Spyre Therapeutics, Inc.
For the period ended Sep 30, 2025. Filed Nov 4, 2025.
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Sep 30, 2025 · Filed Nov 4, 2025
What changed in Risk Factors?
Read the current filingPrevious report: 10-Q
Period ended 2025-06-30; filed 2025-08-05.
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Item 1A. Risk FactorsCurrent report: 10-Q
Period ended 2025-09-30; filed 2025-11-04.
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Item 1A. Risk FactorsThe baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.
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Furthermore, adverse events or disappointing results in clinical trials of third parties, including our competitors developing product candidates that target similar mechanisms of action and/or indications as our product candidates, could reduce expectations regarding the potential success or perceived benefits of any of our programs, increase regulatory scrutiny of our product candidates, decrease confidence of current or potential trial participants and clinical trial collaborators in our investigational programs and/or have a negative impact on collaborations or demand for any product we may develop. These events also could result in the suspension, discontinuation, or clinical hold of or modification to our clinical trials. If public perception is influenced by claims that the use of therapies with shared or similar characteristics as ours is unsafe, ineffective or otherwise fails to meet expectations, our product candidates may not be accepted or favored by the general public, the medical community or the investment community and potential clinical trial subjects may be discouraged from enrolling in our clinical trials or may discontinue their participation in our clinical trials. Negative developments could result in reduced probability of success of clinical trials involving our product candidates, challenges enrolling clinical trial participants, greater governmental regulation, stricter labeling requirements, decreased market potential and potential regulatory delays in the testing or approvals of our product candidates.
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•the severity of the disease under investigation;
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•the participant eligibility and the inclusion and exclusion criteria defined in the protocol;
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•the incidence and prevalence of target trial populations under clinical investigation;
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•our ability to recruit clinical trial investigators with the appropriate competencies and experience;
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•clinicians’ and participants’ perceptions as to the potential advantages of the drug candidate(s) being studied in relation to other available therapies, including any new drugs that may be approved for the indications we are investigating;
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•our ability to obtain and maintain participant consents;
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•our ability to monitor participants adequately during and after treatment;
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•the risk that participants enrolled in clinical trials will drop out of the trials before completion or fail to attend scheduled trial visits; and
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•factors we may not be able to control, including the impacts of public health crises, which may limit the availability of participants, investigators or their staff, or clinical sites.
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We may face significant competition in attracting appropriate collaborators, and more established companies may also be pursuing strategies to license or acquire third-party intellectual property rights that we consider attractive. These companies may have a competitive advantage over us due to their size, financial resources and greater clinical development and commercialization capabilities. In addition, companies that perceive us to be a competitor may be unwilling to assign or license rights to us. Whether we reach a definitive agreement for a collaboration will depend upon, among other things, our assessment of the collaborator’s resources and expertise, the terms and conditions of the proposed collaboration and the proposed collaborator’s evaluation of a number of factors. Collaborations are complex and time-consuming to negotiate, document and execute. In addition, consolidation among large pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies has reduced the number of potential future collaborators. We may not be able to negotiate additional collaborations on a timely basis, on acceptable terms or at all. If we fail to enter into collaborations and do not have sufficient funds or expertise to undertake the necessary development and commercialization activities, we may not be able to further develop our product candidates or bring them to market.
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We may acquire additional businesses or products, form strategic alliances, or create joint ventures with third parties that we believe will complement or augment our existing business. If we acquire businesses with promising markets or technologies, we may not be able to realize the benefit of acquiring such businesses if we are unable to successfully integrate them with our existing operations and company culture. We may encounter numerous difficulties in developing, manufacturing and marketing any new product candidates or products resulting from a strategic alliance or acquisition that delay or prevent us from realizing their expected benefits or enhancing our business. There is no assurance that, following any such acquisition, we will achieve the synergies expected in order to justify the transaction, which could result in a material adverse effect on our business and prospects.
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•We may be negatively impacted by disruptions at the FDA and other government agencies.
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•We may be negatively impacted by disruptions at the FDA and other government agencies, including as a result of a government shutdown.
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As of June 30, 2025, we had $526.6 million of cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities. We will need to raise additional capital to continue to fund our operations in the future. If we are unable to raise additional capital when needed, we will not be able to continue as a going concern.
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As of September 30, 2025, we had $486.2 million of cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities. We will need to raise additional capital to continue to fund our operations in the future. If we are unable to raise additional capital when needed, we will not be able to continue as a going concern.
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We face competition from entities that have developed or may develop programs for the diseases addressed by our product candidates.
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We face competition from entities that have developed or may develop programs for the diseases and/or mechanisms of action targeted by our product candidates.
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Our future success is substantially dependent on our ability to timely obtain marketing approval for, and then successfully commercialize, our SPY001, SPY002, SPY072 and SPY003 programs, alone or in combination. We are investing a majority of our efforts and financial resources into the research and development of these programs. We initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial in healthy volunteers of SPY001 in June 2024, a Phase 1 clinical trial in healthy volunteers of SPY002 in the fourth quarter of 2024, a Phase 1 clinical trial in healthy volunteers of SPY003 in the first quarter of 2025 and a Phase 2 platform trial of our product candidates in IBD beginning with SPY001 in May 2025. We also plan to initiate subsequent additions of monotherapy and combination arms for our Phase 2 UC platform trial during 2025 and 2026 as well as a Phase 2 basket trial of SPY072 in RD, including RA, PsA and axSpA, in mid-2025, each subject to regulatory feedback and approval. The FDA and other regulatory authorities may not agree with our clinical trial designs for our SKYWAY-RD trial or with our proposed timing for enrollment or study design of the combination arms of our SKYLINE-UC Phase 2 platform trial. Alignment with regulatory authorities on issues that arise before clinical trials are commenced, during clinical trials or after our clinical trials are completed could result in additional capital expenditures or delays in development that could have a material adverse impact on our business. The success of our programs is dependent on observing longer half-lives of our product candidates in humans and comparable or better safety and efficacy profiles than other mAbs currently marketed or in development. We believe these longer half-lives have the potential to result in more favorable dosing schedules for our product candidates, assuming they successfully complete clinical development and obtain marketing approval. This is based in part on the assumption that the longer half-lives observed in NHPs will translate into extended half-lives of our product candidates in humans. To the extent we do not observe these extended half-lives with favorable safety and efficacy profiles when we dose humans with our product candidates, it would significantly and adversely affect the clinical and commercial potential of our product candidates.
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Our future success is substantially dependent on our ability to timely obtain marketing approval for, and then successfully commercialize, our SPY001, SPY002, SPY072 and SPY003 programs, alone or in combination. We are investing a majority of our efforts and financial resources into the research and development of these programs. We initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial in healthy volunteers of SPY001 in June 2024, a Phase 1 clinical trial in healthy volunteers of SPY002 and SPY072 in the fourth quarter of 2024, a Phase 1 clinical trial in healthy volunteers of SPY003 in the first quarter of 2025 and a Phase 2 platform trial of SPY001, SPY002 and SPY003, including combinations, for IBD in the United States and certain other countries beginning with SPY001 in May 2025. We are currently enrolling subjects into the SPY001 and SPY002 arms of Part A of the Phase 2 UC platform trial and plan to initiate subsequent additions of monotherapy and combination arms for our Phase 2 UC platform trial during 2025 and 2026, each subject to regulatory feedback and approval. We initiated a Phase 2 basket trial of SPY072 for RD, including RA, PsA and axSpA, in the United States in September 2025, with initiation expected in certain other countries subject to regulatory feedback and approval. The FDA and/or other regulatory authorities may not agree with our clinical trial designs for our SKYWAY Phase 2 basket trial or with our proposed timing for enrollment or study design of the combination arms of our SKYLINE Phase 2 platform trial. Alignment with regulatory authorities on issues that arise before clinical trials are commenced, during clinical trials or after our clinical trials are completed could result in additional capital expenditures or delays in development that could have a material adverse impact on our business. The success of our programs is dependent on observing longer half-lives of our product candidates in humans and comparable or better safety and efficacy profiles than other mAbs currently marketed or in development. We believe these longer half-lives have the potential to result in more favorable dosing schedules for our product candidates, assuming they successfully complete clinical development and obtain marketing approval. To the extent we do not observe these extended half-lives with favorable safety and efficacy profiles when we dose humans with our product candidates, it would significantly and adversely affect the clinical and commercial potential of our product candidates.
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From time to time, we estimate the timing of the anticipated accomplishment of various scientific, clinical, regulatory and other product development goals, which we sometimes refer to as milestones. These milestones may include the commencement or completion of nonclinical studies and clinical trials, such as the expected timing for the anticipated completion of our Phase 1 clinical trials in healthy volunteers and topline data from our ongoing and planned Phase 2 clinical trials in IBD and RD, as well as the submission of regulatory filings. From time to time, we may publicly announce the expected timing of some of these milestones. All of these milestones are and will be based on numerous assumptions. The actual timing of these milestones can vary dramatically compared to our estimates, in some cases for reasons beyond our control, including positions that may be taken by or requirements of regulatory authorities. If we do not meet these milestones as publicly announced, or at all, the commercialization of our product candidates may be delayed or never achieved and, as a result, our stock price may decline. Additionally, delays relative to our projected timelines are likely to cause overall expenses to increase, which may require us to raise additional capital sooner than expected and prior to achieving targeted development milestones.
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From time to time, we estimate the timing of the anticipated accomplishment of various scientific, clinical, regulatory and other product development goals, which we sometimes refer to as milestones. These milestones may include the commencement or completion of nonclinical studies and clinical trials, such as the expected timing for the anticipated completion of our Phase 1 clinical trials in healthy volunteers and topline data from our ongoing Phase 2 clinical trials for IBD and RD, as well as the submission of regulatory filings. From time to time, we may publicly announce the expected timing of some of these milestones. All of these milestones are and will be based on numerous assumptions. The actual timing of these milestones can vary dramatically compared to our estimates, in some cases for reasons beyond our control, including positions that may be taken by or requirements of regulatory authorities. If we do not meet these milestones as publicly announced, or at all, the commercialization of our product candidates may be delayed or never achieved and, as a result, our stock price may decline. Additionally, delays relative to our projected timelines are likely to cause overall expenses to increase, which may require us to raise additional capital sooner than expected and prior to achieving targeted development milestones.
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We may ultimately discover that our investigational products developed with half-life extension technologies do not possess certain properties required for therapeutic effectiveness and could lead to adverse effects. We currently have only interim clinical or nonclinical data regarding the increased half-life properties of our programs and the anticipated half-life extension for each of our product candidates may not be seen in humans in our clinical trials. In addition, programs using half-life extension technologies may demonstrate different chemical and pharmacological properties in participants than they do in laboratory studies. This technology and any programs resulting therefrom may not demonstrate the same chemical and pharmacological properties in humans and may interact with human biological systems in unforeseen, ineffective or harmful ways.
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We may ultimately discover that our investigational products developed with half-life extension technologies do not possess certain properties required for therapeutic effectiveness and could lead to adverse effects. We currently have only interim Phase 1 clinical data in healthy volunteers or nonclinical data regarding the increased half-life and drug clearance properties of our programs and the anticipated half-life extension and/or drug clearance properties of each of our product candidates may not be seen in participants in our clinical trials. In addition, programs using half-life extension technologies may demonstrate different chemical and pharmacological properties in participants than they do in laboratory studies. This technology and any programs resulting therefrom may not demonstrate the same chemical and pharmacological properties in humans and may interact with human biological systems in unforeseen, ineffective or harmful ways.
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We cannot be sure that the FDA, or comparable foreign regulatory authority, as applicable, will agree with our clinical development plans. We plan to use the data from our ongoing Phase 1 trials of our SPY001, SPY002, SPY072 and SPY003 programs in healthy volunteers to support Phase 2 trials in IBD, RD and/or other I&I indications. If the FDA and/or comparable foreign regulatory authority requires us to materially modify our proposed trial designs, conduct additional trials or enroll additional participants, our development timelines may be delayed. We cannot be sure that submission of an IND, clinical trial application or similar application will result in the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities, as applicable, allowing clinical trials to begin in a timely manner, if at all. Moreover, even if these trials begin, issues may arise that could cause regulatory authorities to suspend or terminate them. Events that may prevent successful or timely initiation or completion of clinical trials include: inability to generate sufficient nonclinical, toxicology or other in vivo or in vitro data; delays in reaching a consensus with regulatory authorities on trial design or implementation of the clinical trials; delays or failure in obtaining regulatory authorization to commence a trial; delays in reaching agreement on acceptable terms with current and prospective CROs and clinical trial sites, the terms of which can be subject to extensive negotiation and may vary significantly among different CROs and clinical trial sites; CRO personnel changes which could lead to operational delays or complications; delays in identifying, recruiting and training suitable clinical investigators and their study teams; delays in obtaining required EC/IRB approval at each clinical trial site; delays in manufacturing, testing, releasing, validating or importing/exporting sufficient stable quantities of our product candidates or other supplies for use in clinical trials or the inability to do any of the foregoing; failure by our CROs, other third parties or us to adhere to clinical trial protocols; failure to perform in accordance with the FDA’s or any other regulatory authority’s good clinical practice ("GCP") requirements or applicable regulatory guidelines in other countries; changes to the clinical trial protocols; clinical sites deviating from trial protocol or dropping out of a trial; changes in regulatory requirements and guidance that require amending or submitting new clinical protocols; selection of clinical endpoints that require prolonged periods of observation or analyses of resulting data; transfer of manufacturing processes to facilities operated by a CMO and delays or failure by our CMOs or us to make any necessary changes to such manufacturing process; and third parties being unwilling or unable to satisfy their contractual obligations to us.
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We cannot be sure that the FDA, or comparable foreign regulatory authority, as applicable, will agree with our clinical development plans. We plan to use the data from our ongoing Phase 1 trials of our SPY001, SPY002, SPY072 and SPY003 programs in healthy volunteers to support Phase 2 trials for IBD, RD and/or other I&I indications. If the FDA and/or comparable foreign regulatory authority requires us to materially modify our proposed trial designs, conduct additional trials or enroll additional participants, our development timelines may be delayed. We cannot be sure that submission of an IND, clinical trial application or similar application will result in the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities, as applicable, allowing clinical trials to begin in a timely manner, if at all. Moreover, even if these trials begin, issues may arise that could cause regulatory authorities to suspend or terminate them. Events that may prevent successful or timely initiation or completion of clinical trials include: inability to generate sufficient nonclinical, toxicology or other in vivo or in vitro data; delays in reaching a consensus with regulatory authorities on trial design or implementation of the clinical trials; delays or failure in obtaining regulatory authorization to commence a trial; delays in reaching agreement on acceptable terms with current and prospective CROs and clinical trial sites, the terms of which can be subject to extensive negotiation and may vary significantly among different CROs and clinical trial sites; CRO personnel changes which could lead to operational delays or complications; delays in identifying, recruiting and training suitable clinical investigators and their study teams; delays in obtaining required EC/IRB approval at each clinical trial site; delays in manufacturing, testing, releasing, validating or importing/exporting sufficient stable quantities of our product candidates or other supplies for use in clinical trials or the inability to do any of the foregoing; failure by our CROs, other third parties or us to adhere to clinical trial protocols; failure to perform in accordance with the FDA’s or any other regulatory authority’s good clinical practice ("GCP") requirements or applicable regulatory guidelines in other countries; changes to the clinical trial protocols; clinical sites deviating from trial protocol or dropping out of a trial; changes in regulatory requirements and guidance that require amending or submitting new clinical protocols; selection of clinical endpoints that require prolonged periods of observation or analyses of resulting data; transfer of manufacturing processes to facilities operated by a CMO and delays or failure by our CMOs or us to make any necessary changes to such manufacturing process; and third parties being unwilling or unable to satisfy their contractual obligations to us.
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We may experience difficulties in participant enrollment in our current and future clinical trials for a variety of reasons. The timely completion of clinical trials in accordance with their protocols depends, among other things, on our ability to enroll a sufficient number of participants who remain in the trial until its conclusion. The enrollment of participants will depend on many factors, including if participants choose to enroll in clinical trials, rather than using approved products, or if our competitors have ongoing clinical trials for programs that are under development for the same indications as our programs, and participants instead enroll in such clinical trials. Additionally, the number of participants required for clinical trials of our programs may be larger than we anticipate. Even if we are able to enroll a sufficient number of participants for our current or future clinical trials, we may have difficulty maintaining participants in our clinical trials. Our inability to enroll or maintain a sufficient number of participants would result in significant delays in completing clinical trials or receipt of marketing approvals, increased development costs or our cessation of one or more clinical trials altogether.
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In addition, our clinical trials will compete with other clinical trials with product candidates that are in the same therapeutic areas as our product candidates, and this competition will reduce the number and types of participants available to us, because some participants who might have opted to enroll in our trials may instead opt to enroll in a trial being conducted by one of our competitors. Since the number of qualified clinical investigators is limited, we expect to conduct some of our clinical trials at the same clinical trial sites that some of our competitors use, which will reduce the number of participants who are available for our clinical trials at such clinical trial sites. Additionally, the number of participants required for clinical trials of our programs may be larger than we anticipate. Even if we are able to enroll a sufficient number of participants for our current or future clinical trials, we may have difficulty maintaining participants in our clinical trials. Our inability to enroll or maintain a sufficient number of participants would result in significant delays in completing clinical trials or receipt of marketing approvals, increased development costs or our cessation of one or more clinical trials altogether.
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Our current and future clinical trials or those of our future collaborators may reveal significant adverse events or undesirable side effects not seen in our nonclinical studies and may result in a safety profile that could halt clinical development, inhibit regulatory approval or limit commercial potential or market acceptance of any of our product candidates.
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Our current and future clinical trials or those of our future collaborators may reveal significant adverse events or undesirable side effects not seen in our clinical and nonclinical studies and may result in a safety profile that could halt clinical development, inhibit regulatory approval or limit commercial potential or market acceptance of any of our product candidates.
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Our product candidates have mechanisms of action in which other approved drugs have been associated with certain adverse reactions in patients. For example, nasopharyngitis, headache, arthralgia, nausea, pyrexia, upper respiratory tract infection, fatigue, cough, bronchitis, influenza, back pain, rash, pruritus, sinusitis, oropharyngeal pain, and pain in extremities are the most common adverse reactions noted with Entyvio, which is in the same drug class as SPY001 and is approved for the treatment of moderately to severely active UC in adults and of moderately to severely active CD in adults. In addition, mAbs targeting TL1A such as our product candidates SPY002 and SPY072 in clinical trials are associated with patient adverse reactions that most commonly include headache, nausea, nasopharyngitis, urinary tract infection, SARS-CoV-2 infection, fever, fatigue, arthralgia, and back pain. Finally, for Skyrizi, which is in the same drug class as SPY003 and is approved for the treatment of moderately to severely active UC in adults and of moderately to severely active CD in adults, the most common adverse reactions are upper respiratory infections, headache, arthralgia, injection site reactions, abdominal pain, anemia, pyrexia, back pain, arthropathy, and urinary tract infection in patients with CD and arthralgia, pyrexia, injection site reactions, and rash in patients with UC. Participants in our clinical trials for SPY001, SPY002, SPY072 and SPY003, or combinations thereof, may experience similar or additional adverse reactions such as infections (such as tuberculosis), infusion-related reactions, hypersensitivity reactions, and hepatotoxicity, as has been observed with other biologics, including those with similar mechanisms of action.
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Our product candidates have mechanisms of action in common with other approved drugs that have been associated with certain adverse reactions in patients. For example, nasopharyngitis, headache, arthralgia, nausea, pyrexia, upper respiratory tract infection, fatigue, cough, bronchitis, influenza, back pain, rash, pruritus, sinusitis, oropharyngeal pain, and pain in extremities are the most common adverse reactions noted with ENTYVIO®, which is in the same drug class as SPY001 and is approved for the treatment of moderately to severely active UC in adults and of moderately to severely active CD in adults. In addition, mAbs targeting TL1A such as our product candidates SPY002 and SPY072 in clinical trials are associated with patient adverse reactions that most commonly include headache, nausea, nasopharyngitis, urinary tract infection, SARS-CoV-2 infection, fever, fatigue, arthralgia, and back pain. Finally, for SKYRIZI®, which is in the same drug class as SPY003 and is approved for the treatment of moderately to severely active UC in adults and of moderately to severely active CD in adults, the most common adverse reactions are upper respiratory infections, headache, arthralgia, injection site reactions, abdominal pain, anemia, pyrexia, back pain, arthropathy, and urinary tract infection in patients with CD and arthralgia, pyrexia, injection site reactions, and rash in patients with UC. Participants in our clinical trials for SPY001, SPY002, SPY072 and SPY003, or combinations thereof, may experience similar or additional adverse reactions such as infections (including rare infections such as tuberculosis or JC virus reactivation, which could lead to multifocal leukoencephalopathy), infusion-related reactions, other hypersensitivity reactions (including injection site reactions and delayed hypersensitivity reactions), and hepatotoxicity, as has been observed with other biologics, including those with similar mechanisms of action.
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The process of obtaining regulatory approvals, both in the United States and abroad, is unpredictable, expensive and typically takes many years following commencement of clinical trials, if approval is obtained at all, and can vary substantially based upon a variety of factors, including the type, complexity and novelty of the product candidates involved. We cannot commercialize product candidates in the United States without first obtaining regulatory approval from the FDA. Similarly, we cannot commercialize product candidates outside of the United States without obtaining regulatory approval from comparable foreign regulatory authorities. Before obtaining regulatory approvals for the commercial sale of our product candidates, including SPY001, SPY002, SPY072 and SPY003, alone or in combination, we must demonstrate through lengthy, complex and expensive nonclinical studies and clinical trials that our product candidates are both safe and effective for each targeted indication. Securing regulatory approval also requires the submission of information about the drug manufacturing process to, and inspection of manufacturing facilities by, the relevant regulatory authority. Further, our product candidates may not be effective, may be only moderately effective or may prove to have undesirable or unintended side effects, toxicities or other characteristics that may preclude our obtaining marketing approval. The FDA and comparable foreign regulatory authorities have substantial discretion in the approval process and may refuse to accept any application or may decide that our data are insufficient for approval and require additional nonclinical, clinical or other data. Our product candidates could be delayed in receiving, or fail to receive, regulatory approval for many reasons, including: the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities may disagree with the design or implementation of our clinical trials; we may be unable to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities that a product candidate is safe and effective for its proposed indication; the results of clinical trials may not meet the level of statistical significance required by the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities for approval; serious and unexpected drug-related side effects may be experienced by participants in our clinical trials or by individuals using drugs similar to our product candidates; we may be unable to demonstrate that a product candidate’s clinical and other benefits outweigh its safety risks; the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities may disagree with our interpretation of data from nonclinical studies or clinical trials; the data collected from clinical trials of our product candidates may not be acceptable or sufficient to support the submission of a Biologics License Applciation ("BLA") or other submission or to obtain regulatory approval in the United States or elsewhere, and we may be required to cond…
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The process of obtaining regulatory approvals, both in the United States and abroad, is unpredictable, expensive and typically takes many years following commencement of clinical trials, if approval is obtained at all, and can vary substantially based upon a variety of factors, including the type, complexity and novelty of the product candidates involved. We cannot commercialize product candidates in the United States without first obtaining regulatory approval from the FDA. Similarly, we cannot commercialize product candidates outside of the United States without obtaining regulatory approval from comparable foreign regulatory authorities. Before obtaining regulatory approvals for the commercial sale of our product candidates, including SPY001, SPY002, SPY072 and SPY003, alone or in combination, we must demonstrate through lengthy, complex and expensive nonclinical studies and clinical trials that our product candidates are both safe and effective for each targeted indication. Securing regulatory approval also requires the submission of information about the drug manufacturing process to, and inspection of manufacturing facilities by, the relevant regulatory authority. Further, our product candidates may not be effective, may be only moderately effective or may prove to have undesirable or unintended side effects, toxicities or other characteristics that may preclude our obtaining marketing approval. The FDA and comparable foreign regulatory authorities have substantial discretion in the approval process and may refuse to accept any application or may decide that our data are insufficient for approval and require additional nonclinical, clinical or other data. Our product candidates could be delayed in receiving, or fail to receive, regulatory approval for many reasons, including: the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities may disagree with the design or implementation of our clinical trials; we may be unable to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities that a product candidate is safe and effective for its proposed indication; the results of clinical trials may not meet the level of statistical significance required by the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities for approval; serious and unexpected drug-related side effects may be experienced by participants in our clinical trials or by individuals using drugs similar to our product candidates; we may be unable to demonstrate that a product candidate’s clinical and other benefits outweigh its safety risks; the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities may disagree with our interpretation of data from nonclinical studies or clinical trials; the data collected from clinical trials of our product candidates may not be acceptable or sufficient to support the submission of a Biologics License Application ("BLA") or other submission or to obtain regulatory approval in the United States or elsewhere, and we may be required to cond…
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Even if we receive regulatory approval of our product candidates, we will be subject to extensive ongoing regulatory obligations and continued regulatory review, which may result in significant additional expense and we may be subject to penalties if we fail to comply with regulatory requirements or experience unanticipated problems with our product candidates.
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Even if we receive regulatory approval of our product candidates, we will be subject to extensive ongoing post marketing regulatory obligations and continued regulatory review, which may result in significant additional expense and we may be subject to penalties if we fail to comply with post marketing regulatory requirements or experience unanticipated problems with our product candidates.
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Disruptions at the FDA and other government agencies could negatively affect the review of our regulatory submissions, which could negatively impact our business.
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Disruptions at the FDA and other government agencies, including as a result of the government shutdown, could negatively affect the review of our regulatory submissions, which could negatively impact our business.
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The ability of the FDA to review and approve regulatory submissions can be affected by a variety of factors, including statutory, regulatory and policy changes, inadequate government budget funding levels or a reduction in the FDA’s workforce and its ability to hire and retain key personnel, disruptions caused by government shutdowns and public health crises. There have been mass layoffs of federal employees since the start of the current presidential administration in January 2025, the full impact of which is unclear at this time. Such disruptions could significantly impact the ability of the FDA or other regulatory authorities to timely review and process our regulatory submissions, which could have a material adverse effect on our business. In addition, the presidential administration has made and is expected to continue to make changes in the leadership of various U.S. federal regulatory agencies and changes to U.S. federal government policy that have led to, in some cases, legal challenges and uncertainty around the funding, functioning and policy priorities of the U.S. federal regulatory agencies, including the FDA.
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The ability of the FDA to review and approve regulatory submissions can be affected by a variety of factors, including the government shutdown as well as statutory, regulatory and policy changes, inadequate government budget funding levels or a reduction in the FDA’s workforce and its ability to hire and retain key personnel, disruptions caused by government shutdowns and public health crises. There have been mass layoffs of federal employees since the start of the current presidential administration in January 2025, the full impact of which is unclear at this time. Such disruptions could significantly impact the ability of the FDA or other regulatory authorities to timely review and process our regulatory submissions, which could have a material adverse effect on our business. In addition, the presidential administration has made and is expected to continue to make changes in the leadership of various U.S. federal regulatory agencies and changes to U.S. federal government policy that have led to, in some cases, legal challenges and uncertainty around the funding, functioning and policy priorities of the U.S. federal regulatory agencies, including the FDA.
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We have utilized and plan to continue to utilize and depend upon independent investigators and collaborators, such as medical institutions, CROs, contract testing labs and strategic partners, to conduct and support our nonclinical studies and clinical trials under agreements with us. We will rely heavily on these third parties over the course of our nonclinical studies and clinical trials, and we control only certain aspects of their activities. As a result, we will have less direct control over the conduct, timing and completion of these nonclinical studies and clinical trials and the management of data developed through nonclinical studies and clinical trials than would be the case if we were relying entirely upon our own staff. Nevertheless, we are responsible for ensuring that each of our studies and trials is conducted in accordance with the applicable protocol, legal, regulatory and scientific standards, and our reliance on these third parties does not relieve us of our regulatory responsibilities. We and our third-party contractors and CROs are required to comply withgood laboratory practice ("GLP"), GCP and GVP regulations, which are regulations and guidelines enforced by the FDA and comparable foreign regulatory authorities for all of our programs in clinical development. If we or any of these third parties fail to comply with applicable GLP, GCP and GVP regulations, the nonclinical and clinical data generated in our nonclinical studies and clinical trials may be deemed unreliable and the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities may require us to perform additional nonclinical and clinical trials before approving our marketing applications. We cannot assure you that upon inspection by a given regulatory authority, such regulatory authority will determine that any of our nonclinical studies and clinical trials comply with GLP, GCP and GVP regulations. In addition, our clinical trials must be conducted with products produced under cGMP regulations. Our failure to comply with these regulations may require us to repeat nonclinical studies and clinical trials, which would delay the regulatory approval process. Moreover, our business may be implicated if any of these third parties violates federal or state fraud and abuse or false claims laws and regulations or healthcare privacy and security laws.
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We have utilized and plan to continue to utilize and depend upon independent investigators and collaborators, such as medical institutions, CROs, contract testing labs and strategic partners, to conduct and support our nonclinical studies and clinical trials under agreements with us. We will rely heavily on these third parties over the course of our nonclinical studies and clinical trials, and we control only certain aspects of their activities. As a result, we will have less direct control over the conduct, timing and completion of these nonclinical studies and clinical trials and the management of data developed through nonclinical studies and clinical trials than would be the case if we were relying entirely upon our own staff. Nevertheless, we are responsible for ensuring that each of our studies and trials is conducted in accordance with the applicable protocol, legal, regulatory and scientific standards, and our reliance on these third parties does not relieve us of our regulatory responsibilities. We and our third-party contractors and CROs are required to comply with good laboratory practice ("GLP"), GCP and GVP regulations, which are regulations and guidelines enforced by the FDA and comparable foreign regulatory authorities for all of our programs in clinical development. If we or any of these third parties fail to comply with applicable GLP, GCP and GVP regulations, the nonclinical and clinical data generated in our nonclinical studies and clinical trials may be deemed unreliable and the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities may require us to perform additional nonclinical and clinical trials before approving our marketing applications. We cannot assure you that upon inspection by a given regulatory authority, such regulatory authority will determine that any of our nonclinical studies and clinical trials comply with GLP, GCP and GVP regulations. In addition, our clinical trials must be conducted with products produced under cGMP regulations. Our failure to comply with these regulations may require us to repeat nonclinical studies and clinical trials, which would delay the regulatory approval process. Moreover, our business may be implicated if any of these third parties violates federal or state fraud and abuse or false claims laws and regulations or healthcare privacy and security laws.
Previous wording
We are a clinical stage biotechnology company with a limited operating history, and, as of June 30, 2025, we had 87 employees. We have been and will continue to be highly dependent on the research and development, clinical and business development expertise of our executive officers, as well as the other principal members of our management, scientific and clinical team. Any such officers and other principal members may terminate their employment with us at any time. We do not maintain “key person” insurance for any of our executives or other employees.
Current wording
We are a clinical stage biotechnology company with a limited operating history, and, as of September 30, 2025, we had 95 employees. We have been and will continue to be highly dependent on the research and development, clinical and business development expertise of our executive officers, as well as the other principal members of our management, scientific and clinical team. Any such officers and other principal members may terminate their employment with us at any time. We do not maintain “key person” insurance for any of our executives or other employees.
Previous wording
We may in the future experience disruptions as a result of such macroeconomic conditions, including delays or difficulties in initiating or expanding clinical trials and manufacturing sufficient quantities of materials. Any one or a combination of these events could have a material and adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. For example, our business may be generally exposed to the impact of political or civil unrest or military action. While we do not have any employees or offices in Ukraine, Russia or countries in the Middle East, including Israel, we do have third-party partners with locations in Europe and the Middle East, which may be affected by the ongoing conflicts affecting such countries. In addition, we are pursuing sites for our Phase 2 platform trial in Israel and Ukraine. These sites may be materially impacted by the increasing military conflicts in Europe and the Middle East, could result in difficulties enrolling and retaining participants in such areas on schedule and cause delay in our clinical trials. Any of the foregoing could harm our business and we cannot anticipate all of the ways in which the current economic or political climate and financial market conditions could adversely impact our business.
Current wording
We may in the future experience disruptions as a result of such macroeconomic conditions, including delays or difficulties in initiating or expanding clinical trials and manufacturing or shipping sufficient quantities of materials. Any one or a combination of these events could have a material and adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. For example, our business may be generally exposed to the impact of political or civil unrest or military action. While we do not have any employees or offices in Ukraine, Russia or countries in the Middle East, including Israel, we do have third-party partners with locations in Europe and the Middle East, which may be affected by the ongoing conflicts affecting such countries. In addition, we are pursuing sites for our Phase 2 platform trial in Israel and Ukraine. These sites may be materially impacted by the increasing military conflicts in Europe and the Middle East, could result in difficulties enrolling and retaining participants and/or delivering drug samples in such areas on schedule and cause delay in our clinical trials and/or increase trial costs. Any of the foregoing could harm our business and we cannot anticipate all of the ways in which the current economic or political climate and financial market conditions could adversely impact our business.
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Current report — wording carried from elsewhere
We may experience difficulties in participant enrollment in our current and future clinical trials for a variety of reasons. The timely completion of clinical trials in accordance with their protocols depends, among other things, on our ability to enroll a sufficient number of participants who remain in the trial until its conclusion. The enrollment of participants will depend on many factors, including: