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Additional discussion of the risks summarized in this risk factor summary, and other risks that we face, can be found below under the heading “Risk Factors” and should be carefully considered, together with other information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our other filings with the SEC before making investment decisions regarding our ordinary shares.
−Removed: We are highly dependent on the successful commercialization of our only approved product, Jelmyto .
+Added: We are dependent on the successful commercialization of our only approved product, Jelmyto .
We have limited experience as an organization in marketing and distributing products and are therefore subject to certain risks in relation to the commercialization of Jelmyto and any of our other product candidates that receives regulatory approval.
The market opportunities for Jelmyto and our product candidates may be limited to those patients who are ineligible for established therapies or for whom prior therapies have failed and may be small.
−Removed: Jelmyto and any our product candidates that receive regulatory approval may fail to achieve the broad degree of physician adoption and use and market acceptance necessary for commercial success.
+Added: Jelmyto and any of our product candidates that receive regulatory approval may fail to achieve the broad degree of physician adoption and use and market acceptance necessary for commercial success.
Jelmyto and our product candidates, if approved, will face significant competition with competing technologies and our failure to compete effectively may prevent us from achieving significant market penetration.
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Risks Related to Our Business and Strategy
−Removed: We are highly dependent on the successful commercialization of our only approved product, Jelmyto.
−Removed: Other than Jelmyto , which we commercially launched in the United States in June 2020, we have not commercialized any other product candidates.
+Added: We are dependent on the successful commercialization of our only approved product, Jelmyto.*
+Added: Jelmyto is our first product, which we commercially launched in the United States in June 2020.
+Added: We have not commercialized any other product candidates.
We have invested significant efforts and financial resources in the research and development of Jelmyto , our first and only product approved for commercial sale.
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Successful commercialization of Jelmyto is subject to many risks.
−Removed: We have only recently initiated our commercial launch of Jelmyto , and prior to that, we have never, as an organization, launched or commercialized any product.
+Added: We initiated our commercial launch of Jelmyto in June 2020, and prior to that, we had never, as an organization, launched or commercialized any product.
There is no guarantee that our ongoing commercial launch of Jelmyto or our future commercialization efforts will be successful, or that we will be able to successfully launch and commercialize any other product candidate that receives regulatory approval.
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Even if we are successful in maintaining and further developing our commercial team, there are many factors that could cause the ongoing launch and commercialization of Jelmyto to be unsuccessful, including a number of factors that are outside our control.
−Removed: We must also properly train physicians and nurses for the skillful preparation and administration of Jelmyto , and develop a broad experiential knowledge base of aggregated clinician feedback from which we can refine appropriate procedures for product administration, without which there could be a risk of adverse events.
+Added: We must also properly educate physicians and nurses on the skillful preparation and administration of Jelmyto , and develop a broad experiential knowledge base of aggregated clinician feedback from which we can refine appropriate procedures for product administration, without which there could be a risk of adverse events.
Because no drug has previously been approved by the FDA for the treatment of low-grade UTUC, it is especially difficult to estimate Jelmyto ’s market potential.
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While the FDA granted approval of Jelmyto based on the data included in the NDA, including data from the OLYMPUS clinical trial, we do not know whether the results when a large number of patients and broader populations are exposed to Jelmyto , including results related to safety and efficacy, will be consistent with the results from earlier clinical studies of Jelmyto that served as the basis for the approval of Jelmyto .
−Removed: New data relating to Jelmyto , including from adverse event reports and post-marketing studies in the United States, and from other ongoing clinical studies, may result in changes to the product label and may adversely affect sales, or result in withdrawal of Jelmyto from the market.
+Added: New data relating to Jelmyto , including from spontaneous adverse event reports and post-marketing studies in the United States, and from other ongoing clinical studies, may result in changes to the product label and may adversely affect sales, or result in withdrawal of Jelmyto from the market.
The FDA and regulatory authorities in other jurisdictions may also consider the new data in reviewing potential marketing applications in other jurisdictions, or imposing post‑approval requirements.
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We have limited experience as an organization in marketing and distributing products and are therefore subject to certain risks in relation to the commercialization of Jelmyto and any of our other product candidates that receives regulatory approval.*
−Removed: Our strategy is to build and maintain a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company to successfully execute the commercial launch of Jelmyto in the United States.
+Added: Our strategy is to build and maintain a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company to successfully execute the commercialization of Jelmyto in the United States.
Jelmyto is our only product that has been approved for sale by any regulatory body, and it became available in the United States in June 2020.
−Removed: While we have established a commercial management team and have also established a field-based organization comprised of approximately 70 individuals, including a sales team, reimbursement support team, clinical nurse educators, national account managers and medical liaisons, we only recently commenced the commercial launch of Jelmyto in the United States and currently have very limited experience commercializing pharmaceutical products as an organization.
+Added: While we have established a commercial management team and have also established a field-based organization comprised of approximately 70 individuals, including a sales team, reimbursement support team, clinical nurse educators, national account managers and medical liaisons, we currently have very limited experience commercializing pharmaceutical products as an organization.
In order to successfully commercialize Jelmyto , we must continue to develop our sales, marketing, managerial, compliance and related capabilities or make arrangements with third parties to perform these services.
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If we are unable to effectively train and equip our sales force, our ability to successfully commercialize Jelmyto will be harmed.
−Removed: Jelmyto is a newly-marketed drug and, therefore, none of the members of our sales force had ever promoted Jelmyto prior to its launch.
+Added: None of the members of our sales force had ever promoted Jelmyto prior to its launch in June 2020.
In addition, Jelmyto is the first drug approved by the FDA for the treatment of low-grade UTUC .
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If we are unable to effectively train our sales force and equip them with effective materials, including medical and sales literature to help them inform and educate potential customers about the benefits and risks of Jelmyto and its proper administration, our efforts to successfully commercialize Jelmyto could be put in jeopardy, which would negatively impact our ability to generate product revenues.
−Removed: Additionally, our work-at-home policy due to COVID-19 includes our sales representatives, who would normally conduct in-person office visits with healthcare providers.
−Removed: Although we have developed digital materials and programs for our sales force to use in order to continue to engage virtually with their target physicians, there can be no assurance that these new tools and approaches will be effective at sustaining prescription levels of Jelmyto .
+Added: Additionally, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have developed digital materials and programs for our sales force to use in order to engage virtually with their target physicians when in-person engagement is not safe or feasible.
+Added: Beginning in the second quarter of 2021, our sales representatives have been able to engage in higher levels of in-person physician interaction than they were previously during the pandemic.
+Added: However, there can be no assurance that our sales representatives will continue to have in-person access to physicians as a result of the ongoing evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic (including the emergence of variants, such as the Delta variant), or that digital materials and virtual engagement will be effective at growing and sustaining prescription levels of Jelmyto .
Disruptions in the prescription volume of Jelmyto could also occur:
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as a result of general disruptions in the operations of payors, distributors, logistics providers and other third parties that are necessary for Jelmyto to be prescribed and reimbursed.
−Removed: The market opportunities for Jelmyto and our product candidates may be limited to those patients who are ineligible for established therapies or for whom prior therapies have failed and may be small.
+Added: The market opportunities for Jelmyto and our product candidates may be smaller than we anticipate or limited to those patients who are ineligible for established therapies or for whom prior therapies have failed and may be small.*
Cancer therapies are sometimes characterized as first-line, second-line or third-line.
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Even if we obtain significant market share, because the potential target populations are small, we may never achieve profitability without obtaining regulatory approval for additional indications, including the use of the products as first- or second-line therapy.
−Removed: For example, low-grade UTUC is a rare malignant tumor of the cells lining the urinary tract and there is limited scientific literature or other research on the incidence and prevalence of low-grade UTUC.
−Removed: If our estimates of the incidence
−Removed: and prevalence of low-grade UTUC are incorrect, Jelmyto ’s commercial viability may prove to be limited, which may negatively affect our financial results.
+Added: For example, low-grade UTUC is a rare malignant tumor of the cells lining the urinary tract and there is
+Added: limited scientific literature or other research on the incidence and prevalence of low-grade UTUC.
+Added: If our estimates of the incidence and prevalence of low-grade UTUC are incorrect, Jelmyto ’s commercial viability may prove to be limited, which may negatively affect our financial results.
Jelmyto and any of our product candidates that receives regulatory approval may fail to achieve the broad degree of physician adoption and use and market acceptance necessary for commercial success.*
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if so, the cost of treatment would be borne by the patient and would be less likely to be broadly adopted;
−Removed: proper training of physicians or nurses for the skillful administration of our approved product, Jelmyto , and UGN-102, if approved, and development of a broad experiential knowledge base of aggregated clinician feedback from which we can refine appropriate procedures for product administration, without which there could be a risk of adverse events;
+Added: proper education of physicians or nurses for the skillful administration of our approved product, Jelmyto , and UGN-102, if approved, and development of a broad experiential knowledge base of aggregated clinician feedback from which we can refine appropriate procedures for product administration, without which there could be a risk of adverse events;
the effectiveness of our sales and marketing efforts, especially the success of any targeted marketing efforts directed toward physicians and clinics and any direct-to-consumer marketing efforts we may initiate.
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Jelmyto is indicated for adult patients with low-grade upper tract urothelial cancer.
−Removed: We are currently developing UGN-102 and UGN-201 for the treatment of various forms of bladder cancer.
+Added: We are currently developing UGN-102, UGN-201 and UGN-301 for the treatment of various forms of bladder cancer.
The FDA and other applicable regulatory agencies will restrict our ability to market or advertise our products to the scope of the approved label for the applicable product and for no other indications, which could limit physician and patient adoption.
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In August 2020, we announced that the Phase 2 APOLLO trial did not meet the primary endpoint, it is believed to be the result of BOTOX not effectively permeating the urothelium.
−Removed: We are continuing to explore the potential use of RTGel in combination with other products in AbbVie’s portfolio.
We may utilize a variety of types of collaboration, distribution and other marketing arrangements with third parties to develop our product candidates and commercialize our approved product candidates, if any.
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This increases the risk that we will not have sufficient quantities of Jelmyto , UGN-102 or UGN-201 or be able to obtain such quantities at an acceptable cost, which could delay, prevent or impair our development or commercialization efforts.
−Removed: We currently rely on third party subcontractors and suppliers for certain compounds and components necessary to produce Jelmyto for commercial use and UGN-102 and UGN-201 for our nonclinical studies, clinical trials and commercial use, should our drug candidates receive regulatory approval.
+Added: We currently rely on third party subcontractors and suppliers for certain compounds and components necessary to produce Jelmyto for commercial use and UGN-102, UGN-201 and UGN-301 for our nonclinical studies, clinical trials and commercial use, should our drug candidates receive regulatory approval.
We currently depend on Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd., or Teva, as our single-source supplier of mitomycin active pharmaceutical ingredient, or API, for Jelmyto and UGN-102.
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In addition, building out our Jelmyto commercial supply capabilities may cost more than we currently anticipate, and delays or problems may adversely impact our ability to provide sufficient quantities of Jelmyto to support our ongoing commercial launch and commercialization of Jelmyto as well as our financial condition.
−Removed: While we currently have over 12 months of mitomycin API and Jelmyto finished product on hand to continue our commercial and clinical operations as planned, depending on the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and whether further disruptions occur, we may face such delays or costs in future years.
+Added: While we currently have over 12 months of mitomycin API and/or Jelmyto finished product on hand to continue our commercial and clinical operations as planned, depending on the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and whether further disruptions occur, we may face such delays or costs in future years.
Although we believe we have sufficient quantities of mitomycin API for planned manufacturing operations during 2021, a prolonged supply interruption of certain components could adversely affect our ability to conduct commercialization activities and planned clinical trials.
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the FDA for our manufacturing process and facility in order to sell such products in the United States.
−Removed: A manufacturing authorization would also have to be obtained from the appropriate European Union regulatory authorities in order sell such products in the European Union.
+Added: A manufacturing authorization would also have to be obtained from the appropriate European Union regulatory authorities in order to sell such products in the European Union.
In order to obtain approval, we will need to ensure that all of the processes, methods and equipment of such manufacturing facilities are compliant with cGMP, and perform extensive audits of vendors, contract laboratories and suppliers.
−Removed: If any vendors, contract laboratories or suppliers is found to be out of compliance with cGMP, we may experience delays or disruptions in manufacturing while we work with these third parties to remedy the violation or while we work to identify suitable replacement vendors.
+Added: If any vendors, contract laboratories or suppliers are found to be out of compliance with cGMP, we may experience delays or disruptions in manufacturing while we work with these third parties to remedy the violation or while we work to identify suitable replacement vendors.
The cGMP requirements govern quality control of the manufacturing process and documentation policies and procedures.
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We may not be able to submit for marketing approvals and may not receive the necessary approvals to commercialize our product candidates in any particular market .
+Added: For example, have entered into an exclusive license agreement with Neopharm Ltd., pursuant to which Neopharm is leading the process for seeking regulatory approval of Jelmyto in Israel.
+Added: Neopharm initiated the regulatory approval process in June 2021.
+Added: Although the submission is supported by the results from our Phase 3 OLYMPUS trial, there can be no assurance that Jelmyto will be approved for marketing in Israel in the timeframe we expect, or at all.
+Added: Even if Jelmyto is approved for marketing in Israel, there can be no assurance that it will achieve the broad degree of physician adoption and use and market acceptance necessary for commercial success .
We rely on third parties and consultants to assist us in conducting our clinical trials for our product candidates.
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If we fail to manage our growth effectively, our business could be disrupted.*
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, we had 190 employees, of whom 43 are based in Israel and 147 are based in the United States.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, we had 190 employees, of whom 42 are based in Israel and 148 are based in the United States.
We will need to continue to expand our development, quality, managerial, operational, finance, marketing, sales and other resources to manage our operations and clinical trials, continue our development activities and commercialize our product candidates, if approved.
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If product liability lawsuits are brought against us, we may incur substantial liabilities and may be required to limit commercialization of any of our other products we develop.
−Removed: We face an inherent risk of product liability as a result of the clinical testing of our product candidates and will face an even greater risk with the commercialization of Jelmyto or any other investigational product candidate that receives marketing approval.
+Added: We face an inherent risk of product liability as a result of the clinical testing of our product candidates and face or will face an even greater risk with the commercialization of Jelmyto or any other investigational product candidate that receives marketing approval.
For example, we may be sued if any product we develop allegedly causes injury or is found to be otherwise unsuitable during product testing, manufacturing, marketing or sale.
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Moreover, in the future, we may not be able to maintain insurance coverage at a reasonable cost or in sufficient amounts to protect us against losses.
−Removed: As a result of receiving marketing approval of Jelmyto , have expanded our insurance coverage to include the commercialization of Jelmyto ;
−Removed: however, we may be unable to continue to obtain this liability insurance on commercially reasonable terms.
−Removed: In addition, if and when we obtain approval for marketing UGN-102 or any other product candidate, we intend to further expand our insurance coverage to include the commercialization of UGN-102 or nay other approved product;
+Added: As a result of receiving marketing approval of Jelmyto , we have expanded our insurance coverage to include the commercialization of Jelmyto ;
+Added: however, we may be unable to continue to obtain this liability insurance on commercially reasonable terms and such insurance may be insufficient to cover our exposure.
+Added: In addition, if and when we obtain approval for marketing UGN-102 or any other product candidate, we intend to further expand our insurance coverage to include the commercialization of UGN-102 or any other approved product;
however, we may be unable to obtain this additional liability insurance on commercially reasonable terms.
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Although we have not historically experienced unique difficulties in attracting and retaining qualified employees, we could experience such problems in the future.
−Removed: For example, competition for qualified personnel in the pharmaceutical field is intense due to the limited number of individuals who possess the skills and experience required by our industry.
−Removed: We will need to hire additional
−Removed: personnel as we expand our clinical development and commercial activities.
+Added: For example, competition for qualified personnel in the pharmaceutical field is intense due
+Added: to the limited number of individuals who possess the skills and experience required by our industry.
+Added: We will need to hire additional personnel as we expand our clinical development and commercial activities.
We may not be able to attract and retain quality personnel on acceptable terms, or at all.
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We, our CROs and other contractors, consultants, and other third parties on which we rely, depend on information technology, telecommunication systems and data processing for significant elements of our operations, including, for example, systems handling human resources, financial reporting and controls, regulatory compliance and other infrastructure operations.
−Removed: Notwithstanding the implementation of security measures, these information technology systems are potentially vulnerable to breakdown, service interruptions, system malfunction, natural disasters, fire, terrorism, war and telecommunication and electrical failures, as well as security breaches from inadvertent or intentional actions by our personnel, third-party vendors, contractors, consultants, business partners, or third parties, or from cyber-attacks by malicious third parties (including the deployment of malware, ransomware, denial-of-service attacks, social engineering, and other means to affect service reliability and threaten the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information), which may compromise our information technology, telecommunication systems and data, or that of our third-party vendors and other contractors and consultants, or lead to data leakage.
+Added: Notwithstanding the implementation of security measures, these information technology systems are potentially vulnerable to breakdown, service interruptions, system malfunction, natural disasters, fire, terrorism, war and telecommunication and electrical failures, as well as security breaches from inadvertent or intentional actions by our personnel, third-party vendors, contractors, consultants, business partners, or third parties, or from cyber-attacks by malicious third parties (including the deployment of malware, denial-of-service attacks, social engineering, and other means to affect service reliability and threaten the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information), which may compromise our information technology, telecommunication systems and data, or that of our third-party vendors and other contractors and consultants, or lead to data leakage.
The risk of a security breach or disruption, particularly through accidental actions or omissions by trusted insiders, cyber-attacks or cyber intrusions has generally increased as the number, intensity, and sophistication of attempted attacks and intrusions from around the world have increased.
+Added: Ransomware attacks are becoming increasingly prevalent and severe and can lead to significant interruptions, delays, or outages in our operations, disruption of clinical trials, loss of data (including data related to clinical trials), loss of income, significant extra expenses to restore data or systems, reputational loss and the diversion of funds.
+Added: To alleviate the financial, operational and reputational impact of a ransomware attack, ransomware attack victims may prefer to make payment demands, but if we were to be a victim of such an attack, we may be unwilling or unable to do so (including, for example, if applicable laws or regulations prohibit such payments).
+Added: Similarly, supply chain attacks have increased in frequency and severity, and we cannot guarantee that third parties and infrastructure in our supply chain have not been compromised or that they do not contain exploitable defects or bugs that could result in a breach or disruption of our systems and networks or the systems or networks of third parties that support us.
+Added: Despite the security controls we have in place, such attacks are difficult to avoid.
We may not be able to anticipate all types of security threats, and we may not be able to implement preventative measures effective against all such security threats.
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To the extent that any disruption or security breach results in a loss of or damage to our data or applications, or inappropriate disclosure of confidential or proprietary information, we could incur liability and the further development of our product candidates could be delayed.
−Removed: If the information technology systems of our third-party vendors and other contractors become subject to disruptions or security breaches, we may have insufficient recourse against such third parties and may have to expend significant resources to mitigate the impact of such an event, and to develop and implement protections to prevent future events of this nature from occurring.
+Added: If the information technology systems of our third-party vendors and other contractors become subject to disruptions or security breaches, we may have insufficient recourse against such
+Added: third parties and may have to expend significant resources to mitigate the impact of such an event, and to develop and implement protections to prevent future events of this nature from occurring.
Under applicable employment laws, we may not be able to enforce covenants not to compete.
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Our business could be adversely affected by the effects of health pandemics or epidemics, including the COVID-19 pandemic.*
−Removed: The recent outbreak of the novel strain of coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, causing COVID-19 disease, which has been declared by the World Health Organization to be a pandemic, has spread across the globe and is impacting worldwide economic activity.
A pandemic, including COVID-19 or other public health epidemic, poses the risk that we or our employees, contractors, suppliers, customers, and other partners may be prevented from conducting certain business activities for an indefinite period of time, including due to spread of the disease within these groups or due to shutdowns that may be requested or mandated by governmental authorities.
While it is not possible at this time to estimate the impact that COVID-19 could have on our business, the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigation measures have had and may continue to have an adverse impact on global economic conditions which could have an adverse effect on our business and financial condition, including impairing our ability to raise capital when needed.
−Removed: The continued spread of COVID-19 and the measures taken by various governments could disrupt the supply chain of material needed for our product candidates and our approved product, Jelmyto , interrupt healthcare services, delay coverage decisions from Medicare and third party payors, delay ongoing and planned clinical trials involving our product candidates and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: The continued spread of COVID-19 and the measures taken or that may be taken by various governments could disrupt the supply chain of material needed for our product candidates and our approved product, Jelmyto , interrupt healthcare services, delay coverage decisions from Medicare and third party payors, delay ongoing and planned clinical trials involving our product candidates and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
In addition, we and many of our potential customers and partners worldwide have in the past and may in the future be subject to stay-at-home orders as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In addition, our ongoing commercial launch of Jelmyto and subsequent commercialization activities could be hindered by the COVID-19 pandemic, although we are currently not able to predict or quantify any such potential impact with any degree of certainty.
−Removed: However, the worldwide spread of the COVID-19 virus has resulted and may continue to result in a global slowdown of economic activity which is likely to decrease demand for a broad variety of goods and services, including potentially for Jelmyto , while also disrupting sales channels and marketing activities for an unknown period of time until the disease is contained.
+Added: However, the worldwide spread of the COVID-19 virus has previously resulted and may in the future result in a varying degrees of interruption or slowdown of economic activity, thereby impacting demand for a broad variety of goods and services, including potentially for Jelmyto , while also disrupting sales channels and marketing activities for an unknown period of time until the disease is contained.
The timelines and conduct of our ongoing clinical trials may be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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For those patients who are enrolled and desire to continue in the clinical trials, some patients may not be able or willing to comply with clinical trial protocols if quarantines or governmental orders impede patient movement or interrupt healthcare services.
−Removed: Similarly, we may face increased challenges with the ability to recruit and retain patients
−Removed: and principal investigators and site staff who, as healthcare providers, may have heightened exposure to COVID-19, which could adversely impact our clinical trial operations, timelines and outcomes.
+Added: Similarly, we may face increased challenges with the ability to recruit and retain patients and principal investigators and site staff who, as healthcare providers, may have heightened exposure to COVID-19, which could
+Added: adversely impact our clinical trial operations, timelines and outcomes.
While we remain in close contact with our clinical research organizations, clinical sites and suppliers to attempt to assess the impacts that COVID-19 may have on our clinical trials and projected timelines and we are in the process of implementing appropriate mitigating measures in accordance with recent FDA guidance in an effort to ensure the ongoing safety of the patients in our clinical trials and the continued collection of high quality data, there is no guarantee that such efforts will be successful.
As challenging as conducting clinical trials is during normal times, the risks, operational challenges and costs of conducting clinical trials has increased substantially during the pandemic.
−Removed: Additionally, during the COVID-19 pandemic, our sales force has had physical access to hospitals, clinics, healthcare providers and pharmacies curtailed, which we believe have affected our sales to date and may in the future have a material adverse effect on our future sales.
−Removed: While digital tools are available to our field employees to facilitate remote meetings with physicians and other healthcare providers, we cannot ensure that these methods will be effective.
+Added: Additionally, during most of the COVID-19 pandemic, our sales force has had physical access to hospitals, clinics, healthcare providers and pharmacies curtailed, which we believe has affected our sales to date and may in the future have a material adverse effect on our future sales.
+Added: Beginning in the second quarter of 2021, our sales representatives have been able to engage in higher levels of in-person physician interaction than they were previously during the pandemic.
+Added: However, there can be no assurance that our sales representatives will continue to have in-person access to physicians as a result of the ongoing evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic (including the emergence of variants, such as the Delta variant).
+Added: In addition, while we have developed digital materials and programs for our sales force to use in order to engage virtually with their target physicians when in-person engagement is not safe or feasible, digital materials and virtual engagement may not be effective at growing and maintaining prescription levels of Jelmyto.
Additionally, patients who are currently using Jelmyto or who are eligible to use Jelmyto , may be unable to meet with their healthcare providers in person, which may reduce the number of prescription refills or new patient starts, affecting our revenues both in our currently approved indication and potentially impacting our anticipated launches in other indications, if approved.
−Removed: Moreover, the global outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to evolve, and the extent to which the COVID-19 coronavirus may impact our business, results of operations and financial position will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, such as the ultimate geographic spread of the disease, the duration of the outbreak, travel restrictions and social distancing in the United States and other countries, business closures or business disruptions, and the effectiveness of actions taken in the United States and other countries to contain and treat the disease.
+Added: Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, including as a result of the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants, and the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic may impact our business, results of operations and financial position will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, such as the ultimate geographic spread of the disease, the duration of the outbreak, travel restrictions and social distancing in the United States and other countries, business closures or business disruptions, and the effectiveness of actions taken in the United States and other countries to contain and treat the disease.
To the extent the COVID-19 pandemic adversely affects our business and financial results, it may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in the “Risk Factors” section of this report.
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Our business is heavily regulated and therefore involves significant interaction with public officials, including officials of non-U.S.
−Removed: Additionally, in many other countries, hospitals owned and operated by the government, and doctors and other hospital employees would be considered foreign officials under the FCPA.
+Added: Additionally, in many other countries, hospitals owned and operated by the government, and doctors and other hospital employees would be considered
+Added: foreign officials under the FCPA.
Recently the SEC and U.S.
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There is no certainty that all of our employees, agents or contractors, or those of our affiliates, will comply with all applicable laws and regulations, particularly given the high level of complexity of these laws.
−Removed: Violations of these laws and regulations could result in fines, criminal sanctions against us, our officers or our employees,
−Removed: disgorgement, and other sanctions and remedial measures, and prohibitions on the conduct of our business.
+Added: Violations of these laws and regulations could result in fines, criminal sanctions against us, our officers or our employees, disgorgement, and other sanctions and remedial measures, and prohibitions on the conduct of our business.
Any such violations could include prohibitions on our ability to offer our product in one or more countries and could materially damage our reputation, our brand, our international activities, our ability to attract and retain employees and our business.
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We are not profitable and have incurred net losses in each period since we commenced operations in 2004, including net losses of $128.5 million and $105.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, we reported net losses of $25.9 and $37.8 million, respectively.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, we had an accumulated deficit of $382.4 million.
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, we reported net losses of $52.2 and $69.1 million, respectively.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, we had an accumulated deficit of $408.7 million.
We expect to continue to incur significant expenses and increasing operating losses for the foreseeable future.
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Since our inception, almost all our resources have been dedicated to the nonclinical and clinical development of our first commercial product, Jelmyto , and our lead product candidate UGN-102.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, we had cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities of $75.9 million.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, we had cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities of $129.3 million.
In January 2019, we completed an underwritten public offering in which we received net proceeds of approximately $161.4 million, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and payment of other offering expenses.
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The remaining capacity under the ATM Sales Agreement is approximately $83.4 million.
−Removed: In March 2021, the Company announced a transaction with RTW Investments (“RTW”) totaling $75.0 million in funding for the Company to support the launch of Jelmyto and the development of UGN-102.
−Removed: RTW will provide the Company with an upfront cash payment of $75.0 million and will receive tiered future payments based on global annual net product sales of Jelmyto and UGN-102, if approved.
−Removed: The Company received the $75.0 million of cash, net of costs in May 2021.
+Added: In March 2021, we announced a transaction with RTW Investments (“RTW”) totaling $75 million in funding for our company, which was received in May 2021, to support the launch of Jelmyto and the development of UGN-102.
+Added: In return of the upfront cash payment, RTW is entitled to receive tiered future payments based on global annual net product sales of Jelmyto and UGN-102, if approved.
Based on our cash flow projections, we believe that our current cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities are sufficient to fund our planned operations for at least the next 12 months.
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Moreover, the terms of any financing may negatively impact the holdings or the rights of our shareholders, and the issuance of additional securities, whether equity or debt, by us or the possibility of such issuance may cause the market price of our shares to decline.
−Removed: The incurrence of indebtedness could result in increased fixed payment obligations and we may be required to agree to certain restrictive covenants, such as limitations on our ability to incur additional debt, limitations on our ability to acquire, sell or license intellectual property rights and other operating restrictions that could adversely impact our ability to conduct our business.
−Removed: We could also be required to seek funds through arrangements with collaborative partners or otherwise at an earlier stage than would be desirable and we may be required to
−Removed: relinquish rights to some of our technologies, intellectual property or product candidates or otherwise agree to terms unfavorable to us, any of which may harm our business, financial condition, cash flows, operating results and prospects.
+Added: The incurrence of indebtedness could result in increased fixed payment obligations and we may be required to agree to certain restrictive covenants, such as limitations on our ability to incur additional debt, limitations on our ability to acquire, sell or license intellectual property rights and other operating
+Added: restrictions that could adversely impact our ability to conduct our business.
+Added: We could also be required to seek funds through arrangements with collaborative partners or otherwise at an earlier stage than would be desirable and we may be required to relinquish rights to some of our technologies, intellectual property or product candidates or otherwise agree to terms unfavorable to us, any of which may harm our business, financial condition, cash flows, operating results and prospects.
If adequate funds are not available to us on a timely basis, we may be required or choose to:
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We may also be unable to expand our operations or otherwise capitalize on our business opportunities, as desired, which could harm our business, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations.
+Added: Covenants under our Pre-Paid Forward Contract with RTW restrict our ability to borrow additional capital.*
+Added: In March 2020, we entered into a Pre-Paid Forward Contract (the “Forward Contract”) with RTW, pursuant to which we are obligated to make tiered cash payments to RTW, based on the worldwide annual net product sales of Jelmyto and, subject to FDA approval, UGN-102 (together, the “Products”), subject to an aggregate revenue cap of $300 million.
+Added: Until the earlier of such time that (i) our aggregate worldwide annual net product sales of the Products reach a certain threshold or (ii) our market capitalization reaches a certain threshold, (a) we have granted RTW a security interest in the Products and the regulatory approvals, intellectual property, material agreements, proceeds and accounts receivable related to the Products (the “Product Collateral”), (b) we are subject to a negative pledge in respect of the Product Collateral and (c) we may not incur additional indebtedness secured by Product Collateral without such secured debt provider entering into a intercreditor agreement with RTW.
+Added: Upon the occurrence of an insolvency event, as defined in the Forward Contract, any remaining payment obligations under the Forward Contract will be automatically accelerated.
+Added: The Forward Contract requires us to use a significant portion of our cash flow to make payment to RTW, limits our ability to borrow additional funds for working capital, capital expenditures or other general business purposes, limits our flexibility to plan for, or react to, changes in our business and industry, places us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors not subject to similar restrictions and increases our vulnerability to the impact of adverse economic industry conditions.
Raising additional capital may cause dilution to our shareholders, restrict our operations or require us to relinquish rights to our technologies or product candidates.
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Patent applications and granted patents are complex, lengthy and highly technical documents that are often prepared under limited time constraints and may not be free from errors that make their interpretation uncertain.
−Removed: The existence of errors in a patent may have an adverse effect on the patent, its scope and its enforceability.
+Added: The existence of errors in a patent may have an adverse effect on the patent, its scope and its
+Added: enforceability.
Our pending patent applications may not issue, and the scope of the claims of patent applications that do issue may be too narrow to adequately protect our competitive advantage.
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Furthermore, even if they are not challenged, our patents and patent applications may not adequately protect our intellectual property or prevent others from designing around our claims.
−Removed: To meet such challenges, which are part of the risks and uncertainties of developing and marketing product candidates, we may need to evaluate third party intellectual property rights and, if appropriate, to seek licenses for such third party intellectual property or to challenge such third
−Removed: party intellectual property, which may be costly and may or may not be successful, which could also have an adverse effect on the commercial potential for Jelmyto , UGN-102 and any of our product candidates.
+Added: To meet such challenges, which are part of the risks and uncertainties of developing and marketing product candidates, we may need to evaluate third party intellectual property rights and, if appropriate, to seek licenses for such third party intellectual property or to challenge such third party intellectual property, which may be costly and may or may not be successful, which could also have an adverse effect on the commercial potential for Jelmyto , UGN-102 and any of our product candidates.
We may receive only limited protection, or no protection, from our issued patents and patent applications.
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To the extent that our employees, consultants or contractors use any intellectual property owned by third parties in their work for us, disputes may arise as to the rights in any related or resulting know-how and inventions.
−Removed: If we are unable to prevent unauthorized material disclosure of our trade secrets to third parties, we may not be able to establish or maintain a competitive advantage in our market, which could harm our business, operating results and financial condition.
+Added: If we are unable to prevent unauthorized material disclosure of our trade secrets to third parties, we may not be able to
+Added: establish or maintain a competitive advantage in our market, which could harm our business, operating results and financial condition.
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We have systems in place to remind us to pay these fees, and we employ an outside firm and rely on our outside counsel to pay these fees.
−Removed: While an inadvertent lapse may sometimes be cured by payment of a late fee or by other means in accordance with the applicable rules, there are many situations in which noncompliance can result in abandonment or lapse of the patent or patent application, resulting in partial or complete loss of patent rights in the relevant jurisdiction.
+Added: While an inadvertent lapse may sometimes be cured by payment of a late fee or by other means in accordance with the applicable
+Added: rules, there are many situations in which noncompliance can result in abandonment or lapse of the patent or patent application, resulting in partial or complete loss of patent rights in the relevant jurisdiction.
If we fail to maintain the patents and patent applications directed to our product candidates, our competitors might be able to enter the market earlier than should otherwise have been the case, which could harm our business.
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As the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries expand and more patents are issued, the risk increases that our activities related to our product candidates may give rise to claims of infringement of the patent rights of others.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that our product candidates will not infringe existing or future patents.
+Added: assure you that our product candidates will not infringe existing or future patents.
We may not be aware of patents that have already issued that a third party might assert are infringed by our product candidates.
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Even if we are able to obtain a license, the license would likely obligate us to pay license fees or royalties or both, and the rights granted to us might be nonexclusive, which could result in our competitors gaining access to the same intellectual property.
−Removed: Ultimately, we could be prevented from commercializing a product, or
−Removed: be forced to cease some aspect of our business operations, if, as a result of actual or threatened patent infringement claims, we are unable to enter into licenses on acceptable terms.
+Added: Ultimately, we could be prevented from commercializing a product, or be forced to cease some aspect of our business operations, if, as a result of actual or threatened patent infringement claims, we are unable to enter into licenses on acceptable terms.
Defending ourselves or our licensors in litigation is very expensive, particularly for a company of our size, and time-consuming.
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The Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, also known as the Hatch-Waxman Act, added Section 505(b)(2) to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
−Removed: Section 505(b)(2) permits the filing of an NDA where at least some of the information required for approval comes from studies that were not conducted by or for the applicant, and for which the applicant has not received a right of reference, which could expedite the development program for UGN-102 and our other product candidates by potentially decreasing the amount of nonclinical and clinical data that we would need to generate in order to obtain FDA approval.
+Added: Section 505(b)(2) permits the filing of an NDA where at least some of the information required for approval comes from studies that were not conducted by or for the applicant, and for which the applicant has not received a right of reference, which could expedite the development program for UGN-102 and our other product
+Added: candidates by potentially decreasing the amount of nonclinical and clinical data that we would need to generate in order to obtain FDA approval.
However, while we believe that our product candidates are reformulations of existing drugs and, therefore, will not be treated as new chemical entities, or NCEs, the submission of an NDA under the Section 505(b)(2) pathway does not preclude the FDA from determining that the product candidate that is the subject of such submission is an NCE and therefore not eligible for review under such regulatory pathway.
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These requirements may give rise to patent litigation and mandatory delays in approval of our potential future NDAs for up to 30 months depending on the outcome of any litigation.
−Removed: It is not uncommon for a
−Removed: manufacturer of an approved product to file a citizen petition with the FDA seeking to delay approval of, or impose additional approval requirements for, pending competing products.
+Added: It is not uncommon for a manufacturer of an approved product to file a citizen petition with the FDA seeking to delay approval of, or impose additional approval requirements for, pending competing products.
If successful, such petitions can significantly delay, or even prevent, the approval of the new product.
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There have been judicial, Congressional and executive branch challenges to certain aspects of the ACA.
−Removed: Concurrently, Congress has considered legislation that would repeal or repeal and replace all or part of the ACA.
−Removed: While Congress has not passed comprehensive repeal legislation, several bills affecting the implementation of certain taxes under the ACA have been signed into law.
−Removed: For example, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 ( “ Tax Act ” ) included a provision that repealed, effective January 1, 2019, the tax-based shared responsibility payment imposed by the ACA on certain individuals who fail to maintain qualifying health coverage for all or part of a year that is commonly referred to as the “individual mandate.” Further , the 2020 federal spending package permanently eliminated, effective January 1, 2020, the ACA-mandated “Cadillac” tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage and medical device tax and, effective January 1, 2021, also eliminated the health insurer tax.
−Removed: The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, or the BBA, among other things, amended the ACA, effective January 1, 2019, to close the coverage gap in most Medicare drug plans, commonly referred to as the “donut hole.” On December 14, 2018, a U.S.
−Removed: District Court judge in the Northern District of Texas, or the Texas District Court Judge, ruled that the individual mandate is a critical and inseverable feature of the ACA, and therefore, because it was repealed as part of the Tax Act, the remaining provisions of the ACA are invalid as well.
−Removed: Additionally, on December 18, 2019, the U.S.
−Removed: Court of Appeals for the 5 th Circuit upheld the District Court ruling that the individual mandate was unconstitutional and remanded the case back to the District Court to determine whether the remaining provisions of the ACA are invalid as well.
−Removed: The United States Supreme Court is currently reviewing this case, but it is unknown when a decision will be reached.
−Removed: Although the U.S.
−Removed: Supreme Court has not yet ruled on the constitutionality of the ACA, on January 28, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order that initiated a special enrollment period for purposes of obtaining health insurance coverage through the ACA marketplace , which began on February 15, 2021 and will remain open through August 15, 2021 .
−Removed: The executive order also instructs certain governmental agencies to review and reconsider their existing policies and rules that limit access to healthcare, including among others, reexamining Medicaid demonstration projects and waiver programs that include work requirements, and policies that create unnecessary barriers to obtaining access to health insurance coverage through Medicaid or the ACA.
−Removed: Additionally, on February 10, 2021, the Biden administration withdrew the federal government’s support for overturning the ACA.
−Removed: It is unclear how the Supreme Court ruling, other such litigation and the healthcare reform measures of the Biden administration will impact the ACA and our business.
+Added: For example, on June 17, 2021, the U.S.
+Added: Supreme Court dismissed a challenge on procedural grounds that argued the ACA is unconstitutional in its entirety because the “individual mandate” was repealed by Congress.
+Added: Thus, the ACA will remain in effect in its current form.
+Added: Further, prior to the U.S.
+Added: Supreme Court ruling, on January 28, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order that initiated a special enrollment period for purposes of obtaining health insurance coverage through the ACA marketplace, which began on February 15, 2021 and will remain open through August 15, 2021.
+Added: The executive order also instructed certain governmental agencies to review and reconsider their existing policies and rules that limit access to healthcare, including among others, reexamining Medicaid demonstration projects and waiver programs that include work requirements, and policies that create unnecessary barriers to obtaining access to health insurance coverage through Medicaid or the ACA.
+Added: It is possible that the ACA will be subject to judicial or Congressional challenges in the future.
+Added: It is unclear any such challenges, other litigation and the healthcare reform measures of the Biden administration will impact the ACA and our business.
In addition, other legislative changes have been proposed and adopted since the ACA was enacted.
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Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) finalized a regulation removing safe harbor protection for price reductions from pharmaceutical manufacturers to plan sponsors under Part D, either directly or through pharmacy benefit managers, unless the price reduction is required by law.
−Removed: The implementation of the rule has been delayed by the Biden administration from January 1, 2022 to January 1, 2023 in response to ongoing litigation.
+Added: implementation of the rule has been delayed by the Biden administration from January 1, 2022 to January 1, 2023 in response to ongoing litigation.
The rule also creates a new safe harbor for price reductions reflected at the point-of-sale, as well as a new safe harbor for certain fixed fee arrangements between pharmacy benefit managers and manufacturers, the implementation of which have also been delayed by the Biden administration until January 1, 2023 .
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states and territories for a seven-year period beginning January 1, 2021, and ending December 31, 2027.
−Removed: On December 28, 2020, the United States District Court in Northern California issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against implementation of the interim final rule.
−Removed: However, it is unclear whether the Biden administration will work to reverse these measures or pursue similar policy initiatives.
−Removed: At the state level, legislatures have increasingly passed legislation and implemented
−Removed: regulations designed to control pharmaceutical and biological product pricing, including price or patient reimbursement constraints, discounts, restrictions on certain product access and marketing cost disclosure and transparency measures, and, in some cases, designed to encourage importation from other countries and bulk purchasing.
+Added: On December 28, 2020, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against implementation of the interim final rule.
+Added: On January 13, 2021, in a separate lawsuit brought by industry groups in the United States District Court of Maryland, the government defendants entered a joint motion to stay litigation on the condition that the government would not appeal the preliminary injunction granted in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and that performance for any final regulation stemming from the Most Favored Nation Model interim final rule shall not commence earlier than sixty (60) days after publication of that regulation in the Federal Register.
+Added: Additionally, based on a recent executive order, the Biden administration expressed its intent to pursue certain policy initiatives to reduce drug prices.
+Added: At the state level, legislatures have increasingly passed legislation and implemented regulations designed to control pharmaceutical and biological product pricing, including price or patient reimbursement constraints, discounts, restrictions on certain product access and marketing cost disclosure and transparency measures, and, in some cases, designed to encourage importation from other countries and bulk purchasing.
If healthcare policies or reforms intended to curb healthcare costs are adopted, or if we experience negative publicity with respect to the pricing of our products or the pricing of pharmaceutical drugs generally, the prices that we charge for any approved products may be limited, our commercial opportunity may be limited and/or our revenues from sales of our products may be negatively impacted.
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In addition, if a product receives the first FDA approval for the indication for which it has Orphan Drug Designation, the product is entitled to orphan drug exclusivity, which means the FDA may not approve any other application to market the same drug for the same indication for a period of seven years, except in limited circumstances, such as a showing of clinical superiority over the product with orphan exclusivity or where the manufacturer is unable to assure sufficient product quantity.
−Removed: Although the FDA has granted new product exclusivity to Jelmyto for the treatment of UTUC, we may not receive new product exclusivity for any of our other product candidates.
−Removed: Although the FDA has granted Orphan Drug Designation to Jelmyto and UGN-201 for treatment of UTUC and CIS, we may not receive Orphan Drug Designation for any of our other product candidates.
+Added: Although the FDA has granted orphan drug exclusivity to Jelmyto for the treatment of UTUC, we may not receive orphan drug exclusivity for any of our other product candidates that have received orphan designation.
+Added: Although the FDA has granted Orphan Drug Designation to Jelmyto and UGN-201 for treatment of UTUC and CIS, respectively, we may not receive Orphan Drug Designation for any of our other product candidates.
If our competitors are able to obtain orphan drug exclusivity for their products that are the same or similar to our product candidates before our drug candidates are approved, we may not be able to have competing product candidates approved by the FDA for a significant period of time.
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Jelmyto and UGN-201 have been granted Orphan Drug Designation for the treatment of UTUC and CIS, respectively, in the United States.
−Removed: Even if we obtain Orphan Drug Designation for our other product candidates, we may not be the first to obtain regulatory
−Removed: approval for any particular orphan indication due to the uncertainties associated with developing biopharmaceutical products.
+Added: Even if we obtain Orphan Drug Designation for our other product candidates, we may not be the first to obtain regulatory approval for any particular orphan indication due to the uncertainties associated with developing biopharmaceutical products.
Further, even if we obtain Orphan Drug Designation for a product candidate, that exclusivity may not effectively protect the product from competition because different drugs with different active moieties can be approved for the same condition.
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Additionally, HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, or HITECH, and their implementing regulations, impose, among other things, specified requirements on covered entities, including certain healthcare providers, health plans, and healthcare clearinghouses, and their business associates as well as their covered subcontractors relating to the privacy, security and transmission of individually identifiable health information, including mandatory contractual terms and required implementation of certain safeguards of such information.
−Removed: Among other things, HITECH makes HIPAA’s security standards directly applicable to business associates, independent contractors or agents of covered entities that receive or obtain protected health information in connection with providing a service on behalf of a covered entity.
+Added: Among other things, HITECH makes HIPAA’s security standards
+Added: directly applicable to business associates, independent contractors or agents of covered entities that receive or obtain protected health information in connection with providing a service on behalf of a covered entity.
HITECH also created four new tiers of civil monetary penalties, amended HIPAA to make civil and criminal penalties directly applicable to business associates, and gave state attorneys general new authority to file civil actions for damages or injunctions in federal courts to enforce HIPAA and seek attorneys’ fees and costs associated with pursuing federal civil actions.
In addition, state laws govern the privacy and security of health information in some circumstances, many of which differ from each other in significant ways, may not have the same effect and may not be preempted by HIPAA, thus complicating compliance efforts.
−Removed: Our operations will also be subject to the federal Open Payments program pursuant to the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, created under Section 6002 of the ACA and its implementing regulations, which requires certain manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologicals and medical supplies for which payment is available under Medicare, Medicaid, or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, with specific exceptions, to annually report to CMS information related to payments and other transfers of value provided to physicians, (defined to include doctors, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists and chiropractors), and teaching hospitals and certain
−Removed: ownership and investment interests held by physicians and their immediate family members to CMS, which will be expanded beginning in 2022, to require applicable manufacturers to report such information regarding its payments and other transfers of value to physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, anesthesiologist assistants, certified registered nurse anesthetists and certified nurse midwives made during the previous year.
+Added: Our operations are also subject to the federal Open Payments program pursuant to the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, created under Section 6002 of the ACA and its implementing regulations, which requires certain manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologicals and medical supplies for which payment is available under Medicare, Medicaid, or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, with specific exceptions, to annually report to CMS information related to payments and other transfers of value provided to physicians, (defined to include doctors, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists and chiropractors), and teaching hospitals and certain ownership and investment interests held by physicians and their immediate family members to CMS, which will be expanded beginning in 2022, to require applicable manufacturers to report such information regarding its payments and other transfers of value to physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, anesthesiologist assistants, certified registered nurse anesthetists and certified nurse midwives made during the previous year.
We may also be subject to state laws that require drug manufacturers to report information related to payments and other transfers of value to physicians and other healthcare providers or marketing expenditures, drug pricing, and/or state laws that require pharmaceutical companies to comply with the pharmaceutical industry’s voluntary compliance guidelines and the relevant compliance guidelines promulgated by the federal government.
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Moreover, many foreign laws, including the GDPR and data protection laws in the United Kingdom and Switzerland, impose restrictions on the transfer of personal information to the United States and most other countries unless the parties to the transfer have implemented specific safeguards to protect the transferred personal information.
−Removed: A recent decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “Schrems II” ruling), however, has invalidated the EU-U.S.
+Added: A decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “Schrems II” ruling), however, has invalidated the EU-U.S.
Privacy Shield Framework, which was one of the primary mechanisms used by U.S.
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Similarly, the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner recently opined that the Swiss-U.S.
−Removed: Privacy Shield is inadequate for transfers of data from Switzerland to the U.S.
+Added: Privacy Shield is inadequate for transfers of personal data from Switzerland to the U.S.
The United Kingdom, whose data protection laws are similar to those of the European Union, may similarly determine that the EU-U.S.
−Removed: Privacy Shield is not a valid mechanism for lawfully transferring personal information from the UK to the U.S.
−Removed: The European Commission recently proposed updates to the SCCs, and additional regulatory guidance has been released that seeks to impose additional obligations on companies seeking to rely on the SCCs.
−Removed: Given that, at present, there are few, if any, viable alternatives to the EU-U.S.
−Removed: Privacy Shield and the SCCs, any transfers by us or our vendors of personal data from Europe may not comply with European data protection law, which may increase our exposure to the GDPR’s heightened sanctions for violations of its cross-border data transfer restrictions and may prohibit our transfer of EU personal data outside of the EU (including clinical trial data), and may adversely impact our operations, product development and ability to provide our products.
−Removed: There is currently uncertainty surrounding how to implement such safeguards and how to conduct such transfers.
+Added: Privacy Shield is not a valid mechanism for lawfully transferring personal data from the UK to the U.S.
+Added: If we are unable to implement a valid compliance mechanism for cross-border personal data transfers, we may face increased exposure to regulatory actions, substantial fines and injunctions against processing or transferring personal data from Europe.
+Added: Inability to import personal data from Europe to the United States may limit our ability to conduct clinical trial activities in Europe, limit our ability to collaborate with contract research organizations, service providers, contractors and other entities subject to European data protection laws, adversely impact our operations, product development and ability to provide our products, and require us to increase our data processing capabilities in Europe at significant expense.
+Added: In June 2021, the European Commission adopted new SCCs under the GDPR for transfers of personal data outside the EEA to countries that the European Commission has not deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for such personal data.
+Added: If we elect to rely on the new SCCs for personal data transfers out of Europe, we may be required to expend significant resources to update our contractual arrangements and to meet the obligations the new SCCs impose;
+Added: for example, we may be required to conduct transfer impact assessments for such cross-border personal data transfers and implement additional security measures.
+Added: Moreover, other countries outside of Europe have enacted or are considering enacting similar cross-border data transfer restrictions and laws that require local data residency, which could increase the cost and complexity of operating our business.
Regulation of privacy, data protection and data security has also become more stringent in the United States.
−Removed: For example, California recently enacted legislation that has been dubbed the first “GDPR-like” law in the United States.
+Added: For example, California enacted legislation that has been dubbed the first “GDPR-like” law in the United States.
Known as the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, it creates new individual privacy rights for consumers (as that word is broadly defined in the law) and places increased privacy and security obligations on entities handling personal data of consumers or households.
−Removed: Effective January 1, 2020, the CCPA requires covered companies to provide new disclosures to California consumers, provides such consumers new ways to opt-out of certain sales of personal information, and allows for a new cause of action for data breaches.
+Added: Effective January 1, 2020, the CCPA requires covered companies to provide new disclosures to California consumers, provides such consumers new ways to opt-out of
+Added: certain sales of personal information, and allows for a new cause of action for data breaches.
The CCPA will be expanded substantially on January 1, 2023, when the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”) becomes fully operative.
The CPRA will, among other things, give California residents the ability to limit use of certain sensitive personal information, establish restrictions on the retention of personal information, and expand the types of data breaches subject to the CCPA’s private right of action.
−Removed: Complying with these various laws could require us to incur substantial costs, take on more onerous obligations in our contracts, restrict our ability to collect, use and disclose data, require us to change our business practices and compliance procedures in a manner adverse to our business, or, in some cases, impact our ability to operate in certain jurisdictions.
+Added: Additionally, Virginia recently passed its Consumer Data Protection Act, and Colorado passed the Colorado Privacy Act, both of which differ from the CPRA and become effective in 2023.
+Added: These laws demonstrate our vulnerability to the evolving regulatory environment related to personal information.
+Added: As we expand our operations, these and similar laws may increase our compliance costs and potential liability.
+Added: Complying with these various laws, regulations and other obligations related to data privacy and protection could require us to incur substantial costs, take on more onerous obligations in our contracts, restrict our ability to collect, use and disclose data, require us to change our business practices and compliance procedures in a manner adverse to our business, or, in some cases, impact our ability to operate in certain jurisdictions.
The actual or perceived failure by us, our customers, our vendors, or other relevant third parties to address or comply with these laws, regulations, and obligations could increase our compliance and operational costs, expose us to regulatory scrutiny, actions, fines, civil or criminal penalties, private litigation, cause regulators to reject, limit or disrupt our clinical trial activities, harm our reputation, and otherwise cause a material effect on our business, financial condition, and results of our operations.
−Removed: Moreover, inability to import personal information from Europe to the United States or other countries may disrupt or require us to change our business practices, interrupt our business operations, including clinical trials, and otherwise have a material financial impact on our business.
+Added: Moreover, inability to import personal information to the United States or other countries may disrupt or require us to change our business practices, interrupt our business operations, including clinical trials, and otherwise have a material financial impact on our business.
If we fail to comply with environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, we could become subject to fines or penalties or incur costs that could negatively impact our business.
We are subject to numerous environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, including those governing laboratory procedures and the handling, use, storage, treatment and disposal of hazardous materials and wastes.
−Removed: Our operations involve the
−Removed: use of hazardous and flammable materials, including chemicals and biological materials.
+Added: Our operations involve the use of hazardous and flammable materials, including chemicals and biological materials.
Our operations also produce hazardous waste products.
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Also, we cannot be sure that reimbursement amounts will not reduce the demand for, or the price of, our future products.
−Removed: If reimbursement is not available, or is available only to limited levels, we may not be able to successfully commercialize Jelmyto , UGN-102 or our other product candidates, or achieve profitably at all, even if approved.
+Added: If reimbursement is not available, or is available only to limited levels, we may not be able to successfully commercialize Jelmyto , UGN-102 or our other product candidates, or achieve profitably at all, even if
Additionally, coverage policies and reimbursement rates may change at any time.
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The perception in the public market that our shareholders might sell our ordinary shares could also depress the market price of our ordinary shares and could impair our future ability to obtain capital, especially through an offering of equity securities.
−Removed: As of the date of this Annual Report, the holders of up to approximately 4.5 million ordinary shares are entitled to registration rights.
+Added: As of the date of this report, the holders of up to approximately 4.5 million ordinary shares are entitled to registration rights.
In addition, our sale of additional ordinary shares or similar securities in order to raise capital might have a similar negative impact on the share price of our ordinary shares.
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The shares will be offered and sold pursuant to our shelf registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the SEC on December 20, 2019, which was declared effective on January 2, 2020.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, we had sold 700,000 shares under the sales agreement for total gross proceeds of $16.6 million, leaving up to $83.4 million available for sale under the sales agreement.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, we had sold 700,000 shares under the sales agreement for total gross proceeds of $16.6 million, leaving up to $83.4 million available for sale under the sales agreement.
The significant share ownership position of our officers, directors and entities affiliated with certain of our directors may limit your ability to influence corporate matters.
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Further, existing tax laws, statutes, rules, regulations or ordinances could be interpreted, changed, modified or applied adversely to us.
−Removed: For example, the Tax Act made many significant changes to the U.S.
+Added: For example, legislation enacted in 2017, informally titled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Tax Act”), made many significant changes to the U.S.
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code.
Future guidance from the Internal Revenue Service and other tax authorities with respect to the Tax Act may affect us, and certain aspects of the Tax Act could be repealed or modified in future legislation.
−Removed: For example, the CARES Act modified certain provisions of the Tax Act.
+Added: For example, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) modified certain provisions of the Tax Act.
In addition, it is uncertain if and to what extent various states will conform to the Tax Act, the CARES Act, or any newly enacted federal tax legislation.
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shareholder information that may be necessary to comply with the reporting and tax paying obligations discussed above.
−Removed: Failure to comply with these reporting obligations may subject you to significant monetary penalties and may prevent the statute of limitations with respect to your U.S.
+Added: Failure to comply with these reporting obligations may subject you to
+Added: significant monetary penalties and may prevent the statute of limitations with respect to your U.S.
federal income tax return for the year for which reporting was due from starting.
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Further, our operations could be disrupted by the obligations of our employees to perform military service.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, we had 43 employees based in Israel.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, we had 42 employees based in Israel.
Of these employees, some may be military reservists, and may be called upon to perform military reserve duty of up to 36 days per year (and in some cases more) until they reach the age of 40 (and in some cases, up to the age of 45 or older).
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The loss of one or more of our executive officers could delay or prevent the continued successful implementation of our growth strategy, could affect our ability to manage our company effectively and to carry out our business plan, or could otherwise be detrimental to us.
−Removed: As of January 31, 2021, we had 187 employees.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, we had 190 employees.
Therefore, knowledge of our product candidates and clinical trials is concentrated among a small number of individuals.
−Removed: Members of our executive team as well as key clinical, scientific,
−Removed: technical and commercial personnel may resign at any time and there can be no assurance that we will be able to continue to retain such personnel.
+Added: Members of our executive team as well as key clinical, scientific, technical and commercial personnel may resign at any time and there can be no assurance that we will be able to continue to retain such personnel.
If we cannot recruit suitable replacements in a timely manner, our business will be adversely impacted.
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Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
−Removed: Mine Saf ety Disclosures.
+Added: Mine Safety Disclosures.
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