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Aspira Women's Health Inc.

For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Mar 27, 2025.

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FY2024 · Filed Mar 27, 2025

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM 10-K

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 or
☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from __________ to __________

Commission file number:001-34810

Aspira Women’s Health Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware33-0595156
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Austin, Texas78738
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(512) 519-0400

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per shareAWHThe Nasdaq Capital Market

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐No ☒

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ☐Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☒Smaller reporting company ☒
Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. Yes ☐ No**☒**

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐ No**☒**

The aggregate market value of voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant is $21,088,293 and is based upon the last sales price as quoted on The Nasdaq Capital Market as of June 30, 2024.

As of March 25, 2025, the registrant had 29,764,248 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Certain information from the registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is incorporated by reference into Part III of this report.

ASPIRA WOMEN’S HEALTH INC.

Table of Contents

Page No.
PART I5
ITEM 1.Business5
ITEM 1A.Risk Factors23
ITEM 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments39
ITEM 1C.Cybersecurity39
ITEM 2.Properties40
ITEM 3.Legal Proceedings40
ITEM 4.Mine Safety Disclosures40
PART II41
ITEM 5.Market For Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities41
ITEM 6.[Reserved]41
ITEM 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations42
ITEM 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk51
ITEM 8.Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data51
ITEM 9.Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure52
ITEM 9A.Controls and Procedures52
ITEM 9B.Other Information53
ITEM 9C.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections53
PART III54
ITEM 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance54
ITEM 11.Executive Compensation54
ITEM 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters54
ITEM 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence54
ITEM 14.Principal Accountant Fees and Services54
PART IV55
ITEM 15.Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules55
SIGNATURES60

The following are registered and unregistered trademarks and service marks of Aspira Women’s Health Inc.: VERMILLIONSM, Aspira Women’s Health®, OVA1®, OVERA®, ASPiRA LABS®, OvaCalc®, OVASUITESM, ASPiRA GenetiXSM, OVA1PLUS®, OVAWATCH®, EndoCheck SM, ENDOINFORMTM, OVAINFORMTM, OvaInherit SM, Aspira Synergy®,, OVA360 SM, ASPIRA IVDSM, and YOUR HEALTH, OUR PASSION®.

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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), about us and our industry that involve substantial risks and uncertainties.

These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Words such as “may,” “expects,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “plans,” “seeks,” “could,” “should,” “continue,” “will,” “potential,” “projects” and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned that these forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which the was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and, except as required by law, Aspira Women’s Health Inc. (“Aspira” and, together with its subsidiaries, the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) does not assume any obligation to update, amend or clarify them to reflect events, new information or circumstances occurring after such date.

Examples of forward-looking statements include, without limitation:

●projections or expectations regarding our future test volumes, revenue, average unit price, cost of revenue, operating expenses, research and development expenses, gross profit margin, cash flow, results of operations and financial condition;
●the ability to maintain the listing of our common stock and public warrants on The Nasdaq Capital Market;
●our plan to broaden our commercial focus from ovarian cancer to differential diagnosis of women with a range of gynecological diseases, including additional pelvic disease conditions such as endometriosis and benign pelvic mass monitoring;
●our planned business strategy and the anticipated effects thereof, including partnerships such as those based on our Aspira Synergy platform, specimen or research collaborations, licensing arrangements, commercial collaborations and distribution agreements;
●plans to expand our current or future products to markets outside of the United States through distribution collaborations or out-licensing;
●plans to develop new algorithms, molecular diagnostic tests, products and tools and otherwise expand our product offerings;
●plans to develop, launch and establish payer coverage and secure contracts for current and new products, including ENDOinform (formerly EndoMDx) and OVAinform (formerly OvaMDx);
●expectations regarding local and/or national coverage under Novitas, our Medicare Administrative Carrier;
●anticipated efficacy of our products, product development activities and product innovations, including our ability to improve sensitivity and specificity over traditional diagnostics;
●expected competition in the markets in which we operate;
●plans with respect to Aspira Labs, Inc. (“Aspira Labs”), including plans to expand Aspira Labs’ testing capabilities, specifically molecular lab capabilities;
●expectations regarding continuing future services provided by Quest Diagnostics Incorporated;
●expectations regarding continuing future services provided by BioReference Health, LLC;
●plans to develop informatics products as laboratory developed tests (“LDTs”) and potential Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) oversight changes of LDTs;
●expectations regarding existing and future collaborations and partnerships for our products, including plans to enter into decentralized arrangements for our Aspira Synergy platform and to provide and expand access to our risk assessment tests;
●plans regarding future publications and presentations;
●expectations regarding potential collaborations with governments, legislative bodies and advocacy groups to enhance awareness and drive policies to provide broader access to our tests;
●our ability to continue to comply with applicable governmental regulations, including regulations applicable to the operation of our clinical lab, expectations regarding pending regulatory submissions and plans to seek regulatory approvals for our tests within the United States and internationally, as applicable;
●our continued ability to expand and protect our intellectual property portfolio;
●anticipated liquidity and capital requirements;
●anticipated future losses and our ability to continue as a going concern;
●expectations regarding raising capital and the amount of financing anticipated to be required to fund our planned operations;
●expectations regarding attrition and recruitment of top talent;
●expectations regarding the results of our clinical research studies and our ability to recruit patients to participate in such studies;
●our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards and anticipated future tax liability under U.S. federal and state income tax legislation;
●expected market adoption of our current and prospective diagnostic tests, including Ova1, Overa, Ova1Plus, OvaWatch, ENDOinform and OVAinform, as well as our Aspira Synergy platform;
●expectations regarding our ability to launch new products we develop, license, co-market or acquire;
●expectations regarding the size of the markets for our products;
●expectations regarding reimbursement for our products, and our ability to obtain such reimbursement, from third-party payers such as private insurance companies and government insurance plans;
●potential plans to pursue clearance designation with the FDA with respect to OvaWatch, ENDOinform and OVAinform;
●expected potential target launch timing for future products;
●expectations regarding compliance with federal and state laws and regulations relating to billing arrangements conducted in coordination with laboratories;
●plans to advocate for legislation and professional society guidelines to broaden access to our products and services;
●ability to protect and safeguard against cybersecurity risks and breaches; and
●expectations regarding the results of our academic research agreements.

We caution you that the foregoing list may not contain all of the forward-looking statements made in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Other sections of this Annual Report on Form 10-K may include additional factors that could harm our business and financial performance. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risk factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for our management to predict all risk factors, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in, or implied by, any forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including those discussed in Part I Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements due to various factors, including our ability to continue as a going concern; our ability to comply with the continued listing requirements of the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (“Nasdaq”); impacts resulting from potential changes to coverage of Ova1 through our Medicare Administrative Carrier for Ova1; anticipated use of capital and its effects; our ability to increase the volume of our product sales; failures by third-party payers to reimburse for our products and services or changes to reimbursement rates; our ability to continue developing existing technologies and to develop, protect and promote our proprietary technologies; plans to develop and perform LDTs; our ability to comply with FDA regulations that relate to our products and to obtain any FDA clearance or approval required to develop and commercialize medical devices; our ability to develop and commercialize additional diagnostic products and achieve market acceptance with respect to these products; our ability to compete successfully; our ability to obtain any regulatory approval required for our future diagnostic products; our or our suppliers’ ability to comply with FDA requirements for production, marketing and post-market monitoring of our products; our ability to maintain sufficient or acceptable supplies of immunoassay kits from our suppliers; in the event that we succeed in commercializing our products outside the United States, the political, economic and other conditions affecting other countries; changes in healthcare policy; our ability to comply with environmental laws; our ability to comply with the additional laws and regulations that apply to us in connection with the operation of Aspira Labs; our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards; our ability to use intellectual property; our ability to successfully defend our proprietary technology against third parties; our ability to obtain licenses in the event a third party successfully asserts proprietary rights; the liquidity and trading volume of our common stock; the concentration of ownership of our common stock; our ability to retain key employees; our ability to secure additional capital on acceptable terms to execute our business plan; business interruptions or force majeure or acts of God; the effectiveness and availability of our information systems; our ability to integrate and achieve anticipated results from any acquisitions or strategic alliances; future litigation against us, including infringement of intellectual property and product liability exposure; and additional costs that may be required to make further improvements to our laboratory operations.

SUMMARY OF RISK FACTORS

The following is only a summary of the principal risks that may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. The following should be read in conjunction with the more complete discussion of the risk factors we fact, which are set forth in the section entitled “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in this report.

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

●If we are unable to increase the volume of OvaSuite sales, our business, results of operations and financial condition will be adversely affected.
●There is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, and this may adversely affect our stock price and our ability to raise capital.
●We may need to sell additional shares of our common stock or other securities in the future to meet our capital requirements, which could cause significant dilution.
●We will need to raise additional capital in the future, and if we are unable to secure adequate funds on terms acceptable to us, we may be unable to execute our business plan.
●Failures by third-party payers to reimburse for our products and services or changes in reimbursement rates could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, changes in medical society guidelines may also adversely affect payers and result in a material change in coverage, adversely affecting our business, financial condition and results of operations.
●Failure to continue coverage of Ova1 through Novitas, our Medicare Administrative Contractor for Ova1, could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operation.
●Failure to expand commercial, Medicare or Medicaid coverage for our products could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
●We are currently offering and developing multiple tests as LDTs and intend to develop and perform LDTs at Aspira Labs in the future. FDA’s newly-issued rule for LDTs, which will be phased in over a period of four years, will significantly change the regulatory landscape for LDTs. Unless the rule is overturned by a court or superseded by Congressional action, our currently marketed LDTs and those we develop in the future will be subject to new requirements including, for some tests, premarket authorization. The new rule will lead to additional compliance costs and may delay or prevent market entry for new or modified tests and there is a risk that their commercialization, and our results of operations and financial condition, will be negatively affected.
●Our diagnostic tests and software are subject to ongoing regulation by the FDA, and any delay by or failure of the FDA to authorize our diagnostic tests submitted to the FDA may adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.
●If we or our suppliers fail to comply with FDA requirements for production, marketing and post-market monitoring of our products, we may not be able to market our products and services and may be subject to stringent penalties, product restrictions or recall.
●If our suppliers fail to produce acceptable or sufficient stock, fail to supply stock due to supply shortages, make changes to the design or labeling of their biomarker kits or discontinue production of existing biomarker kits or instrument platforms, we may be unable to meet market demand for OvaSuite products.
●The operation of Aspira Labs requires us to comply with numerous laws and regulations, which is expensive and time-consuming and could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations, and any failure to comply could result in exposure to substantial penalties and other harm to our business.
●If we are unable to complete the required milestones under our federal award milestone-based funding agreement, our business, results of operations and financial condition will be adversely affected.
●Our milestone-based funding from a federal award could be delayed or eliminated based on actions from the Trump Administration.

Risks Related to Intellectual Property and Product Liability

●If we fail to maintain our rights to utilize intellectual property directed to diagnostic biomarkers, we may not be able to offer diagnostic tests using those biomarkers.
●If a third party infringes on our proprietary rights, we may lose any competitive advantage we have as a result of diversion of our time, enforcement costs and the loss of the exclusivity of our proprietary rights.

Operational Risks

●Because our business is highly dependent on key executives and employees, our inability to recruit and retain these people could hinder our business plans.
●The operation of Aspira Labs and our Aspira Synergy business depends on the effectiveness and availability of our information systems, including the information systems we use to provide services to our customers and to store employee data. If our information technology systems or those third parties upon which we rely or our data, are or were compromised, we could experience adverse consequences resulting from such compromise, including but not limited to regulatory investigations or actions; litigation; fines and penalties; disruptions of our business operations; reputational harm; loss of revenue or profits; loss of customers or sales; and other adverse consequences.

Risks Related to Owning Our Stock

●If we fail to maintain compliance with the Nasdaq minimum listing requirements, our common stock will be subject to delisting. Our ability to publicly or privately sell equity securities and the liquidity of our common stock could be adversely affected if our common stock is delisted.
●Unless our common stock continues to be listed on a national securities exchange it will become subject to the so-called “penny stock” rules that impose restrictive sales practice requirements.
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