United Health Products, Inc.

Company Overview

United Health Products, Inc. (“UHP”, “we” or the “Company”) develops, manufactures, and markets a patented hemostatic gauze for the healthcare and wound care sectors. Our gauze product, CelluSTAT®, is derived from cotton and designed to absorb exudate/drainage from superficial wounds and help control bleeding. We are in the process of seeking regulatory approval to sell our hemostatic gauze product line into the U.S. Class III and European CE Mark human surgical markets.

Developments

We are continuing on our path to seek FDA Premarket Approval (PMA) for our CelluSTAT Hemostatic Gauze products to implement our business strategy.

In March 2024, we submitted a full application for Premarket Approval to the FDA. The FDA responded in June 2024 with a “Deficiencies Letter” listing approximately 40 specific comments and requests for additional information covering the device description, sterility & shelf life, clinical & performance testing, and biocompatibility sections of the PMA application. In August 2024, we submitted a Submission Issue Request (SIR) to the FDA outlining our plan to address and respond to the FDA’s comments. Then, in August 2024, at the FDA’s request, the Company followed-up with a condensed list of questions relating to the prior SIR submission.

In October 2024, the Company and FDA conducted a virtual meeting to discuss the SIR and the follow-up questions. During the discussion, the Company noted the results of its 2019 clinical trial involving 232 patients (of whom 118 were treated with its hemostatic gauze) that showed statistically superior performance in time to hemostasis using CelluSTAT over Ethicon’s Surgicel Original, the standard of care. The study results also showed no evidence of heterogeneity of results across procedure categories, surgeons, or clinical sites, indicating both poolability and generalizability of study results. The Company also noted that none of the adverse events that occurred during the study were attributable to its hemostatic gauze product.

Notwithstanding the safety record from the original clinical study, the FDA requested more data to confirm the safety and effectiveness of CelluSTAT in surgical procedures in the intestinal and thoracic organ space, where organ movement can impact the post operative stability of a hemostat and where observation of post operative rebleeding is more difficult. To address this concern, we have proposed to enroll 27 human subjects in a multi-site study as an extension of the original pivotal study, with patients undergoing open surgical procedures within the organ space. The supplemental study process will consist of submitting an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) for FDA approval, identifying and contracting suitable surgical sites, enrolling patents, and data collection and analysis.

The FDA's 180-day PMA application review period is on pause while we work to address the FDA’s requests and will resume once we submit all our responses.

From September 23 through October 4, 2024, the FDA conducted a Bioresearch Monitoring Program (BIMO) Inspection of our records and procedures relating to our clinical study, following which the FDA delivered its Inspectional Observations on Form 483. On October 25, 2024, we submitted our response to the FDA’s observations, which the FDA will consider in developing its final report on the BIMO Inspection.

There can be no assurance that our PMA application will be approved.

Our CelluSTAT Gauze Products

CelluSTAT Hemostatic Gauze (formerly branded as HemoStyp) is a natural substance created from chemically treated cellulose derived from cotton. It is an effective hemostatic agent registered with the FDA for superficial use under a 510(k) approval obtained in 2012 to help control bleeding from open wounds and body cavities. The CelluSTAT hemostatic material contains no chemical additives, thrombin, collagen or animal-derived products, and is hypoallergenic. When the product comes in contact with blood it expands slightly and quickly converts to a translucent gel that subsequently breaks down into cellulose and salts. Because of its benign impact on body tissue and the fact that it degrades to non-toxic end products, CelluSTAT does not impede the healing of body tissue as compared to certain competing hemostatic products.

CelluSTAT hemostatic gauze is a flexible, silk-like material that is applied by placing the gauze onto the bleeding tissue. The supple material can be easily folded and manipulated as needed to fit the size of the wound or incision. In surface bleeding and surgical situations, the product quickly converts to a translucent gel that allows the physician or surgeon to monitor the coagulation process. The gel maintains a neutral pH level, which avoids damaging the surrounding tissue. In superficial bleeding situations, CelluSTAT can be bonded to an adhesive plastic bandage or integrated into a traditional gauze component to address a broad range of needs, including traumatic bleeding injuries and prolonged bleeding following hemodialysis.

Potential Target Markets

Our CelluSTAT material is currently cut to several sizes and configurations. While we have paused our commercial activities to focus on our Class III PMA application, our potential customer base includes, without limitation, the following:

Primary Strategy

Our CelluSTAT technology received an FDA 510(k) approval in 2012 for use in external or superficial bleeding situations and we believe there is an opportunity for CelluSTAT products to address unmet needs in several medical applications that represent attractive commercial opportunities. However, the Class III human surgical markets, both domestic and international, represent the most attractive market for our products due to the smaller number of competitors offering Class III approved hemostatic agents and the resulting premium pricing for products that can meet the demanding requirements of the human surgical environment. We believe that our extensive laboratory testing and our completed human trial indicate that the CelluSTAT technology could successfully compete against established Class III market participants, and could gain a significant market share. As described above, we are in the process of seeking FDA pre-market approval for our CelluSTAT product. There can be no assurance that an FDA PMA will be granted.

In anticipation of receiving a Class III PMA (which cannot be assured), we are evaluating paths to rapidly develop and grow our revenue and profits in all target market segments, with the objective of maximizing shareholder value. We do not intend to pursue the full commercialization of our products independently nor to remain an independent company in the long term. Options under consideration include (i) a sale or merger of the Company with an industry leader in the wound care and surgical device sectors, which may include a pre-sale collaboration on commercialization and distribution and (ii) one or more commercial partnerships with established market participants, without any specific, associated sale or merger transaction.

The Company has been contacted by several medical technology companies that are active in the surgical equipment and hemostatic products sectors, and who have expressed an interest in the Company’s products and business strategy. We continue to evaluate the potential commercial partnerships in anticipation of an FDA decision on our Class III PMA application. No assurances can be given that the Company will identify any commercialization candidate(s) or enter into a transaction.

Manufacturing and Packaging of our Products

The Company’s products will be manufactured to our specifications through a contract manufacturing arrangement with an FDA certified supplier that maintains stringent quality control protocols to assure the uniformity and quality of all of our gauze products. Information on the manufacturing process and our manufacturer’s facility has been submitted as part of our PMA submission. Our gauze products are cut to size, packaged and sterilized by service providers in the United States.

Patents and Trademarks

Our hemostatic gauze technology is protected through patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which protection currently runs through 2029.

The Company has registered trademarks and trademark applications for the following product formats:

Competition

The wound care products market in the United States is concentrated among large and established companies such as Baxter International, Becton Dickinson & Company, Johnson & Johnson (Ethicon), Teleflex and 3M Company, each of which have greater capital and operational resources than us. Our hemostatic gauze product will directly compete in the hemostat and wound care markets served by these companies. In these markets, competitive factors include product performance, price, breadth of product offerings, value-added service programs, service and delivery, credit terms, and customer support.

Government Regulation

We are subject to oversight by various federal and state governmental entities and we are subject to, and affected by, a variety of federal and state laws, regulations and policies generally applicable to the healthcare and medical device industries.See Item 1A “Risk Factors – Risks Relating to Government Regulation –* *‘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’; ‘The healthcare industry is subject to extensive government regulation, which can result in increased costs, delays, limits on its operating flexibility and competitive disadvantages’; and ‘Failure to comply with laws or government regulations could result in penalties’”.

Environmental Matters

The Company may be subject to, or affected by, environmental legislation including, among others, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. There may be laws and regulations that exist or that may come to pass that may also have an impact on the Company in ways that we cannot foresee. Compliance with the multitude of regulations issued by federal, state, provincial and local administrative agencies that may apply to the Company can be burdensome and costly. To date, the Company has not been impacted by these laws and regulations.

Research and Development Expenditures

In the years ending December 31, 2024 and 2023 we incurred research and development expenditures of $355,936 and $598,810, respectively.

Personnel

As of March 26, 2025, we have three Company personnel working under consulting agreements.