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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 under Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements include statements with respect to our beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, assumptions, estimates, intentions and future performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be beyond our control, and which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be forward-looking statements. You can identify these forward-looking statements through our use of words such as “may,” “can,” “anticipate,” “assume,” “should,” “indicate,” “would,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “expect,” “seek,” “estimate,” “continue,” “plan,” “point to,” “project,” “predict,” “could,” “intend,” “target,” “potential” and other similar words and expressions of the future. The matters discussed in these forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected, anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. As a result, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Except to the limited extent required by applicable law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Our business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including those highlighted in Section 1A titled “Risk Factors,” that represent challenges that we face in connection with the successful implementation of our strategy. The occurrence of one or more of the events or circumstances described in the section titled “Risk Factors,” alone or in combination with other events or circumstances, may have an adverse effect on our business, cash flows, financial condition and results of operations. Such risks include, but are not limited to:
| ● | we have generated no significant revenue from commercial sales to date and our future profitability is uncertain; |
| ● | if we fail to obtain the capital necessary to fund our operations, we will be unable to continue or complete our product development and you will likely lose your entire investment; |
| ● | our financial situation creates doubt whether we will continue as a going concern; |
| ● | we may need to raise additional funding, which may not be available on acceptable terms, or at all; |
| ● | even if we can raise additional funding, we may be required to do so on terms that are dilutive to you.; |
| ● | the regulatory approval process is expensive, time-consuming and uncertain and may prevent us from obtaining approvals for the commercialization of our future product candidates, if any; |
| ● | we may encounter substantial delays in completing our clinical studies which in turn will require additional costs, or we may fail to demonstrate adequate safety and efficacy to the satisfaction of applicable regulatory authorities; |
| ● | if our future pre-clinical development and future clinical Phase I/II studies are unsuccessful, we may be unable to obtain regulatory approval of, or commercialize, our product candidates on a timely basis or at all; |
| ● | even if we receive regulatory approval for any of our product candidates, we may not be able to successfully commercialize the product and the revenue that we generate from their sales, if any, may be limited; |
| ● | adverse events involving our products may lead the FDA or applicable foreign regulatory agency to delay or deny clearance for our products or result in product recalls that could harm our reputation, business and financial results; |
| ● | certain technologies are subject to licenses from LLU and Stanford (as defined below), each of which are revocable in certain circumstances, including in the event we do not achieve certain payments and milestone deadlines. Without these licenses, we may not be able to continue to develop our product candidates; |
| ● | if we were to lose our CLIA certification or state laboratory licenses, whether as a result of a revocation, suspension or limitation, we would no longer be able to offer our assays (including our AditxtScore™ platform), which would limit our revenues and harm our business. If we were to lose, or fail to obtain, a license in any other state where we are required to hold a license, we would not be able to test specimens from those states; |
| ● | our results of operations will be affected by the level of royalty and milestone payments that we are required to pay to third parties; |
| ● | we face substantial competition, which may result in others discovering, developing or commercializing products before or more successfully than we do; |
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| ● | our technologies and products under development, and our business, may fail if we are not able to successfully commercialize them and ultimately generate significant revenues as a result; |
| ● | customers may not adopt our products quickly, or at all; |
| ● | the failure to obtain or maintain patents, licensing agreements and other intellectual property could materially impact our ability to compete effectively; |
| ● | some of our intellectual property may be subject to “march-in” rights by the U.S. federal government; |
| ● | we do not expect to pay dividends in the foreseeable future; |
| ● | we have issued a significant number of restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, options and warrants and may continue to do so in the future. The vesting and, if applicable, exercise of these securities and the sale of the shares of common stock issuable thereunder may dilute your percentage ownership interest and may also result in downward pressure on the price of our common stock; |
| ● | future sales or issuances of substantial amounts of our common stock, including, potentially as a result of future acquisitions or strategic transactions, including the transaction with Cellvera Global, could result in significant dilution; |
| ● | while we have entered into a Share Exchange Agreement with Cellvera Global, we cannot assure you that the transaction contemplated by the Share Exchange Agreement will be consummated or, that if such transaction is consummated, that it will be accretive to stockholder value; |
| ● | we may engage in future acquisitions or strategic transactions, including the transaction with Cellvera Global, which may require us to seek additional financing or financial commitments, increase our expenses and/or present significant distractions to our management; |
| ● | we received the determination from Nasdaq that we regained compliance with the Nasdaq continued listing requirements, however, we remain subject to a panel monitor of our ongoing compliance until December 29, 2024 and if we fail to comply with such requirements during the panel monitor, it could result in the delisting of our securities by Nasdaq; and |
| ● | exclusive forum provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws. |
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