: of our rights to certain intellectual property, or increasing what we believe to be our financial or other obligations under the DESRES Agreement, and any such outcome could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.
+Added: The resolution of any contract interpretation disagreement that may arise could be adverse to us, for example by narrowing what we believe to be the scope of our rights to certain intellectual property, or increasing what we believe to be our financial or other obligations under the DESRES Agreement, and any such outcome could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.
Risks Related to Intellectual Property Laws
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The GDPR is wide-ranging in scope and imposes numerous requirements on companies that process personal data, including requirements relating to processing health and other sensitive data, providing notice to the individuals to whom the personal data relates regarding data processing activities, implementing safeguards to protect the privacy and security of personal data, providing notification of data breaches in certain circumstances, and taking certain measures when engaging third-party processors or sub-processors.
−Removed: The GDPR focuses on accountability of data controllers (such as us) and requires us to put in place all technical and organizational measures (privacy by design and by default) to ensure that we meet our
+Added: The GDPR focuses on accountability of data controllers (such as us) and requires us to put in place all technical and organizational measures (privacy by design and by default) to ensure that we meet our obligations.
It also increases substantially the penalties to which we could be subject in the event of any non-compliance, including fines of up to €10,000,000 or up to 2% of our total worldwide annual turnover for certain comparatively minor offenses, or up to €20,000,000 or up to 4% of our total worldwide annual turnover for more serious offenses.
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to bring actions on behalf of the federal government alleging violations of the federal False Claims Act and to share in any monetary recovery.
−Removed: In addition, the government may assert that a claim including items and services resulting from a violation of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute constitutes a false of fraudulent claim for purposes of the False Claims Act;
+Added: In addition, the government may assert that a claim including items and services
+Added: resulting from a violation of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute constitutes a false of fraudulent claim for purposes of the False Claims Act;
the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, imposes criminal and civil liability for executing, or attempting to execute, a scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program, or knowingly and willfully falsifying, concealing or covering up a material fact or making any materially false statement in connection with the delivery of or payment for healthcare benefits, items or services.
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under the Affordable Care Act, require manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologics and medical supplies that are reimbursable under Medicare, Medicaid, or the Children’s Health Insurance Program to report to the Department of Health and Human Services information related to transfers of value made to physicians (currently defined to include doctors, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists and chiropractors) and teaching hospitals, as well as ownership and investment interests of such physicians and their immediate family members.
−Removed: Effective January 1, 2022, these reporting obligations were extended to include transfers of value made to certain non-physician
−Removed: providers (physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified registered nurse anesthetists and anesthesiologist assistants, and certified-nurse midwives);
+Added: Effective January 1, 2022, these reporting obligations were extended to include transfers of value made to certain non-physician providers (physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified registered nurse anesthetists and anesthesiologist assistants, and certified-nurse midwives);
HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009, or HITECH and its implementing regulations, including the Final Omnibus Rule published in January 2013, which impose obligations on certain covered entity healthcare providers, health plans, and healthcare clearinghouses as well as their business associates that perform certain services involving the creation, maintenance, receipt, or other use or disclosure of individually identifiable health information, including mandatory contractual terms with business associates, with respect to safeguarding the privacy, security and transmission of individually identifiable health information.
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Therefore, even if we are successful in defending against any such actions that may be brought against us, our business may be impaired.
−Removed: If any of the physicians or other providers or entities with whom we expect to do business is found not to be in compliance with applicable laws, they may be subject to criminal, civil or administrative sanctions, including exclusions from government funded healthcare programs and imprisonment.
+Added: If any of the physicians or other providers or entities with whom we expect to do business is found not to be in compliance with applicable laws, they
+Added: may be subject to criminal, civil or administrative sanctions, including exclusions from government funded healthcare programs and imprisonment.
If any of the above occur, our ability to operate our business and our results of operations could be adversely affected.
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In any event, the receipt of a breakthrough therapy designation for a product candidate may not result in a faster development process, review or approval compared to therapies considered for approval under conventional FDA procedures and does not assure ultimate approval by the FDA.
−Removed: even if one or more of our product candidates qualify as breakthrough therapies, the FDA may later decide that such product candidates no longer meet the conditions for qualification or decide that the time period for FDA review or approval will not be shortened.
+Added: In addition, even if one or more of our product candidates qualify as breakthrough therapies, the FDA may later decide that such product candidates no longer meet the conditions for qualification or decide that the time period for FDA review or approval will not be shortened.
We may seek fast track designation for some of our product candidates.
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Fast track designation alone does not guarantee qualification for the FDA’s priority review procedures.
−Removed: Accelerated approval by the FDA, even if granted for our FGFR2 program or our PI3K program or any other future product candidates, may not lead to a faster development or regulatory review or approval process and it does not increase the likelihood that our product candidates will receive marketing approval.
+Added: We may seek approval of our product candidates, where applicable, under the FDA's accelerated approval pathway.
+Added: This pathway, even if granted for our FGFR2 program or our PI3K program or any other future product candidates, may not lead to a faster development or regulatory review or approval process and it does not increase the likelihood that our product candidates will receive marketing approval.
We may seek accelerated approval of our FGFR2 program or our PI3K program and for future product candidates.
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As a condition of approval, the FDA may require that a sponsor of a drug or biologic receiving accelerated approval perform adequate and well-controlled post-marketing clinical trials.
−Removed: In addition, the FDA currently requires as a condition for accelerated approval, unless otherwise informed by the agency, pre-approval of promotional materials for products receiving accelerated approval, which could adversely impact the timing of the commercial launch of the product.
−Removed: Even if we do receive accelerated approval, we may not experience a faster development or regulatory review or approval process, and receiving accelerated approval does not provide assurance of ultimate FDA approval.
+Added: In addition, the FDA currently requires, unless otherwise informed by the agency, pre-approval of promotional materials for products receiving accelerated approval, which could adversely impact the timing of the commercial launch of the product.
+Added: Thus, even if we do seek to utilize the accelerated approval pathway, we may not be able to obtain accelerated approval and, even if we do, we may not experience a faster development, regulatory review or approval process for that product.
+Added: In addition, receiving accelerated approval does not assure that the product’s accelerated approval will eventually be converted to a traditional approval.
Risks Related to Healthcare Legislative Reform
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These additional processes may result in a review and approval process that is longer than we otherwise would have expected.
−Removed: Delays as a result of an increased or lengthier regulatory approval process or further restrictions on the development of our product candidates can be costly and could negatively impact our ability to complete clinical trials and commercialize our current and future product candidates in a timely manner, if at all.
+Added: Delays as a result of an increased or lengthier regulatory approval process or further restrictions on the development of our product candidates can be costly and
+Added: could negatively impact our ability to complete clinical trials and commercialize our current and future product candidates in a timely manner, if at all.
Healthcare legislative reform measures may have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
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For example, in March 2010, the Affordable Care Act, or the ACA, was passed, which substantially changed the way healthcare is financed by both governmental and private insurers, and significantly impacted the United States pharmaceutical industry.
−Removed: The ACA, among other things, subjects biological products to potential competition by lower-cost biosimilars, addresses a new methodology by which rebates owed by manufacturers under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program are calculated for drugs that are inhaled, infused, instilled, implanted or injected, increases the minimum Medicaid rebates owed by manufacturers under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program and extends the rebate
−Removed: program to individuals enrolled in Medicaid managed care organizations, establishes annual fees and taxes on manufacturers of certain branded prescription drugs, and creates a new Medicare Part D coverage gap discount program, in which manufacturers must agree to offer 50% (increased to 70% pursuant to the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, effective as of 2019) point-of-sale discounts off negotiated prices of applicable brand drugs to eligible beneficiaries during their coverage gap period, as a condition for the manufacturer’s outpatient drugs to be covered under Medicare Part D.
+Added: The ACA, among other things, subjects biological products to potential competition by lower-cost biosimilars, addresses a new methodology by which rebates owed by manufacturers under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program are calculated for drugs that are inhaled, infused, instilled, implanted or injected, increases the minimum Medicaid rebates owed by manufacturers under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program and extends the rebate program to individuals enrolled in Medicaid managed care organizations, establishes annual fees and taxes on manufacturers of certain branded prescription drugs, and creates a new Medicare Part D coverage gap discount program, in which manufacturers must agree to offer 50% (increased to 70% pursuant to the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, effective as of 2019) point-of-sale discounts off negotiated prices of applicable brand drugs to eligible beneficiaries during their coverage gap period, as a condition for the manufacturer’s outpatient drugs to be covered under Medicare Part D.
Since then, the ACA risk adjustment program payment parameters have been updated annually.
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This includes aggregate reductions of Medicare payments to providers up to 2% per fiscal year, and, due to subsequent legislative amendments, will remain in effect through 2030 unless additional Congressional action is taken;
−Removed: however, pursuant to the CARES Act and subsequent legislation, these reductions have been suspended from May 1, 2020 through March 31, 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: A 1% payment reduction is occurring from April 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022, and the 2% payment reduction will resume on July 1, 2022.
+Added: however, pursuant to the CARES Act and subsequent legislation, these reductions were suspended from May 1, 2020 through March 31, 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: A 1% payment reduction occurred from April 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022, and the 2% payment reduction resumed on July 1, 2022.
The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 among other things, reduced Medicare payments to several providers, including hospitals, imaging centers and cancer treatment centers, and increased the statute of limitations period for the government to recover overpayments to providers from three to five years.
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There has been increasing legislative and enforcement interest in the United States with respect to specialty drug pricing practices.
−Removed: At a federal level, President Biden signed an Executive Order on July 9, 2021 affirming the administration’s policy to (i) support legislative reforms that would lower the prices of prescription drug and biologics, including by allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, by imposing inflation caps, and by supporting the development and market entry of lower-cost generic drugs and biosimilars;
+Added: At a federal level, President Biden signed an Executive Order on July 9, 2021 affirming the administration’s policy to (i) support legislative
+Added: reforms that would lower the prices of prescription drug and biologics, including by allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, by imposing inflation caps, and by supporting the development and market entry of lower-cost generic drugs and biosimilars;
and (ii) support the enactment of a public health insurance option.
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However, on December 29, 2021, CMS rescinded the MFN rule.
−Removed: Additionally, on November 30, 2020, HHS published a regulation removing safe harbor protection for price reductions from
−Removed: pharmaceutical manufacturers to plan sponsors under Part D, either directly or through pharmacy benefit managers, unless the price reduction is required by law.
+Added: Additionally, on November 30, 2020, HHS published a regulation removing safe harbor protection for price reductions from pharmaceutical manufacturers to plan sponsors under Part D, either directly or through pharmacy benefit managers, unless the price reduction is required by law.
The rule also creates a new safe harbor for price reductions reflected at the point-of-sale, as well as a safe harbor for certain fixed fee arrangements between pharmacy benefit managers and manufacturers.
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Furthermore, replacing executive officers and key employees may be difficult and may take an extended period of time because of the limited number of individuals in our industry with the breadth of skills and experience required to successfully develop, gain regulatory approval of and commercialize products.
−Removed: Competition to hire from this limited pool is intense, and we may be unable to hire,
−Removed: train, retain or motivate these key personnel on acceptable terms given the competition among numerous pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for similar personnel.
+Added: Competition to hire from this limited pool is intense, and we may be unable to hire, train, retain or motivate these key personnel on acceptable terms given the competition among numerous pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for similar personnel.
We also experience competition for the hiring of scientific and clinical personnel from universities and research institutions.
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We expect to expand our development and regulatory capabilities and potentially implement sales, marketing and distribution capabilities, and as a result, we may encounter difficulties in managing our growth, which could disrupt our operations.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2022, we had 276 full-time employees.
+Added: As of June 30, 2022, we had 305 full-time employees.
We expect to experience significant growth in the number of our employees and the scope of our operations, particularly in the areas of pharmaceutical and clinical development, regulatory affairs and, if any of our product candidates receives marketing approval, sales, marketing and distribution.
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The risk of cyber incidents could also be increased by cyberwarfare in connection with the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine, including potential proliferation of malware into systems unrelated to the conflict.
−Removed: To the extent that any disruption or security breach were to result in a loss of, or damage to, our data or applications, or inappropriate disclosure of confidential or proprietary information, we could incur liability, our competitive position could be harmed, the further development and commercialization of our product candidate or any future product candidates could be hindered or delayed, we could be required to expend significant amounts of money and other resources to repair or replace our information systems or networks, the market perception of the
−Removed: effectiveness of our security measures could be harmed and our reputation and credibility could be damaged.
+Added: To the extent that any disruption or security breach were to result in a loss of, or damage to, our data or applications, or inappropriate disclosure of confidential or proprietary information, we could incur liability, our competitive position could be harmed, the further development and commercialization of our product candidate or any future product candidates could be hindered or delayed, we could be required to expend significant amounts of money and other resources to repair or replace our information systems or networks, the market perception of the effectiveness of our security measures could be harmed and our reputation and credibility could be damaged.
In addition, in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, part of our workforce is currently working remotely.
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Our current operations are located in Massachusetts.
−Removed: Any unplanned event, such as flood, fire, explosion, earthquake, extreme weather condition, medical epidemics, including any potential effects from the current global spread of COVID-19, global conflicts such as the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine, power shortage, telecommunication failure or other natural or man-made accidents or incidents that result in us being unable to fully utilize our facilities, or the facilities of our third-party contract manufacturers or CROs, may have a material and adverse effect on our ability to operate our business, particularly on a daily basis, and have significant negative consequences on our financial and operating conditions.
+Added: Any unplanned event, such as flood, fire, explosion, earthquake, extreme weather condition, medical epidemics, including any potential effects from the current global spread of COVID-19, global conflicts such as the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine, power shortage, telecommunication failure or other natural or man-made accidents or incidents that result in us being unable to fully utilize our facilities, or the facilities of our third-party contract manufacturers or CROs, may have a material and adverse effect on our ability to operate our business, particularly on a daily basis, and have significant negative
+Added: consequences on our financial and operating conditions.
Loss of access to these facilities may result in increased costs, delays in the development of our product candidates or interruption of our business operations.
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The market price for our common stock historically has been volatile and could continue to be subject to wide fluctuations in response to various factors.
−Removed: Since shares of our common stock were sold in our initial public offering, or IPO, in July 2020 at a price of $20.00 per share, our stock price has fluctuated significantly, ranging from an intraday low of $19.05 to an intraday high of $64.37 through May 2, 2022.
+Added: Since shares of our common stock were sold in our initial public offering, or IPO, in July 2020 at a price of $20.00 per share, our stock price has fluctuated significantly, ranging from an intraday low of $12.65 to an intraday high of $64.37 through July 29, 2022.
This volatility may affect the price at which you could resell the common stock.
Our stock price is likely to continue to be volatile and subject to significant price and volume fluctuations in response to market and other factors, including the factors described below.
−Removed: stock market in general and Nasdaq and the market for biopharmaceutical companies in particular, have experienced extreme volatility that has often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of these companies.
+Added: The stock market in general and Nasdaq and the market for biopharmaceutical companies in particular, have experienced extreme volatility that has often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of these companies.
Our stock price is likely to be volatile.
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Our executive officers, directors, principal stockholders and their affiliates exercise significant control over our company, which will limit your ability to influence corporate matters and could delay or prevent a change in corporate control.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2022, the holdings of our executive officers, directors, principal stockholders and their affiliates, represented beneficial ownership, in the aggregate, of approximately 56.3% of our outstanding common stock.
+Added: As of June 30, 2022, the holdings of our executive officers, directors, principal stockholders and their affiliates, represented beneficial ownership, in the aggregate, of approximately 56.3% of our outstanding common stock.
As a result, these stockholders, if they act together, will be able to influence our management and affairs and control the outcome of matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, including the election of directors and any sale, merger, consolidation, or sale of all or substantially all of our assets.
−Removed: These stockholders may have interests, with respect to their common stock, that are different from those of our public market investors and the concentration of
−Removed: voting power among these stockholders may have an adverse effect on the price of our common stock.
+Added: These stockholders may have interests, with respect to their common stock, that are different from those of our public market investors and the concentration of voting power among these stockholders may have an adverse effect on the price of our common stock.
In addition, this concentration of ownership might adversely affect the market price of our common stock by:
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Risks Related to Operating as a Public Company
−Removed: We will incur increased costs as a result of operating as a public company, and our management will be required to devote substantial time to new compliance initiatives.
+Added: We have incurred increased costs as a result of operating as a public company, and our management devotes substantial time to compliance initiatives.
As a public company, and particularly since we are no longer an “emerging growth company,”
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In addition, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and rules subsequently implemented by the SEC and Nasdaq have imposed various requirements on public companies, including establishment and maintenance of effective disclosure and financial controls and corporate governance practices.
−Removed: Our management and other personnel will need to devote a substantial amount of time to these compliance initiatives.
−Removed: Moreover, these rules and regulations will increase our legal and financial compliance costs and will make some activities more time-consuming and costly.
+Added: Our management and other personnel devote a substantial amount of time to these compliance initiatives.
+Added: Moreover, these rules and regulations will continue to increase our legal and financial compliance costs and will make some activities more time-consuming and costly.
Pursuant to Section 404, we are required to furnish a report by our management on our internal control over financial reporting.
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Anti-takeover provisions in our charter documents and under Delaware law could make an acquisition of us, which may be beneficial to our stockholders, more difficult and may prevent attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management.
−Removed: Our fourth amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws contain provisions that could delay or prevent a change of control of our company or changes in our board of directors that our stockholders might consider favorable.
+Added: Our fourth amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, and our amended and restated bylaws contain provisions that could delay or prevent a change of control of our company or changes in our board of directors that our stockholders might consider favorable.
Some of these provisions include:
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In addition, our amended and restated bylaws provide that any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of our capital stock is deemed to have notice of and consented to the Delaware Forum Provision and the Federal Forum Provision;
−Removed: provided, however, that
−Removed: stockholders cannot and will not be deemed to have waived our compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.
+Added: provided, however, that stockholders cannot and will not be deemed to have waived our compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.
We recognize that the Delaware Forum Provision and the Federal Forum Provision in our amended and restated bylaws may impose additional litigation costs on stockholders in pursuing any such claims, particularly if the stockholders do not reside in or near the State of Delaware or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
−Removed: Additionally, the forum selection clauses in our amended and restated bylaws may limit our stockholders’
+Added: Additionally, the forum selection clauses in our amended and restated bylaws may limit
+Added: our stockholders’
ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that they find favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers or employees, which may discourage the filing of lawsuits against us and our directors, officers and employees, even though an action, if successful, might benefit our stockholders.
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