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Spyre Therapeutics, Inc.

For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Feb 19, 2026.

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FY2025 · Filed Feb 19, 2026

SYRE$103.86+7.5%Stored close · as of Nov 6, 2026

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Previous report: 10-K

Period ended 2024-12-31; filed 2025-02-27.

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Item 1A. Risk Factors

Current report: 10-K

Period ended 2025-12-31; filed 2026-02-19.

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Item 1A. Risk Factors

The 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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•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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•We have limited foreign intellectual property rights and may not be able to protect our intellectual property and proprietary rights throughout the world.

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•The intellectual property landscape around engineered antibodies is highly dynamic, and third parties may initiate legal proceedings alleging that we are infringing, misappropriating, or otherwise violating their intellectual property rights, the outcome of which would be uncertain and may prevent, delay or otherwise interfere with our product discovery and development efforts.

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•Our expanding use of AI exposes us to operational, regulatory, legal, and ethical risks that could adversely affect our business, reputation, financial condition, and results of operations.

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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 in the same 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 prevalence and 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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•the proximity of participants to trial sites;

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•the design of the trial;

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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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Additionally, our ability to successfully initiate, enroll, and complete a clinical trial in any foreign country is subject to numerous risks unique to conducting business in foreign countries, including, without limitation: difficulty in establishing or managing relationships with CROs and physicians; different standards for the conduct of clinical trials; different standard-of-care for patients with a particular disease; difficulty in locating qualified local consultants, physicians and partners; and potential burden of complying with a variety of foreign laws, medical standards and regulatory requirements, including the regulation of pharmaceutical and biotechnology products and treatment.

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Manufacturing biologics is highly susceptible to losses due to contamination, equipment failure, improper installation or operation of equipment, vendor or operator error, inconsistency in yields, variability in product characteristics and difficulties in scaling the production process. The impact to drug supply may be compounded by the long lead times needed to manufacture additional drug product due to plant capacity limitations or other potential restrictions at our CMOs. In some cases, even minor deviations from normal manufacturing processes may result in reduced production yields, lot failures, product defects, product liability claims, or other supply disruptions. If issues arise at our third-party manufacturers’ facilities, such facilities may need to be closed for an extended period of time to investigate and remedy the issues, which could delay clinical trials and adversely affect our business. Problems in third-party manufacturing process or facilities could restrict our ability to ensure sufficient clinical material for our clinical trials or delay or prevent us from obtaining marketing approval.

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Scaling up a biologic manufacturing process can be a difficult task and is associated with additional risks, including cost overruns, process scale-up, process reproducibility, stability issues, compliance with current good manufacturing practices (“cGMPs”), lot consistency and timely availability of sufficient quantity of raw materials. Even if we obtain regulatory approval for any of our product candidates, manufacturers may not be able to manufacture the approved product to specifications acceptable to the FDA or other comparable foreign regulatory authorities, to produce it in sufficient quantities to meet the requirements for the potential launch of the product or to meet potential future demand. If our third-party manufacturers are unable, or decide not, to adequately validate or scale-up the manufacturing process at our current manufacturers’ facilities, we will need to transfer to another manufacturer and complete the manufacturing validation process, which can be lengthy. If our manufacturers are unable to produce sufficient quantities of drug substance and/or drug product for clinical trials or for commercialization we will need to identify and negotiate with other CMOs an agreement for clinical and/or commercial supply and it is not certain we will be able to come to agreement timely or on terms acceptable to us, which would likely jeopardize our ability to provide any product candidates to trial subjects in clinical trials and products to patients, if approved.

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We may be negatively impacted by changes in law or other policy, including healthcare reform initiatives.

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•federal false claims, false statements, and civil monetary penalties laws prohibiting, among other things, any person from knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, a false claim for payment of government funds or knowingly making, or causing to be made, a false statement to get a false claim paid;

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•the federal anti-kickback law, which prohibits, among other things, persons from offering, soliciting, receiving, or providing remuneration, directly or indirectly, to induce either the referral of an individual for, or the purchasing or ordering of, a good or service for which payment may be made under federal healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid;

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•the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”), which, in addition to privacy protections applicable to healthcare providers and other entities, prohibits executing a scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program or making false statements relating to healthcare matters;

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•the FDCA, which among other things, strictly regulates drug marketing, prohibits manufacturers from marketing products prior to approval or for off-label use and regulates the distribution of samples;

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•federal laws that require pharmaceutical manufacturers to calculate, report and certify certain complex product prices and other data to the government or provide certain discounts or rebates to government authorities or private entities, often as a condition of reimbursement under government healthcare programs, which data may be used in the calculation of reimbursement and/or discounts on approved products;

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•the federal Open Payments (or federal “sunshine” law), which requires pharmaceutical and medical device companies to monitor and report certain financial interactions with certain healthcare providers to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for re-disclosure to the public, as well as ownership and investment interests held by physicians and their immediate family members;

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•federal consumer protection and unfair competition laws, which broadly regulate marketplace activities and activities that potentially harm consumers;

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•analogous state laws and regulations, including state anti-kickback and false claims laws, consumer protection and unfair competition laws and laws governing privacy, security and breaches of health information in certain circumstances, many of which differ from each other in significant ways and often are not preempted by HIPAA, thus complicating compliance efforts; and

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•state laws that require pharmaceutical companies to comply with specific compliance standards, restrict financial interactions between pharmaceutical companies and healthcare providers, report drug product pricing information, financial interactions with health care providers, or marketing expenditures and/or require the registration of pharmaceutical sales representatives.

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The distribution of biopharmaceutical products is subject to additional requirements and regulations, including extensive record-keeping, licensing, storage and security requirements intended to prevent the unauthorized sale of pharmaceutical products.

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Ensuring compliance is time-consuming and costly. If and when one of our product candidates is approved, our compliance efforts will need to expand and evolve to address newly applicable laws. Given the breadth of the laws and regulations, limited guidance for certain laws and regulations and evolving government interpretations of the laws and regulations, governmental authorities may possibly conclude that our business practices are non-compliant. Any action against us for violation of these laws, even if we successfully defend against it, could cause us to incur significant legal expenses and divert our management’s attention from the operation of our business. If our operations are found to be in violation of any of the laws described above or any other government regulations that apply to us, we may be subject to penalties, including civil and criminal penalties, damages, fines, exclusion from participation in government healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, imprisonment, and the curtailment or restructuring of our operations, any of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.

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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 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 significant changes in the leadership of the FDA and other 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 are unable to predict the extent to which the presidential administration may impose or seek to impose leadership or policy changes at the FDA or changes to rules and policies impacting our business and operations. It is unclear how these executive actions or other potential actions by the federal government will impact the FDA or other regulatory authorities that oversee our business. Government proposals to reduce or eliminate budgetary deficits may include reduced allocations to the FDA and other related government agencies. These budgetary pressures may reduce the FDA’s ability to perform its responsibilities, which could result in delays in our clinical trial timelines. If a significant reduction in the FDA’s workforce occurs, the FDA’s budget is significantly reduced or a prolonged government shutdown occurs, it could significantly impact the ability of the FDA to timely review and process our regulatory submissions or take other actions critical to the development or manufacturing of our product candidates, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

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Additionally, the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2024 decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo overturned the longstanding Chevron doctrine, under which courts were required to give deference to regulatory agencies’ reasonable interpretations of ambiguous federal statutes. The Loper decision could result in additional legal challenges to regulations and guidance issued by federal agencies, including FDA and the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, on which we rely. Any such legal challenges, if successful, could have a material impact on our business. Additionally, the Loper decision may result in increased regulatory uncertainty, inconsistent judicial interpretations, and other impacts to the agency rulemaking process, any of which could adversely impact our business and operations. We cannot predict the likelihood, nature or extent of government regulation that may arise from future legislation or administrative action or as a result of legal challenges, either in the United States or abroad. If we are slow or unable to adapt to changes in existing requirements or the adoption of new requirements or policies, or if we are not able to maintain regulatory compliance, our business could be materially harmed.

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Our technology licensed from various third parties may be subject to retained rights or may be affected by our failure to comply with obligations under license agreements or other disruptions to business relationships with licensors resulting in loss of license rights that are important to our business.

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•the sublicensing of patent and other rights to third parties under our collaborative development relationships;

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•our diligence obligations under the license agreement with respect to the use of the licensed technology in relation to our development and commercialization of our product candidates and what activities satisfy those diligence obligations;

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In addition, the agreements under which we currently license intellectual property or technology from third parties are complex, and certain provisions in such agreements may be susceptible to multiple interpretations. The resolution of any contract interpretation disagreement that may arise could narrow what we believe to be the scope of our rights to the relevant intellectual property or technology or broaden what we believe to be the scope of the licensor’s rights to our intellectual property and technology, or increase what we believe to be our financial or other obligations under the relevant agreement, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects. Moreover, if disputes over intellectual property that we have licensed prevent or impair our ability to maintain our current licensing arrangements on commercially acceptable terms, we may be unable to successfully develop and commercialize the affected product candidates. It is also possible that a third party could be granted limited licenses to some of the same technology, in certain circumstances. Any such events could result in the loss of our ability to develop and commercialize one or more product candidates or we could lose other significant rights, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial conditions, results of operations, and prospects.

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We have limited foreign intellectual property rights and may not be able to protect our intellectual property and proprietary rights throughout the world.

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Ensuring that our internal operations and future business arrangements with third parties comply with applicable healthcare laws and regulations will involve substantial costs. If our operations are found to be in violation of any of these laws or any other governmental laws and regulations that may apply to us, we may be subject to significant penalties, including civil, criminal and administrative penalties, damages, fines, exclusion from government-funded healthcare programs, integrity oversight and reporting obligations to resolve allegations of non-compliance, disgorgement, individual imprisonment, contractual damages, reputational harm, diminished profits and the curtailment or restructuring of our operations. Further, defending against any such actions can be costly and time-consuming and may require significant personnel resources. Therefore, even if we are successful in defending against any such actions that may be brought against us, our business may be impaired.

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In the ordinary course of our business, we and the third parties upon which we rely collect, receive, store, process, generate, use, transfer, disclose, make accessible, protect, secure, dispose of, transmit, and share (collectively, process) proprietary, confidential, and sensitive data, including personal data, intellectual property, trade secrets, and other sensitive data (collectively, sensitive information).

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We, and third parties who we work with, are or may become subject to numerous domestic and foreign laws, regulations, and standards relating to privacy, data protection, and data security, the scope of which is changing, subject to differing applications and interpretations, and may be inconsistent among countries, or conflict with other rules. We are or may become subject to the terms of contractual obligations related to privacy, data protection and data security. Our obligations may also change or expand as our business grows. The actual or perceived failure by us or third parties related to us to comply with such laws, regulations and obligations could increase our compliance and operational costs, expose us to regulatory scrutiny, actions, fines and penalties, result in reputational harm, lead to a loss of customers, result in litigation and liability, and otherwise cause a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. See the section titled “Business – Government Regulation – Data Privacy and Security” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a more detailed description of the laws that may affect our ability to operate.

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We are not required to reflect the change in our smaller reporting company status and comply with the increased disclosure obligations until our quarterly report for the quarter ending March 31, 2025, the first quarter in our fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

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We will reassess, as of June 30, 2025, whether we continue to qualify as a large accelerated filer for filings beyond the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

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We have identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. If our remediation of the material weaknesses is not effective, or if we experience additional material weaknesses or otherwise fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls in the future, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results in a timely manner, and we or our independent registered public accounting firm may conclude that our internal control over financial reporting is not effective, which may adversely affect investor confidence in us and materially and adversely affect our business and operating results.

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Effective internal controls over financial reporting are necessary for us to provide reliable financial information and, together with adequate disclosure controls and procedures, are designed to prevent fraud. Any failure to implement required new or improved controls, or difficulties encountered in their implementation, could cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations. In addition, any testing by us conducted in connection with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, or any subsequent testing by our independent registered public accounting firm, may reveal deficiencies in our internal controls over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses or that may require prospective or retroactive changes to our consolidated financial statements or identify other areas for further attention or improvement. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

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As described elsewhere in this Annual Report, we have identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting related to the Company’s accounting and reporting of complex financial instruments, resulting in a determination that the Company’s issued preferred stock is common-like in nature and therefore we should apply the two-class method of calculating net loss per share and include our issued Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock in such calculation for our issued audited consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2023 and for the year then ended, and our unaudited consolidated financial statements for the quarterly and year-to-date (as applicable) periods ended June 30, 2023, September 30, 2023, March 31, 2024, June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2024 (collectively, the “Affected Periods”).

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The material weakness resulted in the restatement of our financial statements for the Affected Periods. As a result of this material weakness, our management has concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2023 and 2024. See Part II, Item 9A. Controls and Procedures included in this Annual Report. While we are taking a number of measures to remediate the material weakness (as described above), if we identify additional material weaknesses, we may be unable to provide required financial information in a timely and reliable manner and we may incorrectly report financial information. Likewise, if our financial statements are not filed on a timely basis, we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the stock exchange on which our shares of common stock are listed, the SEC or other regulatory authorities. The existence of material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting could adversely affect our reputation or investor perceptions of us, which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our stock. We can give no assurance that any additional material weaknesses or restatements of financial results will not arise in the future due to a failure to implement and maintain adequate internal control over financial reporting or circumvention of these controls. Even if we are successful in strengthening our controls and procedures, in the future those controls and procedures may not be adequate to prevent or identify irregularities or errors or to facilitate the fair presentation of our financial statements.

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If we identify any new material weaknesses in the future, any such newly identified material weakness could limit our ability to prevent or detect a misstatement of our accounts or disclosures that could result in a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements. In such case, we may be unable to maintain compliance with securities law requirements regarding timely filing of periodic reports in addition to applicable stock exchange listing requirements, investors may lose confidence in our financial reporting and our stock price may decline as a result. We cannot assure you that any measures we may take in the future, will be sufficient to avoid potential future material weaknesses.
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•Our programs are in clinical and nonclinical stages of development and may fail or suffer delays or may be more costly than anticipated for various reasons, including but not limited to delays or failures in achieving alignment with regulatory authorities on trial designs and interpretation of data and its sufficiency to support safety and efficacy of our product candidates, patient recruitment or other clinical trial challenges, or unanticipated drug supply disruptions.

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•Our programs are in clinical and preclinical stages of development and may fail or suffer delays or may be more costly than anticipated for various reasons, including but not limited to delays or failures in achieving alignment with regulatory authorities on interpretation of data and its sufficiency to support safety and efficacy of our product candidates, participant recruitment or other clinical trial or supply challenges.

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•We are substantially dependent on the success of the SPY001, SPY002 and SPY003 programs, alone or in combination, and may fail to achieve our projected development goals in the time frames we expect.

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•We are substantially dependent on the success of the SPY001, SPY002, SPY072 and SPY003 programs, alone or in combination, and may fail to achieve our development goals in the time frames we expect.

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•We may not be successful in discovering, developing and commercializing our intraportfolio investigational drug combinations to achieve superior outcomes relative to the use of other therapies.

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•We may not be successful in discovering, developing and commercializing our intra-portfolio investigational drug combinations to achieve superior outcomes relative to the use of other therapies.

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•The FDA may not accept data from clinical trials we conduct at sites outside the United States.

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•Regulatory authorities may not accept data from clinical trials we conduct at sites outside the United States or other jurisdiction.

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We may face difficulties from healthcare legislative reform measures and other changes in law.

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•We may be negatively impacted by healthcare legislative reform measures and other changes in law.

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•Our potential revenue may be adversely affected due to unfavorable regulations and/or policies.

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•Our potential revenue may be adversely affected due to unfavorable regulations, laws and/or policies.

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•Our technology licensed from various third parties may be subject to retained rights.

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•Our technology licensed from various third parties may be subject to retained rights or may be affected by failure to comply with obligations in license agreements or other disruptions to business relationships with licensors resulting in loss of license rights that are important to our business.

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•We may be impacted by security or data breaches or other improper access to our data.

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•We may be impacted by information security incidents, cybersecurity or data breaches or other improper access to our data that could have a negative impact on our business or reputation.

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•We may fail to maintain proper and effective internal controls. We have identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting over financial reporting which could, if not remediated, adversely affect our ability to report our financial condition and results of operations in a timely and accurate manner, decrease investor confidence in us, and reduce the value of our common stock.

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•Our failure to maintain proper and effective internal controls may adversely affect our ability to report our financial condition and results of operations in a timely and accurate manner, decrease investor confidence in us, and reduce the value of our common stock. For example, in the fourth quarter of 2024, we identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting which resulted in restatements of our previously-issued financial statements to amend certain net loss per share disclosures.

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•Our business could be adversely affected by macroeconomic conditions.

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•Our business could be adversely affected by macroeconomic conditions, including geopolitical unrest.

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As of December 31, 2024, we had $603.1 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 December 31, 2025, we had $756.5 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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Developing our product candidates requires a substantial amount of capital. We expect our research and development expenses to increase in connection with our ongoing activities, particularly as we advance our product candidates through clinical trials. We will need to raise additional capital to fund our operations and such funding may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all, and such funding may become even more difficult to obtain due to rising interest rates and downturns in the U.S. capital markets and the biotechnology sector in general. Competition for additional capital among biotechnology companies may be particularly intense during economic downturns. We may be unable to raise capital through public offerings of our common stock and may need to turn to alternative financing arrangements. Such arrangements, if we pursue them, could involve issuances of one or more types of securities, including common stock, preferred stock, convertible debt, warrants to acquire common stock or other securities. These securities could be issued at or below the then prevailing market price for our common stock. In addition, if we issue debt securities, the holders of the debt would have a claim to our assets that would be superior to the rights of stockholders until the principal, accrued and unpaid interest and any premium or make-whole has been paid. Interest on any newly-issued debt securities and/or newly-incurred borrowings would increase our operating costs and reduce our net income (or increase our net loss), and these impacts may be material. If the issuance of new securities results in diminished rights to holders of our common stock, the market price of our common stock could be materially and adversely affected.

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Developing our product candidates requires a substantial amount of capital. We expect our research and development expenses to increase in connection with our ongoing activities, particularly as we advance our product candidates through clinical trials. We will need to raise additional capital to fund our operations and such funding may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all, and such funding may become even more difficult to obtain due to macroeconomic conditions, including rising interest rates, tariffs and trade restrictions, global conflicts, and other conditions that could result in volatility in the U.S. capital markets and the biotechnology sector in general. Competition for additional capital among biotechnology companies may be particularly intense during economic uncertainty. We may be unable to raise capital through public offerings of our common stock and may need to turn to alternative financing arrangements. Such arrangements, if we pursue them, could involve sources of funding, such as issuances of secured debt and structured revenue-based financing, and/or issuances of one or more types of securities, including common stock, preferred stock, convertible debt, warrants to acquire common stock or other securities. These securities could be issued at or below the then prevailing market price for our common stock. In addition, if we issue secured debt or debt securities, the holders of the debt would have a claim to our assets that would be superior to the rights of stockholders until the principal, accrued and unpaid interest and any premium or make-whole has been paid. Interest on any newly-issued debt securities and/or newly-incurred borrowings would increase our operating costs and reduce our net income (or increase our net loss), and these impacts may be material. If the issuance of new securities results in diminished rights to holders of our common stock, the market price of our common stock could be materially and adversely affected.

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We do not currently have any products approved for sale and do not generate any revenue from product sales. Accordingly, we expect to rely primarily on equity and/or debt financings to fund our continued operations. Our ability to raise additional funds will depend, in part, on the success of our nonclinical studies and clinical trials and other product development activities, regulatory events, our ability to identify and enter into licensing or other strategic arrangements, and other events or conditions that may affect our value or prospects, as well as factors related to financial, economic and market conditions, many of which are beyond our control. There can be no assurances that sufficient funds will be available to us when required or on acceptable terms, if at all.

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We do not currently have any products approved for sale and do not generate any revenue from product sales. Accordingly, we expect to rely primarily on equity and/or debt financings to fund our continued operations. Our ability to raise additional funds will depend, in part, on the success of our nonclinical studies and clinical trials and other product development activities, regulatory events, our ability to identify and enter into licensing or other strategic arrangements, and other events or conditions that may affect our value or prospects, as well as factors related to political, financial, economic and market conditions, many of which are beyond our control. There can be no assurances that sufficient funds will be available to us when required or on acceptable terms, if at all.

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Even if one or more of the product candidates that we develop is approved for commercial sale, we anticipate incurring significant costs associated with commercializing any approved product candidate. Our expenses could increase beyond expectations if we are required by regulatory authorities to perform clinical and other studies in addition to those that we anticipate. Even if we are able to generate revenues from the sale of any approved products, we may not become profitable and may need to obtain additional funding to continue operations. Portions of the research programs with respect to which we have signed a license agreement, exercised the Option to acquire intellectual property license rights to or have the Option to acquire intellectual property license rights to pursuant to the Paragon Agreement may be in-licensed from third parties, which make the commercial sale of such in-licensed products potentially subject to additional royalty and milestone payments to such third parties. We will also have to develop or acquire manufacturing capabilities or continue to contract with contract manufacturers in order to continue development and potential commercialization of our product candidates. For instance, if the costs of manufacturing our drug product are not commercially feasible, we will need to develop or procure our drug product in a commercially feasible manner in order to successfully commercialize a future approved product, if any. Additionally, if we are not able to generate revenue from the sale of any approved products, we may never become profitable.

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Even if one or more of the product candidates that we develop is approved for commercial sale, we anticipate incurring significant costs associated with commercializing any approved product candidate. Our expenses could increase beyond expectations if we are required by regulatory authorities to perform clinical and other studies in addition to those that we are currently conducting or anticipate. Even if we are able to generate revenues from the sale of any approved products, we may not become profitable and may need to obtain additional funding to continue operations. Portions of our research programs may be in-licensed from third parties, which make the commercial sale of such in-licensed products potentially subject to additional royalty and milestone payments to such third parties. We will also have to develop or acquire manufacturing capabilities or continue to contract with contract manufacturers in order to continue development and potential commercialization of our product candidates. For instance, if the costs of manufacturing our biologic product are not commercially feasible, we will need to develop or procure our biologic product in a commercially feasible manner in order to successfully commercialize a future approved product, if any. Additionally, if we are not able to generate revenue from the sale of any approved products, we may never become profitable.

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We are a biopharmaceutical company with a limited operating history. Since inception, we have incurred significant operating losses. For the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, we reported a net loss of $208.0 million, $338.8 million and $83.8 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2024, we had an accumulated deficit of $972.4 million. We will need to raise substantial additional capital to continue to fund our operations in the future.

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We are a biopharmaceutical company with a limited operating history. Since inception, we have incurred significant operating losses. For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, we reported a net loss of $155.2 million, $208.0 million and $338.8 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2025, we had an accumulated deficit of $1.1 billion. We will need to raise substantial additional capital to continue to fund our operations in the future.

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•experience any delays or encounter issues with the development and potential for regulatory approval of our clinical and product candidates such as safety issues, manufacturing delays, clinical trial accrual delays, longer follow-up for planned studies or trials, additional major studies or trials, or supportive trials necessary to support marketing approval.

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•experience any delays or encounter issues with the development and potential for regulatory approval of our clinical and product candidates such as safety issues, manufacturing delays, clinical trial accrual delays, longer follow-up for ongoing or planned studies or trials, additional major studies or trials, or supportive trials necessary to support marketing approval.

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To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity, including pursuant to any sales under convertible debt or other securities convertible into equity, the ownership interest of our stockholders will be diluted, and the terms of these new securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect the rights of our stockholders. For instance, in December 2023, we sold an aggregate of 6,000,000 shares of our common stock and 150,000 shares of our Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to a private placement to certain investors for gross proceeds of approximately $180 million and in March 2024, we sold an aggregate of 121,625 shares of our Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to a private placement to certain investors for gross proceeds of approximately $180 million. Subject to certain beneficial ownership limitations set by each holder of Series B Preferred Stock, each share of Series B Preferred Stock is convertible into an aggregate of 40 shares of our common stock. Following stockholder approval of the Series B Conversion Proposal, 254,958 shares of Series B Preferred Stock automatically converted to 10,198,320 shares of common stock; 16,667 shares of Series B Preferred Stock did not automatically convert and remain outstanding as of December 31, 2024 due to beneficial ownership limitations.

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To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity, including pursuant to any sales under convertible debt or other securities convertible into equity, the ownership interest of our stockholders will be diluted, and the terms of these new securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect the rights of our stockholders. For instance, in December 2023, we sold an aggregate of 6,000,000 shares of our common stock and 150,000 shares of our Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to a private placement to certain investors for gross proceeds of approximately $180 million, in March 2024, we sold an aggregate of 121,625 shares of our Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to a private placement to certain investors for gross proceeds of approximately $180 million and in October 2025, we sold 17,094,594 shares of our common stock in an underwritten public offering for gross proceeds of approximately $316 million. Subject to certain beneficial ownership limitations set by each holder of Series B Preferred Stock, each share of Series B Preferred Stock is convertible into an aggregate of 40 shares of our common stock. Following stockholder approval of the Series B Conversion Proposal, 254,958 shares of Series B Preferred Stock automatically converted to 10,198,320 shares of common stock; 16,667 shares of Series B Preferred Stock did not automatically convert due to beneficial ownership limitations and remain outstanding as of December 31, 2025.

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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 competitors have developed, are developing or will develop programs and processes competitive with our programs and processes. Competitive therapeutic treatments include those that have already been approved and accepted by the medical community and any new treatments. Our success will depend partially on our ability to develop and commercialize products that have a competitive safety, efficacy, dosing and/or presentation profile. Our commercial opportunity and success will be reduced or eliminated if competing products are safer, more effective, have a more attractive dosing profile or presentation or are less expensive than the products we develop, or if our competitors develop competing products or if biosimilars enter the market more quickly than we do and are able to gain market acceptance. See the section titled “Business – Competition” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for more discussion about our competitors.

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Our competitors have developed, are developing or will develop programs and processes competitive with our programs and processes. Competitive therapeutic treatments include those that have already been approved and accepted by the medical community and any new treatments. Our success will depend partially on our ability to develop and commercialize products that have competitive safety, efficacy, dosing and/or presentation profiles. Our commercial opportunity and success will be reduced or eliminated if competing products are safer, more effective, have a more attractive dosing profile or presentation or are less expensive than the products we develop, or if our competitors develop competing products or if biosimilars enter the market more quickly than we do and are able to gain market acceptance. See the section titled “Business – Competition” in this Annual Report for more discussion about our competitors.

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Our product candidates are in clinical and nonclinical stages of development and may fail in development or suffer delays that materially and adversely affect their commercial viability. If we or our current or future collaborators are unable to complete development of, or commercialize our product candidates, or experience significant delays in doing so, our business will be materially harmed.

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Our product candidates are in clinical and preclinical stages of development and may fail in development or suffer delays that materially and adversely affect their commercial viability. If we or our current or future collaborators are unable to complete development of, or commercialize our product candidates, or experience significant delays in doing so, our business will be materially harmed.

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We have no products on the market and all of our product candidates are in clinical or nonclinical stages of development, and we have not completed any clinical trials. As a result, we expect it will be many years before we commercialize any product candidate, if ever. Our ability to achieve and sustain profitability depends on obtaining regulatory approvals for, and successfully commercializing, our product candidates, either alone or with third parties, and we cannot guarantee that we will ever obtain regulatory approval for any of our product candidates. We have not yet demonstrated our ability to complete any clinical trials, obtain regulatory approvals, manufacture a commercial-scale product or arrange for a third party to do so on our behalf, or conduct sales and marketing activities necessary for successful product commercialization. Before obtaining regulatory approval for the commercial distribution of our product candidates, we or an existing or future collaborator must conduct extensive nonclinical tests and clinical trials to demonstrate the safety and efficacy in humans of our programs and future product candidates.

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We have no products on the market and all of our product candidates are in clinical or preclinical stages of development. As a result, we expect it will be many years before we commercialize any product candidate, if ever. Our ability to achieve and sustain profitability depends on obtaining regulatory approvals for, and successfully commercializing, our product candidates, either alone or with third parties, and we cannot guarantee that we will ever obtain regulatory approval for any of our product candidates. We have not yet demonstrated our ability to obtain regulatory approvals, manufacture a commercial-scale product or arrange for a third party to do so on our behalf, or conduct sales and marketing activities necessary for successful product commercialization. Before obtaining regulatory approval for the commercial distribution of our product candidates, we or an existing or future collaborator must conduct extensive nonclinical tests and clinical trials to demonstrate the safety, potency and purity of our current and future product candidates.

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We or our collaborators may experience delays in initiating or completing nonclinical studies or clinical trials. We or our collaborators also may experience numerous unforeseen events during, or as a result of, any current or future nonclinical studies and clinical trials that we could conduct that could delay or prevent our ability to achieve our development timelines, receive marketing approval or commercialize our current product candidates or any future product candidates, including:

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We or our collaborators may experience delays in initiating or completing nonclinical studies or clinical trials. We or our collaborators also may experience numerous unforeseen events during, or as a result of, any current or future nonclinical studies and clinical trials that we conduct that could delay or prevent our ability to achieve our development timelines, receive marketing approval or commercialize our current product candidates or any future product candidates, including:

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•regulators, such as the FDA, or ethics committees (“ECs”)/institutional review boards (“IRBs”) may not authorize us or our investigators to commence a clinical trial or conduct a clinical trial at a prospective trial site;

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•regulators, such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"), or ethics committees (“ECs”)/institutional review boards (“IRBs”) may not authorize us or our investigators to commence a clinical trial, conduct a clinical trial at a prospective trial site or as otherwise planned;

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•we may experience delays in reaching, or fail to reach, agreement on acceptable terms with prospective trial sites and prospective contract research organizations (“CROs”), the terms of which can be subject to extensive negotiation and may vary significantly among different CROs and trial sites;

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•we may experience delays in reaching, or fail to reach, agreement on acceptable terms with prospective trial sites and prospective contract research organizations (“CROs”), the terms of which can be subject to extensive negotiation and may vary significantly among different CROs and trial sites, and any CRO personnel changes could lead to operational delays or complications;

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•clinical trial sites may deviate from trial protocol or drop out of a trial;

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•clinical trial sites may deviate from trial protocol or drop out of a clinical trial;

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•clinical trials of any product candidates may fail to demonstrate safety or efficacy, or produce negative or inconclusive results, and we may decide, or regulators may require us, to conduct additional nonclinical studies or clinical trials, or we may decide to abandon product development programs;

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•clinical trials of any product candidates may fail to demonstrate safety or efficacy, produce negative or inconclusive results, or may otherwise fail to improve on the existing standard of care, and we may decide, or regulators may require us, to conduct additional nonclinical studies or clinical trials, or we may decide to abandon product development programs;

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•our third-party contractors may fail to comply with regulatory requirements or meet their contractual obligations to us in a timely manner, or at all, or may deviate from the clinical trial protocol or drop out of the trial, which may require that we add new clinical trial sites or investigators;

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•our CROs or other third-party contractors may fail to comply with regulatory requirements or meet their contractual obligations to us in a timely manner, or at all, or may deviate from the clinical trial protocol or drop out of the trial, which may require that we add new clinical trial sites or investigators;

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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 and planned Phase 1 trials of our SPY001, SPY002 and SPY003 programs in healthy volunteers to support Phase 2 trials in IBD, RA and 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, CTA 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 requirements (“GCPs”) 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 contract manufacturing organization (“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 fail to adhere to clinical trial protocols or fail 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 or our clinical trial protocols may require changes;

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Commencing clinical trials in the United States is subject to acceptance by the FDA of an IND or similar application and finalizing the trial design based on discussions with the FDA and other regulatory authorities. In the event that the FDA requires us to complete additional nonclinical studies or clinical trials or we are required to satisfy other FDA requests prior to commencing future planned clinical trials, the start of such planned clinical trials may be delayed or such planned clinical trials may be commenced in a modified manner. Even after we receive and incorporate guidance from these regulatory authorities, the FDA or other regulatory authorities could disagree that we have satisfied their requirements to commence any future clinical trial or change their position on the acceptability of our trial design or the clinical endpoints selected, which may require us to complete additional nonclinical studies or clinical trials, delay the enrollment of our clinical trials or impose stricter approval conditions than we currently expect. Even if we conduct such additional nonclinical studies or clinical trials, the FDA or other regulatory authorities could determine that the data from our nonclinical studies or clinical trials are insufficient to support the safety and efficacy of our product candidates. There are equivalent processes and risks applicable to clinical trial applications in other countries outside of the United States., which may require us to complete additional nonclinical studies or clinical trials, delay the enrollment of our clinical trials or impose stricter approval conditions than we currently expect.

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Commencing clinical trials in the United States and in other countries is subject to acceptance by the FDA and other regulatory authorities of an investigational new drug ("IND") application or similar application and finalizing the trial design based on discussions with the FDA or other regulatory authority. In the event that the FDA or other regulatory authority requires us to complete additional nonclinical studies or clinical trials or we are required to satisfy other regulatory authority requests prior to commencing future planned clinical trials, the start of such planned clinical trials may be delayed or such planned clinical trials may be commenced in a modified manner. Even after we receive and incorporate guidance from these regulatory authorities, the FDA or other regulatory authorities could disagree that we have satisfied their requirements to commence any future clinical trial or change their position on the acceptability of our trial design or the clinical endpoints selected, which may require us to complete additional nonclinical studies or clinical trials, delay the enrollment of our clinical trials or impose stricter approval conditions than we currently expect. Additionally, if the results of our nonclinical studies or clinical trials are not positive or are only modestly positive or if there are safety concerns, we may be required to repeat or conduct additional clinical trials or nonclinical studies for our product candidates beyond those that we currently expect. Even if we conduct such additional nonclinical studies or clinical trials or otherwise modify our planned clinical trials, the FDA or other regulatory authorities could determine that the data from our nonclinical studies or clinical trials are insufficient to support the safety and efficacy of our product candidates. There are equivalent processes and risks applicable to clinical trial applications in other countries outside of the United States, which may require us to complete additional nonclinical studies or clinical trials, delay the enrollment of our clinical trials or otherwise modify our planned clinical trials or impose stricter approval conditions than we currently expect. Most product candidates that commence clinical trials are never approved as products, and our current or future clinical trials ultimately may fail to support the approval of our current or any future product candidates.

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We are substantially dependent on the success of our three most advanced programs, SPY001, SPY002 and SPY003, alone or in combination, and our current and planned clinical trials of such programs may not be successful.

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We are substantially dependent on the success of our SPY001, SPY002, SPY072 and SPY003 programs, alone or in combination, and our current and planned clinical trials of such programs may not be successful.

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Our future success is substantially dependent on our ability to timely obtain marketing approval for, and then successfully commercialize, our three most advanced programs, SPY001, SPY002 and SPY003, alone or in combination. We exercised our Option with respect to the SPY001, SPY002 and SPY003 programs on July 12, 2023, December 14, 2023, and June 5, 2024, respectively. Additionally, in May 2024, we signed license agreements with Paragon for rights to royalty-bearing, world-wide, exclusive licenses to develop, manufacture, commercialize or otherwise exploit certain antibodies and products targeting ɑ4β7 integrin (SPY001 program) and TL1A (SPY002 program) and, in October 2024, we signed a license agreement for rights to a royalty-bearing, world-wide, exclusive license to develop, manufacture, commercialize or otherwise exploit certain antibodies and products targeting IL-23 (SPY003 program) in the field of IBD. The SPY003 License Agreement was subsequently amended and restated in February 2025 to, among other things, clarify each party's rights and obligations with respect to license exclusivity and patent prosecution and correct certain clerical errors. 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 and announced the dosing of our first participant in June 2024. We also initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial in healthy volunteers of SPY002 in the fourth quarter of 2024. We anticipate initiating a Phase 1 clinical trial in healthy volunteers of SPY003 in the first quarter of 2025, subject to regulatory feedback and approval. We also plan to initiate a Phase 2 platform trial of our product candidates in IBD beginning with monotherapies in mid-2025 and subsequent planned addition of combination arms as well as a Phase 2 clinical trial of SPY002 in RA in mid-2025, each subject to regulatory feedback and approval. 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 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 Part A of the Phase 2 UC platform trial and plan to initiate enrollment into Part B, which includes combination arms, in our Phase 2 UC platform trial after Part A completes enrollment, with each arm subject to regulatory feedback and approval. We also initiated a Phase 2 basket trial of SPY072 for RD, including RA, PsA and axSpA, in the United States and Europe in September 2025 and December 2025, respectively, 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 trial design of the combination arms of our SKYLINE Phase 2 platform trial. Alignment with regulatory authorities on issues that arise before clinical trials commence, 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 patients with our product candidates, it would significantly and adversely affect the clinical and commercial potential of our product candidates.

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Our programs will require additional clinical development, evaluation of clinical, nonclinical and manufacturing activities, product development, marketing approval in multiple jurisdictions, substantial investment and significant marketing efforts before we generate any revenues from product sales. We are not permitted to market or promote these programs, or any other programs, before we receive marketing approval from the FDA and comparable foreign regulatory authorities, and we may never receive such marketing approvals.

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Our programs will require additional clinical, nonclinical and manufacturing development and activities, marketing approval in multiple jurisdictions, substantial investment and significant marketing efforts before we generate any revenues from product sales. We are not permitted to market or promote these programs, or any other programs, before we receive marketing approval from the FDA and comparable foreign regulatory authorities, and we may never receive such marketing approvals.

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The success of our product candidates will depend on a variety of factors. We do not have complete control over many of these factors, including certain aspects of clinical development and the regulatory submission process, potential threats to our intellectual property rights and the manufacturing, marketing, distribution and sales efforts of any current or future collaborator. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that we will ever be able to generate revenue through the sale of these product candidates, even if approved. If we are not successful in commercializing SPY001, SPY002 or SPY003, alone or in combination, or are significantly delayed in doing so, our business will be materially harmed.

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The success of our product candidates will depend on a variety of factors. We do not have complete control over many of these factors, including certain aspects of clinical development and the regulatory submission process, potential threats to our intellectual property rights and the manufacturing, marketing, distribution and sales efforts of any current or future collaborator. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that we will ever be able to generate revenue through the sale of these product candidates, even if approved. If we are not successful in commercializing SPY001, SPY002, SPY072 or SPY003, alone or in combination, or are significantly delayed in doing so, our business will be materially harmed.

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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 planned Phase 2 clinical trials in IBD and RA, 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 of enrollment and readouts for topline data from our ongoing clinical trials, 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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Our approach to the discovery and development of the research programs with respect to which we have signed a license agreement, exercised the Option to acquire intellectual property license rights to or have the Option to acquire intellectual property license rights to pursuant to the Paragon Agreement, leverages clinically validated mechanisms of action and incorporates advanced antibody engineering to optimize half-life and other properties designed to overcome limitations of existing therapies. Our programs are purposefully designed to improve upon existing product candidates and products while maintaining the same well-established mechanisms of action. However, the scientific research that forms the basis of our efforts to develop programs using half-life extension technologies, including YTE and LS amino acid substitutions, is ongoing and may not result in viable programs. We have limited clinical data on product candidates utilizing YTE and LS half-life extension technologies, especially in I&I indications, demonstrating whether they are safe or effective for long-term treatment in humans. The long-term safety and efficacy of these technologies and the extended half-lives and exposure profiles of our programs compared to currently approved products are unknown.

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Our approach to the discovery and development of our research programs leverages clinically validated mechanisms of action and incorporates advanced antibody engineering to optimize half-life and other properties designed to overcome limitations of existing therapies. Our programs are purposefully designed to improve upon existing product candidates and products while maintaining the same well-established mechanisms of action. However, the scientific research that forms the basis of our efforts to develop programs using half-life extension technologies, including YTE and LS amino acid substitutions, is ongoing and may not result in viable programs. We have limited clinical data on product candidates utilizing YTE and LS half-life extension technologies, especially in I&I indications, demonstrating whether they are safe or effective for long-term treatment in patients. The long-term safety and efficacy of these technologies and the extended half-lives and exposure profiles of our programs compared to currently approved products are unknown.

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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. Other than for our SPY001 program, we currently have only nonclinical data regarding the increased half-life properties of our programs and a similar half-life extension may not be seen in humans. 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 and 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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In addition, we may in the future seek to discover and develop programs that are based on novel targets and technologies that are unproven. If our discovery activities fail to identify novel targets or technologies for drug discovery, or such targets prove to be unsuitable for treating human disease, we may not be able to develop viable additional programs. We and our existing or future collaborators may never receive approval to market and commercialize any product candidate. Even if we or an existing or future collaborator obtains regulatory approval, the approval may be for targets, disease indications or patient populations that are not as broad as we intended or desired or may require labeling that includes significant use or distribution restrictions or safety warnings. If the products resulting from the research programs with respect to which we have signed license agreements with Paragon, exercised the Option to acquire intellectual property license rights to or have the Option to acquire intellectual property license rights to pursuant to the Paragon Agreement prove to be ineffective, unsafe or commercially unviable, our programs and pipeline would have little, if any, value, which would have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

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In addition, we may in the future seek to discover and develop programs that are based on novel targets and technologies that are unproven. If our discovery activities fail to identify novel targets or technologies for drug discovery, or such targets prove to be unsuitable for treating human disease, we may not be able to develop viable additional programs. We and our existing or future collaborators may never receive approval to market and commercialize any product candidate. Even if we or an existing or future collaborator obtains regulatory approval, the approval may be for targets, disease indications or patient populations that are not as broad as we intended or desired or may require labeling that includes significant use or distribution restrictions or safety warnings. If the products resulting from our research programs prove to be ineffective, unsafe or commercially unviable, our programs and pipeline would have little, if any, value, which would have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

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Nonclinical and clinical development involve lengthy and expensive processes that are subject to delays and may result in uncertain outcomes, and results of earlier studies and trials may not be predictive of future clinical trial results. If our nonclinical studies and clinical trials are not sufficient to support regulatory approval of any of our product candidates, we may incur additional costs or experience delays in completing, or ultimately be unable to complete, the development of such product candidate.

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Preclinical and clinical development involve lengthy and expensive processes that are subject to delays and may result in uncertain outcomes, and results of earlier studies and trials may not be predictive of future clinical trial results. If our preclinical studies and clinical trials are not sufficient to support regulatory approval of any of our product candidates, we may incur additional costs or experience delays in completing, or ultimately be unable to complete, the development of such product candidate.

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Before obtaining marketing approval from regulatory authorities for the sale of any product candidate, we must complete nonclinical studies and then conduct extensive clinical trials to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of our product candidate in humans. Our clinical trials may not be conducted as planned or completed on schedule, if at all, and failure can occur at any time during the nonclinical study or clinical trial process. For example, we depend on the availability of NHPs to conduct certain nonclinical studies that we are required to complete prior to submitting an IND or foreign equivalent and initiating clinical development. There is no guarantee that we will always be able to source NHPs for our drug development activities on our preferred timelines. The cost of obtaining NHPs for our future nonclinical development activities could increase significantly if short or long term shortages occur in their availability. If we are unable to source NHPs on our preferred timelines, it could result in delays to our development timelines. Similarly, we may experience difficulty in conducting our clinical trials as planned if we are unable to enroll a sufficient number of participants in any such trial as a result of variables outside of our control. See the risk factor titled “If we encounter difficulties enrolling participants in our current and future clinical trials, our clinical development activities could be delayed or otherwise adversely affected.”

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Before obtaining marketing approval from regulatory authorities for the sale of any product candidate, we must complete preclinical studies and then conduct extensive clinical trials to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of our product candidate in humans. Our clinical trials may not be conducted as planned or completed on schedule, if at all, and failure can occur at any time during the preclinical study or clinical trial process. For example, we depend on the availability of NHPs to conduct certain preclinical studies that we are required to complete prior to submitting an IND or foreign equivalent and initiating clinical development. There is no guarantee that we will always be able to source NHPs for our drug development activities on our preferred timelines. The cost of obtaining NHPs for our future preclinical development activities could increase significantly if short or long term shortages occur in their availability. If we are unable to source NHPs on our preferred timelines, it could result in delays to our development timelines. Similarly, we may experience difficulty in conducting our clinical trials as planned if we are unable to enroll a sufficient number of participants in any such trial as a result of variables outside of our control. See the risk factor titled “If we encounter difficulties enrolling participants in our current and future clinical trials, our clinical development activities could be delayed or otherwise adversely affected.”

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Furthermore, a failure of one or more clinical trials can occur at any stage of testing. The outcome of nonclinical studies and early-stage clinical trials may not be predictive of the success of later clinical trials. Moreover, nonclinical and clinical data are often susceptible to varying interpretations and analyses, and many companies that have believed their product candidates performed satisfactorily in nonclinical studies and clinical trials have nonetheless failed to obtain marketing approval of their product candidates. In addition, we expect to rely on participants to provide feedback on measures such as measures of disease activity and measures of quality of life, which are subjective and inherently difficult to evaluate. These measures can be influenced by factors outside of our control and can vary widely from day to day for a particular participant, and from participant to participant and from site to site within a clinical trial.

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Furthermore, a failure of one or more clinical trials can occur at any stage of testing. The outcome of preclinical studies and early-stage clinical trials may not be predictive of the success of later stage clinical trials. Moreover, preclinical and clinical data are often susceptible to varying interpretations and analyses, and many companies that have believed their product candidates performed satisfactorily in preclinical studies and clinical trials have nonetheless failed to obtain marketing approval of their product candidates. In addition, we expect to rely on participants to provide feedback on measures such as measures of disease activity and measures of quality of life, which are subjective and inherently difficult to evaluate. These measures can be influenced by factors outside of our control and can vary widely from day to day for a particular participant, and from participant to participant and from site to site within a clinical trial.

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•we may select clinical endpoints that require prolonged periods of observation or analyses of resulting data;

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•we may experience delays if we or our CMOs are required to make changes to manufacturing processes or us to make any necessary changes to such manufacturing process;

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•we may experience delays in identifying, recruiting and training suitable clinical investigators and their study teams;

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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. 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.

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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:

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See the section titled “Business – Government Regulation – Other Healthcare Laws and Compliance Requirements” in this Annual Report for a more detailed description of certain laws that may affect our ability to operate.

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Changes in either the patent laws or interpretation of patent laws in the United States, including patent reform legislation such as the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (the “Leahy-Smith Act”) could increase the uncertainties and costs surrounding the prosecution of our owned and in-licensed patent applications and the maintenance, enforcement or defense of our owned and in-licensed issued patents. The Leahy-Smith Act includes a number of significant changes to United States patent law. These changes include provisions that affect the way patent applications are prosecuted, redefine prior art, provide more efficient and cost-effective avenues for competitors to challenge the validity of patents, and enable third-party submission of prior art to the

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•the scope of rights granted under the license agreement and other interpretation-related issues;

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•the extent to which our technology and processes infringe on intellectual property of the licensor that is not subject to the licensing agreement;

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•the inventorship and ownership of inventions and know-how resulting from the joint creation or use of intellectual property by our licensors and us and our partners; and

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•the priority of invention of patented technology.

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If these CMOs, CROs or other third parties do not successfully carry out their contractual duties or obligations or meet expected deadlines, if they need to be replaced or if the quality or accuracy of the clinical data they obtain is compromised due to the failure (including by clinical sites or investigators) to adhere to our nonclinical and clinical protocols or regulatory requirements or for other reasons, our nonclinical studies and clinical trials may be extended, delayed or terminated and we may not be able to complete development of, obtain regulatory approval of or successfully commercialize our product candidates. As a result, our results of operations and the commercial prospects for our product candidates would be harmed, our costs could increase substantially and our ability to generate revenues could be delayed significantly.
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•We may face difficulties from healthcare and other legislative reform measures and other changes in law.

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Our technology licensed from various third parties may be subject to retained rights.

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BIOSECURE Act, sanctions, trade restrictions and other foreign regulatory requirements which could increase the cost or reduce the supply of material available to us, delay the procurement or supply of such material or have an adverse effect on our ability to secure significant commitments from governments to purchase our potential therapies or disrupt our supply chain. If we are not able to secure supply of our product candidates as a result of applicable legislation, this could result in a material adverse effect on our Company.

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10-K for a more detailed description of our manufacturing plans and assumptions and the factors that may affect the success of our programs.