United Health Products, Inc.

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

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We are reliant on receiving Premarket Approval (PMA) from the FDA for our CelluSTAT product in order to implement our business strategy of targeting the surgical market. If we do not obtain a PMA for our CelluSTAT product, we will have to materially change our strategy, which we cannot assure we would be successful in doing. We filed our initial PMA application with the FDA in 2021, and after addressing FDA comments in the ensuing years following the COVID pandemic, we submitted our revised PMA application to the FDA in March 2024. The FDA responded, notifying us of certain deficiencies in our application, which we responded to and discussed with the FDA during 2024, and which we continue to address.See Item 1 “Business – Developments”.

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We cannot be assured that our CelluSTAT product will meet the FDA requirements for Premarket Approval or that we will ever receive the requisite PMA to be able to commercialize our CelluSTAT product in the U.S. human surgical market.

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RISKS RELATED TO GOVERNMENT REGULATION

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We are subject to extensive regulation by the FDA and must comply with the regulations of the FDA (including after the potential receipt of an FDA PMA), as well as state, local and applicable international regulations. Failure to do so could harm our business**.**

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Our CelluSTAT products are subject to extensive regulation by the FDA. These regulations relate to manufacturing, labeling, sale, promotion, distribution and shipping. Before a new medical device, or a new intended use of a legally marketed device, can be marketed in the United States, it must be cleared or approved by the FDA through the applicable 510(k) premarket notification submission, granting of a de novo request, or Premarket Approval (PMA)), unless an exemption applies. The clearance and approval process is expensive, time-consuming, and uncertain. Failure to comply with applicable regulatory requirements of the FDA can result in an enforcement action, which could include a variety of sanctions, including fines, injunctions, civil penalties, recall or seizure of our products, operating restrictions, partial suspension, or total shutdown of production and criminal prosecution. The FDA may change its clearance and approval policies, adopt additional regulations or revise existing regulations, or take other actions, that may prevent or delay approval or clearance of our products or impact our ability to modify our products after clearance on a timely basis. Such policy or regulatory changes could impose additional requirements upon us that could delay our ability to obtain clearance for our products, increase the costs of compliance or restrict our ability to maintain products after clearance.

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The FDA has substantial discretion in the PMA approval process. The FDA can limit or deny approval of a product for many reasons, including, but not limited, to:

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In addition, regulatory clearance or approval by the FDA does not ensure registration, clearance, approval, or certification by comparable foreign regulatory authorities. Complying with foreign regulatory requirements, including obtaining registrations, clearances, approvals, or certifications, can be expensive and time consuming, and we may not receive regulatory clearances, approvals, or certifications in each country or region in which we plan to market our products or we may be unable to do so on a timely basis. In turn, this could limit our ability to expand into international markets, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

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In response to the FDA’s comments and questions to our 2021 and 2022 PMA submissions, we have developed and incorporated several product design, manufacturing and quality assurance procedures into our production process. Upon completion of certain finished product testing that is being conducted by outside laboratories we will submit a revised application to the FDA. There can be no assurance that our revised application, once resubmitted, will lead to a successful FDA decision regarding a PMA.