CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus and documents incorporated herein by reference contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. We caution readers that any forward-looking statement is not a guarantee of future performance and that actual results could differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statement. These statements are based on current expectations of future events.
Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about:
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our ability to develop, obtain regulatory approval and commercialize EO-3021 and our other product candidates;
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the timing of our preclinical studies and clinical trials for EO-3021 and our other product candidates;
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our ability to establish and maintain collaborations, including with CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Limited, our licensor and partner for EO-3021;
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estimates of our addressable market and market growth;
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our expectations regarding demand for, and market acceptance of, EO-3021 and our other product candidates;
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our ability to compete effectively with existing competitors and new market entrants;
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the potential effects of extensive government regulations relating to our industry;
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our ability, and our licensors’ ability, to obtain, maintain, and protect and enforce intellectual property and proprietary rights;
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our ability to operate our business without infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating the intellectual property rights and proprietary technology of third parties;
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our ability to maintain secure, efficient and uninterrupted operation of our information technology systems from security breaches, cyberattacks, loss or leakage of data and other disruptions;
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our ability to expand our pipeline of product candidates;
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our ability to attract and retain key management and technical personnel;
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general economic, market and geopolitical conditions, including fluctuating interest rates, market volatility and inflation, and the impact of geopolitical tensions with China and ongoing regional military conflicts; and
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our expectations regarding expenses, future revenue, capital requirements, and our needs for additional financing.
In some cases you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “could,” “would,” “project,” “plan,” “expect” or the negative or plural of these words or similar expressions, in documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus or any free writing prospectus. We intend that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby.
These forward-looking statements are based on the current beliefs and expectations of our management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results may differ materially from current expectations and projections. Factors that might cause such a difference include those discussed in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as those discussed in this prospectus, the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus and any free writing prospectus. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this prospectus or, in the case of documents referred to or incorporated by reference, the date of those documents.
All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in