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We have one marketed product, UKONIQ, which received accelerated approval from the FDA on February 5, 2021 for the treatment of relapsed or refractory MZL in patients who have received at least one prior anti-CD20-based regimen and relapsed or refractory FL in patients who have received at least three prior lines of systemic therapy.
−Removed: In addition, on March 29, 2021, we announced the completion of the rolling submission of a BLA to the FDA requesting approval of ublituximab in combination with UKONIQ as a treatment for patients with CLL.
+Added: In addition, the FDA accepted our BLA and sNDA requesting approval of ublituximab in combination with UKONIQ as a treatment for patients with CLL/SLL and set a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date of March 25, 2022 for the BLA and sNDA.
While we have initiated the commercial launch of UKONIQ in the U.S.
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UKONIQ as well as other drugs that we may bring to the market in the future, including ublituximab, may not gain market acceptance by physicians, patients, third-party payors and others in the healthcare community.
−Removed: If our products do not achieve an adequate level of acceptance, we may not generate significant revenues, and we may not become profitable.
+Added: If our products do not achieve an adequate level of acceptance, we may not generate significant revenues or meet our revenue projections or guidance, and we may not become profitable.
The degree of market acceptance of UKONIQ, as well as any future product candidates for which we obtain approval, will depend on a number of factors, including:
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We initiated commercial sales of UKONIQ in February 2021 in an environment in which the measures taken by state and local governments as well as hospitals and oncology clinics to control the spread of COVID-19 significantly limited our opportunities for in-person interactions, for example, with physicians, hospitals, payors, and other customers at medical congresses.
−Removed: Although multiple mechanisms are available to our field personnel to interact with healthcare providers and other customers remotely, we cannot ensure that these methods will be effective or as effective as in-person interactions.
+Added: Although we have observed an increase in in-person interactions during the second quarter, many of the interactions our field personnel have with healthcare providers and other customers continue to be virtual.
+Added: We cannot ensure that remote methods will be effective or as effective as in-person interactions.
Other factors related to the COVID-19 pandemic that could impact the ongoing launch and potential future launches include delays in demand due to impacts on the healthcare system and overall economy and increases in the number of uninsured or underinsured patients.
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We are expanding our commercialization team and infrastructure in planning for the potential commercial launches of U2 in CLL and ublituximab in MS prior to knowing whether the FDA will accept or approve the necessary regulatory submissions.
−Removed: It is possible that the FDA approval is unexpectedly delayed or is not received at all.
+Added: It is possible that either or both FDA approvals are unexpectedly delayed or are not received at all.
In either case we will incur delays that may impede or significantly delay our ability to generate revenue and at the same time will incur significant expenses.
If this were to occur, it would have a material adverse effect on the Company.
−Removed: There are risks involved with both establishing our own sales, marketing, and other commercialization capabilities.
+Added: There are risks involved with establishing our own sales, marketing, and other commercialization capabilities.
For example, recruiting and training a sales force are expensive and time-consuming and could delay any drug launch.
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Further, our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects will be materially adversely affected.
+Added: We are also planning for expansion into certain European markets.
+Added: Building and maintaining an infrastructure outside the United States is expensive, complex, resource intensive and time consuming.
+Added: Like the situation described above in the U.S., we will need to establish our infrastructure in planning for the potential commercial launches in Europe prior to knowing whether the regulatory authorities will accept or approve the regulatory submissions or approve any of our products at an appropriate price.
+Added: In either case we will incur delays that may impede or significantly delay our ability to generate revenue in those international markets and at the same time will incur significant expenses.
+Added: If this were to occur, it would have a material adverse effect on the Company.
Product liability lawsuits against us could cause us to incur substantial liabilities and could limit commercialization of any drug candidates that we may develop.
−Removed: We face an inherent risk of product liability exposure related to the testing of our product candidates in human clinical trials and use of our product candidates through compassionate use programs in the event we establish such programs, and we will face an even greater risk as we commercially sell UKONIQ and any other product candidates that we may develop.
+Added: We face an inherent risk of product liability exposure related to the testing of our product candidates in human clinical trials, and an even greater risk in connection with the commercialization of UKONIQ and any other product candidates for which we may receive marketing authorization in the future.
If we cannot successfully defend ourselves against claims that UKONIQ or our product candidates caused injuries, we could incur substantial liabilities.
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To date, we have financed our operations primarily through public offerings of our common stock and a debt financing.
−Removed: Through May 5, 2021, we have received an aggregate of approximately $1.3 billion from such transactions.
−Removed: Approximately $30 million is from our term loan facility with Hercules (as defined below) that we secured in February of 2019.
−Removed: The remaining amount constitutes the aggregate gross proceeds from the sale of common stock in one or more offerings and through the use of our at the market sales program, or ATM.
Since inception, we have incurred significant operating losses.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, we had an accumulated deficit of $1.1 billion.
−Removed: Substantially all of our operating losses have resulted from costs incurred in connection with our research and development programs and from selling, general and administrative costs associated with our operations, including our commercialization activities.
+Added: Substantially all our operating losses have resulted from costs incurred in connection with our research and development programs and from selling, general and administrative costs associated with our operations, including our commercialization activities.
We expect to continue to incur significant expenses and operating losses for the foreseeable future.
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In addition, we expect to continue to incur significant sales, marketing and outsourced-manufacturing expenses as we commercialize UKONIQ and plan for the possible commercialization of our other product candidates, if approved.
−Removed: As a result, we expect to continue to incur significant and increasing operating losses for the foreseeable future.
Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with developing pharmaceuticals, we are unable to predict the extent of any future losses or when we will become profitable, if at all.
Even if we do become profitable, we may not be able to sustain or increase our profitability on a quarterly or annual basis.
−Removed: Our ability to become profitable depends upon our ability to generate revenue.
+Added: Our ability to become profitable depends upon our ability to generate substantial revenue.
To date, we have not generated any significant revenue from our product sales, and it is uncertain when and if we will generate any significant revenue from the sale of our products in the future.
−Removed: Our ability to become profitable depends upon our ability to generate significant and sustained revenues.
−Removed: To obtain significant and sustained revenues, we must succeed, either alone or with others, in (i) developing and obtaining regulatory approval for our product candidates, including ublituximab, and for additional indications of UKONIQ;
+Added: Furthermore, no assurance can be given that we will meet revenue projections or guidance.
+Added: To obtain significant and sustained revenues and meet our revenue projections or guidance, we must succeed, either alone or with others, in (i) developing and obtaining regulatory approval for our product candidates, including ublituximab, and for additional indications of UKONIQ;
and (ii) manufacturing and marketing our products and product candidates.
Accordingly, we do not expect to generate significant and sustained revenue unless and until we obtain marketing approval of ublituximab and additional indications of UKONIQ and/or one of our other product candidates.
−Removed: Our ability to generate significant and sustained revenue depends on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, our ability to:
+Added: Our ability to generate significant and sustained revenue or meet revenue projections or guidance depends on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, our ability to:
● successfully complete clinical trials that meet their clinical endpoints;
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While we may experience short-term decreases in clinical trial expenses as our larger Phase 3 clinical trials complete and before our Phase 1 and 2 programs can advance into Phase 2 and 3, we do expect over time our overall expenses will increase in connection with our ongoing activities, particularly as we continue the research and development of, initiate or continue clinical trials of, seek marketing approval for, and expand our infrastructure to commercialize our product candidates and additional indications of UKONIQ.
−Removed: Moreover, in anticipation of potential regulatory approvals for UKONIQ and ublituximab in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and for ublituximab in relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS), we will need to expend substantial resources on manufacturing and biologics license application (BLA) support over the next 12 to 18 months, which could exceed any cost savings associated with lower clinical trial expenses during the same period.
+Added: Moreover, in anticipation of potential regulatory approvals for UKONIQ and ublituximab in CLL/SLL and for ublituximab in RMS, we will need to expend substantial resources on manufacturing and BLA support over the next 12 to 18 months, which could exceed any cost savings associated with lower clinical trial expenses during the same period.
While this timing is our current estimate, the amount and timing of our future funding requirements will depend on many factors, including, but not limited to, the following:
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Therefore, for the foreseeable future, we will have to fund all of our operations and capital expenditures from sales of UKONIQ in the U.S., cash on hand and amounts raised in future offerings or financings.
−Removed: Accordingly, our prospects must be considered in light of the uncertainties, risks, expenses and difficulties frequently encountered by companies in the early stages of operations and the competitive environment in which we operate.
+Added: Accordingly, our prospects must be considered in light of the uncertainties, risks, expenses and difficulties frequently encountered by companies in the early stages of commercial operations and the competitive environment in which we operate.
Raising additional capital may cause dilution to our stockholders, restrict our operations or require us to relinquish rights to our technologies or drug candidates and occupy valuable management time and resources.
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Concurrently with the closing of the Loan Agreement, we borrowed an initial tranche of $30.0 million.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, we had outstanding obligations of $30 million under the Loan Agreement.
−Removed: In addition, we have incurred short-term liabilities of approximately $11.4 million with a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) for the scale-up, tech-transfer, and long-term supply of one of our drug candidates.
−Removed: This is an expensive and lengthy process and we expect to incur additional obligations associated with these ongoing manufacturing activities over the course of the next 24 months, and potentially longer.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, we had outstanding obligations of $30 million under the Loan Agreement.
+Added: In addition, we have short-term liabilities of approximately $11.2 million with a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) for the scale-up, tech-transfer, and long-term supply of one of our drug candidates.
To date, this CMO has provided payment terms which we believe are reasonable.
−Removed: however, no assurance can be given that such terms will continue to be available to us in the future.
−Removed: No assurances can be made that the obligations associated with the Loan Agreement and the CMO will not have a material adverse impact on our financial condition.
+Added: No assurance can be given that such terms will continue to be available to us in the future.
All obligations under the Loan Agreement are secured by substantially all of our existing property and assets, excluding intellectual property.
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Accordingly, no assurance can be made that a safe and efficacious dose can be found for these compounds or that they will ever enter into advanced clinical trials alone or in combination with other product candidates.
−Removed: Moreover, success in early clinical trials does not mean that later clinical trials will be successful because product candidates in later-stage clinical trials may fail to demonstrate sufficient safety or efficacy despite having progressed through initial clinical testing.
+Added: Moreover, success in early clinical trials does not mean that later clinical trials will be successful because product candidates in later-stage clinical trials may fail to demonstrate sufficient safety or efficacy despite having
+Added: progressed through initial clinical testing.
Companies frequently experience significant setbacks in advanced clinical trials, even after earlier clinical trials have shown promising results.
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The information we choose to publicly disclose regarding a particular study or clinical trial is based on what is typically extensive information, and regulators or others may not agree with what we determine is material or otherwise appropriate information to include in our disclosure.
−Removed: If the interim, top-line or preliminary data that we report differ from final results, or if others, including regulatory authorities, disagree with the conclusions reached, our ability to obtain approval for, or successfully commercialize, our product candidates may be harmed, which could harm our business, operating results, prospects or financial condition.
+Added: If the interim, top-line or preliminary data that we report differ from final results, or if others, including regulatory authorities, disagree with the conclusions we have reached, our ability to obtain approval for, or successfully commercialize, our product candidates may be harmed, which could harm our business, operating results, prospects or financial condition.
Many of the results reported in our early clinical trials rely on local investigator-assessed efficacy outcomes which may be subject to greater variability or subjectivity than results assessed in a blinded, independent, centrally reviewed manner, often required of later phase, adequate and well-controlled registration-directed clinical trials.
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Even if our clinical trials produce positive results, there can be no guarantee that the positive outcomes will be replicated in future studies either within the same indication as previously evaluated or in alternate indications and settings.
−Removed: Successful completion of our clinical trials is a prerequisite to submitting a New Drug Application (NDA) or a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the FDA and a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for each product candidate and, consequently, the ultimate approval and commercial marketing of our product candidates.
+Added: Successful completion of our clinical trials is a prerequisite to submitting a New Drug Application (NDA) or a BLA to the FDA and a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for each product candidate and, consequently, the ultimate approval and commercial marketing of our product candidates.
We do not know whether any of our ongoing or future clinical trials for our product candidates will be completed on schedule, if at all.
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Many of the factors that cause, or lead to, a delay in the commencement or completion of clinical trials may also ultimately lead to the denial of regulatory approval of our product candidates.
−Removed: Further, the FDA or other regulatory authorities may disagree with or not accept our clinical trial design, may have questions about the potential impact of our study design on conclusions that can be drawn from the data, may interpret results differently than we do, and may change its view on the criteria that must be met for approval over time.
−Removed: This could happen even for a protocol that has received a SPA, as is the case for some of our studies.
−Removed: In September 2015, we announced a Phase 3 clinical trial for U2 for patients with CLL, which is being conducted pursuant to a SPA with the FDA (UNITY-CLL) and in August 2017 we announced SPAs for the ULTIMATE I and II studies evaluating ublituximab in RMS.
−Removed: Many companies that have been granted SPAs have ultimately failed to obtain final approval to market their drugs.
−Removed: Further, while changes or amendments to protocols are common during conduct of a clinical trial, protocol changes or amendments to a study that is being conducted under a SPA will have to be reviewed and approved by the FDA to verify that the SPA agreement is still valid.
−Removed: The FDA’s willingness to agree to changes or amendments to a protocol or statistical analysis plan under a SPA agreement is wholly within the FDA’s discretion.
−Removed: Such reviews also provide an opportunity for the FDA to scrutinize any aspect of the study design and conduct, even if previously agreed to under the existing SPA.
−Removed: Failure to reach agreement with the FDA for protocol changes or modifications for any study we conduct under a SPA could have a material negative impact to our ability to execute these studies.
−Removed: Even if the primary endpoint in a Phase 3 clinical trial is achieved, a SPA does not guarantee approval.
−Removed: Some of our clinical trials may be conducted as open-label studies, meaning that trial participants, investigators, site staff, some employees of our contract research organizations, and our field-level employees (e.g., clinical research associates and monitors), among others, have knowledge of treatment arm assignments on a patient-level, which has the potential to introduce bias into study conduct.
−Removed: Further, even when our clinical trials are double-blind, double-dummy studies, unblinding of treatment arm assignment may occur from time to time, for example, on the occurrence of unexpected safety events which may necessitate understanding of study treatment.
−Removed: While we believe we have put in place adequate firewalls to prevent inappropriate unblinding of study data consistent with standard industry practice for these types of studies, no assurance can be given that issues related to study conduct will not be raised.
−Removed: The FDA may raise issues of safety, study conduct, bias, deviation from the protocol, statistical power, patient completion rates, changes in scientific or medical parameters or internal inconsistencies in the study design or data prior to making its final decision.
−Removed: The FDA may also seek the guidance of an outside advisory committee in evaluating (among other things) clinical data and safety and effectiveness considerations prior to making its final decision.
Negative or inconclusive results from the clinical trials we conduct or unanticipated adverse medical events could cause us to have to repeat or terminate the clinical trials.
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The process of obtaining a BLA or NDA approval is expensive, often takes many years, and can vary substantially based upon the type, complexity and novelty of the products involved.
−Removed: Approval policies or regulations may change, and the FDA has substantial discretion in the pharmaceutical product approval process, including the ability to delay, limit or deny approval of a product candidate for many reasons.
−Removed: In addition, the FDA may require post-marketing studies, including drug interaction studies or additional clinical trials which also may be costly.
−Removed: For example, as part of the accelerated approval of UKONIQ for relapsed or refractory MZL and FL, continued approval for those indications is contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in a confirmatory trial.
−Removed: The FDA approval for a limited indication with required warning language, such as a boxed warning, could significantly impact our ability to successfully market our product candidates.
−Removed: Finally, the FDA may require adoption of a REMS requiring prescriber training or a post-marketing registry or may restrict the marketing and dissemination of these products.
−Removed: Despite the time and expense invested in the clinical development of product candidates, regulatory approval is never guaranteed.
−Removed: In addition, we intend to seek product approvals in countries outside of the United States.
−Removed: As a result, we would be subject to regulation by the EMA, as well as the other regulatory agencies in these countries.
−Removed: Approval procedures vary among countries and can involve additional product testing and additional administrative review periods.
−Removed: The time required to obtain approval in other countries might differ from that required to obtain FDA approval.
−Removed: Interruptions or delays in the operations of the FDA and foreign regulatory authorities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic may negatively impact review, inspection, and approval timelines.
−Removed: Regulatory approval in one country does not ensure regulatory approval in another, but a failure or delay in obtaining regulatory approval in one country may negatively impact the regulatory process in others.
−Removed: As in the United States, the regulatory approval process in Europe and in other countries is lengthy and challenging.
−Removed: The FDA, and any other regulatory body around the world, can delay, limit or deny approval of a product candidate for many reasons, including:
−Removed: ● the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities may disagree with the study design or implementation of our clinical trials;
+Added: In addition, approval policies or regulations may change over time.
+Added: If we fail to gain approval to commercialize our product candidates from the FDA and other foreign regulatory authorities in the timelines we project or at all, we may be unable to generate the revenues that we may project or generate revenues at levels sufficient to sustain our business.
+Added: The FDA and foreign regulatory authorities have substantial discretion in the pharmaceutical product approval process, including the ability to delay, limit or deny approval of a product candidate for many reasons.
+Added: During the regulatory review process, the FDA or other regulatory authorities may disagree with or not accept our clinical trial design, may have questions about the potential impact of our study design on conclusions that can be drawn from the data, may interpret results differently than we do, and may change its view on the criteria that must be met for approval.
+Added: This could happen even for a protocol that has received a SPA.
+Added: In September 2015, we announced a Phase 3 clinical trial for U2 for patients with CLL, which is being conducted pursuant to a SPA with the FDA (UNITY-CLL).
+Added: In addition to the SPA for UNITY-CLL, in August 2017 we announced SPAs for the ULTIMATE I and II studies evaluating ublituximab in RMS.
+Added: There have been examples of companies that have been granted SPAs and have ultimately failed to obtain final approval to market their drugs.
+Added: Even if the primary endpoint in a Phase 3 clinical trial is achieved, a SPA does not guarantee approval.
+Added: Furthermore, some of our clinical trials may be conducted as open-label studies, meaning that trial participants, investigators, site staff, some employees of our contract research organizations, and our field-level employees (e.g., clinical research associates and monitors), among others, have knowledge of treatment arm assignments on a patient-level, which has the potential to introduce bias into study conduct.
+Added: Further, even when our clinical trials are double-blind, double-dummy studies, unblinding of treatment arm assignment may occur from time to time, for example, on the occurrence of unexpected safety events which may necessitate understanding of study treatment.
+Added: While we believe we have put in place adequate firewalls to prevent inappropriate unblinding of study data consistent with standard industry practice for these types of studies, no assurance can be given that issues related to study conduct will not be raised.
+Added: The FDA may raise issues of safety, study conduct, bias, deviation from the protocol, statistical power, patient completion rates, changes in scientific or medical parameters or internal inconsistencies in the study design or data prior to making its final decision.
+Added: The FDA may also seek the guidance of an outside advisory committee in evaluating (among other things) clinical data and safety and effectiveness considerations prior to making its final decision.
+Added: These issues could cause a delay in the FDA’s review or lead the FDA to deny approval.
+Added: Other reasons that the FDA or regulatory authorities around the world may delay, limit or deny approval of a product candidate, include:
● we may be unable to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities that a product candidate is tolerable and effective for an indication;
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● the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities may not approve the manufacturing processes or facilities of third-party manufacturers with which we or our collaborators currently contract for clinical supplies and plan to contract for commercial supplies;
+Added: ● during the course of review, the FDA or foreign regulatory authorities may raise issues and request or require additional preclinical, clinical, chemistry, manufacturing, and control ("CMC"), or other data and information, and the development and provision of these data and information may be time consuming.
+Added: We may not be able to generate the data within the time period necessary to obtain approval within the established regulatory review timelines, such as by a PDUFA goal date or at all to satisfy the FDA or foreign regulatory authorities;
● the approval policies or regulations of the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities may significantly change in a manner rendering our clinical data insufficient for approval;
−Removed: Regulatory approvals for our product candidates may not be obtained without lengthy delays, if at all.
−Removed: Any delay in obtaining, or inability to obtain, applicable regulatory approvals would prevent us from commercializing our product candidates.
+Added: ● interruptions or delays in the operations of the FDA and foreign regulatory authorities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic may negatively impact review, inspection, and approval timelines.
+Added: Even if we succeed in obtaining regulatory approval, the FDA may require post-marketing studies, including drug interaction studies or additional clinical trials which also may be costly.
+Added: For example, as part of the accelerated approval of UKONIQ for relapsed or refractory MZL and FL, continued approval for those indications is contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in a confirmatory trial.
+Added: The FDA approval for a limited indication or inclusion of required warning language, such as a boxed warning, could significantly impact our ability to successfully market our product candidates.
+Added: Finally, the FDA may require adoption of a REMS requiring prescriber training or a post-marketing registry or may restrict the marketing and dissemination of our products.
+Added: Any requirements to conduct post-approval studies or fulfill special post-approval requirements could impact our ability to commercialize our product candidates and increase our costs.
A Breakthrough Therapy or Fast Track designation by the FDA may not actually lead to a faster development or regulatory review or approval process.
We may seek Breakthrough Therapy or Fast Track designation for some of our drug candidates.
−Removed: For example, in January 2019, the FDA granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to UKONIQ for the treatment of adult patients with marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) who have received at least one prior anti-CD20 regimen, and in October 2020, the FDA granted Fast Track designation to the investigation of ublituximab in combination with UKONIQ for the treatment of adult patients with CLL.
−Removed: If a drug is intended for the treatment of a serious or life-threatening condition, and the drug demonstrates the potential to address an unmet medical need for this condition, the Sponsor may apply for Breakthrough Therapy or Fast Track designations.
+Added: For example, in January 2019, the FDA granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to UKONIQ for the treatment of adult patients with MZL who have received at least one prior anti-CD20 regimen, and in October 2020, the FDA granted Fast Track designation to the investigation of ublituximab in combination with UKONIQ for the treatment of adult patients with CLL.
+Added: If a drug is intended for the treatment of a serious or life-threatening condition, and the drug demonstrates the potential to address an unmet medical need for this condition, the Sponsor may apply for Fast Track designation or Breakthrough Therapy designation, the latter of which has more significant requirements.
The FDA has broad discretion whether or not to grant these designations, so even if we believe a particular drug candidate is eligible for such a designation, we cannot be sure that the FDA would decide to grant it.
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Even if rolling review is allowed, there is no guarantee that the FDA will have commenced or completed review of the BLA or NDA modules submitted earlier in the rolling review process.
−Removed: Neither Breakthrough Therapy nor Fast Track designation guarantees Priority Review of an NDA or BLA application, and therefore, despite receiving Fast Track designation for U2 for the treatment of adult patients with CLL, there can be no guarantee that the FDA will not assign a standard review timeline for our BLA filing for this indication.
−Removed: also withdraw a Breakthrough Therapy or Fast Track designation if it believes that the designation is no longer supported by data from our clinical development program.
+Added: Neither Breakthrough Therapy nor Fast Track designation guarantees Priority Review of an NDA or BLA application.
+Added: Despite receiving Fast Track designation for U2 for the treatment of adult patients with CLL, the FDA granted the BLA a standard review timeline with a PDUFA goal date of March 25, 2022.
+Added: The FDA may also withdraw a Breakthrough Therapy or Fast Track designation if it believes that the designation is no longer supported by data from our clinical development program.
We have received orphan drug designation for some of our drug candidates for specified indications, and we may seek additional orphan drug designations for other indications and some of our other drug candidates.
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Even if we receive orphan drug designation for any of our drug candidates, there is no guarantee that we will enjoy the benefits of those designations or obtain orphan drug exclusivity.
+Added: In addition, the U.S.
+Added: Orphan Drug Act may be subject to amendments that could reduce the period of marketing exclusivity or change the qualifications for orphan drug designation, which could adversely impact our products or product candidates that have or may be eligible for orphan drug designation.
We are conducting clinical trials, and anticipate additional clinical trials, for product candidates at sites outside the United States, and the FDA may not accept data from trials conducted in such locations.
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An approval of one of our product candidates in the United States would not assure approval of that candidate in foreign jurisdictions.
+Added: We intend to seek product approvals in certain countries outside of the United States.
The approval procedures for pharmaceuticals vary among countries and obtaining approval in one jurisdiction does not guarantee approval in another jurisdiction.
For example, even if the FDA grants approval of a product candidate, comparable regulatory authorities in foreign jurisdictions may not approve the same product candidate or may require additional evidence for approval.
+Added: The time required to obtain approval in other countries might differ from that required to obtain FDA approval.
In many countries outside the United States, the product must be approved for reimbursement before it can be marketed.
−Removed: As a general matter, however, the foreign regulatory approval process involves risks similar or identical to the risks associated with the FDA approval discussed above.
+Added: As a general matter, however, the foreign regulatory approval process involves a lengthy and challenging process with risks similar or identical to the risks associated with the FDA approval discussed above.
Therefore, we cannot guarantee that we, or future collaborators, will obtain approvals of our product candidates in any foreign jurisdiction on a timely basis, if at all.
−Removed: Failure to receive approval in certain foreign markets could significantly impact the full market potential of our product candidates.
+Added: Failure to receive approval in certain foreign markets could significantly impact the full market potential of our product candidates and may negatively impact the regulatory process in other countries.
Furthermore, if we obtain regulatory approval for a product candidate in a foreign jurisdiction, we will be subject to the burden of complying with complex regulatory, legal, and other requirements that could be costly and could subject us to additional risks and uncertainties.
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If there are significant differences in product attributes between the two materials, we may need to conduct additional analyses of the Phase 3 study(ies) to confirm that there is no difference in safety or efficacy between the product made by each process in order to allow us to utilize data from all enrolled patients, as well as be able to integrate clinical safety and/or efficacy results across studies to support any potential marketing application.
−Removed: There can be no assurance given that such analyses will be successful in demonstrating that there are no clinical differences between these drug products, which could substantially impact the approvability of the combination of UKONIQ and ublituximab based on the results of the UNITY-CLL study.
+Added: There can be no assurance given that such analyses will be successful in demonstrating that there are no clinical differences between these drug products, which could substantially impact the approvability of the combination
+Added: of UKONIQ and ublituximab based on the results of the UNITY-CLL study.
In such circumstances, that would have a material adverse effect on the Company.
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With the election of President Biden and changes in make-up of the Senate following the 2020 election, we face uncertainties with respect to executive and legislative actions relating to drug pricing.
−Removed: that may garner bipartisan legislative support or become legislation through reconciliation include adding a cap on out-of-pocket spending under Medicare Part D and imposing limits on increases in drug prices.
+Added: Proposals that may garner bipartisan legislative support or become legislation through reconciliation include adding a cap on out-of-pocket spending under Medicare Part D and imposing limits on increases in drug prices.
In addition, President Biden may take executive action to introduce new drug pricing models and other drug pricing initiatives.
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A person or entity does not need to have actual knowledge of the statute or specific intent to violate it in order to have committed a violation;
−Removed: ● the federal False Claims Act imposes civil penalties, including through civil whistleblower or qui tam actions, against individuals or entities for, among other things, knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, to the federal government, claims for payment that are false or fraudulent or making a false statement to avoid,
−Removed: decrease or conceal an obligation to pay money to the federal government.
+Added: ● the federal False Claims Act imposes civil penalties, including through civil whistleblower or qui tam actions, against individuals or entities for, among other things, knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, to the federal government, claims for payment that are false or fraudulent or making a false statement to avoid, decrease or conceal an obligation to pay money to the federal government.
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 or fraudulent claim for purposes of the False Claims Act;
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Although we are not currently directly subject to HIPAA, HIPAA affects the ability of healthcare providers and other entities with which we may interact, including clinical trial sites, to disclose patient health information to us.
−Removed: Under Section 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, or the FTCA, the FTC expects a company’s data security measures to be reasonable and appropriate in light of the sensitivity and volume of consumer information it holds, the size and complexity of its business, and the cost of available tools to improve security and reduce vulnerabilities.
+Added: Under Section 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, or the FTCA, the FTC expects a company’s data security measures to be reasonable and appropriate in light of the sensitivity and volume of consumer information it holds, the size and complexity of its business, and the cost of available tools to improve security and reduce
+Added: vulnerabilities.
Medical data is considered sensitive data that merits stronger safeguards.
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Although compliance programs can mitigate the risk of investigation and prosecution for violations of these laws, rules or regulations, we cannot be certain that our program will address all areas of potential exposure and the risks in this area cannot be entirely eliminated, particularly because the requirements and government interpretations of the requirements in this space are constantly evolving.
−Removed: Any action against us for violation of these laws, rules or regulations, even if we successfully defend against it, could cause us to incur significant legal expenses and divert our management’s attention
−Removed: from the operation of our business, as well as damage our business or reputation.
+Added: Any action against us for violation of these laws, rules or regulations, even if we successfully defend against it, could cause us to incur significant legal expenses and divert our management’s attention from the operation of our business, as well as damage our business or reputation.
Moreover, achieving and sustaining compliance with applicable federal and state privacy, security, fraud and reporting laws may prove costly.
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In addition, any product for which we obtain marketing approval, along with the manufacturing processes and facilities, post-approval clinical data, labeling, advertising and promotional activities for such product, will be subject to continual requirements of, and review by, the FDA and comparable regulatory authorities.
−Removed: These requirements include submissions of safety and other post-marketing information and reports, registration requirements, current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) requirements relating to quality control, quality assurance and corresponding maintenance of records and documents, and requirements regarding promotional interactions with healthcare professionals.
+Added: These requirements include submissions of safety and other post-marketing information and reports, registration requirements, current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) requirements relating to
+Added: quality control, quality assurance and corresponding maintenance of records and documents, and requirements regarding promotional interactions with healthcare professionals.
Failure to comply with these regulatory requirements or later discovery of previously unknown problems with products, manufacturers, or manufacturing processes, may result in actions such as:
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The majority of our clinical trial conduct occurs in the outpatient setting, where patients are expected to continue to adhere to our study protocol specified requirements.
−Removed: The ability of our enrolled
−Removed: patients to properly identify, document, and report adverse events;
+Added: The ability of our enrolled patients to properly identify, document, and report adverse events;
take protocol specified study drugs at the correct quantity, time, and setting, as applicable;
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In addition, our clinical trials must be conducted with drug candidates produced under cGMP regulations.
−Removed: Our failure or the failure of our CROs or CMOs to comply with these regulations may require us to repeat clinical trials, which would delay the regulatory approval process and could also subject us to enforcement action.
+Added: Our failure or the failure of our CROs or CMOs to comply with these regulations may require us to repeat clinical trials, which would delay the regulatory
+Added: approval process and could also subject us to enforcement action.
We also are required to register most ongoing clinical trials and post the results of completed clinical trials on government-sponsored databases, e.g., ClinicalTrials.gov, within certain timeframes.
Failure to do so can result in fines, adverse publicity and civil and criminal sanctions.
−Removed: Although we intend to design the clinical trials for our drug candidates, CROs play an important role in the conduct of our clinical trials, especially outside of the United States.
+Added: CROs play an important role in the conduct of our clinical trials, especially outside of the United States.
As a result, many important aspects of our development programs, including their conduct and timing, will be outside of our direct control.
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We are not certain that our single-source suppliers will be able to supply sufficient quantities of their products or on the timelines necessary to meet our needs, either because of the nature of our agreements with those suppliers, our limited experience with those suppliers, our relative importance as a customer to those suppliers, public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic or natural disasters that may cause those suppliers to stop work for a period of time or lead to a sudden increase in demand for selected materials resulting in short-term unavailability of such materials.
−Removed: If any of our suppliers ceases its operations for any reason or is unable or unwilling to supply starting materials,
−Removed: intermediates, API/drug substance, and drug product in sufficient quantities or on the timelines necessary to meet our needs, it could significantly and adversely affect our business, the supply of our drug candidates and our financial condition.
+Added: If any of our suppliers ceases its operations for any reason or is unable or unwilling to supply starting materials, intermediates, API/drug substance, and drug product in sufficient quantities or on the timelines necessary to meet our needs, it could significantly and adversely affect our business, the supply of our drug candidates and our financial condition.
In addition, if our current or future supply of any of our products or product candidates should fail to meet specifications during its stability program there could be a voluntary or mandatory product recall if the product is approved and, even in the absence of a recall, there could be significant interruption of our supply of drug, which would adversely affect the clinical development and commercialization of the product.
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Each of these countries continues to be, or has been, subject to government-imposed quarantines and travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which, in some cases, have resulted in reduced operations at manufacturing and research locations and time-limited shutdowns.
−Removed: India, for example, has recently experienced a surge of Covid-19 infections, and in early May 2021, reported surpassing 20 million cases.
+Added: India, for example, experienced a surge of Covid-19 infections in April and May 2021.
Our contract manufacturers for UKONIQ and ublituximab are continuing operations at varying levels of capacity.
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Any change in suppliers or the manufacturing process could require additional regulatory approval and result in operational delays.
−Removed: While we seek to maintain adequate inventory of materials necessary for the production of our products and product candidates, any supply interruption or delay, or our inability to identify alternate sources at acceptable prices in a timely manner could impede, delay, limit or prevent our commercialization and development efforts, which could harm our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.
+Added: While we seek to maintain adequate inventory
+Added: of materials necessary for the production of our products and product candidates, any supply interruption or delay, or our inability to identify alternate sources at acceptable prices in a timely manner could impede, delay, limit or prevent our commercialization and development efforts, which could harm our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.
Because we have in-licensed UKONIQ and our product candidates from third parties, any dispute with or non-performance by our licensors will adversely affect our ability to develop and commercialize the applicable product or product candidate.
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In addition, the agreements under which we currently license UKONIQ and our product candidates from third parties are complex, and certain provisions in such agreements may be susceptible to multiple interpretations, or may conflict in such a way that puts us in breach of one or more agreements, which would make us susceptible to lengthy and expensive disputes with one or more of our licensing partners.
−Removed: The resolution of any contract interpretation disagreement that may arise could narrow what we believe to be the scope of our rights to the relevant intellectual property or technology,
−Removed: or increase what we believe to be our financial or other obligations under the relevant agreement, either of which 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 narrow what we believe to be the scope of our rights to the relevant intellectual property or technology, or increase what we believe to be our financial or other obligations under the relevant agreement, either of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.
Moreover, if disputes over intellectual property that we have licensed prevent or impair our ability to maintain our current licensing arrangements on commercially acceptable terms, we may be unable to successfully develop and commercialize the affected product or product candidate, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial conditions, results of operations, and prospects.
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The success of our collaboration arrangements will depend heavily on the efforts and activities of our collaborators.
−Removed: Collaborators generally have significant discretion in
−Removed: determining the efforts and resources that they will apply to these collaborations.
+Added: Collaborators generally have significant discretion in determining the efforts and resources that they will apply to these collaborations.
Disagreements between parties to a collaboration arrangement regarding clinical development and commercialization matters can lead to delays in the development process or commercializing the applicable product candidate and, in some cases, termination of the collaboration arrangement.
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Our commercial success in part depends on obtaining and maintaining patent protection and trade secret protection in the United States and other countries with respect to any product we commercialize, including UKONIQ, our product candidates, their formulations and uses and the methods we use to manufacture them, as well as successfully defending these patents against third-party challenges.
−Removed: We seek to protect our proprietary and intellectual property position by filing patent applications in the United States and abroad related to our novel technologies and product candidates, and by maintenance of our trade secrets through proper procedures.
+Added: We seek to protect our proprietary and intellectual property position by filing patent applications in the United States and abroad related to our novel technologies and product candidates, and
+Added: by maintenance of our trade secrets through proper procedures.
Because we in-license our products and product candidates, we also rely on our licensors to protect the patent and other intellectual property rights necessary for commercialization.
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To counter infringement or unauthorized use, we may be required to file infringement claims, which typically are very expensive, time-consuming and disruptive of day-to-day business operations.
−Removed: Any claims we assert against accused infringers could provoke these parties to assert
−Removed: counterclaims against us alleging invalidity of our or certain of our subsidiaries patents or that we infringe their patents;
+Added: Any claims we assert against accused infringers could provoke these parties to assert counterclaims against us alleging invalidity of our or certain of our subsidiaries patents or that we infringe their patents;
or provoke those parties to petition the USPTO to institute inter parties review against the asserted patents, which may lead to a finding that all or some of the claims of the patent are invalid.
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If we were to challenge the validity of any issued United States patent in court, we would need to overcome a statutory presumption of validity that attaches to every United States patent.
−Removed: This means that in order to prevail, we would have to present clear and convincing evidence as to the invalidity of the patent’s claims.
−Removed: If we are unable to do so, we may be forced to delay the launch of ublituximab or launch at the risk of litigation for patent infringement, which may have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
+Added: This means that in order to prevail, we would have to present clear and convincing
+Added: evidence as to the invalidity of the patent’s claims.
+Added: If we are unable to do so, we may be forced to delay the launch of our product candidates or launch at the risk of litigation for patent infringement, which may have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
If a third-party claims that we or any collaborators of ours infringe their intellectual property rights, we may have to defend litigation or administrative proceedings which may be costly whether we win or lose, and which could result in a substantial diversion of our financial and management resources.
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Monitoring unauthorized uses and disclosures is difficult, and we do not know whether the steps we have taken to protect our proprietary technologies will be effective.
−Removed: If any of the collaborators, scientific advisors, employees and consultants who are parties to these agreements breaches or violates the terms of any of these agreements, we may not have adequate remedies for any such breach or violation, and we could lose our trade secrets as a result.
+Added: If any of the collaborators,
+Added: scientific advisors, employees and consultants who are parties to these agreements breaches or violates the terms of any of these agreements, we may not have adequate remedies for any such breach or violation, and we could lose our trade secrets as a result.
Enforcing a claim that a third party illegally obtained and is using our trade secrets, like patent litigation, is expensive and time-consuming, and the outcome is unpredictable.
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If we are unable to continue to attract and retain high quality personnel, our ability to pursue our growth strategy will be limited.
−Removed: We expect to continue hiring qualified development and commercialization personnel.
+Added: We expect to continue hiring qualified personnel across a range of functions, including development and commercialization.
Recruiting and retaining qualified scientific, clinical, manufacturing and sales and marketing personnel will be critical to our success.
−Removed: The loss of the services of our chief executive officer or other key employees could impede the achievement of our research, development and commercialization objectives and seriously harm our ability to successfully implement our business strategy.
+Added: The loss of the services of our chief executive officer or other key employees could impede
+Added: the achievement of our research, development and commercialization objectives and seriously harm our ability to successfully implement our business strategy.
Furthermore, replacing 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.
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Expanding our business will increase our operating needs.
−Removed: As of May 3, 2021, we had 301 full -time employees, and we expect to continue to increase our number of employees and expand the scope of our operations.
+Added: As of July 30, 2021, we had 328 full -time employees, and we expect to continue to increase our number of employees and expand the scope of our operations.
Our management and medical, commercial, and scientific personnel, systems and facilities currently in place may not be adequate to support our anticipated future growth.
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For example, the loss of clinical trial data for our drug candidates could result in delays in our regulatory approval efforts and significantly increase our costs to recover or reproduce the data.
−Removed: We have invested in
−Removed: protections and monitoring practices of our data and information technology systems to reduce these risks and expect to continue do so as our information technology systems increase in magnitude and complexity.
+Added: We have invested in protections and monitoring practices of our data and information technology systems to reduce these risks and expect to continue do so as our information technology systems increase in magnitude and complexity.
However, there can be no assurance that our efforts and investments will prevent breakdowns or breaches in our systems that could adversely affect our business.
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Activities subject to these laws also involve the improper use of information obtained in the course of clinical trials or creating fraudulent data in our pre-clinical studies or clinical trials, which could result in regulatory sanctions and cause serious harm to our reputation.
−Removed: We have adopted a code of ethics applicable to all of our employees and have implemented a compliance program, but it is not always possible to identify and deter misconduct by employees and other third parties, and the precautions we take to detect and prevent this activity may not be effective in controlling unknown or unmanaged risks or losses or in protecting us from governmental investigations or other actions or lawsuits stemming from a failure to comply with these laws or regulations.
+Added: We have adopted a code of ethics applicable to all of our employees and have implemented a compliance program, but it is not always possible to identify and deter misconduct by employees and other third parties, and the precautions we take to detect and prevent this activity may not be effective in controlling unknown or unmanaged
+Added: risks or losses or in protecting us from governmental investigations or other actions or lawsuits stemming from a failure to comply with these laws or regulations.
In addition, we are subject to the risk that a person could allege such fraud or other misconduct, even if none occurred.
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We may acquire additional businesses or drugs, form strategic alliances or create joint ventures with third parties that we believe will complement or augment our existing business.
−Removed: If we acquire businesses with promising markets or
−Removed: technologies, we may not be able to realize the benefit of acquiring such businesses if we are unable to successfully integrate them with our existing operations and company culture.
+Added: If we acquire businesses with promising markets or technologies, we may not be able to realize the benefit of acquiring such businesses if we are unable to successfully integrate them with our existing operations and company culture.
We may encounter numerous difficulties in developing, manufacturing and marketing any new products resulting from a strategic alliance or acquisition that delay or prevent us from realizing their expected benefits or enhancing our business.
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Although COVID-19 has not had a material adverse effect on our business to date, no assurance can be given that it will not in the future if the situation persists or worsens.
−Removed: The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacts our business and operating results will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain and cannot be accurately predicted, including new information that may emerge concerning the virus, the duration, spread and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rate of vaccination and efficacy of approved vaccines against the virus and any variant strains of the virus, other actions to contain the virus or treat its impact, and how quickly and to what extent normal economic and operating conditions can resume if and when the pandemic subsides, among others.
+Added: The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacts our business and operating results will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain and cannot be accurately predicted, including new information that may emerge concerning the, the rate of vaccination and efficacy of approved vaccines against the virus and any variant strains of the virus, other actions to contain the virus or treat its impact, and how quickly and to what extent normal economic and operating conditions can resume if and when the pandemic subsides, among others.
Should the COVID-19 pandemic persist or worsen and government restrictions continue, our business operations could be materially delayed or interrupted.
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our supply chain may be disrupted;
−Removed: health authority
−Removed: inspections of clinical sites or manufacturing facilities, or review of our regulatory submissions may be delayed, and our commercialization efforts may be impacted.
+Added: health authority inspections of clinical sites or manufacturing facilities, or review of our regulatory submissions may be delayed, and our commercialization efforts may be impacted.
For example, during the course of the pandemic the FDA has at points delayed both domestic and foreign facility inspections.
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It is unknown how long these disruptions could continue, were they to occur.
−Removed: Any delay in our clinical trials, PAIs or in regulatory review of our BLA submissions resulting from such disruptions could materially affect the development and commercialization of our product candidates.
+Added: Any delay in our clinical trials, PAIs or in the regulatory review of our pending BLA submission for ublituximab resulting from such disruptions could materially affect the development and commercialization of our product candidates.
We currently rely on third parties for certain functions or services in support of our clinical trials and key areas of our operations.
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As a result, our efforts to commercialize UKONIQ and obtain regulatory approvals for, and to commercialize, our product candidates may be delayed or disrupted.
−Removed: In addition, as a result of government directives on social distancing and to protect the health of our workforce, we have asked our office-based employees to work remotely and have restricted domestic and international travel indefinitely.
−Removed: Third parties on which we rely may also increase their use of remote working arrangements in response to COVID-19.
+Added: In addition, as a result of government directives on social distancing and to protect the health of our workforce, we asked our office-based employees to work remotely.
+Added: Although many of the social distancing guidelines and capacity restrictions were lifted in June 2021, our office-based employees have continued to work remotely as we plan for office reopening.
+Added: Third parties on which we rely may also be continuing to use remote working arrangements that they had implemented in response to COVID-19.
Our increased reliance on personnel working remotely may negatively impact productivity, including our ability to monitor clinical trials, prepare regulatory applications, and conduct data analysis, or disrupt, delay, or otherwise adversely impact our business.
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However, it has already caused, and is likely to result in further, significant disruption of global financial markets.
−Removed: It is likely that the pandemic will cause an economic slowdown of potentially extended duration, and it is possible that it could cause a global recession.
+Added: It is likely that the pandemic will cause an economic slowdown of potentially extended duration, and it is possible that it could
+Added: cause a global recession.
This disruption may reduce our ability to access capital either at all or on favorable terms.
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and other parts of the world.
+Added: While global infection rates have significantly reduced from their peak during 2020, new variants continue to circulate, and uncertainty remains as to whether additional restrictions may be implemented to address the spread of new variants.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we may encounter delays in our clinical development program.
The majority of our clinical trials involve patients with cancer or those receiving ongoing immunosuppressive therapy who may be at higher risk of infection.
−Removed: These patients are thus more likely to be subject to travel restrictions and self-quarantining and may be more likely to withdraw from our clinical trials or unable to complete study assessments.
−Removed: We have made efforts to allow patients currently enrolled in our ongoing clinical trials to continue unimpeded and have continued to allow new patients to enroll in our trials.
−Removed: While we have allowed continued enrollment to our trials, many trial sites have limited enrollment or suspended enrollment entirely in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which may affect our ability to enroll to our trials and meet our projected timelines.
−Removed: The UNITY-NHL FL and MZL monotherapy cohorts, the UNITY-CLL and the ULTIMATE I and II trials are fully enrolled.
−Removed: However, follow-up is ongoing and data continue to be collected from these or related follow-up studies.
−Removed: These data collection efforts rely on study participants’ ability to contribute such data, often through study specific visits and procedures that can only be conducted in-person.
−Removed: While we anticipate minimal impact from COVID-19 on the previously estimated timelines for these trials, no guarantee can be made that our estimated timelines, or the ultimate outcome from these trials, will not be materially negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: These patients are thus more likely to be subject to travel restrictions and self-quarantining and may be more likely to withdraw from our clinical trials or unable to complete study assessments, which may affect our ability to meet our projected timelines.
Further, we may not be able to complete our clinical trials that we initiated more recently and for which we have not yet completed enrollment in the time frame that we had previously planned.
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● disruptions and delays caused by potential workplace, laboratory and office closures and an increased reliance on employees working from home across the healthcare system;
−Removed: ● disruptions in or delays to regulatory reviews, responses, inspections, or other regulatory activities, including review of marketing applications and approvals of protocol changes or amendments to Special Protocol Assessments (SPA), as a result of the spread of COVID-19 affecting the operations of the FDA or other regulatory authorities;
+Added: ● disruptions in or delays to regulatory reviews, responses, inspections, or other regulatory activities, including review of marketing applications and approvals of protocol changes or amendments to SPAs, as a result of the spread of COVID-19 affecting the operations of the FDA or other regulatory authorities;
● changes in local regulations as part of a response to the COVID-19 pandemic which may require us to change the ways in which clinical trials are conducted, which may result in unexpected costs, or to discontinue the clinical trials altogether;
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The potential disruptions discussed above and other consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic could result in missed study visits or study procedures in our clinical trials, which could lead to an abundance of protocol deviations that impact the interpretability of the trial results.
−Removed: A significant number of deviations may call into question whether the execution of a clinical trial was consistent with the protocol, which is of particular importance where study designs were agreed to as part of a SPA as in the case of our Phase 3 clinical trial for the combination of ublituximab plus UKONIQ for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (UNITY-CLL) and our registration program for ublituximab in relapsing multiple sclerosis (ULTIMATE I and II).
+Added: A significant number of deviations may call into question whether the execution of a clinical trial was consistent with the protocol, which is of particular importance where study designs were agreed to as part of a SPA as in the case of our Phase 3 clinical trial for the combination of ublituximab plus UKONIQ for patients with CLL (UNITY-CLL) and our registration program for ublituximab in RMS (ULTIMATE I and II).
In extreme cases, significant deviations from the protocol may be considered a violation of the SPA and result in potential rescindment of the SPA agreement, which could adversely affect our ability to use the results of the impacted study to support a future regulatory application.
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● period-to-period fluctuations in our revenues and other results of operations;
+Added: ● failure to meet our revenue projections or guidance;
● changes in financial estimates by securities analysts;
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In addition, under the Loan Agreement, we are currently restricted from paying cash dividends, and we expect these restrictions to continue in the future.
−Removed: In addition, the terms of any future debt agreements may continue to preclude us from paying dividends.
+Added: Furthermore, the terms of any future debt agreements may continue to preclude us from paying dividends.
As a result, capital appreciation, if any, of our common stock will be the sole source of gain for our stockholders for the foreseeable future.
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While we anticipate maintaining the integrity of our internal control over financial reporting and all other aspects of Section 404, we cannot be certain that a material weakness will not be identified when we test the effectiveness of our control systems in the future.
−Removed: If a material weakness is identified, we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the SEC or other regulatory authorities, which would require additional financial and management resources, costly litigation or a loss of public confidence in our internal control, which could have an adverse effect on the market price of our stock.
+Added: If a material weakness is identified, we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the SEC or other regulatory authorities, which would require additional financial and management resources, costly litigation or a loss of public confidence in our internal control over financial reporting, which could have an adverse effect on the market price of our stock.
Volatility in the price of our common stock may subject us to securities litigation, which could cause us to incur substantial costs and divert management’s attention, financial resources and other company assets.
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Past lawsuits and any future lawsuits to which we may become a party are subject to inherent uncertainties and will likely be expensive and time-consuming to investigate, defend and resolve, and will divert our management’s attention and financial and other resources.
−Removed: The outcome of litigation is
−Removed: necessarily uncertain, and we could be forced to expend significant resources in the defense of these and other suits, and we may not prevail.
+Added: The outcome of litigation is necessarily uncertain, and we could be forced to expend significant resources in the defense of these and other suits, and we may not prevail.
Any litigation to which we are a party may result in an onerous or unfavorable judgment that may not be reversed upon appeal or in payments of substantial monetary damages or fines, or we may decide to settle this or other lawsuits on similarly unfavorable terms, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations or stock price.
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The exhibits listed on the Exhibit Index are included with this report.
−Removed: Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated May 10, 2021.
−Removed: Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated May 10, 2021.
+Added: Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TG Therapeutics, Inc.
+Added: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on June 21, 2021).
+Added: Amended and Restated Employment Agreement by and between TG Therapeutics, Inc.
+Added: and Michael S.
+Added: Weiss, dated June 18, 2021.
+Added: Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated August 6, 2021.
+Added: Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated August 6, 2021.
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
−Removed: 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated May 10, 2021.
+Added: 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated August 6, 2021.
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
−Removed: 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated May 10, 2021.
−Removed: The following financial information from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2021, formatted in Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language (iXBRL):
+Added: 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated August 6, 2021.
+Added: The following financial information from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2021, formatted in Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language (iXBRL):
(i) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity, (iv) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (v) Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (filed herewith).
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TG THERAPEUTICS, INC.
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Chief Financial Officer
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